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1 taken from the rootes.and put up into the nofe purgeth the head, and a dccoftion thereof with a little honey put 
to it and gargled in the mouth, doth the fame effeftnally, and doth purge and clenfe the bred of flegme or any 
other tough humors that doe offend : it alfo helpeth a running itch, and thofe nailcs of the fingers and toes that 
grow deformed, and fcabbed : thus farre Diofcorides and Cjalen, but it iscertaine by good experience, that the 
decoftion of the leaves and rootes doth wonderfully helpe the piles or hemorrhoides, as alfo kernels by the eares 
and throate,called the Kings Evill,or any other hard wennes or tumors. 
Chap. LXXI. 
Dentaria. Toothed Violets,or Coralworts. 
Here be divers forts of thefe toothed Violets, differing one from another, eyther in roote or leafe’ 
or both,as you fhall prefently underftand. 
I . Dent arm bulbifertt. Bulbc bearing toothed V iolets. 
This toothed Violet (liooteth forth one or two winged leaves, upon long brownifh footeflalkes, 
which in their riling up out of the ground, are as it were doubled or foulded dovvnewards, and 
then open themfelvesintofeaven leaves moft uiiially, and fometimesbut five, each whereof is fomewhat long, 
dented about the edges,and pointed, of a fad greene colour, andfet on both (ides of the middle ribbe one againft 
another 1 the ftalke that beareth flowers rifeth up in the fame manner with the leaves, and is bare or naked of 
leaves unto the middle thereof, where it (hooteth forth a leafe, and fo one or two more up higher, each con¬ 
fining but of five leaves, and fometimes but of three, having alfo the uppermoft (ingle, at each whereof com- 
meth’forth a fmall round Bulbe, cloven,or as it were divided into fome parts or cloves, of a fad purpliih greene 
colour, which being ripe and put into the ground, will grow to be a roote, and beare leaves like as the Bulbes 
of ared bulbed Lilliejabout which at the very toppefland foure or five flowers in long_ huskes upon fhort foote- 
ftalkcs, opening into foure leaves,of a purplifh colour, very like unto the flowers of Stocke Gilloflowers, or 
D’mes Violets; after which come fmall long homes or cods pointed at the ends, wherein lye fuch Iikefeede, 
as are in the cods of Dames Violets, which will as foonc as it is ripe, breakethepoddeand fall out: the roote is 
very white fmooth and fhining, made of divers fmall round knobbes fet together not growing downewards, 
but lying along, and encreafing under the upper cruft of the ground, having very few fibres thereat: the tafle 
both of leafe and roote is fomewhat bitter, hot and (harpe like Raddifh, as all the reft ofthefe fortsare. 
2. Dentaria Pcntaphyllos. Cinquefoile Corrallwort. 
The firft fort of Cinquefoile Corrallwort or toothed Violet, hath like wife one or two leaves riling from the: 
roote, upon long footellalkes, confiding of five parts or leaves, each of them iomewhac like the former, and 
dented about the edges, but they are longer,rougher and harder in feeling, and more clofely fet together, riling 
for the molt part from one joynt, like as the Cinquefoiles doe: upon the ftalkes alfo are fome fuch like leaves, 
fet one above another, at the toppe foure or five luch like flowers, but fomewhat larger, of a purplifh colour, 
fomewhat deeper then the former which tume into fuch like pods, withthe like feedes in them, and hath no 
bulbes on the ftalke: the roote hereof is greater, made as it were into j'oynts not fo white as the former, and with 
longer fibres iffuing from betweene the j'oynts. 
3. ‘Dentaria pentaphyllot altera. Another Cinquefoile Corallworr. 
The roote of this Corallwort is very like the firft, confifting of many round cleare white knobs but more in 
number, fet together by pceces, with divers long fibres growing out of it, which (liooteth forth a fmallerand 
lower ftalke then the former, being not above a foote high, with fome leaves fet thereon, as alfo there is fome 
of thofe very like the laft, but narro werjmore fmooth and gentle, of a paler greene colour alfo : the flowers that 
fland at the toppe like unto the others,are of a purplifh colour,after which come the like pods with feedc in them, 
as the reft. . 
4. Dent and triphjlltts. Trefoile Corallwort, 
This Corrallwort fendeth forth two or three leaves confifting ol three parts onely, each whereof are rounder 
and fomewhat larger then the other forts, dented about the edges, and of a darke greene colour: about the 
middle of the ftalke that beareth flowers, the lower part being bare or naked of leaves, fland three leaves each 
of them Handing by it fclfe upon a ftalke, confiding of three leaves a peece, nine in all, which are narrower and 
longer then thofe below, and longer pointed : the flowers are of a pale greenilh colour, hanging downe 
their heads, after which come fuch like feede, in fome what thicker pods: the roote is compofed of fomewhat 
longer peeces, fet together fomewhat like unto the leffer Lungewort, which will turne blackifh when it is a 
little dry. ,. 
5. Dent Arid Heptaphylloe, Setfoilc Corallwort. 
The Setfoile Corallwort rifeth likewife with two or three leaves from the roote, fet upon long footellalkes 
like unto the firft fort, confifting of feven leaves fet all along a middle ribbe in the lame manner, and Ionic- 
time but of five leaves, of a paler greene colour on the upper fide, and more grayilh underneath; the ftalke 
hath fome fuch like leaves thereon, but no bulbes, and the flowers at the tops are in forme like the other, buc 
larger,and in fome white, and in others purplifh : the cods and feedes are like the reft, but the roots hereof is not 
fo much parted as the former,but mote thicke and tuberous. 
6 . *Dentaria angttflifoliabulbifera. Bulbed narrow leafed Corallwort. 
This Corallwort rifeth up with a ftaike or two, bearing long and narrow leaves dented about the edges, of 
fad greene colour,and pointed at the ends fomewhat like the leaves of Ptarwica #/«/?»■»,called wilde Pelletory 
every one (landing fingly by it felfe, and at the j'oynts therewith, come forth fuch like fcaly balcbs as are m the 
firft fort, but thicker and of a darke purplifh colour, but none among the flowers which grow many together, of 
