Chap.4. 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
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The Vertues, 1 
The firft of thefe kindes, being of no fharpe or biting tafte, is held to be harmelefl'e; for the Gtrmmes as Tra rur , 
faith, ufe toeate it familiarly among other herbes: but the others are fharpe and doe exulcerate the skinne ' 
efpecially the hfc kinde more than any of the reft, and therefore not to be ufed inwardly in any cafe • the fecond i 
and third forts here expreffed are oftentimes ufed to be laid to the wrifts of the hands, to drive away a °ues the 
leaves being bruited, with a fro cornes of bay fait, and a little glade of windowes, beaten fmall and mixed tn- 
gether. Camermm faith that they m Germany ufed to apply the rooteof the fift kinde to plague fores, to draw 
. ® t0 ™ turic y anc * breakc them, yet it is no other likely but the other fharpe rootes will doe the like for thev 
^,rnJ e d ke ^T°m San a j r r^ im i?°j llmesbein§wifdyapplicd:and ' r ''‘^ 8 ' ffaith > thal: cven th ofe tha’tare not 
fharpe, doe difcude and dilfolve hard tumors in any part of the body, being applied: a peece of the round rnn- 
ee rowfoote put bettveene thofe teeth that doe ake, or into an hollow tooth, taketh away the paine but ■ 
many times, it either breaketh thofe that are hollow, orcaufeththemto fallout: fome write, that applied to 
, e. n S er ’caufing more paine therein, than is felt, by the touthach, it taketh away the paine: the decodfion of 
the leave, o the field Crowfeete, heaieth fcabs and theitch, but they muff not be fufered to abide lo~n the t 
bit ndrV fc IS W1,e ufcd t0 nay the [ alUn g of the hair e> the head being waftied therewith, being made warme i 
w "““o reft thereon above two or three houres, and then waflied oft'with fredi warme water: itisalfofaid ' 
rndrf-prf'b ro ? tc ^ c brutfed, and applied unto a foule ulcer, it will clenle and take away all the filthy and corrupt ■ 
matter therein, leaving the fore fatre to be healed up with other convenient things, but it mud not lie lone to 
rip f°n ^ ‘ C WOr } e ^ 0rcl ! ,lic:a11 ‘ hef ' fo«Pe Crowfeete, have the fame operation to take away warte s S or : 
* bl - f 7 *t : d r iiggedniflcofna,.les.markes.fpots.and blemifhesin theskin.andall the other properties attributed ' 
L K p fo c r 5 °, f Crowfeete, mentioned in the former divilion : befides being mixed with fwirxs duiie 
they breakeSo-ofWw or the fmaU kemells under the eares, and of thenecke called the Kings Evill and a f- 
U^morrhoides or piles that fweli and blcede not, helpeth todifculfe or take them away: but in no 
worketh Afi!? 6 applycd t0 tbold tpiat are open and bleede. The diftillcd water of the hetbe, whilfl it is in flower 
fomp k Holh t y 1 hepi i lp ? fes afo !'f J ld r ’. d as , fome re P° rt » given with good fucceffe inwardly, with 
a . , ! ld ponther.or tbe/pecies called Lrthontnbm, to provoke urine when it is flopped, and to breake tire 
ftone.thedryed rootes of mod of them made into pouther, and put into the nofe procured! neefing. 
vh’ifio tertia. The third Divilion. 
Ranunculi CMontani. Mountaine Crowfoote. 
OL»Sv 0 of e twn r r W f Feete J^^ aVe i. en S a ? d ,;c mi ' former Booke ' by thename of R&itf»cnltu montantu 
^S°f^ “ | 1S thefi , rftPm , aU fiS u [ eft therealfo. mmt m m mimr fitrc 
& Wh \ ch „ 15 tI,e Pe , co " d figure here, and the double fort among the other garden forts hereafter R.muJulu, 
fi ? re ’ bein § thc mpheetand thin CSl&K 
ji/phodehradicethe fourth: and Ranunculus cramincus flore Ititeo (implici dr dun lie i rhe fifr { , 
of'diem^l^ 11 ^^ 1 FUt thCre arC a S reat many other forte which Hvif/her^brin^toyour^confidlmi'on^d'fpeake 
the great'^itt^mwdneOowfMtediftra^ftorndJlc^fingie whS?majnci‘ WF ^c e ” f b • 
fet forth in my former booke (whole figure I gwe j” u here in thc fccond nhppT ‘.",P fl ?f W uT “ 
that the leaves of tilts Crowfoote.being fomewhat hairy and very lame are div idpd r f/Yi, ■ thC !f thln S s > 
and each of them fomewhat deep’elier Rented about theses reSingthat oSe Sote 
but larger and (landing upon footeftalkes, that are hairy aid 1 footclogllmofbhc llLlkeisW^; 
great and hairy bare almoft of leaves unto the top, where it branched, oV 72 flowed under whic^ftand a 
fcTf.'b* l ar ge.leaves,rnuch more divided then thofe bclow:the flowers are many, each (landing on a lon» 
footefla k very Urge and white conliftnig of five leaves fo large,that the whole flower feoneth to bee as great 
as a fingle purple ringed Daffodill, and very fweete withall, having many yellow threds in rfie middle ftandW 
, b °“ head >'Y here °n being npe the feede groweth many let together; the rootc is fomewhat great and 
lon s , but as it were bitten off in the halfe, with many long blackifh firings hanging thereat S 
This great Trauff ""T FamTllC grCaC pUrple mountaine Crowfoote. 
1 his great Crowfoote hath fourc or five or more very large and hairy leaves, riling from the roote let lmn „ 
long hairy foote ftalkes, each whereof is decided into five or more parts, deepely cut in unto the middle dented 
likewtfe about the edges.and of a darke greene colour on the upper fide, and g/ayifli, or as i wele hoar'v imdpt 
rcath among Which rifeth up a ftrong round hollow ftalke, hairy alfo, about a° yald high, 2,® 
t the top much divided, and from thence fpreadeth into three or fourc or more fmall branches each fiillaining 
a fmall leafe or two, about which ftandeth the flower, confiding office round leaves of a purnl’iftr colnnr^nn pl¬ 
under fide, and about the edges oftheinfide, but pure white Sn the reft of he infidV P h% n 
■Se^ 1 ^ ln B 7 t d lg f eenCh | ead ’fiK hich b A arethma 7 flattifll and bllckina browne ftiarp n e y p y oimed 
leeue . the roote is compofed of many long fibres or Brings, and hairy at it were at the head thereof P P 
T i • p „ r 3 ' R-* nurtc **ws PUntagmisfolio. Plantaine leafed Crowfoote 
