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Tilt (mill puiple flowred Willow bcrbe. 
notatit. The laft is called by Label, Lyfimachia lutea altera-, by Clu/hts LiGmarb;* r I——:- 
1 Dodenem in his Dutch Herball, Lyfimacbism ayuatile : by Baukmt LyfimJchia latifolia flare 0I0U0 lZ 7 o% ft 
t (heweth chat g~lim erred, in thinking 1 that Ljfimachta, was the Lutea befit tc jf t ! \i 
R ofth <c Spaniards Lyfimacho: of the Fntek, as SMtBim fthh, tmtoBe mAcVneoBo 1 iir ft''V 
, tdxmy Pm**#, and Petto beg*, id eft, Befit but <Dodon lm contr’adifteth ill lllftlr 
I V J e/lebaJJe, with thofe of Cemmama, is another herbe, even the Ranunculus flammeus which will r , u’u n 8 th C 
»l the skinne, and will draw the venorne of a Plague fore another way : of the Germaines jviderich ind ftft Up ? n 
1 , rnk: ofthe Dutch GecltTcderijck.-. and inWillow herbe, and Loofeftrife. G ' 
The Vertttes, 
Galen > faiththat this Willowhearbe, hath an exceeding binding quality, and therefore Diofcorides faith iris 
I good to (lay all manner of bleedings at the mouth or nole, or of wounds, or howfoever and all n„ 
I belly, and the bloudy flix, given either to drinke,or taken by glider; it iiayethX the aboundanre 
a mens courfes: it is a fmgular good herbe for greene wounds, to Itay thebleedine and auicklv rn f W °* 
i elofe together the Iippesof the wound,if the juyee ofthe herbe onely be bruifed and applied • iL oft^nfed 
ri in gargles for fore mouthes, as alfo for the fecrec parts: it is found very certaine bv «ood ^vner.Vn ,1 ^ 
? fmoake hereof being burned, driveth away flics and gnats, and other fuch likefmal! creatures 
t diverfe places, that are neere to Fennes, Marfhes, or water fides, to infefl them that dwell there in the ■* hr 
fon to flmg and bite'them, leaving themarkes andfpots thereof in their faces, &c whkfb fideTrt 
formity, which is but for a while, leaveth them that are thus bitten, not without paine foretime • it is favdX 
to drive away Serpents, or any other venemous creature, by the fmoakc of the hearbe burned. " ^ ° 
Chap. XXXIIII. 
Lyfimachia non fiicata. Willow herbe, with difperfed heads of flowers. 
I He fecond fortof Loofeftrife is of thofe whofe flowers Hand not in foiked at r j, 
I upon the flalkes, whereof there is two forts onely to be remembred in this Chapter ’ * ^ 
r. Lyfimachia minor rubra five purpurea. Small red flowred Willow herbe 
This fmall Willow herbe or Loofeftrife, is much lower than that of the lsurnle foiled h a 
being but a foots and a halfe high, with fmooth and fquarc flalkes, whofe tonnrs or/ ’ 
many branches; on the lower part thereof ftand long leaves,fmaller and narrower than the P other numlefnlX 
kindc; two alwayesfet together at a joyntioneagainft another: f 5 P e 
but thofe that grow above toward the toppes of the flalkes, 
are fmaller than the lowermoft, andkeepe not that order, but 
ftand confufedly thereon one above anothor, neere unto which, 
atthe joynts with the leaves, come forth feverall flowers, but 
not fpike faihion, infixe fquare heads ufually whofe toppes 
are not fo pointed, nor layd fooperras in the other, but being 
more elofe, thruft forth their flowers out of them, which con¬ 
fix offixe fmall reddifti purple leaves, with fome threds in the 
middle.- iherootecrecpeth not as the othersdoe, but is hard 
and fomewhat wooddy, with many fmall fibres, getting en- 
ercafe from the fides thereof. 
2. Lyfimachia purpurea five rubra minima. The lead 
purple flowred Loofeftrife. 
This other Loofeftrife, being theleaft, rifethup fcarceafoote 
nigh, the ftalkes branch themlelves forth, from the very bor- 
rotne; fet thicke with fmall, long, and narrow leaves, almoft 
[ike thofe of Line or Flaxe, but fhorter; with whom at the 
ioynts come forth the flowers, fometimes two ataplace,but 
more ufually one, [landing in greene huskes, like unto the laft; 
lompofed of five fmall blewifh purple leaves, enclining to 
ed; in which huskes after the flowers are fallen, ftand final! 
ikinnie heads, wherein is conteined fmall whitifh feede,the 
•oote is fmall, long,and browne. Vntothis fort might belong, 
ccording to fome mens opinion, the Lyfimachia csruleagaleri- 
ulata, which I have already fet forth in the Chapter of Gra- 
iola,as a fort of that kinde,in the Claflis of purging plants; 
ut as I there fayd, there was the fitteft place for it in my judg- 
nent; both for that it is extreame bitter, and hath hooded 
owers. both which are proper to the Gratiola, andnottothc 
yfimaebia, none of them being fo: as alfo that diverfe 
f good judgement have likewife called it Gratiola C&Yti m 
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The Place. 
The firfl: groweth in moyft Meddowes, and grounds nigh ' 
ito water courfes, in many places of Hungary , as CInput 
ith, the other he faith alfo he had of Doftor ./Wlwv*, who ga~ 
ered it in fonae places ('not named) in his returns out of Italy 
ito Germany , ' * . —^ 
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