,ib. z. Ur theiiiitory or rlants. 
Galcga. Fracaftorius calleth it Herba Galleca .■ the He- 
Goats Rue. truicians, Lauanefe ^ and it is alfo called by 
diuers other names in fundry places of Italy, 
as Gefrer faith, as are CaJlracane,Laua»na Tho. 
r inapt T aurinapi artanica^S arracenap apragina, 
Herbancfa , Foenumgracum fyluefire i and as Bra- 
fauolus vmnefleth,G/ ( og-*.It is named in En<r- 
iiHi, Italian Fitch, and" Goats Rue. 
Some iudge that the o'd Phyfitions were 
tvont to call it Onobrychit.-othcts, GlaucePi- 
tiers would haue it to be Polemonium , but noc 
fo much Petr, i^tnd Matthiolm in his com- 
mentaries, as euery one of the defcriptions 
mentioned by Diofcorides dogainfay them • 
as alfo thole, who thinke that Gdtga, is Poly- 
gdou,& that the name of Galega came of Polj- 
gdon, the very defcription z\foot Poljgdon is 
againft them : for Gdtga is higher and grea- 
ter than that it may be called a little fhrub 
onely ofan hand bredth high. 
TheT emferature. 
1 his plant is ina mcane temperature be- 
tweene hot and cold. 
51 The Virtues. 
Goats Rue is a lingular herbe againft all 
venome and poifon,and againft wortnes, to 
kill and driue them forth, if the juice be’gi- 
uen to little children to drinke. ° 
It is of like vertue if it be fryed with B 
Linefeed oy!e,and bound vpon the childes ' 
nauell. 
_ It is miniftred vnto children which are pofleffed with the falling euill, a fpoonefull euery mor- c: 
ning in milke. ' ' i " 
Being boiled in vineger, and drunke with a little Treacle,itisvery good againft the infection n > 
of the plague, efpecially if the medicine be taken within tweluehoures. U 
The herbe it li-lfc is eaten, being boiled with flefh,as we vfe to cate Cabbage and other woorts 
and likewife in fallades, with oile,vmeger and pepper, r as we doeate boiled Spinao- e ,and fuch like’ “ 
Which is moft excellent being fo eaten, againft all poifon and peftiJence, or any venomous Mr- 
mitie whatfoeuer,and procureth fweat. 
It alfohelpeth the bitings and ftingings of venomous beafts,if cither the juice or the herbe p 
damped be laid vpon the wound. r 
Halfe an ounce of the juice inwardly taken is reported to helpc thofe that are troubled with - 
convulfions,crampes,and all other the difealesaforefaid. ** 
Thefeedesdo feed pulfen exceedingly, and caufe them to yeeld greater ftore ofegsthan or- H 
dinary. 
The juice ot the Ieaues,orthc leaues themfelucs bruilcd and applied to any part fvvollcn j 
by the fting of a bee or wafpe, mitigatq the paine, and are a prefent remedy,as W. Cannon alouer 
of Plants, and frind of mine, hath alfured me he hath feen by frequent experience, j: 
A 
Chap. 550. Of Pliny bis Leadvpoot. 
* 51 The Defcription. 
D hntariaot Dentiliaria hath offended in the fuperlatiue degree, in thathehath hid himfelfe 
like arunnagate fouldier, vvhen the affault fhould haue been giuen to the plant Lepidium , 
whercofdoubtleffeitisakinde. But if the fault be mine, as withoutqueftionitis, Icraue 
pardon lor the ouerfight, and do intreate thee gentle reader to cenfure me with fauour, whereby 
I may more boldly infert it in this place, rather than to leaue it vntouched. The learned of Nar- 
oone(clpccially mdekuus) haue not without good caufe accounted this goodly plant for a kinde 
Nnnnn ~ thereof, 
