Of theHiftory of Plants; 
f the galled neckes ofoxen and other cattell : it is alfo reported, that the root of Feme cad into 
;hogfiread of wine keepeth it from fouring. 
The root of the male Ferhe fodden in Wine is goodagainft the hardneffe and flopping of the 
jmil’t : and being boyled in water, ftayeth the laske in yong children, if they be fet oner the deco- ^ 
ction thereof to eafe their bodies by a clofe ftoole. 
Chap. 466’. Of JFater-Ferne, or Ofmund the water-man. 
The Defiription. 
r Ater Feme hath a great triangled ftalke two cubits high, befetvpon each fide with large 
leaues fpred abroad like wings,and dented or cut like Polypodie fthefe leaues are like the 
large leaues of the Alii tree 5 for doubtleffe when I firft faw them afar off it caufed me to wonder 
yhereat, thinking that I had feene yong Afhes growing vpon a bog ; but beholding it a little nee- 
rer, I might eafily diftinguifh it from the Afh, by the browne rough and round graines that grew 
on the top of the branches, which yet are not the feed thereof, but are very like vnto the feed. The 
root is great and thicke, folded and couered ouer with many feales and interlacing roots, hauing 
in the middle of the great and hard wooddy part thereof lome fmall whitenefle, vvipch hath bcene 
called the heart of Ofmund the water-man. 
