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TbeVertnes. 
0 ,_T h V hre ^. fi J rt ^'" d cs are hoc and ^-y in the Iccond degree, as all diureticke things for the mod part are and 
are both moil (and I thmke onelyjufed,the reft either not at all or vei y feldome, which if they (hould, they are. 
not found to be halfe fo efte< 5 fuall,as any of them,which are accounted to be of as lingular force to break e the done i 
and to avoid it and the gravell, engendred either in the ren.es or bladder, as alfo to provoke in ine beineS 
and to helpe the Itrangiiry or making of water by drops, as any other herbe or fade whatfoever: the feede is of 
greatelt ule,and chiefly uled to be bruifed and boyled in white wine, or in broth or the like, or the powder of the 
ieede taken m white wine, or in broth or the like,as a barley creame or Amond milkc.made with the kernclls of 
the foure greater cold fades,and the feedes of Gromell boyled in the Early-water.is both a pleafanr lafe and efJ 
^, Ua '' ™ edlclne for the be drunk m the morning faffing,for three dayes together, when you are troubled 
with the fits thereof,this 1 s probat,m upon divers;/!/, mh.olm faith,that if a dramm and a halfe of the feed ofcach 
of the Gromells(the greater and the letter he meanethjhalfe a dramme of Spleenwort or MiltwalLand two fern - 
pies of white Amber, being all made into powder,mixed together and taken for many dayes together falling in 
the juice of Plantane.Purflane, and Lettice, is fine ular good to helpe the (lomrhtm or running of ihc reincs ■ ”uvo 
drammes alfoof the feede in powder,taken with womens breads milke,is very tfFeflnall to procure a ipeedv de¬ 
livery.to.fuch women as have fore paines in their travailc.md cannot be delivered; for with this onelv medicine 
laith Matthmlm,be hath holpen many women in thole cafesithe herbe it felfe.when the feede is nor to be had ei¬ 
ther boyled,or the Juice thereofdrunk, is efteflual to all the purpofes aforefaid.but not fo power ful or fpeed v in n- 
peration,the decofhon alfo,to be bathed or foinenced, as alio to fit in, is much commended for an outward re- 
Chap. IX. 
Filipendula. Fi/ipipendula, or Droppewort. 
! F this FUiplpnduU or Droppewort, there hath beene formerly knowne but one kind, 
letteth forth one greater, and Bauhintu hath added thereunto another much lefler • Dodonaui Lobel 
I and others, have called another plant Filipcndula montana , which Clufuu calieth <AJleSlorolovLs AL 
, t tna * as a ‘P c ^. ies c ^ ereo ^ bl *t 1 dare not allow of their opinions therein, not finding them to a^ret- 
... !" Bootes, or flowers, or feede, and but a little in leaves: I will therefore fpeake in this Chapter of 
the ordinary forts and of the others ,n the next, but for the Oemanthis (as they are fo called) and by that■ 
knowneio us m thee dayes, becaufe they be rather umbelliferous plants, I thinke it fitter to ipeake of item ih 
wkhthefe ° f UmbC lfcr0US P lants * Wlth the othcr S “iftages that are of that Tribe, then joyne them tqgefiier 
1 • Filipcndula vulgar la. Common or ordinary Filipendula. 
th «M fo.™ bigger and feme 
This j 
1 if f r iby 1 , » wiugcu leave,, mat is,many lmail leaves, fome bigger and fnmd 
C d ’ £ ?■" e c C 1 °c fa m,ddlC nbte ’ and each oftllem dl:nl:ed about the edges,fomewhat relembli.w E. mer 
and wild Tanly, or rather Agrimony, orbetweene them all, but harder in handling, amone which leave” ariferh 
Tr°di 0r d m H°- re aalb4S> 5 wo ° r thr 5 e fo °. te hi 8 h y ha ' in g fach leaves thereon as grow below,and fomet mes 
alfo divided into other branches, fpreading at the toppe, into many white fwcetc fuelling flow ers confiftine of 
five leaves a peece, with fome threds in the middle of them, Handing together in a tuft or umbel! each im™! 
fmal, footeflalke, which after they have abiden a good while open and blowne, doe fall away, and i„ tlfapbi- 
ces appearc fmall round chaffy heads like buttons, wherein are the chaffy feed let and plac'd, the rootc confifteth 
oLZ y o“r tUbCr0US pceces ' faftened t0 § £thet by fma11 blackifh ikingt wdfah ru^e from 
a. Filipendulaaltera major. Another great Filipendula 
This other Fthpemdula is ft like the former in the leaves, that ic can fcarfe be difarned from the other the 
flowers at the toppe of the ftalke are of a white enclining to a purple, made of five leaves a peece like the other 
after which the heads bearc round and blackifh feede within them,the rootes are v.ry many and fomewhat Iona’ 
er and whiter, enclining to rednefle, but faftned together by long (brings and fibres as the former. S 
3 * Filipendula minor. Small Filipendula 
The fmall Filipendula hath two or three fuch like leaves as the former,rifin« from the roore hut much fmsllrr 
and morei neercly refembling the wild Tanfy leaves, but nor white as they areVbuTo ftheS 
lour wuh the former; from among wluch.theflaike that is fcarfe an handbredth high, arifeth up fomefimes 
without d.vifion therein, and fometimes alfo parted into two or three other branch?* , whereon find mTnv 
(mailer white fweeter flowers then the former, but with threds therein like them, and fa toother in an umbefl 
I " tb !. fa ?® tnanner; which come the fade, many fet together, formed almoft like tint? a fmall bunch of 
therby flnng? llkeThem!^'’ S * ^rteZT’ bm “ 3ndrCdder > >' CC ^ ed t0 S c - 
Thc firft IS common in many places of this Land, as well upon and about St. Vhcms rocke bv Bristow and 
neare Sum in the meddow there, as alfo in the corners of dry fields and meddowes, and thei^ed-es Mes the e 
“««• a. * 
, The Time. 
J ney flow r er in June and July, and their feede ripeneth in tAugufl. 
—. • . . The Names. 
whichfadcfaibethuiHsthird day u $ ' C ° b ' Ch f 0nMth! o(DU/cond e s, 
• r a 1 r , M P 1S third hooke and 132. Chapter, and not that Oenanthe which he fai-hin 
feeme 
