Tbeatrum 1 Botanicum. 
RIBS 14. 
_ 7 ^^n^rfuu 7 helpe thcbitings oTany fcrpcnts.as alfo of a mad dcgge, and ,f thcroctefcebeatcn wnh .little 
r hndTJ l on he p ace, it willTuddenly eafe the patient ol the paine: thejuvce ot the leaves taken with bony 
3 -sunk th urine and remedieth the paines of the bladder: the feede being drunke with wine.forty day es together 
provoketh urine,an Sciatica • the leaves bein" bruiled with tlje white of an egge, and laid on any place 
burnt'withfire doth ake out the fire, giveth fuddaine eafe, and healeth it up afterwards rhedecoa.on of them 
fomented onsny fretting fore or cancker, ftayeth the corroding quality which after mufl be annotated w.than 
tomenecaongni ircuiii 0 Awnoia niter and vir.eear boiled together. The reotes may he preierved 
withSuh’r and ufeenftfting, o?ac other times for the laid purpofes.and for Confumptions, as alfo for thofe that 
with ou ar and ra h t he feede is much commended tobreake theffonc, ardcaufe it to be expel- 
?Xt-ine Z i thing* for that pur F ofe: The Idler burte feedes as <?./* 
faith hie a digtfting quality in them, and are hot and dry, and thereby good to allwage tumours, the feede or 
;?f r Sui Id and often impoied on kernels or hard knots in the Bear doth d,Halve them : the decotftton alfo 
nf the rootes made with wine,hclpeth to conlume the hardnefle of the fpleene, being fomented w arme on the 
j re • [he burres being gathered before they be ripe, bruifed and laid to lfeepe in warme u atc r or wine, and the 
haircsmoilkned therewith,alter they have beene rubbed with a little niter doth make them yellow. 
Chap. X. 
Lapathtm. The Docke a 
t He Docke is of a large extent comprifing within it fundry forts of herbes: fome whereof are fitto 
^ be planted in Gardens,as being rare and worthy plants,and therefore worthy to have lome care and 
, painesbedowed on them, which are entreated of in the fecond Claflis of this orke. others belc. g 
_ ■ [0 the Kitchin Garden, as fit for fawce and meare, and fuchare the Sonelswhichare called fowte 
Dockes.fpoken of alfo beforein the fixth Claflis of this Worke.and fome are found in the fe.de>.and 
wet places where they grow,which lhall be deferibed in this place. Vnto thefe alfo 1 might adde all the lor of 
Spinage, if I had not fet them forth in my forme r Booke,or were of Bauhmm mind e, that they belonged to t 
i. LavathumacHtummayti' The Red Docke. 
The red Docke from a great and longblackilh roote on the outlide.and fomewbac reddifh an(i yellowifh with¬ 
in fendeth forth many long hard and narrowifh greenc leaves,more pointed at the ends then in other lorts,among 
which rifeth up a fuffe hard (hike,three or fourc foote high,fet with the like leaves, but fmailet Hill up to the t p, 
, Ufa,hum «ulum mjur. 3- t 'tatHm'Mut* mhimum 
Tiered Dock. The farallelt pointed Docke. 
