The Herball, Or, Generall Historie of Plantes PDF

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RBALL
mprintal at London i
Quot defcripta vides(Meccenas)nominaflorw
M«e«'jk f wisv tot tlhi menteprecor.
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE,
HIS SINGVLAR. GOOD LORD AND
MASTER, SIR .WILLIAM CECILL KNIGHT, BARON
of Burghley,Mafter of the Court ofwardes and Liueries,Chan~
cellar of the Vniuerfoie of Cambridge, Knight ofthe mott noble
order ofthe (farter, one of the Lords of hir ^Mamlies
mo si honorable prime Counfell, and Lord

HtghTreafurerof
England.
Mong the manifold creatures of God (

my fingular good Lord ) that haue ali
cntcrtav.cd many excellent v
sftudiesmore
laue done, and th eaiifes :
F« r if
of imbroide :pearles,andgar-
e of rare and coftly icwels ? If this
colours may affeci I and flowers, t
euer could by any artexpreffe t
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thcfcvifible things, fetting foorthto vsthe inuifible wifedome and admi
:c.-^.- rf-ft: cLkn:;.

TheSpittleTtedicatorie.
1Mb.*, the very brute beads haue found it out: and (which is another vfe that he obferueth)
iKt..».from thence the Diars tooke the beginning of their art.
Furthermore, the neceflai the earth doth plainly appeerc
by the great charge and care of almoft all men in planting and maintaining of gar-
dens, not as ornaments onely, but as a nece icir houfes. And
here befide the fruit, to fpea; I ghtj gardens, efpecially fuch as
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a man doth behold a flourifl middeft of winters

force,and a goodly fpring of flowers, when abroad a leafe isnottobefeenc. Befide
thefeand other caufes, there are many examples ofthofethat haue- honored thisfci-
ence tfortopaflebyamulti ,it may plcafe your Honor to call
toremembra it haue ioyned this
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Diocletian might he haue his praife, had he not drowned all his honorin the blood
ofhisperfecution. To conclude this point, the example of Salomon is before the reft
and greater, whole whedome and knowledge w
is now ncgletl:ed,except it be of fi itl i carried them

amongother partes ofwifedome and counfell, to a care anditudieof fp
both for the furnifhing of their gardens, and the furtherance of their knowledge :
among whome I may iuftly affirme and publifh your Honor to be one, b
one of your feruants,and a longtime witnefie thereof: for vnderyour Lordfhip I haue
ferued, and that time now by the
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to make them to delight in thefoile, that fo they might liue and profper vnder our
climate, as in their natiue and proper countrie: what my fuccefle hath bcenc, and what
Ueaueto the report of them that haue feene your Lordfhips gardens,
is,
and the little plot ofmy fpeciall care and husbandrie. But bicaufe gardens arepriuate,
and many times finding an ignorant or a negligent fiicceflor,comc foone to ruine,there
bethathauefollicitedme firftbymypen, and after by the Prefle, to make my labours
common, and to free them fro
whenlwasouercome, and had brought diishiftorie, orreportof the nature of plants
to a iuftvolume, and had made it, astheRcader may by comparifon ice.
former Herbals, I found it no queftion to whome I might dedicate my labours for :
confidering of your good Lordlhip, I found noneof whofe fauourand goodneflel

might foonerprefume, feeing I haue found you euer my very good Lord and Matter.
Againe, confidering my dutie and your Honors merits, to whom may I better recom-
mend my labours than tohim, towhomelowe my felfe, and all that I am able in any
TbeEpinieDedicatorie.
feruice or deuotion to performc ? Therefore vnder hope of yoiir Honorable and accu-
ftomedfauourjIprefentthisHerballtoyourLordfliipsprotcLion; not as hu uiiiitc
worke(for I know my meanncfle)but as the greateft gift a nd t
that my labour and feruicecanaffoord: whereof if there be no further fruit, vet this is
offome vfe,that I haue miniftred matter for riper wits,and men of deeper Judgement to
polifh j and to adde to my large additions where any thing is defedtiue, that in time the
worke may be perfect. Thus Ihumblytakemyleaue,befeechingGod to grant
you yet manydaiesto liuetohis glorie, to the fupportofthisftatc
vnder hir Maicftie our dread Soueraigne,and that with
v
. greatincreafeofhonorinthisworld,and
all fulneffe of glorie in the
Your Lordjhips moH humble
and obedientJeruant,
LANCELOTVS BRVNIVS MEDICVS REGINEVS
IOANNI GERARDO CHIRVRGO
peritifsimo > & rei herb.ariae
callentiffimo S.D.P.
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MATTHIAS DE L'OBEL
IOANNI GERARDO
felicitatem.
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imoquam infamia: not hcium medicamenrorrtiij
tanquam afinus quidatn ad omniaPharmacopceiiogata. ai
fspeetiamvolensPharmacopceusilludu. isquiMa (
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IN GERARDI
ANTONIVS HVNTONVS
<tAdfohannem Cjerardum Chirurgum
NVlla oculos hominum fpecies magis allicit ilia,
QuampraftantemanuduxitgenerolusApellesj
Nulla aures animofq; magis facundia, quam qua*
Sc fufam loquitur Ciceronis ab ore diferti
HsceademhunclibrumcommendatcaufaGerarde,
Cui pro laude fans tali natum effe parentc,
. r clcxtras pro numine, nomen
Nobilius reliquis herba^planta'q; magiftris.
Mi etenim Europse fuccos, Afia*q; liquores
Quarque arente fob fitiens parit Africa, traftant
:
Indus vterquededitnoftramfoturafalutem,
Siue aliunde vehit noftras mercator ad oras,
Hoc ipfo i
lita fcriptis,
Ilia manu expertus medico,& bene diues ab horto
Quse curcnt hominum languentia corpora, multi

Prseftantesqjviridocuerefideliterartem. •
I a ntas, qucm verba iuuabunt
Sicanimo ficfronteminax. In pradia miles
Profilit, at ftri&o cedit viftoria ferro.
Iftamnouitedaxmercedemabolerevetuftas,
At tibi proftudio impenfi% laboribus iftis,
Queis hominum curas fartam te&amq; falutem
Illc opifex rerum, cuftosq; authorq; falutis
Sterna ftatuit frontem redimire corona.
In hfftoriam plantarum lo.Cjerardi ciuis & Chirurgi
LondinenJissJM. lacohi Iohnftonij Scott
Ballincrife Regij pagi portionarij
Epigramma.
VnaGerardinifpecicsdi.
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a "-'-ius quicquid&
nouus orbis habet,
JnTlantarumhifloriamJfolertipmoyiroî^m
peritiffimo, D.Ioannc Gerardo, Anglke editam
Epigramma.
rteUuAemjLecuiimmort4ertfertit
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vdrynalbo.
Saftra.
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wpartemjaltempermittite honoris
tes'feraiifionie Ubores
' 'OSCOR1DIS T* t rU,veftr*hfiluti
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Corporibvhhgraufaltu, m:mu£ vchpU
amicononvulgari. S.
TutMiiemprodii Startunci banc gnauiter ornat,

ffifiudts.
SedfrodeJ[e<volens,vefttos gramine colles

Perluftras. & agros.fiondiferwnLnemus.
I>ulai P.toi;.' » if is msiar) colligisherlat,
Ih i;d< /id, i •
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Bdfim^narcylf^rhododafb^nardâfnomum,
Siluia, ditfamnut, <?albana,nota tibi.
Nm
%T™SZmen derenai
Phntastu&floresfcrtbeGerArde. Vale.
Verc&exanimotuus, i
Thomas Thorney M after in Chirurgerie, to his

learned friend and louing brother in Art,
M.fobn (jerard.
(~\ Ft haue I heard,and oft h

V-> In bookes of learned 1<
And rightly fure;

The circled v
Whofc head (a little Globe) conceiues
Idly thing throughout.
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Wherein (as in aglaffe) we fee

How thou thy minde haft bent.
Thy bodic toyld,thy time beftowde,
Negleaingft.
And ait content that we fhall reape
The fcede which thou haft fbwne
Could,
Difcharg'dheerintho
A right good Chriftian part,
In bringing foorth to publike good
This treafure of thine art
Notbunglcd,botched,hackt and hewde :
Norpendinchildifhguife,
But fquar'd by skill,and tridc by proofc,
In Judgement of the wife.
Within our Englifh foyle,

More ftore than ere afore we did,
Through this thy learned toyle
And each thing fo methodicall,
Soaptlycouchtinplace,
But may behold dame Natures ftorc

By fitting ftill at home.
We fee here a perpetuall fpring,
A gallant flowring May,
Which month is painter of the world,
As fome great Clerks do fay.
Rcioicc in God (good Gerard) ftill,
Who thus hath lent thee ftrength,
ndation ofMlohn Gerard for hitdiliget
injimpling, by WWettermm.
How firft flic fpreA
Bedafluwm
not to mount abow
5 bl d liy their length vpon the ftrccte.
A lowly courfe more fitter for his looke
: mother Earth polled with
They all take Gerard for chiefe friend of theirs,

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Of that pure !oue 3which each toother beares;
Vouchfafe their prdence in hfsMriand twine •
Vnwitherde long their fragrant odours yeeld.

To the well affecled Reader and perufer of this
hoofaSt. Zredvell Tbificion,
SPenii the tampcofglorieandhonor for allmen, ftiih

\menof great birth and digmtie, ormenof ofice ewkweivith jmbiike charge and
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anftrong endeuour he accompl.jbed, without
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ikebchoofe-Maufetkey*Aiefwe>wes(asttvvere)>vr.toreafon,t»dablchirmore
irfetfe: yet dothe/notimbracethat honor inreftett'ofitfelfeî
that conferre it if on them, hut as him «
ft fime thing in
hoi nun, mallAfmandC

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offlouringfimples. 7-
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ties ofthe Ancients, ana ithreaUdemonflrations
nmany things, which the reafon of man, %
dvnto ihauevtteredn,, -
1 the perfection ofmy J>rofej3on,andnext
byneceffaneconfequcc to prouidefir the
former,it cannot be, but that tht the Utter. Let
the-ingeniom learned iudge -whether ihauereafononmy
fide: the partia/l addiffed feci ijhan.as
George Baker, one ofhir Maiefties chiefe Chirurgions in
ordmarie,and M. of the Chirurgions ofthe citie
ofLondonjo the ^Reader.
1 Riftotle a Prince amongft the Philofophers, writing in his Metaphy-

^ licks of the nature ofn mis naturally inclined
ganddefirous of fcience. The which fentence doth teach vs, that all
:s (being vertuoufly giuen)do ftriue toperfedtion,and drawe
e in what he can to the Creator, and this knowledge is one of the
cipal parts which doch concerne the p en
for of the fame doth follow, that all fuch are generally inclined to knowe ti ,.
ind reputation. And although it be neceffarie

for man to learneand knowe all fciences, yetneuertheleffethe knowledge of naturall
philofophic ought to be preferred, as being the moft neceffarie ; and moreouer,it doth
was Chiron Ccntaure of great renowme, fonne to Saturne and Phillyre: and others
fay that it wasinuentcdof Apollo, and others of Efculape his fonne ; eft
:de butfrom the gods immoru
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foexcellent a (cii
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God,had not firftinflruded and taught them F< thatthefc

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learne of amongft the Greekesth i of hcrbcs,haue

beeneOrpheus, Mofee and riefiode, hauing igypriansj then
Pythagoras of great renowme for his wifedome, which did
ofplants,and did acknowledge to learne the <
(culape. Demo-
id compofe bookes of plants, hauing firfttrauellcdouer all! V
Ethiopia and Egypt. Many other excellent fpirits haue taken great pleafure in this
fcience, which to accompiiih I , in pafllng many vnknowen
regions, to lean* Elleborus, and other medicaments; of which
number were Hippocrates, Crateua, Ariftotle, Theophraft, Diodes, Cari
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id many others,which I leaue
ing to be too Jong. And if may fpeake without
I partialitie of the author
of this booke, for his great paines, his no leffe expenccs ii
of the world all by any meanes he could a

the rare fimples which
to haue them brought, but hath procured by his excellent knowledge to haue them
h as the time of thcyeere doth feme may be k
fhall you fee all manner of ftrangc trees,her bes,rootes,plants, flowers, and other fuch
ike a man woonder, how one of his degree, not hauing the
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notthinke for the knowledge of plants, that he is inferior to any : for 1 did once fee him
tried with one of the beft ftrangers that euer came into England, and was accounted n i
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man,being recommended to me by that famous man M. Amb.Pareys,

Parifc the onely
and he being here was defirous to go abroad with ibme of our herbai ills,!
igoutabooke that to this dayneuerany in what language fceuerdidthe
taken the one for the other; .

t of plants now
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did write,he fhould haue fped as well as he did : For(faith he)I had fo great a deixc encr
fiaifli myy boc
booke, that I i
i he publike good,
othinkeh >
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out, butthatbyGods ftirringvp the Emperor Ferdinando of famous mcinorie, and
There haue beenealfo other Princes of Almaine, which haue beene liberal!
his booke; and the moft excellent Duke of Saxo-
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irmehis poftewith much money toward my charges. The I
Gcence towards me, Icannot commend fufficicntly. They
Rhine, and the excellent Ioachim Marques of Brandeberg, which much fuppliedmy
wants ; and the like did the reuerend Cardinall and Prince of Trent, am! ?
Archbifhop of Saltzperg, the excellent Duke of Bauare, and the Duke of Cleues, the
Duke Megapolencis Prince of Vandalis,the ftate Republike of Noremb. i
im ought to be celebrated for euer and it doth much reioice me that had
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the helpe and reward of Emperors,Kings,Eleaors of the Romane Empire,

CardinalsjBiihops, Dukes and Princes ; for it giueth more credite to our 1
any thing that can be faid. Thus far Mathiolus his owne writing of the li
Princes towards him. What age do we Hue in! tuetogovnre-

warded ? Mafter Gerard hath taken more paines than euer Mathiolus did in his Com-
mentarie s,and hath corrected a number of faults that he paffed ouer,and I dare affirme
in reuerence be it fpoken of that excellent man,that Mafter Gerard doth knowe a great
number of fimples that were not knoweninhi hethcr he (hall
tafte of the liberalitie of either Princc,D uke,E arle,Bi(hop,or publike eftate. Let a man
excell neuer fo much any excellent knowledge, and he is n
in
iefter, a boafter, a quackfaluer of mounte ; n can flatter,

diffemble, make of trifles great matters, in praifing of this rare fecret, or that
excellent (j nnteflence; which when it
(hall come to the triall, nothing fhall be found

butboaftingwordes.
7*0 the courteous and vpett-mlling
leaders.
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Thyfmccreiindvnftwecifiiend,
fohn Qerard.
THE FIRST BOOKE OF
THE HISTORIE OF
PLANTS,
Contaimnggrafes.XuJhesôrne^lagsûlbofe,
orOnion^rootedTlants.
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e : a grafle more fit for fhecpc, than for greater cattcll. Andbicaufe
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 3
ioderately to open andprouoke vrinc.
aioiiof graffe with the rootes of parflcy drunke, helpcththe diflurieandprouoketh A

:sofgraiTe, according to Galen, doe glew and confolidate togither new and bleeding B
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chap-fallen E
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IC » mnmmrb 2 Cramen minimum album.

