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call it Bergfirents ,and the former Meiflenpurtz ,and thence it is like they derived their Magijlranm t We in Sng. 
hjh call it ulitally Maiilerwort, andby fomePcUetoryofty*'*-, bucfalfely. 
The Virtue t. 
The roote of Maiilerwort is hotter then pepper, even to the third degree compleate.and is of very fubtiie parts, 
it is very availeable in all cold griefes and difeales,both of the (tomacke and body, diffolving vvinde very power¬ 
fully, both upward and downeward, it is alfo ufed in a decoffion with wine, again!! all cold rheumes.or dellil- 
lations upon the lungs, and fhoreneffe of breath to be taken morning and evening,the iame alio provoketh urine 
and hclpeth to breake the hone and expell gravcll from the Kidneyes, it procureth womens courfes and expdleth 
the dead birth, and is lingular good for the ftrangling of the mother, and other the like womens djfeafes : iris 
effeftuall alfo againft the dropfie,crampes, and the falling fickneffe, for the decoflion in wine being gargled in 
the mouth doth draw downe much water andflegme from the braine thereby, purging andeafing it of what op-. 
preffedit: it is of a rare qualide again!! all forts of cold poy foils, to be taken as there is caufe either more or leife 
and provoketh fweate.the feede worketh to the like effeff, although not with the like efficacie if they can brooke 
the tafte thereof: and therefore many doe diftill the water from both herbe and roote that they may take it with 
the better content: the juice hereof dropped or tents dipped therein and applyed eythertothe gicene wcunds 
or rotten ulcers,yea although they fret and creepe.and be almolt gangrenated,and thole alio that come by enveno¬ 
med weapons doth foone clenle and heale them, or if they be bathed with the diddled water: the fame alio is 
very good to helpe theGoutecommingofacoldcaule. Tragus faith that the decoftion ofthe roote in wine be¬ 
ing drunke doth revive the abilitie of generation being almoflextinft, which you may truly belceve and try to 
be certaine as he faith : but by his leave this is again!! Galens rule, for hee faith that thofe things that are fo hot to 
expell winde doe not helpe but hinder nature s the other fort as I faid before is more effedluall and in efpeciall 
for quartaine Agues, to expell the dead child, to purge the braine, and to expell winde and helpe the Collicke. 
C h A». XXXVIII, 
1. Podagraria -vulgaris. 
Common herbe Gerard. 
Podagraritt five herba Gerards, ffioutwort or herbe Gerard. 
F this herbe likewile there arc two forts, the one knowne but to few, yet the other is two 
well knowne dpecially where it gettethinto any ground, and although for their likencile one to 
another .divers have joyned this and the foregoing Maiilerwort in one Chapter, yetbecaufe they are 
differing plants in many notable parts, I have thought good to part them into two. 
j. podagrariaonslgaris. Common herbe Gerard. 
The common herbe Gerard is a low herbe feldome riling halfe a yard high having fundrytbe like leaves (lan¬ 
ding upon brownifhgreene (lalkes by threes as in the former,but they are fmallet narrower and not cut in on the 
edges at all, or very leldom&but fnipped about and of a flrong unpleafant favour :the umbells of flowers are 
white and the feede blackifh and Ieffe: the roote runneth and 
creepeth like Quich in the ground, foone occupying a great 
dealeofroome. 
i. Podagrariahirfuta. Hairy herbe Gerard. 
This hairy herbe Gerard hath a thicke fibrous roote of a 
blackifh browne colour on the outfide,& white within endu¬ 
ring many yearcs and of a good fent, from whence fpringeth 
up a (lalke about a cubit high, blackifh at the bottome and a. 
little hail y.fpreading into divers fhort branches, bearing much 
divided leaves thereon like to wilde Angelika or the lall herbe 
Gerard, but more deepelygafned, of a greene colour and hai¬ 
ry all over: the footeftalkes as alfo the umbells of flowers ate 
fmall and white, and followed with blackifh feede. 
The Place and Time, 
The fitil growethby hedge and wall fides and oftentimes in 
the borders or corners offields and in gardens alfo fometimes, 
if it be not rid and weeded out: the other groweth in a part of 
Germany called Lufatia, and flower and feede fomewhat ear¬ 
lier then [the Maiilerwort. 
The Names , 
This herb hath found fundry appellations as every ones judge¬ 
ment led him,for Branfelfius calleth it Pjcnomosficfner in hartit 
Ccrchorw (]uibnfdam,Cordns on Diofcorides Slaphobofcojsmilis 
Tabermontantss zAEgopodiitm^Trague ojlerititsm fylveftre i and 
Angelica vitinm , Camerarius Angelica fjlvejlrU commanii^Tha- , 
liw Angelica erratica, Tatthinw Angelica fylvefiris minor five, 
erratica , Todonew herba Cjerardi t becaule the Brabanders call 
it Geracrt, and Lobel Podagraria Gcrmanorum, which as he faith 
the Dutch call Flercincruis, and Camerarius faith the Germans 
call Strentsal or GicrjickariA Tragus Hynfnff and tVitfcherle- 
mitfch, and wee in Englijb Gontewort or herbe Gerard after 
the Brabanders, and of lome in our Land Aifwecde or Axe- ; 
weede as Ljte and Gerard fay : the other is onely remembred 
by Bauhinus who numbreth it among the Angellicaes, and cal- 
lechic AngelicafylvefirUbirfutaimidtra, and herba Podagraris 
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