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^hcrfluxes of bloud in the body or in the wounds: the roote thereof alfo performeth the fame effeft. It is ufed 
outwardly to coole any heate or inflammation upon any hurt or wound, and eafeth the paines of them, as alfo to 
heale foldings or burnings, the juyee thereof beaten with fome greenc fallet oyle and annointed, the leafe alfo 
bruifedand laid to any greenc wound in the hands or legg$s, doth heale them quickly, and as it is faid, being 
bound to the throate of them that hath the Quinfie, doth helpe it very much: it helpeth ruptures orburftings, 
and from thence, as Tragus faith,the Germans call it Bruch warts and Ktwhenkrtat. The leaves are much ufed to 
i make Garlands about Midibnuner with the come Marigold.flowers put upon firings to hangthemup iu their 
,, houfes, upon bullies and May-pales, Hex.Tragus flieweth a (nperftitiouscourfe in his country,that fome ufeaftef 
iMidfommerdayispaft, to hang it up over their chamber doores, or upon the walles, which will be frefh and 
; greene at'Chrillmas, and like the Aloe fpring and fhoote forth new leaves, with this perfwafion, chat they that 
, banned it up, (hall feele no difeafe fo long as that abidech greene. 
Chap. I y. 
RhediaJive Rhodia radix, Rofcv/orr, 
Ecaufe this plant is fo like unto an Orpine, both in leafe, flower, and manner of growing, I thinke 
it fit to j'oyne it next thereunto. Itfendeth forth divers [hikes which are upright, thicke round 
and greene, about a foote thicke fet with leaves up to the toppes, and are fomewhat long and nar¬ 
row .like unto thofe of Orpine, but fmaller,yet as fat or thic Ice, and of the li k c pale greene colour, 
dented about the edges: the flowers are many fmall and yellow, fet in a tuft or duller butfmal- 
ler than Orpine, witfTfeede in heads like unto 
it alfo: the roote is thicke and tuberous or knobbie at the head, Rhodia radix. Rofcwert. 
and branched out, riling oftentimes above the ground, whereas 
it groweth fomewhat reddifb, and is long downward, with 
divers fibres annexed unco it, which being a little broken or 
bruifed with it, is frefh, much more than when itisdrie lmel- 
leth like allofe, from whence it tooke chename. Some doe 
account that there is. an other fort hereof whole leaves are not 
d .need, and the flowers more pnrplifh than the other. 
The Place. 
It groweth in the North parts of England, and no where elfe 
■wifde in our Land as I can heare of, as upon the mountaines of 
T’andle and Jngelhorougb, oftentimes on the very raggieft places 
and noli dangerous of them fcarcc acceflible and fo fteepe, that 
they may foone tumble downe that very warily doe not lookc 
their footing, from whence hath beene lent me fomerootes 
for my Garden- 
The Time . 
It flowreth about July , and the ftalkes and leaves perilheth to 
the ground fpringing every yeare anew from the toote, which 
abideth firme in all extremities of cold. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greek PuJiafifaRhodia radix, not from thelland 
Rhodes, but from the Rofe, as I faid, for the lent thereof; it 
hath no other name with^fH authors than Rhodia radix or Rofe a 
radix that I know. 
The Venues. 
It is found by good experience to be cold and not hot, as fome 
have taken it to be, and as Galen placeth it almoft in the third 
degree of heate : for even as red Rofes, fo this by thecoldneffe 
is profitable to affwage thebeadeach, arifing from an hotcaufc, 
and both Uiofcorides and Galen appoint it for paines in the head, 
the juyee thereof with a little Rolewater applied to the fore¬ 
head and temples v/hich (jerard vindicated^ to his owns in¬ 
vention. 
Chap. V. 
Aswan Sedtimjive Sempcrvivnm majiu. The greater Houfcleeke. 
Here are fo many forts of Houfeleekcs properly and unproperly fo called both great and fmall, with 
S® If® whole or with divided leaves, fome cooling and others heating or exulcerating, that without 
fome methodicall divifion,I can neither expreffe them conveniently, nor yon apprehend tnemeffcAu- 
ally; which that I may do, I will digeft them into five Rankes and orders, that is to fay, of all the great 
ones in this Chapter, and ofthe fmaller ones in the feVerall Chapters following, which becaufe they are of much 
varietie, I mufc intreate of thofe that grow upon muddie ftonc walles or houfes, and upon drie fandie bankes and 
places in the next: thirdly, of thefe that grow upon rockesandmonntainesorin flony places, and fourthly, of 
fuch as beare divided leaves, andlaftly, co accomplifh the hiftory of all the forts of Houfeleekes, Ifhouldfec 
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