RedDu-arfegraiTe., ,. ;• '
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White Dwarfe graffe.
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aiie^raiiei thclcafiofalleraiTes.The
D\\graflTe called Jfi ccr ,broader,and more beautiful!.
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of graffes do grow,flower3 and flourift,when the common Medow
gtalTe doth.
Thefe kin ies
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It fufficeth whathath been laid i >1
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
.Hovvficldsinmoft
referred to the common Medowgraffe.
The firft is called in Englifh Come grafie. Of Lobelias in his learned obferuations K^grortC
<enttpea,zni Gramcn ag i likencs it hath with corne
Of^Millet grajje. Cbap.±.
teat Water graffe in r : referable the grafTe

THE FIRST BQOKE OF THE
Come new rootes, from the middle of the ftalksandic
)e gathered out of the defcription.
OfVarnettgfafe. QMM-
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e, hathabrownifh
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vhat like Sorghum,
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n Couch graiTe,or Dogs g| -god and cutting. Bad
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leaned rccdes, flags, ic. i cut en both fides like
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They flower and fade at the fame
In Lincolneihire,it is called Sheeregrafle or Her :.iiul 3 WildeReede:
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1 "T\ Annickegrafieisgarnifhed with chaffic and dovvnie tufts, fetvponalongbentieftal
tough and hard.

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Thereisnovertueafcr ivfeofphificke, but they arc reckoned vn-

profitabkjboth for man a
Ofgreat Foxe-taile grafe. Cbap.j.
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¥T thrcddic rootes 1,ke the common Mcdow §raffc -
hardroots, compaaofmanyfmallftrings, yeel-

- -uikc like the former, though fomcwliat Icffer, with the like top
or creft, but of a
HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
uilcgi-afie. '
Small Fo::,
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a tuft or fpikcjor care of a hard
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-vilde .baftard Foxe-taile graffes do grow in the moift furrovves of fertill fields^ at tt
ailed bicaufe their tops ai
Ofgreat Cats-taile graffe. Qbap 8 .
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need andiointedlikecorne }ofafocu;-
HIS TOR-IE ©H PLANTS
Cyftroi&es dotlij and flou.
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TRE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
rheplacc*
jchcd,andar
auc written nothing of their nature and vie, but leaue them vnprofitablc f<
OfWater graffe. Cbap.io.
'atergraffe. Spiked Water grauc.
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AtergraiTe,oraswe:
like vnt,
"iow grade ,b; tion
thefmallbu
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hath leaues much like vnto the
ifle,
der.Aniong whichrifeth vp a ftalke of two
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without leaues or blades: b toward the top ipike (Pike
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resort
e referred vnto Dogs grafle,wri

1ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfFlcegrafe. &*!"<
Spiked HotegrarTe/
.....:...: .
.
The place and timer. not from the other Watergrafles.
s are as vnprofitable as the reft.
Of Kneedgrajfe. Chap.n.
b The defeription.
Sjfpikedatthetoplik'.-
.inches of a duskifh colour. His roc
Of"Beardedgrajje. Chap
•& The
the defer iption.
description.
BEarded graffe hathbrode and large Icaucs like Barly,
r. iffirt v. .lor. Ti c ft ,1k h me oneortwo ioints at the
out order : vpon fome ft
•'rani.
: .--... ."... ... :
..
;
.
:;,.;• ,.
formcr/auing that the eare is much Icffer barren and chaffie.
n (hallow waterie plafhes ofpaftures, and at the faid time with others.
It is called Pannickeû c called Pannicke.

* the nature andvertues.
They are vnprofitable for phificke, ano-herefore there is nothing left vs of their vermes and
OfHedgehoggrafe. ^.14..
* rhedefcr,
HEdgehog hath broade, long and ftiffe flaggie Icaues with dn.
graffe ftaJks d
-
fromathickefpread! ..icttalkegroweth t^l ro .

In
J, n 3
..in Hedgehog.
'
a Hedgehog.
. ... :'• '
.....: '
' ,-.*., -:/
rhairielikeagoate andcrecpeliketheCyperus.
Their natures and vertues are fruteleflc as many oê others are, and therefore nothing is deli-
OfHairk/oodgraJfe. Q P^- ja
K>"ghlcaucs, fomewnat
HAirie Wood graffc^ 1 like die precedent, but the Ieaucs of
this are longer/* P rocccd,e from a
i
nthe fame rootes: bun

!
ftringsjstb^"' :
:
hetopofthefelta'' . AnSonthc.
xiefeedeiscP^
nedwh
sorthrcds:a
iamej^
There is nothing to be faid of their n
Of Sea Spike grajfe. Qhap.i6.
i Thedeferipticti
Pike Sea graffch
S roote, which ar,
Spile gra&l
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i
^..^..yrufhielcaucs,^! ..^hc'l ;'.,-•">„
... .
*Th defection.
5 GreatCypreflegraflehathci!
ftalke is fmooth and plaine, bearing at the top certaine rSJJprpan k
7 Thefirftof thefetwokindcsl ;. lingrootespfawooddicfubfrance,

'
!,.- '..-"."
' •/...
, :
.•'..... •::.- ;'. -,-.
ipikcof a hard andchafiie fubftance.His roote is long,and hath many threddic firings in it.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfCoucbgrafeorVegsgrafe. Cbap.ij.
lm0n or beft kn owcn Do s rafl e or Couch

I
g g graffe, hath longfeaues vnto the

T^f,M° / T n ,
. ..
like
a haiie long, vnd.

vi tl(ft fc ^^ ReedCj
echaffie : itcreepethinthegroim
linediftanccs, ai
"ithappeneth in gardens among pot herbs, great
Wlv ' Mr '
itrhefhee.
i the firft groweth in gardens and arable grounds, as an infirmitie and plague of the fields, no-
cd,they are conftrained to gather
the rootcstoeithcr with harrowes and rakes: and being fo gathered andlaid vpon heapes, they fee
icyfhouldgroweag
thcmonfireJcaftthcyfhoulderovveagaine.
The fecond groweth in plowed ficlc. places, but notcueryw
—r
dofthefe in great plentie both growing,and plucked'
-
- </..'•:',.;•
: ... : , :
The time anfwererh the time of the other graffes.
Itisof
I
Knottie Couch grafle.
HISTORJE OF PLANTS. 23
tionsof the College and foe lis Bulbus Couch
ommcndcdagainfttli- :
'
OfSeaTtogsgrafe. &&}&''
Sea Dogs graffe. Sea Couch giraffe.

very likevnto the other before named hisleaues are long and
Tl
5s grafle is :
occupying much ground,by reafon of his great increafe of rootes.

.
,::.:: :
;
:
.....
,>.. r :'i
,•...:: ;
won Couch grafle.
They grow on r! And are fo called bicaufethey grow

neere die fea fide.Their nature and venues are to be referred vntoDogs grafle.
OfyprigbtDogs grajfe. Chap. 19.
•vith a fpokie pannicle,fomwhat thicker and greater than the common Couch gr;
:s of differc:.; ttn theother kindes of Dogs grafle.
....-•
i
...: -
ibx leaucs, fafliioning the lame like to laces of white and greene fifix, very beautifull and faire to
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
.
' . . . u" 'i ..• . r ,.;.
Ld&Si I. iu wris of Sauoy 3 andai
ned in our Englifh gardens, rather for plcafurc than for
and Gr*menflri«tum,(xGrmenph':.:
,.>]..«. . 1
Ladies Laces,or Paii ''.ttad'ames.
The vermes are referred to the Dogs graflcs.
'
Of<De» graft. <>/ô.
m* ' '" '" ""'
Dew %Tz& Cocks-f
v;; '; :/ >

; "
Z6 THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
- '
*.\>\ *?ke.?tee*nitime.
Thefirftgrowcth id in the territories of Goriceaand
Fromthofewehaueipokenof.
* rhemmes.
.--..:! ......:.,..,.'.
.:: ...:...,,!. '
...... ' '
' ;.";.*.
ies 5 and there fold by the pound. In Enghfrut may be called Manna
? rafre - * i
ir in M
^ , ,\ . t . -.Jr'i ,x oi'Dcw graffc.
Thefe gratTes are aftringent and drying,in tafte fweete like the common Dogs grade.
c4>«/««*faith,if a plainer be made of this grafie, hogs greafe, andleuen of houfhold bread, it
A
his tuftoreareisdiuidedintofundry branches,forne
...
Of Cotton graffe. Cbap.u.
* Thedejcriftion.
hath comprehended vnder the kindes of

I >r* His ftrange Cotton graffe, which L'Obelim
graffie leaues alon : of moft plealant downe or cotton,
more. The leaues arc long and naggie, not mi

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
.;- the fisher end o' I I

rherighthandncereidfl
.. I . cait anl cicdi ail others.

I
,. r«vi'i<a (• V rmgC rr fil-
cuflp . I,!,.c;; , faith

!
; . aufe his leaues do refemble
There be alfo fundric kindes of grafles whotyvt inotretnembredofthe
nuichastheyhaiic. .
:
cbettcrconfiderationof themtothei
.
*8 THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
:- :• ...;
:. tie of grafles 3 the difcourfe of type-
> . .
Of Englifh (jalingale. Chap . ii
EnglifhGaiingale. Spanifh Galingale.
tree. The whole plant is moft impatient of ourcolddn -ire-;|>rii

n London, hauing the r
3 Kound Cyperus grow, JgreatnesofRcede:the

likevnto die former : the 1c
y and knobby,
ouall informe 3 mterlaccd witl
Cats-tailegraffehath many long rcedenkaucs, commingfrom a fibrous 01
HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
amone the which arife Praflieftalks of two cubits high, gamiihedatthetopwithcertained
-Catsuile 3 ofadarkebIackifhcolour,
I Cypcrus longwise A of feme luncttt quadrat
,:'
in mcdicine,and arc of 'ai
the fecond degree.
. :
. ; .
andfome do reckon it
-
Itmakethamoftprof
If it be boiled in wine
Ehe&mctake
The rwd ( c of the mouth, priuie mem
ri ... ihiccht cn'.'.moâiidhc.veciithcmjtlioughthcybcmaligncandvirulcnt
r,Ki,.
- ii'.-t ... jcmc tolV< «<//«.
0/Sea%u/h S raf. Q'^-H-
Common Ruflies.
.-•--". vpon the one fide of

pp,
HISTORIE OF PLANT
.-spon-.t.
"--
:::.-:,'
Andthey
could neuer obferuc any fch thing.
knowcn not much dittc
4 /*/«:«* dcutw, 01 tl
:
c to dud and filth with m

than any of the rett
: j
: 1. .
Great W'atcf Rufh,or BullRufh.
a /»»f««/rf»«growethinfertillficlds,andniedo\\c
landJ neede not Ipcake y being fo common as they are.
Theferufhes are of a dric nature.

.
fHE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
B GfiwyceldeehthisR
iiiiyliot:
and deiire to fleepc ; but caufeth headach ^hereof Gskn y eeldeth the rcafon
as before.
st the roote, make a conuenient ointment agamft the bitings of the
i noft foporiferous ; and therefore the greater care muft be had in the
in prouoking fleepe^you induce a drowfines,ordeepe flcepe.
Ofêdes. Cbap.i^
are ttee*Jtukm*s6i tibidt ' : - ^

:
...
icirpropcrplaces.
* The deferiftto*.
n He Common Reede hath long it;
vnt0 0r ne5whcr "

i eare doth
j ,
rhc tufForfpokie
grow ati
y feede. And dot! i , , ,
o fine downe or
--' •'.--' ..",,, .
'..;
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ftringSjdifperfingi
2 ThcCypreflc
footchigh,ofawooddicUibftaiuc. let with «i great leaucs , like thofe of Turkic
. y
lop the like downic tuft that the former doth.
ThefeReedes L'obelitu hath feene in the Low countries brought from Conftantinople,u
iebigne>of a pins point; inmai'.crfuch a pith as is tobefound in tt
ThefcconddifFereth io :h mayprocecdeof the f<

" hlike.
6 Arundofcriftoria. _
*•ThefUce.
The common reede groweth in itanding wa-
rs, and in the edges or borders of riuers almoft
lery where and the other being the angling

:
ane for fiftiers, groweth in Spainc and thole

>t regions.
Theyfl ""
id of September,
end Se L s
downeforthevl
The common Reede is called KXnmit and

-
imCarmeafarfiepoSaCDiosfhr*-
iglifh Reede.
K^frunio Cypria, or after L'Obelius, <îrundo
•
cinEnglifhPolc
ootes of reede ftamped fmall, drawc

Drnesand fplinters fixed in any part of
ame ftamped with vineger, cafe all
it is efteemed to make flearreafor weauers, fi
sin lliip?
.:...!; .:.: : .
OfSugar Cant. Qhafri%

-kTheclcfcriptwn.
I r> Vgar Cane is a plcafant and profitable R
^ :.
.
high, iointedor kneed like vnto the great Cane: theleauescomefoorth'of eueryioint on
' .-. ..:':-
and caufe the ftocke to be bancn,andthcmfelues little the better, which fhootes do fe
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
. .__. Cane grow'eth in many parts of Eu-
^generally
: !
'
-\:.-yi:-. <::: .. y
-
-'.'> •
" '•
-, -i. -:'...,:.- :. -. . ..::..-.... .
_.
Hrrtevji..
-recalled Suear.wherc-
•
..-:. ,h.-: -
nc with them the name of S

which to write ofwould
.ccccsofCanc Sj «,uiU
Cyder. But in fome pi
- ' : ..,..,.
Andfomclili
:
- " '
c
Oftheflovring Reede. Chap.26.
ThcAeferh
I
FLourifhingRccdeha -• -
ngtij great
'•:••£ beJ6wnecrc
Thefeedea
he bigncs of the iinalleft pea'lc. The roote
r m '
laliCjinthcgacd
ther places of thofe hoi
garden diuei
g or feeding, for that it is
'
diuerfly attributed to fundrie of the reedes ,but p r i i
" ' inEngiahtheFIow-
OfTaper êde. Cbap.ij.
-ireandrough; at the top whereof doth ftand a tuft or bundle ofchaihe

comly order,rcfembling a tufc of Bowers^butbarrcn and void of fcedc.
tafyrm
"
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Thiskinde ofrccde doth growe in
tlu:ott n eco mmonr«de.^

F This kindc of reede, which I hauc englifhedPa-
1
1 .
-
'
. .'.: i - -'
- -
-
L
.
...
u a: 1 t jthcivn great dcIi§hrandcomfort.'

