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524 Chap.25, 
Tbeatrum Botanicum. 
T RIBS.' 
TheT 3 lace. 
Both the former grow by ditches and waterfides, and in divers fields that are moift, for therein chieflv.!,. 
dehghttogrow, the firft generally through all the land, and the other but infome feveral! pl acc tS r S S 
the Woods of Cernay Austria and but in gardens onely with us. the laft m the ftony places S. 
falls of iy£qtiicolt in staples on the Southiide. 1 * P iaces ot the! 
The Time, 
They flower in Ittnc and Iulj } and give their feede in August. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greekb r and fjmphitum, a facultategUtinmdific ditl um un j. r , , , 
hit Lem,,, It is alfo called as ©zo/cw.^jfatthwwrfr.orwmV, peBos or feSat Pliny faith it was rail 5 ' 
and Alum, and Is alfo of fome called */<^», and of S cribmim Largut Imla ntJHca, /f fome as DedonlZZu 
OpocoUan ; and VnEhtofa from the Germane word Schmermtrtz ,; but the moftufuall name is hv all t faitf, > 
ada.es, either Sjmphitim or Confoltli major ■ that with purple flowers is called m M , and the white fTmZJ "-7 ‘ 
econd is fo called by molt,as is in the title The laft fort I have tranfpofed hither, with a new title as be Z'J a 1 
for it in my judgement, although both C./», and B.whinw make it an Ancbufa, for fome reafons fef T g fi teft ’ 
the defcnpuon c. l»m» callcth it Anchufa echioides Into* Cerinthe flore montane ,and Beuehinm CeZllltZ™ ' 
The fr,:/.re call it O onfoltda maggme, the Spaniards SueUa, and Gufuetiamajore, the French (LrZr j' 
„Cf M ’ an n d °r ,l ‘ d , /1fur ) the G " mms CHroelhoHHz,, SchwrtWHru, Scbjerwtm* SchantmS ’*7 ' 
we lien > the D mehlVaclwortole J m Englijlj Comfrey. a Bern., 
. The Vertues . 
. ^ e S reat ComFrcy is asfomefay, cold in a temperate degree, and others fay hot. which is nnt ^ - 
but drying and binding m a greater meafure, for it helpeth thofe that fpit blood^or that bleede at the m ^ I, * 
that make a bloody urine: as alfo for all in ward hurts, hruifes and wounds, andhelpeth^S^FTi** 
canting the fleagme that oppreffeth them, tobeealily fpit forth, the roote being boyled in water or ,, H “"f* 
fame alfo dmnke, ftayeth the defluxions of rheume from the head upon the Lungs/the flaws of bln 7 J 
mours by the belly womens immoderate conrfes, as welltheredsas the whitef/and* thcZ^l°Z ha ‘ 
rung of the tames, happening by what caufe foever: A fyrupe made thereof is very effeftualf for all ,h r 7 
gnefes and hurts; and the diftilled water for the fame purpofe alfo, and for outward wound, ™f f‘ nm [ d 
fltfliy or fine wy parts of the body wherefoever, as alfo to take away the fits of aeues and m S n S 10 
of humours : a decoflion of the leaves hereof is available to all the purposes althounb not fn r ff 
rootes = o™, faith, that two ounces of the juice drunke, doth muchgoodln the LeSv 
fleepe; the rootes being outwardly applyed, helpeth frefl, wounds or cuts immediate y -'beb^hr, 
It" 0 ' H 5-Ta her th f Cir h ' ps - and is cf P ecia!l S° od for ruptures and broken bonZAZfu 
to be fo powerfull to confolidate or Knit together, whatsoever nepfiri-Vi tniffi«rr t-i-n* 'c u J^^^tisfaid 
diflevered peeces of flefh in a pot, itw.lljoyne them togeth" a 1 " i ‘ s'gfod’To et^d^ 
breads that grow foreby the aboundance of milkecomming into them : as alfo ?o repreffeThe J W ,°£ ens 
ding of the hemorrhoids, to eoole the inflammation of the pans thereabouts, and to g ve eafe ofS* 7 
rootes of Comfrey taken frelh, beaten fmall, fpread upon leather, andlaidupon aw place ronL P fl n 
gout, doe prefently gwe eafe of the paines; and applyed in the fame manned giveth eafe to n^nerT W ‘ th ^ 
Chap. XXV. 
'BuguUfive Conjotid a media. Bugle or the middle Confound. 
His browne Bugle is fo like unto the PrmietU or Selfeheale rim. j,,. orr c n . , , 
J to one and lo h we confounded them together,*ev h™ f«™d m 
calling this Confolih media and the other C.onfohda minor • 1 \ i _ 1 intguiffi them, 
S call alfo, whick»lllikewifcbefflSoftafa^^?fe ,re ^ T ^S? that ^ P <> 
* fer notably one fromanother, have difpofed o( 
Chapter, and of the lefler in the next. intreatln S °* the greater in this 
T .- p . . , , 1. VKgKlet vHlgarieJlorectrHleo. Ordinary blew flowred Bugle 
This Bugle hath larger leaves then thofe of the PrmelU or Selfe heale bur el (hof rt f.,frw 
a little longer, in fome greene on the upperlide and in others more bro’wnilh dented a^r^S. 10 A ^ r thCr 
what hairy as the fquare ftalke is alfo, which rifeth up to be halfe a vearrl r C • b c C h f dges ’ fomc ' 
thereon by copies j from the middlealmoftwhereof^upwards ftandlfl 8 fomet,me > ^ with fuch leaves 
and browner leaves then the reft on the ftalke below, fetat diftances^and^theZlke hZh’1’ W ‘ th fma “ er 
which flowers are alfo fmall ones as thofe of Selfe heile u ’ ar, u tlle ftalke bare betweene them, among 
oned like the flowersVfAlSe orfrln ’ "w u ^ blc w‘‘h,“ d fometimeofan afh-colour, fifhi- 
compofedofma 7 ftrinos aiK?ihreadethuoon^hearennH ' ome Pmallround hlackilh feede: the roote is 
,S an0thcr whofe leaves!,ar ’ e l °»S« then thel'e, and de^er demedfrboutXedges ab ° Ut ' ° f th ‘ S tIl£re 
favir. that th , „ 
ft.lkcs ihereot aw d W awa gr«ne and never biowne like the other, atidtharlhe'flowersafe voywhice 3 ^ 
TH.v .i, v i j a- a g ul ‘‘jl°rccanteo. Bugle with blulh coloured flowers ' 
4, Bugul* 
