Lib. z. Of the Hiflorie of Plants. uij 
The Virtues. 
The iuice which is preflfed out of the feeds, ftalks, and leaues, as V.iofceridcs writeth,i,s a remedie A 
i for them that are bitten of the poilonfome fpidets called in Latine Phalaitgia, and of vipers if it be 
drunke with wine. 
And theherbe ftamped with fvvines greafe wafteth away the kernels by the throte. j, 
Pliny teacheth that the leaues being applied do alfo flay the aboundance of blond i (firing out q 
\ ofwounds. 
Women do vfually make pottage of Cleuers with a little mutton and Otemeale,to caufe lank- -r, 
| ncfle.and keep them from fatneffe. 
Chap, 4 6z. Of CrojJe^Vpoort. 
i 2 This in mine opinion maybe placed here as fitly as any where els^ forithath tire leaties 
Handing crofle-waies foure ata ioint, fomewhat like thofe of the largeft Chickweed : the ftalkes 
are betweene a foot andahalfeand twocubites high. The white Starre-fafhioned floures Hand in 
roundles about the tops of the ftalks.lt growes plentifully in Piemont,on the hills not farre from 
T urine. Label fets it forth by the name of Rubin Lxvis T aurininftum. p 
Bbbbb a c 7/jt 
The Defcnptien. 
1 X^'Rofle-woort is a low and bafe herbe, of a pale greene coIour,hauing many fquare feeble 
V^, rough ftalks full of ioints or knees.couered ouer with a foft downe: the leaues are little, 
fhort,& final, alwaies foure growing together, and Handing croffewife one right againft 
:i another, making a right Burgunion ciofle: toward the top of the ftalke, and from the bofomeof 
I: thofe leaues come forth very many fmall yellow floures, of a reafonable good fauour,each of which 
8 ssalfofhaped like a Burgunion cro He; the roots are norhingelfebuta few fmall thredsor fibres. 
i Crucinta. 
Crofle-woort. 
X i Rubin Crutinta Uvis. 
jCrofle-woort Madder.' 