.
-
Of^MatlVeede. (t%it
There be diuers kindes of Mat Wcedes.as dial! be declared in their feuerall defctiptions.
!
T I
- :Ifc, aadfehdeth foorth from die
..
.
• ... .
..
5NarC,frUS5and
fcede LrooteThlethe^cedenf
C 3 i Sj>mnm
5 8 THE FIRST fOOKE OF THE
'"-"
-
:
'V %
HI S TOR IE OF PLANTS.
\. :
....• .
.
.
....•'.
• p.ciiuc. ••; The time.

'"• v
•
ThcfekitSsofgrafl :,. , r...,.,r.,.. f

.
olra n„ ]
iu.SaitnThomas.and
OfCamelshaie. Qbap.19.
;;--
p THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
* rheiefiriftion.
bigger roote deepcly growing mthe

C...
•owmany fmall chaffie oil bofcof the wilde Otes,
rcafonablc good imell an en, of thefauour of the Rofe, with a cer-
The baftard Camels haie hath long crambling rootes , creeping vnder the vpper face ofthe
liinmaner of the Couch :
long wheaten leaues,at
knot one, and toward the ground mo, byequalldifl
y
They do heate moderately, and are aflringenr
A Camels haie prouoketh vrine.mooueth the tes

Gdcn yeeldeth this reafon thereof, bicaiife it
moderately and bi •
_
C According to; c ;flblu e th knottie and hard lumps in anypart of the
D The flowers or chaffie tufts are profitable in drinke, forthem that pifie blood at
ucn inmed « pains and griefes ofthe guts,ftoniao
ines, and other defeds ofthe ftomacke ; the dropfic,convulfions or
OfBurreîede. Chap.ô.
i »-jH He firtl of thefe plants hath long narrow leaucs , which are double edged, or (harpe on
'
betriangledorthreefq uare lcaucs,andarctwoorthrcefoote

.. :.-: ..,:. :
.
.
•
i :::.:.... - :
-
•.
hath a long ftalkc aboue the earth ) the leaues fhootc

. .
.,.:..:...;
the ftalke, and from the top there. I
nulled with many
and there among the faid wharlesonc finglefhorc
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
m 2 surramimlatifolim
GreatWater'
'_ee ,1"
.. !, ' -
right againft the place ofcs
r ttditcl
'
re London.called Saint Thoma-rWatenngs.
They bring foorth their burric bullets,or feedie knots in An
Thefe plants of fomc are called Sparganium. Theopbrattut is fourth booke and eighteenth
nSp*rgx»io
:e cold and drie of complexion.
theybedrunke,ort
OfCatstaile. Ckap.y.
•it The defer yd,,':.

CAts hath
row,amongwh;
taile k, f a fpungious matter, B
fhionedlikcafpeare,ofafii
4x THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
t. ., l ,,.,,.* n .
,
s , . o .
i tobehad.
efts Tailc. * 7%/^.

Itgrowethin pooles, and fuch I
.,
:
-/! :
•
pey,goingfromSherlandhoufetoFeuerftiam.
'
;
,
. .
.
:..
.' ,
•
made of the leaues, Catstaile mats, asinhisfixt
<^ftDominus,difccdite.ait,pldurtroi},morMtes
....-.
'- ; :: ;:,:.-.
-
...
red and well foldjj :
r cople.
D Ithatbbecnsrffc .:
:
cl«(as they are termed ) being ap-
plied to them3either before or after the skin is broken.
OfStitchmort. Cbafaz.
<J .'-' '

'" .
-
-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
The fecond is like the former in fhapc of leaues and Bowers .which are fet in forme of i
chefcedeofflaxe.
They growe in the borders of fields vpon bank fides and he
They flourifh all the fommer,cfpcciaI]y in May and lime.
nEnglifhAU-bonie: whereof Ifee no

in Enghfh, He is an honeft man , our
vndoubtedlythisi; lerhcrbe, lightly braied or pound, ha-
W herefore I take it to be fo called by c« ; : th Stitchwooit.
ThefcedeofStitchwoort,; •
that vfeth it, very liketo Mill.
it in wine with the powder of Acornes, againftthe pai
'
3 Hffi srpo ai© <5>fF -pvm tm r
^
i thcfirftflowretlii.iiIicbf.ai:v.iingoi-I..nc.
•'
*Thena***
l v it - '
ci, •; \ : ^ . .
-
v. l . > .
: . t i •
uies,fecdc:
againlt the bungs otl
all other vcncmoiisb<
Of the Flower deduce. Chap.^.
tfc-Iuce^vhereof fomc are tall and great, Tome
* The defer ip to*.
He common
T lC ''':
Flower de-luce hath long and large flaggic Icaues like the blade ofa fivorde,
-
-".:':'
3
-I::-' : - .. ;,
the roore knobbie h

HIS TOR IE OF PLANTS. 47
Flower de-luce, his rooteis colde and dric in the third degree, and of an aftringenc
, The baftard
rtbiiAngfaculrie.
rh
other perfon,bc very tender and delicate ; it 1
nebetweenethcplaifter
withdif-C
They are good in a Ioche or licking medicine for fhortnes of breath , an old cough, and all infir- D
- '
--•-'
'
<
.....'.". : ''
mdopcnctht
Being boiled very loft^nd laid tc
<HeFovverde-Iuo lofc rootcs in (bops and generally euery where 3 are cal-
i fweete powders j and fuch like ai
togither like vnro the common Flower de-Iuce,fauing that the flowers of this Ircos is of a
vhite colour,and the rootes exceeding fweete oflinell 3 and the other of no fmell at all.
' The white Flowerjdc-lu, Flower de-luce in rootes , Maggie leaucs
e
md ftalkes,but they differ ii i dower of a bleake white colour, declining

o ycllownes 3and the rootes hauc not any fmell at alljbut the other is very fweetejas we haue faid.
Great Flower de-luce of Dalmatia.
•lmeliexceedmgfweece,much like the Orenge flower. The feedesa
in fhew like to the precedent ", but rather r

it 5*/fcm,bcingboth ofone ftatur
e in May as the others do, but bevi a
caft any colde water vpoi
will wither immediately
tthofe which Heft at the
Twifeflowring Flower de-luce. Violet Flower de-luce.

FIRST BOOKE OF THE
-Jethedepiftioit.
vs. It bringeth foorth in the fpring
breakc. Inleaues
thelcaucs be more fprcd abroad, and it commonly
one flower vpon one (hike, which in Autumne flowrcthagainc, and bringeth foorth the
-
tefbrmer, butmuchfmalIer5andt.heaowcrisof ampre deepeviolet
* Ththfiripion.
...
:
;
;-, .-,,-,. .. ... . ,
•
•
•''
ct, euen to thebrim of the pale colourededge.lt
-IrofFlower de-luces. The flower growethatthctopof the ftalke,
,.. .
•
i. .'
•
^- :;•-
'
-
•
- ,,. .... '
had him out ~*

of Hungarie,
•ins of Noremberg
•mernrius fent ,,
w, whofe figure he,

:
-
.
I.,'..'.: .
cnes , the three vpper leaues fomwhat yellowifh. The rootc is like-
Thcfckindcs of Flower de-luces do grower ikk m Dalmatia, Gont

ftanding our London gardens are very well ftored with cuery one of thei
Their time of flowring anfwereth the other Flower de-luces.
TheDalmatian Flower de-luce is called in Greek of i^thenam &: Theqbrattus
Englifh Flower de-luce. Their

"d in
:s do fufficicntly diftinguifh them ,whcreby they may be knowen one

from another.
The nature of thefe Flower de-luces arc anfwerable to thofe of the common kinde, that is to fay,
the drie rootes are hot and drie in the latter end of the fecond degree. .
i TheiuiceofthcfeFlowerde-luL-
gular good purgation for them thathauc the drop-
Thefameisc; troubled with cramps or convul-

B
....:<'. - - • -•
-c,runkewithvinegerasD/^r^ faith: anddrunkc with wine they

bring downe the monethly termes.
H1STORIE OF PLANTS.
Of-variable Flower deduce. Chap .^6.
nothingfo bright as
The French Flower dc- .'.- - -

..-. ,. :.-:'; :
~-'-~
L
' from the carden FI '
t" ' '
earned &0&01 Affatiu

IrisfylueUrUBi^tim.
Wilde Bizantine Flower dc
* The defcriptioH.
,
: : : ,
fpring foorth two , fomctirncs three , right fweete

. ,.
three that hang downward, are gr<

• •
that (land vpright are of an horfeflcfh colour, tip-
.11 brovvne aglets, like the toongof

afinallbird. „
-..in
GraiTe Flower de-luce.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
They flower from the beginning of March to the end of May.
French Flower de-luce.
itoyte matte of die
thefinewsandionii cuing of repletion, and the difealeca!:
The flowers of French Flower de (mdalon, and Cinnamom, and the B

water drunke,preuaileth greatly againft the dropfie, as teftifieth Hollerim and Gefnerw.
.
Offining gladdon. Chappy.
I Xyrii. * The deferiptio».
Stinking Gladdon.
Wfc
-
C
^
Tinkin S G1 addon hath long narrow leaues
like Ins, but fmaller, of a darke greene colour;
& being rubbed,of aftinkinp fai
lichdogro
.-
"ned a red berrie or feeders

big as a peafe.The rootc is long and threddie.
Theplaee. *
Gladdon groweth in many gardens:I haue feene
it wilde in many places, as in woods and fhadowy
places neere the fea.
The {linking Gladdon flowreth in Augufl: the

feede whereof is ripe in September.
.-- • .
•.: " .':.-
.-naueanheating^ndextenuatingquality.
~ d:
S™ U ^
g them they pro-
humors, which B
t-iouoketh the termes, and beine i

raoftexquifitely. 1
THE FIRST BOOKS OF THE
icMaltickc.
3 ThcrooteofJr>r». : force againft wounds and fractures of the head, ]
jw heads,without greefe: which qualitie '" «#~n-'

as Galen faith, by rcafon of his tcnuitic of parts,, and of
of]his attrading, drying,and diecfti
i
•••
. I- r :
H The e Pafum, profited! r

3
Where note , that

>faid,that the potion reofthcbcllie, hauing a purging qua-
bevnderftood,thatit
:'•
Of ginger. Chap.^
i figure of Ginger. The true figure" f Ganger.
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS, 55
* The defeription.
Inger is moil impatientof the coldnes of

1
f~^
>te. The true for;,, this time been fetfoorth
Mathias L'OM,didki ,
eformcwhci .
inding lhaueneerccx, , hichlrcceii t I
W ***** Y
fotTOtomc inLatine,wl
':
:: •
y '• :'
- -
' > ; ;
];.
1 •
•
:
i
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;...,( ....•,
•
!
° mm C 3
^
rreede TallSr*«T
1 vnto Mailer /«/&» G<rW an expert herl
MiddIeborrough,andfet in my garden, f the winter. Thus mi

hauclfct dowse, tr though too fajaotaably by*
,1
Ginger fiourifheth in the hottime offommer,and bfeth his Ieaues in winter.
Ginger heateth and drieth in the third degree.
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mojltinqualiacjprouokingvcner:-.- md degree*
Of<iJromaticatt'Rgedes> Chap.ty.
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or falfc Calami
.ftardorfalfc"
Baftard
A gummicj -'• Itlsoftl
* ; ., •,,> dbv proofehauefeene it lo : yctiorallthatlfcac
* The place.
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-
h abound witball in winter. It groweth likcwife in the weft
Baftard
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HISTORI'E OF PLANTS. 1
57
^ s
bein gP"tin broth ortakeninfumcsthroughaclofeftoolc,
toproucAe wo-B
hccies 'andhe!pcthmuch2gainftc
:;Srb^
I
e lo I
»ndefpeciallywhcnthcIungsandchcftarcopprci>
1 g
— a l! 3a ndwcUcorjpaa 3 whitevvithin,
grow in Candia are better then thofe of Pontus, and vet

i ich
thofe
a wooile t hen thole of the
cafterne countries or thofe of England, although wc
haue no
OfCome. Qbap.$.o.
thc k inc* es hereof, vnder the name' of Graine, which the Latins call Ceredit fmtint,
Wi\ \$$M =t and hidiat cmtfum, of which we p
! - _',r
h
:
that come of thegi ihatarechangedintofomeotherku

v .. ,
amongthem, dolikcwin- dicorne 3wewiIlfirftfpeal

ofwhcate,anddcfcn: it is preferred before all other cc
'
-- all other, whofei
whence fhoot footth graflie blades or leaues, like
ie^but broader: thc pla

to many,and fo profitable to
larger defcription t<
* The defcription.
2 The fecond kinde of Wheate in re
:',. .;..
HISTORIE OF PLANTS^,,
»c. Double cared V
: ; o
6o THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE

* rhtfhce.
Wheate growe u arc inhabited and manured, and
for in a drie ground as Columella reported], it gro weth harderjand better compact: in a moift
& darko
fbile,it degencrateth fomtimc to be of another kinde.
They are moftcommonly fowen in the fall of the leafe or Autumne: fometime in the fpring.
i
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Wheate, and Normandie Wheate.
r naturall qualities,ate hot and moid in the firft degree.
orfuchdonc
''...: ..'.L..,.' „.':/
iojuridabang eaten, brcedeth woormes in the belly being chewed and :
-boiled with hony and water, or with oyle and water, takcthaway
Z The bran ofWl Ci irffe and dry fcales,and diflblueth
niuomensbrefts.
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F The meale of V , of Henbane, and plaifterwifc applied , appeafeth

-.'- - ' .„'.::..
ard,itrefoIuct:
ithfalt.
„..„ „ ...tie faffron , doth draw and healc
;
breadone pound Luiefeede

.Dwale, Sengrcene and Cotyledon, 4/wonehandfull: boilethem
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:cg5,oiIeofrofes,a '
:s
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of fine White bread,!

