Tribe 4. TbeTheateroJTlants, Chap. 9. 435 
feeme to niaintaine opinion againll A/aftiio/af, proving as he thinketh, every part of Diofcoridcs his 
defcription to a°ree thereuncojyet ftil Mattbiolm his aflertions will hold good againft Fsfckw and Mil that this 
FUipindula agreeth not with ‘Bit,fcorides his Otmnthe, efpecially in the fetdes, for it is fnch an eminent marke 
that none can alter or gainefay. It is called of all moderne writers FilipenduU, quodrmmerofi ,/U m radtce bulbilli, 
qaa/iexfilop'iuieremZaiuur, fome write it PhiltfenduU, becaufe Nicholas Myrepfm called it ^iwJWa.Some 
thinkc thisto be Molon of Pliny, whereofhe maketh mention inhisa6.booke,and7. chapter, but itis doubc- 
ful|. the Italians and Spaniards cAYw.Filiptnd.uU, mdtheFrntcbFiliptndcan&Filipendalt, the Germane! Rotten. 
Steinbrech, that is, red breakeftonc, from whence came the Latine name among them Saxifraga rubra, red Sax¬ 
ifrage- asalfo wildGarb, that is Millefoliumfylveflre : we call it FilipendnU, and tome Fthpipemlu/a and Drop- 
worc ’ The fecond Lugdunenjis calleth Oemnthe alia Myc,ni, bccaufe he faith it is lo like the ordinary Filipen- 
dala, "both in outward forme and face of growing, in rootes and leaves, and in the tad and rellini alfo, and not 
unlikely thereby to be of the fame vertue and property, but Bnubinw refejrreth it rather to the next Filipe»d„la 
momma, whereof I cannot fee any reafon, for in my opinion it is the fame with the former, and not a ipecies of 
the next, let others be judge herein that are judicious. The laft Bauhimu fetteth forth by the name of Ftlijyen- 
dula minor . 
TheVertuer. 
The ordinary or vulgar Filipendula is fomewhat bitter in tafte, and thereupon judged to be hot and dry in the 
third degree, itisveryeftvdlaalltoopenthepaffagesof the urine, when it is flayed, as alfotohelpe the Stran¬ 
gury, and all other paines of the bladder and reines, helping mightily to breake and expell the Hone, either in 
the kidneyes or bladder,and gravell alfo that is not as yet condenfate into a (lone,whether you will ufe the leaves, 
flowers, or feede* but the rootes are moftufuall and mofteffedtuall, either taken in powder or in a decodtion 
with white wine, whereunto a little honey is added: the fame alfo helpetb to expell the Jeconaine or afterbirth, 
taken in the fame manner: an ancient copy of Diofcorides faith, it helpcth alfo the yellow Iaundife, Paul us «✓£- 
gineta faith, it is good for thofe that have the falling fickneffe, and that it will helpe them if they ule it often: the 
rootes made into powder, and mixed up with hony, into the forme of an eledtuary, doth much helpe them 
whole flomakes are fwollen, breaking and diffolving the winde which was the caufe thereof, as alfo is very ef- 
fedtuall for all the difeafes of the lungs, as fhortneffe of breath, wheelings, hoarfeneffe of the throatc, and the 
cough, and to expectorate cold flegme therefrom) or any other parts thereabouts,, 
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