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franticke perlons tor it wonderfully helpeth the diflcmperature of the head arifing from hcate : the feedc is fome- 
timcs ufed to (lay fluxes of blood or humonrs,either of wounds or of the belly, yet is as effeauall as the roote, but 
th- roote is of greater life with us,fome raking the white roote ( which is of the yellow fort)and fome the roote 
of the whi'e Water Lilly, which hath the blacke roote.to be the more effcfluall cocoolc,binde, and reftrameall 
fluxes or defluxions in man or woman,as all'o the gonorrhea or running of the runes,and the involuntary pafiage 
of fnerme in fleepe. and is fo powerfull that the frequent ufe thereof extinguifheth Venertous aftions : the roote 
I ike wife is ve. y "ood for thole whofe urine is hot and ftiarpe, to be boiled in wine or Water, and the decoftion 
drunke • the blacke rooce which beareth the white flowers,is more ufed with us in thefe times then the other, be- 
caufe it is more plentifully to be had, then that with yellow flowers: but the white roote of the yellow ktnde ts 
Idle pleafanr, and more aftringent andterfh in tafte.and therefore not withoutjuft caufe doe moll preferre it be- 
fn, e The Oth-r to Ifay womens courfes.and mens fpermaticall lflues.Tht diftilled water of the flowers is very effe¬ 
ct nil for all the difeafes arcrelaid.boih inwardly taken and outwardly applyedeit is much commended alfo totake 
away frccklesfpots,funburne,and Morphew.from the skinne,in the face or any other part of the body. The oyle 
made of the flowers js oyle of Rofes is made is profitably uled to coole hot tumours, and the inflammations of ul¬ 
cers and wounds, and eafe the paint s.and bclpeto heale the fores. The Frog bit as being a Specie, as I Laid of the 
nympho minor, and folikewife thefe leffer fores, havegenerally a cooling quality in them, yet in a weaker mea- 
fore then the greater forts. But let no man miftake the yellow Marfh Marigold,lnltcad of the yellow Water Lil¬ 
ly as it is likeiv Scrapiolib and fome other csirrtbian Authours did, that laid there was ano¬ 
ther kinde of Ntrnfar ,which was fharpe and hot,and of fubtill parts, and is fit to wirme and give heatc to cold 
griefes.for affuredly they meant hereby the Caltha pnlfftri,. which they miftookc to be a kinde of Nnufar, as is 
evident by this their rclacion. 
Chap. XXX. 
Totamogeton five Fontalie. Pondweede. 
BjF the Pondtvtedes there are divers forts, more found out and referred to them then was in former 
times, which are thefe that follow. 
sfl i. Font alii major latifolU vulgmii. The greater ordinary Pondweede. 
I Thisgrcatcr Pondweede rifeth up withfundry (lender round ftalkcs full of joynts and branches, 
and fairc broad round pointed darkc greene leaves with long ribs in them like Plantair.e, fet lingly at 
the Joynas and lying fiat on the toppe of the water: at the top pcs of the ftalkcs and branches ufually, and feldotr.e 
'Potamoy t cton fheFoetalismajor & minor latifolia vol&aru. a. TontalU majorlonlifolia. 
The greater and leffer broad leafed Pondweede. The greater long leafed Pondweede. 