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4htlhadc,Plantaineai
::-v;v\
i
,
doth eafily defend the humourand c<
: heare prefied foorth betweene tw, , ; le chappes and
.rhebody.
ThefamevfedasaBa'"
jiKnts^t caufeth them to worke more effectual ly,efpecial
^
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 'ifa

Of\Rie. Chap. /p.
, the defer
OfSpit Come. Cbap.+i,
:
It groweth in fat and fcrtill moift ground.
The Grecians hauc called it £«'«, andfc.- the La-
%mtlt in low Dutch SpCltC i in i
. : _••
...
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the name of Fxr, as Dionyflus 1UL
I . ,<
in Barley. <?*/«» writethinliisbookesof the
:s of Barly or Whcatc, being indifferent to
gotten by cold and long (landing.
OfStarch Come. Qbap.^.
tTbeiefiriftio*.-
•y His other ki, called of the Germainc Herbarifts AmyUum Frtmtntm,

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
been faid.that is to feede cat is referred vnto the bafe kinds

ofWhcateorBarJy.
OfBarly. Chap. 4.4..
T> Arlyhathanhelmeo
Jjandwithmoeioints:
be (lender and grow thicke<

fubie<fttocafU altie,yeeldetr,
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vûmne,the other
e ivcllloiowen all Europe
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hardoffuchaworde
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name »» w. in Enghftiuu called Beere and Ale madeofBarlyMai.lt.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
foeuer is madeofBarlv, is fo-.nui to hauc a ccruine force of cooling and drying ir
Plcs.lt hath alio a little abft
;.:
..',.-:.. . :i;M. ..:.; '•' -
- •
!'.
;i!cJv:u!iuine,niiU!ls 3 tIicbarkcofd!cpo!nv\ .aic s of brambles, D
itftoppeththelaske.
• • -
; icings of others.
i .medics be vfed for old and new forcs,ifit be made
ale t wo poundjone oxe galL,and boile them to one poi u
;• - ....:.
,.-''.'..
to be Barly meale mixed with water and oilc.
Barly meale boile ,
fe a d Cj t h e leaues of garden Poppie,the powder of G
preuaileth againft the drophe being applied vpon.
* The tefiripion.
HOrkumn^nsMoc&c&Zecfiyrummd 7
Naked Barly.
onely to coole,but alfo to prouoke fleepc.
,
and cooleth the
"
eing drunkc
1
: H I S T>m R I E OV P 1 AN T S. *7
* Tk defer!v'kz.
HOrdamBtWcbofj -.-richer vnpro&able and
.
::,-•,, ^called oi Phniem'cbus: ill
ials,andftonie places by tl ^.tl UWptt i e
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:
Icedc or graine
degencratingfrom 1 S ,:ly hath been.
THE FIRST BOOKE OF THI
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Grecke :m Englifli Haucrgraffe.
jrly mealedricd, and at times ofneede moiftned with rofe w
OfOteu aa M $,
s that delight, ton

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8 ° '
° tomorrow 'acco,:dinS ai c cnP*
turefpeakethjbutletthenextdaybtuigwithit,
.
HISTORIE' OF PLANTS. 69
Ores are dric and fomwhat cold of temperature, as Galen faith.
: ., t,
:...;..• .-/. - .'--. ::.. ...... . . .
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cafairc and well coloured maidetolookelikea cake oftalIow cfpe-
3 q
lac ke a good draught of ftrong vineger after it.
Of mlde Otes. Ckap.^9
i T> tomosjterau, called likewile ^fumafatua, which the Italians do call

by a veryaprname,
ourcornmon Oteshaue : they are fo common d:

2 l nereis alio another
kindc of Bromos or wilde ( &m*4 altera, not
I
THE. ;F I R S:X B O (XKE OF T

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
5 make alongharueftof fuchcuiilcornc,confideringitisnot ]
ic. And therefore this much ftiallfuffice for the

defcription.
OfVarnell. Cbap.î.
Red Darnel
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AMong the hurt R It bringeth foorth leaue s a
ally in a moift and dankifh foile.

* the time.
They fpring and flourifli with the corne,and in Auguft the feede is ripe.
. Red Darnell drieth without ft

THE FIRST BQOKE QF THE
tier of linefeed, boiled to
icrrnuch .flowing of womens

) Biofcortdes faith , that Darnell meale doth ftaie and kcet
:':: -y-- '
.
: " '
d vir.cger,it cureth fpreading
:of with parched barly meal

dvpon die belly, helpeth cc iception,and caufcth cafie <
5U.
which thing Onidia
faid to eate of Darnell.
Gg&r. cUK
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HISTOR1E OF PLANTS.
w Ciit!) ; !hnt.-Jl!i:fn\(cto!t'.l
•
diHrcrthcfiiiiC
;,A >
OfSMiUet. Cbap.yy
% MiUnm
g

and thin 3and the feed fomevvhat bigger3ofa fhining blackc colour.
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ferpents and all venemous beafts.

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:ocrio-.,andadde there tc
» his booke ofpra&ife.
Of Turfy corne. %. 5+.
OF T" rkie «"

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twithftandineof oneftocke orkinrcd.conftflingof
.
. r'. i^r;
.
.
; .
:
doth open it fclfc in :i:c timcoi gathering.

*-The defeription.
1 /*""* Ornc of I :I ^ with great j eaucs i ike ^ reat
he to P of i
nmon Recde/omtimes ofone co-
, ! .
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•
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;
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to fay,euei
rfower from one ftalke, orderly placed
nd long and flender bca £ bees that grow vpon

Tandlortger, eueryone ;. :, e feedes aregreat,of
orders or ranis. This graine hath

eWheate. '
Gold coloured TurkieWheate
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. l7
Thcfe kinds of" -. into other prouinces ofEnrope,
andhot,asmyfelfeh.. uc garden. »
..'-•-'! and ^^.-i.
...... .
;
r«cw. mayeafilyiiidgeth, f
0/7/w^> tJVEiUet. Cbq.n.
*Tht defection.
TVrkic Millet is a ftranger in England.lt hath
what brownifh, befet with many long and

^ r ° ad IcaUes Iike Turk whcatc: at the to w herof
ipH 4 y P
P s
\| &
groweth a great large tuft or eare, like the great
£ 1 Rec-de,ofa ycllowifh colour. The feede is roundc
//% a id lharpc pointed of the bignes ofa Lentill ,fom-

;
, 5
lour. It is faftened with a multitude of ftrong flen-'

der rootes like vnto threeds : the whole plant hath
ihcfeedeisripc 3 arercd.
* The place.
Italy,Spaihe,and other hot regions.
This is one of the fommer grain
Iris called
....
of the InfubersÂg*,, and Melt-
-
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OfTanick, Chap. tf.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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.':... ...;•' .,,.-.. :..;,.• i
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.
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affie feats, red de-
i'anickgrowethvp withlong rcedeti thlong leaues like

. :
care of the graffe called Ifihanon otAU ill and threddie.
Thtpkccandti:
ripenes 5 and may be kept good a long tii
•JcThentmts.
mC ec! c Di ch i
»/*«.- the Latinesp..,-,; 1

:
Pannickes nourifli Iittle and are driers as Galen faith.

3
Pannick ftoppeth the laske as Millet doth beiug boiled (a -reportcth)in Goates milke and /
3
Of Canariefeede, or Tetie Tanic{. C&a M7-

; PhtUm. 2 PhalariifrAtenfi
Canariefeedc. Quaking grafle.
{':: -^
fkJU^ i^-^wMM ,*•
# Thtdeferiptiott.
i y-v Anaric feeder Canaric graflc after fome,hath mai _
^^ the whole plant doth vet cthat thctopof
•
. :
..-,...-:
fhepheards purfe, bun
(hikes that may be found, « do hang : by meancs of v
.-_•'• .
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hold it from flukingto , whereof it took

UrUoi that crucll trembling tyrant of the fame name.
C-. -•".-..; . .. .. ;
3e,or Canaric cor; - taming the fame

I
nthe Hands of Canarie i^flpifti : in Englifh Canaric fccd,Canarie command Ca-
,
Quakers and Shakers , taking his
hingthe temperature of Pfalaru, notwithftanding it
bladder Apothecaries for want of Millet do"

: goodfucceflein
: it ferueth indeed thereof \fuuctLtnewn, otftidproquo. i
England alfo to feed the Canaric birds.
OfFoxetaile. Chap.tf.
* The defection.
uiygraffie I<
•\ncothofeofBarly,but
leflcrairi (hotter. Thefta
'hereupon doth growe a fmall fpikc or
:
* rbefltce.
thingextantwoortl
OflobsTeares. Cbapjp.
IS S!^^ f ,ny k 0ttie

JV
high, fet with great broad leaues like vnto thofc of Reede, amoi
tlif: °f threddyrootes, twofoote
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.
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out of the hole commeth
a finall idle or barren chaffie care l.kc vnto that of Darnell.
F Lukym*
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fommer being very hot.
* The names.
....
line rcfembleth the DroporTearc
Lilly growing, they doe make
OfBuekpkeate. Cbap.do.
* The defection.
noiig other grainc. It
Cereale : the flowers be fm

ftered togither in one or rfioc tuft « >i \ nil els,
{lightly dafht puer heere and there with aflo-
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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in French Dragee aux chateaux.

* the nature.
Bread made ofthc mcale ofBucke wheat is ofcafie digeftion, it fpeedily-Jfcffeth through the bel- A
OfCorp vpheate. Qbap. 6l.
M- hauing other fin

ftalke,
from the fame,of a foote loni
me" long and narrow, and of a darke
:..
.:..:..:
e beginnerh to flower below, and fo
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wile the buds of the flowers, are or
:<r-.:c .;•
ommon Foxe taikTuJof a yd-

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4 THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
it The time..
They flower in lime and Iuly.
-k the names.
Melxmfyrtm is called of I
heate, and Horfe flower
B Greekc .«.^ôr.The fee item : in Englifh yellow Cow wheatc.
OfWilde Con vheate. Chap. 6z.
\soiMeUmpyrum(.
vnlike ro wheate. The whole plant is ha

HISTORIC OF PLANTS
Some write that it will likewife caufe women to bring foorth male children. B
OfWhite zAfthodiU. Cbap.6^.
H Auing finifhed the kindes of Corne,it folio-.- :

y forts of Afpho-
Gak/tmskah mention.
:
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i AfphoMmnonranofm. 2 AfthoMuinmojui.
White Afphodill. Branched Afphodill.
-:
I Theftalkeisround,fmooth,naked,andr.iu garnifhed from

the middle vpward with a number of fl<y. cuiesapeecejthe
. -
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growing out of oneheadlike thofe of thePeonie, full

and binding taftc.
2 Branched Afphodill agrecth well with the fonv I lis hath many bran-
. : knowledge of plants. .f them can giuemc

: knowledge of any flic; .: it reported that fuch
vA^XlIhat •otes growing out of one head, made

of or of fundrie tough, far,
vfprigs.orj
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
;
^fpoJeIujfireruh»te.RedAfyho<W.
4e?htfUu.
:) the prouince of France, Italic, Spain
They flower in May and Iune,and that by

p
o^fl"*^ H*HhU Rcgia : in Gteeke^^

!
c with the flowers is ailed Aatberius, andthcrootc.
h to vnderftand by the Ma dc
. , :i f foodc as iseafily
Thefc kinds of AfphodihbeL
before rehearfed, helpeth the paine in thefides, nip-

B
ulc eating vlcers , all inflammations of the dugs, or C
wcxeellentCollyrieproficablcfpr the
litdc myrrhe and fafrron,maketh D
BOOKE OF THE
with the greafe ofa ducke,hclpcth Akpesu, brin.
'
difeafc.
e hclpeth the drawing togichcr of fincwes, cramps,
The like quantitie taken in .>. oketh vomit, and helpeth thofe that are bitten with any
Ofthe Kings Speare. Chap. 64..

ktetummr. 2 ^JphodelusLaKcaliria.
The Kings Speare. Lancafhire Afphodill.
*k - -"idle to the top are
'
nd (lender, fmaller than thofe of the other
:
and flowers, without any difference at all. Itbringeth (oorth leaues of a he

in ftalke
fomewhat chamfered, like to thofe of the Flower de-luce orCorneflag, but nam .,,
fpan long. The fh\ creupongrowetheflowersônfiftm*
nag rtiarpe pointed cods. The roote is long,iointed 3 andcreepeth as graffe doth,with
many fmall firings. * Theplace.
i The (mail yellow Afphodill growcth not of it (elfe wUde in thefc parts, notwithfbnding we
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
iue great plcntic thereof in our London gardens.
The Lancashire Afphodill groweth in moifi ai irifh'places ncere vnto thetowneof Lanca-
found by a worfhipfuli and learned gen r

wts, mafter Thomas Hesket, who brought the plants thereofvnto me for.
Irecciued fomc plants thereof likewife bomm&er Thomas Edwards Apothecarie in Excefter,
two whom I reft bounden
is well for this plant, as alio fi thepiantol
,-
[ty
'uca, which his feruant brou»; >
r
s the needy naked Indi-
in foulcs do make their bread, as fhall bee xp I ihall haue occafion to
nakc further mention there ;
ln t h e we ft part of En
ind 3called Bagfhot hill,neerc vnto a village of the fame name.
They flower in May and Iunc molt of the leaues thereofremaine greene in the winter,ifit be not
:
it,thc Speare for a King, or fmall yellowe

r
i The Lancafhire Afphodil is called in Latinc ^Mhodelm ImuStUM may likewife be
called
4podelm£*l»8ru,oxPfeuJoapodelu \iphodill.
It is notyct found out what vfc there is ofcither of them in nourifhment

or medicines.
Of Onion *jfftboffl. Chap. 6s.
^JfhoJUmhOtfm. Onion Afphodill.

