"For Lunacy: 1. Give decoction of agrimony four times a day.
"Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles"
Daniel Hack Tuke
If you will have your Meath cooling, use Violet and Straw-berry-leaves, agrimony, Eglantine and the like: adding Borage and Bugloss, and a little Rosemary and Sweet-Marjoram to give it Vigor.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
Each little fruit of some kinds of Avens has a hook at the apex, while in agrimony many hooks grow on the outside of the calyx and aid in carrying the two or three seeds within.
"Seed Dispersal"
William J. Beal