Tribeio. The Theater of ^Plants. Chaim = 105?. 
Dodenaus Ruta murarid, and Lebel and Lugdunenfis Salvia vita, and many call it Adiantum nit,,.. -, j 
Maidenhaire. 
TheVcrtttes. 
Maidenhaire is of lingular good ufe againft the difeafes ofthe Brealt the Liver ?nd Reincs efpecially, yet much 
conducing toothers: the deco&ion of the herbe drunkehelpcth thofe that are troubled with the Cough, lhcrt-' 
nelfe of breath,the yellow laundiet the difeafes of the Spleene, (lopping ot urine, helpeth exceedingly to breaks 
the Stone, provoketh womens courfes and ftayeth both bleedings and fluxes of the ftomacke and belly, efpecially 
■when the herbe is dry fot being grccne by the thinneflc ot the parts, it loofeneth the belly, and caufeth cholier 
and flegme to be voydedboth from theStomacke and Liver, and by treeing the ftomacke by (pitting it out won¬ 
derfully clenfeth the Lungs, and by reflifying the Liver and Blood caufeth a good colour to the whole body 
and cxpelleth thofe difeales that breede by theobftruitionsof theLivet ot Spleene : it isalfo (aid to rclift and to 
cure the bitings of yenemous creatures: the herbe boiled in oyle of Camomill diflolveth knots, alayeth (wel>in«s 
anddryeth up moift Vlccrs, the Lye made thereof is (ingular good to clenle the head from feurfe, andeytherdry 
or running fores, ftayeth the falling or (bedding ofthe haire, and caufeth them to grow thicke,faire, and well 
coloured, for which purpofe fomeboyle it in wine, puttingfome fmalledge feede thereto, and afterwards fome 
cyle. The Wall Rue is held by thole of judgement and experience tobee aseffefluall a Captilarie herbe as any 
whatfoever, being of the fame temperature.and therefore both boldly andfafely ufe it in the (lead of any o f the 
other that is not at hand : For experience hath (hewed that it is very effcftuall for the cou„h and difeales o( the 
Lungs,for the (lopping ofthe Vrine and to breakc and expell the Stone and therefore divers have piaced it ainon<» 
the Saxifrages,and briefely as available as the former Maidenhaire for all the ufes there exprefied and befideshel- 
peth the bur (lings in children, for Matthiolm faith that he hath knowne divers holpen by taking the powder of 
the herbe in drinke for forty dayes together. 
Chip. XII. 
Trkhemanes. English Maidenhaire. 
Vr common Maidenhaire doth from a number ofhard blacke fibres fend forth a great many blackiffo 
(Lining brittle (hikes hardly a lpanne long, in many not halfe fo long, on each fide fet very 
thicke with (mall round darke greene leaves ’■ 
and fpotted on the backe of them like Cere- Tridumats, Engiijh Maidenhaire. 
racb and other fmall Femes. 
' The c pUcc and Time . 
Itgroweth much upon old (lone walls in the 
veil parts and trales, in. Kent and divers other 
places of this Land, it joycth likewile to grow 
hy Springs and Wells, and other Rocky moift 
and (liadowy places, and is greene alwayes. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke Teipf/sans Trichomancs quod 
rara cute fluentem capillumcxplet , for uavos is rarttm 
andsf 'isj'Capillum, Ga^a tranflateth it Filicula, JFi- 
dicultt as fome have it: the Apothecaries beyond 
the Sea did ule to call it Polytricttm and CapMarss, 
wee nlually call it in Latinc Trichomancs , and 
in Engl'fh common Maidenhaire. 
TheVertues . 
This Maidenhaire in our Land being more plen¬ 
tiful! then the reft, is of more ule and of as good 
effeft as any ofthe former, and fetveth well tor all 
the laid purpufes, but efpecially againft the (lop¬ 
ping and dropping of Vrine and thofe that have 
the Stone in the Kidneyes, and both ftayeth the 
(hedding of the haire and caufeth it to grow 
thicke. 
Chat. XIII. 
Polptrichum aureum. Golden Maidenhaire. 
jSWjW Lthough there be divers authors thatrec- 
Pk\ig kon thclc herbes amonglt the Molfes, 
and fo call them, yet there bee againe 
, t hers as authenticall that put them a- 
mong the Capillarie hetbee, and fo doe I at this time alfo. 
1. P oljtrichum aureum mu jus. The greater Golden Maidenhaire. 
This fmall herbe hath a company of fmallbrownifti redhaires to make upchc forme of leaves, growing about 
the ground from the roote, and in the middle of them in Sommer rife fmall (lalkes ot the fame colour, fet with 
BE: ' x " " ' .. ' very, 
