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w inged ycllcwifh greene leaves on all (ides, each whereof (landing one againft another,are longer narrower end 
not dented or nicked on the edges as the former, but l'omewhat like to the leaves of Pollipody. from the top of 
(bale of theft ftalkes, grow foitha longbufh of fmalland more yellowifh grecne fcaiy aglets as it were,let in 
the fame manner on the (lalkes as the leaves arc, which are accounted as the flower and 1'tede: the roote is rough 
thickc and fcaiy, with a white pith in the middeft which is called the hearttheteof. 
The Place . 
Icgroweth as I before fayd on Moores, Bogges, and watery places, in many places of this Land, I tookea 
route thereof for my garden from the bogge on Hampfleed Heath, not farre from a fmall cottage there. 
The 7 ime. 
It is grcene all the Summer, and the roote onely abideth in winter, to Quoote forth a new in the Spring. 
The Names , 
It is called in Latine fit hath no CSreeke name) Ofinunda regales of the Angular properties therein : itis alfo 
called by fomc Filicajlrstm & Filix florida, or florefeeres, Filixpalujlrie or aquatica, and as Geftier faith,Fib* Lur.a- 
rw and Luttaria major by Chimiftes, by Retellitu Sideritisforte,by AngteiUra Filix Mat, and by Cerdas inhifloria Fi¬ 
lix latifolia: it is called in Italian O/mnnda, in French O[manic and Feugiere aqHatiqHc, in high Dutch Wafer 
Farn and Grofe Fan, in low Dutch Groote Varen, and Wilt fare*, fome in FngHJh Ofmund Verne Ofmund the 
waterman, Ofmund ruyall and S, Chriflopbers herbe. 
The Venues. 
I Ofmund is not particularly remembred by the ancients, although it is probable enough they knew it, and com¬ 
prehended it under the male Feme, for Galen commendeth the roote of Feme to be very profitable, and there¬ 
fore the later times added a Royall title unto it, in that it had rather more effeftuall vercucs than others, and 
both for inward and outward griefes, as is mentioned in the foregoing Femes, and is accounted by moll to be 
fingular in woundes, bruifes and the like, the decoftion to be drunkc orboyled into an oyntment, or oyle,asa 
BaTfameor Balme, as alfo lingular good againft bruifes and broken bones, or out of joynt; and giveth much cafe 
to the Collicke, and Spleneticke difeafes, as alfo for ruptures and burftings. 
Chap. 11II. 
I. Pclypodtum vulgare. Common Follipodie of the Oake. 
Ollipody is a fmall herbe confifting of nothing but rootes and leaves, having neither ftalke nor flower, 
nor feede, as it is thought. It hath three or foure leaves, riling from the roote, every one fingly by 
itfelfe, of about an hand length, which are winged, confifting of many fmall narrow leaves, cut 
into the middle ribbe, (landing on each fide of the ftalke, each being large below ana fmaller up to 
the toppe, very like unto the Ofmund Feme, not having any dents or notches at all on the edges,, 
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3. P oljPodiam lluevfe. Hand Pollipody. 
