Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
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f The Place. 
Dane-wort growes in vntoiled places neere 
common waies,and in the borders of fields : 
it groweth plentifully in the lane at Kilburne 
Abbey, by London : alfo in a field by S . loans 
neere Dartford in Kent : and alfo in the high- 
way at old Branford townes end next London, 1 
and in many other places. 
ThcTirae. 
The flonres are perfe dedin Sommer, and 
the berries in Autumne. 
% The Names. 
It is named in Greeke, **#w**to, that is , hu~ 
tnilis Sambucus, or low Elder: it is called in 
Latine, Ebnlus, and Ebulum in high-Dutch, 
2(ltttc!) : in low-Dutch, I^aDtClj : in Italian, E- 
bulo : in French, Hicble . in Spamfli, Teener : in 
Engl ill. Wall-wort, Dane-wort, anddwarfe 
Elder. ' 
•If The Temper Attire. 
Wall-wort is of temperature hot anddrie 
in the third degree, and of a Angular qualitie, 
which Galen dosh attribute vntoit, to waft and 
confume ; and alfo it hath a ftrange and Ipeci- 
all facultie to purge by the ftoole : the roots be 
ofgreateft force, the leattes haue thechiefeft: 
ftrength to digeft and confume. 
TheVertucs, 
The roots of Wall-wort boiled in wine and 
drunken are good againft the dropfie, for they 
purge downwards watery humors. 
B The leaues do confume and wafte away hard fwellings if they be applied pultif-wife,or in a fo- 
mentation or bath. 
C Diofcorides faith, that the roots of Wall-wort doe foftenand open the matrix, and alfo cor re (ft 
the infirmities thereof, if they be boiled for a bath to fit in ; and diflolue the fwe’lings and paines 
of the belly. 
D TheiuiceoftherootofDane.wortdothmakethehaireblacke. 
E The yong and tender leafe quencheth hot inflammations, being applied witl Barly ftieale : it 
is with good fuccelfc laid vpon burnings, fca ldings, and vpon the bitings of mad dogs,; and with 
Bulls tallow or Goats fuet it is a remedie for the gout. 
F The feed of Wall-wort drunke in thequantitieofadramis the moft excellen; purger ofwate- 
rie humors in the world, and therefore moft Angular againft the dropfie. 
G Ifone fcruple of the feed bebruifed and taken with fyrrup of Rofes and a little Secke,it cureth 
the dropfie, and eafeth the gout, mightily purging downwards waterifh humors, aeing once taken 
in the weeke. 
C h a p; 80. Of 'Beane 'Trefoile. 
The Defcription. 
1 r T* 1 He firft kinde of Anagyris or Laburnum groweth like vnto a fmall tre:, garnifhed with 
j| many fmall branches like the (hoots of Oziars,fet full of pale greeie leaues, alwaies 
three together, like the Lotus or medow Trefoile, or rather like the l anes of Vitex^ or 
theCytifta bulli ramongwbich come forth many tufts of floures of a yellow cohur, not much vn- 
like the floures of Broome : when thefe floures be gone there fucceed fmall flat sods, wherein are 
contained feeds like Galega or the Cytifus bufh : the whole plant hath little orno fauour at all : 
the root is foft and gentle, yet of a wooddy fubftance. 
s Stinking 
