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The fame being fully blowne, ftampedand mixed with fwines greale,do eafe the paine of theL 
gout. 
And <JMi fue writeth, that this tempered with honie of Rofes,or with an egge, doth confume a- M 
way the Kings-euill. 
The Rape of the Broom or Broome Rape, being boy led in wine, is commended againfl the pains N 
ofthe kidnies and bladder, prouoketh vrine,breaketh the ftone,and expellerh it. 
Theiuicepreffed forth of Broom rape healeth green wounds, and clenfetb old and filthy vlcers: O 
the later Phyfitions do affirme that it is alfo good for old venomous and malicious vlcers. 
That worthy Prince of famous memorie Henry 8. King of England, was vvoont todrinke thedi- P 
Rilled water of Broome floures,againft furfets and difeafes thereof arifing. 
Sir Thomas Fitzhcrbert Knight,was woont to cure the blacke iaundice with this drinke onely. Qi 
Take as many handfuls (as you thinkegood)of the dried leauesof Broom gathered and brayed R 
to ponder in the moneth of May, then takevnto each handfull of the dried leaues,one fpoonful and 
ahalfeofthe feed of Broom braied into ponder: mingle thefe together, and let the ficke drinke 
thereof each day a quantitie,firft and laflr, vntill he finde fome cafe. The medicine muftbe conti- 
nued and fo long vfed,vntil it be quiteextinguilhed: for it is a difeafe not very fuddenly cnred,but 
nnift by little and little be dealt withall. 
Orobanch or Broom rape fliced and put into oyle 01 iue,to infufe or macerate in the fame, as yes 
doRofes foroi!eofRofes,fcourethand puttethaway all fpots,Ientils,freckles, pimples, wheals and 
pufhes from the face, or any part of the body, being annointed therewith. 
D/efcorides writeth, that Orobanch may be eaten either raw cr boiled, in manner as we vfe to eat T 
the fprigs or young (hoots of j4(jmragus. 
Thefiouresand feeds of Spanifh Broome are good to bedrunke with Meador honied warer in V 
the quantitie of a dram, to caufeone tovomite with great force and violence, euenaswhite Hel'e- 
bor,®r neefing pouder. 
Ifit be taken alone, it Ioofeneth the belly, driueth forth great quantitie of waterie and filthie X 
humours. 
Chap. 18. Of bafe Broome or gracing weed. 
TbeDefcriftion. 
1 'T His bafe kinde of Broom called Greene weed or Diers weed,hath many tough branches 
A proceeding from a wooddie root: whereon do grow great ftore of leaues, of a deep green 
colour, fomewhat long like thole of Flax : the floures grow at the topof the branches not much vn- 
like the leauesol Broome ,but fmaller ; of an exceeding faire yellow colour, which turne into fmall 
flat cods, wherein is contained a little flat feed. 
2 Carol it > Cluflus fetteth forth another kinde of Broome, which Dodonaus calleth Gem (l a tinfto- 
na, being another fort of Diers weed ; it groweth like the Spanifli Broome: vpon whofebranches 
do grow long and fmall Idaues like Flax, greeneon the vpper fide, and ofan hoarie fhining colour 
on the other.The floures grow at thetopofthe ftalks,fpike fafhion, in forme and colour like the 
former : the roots arethicke and wooddie. 
5 Carolus Cluflus fetteth forth two kindes of Broome.The firft is a low and bafe plant, creeping 
and lying flat vpon the ground .whole long branches are nothing elfe, but as it were ftalkes confi- 
ding of leaues thicke in themiddeft, and thinne about the edges, and as it were diuided with fmall 
nicks ; at which place it beginneth to continue the fame leafe to the end, and fo from leafe to leafe, 
vntill it haue increafed a great fort, allwhichdoeas it were make one ftalke ; and hath none other 
leaues, failing that in fome ofthe nicks or diuifions there commeth forth a fmall leafe Iikea little 
eare. Attheendofthofeflatand leafed (talks come forth the floures, much like the floures of the 
common Greening weed, but lefler,andofa yellow colour, which turne into Imall cods. The roots 
are very long, tough, and wooddie, ful of fibres, doling at the top of the root, from whence they pro- 
ceed as from one body. 
4 This kinde of Greenweed called of fome Chamajfdrtium, hath a thicke wooddie root : from 
which rife vp diners long leaues, confiding as it were of many pieces fet together like a paire of 
Beads (as may better be percciued by the figure, than exprelfed bywords) greeneon the vpper fide, 
and whitifn vnderneath,very tough, and as it were ofa rufhie fubftance : among which rife vp very 
fmall naked rufhie fia": : ; on the top whereof groweth an eare or fpike of achafEe matter,baiuns; 
here and there in th : . eare diners yellow floures like Bropme.but very fmall or little. 
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