I .
is called o\~Dodoneus i^fjphodclusfan.

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P.11 -c::!il .jl.th«cmaycaUit,BuIbcdAfphodiU.
. The round
rooted Afphodill according to Galen, hath the fame temperature and vertuc., that
Âron^rifarumfiX^ 1 m
abfterfiue and clenfing qualitie.
* The virtues.
\ The yoong fproi launders/or that
the roote is of power to make thin and open.
g Therootes heeieof, as Galen wri
iiitIe,andIikcuifctoT)i i
ile or hens graefe 3cureth the pilling or falling
Of Yellow Lillies. Qhq.66.
Blcaufe we fhall haue occafion heereafter to fpeakc ofcertainc C

in this chapter intreat onely ofanother kii
principally in t t in rootes Aiphodils 3participating
as it were of both^though neerer approching vnto Afphodils than Lillies.
*
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
* The defer,pio*.
1
eluth\ci\loi J' .
middeft like a gutter: among the which rifeth vp a nake<

\\
branched toward the top, w
bits high,
my goodly flowers, li
I
hi apef propoinon.ut lhm gyd

Peonie. Therootecon-
g^rooBtH k$CH
«m clogs, proceeding from one head, likethofe of the white Af-
phodill or Peonie.
;
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uk! euer obferue , according to the

oldprouerbe,Soone pj • like die former.
.
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i
at the funne rifing.according to AthenxmfiwA therefore is called the Day Lillie,or Lillie for a J ...
The naturcis rather referred to the Afphodils than to Lillics.
home, and a mother pefiarie made thereof with A

wooll,and put vp,bringeth foorth water and blood.
I ugs after womens trauell in childc B
Therootesandthcleauesbelaid nings and foldings. G
Of'BulbedFlmerdekce. Qbap.6-].
•kThekindcs.
we hauefetdownc fundi iflaggie leauesand tuberousor
Like as ,
knobbie rootes, variyng ve . e diftinguifhed in their
...;...;:. , - '
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kThe defection.
i. /~\ Nion Flower de-luce hath long narrow blades orleaucs, crefted, chamfered, orflraked
\J on the backe fide, as it were welted, belou it i elfe toward the
d among thefe leaucs doe rife vp a
1 place long thickc cods or feede veffels,

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ilsdafhtoueriuftcedof
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mod pleafant gold y
tfr The clefiription.

5 The yellow bulbed Flower de-luce hath leaues, rootes, ftalks and flowers like vnto the variable
crs of thefe be ofa faire gold yellow coloured the other of variable colours.
w
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
yellow afti colouredbulbus Flower de-luce (if there be any fuch)agreeth
[Tiis pale
I fay if there be any fuch for in mine opinion there is none fuch diff
In defcription. ;
The firft ofthefe bulbed Flower de-luces doth grow wildc, or of it felfe in the' come fields of the
moil parts of England,as about Bathe and Wels,an«l thofe places ad
firft brought intoLondon where they be natural; •:
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out London gardensjwhereof they do greatly abound.
They flower in Iune and Iuly,and feldome after.
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The nature of thefe Bulbed Flowct de-luces, are referred to the kinds of Afphodils.
Take faith ApuUiut, of the herbe Hierobdbm fixe §. Goates fuet as much , oile of Alcanetone P.
ittakcthawaythcpaine of the
n doe vfe to wafh her face w
i Iru which being paft, there

:
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rthcvppermoftleai J —
cetk&Mlf vvitBgreenifh
r- a
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:.:.feede,asbigastheFet
knobby bunches like fingers.
*Tht
HISTORIE OF PLAN TS. 5»5
X Theplace.
Thefe baftard ki. .-.. .h- ::, :, c
diligent Herbarifts
eêaiiljrthelaftdefi . e about GonftanoBopkjMc
byfomeexpreftorl , whereas i*t ruthit hath not

. . . ;
;• .
Thefe wildc or baftard Flower de-Iuces,do flower from Maie to th eendoflune.
i The bulbed baftard Flower de-luce which we haue Englifhed Spanifh Nut, is called in Spaine
2\^&:thelefter >e that kinde of
nourifhingBulbew hich is named in Greekc - - oiftinySi >;c
Licebe the true Hermodattylii:
matter fo plaine, which may be
S^SÎ^^^f£t3ft£
mXH(m0da ^ i
* The nature andvcrtues.

ring it doth not agree with the
s of rich and delicious, naie v
OfCome Flag. Q 3a
P- ^9'
i Gladioli Utrbonenfis.
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* Theiefiriftion.
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cl- more greater, but moreloofe
•rneFlaghathio: uy ribs or nerues running through the

.dc,\vhcreupon do grow flowers orderly placed vpor,
vers placed on both the of the ftalke , in fhape and fides
:s but feldomc fcene one abouc another, as in the former.
3
that the flowers ofthis are of a pale

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Thefe kinds of Come Flags growe in medowes,
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They flower from May to the end ofIuly.
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called of the Germains sSetirfourtJJ fo

lines appellations. The flowers of Corne Flagai
kThentture.
Therooteof ..fforcetodrawe,wafteorconfmnc away and dric,
alfo of a fubtill and digefting qualitie.
•tcTbevertucs.
A The roote ftamped with the powder of frankenfencc and wine
5 applied, draweth foorth fplint
and thomes that fticke faft in the flefh.
B Being ftamped with the meale of Darnell and honied watcr doth waftc
3 and make fubtill hai
lumps,nodes andfwellingsbeingemplaiftred.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
StrajhubujaAl
the feed dried and beaten into powder, i n Goates milkc, or Aflesr
ythcpaineoi
OfHyacinthes and their k[nds . Chap. 7 o
H He firft land of Iacinth hath very fat thickc btowne IcauesîoIIow like a little trough ,v«y
e, ofthc length ofafinger: among which (hootevp fat thicke brownilh ftalkes , foft
THE
fufcalcsorfiimes.
receiued from tebtntts n I' aii< .
nLillie,but(hortci
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Thefe plants do gr.
ThefirftofthcfeHyacii s called Hyacinth™ ftelktus , or Stcllaris Fuchsij, of the ftar-li
i
: of fome Flos Martiusfiellatms.
i: of others Hyacinths bifalius 3as oiTheophraftm.
. Hyacintbusautm
Great Winter Hyacinth,
e Iacint is the Ieaft of all Iacin
und;inth, ;e an handful high, fet from
ic point, tit in great e.
^ rhe{hce _
k The deferif tion.

Theblew Harebels or I ,, throughout all England. Ithathlong
lew flowers, ofa ftrong fweete fmell, fonw

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The white Englifh Iacii it
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there is foiind wMc in i

.: th flowers of a faire car-
: )ii coloin-, \ inchnukcthadifrcrciicefromthcother.
The blewHarebels dogrowewildein woods, copfes, and in the borders offields euery where
ough England.
rhe other two arenotfocommon,yet do they grow in the woods by CoIchefterinEffex, in the
n the beginning of Maie endoflune.

* The names.
England than."" *
whcrcofnfevpitrong tbickegroffcftalks, bare and naked, fei

;
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ny blewor skie coloured flowers, growing for the mod part vpon one fide of the ftalke.The n
great, thicke and full of filmic iuice.
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fome out of others^!. - ,v, licrcofthcy tooke their names 0;7«,
They flower fro; cudofAprill.
Tnttc is a Lilly wt Metamorphofis called Hyacinths,

»f his •
b . // „•.>; henhcperiftiedashcwa!
i , ,t rwhcfe fake he faith that Ip I did print ccrtainc letters and notes of his
Eecc cruor,quifufis hwno (tgnauerat Herbas,

Defiutejfccutou T;,r :o cue n stents , ,, ro
Flos oritur, f
j> ,nx', ,n.t ,qu-„: I .,,, > n
:>',> t skcrlmlol'/ „ t>:i,nj'tutaHtlor honoris)

Jffefuosgemitusfoltu tnfcribit,& <" "
Flos habet infcrif/tismfuneftaque liter* du&a ell.
Behold the blood ofhim

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p there fprang a trim
And goodly flow c I vie cloth in graine :
Offibiaro tewearefecne:
The flower hath rs are of griefe.

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Now Hyacinth; , iH\ do notpaffe,
Likewife^g/.: Bucolicks,
Et me Phoebus amat .Phosbo fux femper apuime
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And me l>h a b;:. I
„ a cs w tn me e
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Trees Laurel md red to fee
Tsillentefque Kofi, nee dulce rubens Hy.icir.thus

îtfstH ve>. s - , cy c mi; '
i Mi i f.er. t
;£iffcte«fe ^1! be white

AndRofesr. ., t ^' r .
'jneafubuettat corpora Cymb*.
Etferrugi
fe with pike .
dcIauMtaalCodothnoti chat the Violets arc ofa

:
iron colour in his fecond booke of the carying away of Proferpina.
f
Indtttt^ Met violas err ugtneptngit.
rithbbudy bright
And Primetree berries black he makes.
And decks the Violet with a fweete
Darke iron coIour,which it takes.
i the proper names from which we hauedigrefTcd: molt of the later Herba-
oi Poets Hyacint
.de mention of Hyacii
dbindc, drying in the thirdede-
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rue, ling of the laske and bloudy

and is of greater force in flopping blou flixc:
being drunke in wine limgficknes.

: The rootes aftct the opinion of Diojcorides, procure hain beardleffe men, and fiich as hauc
Offaire haired lacint.

* the defection.
THc faire haired lacint hath long fatlcaues,hollowcd alogft the infide,trogh faihion,as are
Thefhlkerifethoutof
themidftofthelea tu'ch are befct round about
i/ith many final! flowers of an oucrworne purple colour: the top
:::
asaremoftof thofeof thelacints. The rootcisBulbusorOnicm,

fome hairie threds,faftencd vnt
flowers hcerof are ofa darke whit<

teth foorth the difference.
Ofthiskindclreceiue
V:butdrfferedi
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
X Rjsctnthuscmc/us. a Hyaeinthuseomfisd
Faire haired Iacint. White haired Iacint,
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3 The fmall Grape flower hath n d « ground,hollow
righr,by reafon it is fare I
They flower from February to the end of May.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
The Grape flower is called/^,;.- , V?«w^*
.^rfomuchasisextantoftheminwr,
k The nature and vc,

re is nor any thingfet down of rhe ancient or latci
are referred vnto the other Iacints.

y
^Mufcarijar Mussed grapeflower. Chap.yi

Of
i Muftrnfiumm. %<£$&??$!&
Yellow musked Grape
YE
i) the .piddle to the
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wife fwccte,but of a pale bkakc colour, wherein confifteth the differe
poflefled.
They flower in March and Aprill 3and fomtimes after.
Tipcadi,andl)ipcd it , SulbtuVmitoriut. Thele plants

may be referred vni f vndoubtedly they be kinds.
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OfWooUy "Bulbm. Chap.ji.
ttlbsuEriophorut.
Vooliylacint. * The deferiftioit.
*-»-« Here hath out to behecre inferteda
fallen
[ Bulbus plant confiding of many Bulbes,
of our nation, as others haued

euages to theirs, as a kinde of the Hyacinths:
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*3& Laniferus, bicaufe of "his abundance ofwooUy
IKWjf J
f\ Ijtj)
k
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leaues are broade, thicke,fat,
fpidcrlike webbe when they be broken. Among
full of iuice, and of a
like vnto the ftalke of Squilla , or fea Onion. And
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[hallbe content tofufferit in fome bafe place or o:
he end of the figures t<
is to the end afore faid.
Of twofainedpiBures. Cbap.jq..
The flower ofTigris.
:thishiftorie
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i nccic 10 the end that it may ferue for excufc to others who fhal com after,which
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,
3r/.Thcflowers(faiththeaiu ^vondcrfull. Theleaues

&rootesareliketothofeo
fcmb c the Daffodils o
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te(faith my Author)isBuIbusor Onion fairuon, outwardly blacke : frc
kauesjfharpe pointed 3 narrow 3 and ofa frefh grccne c >
laked or bare ftalkes.at the top whereof groweth a pfeal
ifedly caft abroade. And in the midc
to be the cod or feed v<
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* The defeription.
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at whofe top cioth grow a f aire and pica! ant fl< >v. er, lil
* The defiriplon.
S ate flowrin
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§ DaffodiU hath man y flat thicke leaues,full of iui
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•kThedefetiptioH.
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•dro, tc^r.reiikcM - -
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asalfofromFrarnceii
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as are the flowers of our double Primrofe, hauinginthc middle of the flower fomefcwechiuesoi
:xed with yellow as aforefaid.
10 The milke nrl am the common white Daffodill, or Primr6fe peere
hath notany other co
lour in die flower but white,whereas all the others are mixed with one colour or other.
'
Rufh Daffodill. Late flowringRufh Daffodill.'
. Thedeferipti
11 The rufh Daffodill hath longnarrow and thicke Ieaues, very 1
.
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ngethvp in the beginning of
le alfo the flowers do fhoote foorth tl he top of fmall rufhie ftalkes,
__ o the precedent in ech

refpe<ft 3 fauing that this is altogither lefTei\,and longer before it come to flowring.
13 The Perfian Daffodill hadi no ftalke at all , but onely a finall and tender foote fhlke ofan inch
high , fuch as the Saffron flower hath : vpon which fhort and t<
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flower,confifting of fixe fmall lea

