The Theater of Plants. 
CHAP« 102 . 695 
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indtakine roote aslTcreepeth, the hoary ieavesare long and much divided,but fmallcr and fofter 
US common wile kinde : the flowers at the toppes of the ftalkes ate of a pale yellow colour, as well the 
iter I eaves as inner thrum, flanding many together in tufts, and riling out from hoary white huskes the roote 
, {mail and long with divers ^ffffincanum Cretkum. Yellow H, Millfoile. 
The Candy Millfoile groweth with round hoary ftalkes a foote high, whereon are fet long, narrow, hoary, 
• lenred leaves fotnewhat like unto the leaves of Lavender cotton, the toppes of the ftalkes branch forth into many 
y n 7, mfts of pale yellow flowers of a fine (mail lent: the roote is ftrmgy and creepeth as the laft. 
1 g Stratiotes millefolia Crctica. White candy Yarrow. 
1 This Millfoile rifeth up from a long whire roote,with many long ftalkes,a little bending downe,covered with 
; n hoary downe, having divers winged leaves fet at (paces each whereof confift of fmall long leaves fetch,eke 
o»ether on both fides of the ribbes, which are hoary alfo,but not fo much as the ftalkes, at the toppes whereof 
I land fmall umbells of white flowers fotnewhat like to thofe of Tanley. 
n /uhille* Sideritis five nobdit odorata . Achilles 1 weete Wound wort. 
This woundwort for Yarrow for thereunto it is moft like) hath many large thinne cut leaves next the ground, 
I morifinely and deepely cut in unto the middle ribbe, and each part divided alfo, which make* it to differ from 
he firft from whence rife up more and taller ftalkes with divers finer leaves fet thereon, and at the toppes many 
Sowers* in tufts together .being both more in number and largerthen thefirft or common fort, ofa whrt.fh orred- 
difh colour and yellow in the middle: the whole plant fmelleth very fweettthe roote penfheth every yeare after 
feedetime.and required) a good ground and a rich to profper in. - . 
10 Mtdefolium Alpwum incanum. Small mounraineMilroiIe. 
This fmall MiUfoilehath many fmall winged leaves, as finely cut in on the edges as the laft, and fomewhat 
hoarvalfo fet on the ftalkes that fpread on the ground, and there take roote agame, among which rile upfhorc 
ftalkes not above a foote high, with feme finer leaves on them to the toppe, where they beare many tufts of 
fmall flowers thicke thruft together,of apalereddilhorftunmg blulh colour: the roote creepeth like the com- 
m0n ‘° rt - The PUce. 
Thefirft with the varieties except that with a tuberous roore is very frequent inpaftures medowes &c. The 
third alfo but much more fare: the fecond UUatthiolm faith groweth in Italy and fo doe many of the other: Pent 
faith the fift is found onely upon the high hills in Narhme, and Clufius faith he found the laft on the hills m Stma. 
The Time. 
They doe all flower in the end of Summer and in Attgufi. 
The Names. 
Yarrow is called in Greeke 5 jkmSjiMi©- Stratiotes Chiliophyllos, that is Stratiotes or Militaris miilefe- 
IU and the eighth is called in Greeke A’ V »J 5 ©- otJPelm Achillea Sidehti,: Stratiotes or Militaris becaufe it was 
of much ule in the Campes of Souldiers to heale their wounds, and Pliny faith m the third Chap, of his 25. Booke 
that Achillea tooke the name from Achilles the fcholler or follower of Chiron who healed her with the wounds of 
Telephus ■ it is called Millefolium in Latine a foliorum multitudmc, Sttpercilium yenern alfo, Acrum and Acnm 
fylvaticum The Arabians call the Achillea Egilos, the Italians Achillea and the Millefolium MiUefogho, the Spa. 
niards Milhoyot yerva, the French MUlefueille and V herbe cJWlittire, the Germans garb, qarben, Garten and 
Schatfripp the CDutch CJervse, and wc in English Millfoile, Yarrow, and of forne Nofeblcede from making the 
note blade it it be put into it, but aflnredlfit will flay the bleeding of it.Divers doc thinke that Achillea and Mil. 
lefolium is but one herbe,becaufe divers authors have promifeuoufly called them fo. The hrft is called Millefoli¬ 
um Ahum and valerate by fome, and Stratiotes terreftris, Stratiotes Millefolia, Achillea and Military 1 by others; 
the fecond is mentioned by Matthiolui,Lu ( dmenfis and Bauhinw : the third is that of our Land and diftereth from 
the fourth which is greater and redder, fet forth by Cl*fin under the name of Millefolium rubro flore and by 
Matthiolua and others Millefolium maximum-, the fife is called by A** AcHillcamoiitam Arthemifa tenmjohtfacie, 
by Matthiolas,,Camerarius and others,Hc/irfay/mw,and SliochryfUm by others,and in Candy Lagocbimithia-.the fixt is 
called by (lufius Stratiotei millefohafiavoflore, by Gefner and Comer trim Millefolium flonbus Inters, by Matthio. 
Ins Hclichnfum Ita/icism, and by Ta,shinw Millefolium tomentofum luteism, who thinketh it to be the Tanacetum 
lanmnnofum of I msdmenfis, but as I iayd in the Chapter of Tanfey he is therein much deceived as I thinke : the 
feventhis called by Honorim 'Botins that font it fromCWy to Clufitu Stratiotes mill,folia, and faith it commeth 
neared to the defeription of Diofcpridcs, called by the Candiotsfaeupoy Miriophyllo -. the eighth is called by Tra- 
pm Millefolium nohile and Stratiotes vera, by Gefner in hortis Stratiot/s.znd Millefolium Stratiotes, by Taber- 
''montanm Achillea five Millefolium nohile, by Matthiolm and Lacuna, Cordus on Diofcorides and in his hlftory,of 
Thalim and <Vt,r antes,oAchillea ,by Lngdunenfis oAchillea Sideritis,by Talechampiw upon PImj-.Scoparena Blimi- 
but Bauhirms taketh it to be the Tanacetum minus flore a/bo of Dodonam ,calling it Tanacetum minus album odore 
camphors, and Aoic/bcfore him Tanacetum minus candidis floribm, but furely the feede that was font mee out of 
Italy by the name of Achillea nobills odorata, and grew with me had no face or lent of Tanfey, andevide tly dif¬ 
fering from Yarrow alfo : The laft is CMatthielm his Millefolium minus and Clufiles his Millefolium Alpinism and 
Stratiotes millefolia minor . 
The Vertices t 
As the face and forme of thefe two LMillefolium and Achillea and all their varieties are very neare in refem- 
blance one unto another, fo their vertues even by Diofcorides and Galen are fc.r downe to bee both alike, and no 
doubt blit either of them that was next at hand,was applied for the fame purpole that the other fliould : ror 
[corides faith that his Achillea fodereth or clofcth bleeding wounds and preferveth them from inflammations, and 
ftayerh the flux of blood in women being applied in a peffary, as alfo if they, fit over the deco&ion thereof while it 
is warme, and is drunkeagainfl the bloody flux. Millfoile or \ arrow hee faith is of excellent ufe to heaie both 
old and greene wounds, to flay bleedings and to heale Fiftulaes: the powder of the dryed herbe taken wi th Com- 
frey or lHantaine water doth alio flay inward bleedings, and put into the nofe as I laid before will doe the f amc. 
the juice thereof put into the eyes taketh away the blo «4 and redneffe therein, the oyle made thereof ftayeth; the 
