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Tbeatrum Botanicum . 
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faire and toule weather. Jt is called of-many women now a dayes Balfame for the fin&ular healjncj nr™ ■ 
it hath : The other is called by all Authors Trifolium Afphaltaum, or Aftaltites or Bitummofum Coder ill™™ 
Germania calleth it Oxytrifhyllum^ as Biofcorides faith iome ufed to call it in his time and tJMemanthes • The Z'j 
is mentioned by lacobm Cernut w in his bookc of Canada plants. The lafl hath his name in his title as In, h ■ 
convenient to know it by : yet Bautinm taketh it to be the Lotifyhefiri, oer.w latifolium ex Armenia tWA- c* ! S 
pimu mentioneth. uwc 
The Vert ties. 
The /uice of the fvveete Trefoile as Dlofcorides faith is ufed with hony to be dropped into the eves to heni 
Vlccrs that happen tljprein, and taketh away all manner of Ipots, as pin or haw, as alio all skinnes that. ethCl 
over them to hinder the fight, galen fairh it is of a temperate quality, and that it is of a meane vigour in ir°' V ' 
Jlmg, lo it is of a meane propertie betweene heate and dryneffe. The oyle made of the leaves and 
hereof in the fame manner aslfaydof the flowers of white Melilot, is fo foveraione a lalve fmanv WCrs 
calling it a Baulmc) for todiflolve all hard fwellings, bunches or wennes in any part of the body as alfn ^ men 
prefle moderately all inflammations, and helpeth to digeft all corrupt and rotten fores full of corruntion i° tC ' 
ing them to maturitie,and healing them perfectly that it is to be admired : as alfo to hcare what proDerriec?/^" 1 
fay it hath, and how wonderfully they extoll it, for all forts of greene wounds as well as old Vlcers a c 3 ir ^ 
eafe the paines of theGoute : It isfaid to be good for bruifes and burftings of young children for ° C j ! 
Iamencfle of joynts andlinewes, crampes, flitches. Aches, and generally all other the like outward 
whether .hey proceede of heate or cold. The diddled water is good to wafli ch.ldrens heads that are broken ' 
withfeurfeorfeabbes. They ufe to lay it in Chefts and Prefies to keepe Mothes from garments The a Ut 
lmelling Claver is of a flronger and hotter temperature, the decoftion thereof made in wine and drunke p 
the paines of the Tides comming by obftruftion,and provoketh Vrine as Hippocrates faith, it hilnerh wnm^ 
after their delivery are not well purged or cleared of the afterbirth, it provoketh their courfcs alfo and helne.h 
to expell the birth .Bwfcondcs faith it is very effiftmll againft all venemous creatures,as Serpents or othlr , 
it is reported faith hee, the decoftion of the whole plant taketh away all the paines thereof if the n\orehe 3S 
fired therewith,but if any that hath a lore (hall wafh it with that decoftion, which hath helped them that hHHl 
bin bitten or (lung, lt caufeth the fame paines in that party, which he had that was Hung orbitten and , 1,7 S 
thereby ^reporterh this matter a little orherwife, for hee faith that the decoftion oftht hclr,^ 
that is like unto an Hyacinth, taken in the Spring time when it is frefh, and boiled in water cureth thnfr ,°i!„ 
are bitten and (lung by Serpents and other venemous creatures, if the places be wafhed therewith - but if anv rh J 
are found and not bitten (hall bee wafhed with any of that decoftion, (and doth not fay as THofcmide, rhnfr C 
hayeafocorthatarewanred with the fame part of the decoftion that the other that was bitten w-s wafhrd 
with) they fhall feele the fame paines that he that was bitten felt; and further faith, theeffeft hereof H 
of admiration that the fame herbefhould cure them that are bitten or flung, andcaufe a found bodv or nlaJr 
be alike evill aflefted, as ifit were flung or bitten, rimy alfo in his 21. booke and a i. Chapter faith that 
led to beleeve, that it is venemous to a found party to be wafhed therewith, becaufe Sophocles the Pnr r A.vn r’ S . 
and that an excellent Philitionafhrmeth that the juice or decoftion thereof applyed to one nnr °‘ 
flung, procureth the fame paines that he that is bitten or flung doth feele, and therefore perfwadeth it nor ro w 
ufed hue to thofe arc bitten orflungby Serpents,&c. the flowers, leaves or feedeeyther all together or each Ce 
verally by it felfe being boiled in vcnegar.and a little hony added thereto being drunke is a fpeciall remedv frZ 
them that are flung or bitten by any vinemous creature: the feede is of mod force with Galen who annninrclh •„ 
to be put into Treakles that lie caufed to be made for divers perfons: the feede alfo boiled in honied water 
drunke is fingular good for the Plurifie, provoketh Vrine and allayeth the heate thereof, ■and is good for the 
St j a ?S Br y i lt k e *Ff t h thofe that have the falling ficknefle, and is fingular good for women that have the rifimr 
and “tangling of the mother, whereby they often feeme to be dead: the fame decoftion is alfo good for thofe 
have the Dropfie and taken before the fit of either tertian or c, u arta,ne Ague, it leffoneth the fits both of heate 
and cold,and by often ufing it doth quite take them away t three drammes of the feede, or foure of the leivi-» 
powthered and given in drinke provoketh womens monethly courfes effeftually. The fecond Claver of America 
by reafon both of the forme of the leaves, and fmell fo neare thereunto may feeme to be of the fame propertv bur 
I have not knowne any that have made triall of the effefts, P P y>buE 
Chap. CXIII. 
tMelilotm, Melilot, or Kings Claver. 
He mentioned 1 " the lad Chapter caufeth meeto Joynethe Mellilots next thereunto 
i both for the forme name and nature, being no leffe eftiftuall in healing then the other, and unto the 
: more common and knowne forts to addc fome more unkno wne to clofe up this Clajf,,. 
i- Melilotus vulgaris. Common Melilot. 
manv preened,'^ ot , wl ’ 1 S hlsII ; oft u kn °wneand growing wilde in many places of this kingdotne.hath 
fee round abou- ar r |J ° T hlg j T nfin g ,rom a tough long white roote which dyeth not every yeare, 
°etherunevenlv denr J.° 5 7 ' tsw ‘ tb ^U and fomewhat Iong.flrong, well fmcllingleaves, three alwayes fet to- 
SSK? ab °, Ut the c e ^ CS: are yellow and well fmelling alfo, made like other Tre- 
tu ne into lone crooteH “ l ong , f P lk . e3 . one above another, for an hand breadth long or better, which afterwards 
curnc into long crooked cods wherein is contained flat feede fomewhat browne. 
- .. .... . LMelilotw florealbo. White flowred Melilot. 
er-.-ne kaves fmdlfno It* f ° f w’ but ha J h more woodd y fta Ut cs t'^ng up higher, greater, and with finals 
t . r” ? unt ° the f otfuer,but weaker: the flowers likcwife grow in longer fpikes and more 
u n mbe , of a white colour and lcffer alfo, which turn* into fmall round heads and not crooked^ike the other: 
(he 
