iio8 Chap. 31. 
Theatrwn Botanic uni. 
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I B E II. 
and of the firfl faith Label wee have had mod certaine experience to flay Pluxes and Laskes of the belly, being 
drunke in wine or in water if the patient be feverifh, and being bound to the Share it takejh away the inflam¬ 
mations thereof, it is profitable faith Matthiofoi befides the aforefaid qualities,to flay diollericke belchmgs of the 
ftomacke and paines of the belly, if the heads and feede in powder be taken m red wine : the krbe boiled with 
Mallowes in wine is very good for the paines of the bladder, ihe heate of urine and icalding. The feede alio ta¬ 
ken helpeth the lpitcing of blood : the afhes of the heads being burnt ! s g°° d '° apply to the piles to flay their 
bleedings and fome alfo thinke that if the fundament t ee but wiped with the herbs it Will flay their bleeding. 
Pena faith that the facukie of drying is fo powerfull befides the binding that K wonderfully hayeth the running 
of the Heines •• it is alfo prufitably ul'ed inallfouleand hollow Vlcers, being firfl dented toraifeupflcfh in them 
and to cicatrife them,and is of great good life to helpe burflings. 
Chai. XXXI. 
Trifolia capitalsftellatit gUafis , &c. Starry headed, and round headed Trefo iles. 
t Hefe forts of Trefoiles are liked to the lad in their heads chiefely, but they are not fo dofely 
compared, but Hand fomewhat loofer one flower from another. 
,. / rifolium ft ell At um MonffelievftHm. Scarry headed Trefoile of Mompther. 
This Trefoiieof AfompeHerJnzth a (mall white long & down-right root,with lomc fibres therat, 
from whence rife divers leaves upon long weake hoary footcftalkes.notftanding upright, made 
0 f t hree (oft hairy and hoary partsjorined fomewhat like unto an heart, fiwhereon feme have 
Tr, 1, r t0 be Trifolinm cordamn i)and a little dented about the edges, from among which comeup three or 
fotirc or more low ftalkcs feldone a fpannehigh or branched, but naked up to the toppe where thcrenlually 
pro v three fuch like leaves as the lower arc, let under the head, which is a fmall round fpike or umbell, with 
nunv long flowers appearing,Ofawbit,fitted, or flefh colour, out of woolly or ha.ryand hoary huskes, every 
nne hv ir felfe which when they fceginne ro fade, the whole head bccommeth mere round, and the hubkes (hew 
thelr'fine long' flyarpe points, wWinto the toppes of ,hem were divided , more apparent laid abroad!, kea 
ffarre ill cacfi 1 whereof is contained one blackifh flat feede: ,n the place about -Mon,pel,er where it groweth 
naturally, it flowreth in Maj, and the feede is ripe in lane, but with us it will neither flower nor feece of a 
pionethafter. ^ j r if 0 'Humclype.n:im argenteum. Buckler Trefoile withfi’vcr-hke flowers. 
This fmall plant Ipreadeth many branches upon the ground fet with Trefoile leaves like the common ™oow 
Trefoile every branch bearing at the end divers filver like flowers, and long round blackc and fl.t 
feede like unto the old Venetian Bucklers, which are hot and dne in tafie.for which caufc I (hould rather make it 
a Thlalpibut ,n that I have notfeenethe plant, I can fay no further of it, butgivertyou as my author Alp,»»e 
hath letit downe ghbojo ctpite. Globe orround headed Trefoile. 
This round headed W** from a long white fibrous and hairy roote', fendeth forth divars fltnder round 
flakes a hand breadth high, and fomecimes a footc long divided into branches, fomewhat hairy befet with Imal. 
tripacted leaves, a little hairy,with two (mall leaves at every Joynt, and dented about the edges '• the flowers are 
imali and yellow that grow at the toppes,out of the brownc fharpe huskes of the round head. 
4. Trifoliumgloboftim repent. The creeping vSlooe irefoile. 
This other globe Trefoile,whofe root is fmall,creeping reddifh and hairy,hath fur,dry weak branches lying upon 
the ground, three or foure inches long,being fofr,woolly,and fomewhat reddifh,which but few (mall Trefoile 
leaves fet on them, a little waved about the btimmes: , he toppes of the [hikes and brandies are garmfhed witn 
fairc round heads, whole flowers are of a reddilh yellow colour, [landing in hairy huskes, wherein a fmall Iced- 
is con, lined. . -j-r'rfalium feafiferum Fnficnm. Strawberry headed Trefoile of Fnfeland. 
This Trefoile groweth up with divers dalkes, and broad pointed Trefoile leaves upon them,dented in in the 
middle like a heart, fet on long foote flalkes, bare towards the tops,and bearing a fmall round head,vvith fma 1 
n r n ,„„ ro pur ofth' 0 biukes,which are like fmall bladders made of thm $kinncs,wbich after the flowers 
are p’afl fwell fomewhat bigger, and turne downe their brimmes/orming a head like a Strawberry, of many red 
prairies fet together, but greater, in each i. Tnfaliun fleliarum Mo.felknlim, dr OtPatmmgentium. 
huske whereof is contained a few {mail yel- Starry h adtd Trefo, kof Mompelkr, Sc Buckler Trefo,le wuh lilver-like flonerr. 
lowifh feede?, the rootes lpread themlclves 
with many long fibres at them. lb ef e is 
another tort hereof whole head is of a 
deeper or darker colour; (but 1 never (avv 
any of a violet colour, as Clufi’M faith ) and 
fo arc the flowers alio in other things little 
differing from the former : both thefe forts 
Bee /brought with him out of Spa in the 
yeare 1608, and entituled them Trifolium 
Veficariunt ,which he gathered there with a- 
bove two hundred other forts of feede?,be¬ 
fides divers other rare plants, dried and laid 
betweene papers, whereof the feedes were 
not ripe, of all which feedes I had my part, 
and by fowingthem law the faces of a great 
many excellent plants, tut many of them 
cams 
