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Chap. VII. 
TujJiUgo. Coltsfoote or Folcfoote.' 
$*ggJgOrtsfo°te Hiootetbup a flcndcr ftalke with fmall yellowifh flowers fomewhat carlie, which fall away 
S quickly,and after they are paft,come up fomewhat round leaves, yet fometimes dented a little about 
the edges, much Idler, thicker and grcener,then thole of Butter bone, with a little downe or freele, 
vCt&f&x over (jjegrecne lealeon the upper fide, which may be rubbed away, and whitifh or mealy underneath: 
the roote is fmall and white.fpreading very much in the ground, fo that where it taketh, it will very hardly be 
clenfed from ic againe,if any little pecce be abiding therein, and from thence fpringing frefh leaves. 
The Place and Time, 
It groweth in wet grounds ufually,yet as well alfo in the dryer places, and fiowreth in the end ©f February 1 he 
leaves beginning to appeare in March, 
The Names, 
It is called in Greekc .^o^and T ujjilago in Latine, anotij/ima militate quam fra ophthalmicii & tufli vex- 
atisy and in the Apothecaries (hops Farfara, and VnguUCaballina y and of Tome Populate, from the likerefle of 
the leaves unto the white Popler leaves: many fnppofe that this may be Tiphyum oiTbeophra/lwy as well as the 
Petajites, in that both of thsm bring their flowers before their leaves; Pliny calleth it Farranum , and Farrugiumr 
All Aut-hourscall it Ttt/Jilago but Camerariw maketh three forts of Bcchiumjhtt. is this and the Petafites,which he 
callcth Tuflilago maj?r t and the third he faith is the Caltha paluflrts , which as he thinketh may bcufed inftead of 
Tujfilago which is afluredly a great errour, theCd///j*comming neerer to the nature ol Ranunculus, then Tu/filage, 
The Italians call it Farfara^ and Farfarelhty and Vnghia di cavallo, The French 7 -as de cheval t and Pa/d afne. The 
C/ermxnes Brandat lettich cjuafi Vftulorum la ft uca,and Ro/hub that is ,Vngttla (/'aballina , The Dutch Hof/ bladeren y 
that is foote leafe. And we in J EngUJb Folefoote,ind Colcsfoote,and Horfe hoofe. 
The Venues, 
Colts foote while it is frefh is cooling and drying, but when it is dry the cooling quality which remained in 
the moifture.being evaporate ic is then fomewhat hoc and dry 3 and is belt for thole that have thinne rheumes and 
diftillations upon the Lungs caufing the cough, thereby to thicken and dry it,as the frefh leaves or juyee, or Sy¬ 
rup made thereof, is fitted for an hot drycough, and for wheefings,and fhortneffe of breath: the dryed leaves 
taken as Tabacco is in the like manner good for the thinne rheumes, diftillations and coughes, as alfo the roote ta¬ 
ken in like fort as Diofcondes and Galen fay. The diftilled water hereof Amply or with elder flowers and Night- 
fhadc is a lingular remedv againft all hot Agues, todrinketwo ounces at a time, and to have fome clothes wet 
therein and applyed to the head and ftomack, the fame alfo applyed to any hot Ivvellings or any other infiarn- 
Tujfilaio Herba fne fort. 
Coles foote without Bowers* 
fiowcri 
mitions 
