Lx 
B. 2 . 
Of the Hiftroy of Plants. 
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The fecond groweth likewife in paftures and fields, but not fo common as the other ; and is 
planted in gardens. 
f Time, 
They floure in Inly and Auguft. 
^ The Names. 
The fecond is called Lotu-s 7 rifolii : in Englifh, horned Clatter, or codded Trefoile. 
Tbeothcr is called Lotus quadnfolia, or foure leafed Gralfe,or Pttrple-wort ; of Pena andLokl, 
3 guadrifolium pksumfujctim hortorum. 
The Temperature and Vertnes. 
Their faculties in working are referred vnto the medow T refoiles : notwithftanding it is repor- A 
i ted, that the leaues of Purple- wort ftamped, and the iuyee giuen to drinke,cureth young children 
a of the difeafe called in Englifh the Purples. 
Chap. 501 . Of FfAFedicke Fodder ,or Jhaile Qauer. 
«f The Defcription, 
t ^iyHis kinde of Trefoile, ciWcdMcdica, hath manyfmalland (lender ramping branches, 
i crawling and creeping along vpon the ground,fet full of broad leaues flight ly inden- 
ted about the edges : the fioures are very fmall,and of a pale yellow colour , which 
I turne into round wrinkled knobs, like the water Snaile, or thefilh called Periwmckle : wherein is 
i contained flat feed falhioned like a little kidney, in colour yellow, in tafte like a Vetch orpeafe: 
I the root is Email, and dieth when the feed is ripe : it growes in my garden, and is good to feed cat- 
I tell fat. 
1 TrifoliamCochleatum. t 2 MedicajruLlu cochltato Jpitiofi, 
Medicke Fodder. Prickly Snaile Trefoile. 
$ There are many varieties of thefe plants, and they chiefcly confift in the fruit • for fome are 
fmoothand flat, as this firftdeferibcd: other fome are rough and prickely, fome with lefler, and . 
