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day, yea the hotter the Sunne fhincth on them the moiftcr they are, with a cerraine Hi mine He that will rife 
into threads or rope as wee ufualty fay, the Imali haifes alwayes holding this moilture: among thefe leaves rife 
up fmall [lender [hikes, reddifh alio, three or foure fingers high, bearing divers imali white knoppes one above 
another which a'e the flowers, after which in the heads ate certaine fmall (cede : the roote is a few (mail haires. 
Some have made a greater and leffer but I thinke it needeth not, yet I have eicprefl'cd the varietie if there be any. 
2. Ros Solis fylvefirls lonqifolm . Long leafed Rofa fobs. 
This wasfenc me by W.Zmche Sillifrim Apothccarie of Dublin in Ireland, which fort wee have growing 
by EHeftmero in Shroyfhire by the way fides (the report of ML Doflor Ore) whofc largeneffe and longnelfe of 
the leaves flie w the difference. 
The Place aniTimc. 
They grow ufually on bogs and wet places,and fbmetimes in moift woods, and flower in bine, the leaves be» 
ing fitted then to be gathered, 
The Names, 
It is of oar later writers called Ros folis and RoreUa, and Rorida by Label, and by fome Sa/firora, and corruptly 
Rofa folis as wee in £nghjb doe : the GermanescM it Sundew, the T)tstch Looykhcnsijt, that is, Luftwort.becaufe 
if Shecpe feede thtreon they will goe to Ramme yet in the North of our Land they call it the red rotte, be¬ 
came as they thinke their Sheepe feeding thereon runne to rotte, fome call it alfo Moorc-grafle. 
TheVerttses . 
*Lt is in tafie fhai pe and quicke,yet a little acide drying and binding : it is accounted good tohelpe thofe that are 
troubled with lalt rheume diftilling on their Lungs, which by wafting them breedeth a Confumption, and 
therefore the diftiiled water thereof in wine is held profitable for fuch to drinke, which water will bee of a gold 
yellow colour: the fame water alfo is held to be good for all other difeafes of the Lungs whether it bee Tificke, 
w hecfing,ftiortneffe of breath, or the Cough, as alfo to heale the Vlcets that happen in the Lungs, the fame wa¬ 
ter is accounted to comfort the heart and f ainting fpirits: divers have much controverted theft opinions, becaufe 
the leaves being applyed to the outward skinne will raife blifters, but fo will many other things, and j et are not 
dangerous to be taken inwardly fo it be with diferetion. Wee have an ufuall drinke made hereof by many with 
acjua viu ,and fundry fpices frequently ufed in qualmes and paffions of the heart, without any offence or danger 
that ever I heard of, but rather to good effeft and purpofe. 
