Tribe 5. 
The 'Theater of ‘Plants* 
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flay the mali>»nme and dry up the fuperBuous virulent moyftnreof them ; the fame aliotaketh away allredneffe 
fpots and freckles in the face, as alfo the lcurfe, or any foule deformitie therein that is inveterate, and the 
Leprofie like wife. 
Betonica siquatiCa. 
Water Betony. 
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Chap. LX VI 1,1. 
Betonica aquatic a. Water Betony., 
Ecaufe this herbe is To like unto the former Fjgwort-. that many as I fayd are miftaken therein, and 
that it is called Scrophularia aquatica alfo by iome; I thought it notamifle to joyne it next thereunto, 
as well as for the fame properties that this lerveth, efpecially for Vlcers and fores. 
i. Betonica aquatica major. The greater Water Betony. 
The greater Water Botonyrifeth up ufually higher then the Figworc, with fquare hardgreenifli 
t ftalkes,and fometimes browne, fet withfuch like broad darkegreene leaves, a9 the Figwort hath, and dented 
c about the edges, but with rounder notches whereby it may if hcedefully obferved be knowne from it,and where- 
i in it fome what refembleth the leaves of the Wood Betony, but much larger two for the moft part fet at a joyritj - 
| the flowers are many fet at the toppesoftheftalkes and branches, being round bellyed and openatthebrimmes, 
i and devided into two parts, the uppermoft being like a hood, 
| and the lowed: like a lip hanging dowfie,of a darke red colour, 
» which pafling away there come in their places round heads 
I 1 with (mail points in the ends, wherein lyeth fmall and brow- 
I nifti feede : the roote is a thicke buflr of firings and threds 
i growing from a head. 
i. Betonica aquatic a. minor. The lefler water Betony. 
The lefler Water Betony is in all things like the former, but 
( lower and lefler by three parts, for the ftalkes are fquare and 
greene- the leaves are round almoft, but yet pointed, of the 
lame darke greenc colour, the flowers are of a fad red,or pur¬ 
ple colour,and ekerootes threddy, fo that the fmalnefie onely 
maketh the greateft difference. 
The Place. 
JThefirfi: groweth with us by ditch fides, by brookes and 
: ether water coprfes, generally throughout the land, and is 
feldome found any thing farre from the waters fides : the fe- 
cond alfo in v/et and moorifli grounds about Bafil tts Baubimts 
faith, and in other places of Germany, ind will well abide in 
dryer grounds, as. Label found in the garden of D r . Penny at 
London, and Xy.Mmonw at Tornay. 
The Time. 
Theft flower about and their feeds is iipe in Augufi. 
The Names, 
It is called Betonica aquatica and aquatilis by Dodo nans, Lo - 
bcfLugdunenJis^Tabcrmontanus, Gerard and Turner, who yet 
tooke it to be Clymemn, as Gefncr alfo did, calling this Clyme- 
nonUmlna, azht did fat common Scrophularia, as 1 fayd be¬ 
fore Clymenon mas , and therefore calleth,this alfo Scrophularia 
major is altera Jpecies. Dodonaw in Dutch maketh it his fecond 
GaleopJiSyZnd Tragus his greater OcimaBrum. Lob el faith that 
fome called it Sefamoides , and fome Ter pent aria • Thaliw 
calleth it Scrophularia major aquatica, and fo doth Bauhinus y 
the other is called by (fahterarius in his G Matthiolws } and Epi¬ 
tome of Matthiolw Scrophularia famine., and faith the Ger- 
Manes call itlFfJf Nackifchat,fazx. is,white Nrghtfhade, Lobelin hisobfervations pag! 288. calleth it Betonica 
aquatica Septcntrionahum Jpecies minor . The Dutch doe call it Beekscuymeruqt and S. Anteunis cruyt , vve in Enp- 
/recall it Water Betony mod ufually, but fome Brpwncwor.t,: from the Gfrmane Braurcurtz, as it is likeiy, 
which as I fayd before is the greater Scrophularia , the iikenefle of the plants cabling' fiich interpofltion o f names, 
and fome alfo Bifliop leaves. 
The Venues. 
Both forts of Water Betony a're a like eflfcftua.il for all old and filthy Vlcers, being of a clenfins quality, if the 
leaves be but bruifed and layd thereon; but is much more effectual! if the juice of the leaves bee boyled with a 
little honey and tents dipped therein.& the fores drefled therewith,as alfo for bruifes or hurts whether inward or 
outward : thediltilled water of the leaves isufed for the fame purpofes, as alfo to bathe the face or hands that 
are difcoloured'by the Sunne, or hath any fpots or blemifhes thereon; as alfo for any redneffc or high colour than 
commcth accidentally by being in the Sunne, 
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