2. Nuvmularia minorfio'epurpurnfcemc. 
Small Money-wort with purplifh flowers. 
and My, and their feede is ripe quickly 
after. 
The Names, 
It is called oF the later Latine writers 
(for none of the ancient either greeke or 
Latines, have made any mention of it, 
unleffeitbe Eremhcdanum of Theophra- 
fbm,lib.p.c. 14. as P^thinketh, which 
Gaza tranilateth Rubia, but that the ver- 
tues thereof doe not agree herewith ; 
and Numulum of Vlinje, lib. j 8. c. 2 8, 
which is falfly fet downe ATimmului,) 
Numularia of the round forme of the 
leafe, like unto money. Brunfe-tfins and others call it Serpentaria, becaufe it hath beene found that Serpents have 
helped themfelves therewith being wounded, and Centummorbium, and Gefner Centimorbid, or Q?ntummorbia^ of 
the fingularity to.helpe difeafes and wounds, Some have called it Lttnaria minor. Taberrhontcmm (and others 
before him) calleth it Hirundinaria, fome fay, q#od hirttndinis infiar pa/'s im terr£ adherent. Bauhinw hath made 
mention of the laft- The Italians qhW \tNummolaria x the french CMonnoyere, the Cjermanes fgelkfaut and 
Tfcunmchraut- the Dutch ?cnmcliccruijt- and we in Snglijb Herbe two pence 9 or two penny graffe, but more 
ufualy Money-wort. 
The V'ertues , 
Moneywort is fomewhat cold, but very •affringent,binding and drying, whereby it is (ingular good for to 
ftay all fluxes of blood in man or woman whether they be !askes,bloody flcixes,thc flowing of womens moneth- 
Iv courfes* or bleedings inwardly or outwardly, alfo the weakenefl'e of the tlomacke, that is given to ca¬ 
tling, it is very good alfo, for all ulcers, or excoriation of the lungs or other inward parts; yet fome fhepherds 
and others doe thinke it is very hurtfull for their cattell to feede thereon, and that it caufeth their lungs to blitter* 
which afluredly is but a conceit or opinion, for no cold and binding thing was ever knowne to exulcerate. It is 
exceeding good for all wounds either frefh or greene,to heale them fpeedily, for old ulcers alfo, which by their 
b Bbb 2 humidity. 
