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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
«! ThcTime. 
It Someth in Sommer: the feed is ripe in Autumne ; the fhrub it felfe is ahvaies grcehe,and 
hath a lading root. 
The Thames. 
Moftdo call it Cytifus ^ but we had rather name it Trifolium fruticans : for it doth not agree with 
Cytifus orMilk-Trcfoile/sin the chapter before it is plaine enough by hisdefcription,vnIeffe it be 
Cytifus Marcelli, or MarceHus his Milke-Trefoile,with which peraduenture it might be thought to 
haue fome likenc(Te,if the flourcs which are yellow were white, or galbinsous, that is to fay, blew. 
There be diners alfo tliattake this Trefoiletobc Polemomum , iorafmucb as theleaues hereof 
feeme to be fomcvvhat like thofc of common Rue, but Polemomum hath not the leafe ofcommon 
Rue,otherwife called Herb-grace,but of the other, that is to fay, of S.Iohns Rue : it is called in En- 
glifh,fhrubby Trefoile, or Make-bait. 
The Temperature. 
Polemomum is of temperature dry in the fccond degree, with fome Acrimonie or fharpneffe. 
«] The Femes. 
This fhrubby plant hath fo many Angular and excellent venues contained in it, that fome haue jy 
called it by the name ChihoiuntmisfiM is, hairing an hundred properties. 
It is very effeftuaM againft the flinging of Scorpions, and (as fome write) if a man hold it in his g 
hand, he cannot be hurtwith the biting ofany venomous bead. 
Being taken in vineger it is very good for thofe that are fpleneticke,and whofc fpleen or Milt is q 
affected with oppilations or ftoppings. 
If the root be taken in wine it helpeth againft the bloudy ftix, it prouoketh vrine being drunke g 
with water, fcoureth away grauell,and eafeth the paine and ache called the Sciatica. 
C h a p. 17. Of c Brooi»e i and Broome %ape. 
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Broome. 
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2 Rofum Gcmfttfive Orobmche . 
Broome Rapepr Orobanch. 