:. In the middle of the flowei orth a long ftile or pointell . about v,
fet
iichliketoPoppie. T
Jackifh on the OTtfide'

it fide,and pale with
Dal
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Mime-Dsffodillbringetl mgfmooth glittering;

hichrifethvpafhor
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Daffodill hath a bulbus roote,
ercof grovvech a final!
thing fluffing the head, as
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Butk is not grc:; $ ci i places of growing wild , Teeing
white Daffodil! groweth wild in fields and fides of woodes in the weft parts of England.
at is, from the beginning of Februarie vnto the end
i i and winter Daffodils do flower in September and O&ober.
* impertinent to adde a fupplie ofnames,as alfothe
i i an or Turkifh toong, Zaremcada Per/lam, and z*.
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rofcpeerelefle.
ftes , fheweth that they are called Nanijptt, as though they did be-
garland of the great ! !e y that arc departed aaddulled with death, (hould
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OfthefitftandfccondDaffodi!!.. I n the third bookc of his Mettmorfho-
name,faying:
^ utmtor usem (Yec(um roc r ore rem
But as for bodii cof they found

Ayellow flo -
iew fprong vpon the ground.
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A (?<«/«« faith, that the rootes of A '»

..,•' ng, that they con-
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B The rootes oiNtrciJfus damped with honie and c! lem that are burnt
C Being vfed in mancr aforefaid, it helpeth the great wrenches ofthe ankles, the aches and paines
: Acn with honie and the feed of nettles,purgeth the difeafe which caufcth fpottinesin
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anypartofthebodic.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
a raire and beautifull double yellow flower, as is the Marigolde, of a pleafu
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,c l " 'n opaine,very like vnto our Deft knowne Daffodil in fhape at i, but altogithcr
: ufteth longer,before the flowetdoth fall ot fade.
The double yellow Daffodill I teceiued fiom'jJL,

of Paris, which he procured by meanes of
croweth almoft euety where through England. The yellow Spa-

!i
nish Daffodill doth

Lkewife deckc vp our London gardens where they increafe infinitely.
^^doubleDaffodiUfendcthfoorthliisk^^ and his flowers in

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lcfirft is called pfeudotw nn&Narctjfalutati
8pO?Cfeei&loemen:inEngli{h yellowc Daffodai,

DaffodilIy,and Daffodowndilly.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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* thedefiriftion.
bout the edr.

fpottcd in the fame whiteneflc with red fpec-
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Being with the otners
isbringethfoorth cncreafe of root. ithe bofome of his loweft leafe next
; :
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
t,diP*bu!hifert.
Bulbofc flatted Tulipa.
There be a fort great! :cv.vherof are thidelong,

broade, now and then I left whereof doth rife vp a
fb'.kca foorchighorfon i kandeth onely one flower bolt vpright, con-
1 lJu rxclcirc. L l, OC t, i.'.cnuncch.p-
v i hthreds r chines in the n ddIe,of the colour of iarfron. The colour of the flower is fom-
times yellow,oftentime< ;ln d many times red
_ , and :
times there doth run all along thefe ftrakes , me no fmell at all which can
beperceiiied.Therootesofthcfearchkcui. L.d,,Oi .tJli i
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ichingthe defcriptionof Tulipae
roweth wilde in Thracia, Cappadocia, Italic ; in Bizantia about Conftantinopli

^> ' Syria,fron mvearden, and likewifi
,
and Mafter limes Garret apothecarie alfo for their e
florilhandincreafc.as in the lnU c col nt c;
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:-,
There hath not been any rhingfetdowne of the ,. >uchingthc nature

untie of their Bowers.
Of "BulbedJlocke qillofiovers Chap.-jZ.
THeophraftuihzth obferued one kinde of Bulbed ftocke Gilloflowcr which he calleth his Vio-
. / .... •
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v cry earely 3and others later3as fhall be declared.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS
=t,compaa offixeleaues,
enc as the others be. The

whereon it groweth.Thc
n alljtmny
ebeginningoflanua-
ric:thcfecondinS
Thefirft is called of TheofhraUu*, Viola alba
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* The nature andvertues.
Of Turgor qinnie-hmflmer, C haP'79-
2 1-fittilUriAvariegaU.
Changeable checkered Daffodill.
k 7'be defer if Hon.

•* He checkered Daffodil! nalnarrow graflieleaues;
I rifcth vp a ftalke of three
hanc *
Xich confifteth of fixe
Gke kail le™^
(mail leaues "checkered moft ftrangely : wherein
rather the Creator ofall things hath kept a very woonderfull orde r , i
keeping the fame order as wel on the backfide of the flower as on the
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[e hen,whereof it tooke his name.The roote is fmal.,white,and of the bigneflc of halfe

a garden beane.
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icie rare and beautirull plants grow naturally wi the fields about Orlear
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They flower from the beginning of March vnto the end ofApril! The feede is ripe in Iune. .
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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it h ath the flower of a Lillic and the roo tc of TUrtm

"I^checSrsd^Si
nEnglifti we may call it Turkie hen,or Ginny hen flower, and alfo checkerd Daffodill.
Of Saffron. Qhq&o.
is finefare. 2 Crocusflorens.
* the defeription.
Although I hauc exprefled two pidures of Saffrons as you feeder are you to vnderftand that
thefe two do but fet foort I
;•
be conceiued by one
picture as by two, bicaufe his flower doth fir! ily in September,
s fliordy after the flower, neuer bearing flower & leafe

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I his flowring.
Commoner the beft knowne Saffron growetb plentifully in Cambridge {hire, Saffron Walden
:r places thereabout, as c<
rhetime. i
o flower in September,and prefently after fpring vp tf.
LTgZahafaw..
-,d to make them
* The temperature.
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eficixcii i thcii..nibci" thole Lobe 1, t , hot m the fecond degree,

therfore it alfo hath a certaine force to concocfyvhich is furthered by the final a
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ie for old fvvellings and aches ,and hkewife for 1:
with good fuccefTeput in

lefarnediflbluedin milkeorfenell, or role water, are prefertied
from being hurtby the fmall poxe and meafels,and are defended the t c
I The Chiues ftceped in water . I

> in d imagerie, as
^
Ofmlde Saffron. Chap.Zi.
coucred with a brownc

skin or Saw -
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2 The fecond wilde Saffron,in lcaues, rootes, and flowers, is like vnto the precedent
ther leffer; and the flower ,let colour.
3 We haue likewife in our London gardens another forr vnto the orrjer wilde
, like
it perfedfhining yellow colour, feem
ch maketh thediifcrence.
4 There is found among Herbanit |
trom the others, faui
:o their gardens , one fort heereof with purple orv
mon SafFron,butdeftituteof thofe chiues which yeeld the colour, fmell,or raftejthai
gardens befides thofe before lpeeificd , which I thought needles to

entreat of,bicaufe theit vfe is not great.
All thefe wilde S h do flower in Au-
notable learned H taem , andpartly by feeing themin

gardens we haue fetdownc their defcnptions.
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x.
infull and molt curious fearcher of Simple; ,
' L ' 'the mountainc excepted, which
*
hey be truely faid to be CmifylHeJlm, or wildc
theminPhificke.
OfMedavo Saffron. Qoa$.%i.
THcre be lundne lorts or medowe Saffrons differing very notably weh in thec
lotably as well
their flowers.asalfo in ftaturc and countrcy, from whence they had {hall be
> v J
in the middle whereof fpringvpr icbignelTeofafmallwal-
blues whentheyfac
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:oueredouerwithb .
:<:. ;
wly digged out of the earth. It is in tailed ett'c, • thâ little birterr.efls
'

'* Thedefiripion.
3 Thefe two pi&urcs exprefTed are both but one and the fclfe lame plant3 and yet is i
bcareth flowers andleaues both at one time as doth the common Saff
t
";, andtheot
: ipringofthcyeereit brii
"r
his ]eaues,thicke,fat,fhining and fmooth,not vnlike the -ies,whichdocor
vnto the end of Iune, at which time the leaues do withe thebe
there (hooteth foorth of the ground naked milke white 1
fo foone a» the plant hath done bearing of flowers, the the ground not fending
foorth any thing vntill February in the yeere following.
6 The medow Saffron of IUiria hath a great, diickc" and bulbils roote , full of fubltance from :
v. -hii.fi nicch \ p a fat, civ, -, -

the c< ,- .
I \ cquall
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b5 Saffron hath; " "
,vSaffron,butnr,
:
&• Thekfcripthn,
any hath many thicke Icaues, broadc, and M
chofeoftheEngliftimcdow Saffron, as well in colour, as proportion; and differcth
ae, and bringcth foorth no feede at all, contrary to all the reft of the
hich maketh the difference,
io The female is like vnto the male in each refpeft, but diffcretb in that,that this plant bringeth
foorth white flowcrs,and the other purple.
* The place.
Medowfaffronorc«&£/V«w, growethinMeffinia and in the He Colchis, whereof it tooke his
gardens are poffefled with the moil part ofthem.

The Two firft do grow in England in great abundance, in fat and fertill medowe
ford and Bathe, as alfo in the medowes necre to a fmall village in the Weft part of England called
Shepton Mallet, in the medowes about Briftow , in Kingftroppc medow necre vi<™ = water mill as
you go from Northampton toHolmeby houfevpon the right hand of the way,an
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meron, which is not deadly.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i3i
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Mcdow fafrron is hoc and drie in the fecond degree.
TI rootcsofn erlygiucn faith Paulusto thofethat

h ^
achisvfedinftops.But,
tauejf SS5 - do,accord ngvntoi>^^ whcruponlbm«

1
J
OfStarofBetblebem. Chap.fy.
* Thekindes.
StaTof Bethlehem. Wilde Star of]
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
* The defirtytion.
( very greenecolour,with a white ftrakedowne the middle of each leafe: am.

J
" b.therooc wndwirJiout
the backfide,of a pale yellow {tripped with greene,on the infide of ;i I
other refpefts alike.

4 The great bulbed Star of Bethlehem hath many large and long leaues , thicke and crcfled, re-
•
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fide,and the îjphodyll not fo.
J;, in Germany and
Is of bulbed plants do flower from Aprill to the end of May.
Touching the names ther

ed them.In high Dutch it is
nd £«#,», in Englifh Star
:
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Of Onions. Qjap.%^.
fZ«« 3 diuer
ticy grow. Some alfo left
* The defer iptioit.
I «t-» He Onion hath narrow Ieaues and hollow
I middle. On the top whereof groweth a round head coucrcdwi
blackc feedc tfirce I- of the roote there is a bulbe or
2 The red Onion differethnot r,but in fowrenes and rednes of the rbote ; i
refpe&s there is no difference at all.

* Thepkee.
The Onion requireth a fat ground well digged and dunged, as P i
.... :....;. i-
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:
Frenchword a
t
-'
fb men name it aiKUHR of the
andfweete, and be thought to hethofe whi
\paru£Cep<e,oi little Onions.
, 1
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. t
There is an Onion which is without an head or bulbe,and hath as it were a long necke^s hath i
.• 1.c which is cropped nr cut

. 1 '
fourth cccrrccM not iocs

the reft is of thickc parts.
TheOmonsdofret, attemi
fharpnes,efpecially if thewate
eakcandconfui
i
p tweth . noil >ugh they be boiled.
they open the conduits that are flopped.

, ',[ : :'.: I .
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urgeth the head and draweth foorth rawe flegma- E
Being rofted in the embers and applied, ripenctl 1 a
U and annointed vponthe goutie H

memberwith afeathci :r,c very much.
The iui.ee annointed vpon a pilde or balde head in the funnc, bringeth againe the haire very fpee-
powder, asisfetfootthby a very skilfull Chirurgion named mafter VVillium Clowes, one of the
U, and giuen vnto the ficke of a tertian ague to eate, L

doth take away the fit in once or twice fo taking it.
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eimuchflcepe,efpeci-
ally be
Of Sea Onion. Cbap.Si.
ic The defer iftion.

t
1 *-p He great fea Onion which hath fet foorth in his Spanifh hiftorie, hath very great
clufuts
1
andbroadlcaucs , isDhJcorideshhh, longer then -
orheadcd r0( fcaly filmes, of a reddifh

iJ^n*
colour.The flower is fat fa light blew.
2 ° nionofValc !.-hath many long andfatleaues, and nar-
n thofc
row Jike u
of NarcifTusjbut fmoother & weakening \
:
p
a ftalke a foote high bare & naked, bearing a
- c
'*iHolochia long* , or long Birth woort. The rootcis
.lorfca Onion. SeaOaion
;
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
wd fcaDaffodill or ..
or roote llke vnt0 th(
,«„ unhc f.ndesoi chcfo, in moft places ofthecoafl

of Narbone, andabout
They flower from May

* The names.
i: ;-' 1 '
lt! ^ ^ ! l! -'
the Apothecaries
-
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n?me ft
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frenchmen «?«**«/.
,l
„ ion<
"
ltds cl&X" I «*«rr«W 'he
the
;
.
!"i^:r~ ; mEnsWhthe uhitc fcaDaffodiu ° rfeaoni

°^ »dof &«^
livery much as (?^» faith
it be throughly rofted : for not being
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Thexllicesofrhe-%!
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This rotted or baked Onion I
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OfLeeUgs Qba$.%6.
* the defer iftioi
long,fomwhat broad 3& very many,hauing a

-
vnto the Onion. The ftalkes

taftc like
be not often cut , do in the fecond i
djbringingfoorthoi
theEngkfhmen LeekcorLeekes.
The Leeke is hotand dry, a >r make thin,as doth the Onion.
A Being boiled rt is lefle hurtfull by reafon that it lofeth a great part of his fharpenes : ;
ing fo vfed,it yeeldeth to the body no good iuice. But being taken with colde herbes, his
B Being boiled and eaten with Ptifana, or barly creat

the cheft. Some affirme it to be good ir
w :r,frankenfence and milke, or oilc of rofcs dropped into the cares, mi"
tigateth their pamc.and good for the noife in them.
is
E Twodrams 3oraquarterofan
drunke, ftoppeth the fpitting of bloud which hath continued a long time. The Ian
keepethitfromfowring,and being already fowcr it corre&eth the fameasdiuers ••
grofle and tough humours.
* The hum.
Itheateth the iood, caufcthtroublelbmeandterrk
!
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfCiues, Cbiues,or mlde Leefys. £bap .
* The kinds.
•-r- Here be diners kindes of wilde Leekes,fome wilde,and fome of the garden, as
1
*%&*.
J ntinuc many yecrcs thcy fuffcrthccoIdeof

TOf T '
\oy m the fommerat groweth in mo ft gardens inEngland.

iscalleJinGreeke^ , , J ^-m D
"'
aJ; B eflaart ; as though youfiiould
The Vine Leeke is called in > imrally groweth : it may
be called in Latin for rum fitiwnpx
, ?:tigi»emPorrum:
Vttigin in Englifh after the Giet
Vine Leeke 5or French Leeke.
Leeke doth.
that the
The Vine Leeke nd bringeth downe the flow
ofvenemousbeafts,as Dtoftorides writeth.
Of garlic^ ChapM.
*The defiript'wn.
•nr- He bulbe or 1 <•—ckciscouercd
white purple
thegrounde belowe groweth atafli
* Theplace and times.

ifeldome fowen of feedc, 1
It is called in Latine allium in Grceke «»b*'

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I) tchLoofc:
^nemous beafb: and therefore <7*
B It yeeldeth to
nightie and fharpe blood. There-
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
it 1 1 ceduw ay the i b anoldcoughjitprouoketl - -
and confumeth winde 3 it is a remcdie for the dropfie proceeding of a colde caufe.
c hath been fbd-D
h good fucceflc againft the worn
red therewith.
"
Ofmldeqarlkk. 0™P-%9-
*ThedefcriPtio».
êGatlil uoruflies, fmoothand
T!i<*
hol!ou-v.-!thin:a:i> r:c, hard and found:
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" >fGarlick. In ftecdeofaroote there is a biilbe or
TheyfpringvpnApnll;
pans of England. I
all
>f Iflington by London.

