An Appendix to 
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with thofe Currans vyhich are brought from Zant,and the continent adioyning thereto, and which 
are vulgarly fold by our Grocers • for they are the fruit of a fmaU Vine, and differ much from thef'e. 
T he T empcrature end Venues. 
The berries of red Currans, as alfo of the white, are cold and dry in the end of the fecond decree 
and haue fome aftriction, together with tenuitie of parts. 
They extinguifh and mitigate feuerifh heates, reprefTe choler, temper theouer-hot blond, refill 
putrefa&ion, quench third, helpe the deiedion of the appetite, ftay cholericke vomitings and 
fcourings, and helpe the Dyfenterie proceeding of an hot caufe. 
The iuice of thefe boiled to the height ofhoney, either with or without fugar (which is called 
Rob de Ribes) hath the fame qualities, and conduces to the fame purpoies. 
C H A P. 3. Of Tarfley "Brealyflone, and baft a rd Rupturewort. 
1 Percepier Anglorttm Lob. 
Parfley Breake-flone. 
The De/crypt ion. 
1 
Polygonu, Herniaria facie. 
Baftard Rupture-wort. 
D 
Thought it was not altogether fnconuenient to couple 
thefe two Plants together in.one Chapter; firft,becaufe 
they are of one flature ; and fecondly, taken cut of one and the fame 
H iflory of Plants, to wit, the Adnerfarra of Vena and Lobel. 
The firff of thefe, which the Authors of the Aduerfbia fet forth 
by thenameof Percepier, (and rather affert, than affirmeto be the 
Scanctix of the Antients)is by Tabernemontatm called Scendtx minor : 
and by Fabius Columna^ hhifriille montane minima-: it hath a frnall 
wooddy yellowifh fibrous root, from which riles p one, two, or more 
little Balks, feldome exceeding the height of an handfull, and thefe 
are round and hairy, and vpon them grow little roundifh leaues,like 
thetenderJeauesofCheruill,buthairy,and of awhitifh green co- 
lour, faftned to the ftalkes with fliort foot-fl alkes,and hatting little 
eares at their letting on : the floure.s are fmall, greene, and fine cor- 
nered, many cluffering together at the fetting on of the leaues : the 
_feed is fmall, fmooth, and yellowifh : the ftalks of this plant grow 
fometimes vpright, and otherwhiles they lean on the ground : it is 
to be found vpon diuers dry and barren grounds, as in Hide Parke, 
Tuthill fields, &c. It floures in May, and ripens the feed in Tune and 
July. It feemes by the Authors of the Adnerfaria, that in the Weft 
countrey about Briftow they call this Herbe Percepier ; but our 
herbe women in Cheapfide know it by the name of Parfley Breake- 
ftone. 
This is hot and dry, and of fubtil parts : it vehemently and fpee- 
dily moues vrine,and by fome is kept in pickle, and eatenasafal- 
lad. 
Thediftillcd water is alfo commended tobecffedluall to moue 
vrine,and clenfe the kidnies ofgrauell. 
2 The.hiftorie of this, by the forementioned Authors, Adutrf. 
pep. 4C34. is thus fet forth vnder this title, Polygtwium Hcrnieria folijs & f acieycr ampler adice Afire, 
galitidi Neither (fay they) ougbtthistobedefpifedby fuch as are ftudiousofthe knowledge of 
Plants ; for it is very little knowne, being a very fmall herbe lying along vpon the ground, and al- 
moftoiierwhclmed or couered with the grade, hailing little branches very fullofioints : the little 
leaues and feeds are whitifh,and very like thofe of H or >11 aria or Rupture- wort : the whole plant is 
white, hailing a very fmall and rnoffie floure : the root is larger than the fmalnefTc of the plant fee- 
met to require, hard, branched, diuerfly turning and winding, and therefore hard to be plucked 
vp: the tafte is dry and hottifli. It groives vpon a large Plaine in Prouince, bet wee ne thecities 
Arles and Selon. Thus much Pena and -Label. Iamdeceiuedj iffome few yearesagone I was not 
fhevved this plant, gathered irj fome part ofthis kingdome,butwhere,Ianmotab!ctoaffirme. 
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