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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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The fame is dninkewirh wine of Rations againft the infirmities ot the liuer and cheft, fcabs or £ 
foresofthfibladder,anddifeafesofthekidneyes. .... 
Being meltedvnder the tongue it quencheth thirft : it is good for greene wounds being fayed F 
thereupon, and for the ftomacke if it be chewed. 
The decoftion ofthe frefh roots ferueth for the fame purpofes. 
But the dried root moft finely poudered is a fingular remedie for a pin and a web in the eye, if it 
bC BfJSJSS alfo report, that Liquorice is good for the ftomack and vlcers ofthe mouth, I 
be ius C goo V daCTatidHioarfeneffe,difficultie of breathing, inflammation ofthe lungs, the pleurifie, K 
fpitting of bloud or matter, confumption or rottennes ofthe lungs, all infirmities and ruggednes 
° f ktakef away inflammations, mitigateth and tempereth the fharpneffe and faltnes of humors, L 
conco*Teth raw humors, and procureth eafie fpitting. 
The decottion is good for the kidnies and bladder that are exulcerated. 
It cureth the ftranguric ? and generally all infirmities that proceed of {"harpejfait,and biting hit- 
Thefe things concerning Liquorice hath alfo TheopbrafltM that w ith this and with checfe N 
made of Marcs milke the Scythians were reported to be able to line eleuen or twelue dayes. 
The Scythian root is good for fhortnefl'e of breath, for a dry cough, and generally for all mfit- o 
Moreouer with honey it healeth vlcers, it alfo quencheth thirft if it beheld in the mouth : for p 
which caufe they fay that the Scythians do liue eleuen or twelue dayes with it and Hippace, which 
is cheefe made of Mares mifke,as Hippocrates witnefleth. . . . 
Pliny in his twenty fifth booke, chap. 8. hath thought otherwife than truth, that Hippace is in Q. 
herbe lb called. 
f Both the figutesformerly were oF the firft deferibed* 
C h a p. 13. Of Millie Trefoile or Shrub Trefoile. 
The Kinde! . 
T Here be diuets kindes or forts ofthe fhrubby Trefoile, the which might very well haue palled 
ainonu the three leaued Grades, had it not beene for my promife in the proemeofour firft 
part, That fn the laft booke ofour Hiftory the ftirubbie or wooddy plants fhould be fet forth, eue- 
rie one as neere as might be in kindred and neighbourhood . 
TheDefcriptitw. 
i 1 r T ffc firft kinde of Cytifus or fhrubby Trefoile growes to the forme of a fraall fhrub 
I orwooddy bufh two or three cubits high, branching intofundry fmall boughes 
orarmes, fet full ofleaues like the fmall Trefoile, darke greene, and not hairie, 
three growing alwaies together : among thefe come forth fmal yellow floures like them of French 
Broome, which doe turne into long and flat cods, containing fmall feed of a blackifh colour. 
2 The fecond kinde of Cytifns is likewife a fmall fhrub, in fhape after the manner ot the for- 
mer, but that the whole plant, is altogether fmaller,and the leaues rounder, fet together by 'cou- 
ples, and the fmall cods hairy at the ends, which fets forth the difference. X The leaues of this 
are almoft round, and grow three together clofe to the ftalke : they are fmooth, of a frefli greene, 
and the middlemoftleafeof the three is thelargeft,and ends in a fharpe point : the floures are of 
the bigneffe and colour of the T rtfolitm cormcuUtum : it floures in May . t 
3 The root of this third kinde is Angle, from whence fpring vp many fmooth brittle ftalks di- 
uided into many wings and branches, whereon grow greene leaues fmallerthanthofeofmedow 
Trefoile : the floures are yellow, leffer than Broome floures, otherwife very like, growing about 
the tops of the twiggie branches, diuided into fpoky tufts : which being vaded, there follow thinne 
long narrow cods, leffer than thofe of the Broome, wherein is contained fmall blacke feed. The 
root is long, deeply growing into the ground, and fometimes waxeth crooked in the earth. X This 
alfo hath fmooth green leaues.and differs little (if any thing at alI)from the firft defcribed,where- 
fore I thought it needleffe to giue a figure. Our Author called it Cytifitsfiliquofw , Codded fhrub 
Trefoile, becaufe one ofthe branches was fairely in the figure expreft with cods • I know no other 
reafon.fbralltheCyfi/iarecoddedaswellasthis. X , 
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