.nthebackfideoflf
** '
's vnder hedges am
1 vnder a hedge adioimr. g i hi npfteede 5 both places
vilde Garlicks,andarc call,

in GreeLentoA S^,
diftilled water dnuike brcaketh the ftonc,and driueth it foorth and prouokcth vrine.
le
Scorodoprafim. 4 ^lli>mt Atpinm latifoliumfeuvi^r

Brode leaued mouHtaine Garlick.
.
The great mountaine G fLeckes,but much grea-

;randlonger,embracingorclafpingabouta I iiof iuice,biggerthena
lans finger, and bare toward the top vpon which is fet a great head, bigger then atennife
: ball,
eth^nddifclofe _
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gaping.ftar fafhion.The leaues are three orfower,brode ribbed like the leaucs of great I
femblingthofeofRamfons, but greater. The roote is great and long, couered with many fcalcy,
cotes, and hairic firings. -kThefhtc.
The greatmountain Garlickgroweth aboutConii eiued a plant ofic i
from M.ThoEdvtMrds apothecanc

Vittorudii groweth in the mountaines of Gcrmanie,as faith Ctrolut Ckfuu, and is yet a ftranger
in Englandfor any thing that I do know.
Of<%foly,or the Sorcerers garlic{. Cbap.90.
diners forts of Moly written of by fundrie ofthe ancients, which fhall be (
[ MolyDiefiorideum. 2 UMoly Serpentimm.

DiopridtshisUoly. Serpents Moly.
Ramfons.Thc whole plant hath the fmell and taftc of Garlick,whercofnc ' '
SctpcntsMoIy hathlikewifea fmallbulbi

>m which rife vp weake graffie leaues , of
!' '•;
ithe point like the
leftclouesofGarlick,h And among thofe bulbes there doc

cuery one bearing at the end one fmall white flov
a purple colour: which being paft, the bulbes du
without helpe do take hold and roote 3 an<
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'
JlantdothfoeUandtaftofGarlu
* rheiefmpion.
3 Homers Moly hath very thickc Icaues, broad toward the bottome, fharpe at the point, and hol-
foorth a certaine round bulbe or ball of a goofe turd greene colour
••'
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ground,growcth
.
.
fuch as
'.... is the mother. Among thofc
•
I
,
3 HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i
45
ithihadowes 3 thanbeftow their vvit about

s profitable ai
tkTht'temperature mdvertites
T .
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'X-.r "
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' -':•.;:•;- •.-.•,;..-,
r/.i
rcporteth,di.u
QilcoftheHowcr-delucc according to
Ifanybedefirous to heare of
their charming qualiti
:rfcarcewoorth then
Of white Liliies. Cbap.pi.
Try t rhe deferipton.

and brauerie excelled Salomon in his greatefl: roialtie)ha
e colour. The ftalkes be tv
ind fomtimes morc,fet orgarnifhed with the like leaues,but growing fmall
md fmaller toward the top: and vpon them do grow faire white flowers,ftrong of fmeIl,narrow
>n they do grow ,wide or open in tl
t
der pointels tipped with a duftie y
ihandclammic
; <
:.-. .. : • - .. , -
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OurEnglifliwl . heothergrowctlmatiirallYiti
TheLillfcsdofio* er n May: thee ,\ tlime.
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much to fay,Sultans great Lillie with white Bowers.
the firft dcgree 5 and hot in the fecond.
The rooteofthe garden Lillie ft. L be cut in fun-

a
nethor fcoureth away the vlcers of the head called^,,. , an V wk. a'û
:cr,the leaues of Henbane,or the mcale of batly,ciueth the tumors B
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The rooteof the white Lillie (lamped and (trained with wine, and siren to drinke for two or
u
ordlnarH to
fomemonthorfecweekestogithe, y f
,
*L* of
'
OfRidLiUies. Chap. 9 z.
I MrH He gold red Lillie groweth to the heigh r -cubits, and often
.
- --.l-.-:: :...... ::..
iwhitcLillie :butofa red colour tending to a farFron, fprincH^ nr n n „^r,.-i ,.,, many little blackc
I fpeckes,like to rude vnperfcft draughts of certaine letters.
great bulbcs,coHfiftiqg
• - .
.,,.,;.. ..-•
ithbroadleaueslikethofeof Plane ne flower or two,
• '--
4 There is anot'r B ;bbcd 3broader than the laft before

raenuoned^>ut (horter 3 8c notfo many in numbcr.The ftalk groivetl i
HIST OR IE OF PLANTS. i 4J>
•eupon do grow flowers like the former. Among the footeft;,:
'.- -r •.-: ..:.
:
c ' , r K l - - _:
with many testes
fa darkeoreng colour, refe

refpottcdwithblac
LtlimcruentmnUtifolmr.
fkTkiumtt.
There hauebeene from the beginning great
cenfured , that it were muchTbour loft "or"
drieand clenfe, and moderately

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C -^^ -„ •
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a
t
andfonfumeaway. '
digeft or waftc
&
1 h C CaUCS f thC hCrbc 3S Dio corides

° f rcacheth ,
being applied are good againft the flinging of A
fer e n t!
' 16 '1 andtem P ercd with vinc cr a rc good againft burnings and heale grecncB
TOdsSi g , ,
Therooteroftedin the embers and

hardnes of the matrix.
of rofo curcth burnings, and lofteneth C
The fame ftamped with honie, cure
and deformitie of the face^nd taketh
Gnewes and members out ofioint. It taketh D
'-=ger,thclcauesofHenbanc,andwhe ueth hot fwellings ofthe E
ftonesjthcyard andmatrix.
F The a
G Being drunkc in honied water, they driue out by ficge vnprofitable blood.
OfmountaineLitties. Chap. 93.
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fomtimes two or three, according to the age of the plant, wherco! tl
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withfmall dangling pendents
•
hangmgthereat,ofthefamecol<
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:e rV.n
other bulbus plants for the garniftungof the
whence they haue beene brought tobnglanc
The fmall fort Ihauc had many yeeres growi greater I haue not had till
of late, giuen me by my louing friend mafter I» Condon.
e Lilly doth,andfomtimes
ThefmallmoiHK.iincLiilic<sc
ic learned and in-

duftrious fearcher of nature.
The red Lilly of Conjlantinople. Qhaf.y^.
*TheAefcrktion.
I yellowc fcaly or cloned roote like vnto
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The Lillic of C id Martagonof Conilantinople
Uf
fi "
xvmsMarocali.
*rhen*turcanivtrms.
Ofthc nature or vermes there is not any thing as yet let downe, i
bcautic and rarencs ofthc flower., referring what maybe-gathered hereof to a further
OftbeTerJtanLillie. @ a
P-91-
* Thebfcripion.
THePerfianL.'
white bulbe, differing infhape
other Lillies
irmeorfolidejfuljof
yeere icttetn otr or encrealeth one other b
ibmtime more; which the next yeere afte
.;.;..
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img to blewnefle as doth

•
,
v:
thofc of
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colour,hanging downe their heads , cuerie one ha-
e foote ftalke of two inches long, as
U or clapper from the middle part of
- : :....- .
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:..-
• '..:-. , :t .. ...
,
,.,.;; .. ..'...
lyinhisroote.
•kThepUcc.
• '
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This plant flowi
* rheiumes.
ThisPerfian L: .ufutHimJamMioPerfunoj&iATt*
a kinde of Lillie or Martagon,differing from the flower called the crownc Imperial!.
ifl might be fo bold with a ftranger that i
lany hundreds ofmiles for our acquaintance ; we 1 a
excelling it.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of the crowne Imperial!. Qhap.^6.
-J —-!•:>'
* The defeription.
ii '-p'Hecrounu . hicke, firmer
I ycUowidifilmc
in the bare or naked part of a darke ouerworne duftie purple colour .The leaues grow c
fufedly about the fta The flowers j- .'.
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•' ., ..:!. '. '
- -.' • • .
:-.- . "• ,- -:...:.

-
e fpice called mace. Th-

iy like the foxc. As tie plant groweth old/o d
,
THE FIRST BO ORE OF THE

ongft the vppcrmoft grecne leaue< '
kinde, although in
cage of the
good to adioine with that pidure ai
This plant likewife hath been brought from Co

made denizons in our London gardens 3whereof I haue great plcnt
This rare and ftrat vront imferidu

Ttirkes themfclues Ctuale lale,and Tufai i thefe parts, of thefe re
fundry times,fo haue d -iry namcs,fome by the name Tufai, othci
fu,zn&Tuyfihhdijm& likewife Turfam md Turfim.it.

* The nature andvertues.
The vermes of this admirable plan: bis faculties or tempera
Of Vogs tooth. Chap. 9 y.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.. i 55
,v;notheg>,u^-^
..' •
S,t-r -:'::.•!;.
aDatc,withl"
and Bononia in Italy,
They flower in Apnii.: e middle of March.
The firft is called in Latine Dens aaunus herb,-, , r i Sj the Herbarifts

:
The women that

hteput the dned meale or powder
with great pro- A
age, againft the woormes of the
Being driinke with wine, it hath been

prooued maruelloufly to affwage the collide paflion B
ti
.
the bodie in grcatmeafure^nd being dtunke with water it cureth C
It prouoketh bodily
luft if it be onely handled Jbucmuch more ifit be driinke with wine. D
OfVogsJlones. Cbap.yS.
Re " D °g
1
f^
vjr
L
c
C5 nue,gr«t broad thickc leaues.fornc*
whereof doth grow a great c

fc-flcfh coloured flower
and clofc thruft togither,
>gitner, made ot
of many fmall fpotted with pur;
lmall flowers ipotted
j
net. And from the hoi
met hollow
'c place chc &a certaine ragged
like to a fourc footed beaft. The rootes be round like vnto the ftonesofa dog, o
what fhortet than the oth.
The lowcrmoft is the greateft, lighteft, and moft wrinckled o
fnriucled,notgoodt; :.:..
a White Dogs ftones hath likewife fmooth,long,and broad leaues
thofcof thefirft kind. The ftalke is a fpan long , feci
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
defection.
LESS? ; -
" -
Mcauesncxtrhcroo^thickcftreakedwithlincsor
'
fr Theflue.
EngUfli Dogs (tones: j

;
5
Thefe kinds of Dogs ftoncs be of tempo I Greater fecmeth to haue
'v-.- • ........._.
.s <?*/«* tcachcth. He alio affirmeth that Serapias ftoncs are. of amoredriefacultie, anddonotfo
^ It is reported as Viofidrides writeth , that if 3 cateof the great full or fat rootes of thefe
:hildren and if women eate of the leffer, dric
:
° y fhall bring foorth females. Thefe are fome

Dpfiot
" ,. t L ted that in Thefralia,thc women giue the tender full roote to be drunke in gotes
- r L —
ily luft,and the drie to reftraine th
; rpofe. But the belt and moil cffeciuall are

eemed.yet both t i tobetakenindirFeret-
:':.. .: .' .!!) .:' !.

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the greater,but often the lefler.efpecially if the rootes be gathered b
fore thefeed be perfectly ripe.For feeing thateucry other yeere bye.
the fame doth by little & little increafe , the other doth decreafe and
:
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OfFoolesJiones. Cbap.99.
J CfMofirebuOUer/amM. . * Cymferchis Morio fan
ThcmaleFooIe ftoncs. The female Foolcftor
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
''
'.
The flowers of thi "

couple of fmall ftones like the former. '
They flower in Iunc , and the beginning of Auguft. Their ftones arc to be gathered for
Iuly
I cmbcr,as arc thofe of the Dogs ftones.
Of (joatesftones. Cbap.i
THere : or kinds of Goates ftones , whi

E »rts
ned,aswellinfliape of flowers, as alio in ther
'' threeis thought to be then
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.
.
rJ-.T-r.
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ThegreateftGoatcsftoncs. The male Goateftones.
*Theiefcriptio».
"•He greateft of the Goates ftones, bringeth foorth narrow Ieaues, ribbed in fome fort like
vnto the broad leafed Plantaine, butlai
bufh of flowers be in i
tendcs ft ri ngs or \ zccs •

„
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fiftethof a purple col.

- ;.•-• ' .... ,
;
s. but greater.
..<.-..,', :,..
misDuinortuttDevcr-
fpotted heads eucry of thefe fmall flowers
: is at the firft'like a round clofe huske, oft!
ilower,thereftfpottcd with red daffies, hauine vpon ech fide afmall
necth downwarde.The whole plant hath a rancke andftinking fmcll c

lmcll of a goate>hereof it tooke his name.
'- Goatcftones hath Ieaues 13
uingmany flowers on the tuft,refembling flj
.
HISTOR.IE OF PLANTS: is.
e kinds of Goates ftoncs dclightto grow
Of Foxe {tones. Qhap . 101
.
it the Units.
THcrc be diucrs kindes of Foxeftones, differing very much in fh

Bowers. Some haue flowers, wherein is to be feene the iTu
tures; fome thefhape and proportion of flies ; in other gnats \ \
vntohoniebees;;' .l.kewafpes that be dead; fomeyell
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do wne what may be comprehended in this chapter cfpccially.

