E i b . 2. Of the Hiitroy of Plants. 114 5 
It is called AdUnton becaufe the leafe,as Theophrafltis faith, is neuer wet, for it cafterh off water 
r that falleth thereon, or being drowned or couered in water, it remaineth Hill as if ir were dry as 
I Pliny likewife writeth ; and is termed Calltincon and Polytncon^ ofthe effeft it hath in dynig haire 
i and maketh it to grow thicke. 
Wall Rneis commonly called mLatine, Rutamurariapt Rutamiiralis.-oCCome^Saluiav’U, but 
I wherefore I know not, neither themfelues, if they were lining • of the Apothecaries of the Low- 
'■ Countries Caplins Vcncnspt Maiden haire, and they haue vfed it a long t irne tor the right Maiden 
haire ■ it is that kinde of Adiantum which Theophraftns termed Adiantum Candid.um,ox white Maiden 
haire, for he maketh two,oneblacke, and the other white, as we haue faid. plmy doth likewife let 
downetwokindes,onehe calleth Polytmon -^ the other ^Tricomanes, ox Englilh Maiden-haire, whereof 
■ tve will intreate in the chapter following, which he hath falfely fet downe for a kinde of Adi mum 
i for Tricomanes doth differ from _Adiantum. 
Some there be that thinke, Wall-Rue is Paronychia Viofcoridispx Diofcorides his Whitlow-wort, 
j wherein they haue been greatly deceiued : it is called in high Dutch, fJ^atirranunjinlow Dutch 
! ^tecncnipt : in French,*#? de mar aide : in Englifh, Wall-Rue, and white Maiden-haire. 
The Temperature and Vertues. 
The true Maiden-haire, as Galen teftifieth,doth dry, make thin,wafte away.and is in a meane be- A 
tweeneheateaud coldneffe: Mefues iTievveth that it confifteth of vnlike or difagreeing parts, and 
that fome are watery and earthy, and the fame binding, and another fuperficially hot and thinne: 
And that by this it takethaway obftruilions or Hoppings, maketh things thinne that are thicke, 
loofeneththe belly, efpecially when itisfrefh and greenciforas this part is thin, fo is it quickly 
refolued,and that by reafonofhis binding and earthy parts : it floppeth the belly, and Hayeth the 
laske and other fluxes. 
Being drunke it breaketh the Hone, and expelleth not onely the Hones in the kidnies, but alfo B 
thole which Hicke in the paffages of the vrine. 
Itraifethvp groffeand llimie humors out of the cheH and lungs, and alfo thole which Hickein C 
the conduits ofthevvinde pipe, it breaketh and raifeth them out by fpetting, if a loch or licking 
medicine be made thereof. 
Moreouer,itconfumech and vvaHeth away the Kings-euill, and other hard fwellings, as the D 
fame Author affirmed], and it maketh the haire of the head or beard to grow that is fallen and 
pilled off, 
Diofcorides reckoneth vp many vertues and operations of this Maiden-haire, which do not onely E 
differ, but are alfo contrary one to another. Among others he faith, that the fame ffancheth bloud: 
and a little before, that it draweth away the fecondines, and bringeth downe the delired lickenes : 
which words do confound one another with contrarieties - for whatfoeuer things do ffanch bloud, 
. the fame do alfo Hay the term.es. 
Headdetb alfo in the end, that it is fowne about fheepe-folds for the benefit ofthe fheepe, but P 
what that benefit fhould be, he fheweth not. 
Befides, that it cannot be fowne, by reafon it is without feed, it is euident, neither can it fitly be G 
renaooued. Therefore in this place it feemeth that many things are tranfpofed from other places, 
and falllv added to this chapter : and peraduenture fome things are brought hither out of dif. 
courfe of Cytifn j,or Milke Trefoile ,whereof here to write were to fmall purpofe. 
Wall-Rue is not muchvnliketo blacke Maiden-haire in temperature and facultie. H 
Wal 1-Rue is good for them that haue a cough, that are fhort winded, and that be troubled with I 
Hitches and paine in their fides. 
Being boiled, ircaufeth concoftion of raw humors which Hickein the lungs ; it taketh away K. 
the paineof thekidnies and bladder, itgently prouoketh vrine,anddriueth forth Hones. 
It is commended againff ruptures in young children, and fome affirme it to be excellent good, £ 
if the powder thereof betaken continually for forty daies together. 
Chap. 474. Of Englifh , or common ETvfaiden-haire. 
*[ 7 he Description; 
1 F7 Nglifli Maiden-haire hath long Ieauesofa darke green colour, confiHingofvery many 
P, fmall round leaues fet vpon a middle rib, ofa fhining blacke colour, dafhed on the ne- 
ther fide with fmall rough markes or fpeckes, of an ouerworne colour : the roots are 
fmall and threddy. 
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