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fade, which I am Cure this Amelins doth not* and is not wholly yellow, as that of Tiothmuas is. The feventh'and 
ci"ht Bauhinm calleth Conyza c&ruleaAlpina major & minor, The 9.is called Coryza minor vera, both by Pem y CluJius 9 
Gefncr,Sc others, becaiife it diftereth from the more common fort.The lafl; P.auxrolftus referreth to the Conyza minor 
ot'Diofcorides, which CluJittj rather thinketh is a ftecies of his greater kinde, yet Baubinus calleth it £°nyza major 
altera , and quoteth both Rauwolftus and C tafias to call it Conyza major Diofcoridis. The Italians call it Conyza : the 
Spaniards Attadegua ; the French Conyza : the Germancs Hundfang and ‘Durwurtz : the Dutch Donderwortcl, 
The Verities. 
The leaves of Fleabane as Diofcorides faith, are fitly applyed to the bytings or hurts of all venemous creatures, as 
alfo for pufhes and fmall fwellings, and for wounds: the leaves and flowers boyled in wine and drunke, is good to 
bring downe womens courfes, and to helpe to expell the dead child : taken alfo in the fame manner, it is good to 
procure urine, or when one maketh it by drops: it helpeth alfo thofe thathavc the yellow jaundife, and the gri¬ 
ping paines of the belly: it is alfo good for the falling ficknefle, taken in vineger: the decodion isgood to helpe 
many griefes of the mother, if women be bathed therewith, or fit therein : it the juyee bee put into the Matrix it 
caufethaborcement, that is to be delivered before the time: the oyle made of the hearbe, and annoynted, is very 
effectual I to take away all fhaking fits of agues, and thofe tremblings that come of cold. The fmall kinde helpeth 
the paines in the head. Galen faith that both the greater and the letter arc hot and dry in the third degree, and there¬ 
fore powerfully warmeth any place whereunto they are applyed, whether ufed of themfelves, or boyled in oyle, 
and anoynted ; the leaves bruited and bound to any grecne wound or cut, being firft well wafhed or cleanfed, hea- 
leth in a fhort (pace : applyed alfo to the foies of the feete,it ftayeth any laske or fluxe, and bound to the forehead is 
a great helpe to cure one of the frenfie : it openeth the obfttu&ions of the liver, if the decoftion thereof made in 
wine be drunke : If either Goats or Sheepe eate hereof it will kill them by any extremity ofthirft, The letter is 
effecluall to all the purpofes aforefaid, but is more power full to helpe any fluxe, or the bloody fluxe. The fixth as 
is faid before, helpeth the toothach. 
Chap. XLV. 
After. Starrewort. 
I He likenefle in many things that the Starreworts have with the Fleabancs, enforceth me to place them 
7 next thereunto, whereof we have fuch a number, as well of thofe that were formerly knowne to ma- 
1 ny, as thofe which our later times have made knowne to us, and from VirguniayNexo-England^ c. have 
come not the lead ftore unto us. And although Diofcorides hath fet forth but one kind, which he calleth 
After At tic us of the place no doubt, where it grew moll plentifully, or was of greater force, which 
was the Country of Athens, yet later Writers having found out divers other hearbes, fomewhat like unto it, have 
referred them thereunto; all which I meane in this Chapter to declare unto you. 
x.Afttt Atticu s late tavern. The true After Attick, or yellow Scar«orc. 
I. After Atticus luteas vents. The true After Attick, 
or yellow Starrewort. 
This Starrewort rifeth up with two or three rough 
hairy ftalkes, a foote and a halfe high, with long rough or 
hairy brownifh darke greene leaves on them, divided in¬ 
to two or three branches: at the top of every one where¬ 
of ftandeth a fiat fcaly head, compafled underneath with 
five or fixe long browne rough greene leaves, Handing 
like a Starre, the flower it felfc (landing in the middle 
thereof, is made as a border of narrow long pale yellow 
leaves,fet with brownilh yellow thrums, the rootdyeth 
every yeare after feed time. 
2. After cernuus Column*. The foft Starrewort of 
Naples . 
The foft Starrewort is very like unto the former yel¬ 
low Starwort, but that the leaves hereof are fomewhat 
broader, larger, and not fo rough or hairy, the fialke is in 
like manner branched toward the toppe, which is not 
flenderer there than below, but groweth thicker where 
the flower ftandeth, and bendeth downeward ; on the 
toppe of every branch ftandeth one flower, fomewhat 
like the other, confifting of many yellow leaves, with 
brownilh threads or thrums in the middle, and compaf- 
fed about with many more greene leaves, which are foft 
and gentle in handling, and not prickly or rough as the o- 
ther : the feed is hitter in tafte, long and norrow, fome¬ 
what flat withall, yellowifh, clammy, crefted, and fweet 
in fmell : the root is compofed of divers bigge yellow- 
ilh ftrings,of an aromaticall tafte. 
3. AfterfupinHt. Low creeping Starwort. 
This low Starwort rifeth up with many (lender weake 
crefted, and fomewhat hairy ftalkes, leaning downe- 
wards, and not Handing upright; whereon are fet many 
long. 
