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for his, and callech it AJlrAgalm MoriplHamt-: the third C/aftas refcrreth to the greater kind, yet differing in the 
faihion of the cods, and becaufc it is greater then the fourth I have given it the title of greater, it femewhat re- 
feinbleth the greater Ornithopoimm of ‘DodonzM, Camerarius calleth K.Htdyfartsm.SctirpiurHm.mdiS f Battbmm 
thinketh it is not much unlike the Lotas enmaphyllos oiDaiechampius ; the fourth C.tafias faith hee had from D r 
Ferny a Phylition of our Union Colledge,who gathered it neare unto. Geneva and imparted it to him,thinking it 
to be the true Hedjfisrttm of Diofcoride ;, Batthittus nameth it Securidaca damn or am minor paUidecarulea, w hen as 
the flower is blufla and not blew : the fift Clufius let forth having received it from Cortufru by the name of 
ScolopmdrU leguminoU, tfcdjfarum peregrinum which laid title hee kept as fitted, and I have perfited the 
defeft in his defeription, for if in my former dayes I had thought to have pm lifired the fruits of my Gar¬ 
den, I had then beenemore curious to have taken the deferiptions of a number of Plants,which have perifhed 
with me and now I want: the fixt is called Hedyfarttm minimum by Lugdunenjis : the feventh is mentioned by 
Mpinas Ub. de exoticis ; the eighth and ninth by him lit. de pUntis ey£gypti-. the faff is mentioned by Cornuttsi 
amonghisC<s»daplants by the name here expreffed, onelythe eighth and nnrh I have rather referred tothe 
SccttrtdtcM then tothe (yalegae as 'BAttbinus doth, although 1 acknowledge that not they onely but divers others 
of them here fet downe, and cntituled HedpUrum or Secaridnca have little conformity in their pod 01 ftede unto 
a Securts or Hatchet but more unto a Vetch, It is called in Lngltfh Hatchet Vetch, A»e ieede and Axewort, 
. ' The Vert He s. 
All the fores of Hedyfara cfyec^lly the feedes arc bitter, and thereby as r Diofcorides faith of the true or fir ft 
forr, that it is profitable to the ftomackc, and is put into thofe medicines that expcll poy fon or venomc, and pur- 
geth the obfbudHions of the intrails and fo doe the leaves and ftaikes of the greene herbe, Alatthiolus faith the 
feedes of both forts helpe the bitings of venemous creatures, and that they helpe to expe&orate both touch andi 
thinne fiegme, being taken with a little hony or new winc,and openeth the obllruftion^of the Liver and Spleenc 
being boyled and drunlce,it killeth likewife the wormes in the belly if itbe ta en with fome fweetelye, or in 
wine with a little Saffron put thereto : the meale of them clenfeth foulc Vlcers, and taketh away freckles, (pots 
and the like markes in theskinne. if the Laid meale bee made up into an ointment wich the bell hony and often 
annointed. Alyinus faith that the feedes of S op her a or the eight were accounted poyfonous to men and that the' 
lcede of the Sejban or ninth were ufeffby the Fgyptinns to (frengtb n and dry up the over moiftureof the fto- 
macke, asalfo to binde anylaskeand womens immoderate coUrfes; the Egyptians hee faith doe plant hedges 
herewith to defend their grounds. 
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Chap. XXII. 
Ferrum cefninum, Horfe fhooe Vcteh. 
Here are a few fmall plants that fome have referred to thofe in the foregoing Chapter but 
formes fake being different, I thought good to fever them and fet them by thcmlclves. 
i. Ferrum cqninum majm „ The greater Horfe fhooe Vetch. 
The greater Horfc fhooe Vetch hath divers 
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for their 
Imall winged leaves fet on fmall weake flalk-es not a- 
foote high, leaning or rather lying on the ground, each 
leafe being a little long and almolt round at the end, and 
of a whitiih greene colour :at the joynts with the leaves 
come forth flowers Angle, that is one at a place on every 
more footftaike, being fmall and yellow, after which 
rolloweth a long flat cod a little bowed but parted at the 
inner edge into foure. five or fix divilions, each being 
cut in round, fome what like the Letter C. or as it tooke 
the name formed like an Horfe fhooe, wherein lye fo 
many feedes as there are fpaces betweenc the cuts or di- 
vtuons, which are fmall, fomewhat long and crooked : 
the roote is (lender, three or fourc inches long,white and 
hard,and liveth divers yeares. 
a. Ferrum eejuinum nrinuf. 
The fmaller Horfe'fhooe Fetch. 
,j IS ot ^ er is in all things like the former, but leffer by 
thehalfe, the (hikes being not above three orfoure in¬ 
ches long and lying clofe upon the ground, and is a little 
Whiter then the laft. 
5. Ferrum equlnum polyceraton • 
‘ Many codded Horfe fhooe Vetch, 
This alfo diftereth little in the growing from the laff, 
being almoft as fmall, but herein chiefely confifteth the 
difference betweenethem, that this beareth fourc or five 
owers and fb many cods alfo together upon a long 
ltalke nfing from the joynts, which are a little browner 
then the former. 
4. Ferrum eejuinum comofum. 
Tk u _ beaded Horfe fhooe Vetch, 
e ufh headed Horfe fhooe Vetch groweth as great as the 
1 . Fetram equinum txajus. 
1 lie greater Hpife lhooc Vetch, 
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