%6x •
THE FIRST BOOÊ OF THE
I Hemaphroditic*.
Bees Satyrion.
... S -•
Orchis or Satyrior-:...,
BEcs "
:e. The dowers U
: t
irfcJM i :.f ah:;rei Bit

:chighj theroote
TheftalkeisafootehJ is two ftones like the . >i!icr kir.de : ttonesor C'.il-
3 The Humble Bee Orchis hath a fewe fmall weakc and fhorte leaue
idke. The Rowers grow at the top amoi in fhape the hum-
gliih anHornet or drone Bee. The roote is like the other.

5 The leaues of Wafpe Satirion arelonger than the lafl: before mentioned , narrower , turning
*;'.*: .
top grow the flowers,rcfembling the fhape of the dead carkas of a Bee. The ftones oi u
rootes be fmaller and rounder than the lafl rehearfed.
:s be fmaller and more plentifully growing about thefi

i<j4 THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
8 The Snail yellow Satyrion hathlcaues fp
r,infuch fort that the ftalkes cannot be feene for theleaues. The flowers grow atth<
• ,:. .
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Lantsaitrernoun any pome •

ichthis kind Is dafht with.
orleaucsofLeeke< '
- '
vpaflende
high: on the top w
ttcrfliewithhirwinges - : c round and finallcr than any
iatyrion bringeth forth n

lilcevntothofeof
f the great Planta
clothed or wrapped mthe like leaues euen i wherupon doe grow li
ivers,
is hands and legs cut off; whi
infidcjfpotted with many purple fpots, and the backe part of the- a
flc of a deeper colour t<
to rcdnes. The rootes be greater ftoncs than any of the kinds of Satyi
: ttlSTORIE OF PLANTS.
Man
13 Souldicrs Cullu .
eupondo grow (mail flowers, refembling as wcllinfhapc as colour,

c the former.
* ThefUte.
Thcfe kinds of Orchis grovve for the moft part in moift medowes and fertill paftures , as alfoin
TheBee 3 thcPlie,a
bySouth-fleet 3 twomi!e
vayfide,asyego'ftoni
he fields adioiningtothe pound orpinfoWe,
:m the wood belonging
Uey of South-flecte , where doe grow likcwife
atie Simples,-
They flower for the moft part fron

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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.. , v ' ;..- . • t .
.'Ac, French, or Dutch names, or
OJSmeteQuttwm. Cbap.ioz.
nf Here be fiind.: tismoftfweeteand
_ Jothconftft.
168 THE FIRST $&6tiP OF THE
along the leauesjike tho; aked ftalkes , fmall and t«
.-,.-
L 1
., . iuL. 'ic :
*hich commcth foor:h a.finall naked ft

fa{hion,as the former,
greater ftones : -
r made hollow in the m;6

vith fuch Bowers as the laft defcribed , fauing
paftures & heathes , and likewife vpon chalky
-
; ... :
-
ts.
,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
:inds of Stones do flower from Aiigtift to the end of September.
>'
'c tt<> mi. <li cercimel' ng Tefticlesor Stones,
- i -i t
ncfweeteBallocks, fweeteCods, fwecte Cullionsand

handergrafle.IrJDutc
I I !soffweet<!< Dogs ftones t althougfl

- .:. ii Phifidcint n Jfome vcrtucsviuo
OfS.ityrion royall. Ch.ip.io:
T- •'
-r,Ih lucfctdoi ne onclyt >,n can fcm.iie, the reft I thought good to make the kindes
i
7 » THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE
tthedtfiripio.
: *~r* He male Satyrion roial hath large rootes,knobbcd,not
:djnot bulbed as the
thee <
icke and fatte (talks,
pic flowers,fpotted with a deeper purple colour

The female Satyrion hath clouen or forked root ereto. The leatics
••'•
They flower in Maie and Iune,butfeldome later.
* Theiumes.
Roiall Satyrion or finger Orchises called of thcLatines Palm a C,
' '.= or plant called I '
''
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* The temperature.
NicoUut Totals in the chapter of the cure of a quartaine ague, faith, thatthe rootespf Pibu
'--'- - ,-
-
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.
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'
good remedic againfl old quartaines after purgation, and
s a rcpor-
teth that oncS/helut after he had endured fower and fortie fits was cured therewith.
OfSerapiasftones. Cbap.io^..
-kThckinies.
...... . -
;
, :.-..
tcr flies aad gnats-Jikc thofe of the foxeftoncs.

.
THE FIRST BOOKEOF THE

He white handed (
T '
" eke fpots,from the which doth ril

ling at the top a
bufhorfpokie
ofthisisakinde.Thc: sthirl far anrl full r,f J.mV,.
«
f,(l,;„
, fpotttdinddafhtwith
'
Jl.l...!.. : ,
*
:dtothevppcr
.
(lender ftalke/etv
oftheLeeke,butfhorter. The flowergrowcth at the tor
•
•'• " "• ' ' v:.,v- ;::f.-, :.. :.v „.-,..
mixed with purple.

differed! little from the former,
* rheiefirtftien.
5 Mountaine tat,andknobbierootes, diuided like the former in
ftalk«,leaues,and flowers,but fomewhat lefler.
rfweetefmellingOrchis, hath flat and thickero
xhofcoiPalmiChriZ , fauingthatthe fingers arc longer, fmaller, ar fn^berS^
[narrow leaues ^ke thofc of ^wjSWDaffodill: among which
; the top whereof, doth growe a purple tuft , compact of n
flowers refcmbIingFIies,but in fauour and fmelllike the Cloue.or Cloue gillofcr ; but
!
. . . .
IcTkedefcriptioH.
- -
"eftem:atthetdp
pc doc referable little Frogs, wherof
is likewifc gelded
3 onely referued two fiiiall raifliapen Iumpes with
. . Phifickc,yct
. .. doubdefle they worke the s$c& of the other (tones.
Of Fennieftories. Cbap.io^.
KfsluHraUti/olit. 2 Strqiasf*luHtute}tofb,lU.
'
hSatyrion. Scrapiashanded Satyrion.
high/echeercandtherewithveryfaireLi; unbrace the ftalks

r
almoft round abo u : ax : at the top of the ftalke groweth a faire bufh of
lharpe pointed leaucs. The fcedcl could ncuerobfcrue, being a
Serapias handed Satvi ic r«edent,butingreatnefle&colourof the

'
e Bowers gaping wide open ; in the hollownefle

•
'
refembling little Helmets, which fetteth foorth

c aitrerence.
-
vpper part there-

Handed Satyrionhath very great rootes, . to the
i faftiionedhke an hand. A vpa faire ftilfeftalke,

mcd withlarge leaues, vei pping or embracing the
dke round about : at the top of the ftalke pie flowers, with manic
,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ootcs arc of the bigncffc of ftrawcs in fubftance, like thofe of Sopewoort ; from tr.
liately rife fower or flue broade fmooth leaues like vnto the finall Plantaine, j
a fmall and tender ftalkc ; at the top whereof grow,
lcfpeckes of bli ' "
fmall, yet better to be obferued than any of the reft ofthe Orchides.
* rhephce
doggie groue where

a Conduitc head doth ftand
<,„ w ~ifhopsHatf7eld)ina
r to the Qtieenes houfe in the
They flower and flourifli

about May and Iune.
d
theyaS!nds no^ C::
andedSatyrion Sj whcrof
—fe -'ngOrch^hath
Of
THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE i
OfBirdesneJl. Chap.106.
Satyriitmabcrtitumjkcmdutimh.
':"
italke groweth a fpV,

fliape like vnto maw
leaues , and flowers , are of a parched b
This Baftard or v
It is reported that it groweth in the Nort

i
willing togiueyouall themarkesin thewi

your better finding it, bicaufc itdoth growc
the ground is
place neere about it
with the herbc SanycIe 3 andalfo the kinde ofOrchis
fced)falleth in the end of Auguft,but in my iudgeme: ; is an vnprofitablcor bar
a French 7&dd- dufia:
Theendofthefirjl'Booke.
THE SECOND BOOKE OF
THE HISTOIUE OF
PLANTS:
Containing the defer iption, place, tim tames:, nature, and
ofaUfm s ofherbsfor meate, medicine,
or fweete fmellingvfe, &t
"
" *:.-ofwh
"
iddiebi
"
prchendedinonebooketogitheiy
Of Turners. Thefirft Chapter.
HP Hcebefundrie forts r. rurncps ; fome of the garden;

•* globe fafhion jotherouall orpearefafaion;fomcgreat;and fomcof;
178 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
|2§|]jfj||
being part , there dffuccw kifh feede Cpe feede.
taft,asmyfelfehaue
""lereisathirdfortor lmaii lurnepiaidto haue red rootes , butiny felfeha"'-nnr i<y-rfccne
:
Turnep profpereth we! rth , and fo loofe as PetrusCrefiemim
sofEngland.
ittotheCrofie in Cheap-fide by the women of that village to be folde, and arc thebeft *
Turnepsareu ft They flower and feedc the fecond
'....
•
:'.
* The temperature txdvertues.

A The bulbus or knobbed rootc j-d hath giuen the
C The decoction of Turneps is good againft the cough and hoarfnefle of the voice, being drunkc
i) r, - r j t ;. nt t hj t c Ti,r p it icltc 1
kibed heeles , and thatalfo oilcof

embers doth cure the fame.
er wiootes or lpring
,boiled and eaten as a fallade, prouoke
:h counterpoifonsar
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. |£
OfmldeTurnep. Qhap.z.
*?hcii*ies.
bethree forts oi
THere -
dibcareth the feed where-
'
... "kThcAcfc;
Hdc Turneps rRapes,haue long.broad,
andrough Ie
..
:•-
- .
rie, oftwo cubits

^hereon do grow little
ycllowil -
.
rgpaft, there doe fucceede fmall W "
'i« 3
andoftcavUowvi: = purphfhômetimes
ordjngtothefoUeandchmate. Tlierootesaeflcii.
ideated
°fftri„
g
H
,
£"*
'
^^^^^"^"'^^fomettaesofanother.TheLteislon^tougCndfuU
* "bbedleaues , deepely
THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
'(.k -kThetUce.
barraine grounds , and often by
Wilde Turnep
* is called in Latine
RifumMuefire,Uoi£omcsiudfifylutartpimiA
i
\~::-v.\: :-..vi).':. :
j I . <lrum aruorum is called Charlock,

Kedlock.andCarlock.
flard feed is. Some haue thought that Carlockhatha dryingandclcnfingqualititiCjand fi
digefting.
\ Diuersv/ethefccdcofRapcinftef -rmakeheereofafauc
the na me ofmuftard, or elfc mixe it with muftard feede : but this kinde of fauce i s not fo pi
Of J\(auev>es. Cbap.^.
* rh*d,firi}tie».
foorthm
j_V roote : the Turnep is round like a globe, the Nauew roote isfomewhat ftretched
'
i long and tough at the end thereof.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
• ^.'.uu.'.
* The flue.
' -
-
'• .:.. .
:' :.. ...-., •.::, •
' :
.-.; :
., .••-:
-
i
-v f>roweth vpon ditch bankes neerc vntc

on frdhmarfhic bankes
in moftplaccs.
The Nancw is fowcn flourcth and fccdcth at dSfime tii

3
2y>«« :
in Englifli Naucw gentlc,or French Naueau.
e5W 5
Of LjomTurnepsr Lyons leafi. Qhaf+
Icafc and Lyons Tutncp.
Lyons Turncp is offorce to digeftjh
The roote(faith Dbjh B t ten of Scrpents 3andit do*

ft fpeedily alaie die painc.lt is put into gliftcr: . -:-..r h arc made for them that be tormented with
OfKadiJh. Cbap.f.
wilde, or of the field;: e will intrcat in this prefect

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
# &
Mr. * The defection.

He garden Radifofendethfoorth ere ough,cutonboth fides
T •. '
'•.
'
,.! , V
al.^.r
" .. '' • : • •
«
- -
-
.
'
.
:•-- :
'- '..'.. ;
•
\^r * the temperature.

Radifhdoth manifeftly heat and dric, open and make thin by reafon of the biting qualitie that
is
ulcth in it. G*len maketh them hot in the third degree 3 and drie in the fecond>and fhewcth that it
::id of other foode ; but being eaten after that rpaner ,

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. jg 5
,
-
ig taken after meat; and taken before meate, thcycaufi

theftomacke.
;
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'
'
-:' - -'
'.'--. '
f;: ,
unped withhony and the powder of a (heepes hart dried,

caufethhairctogrowin F
OfmUe'HadiJb. Qbtf.6.
'tear -tear
1
\K rndeRadi(hhathabroadcr&rOU gh«fcafcthanthccommonRadirh J &notfodeepIy
and burning in taftc more than any of chc garden Radifhes
* TbejUce.
The firft do grow vpon the borders of bankes and ditc
* the time.
They flower in Iunc5and the feedc is
Of Horfe%adifh. Cbap.y.
I XT Orfe Radifh bringcth foorth great leauesjtang, broad, fharpe pointed , of a deepegrcene
JHj colour like thofe of the great garden Docke, called of fomeMonkesRubarbe, of others
'
•.•;;: •
-'::.
..', .
alfo is fharpe and biteth the tc

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
HorfcRadift for the moft part groweth, and

is plant
-•-'.;.>- :
.' .
..
ledHogfdoti
-:y.x r ,( -
'""''"'' • ithhimfoundit > and gaue me knowledge of the place where

"flourilhethtoAisday
P "ottnglandJtdchghtcth
to growin f l
mcvvat moift .
a^^^^P "^ 8 1
"* 1
"^ ^ Mjt cfcc — ipeinSeptemberandtha.
The lcaucs of
Dittandcr come foorth in the fpring : the flowers appeere
in Iune and My.
" and H° rfe Radi(h

called in the
north p^t '
- Ic is
i88 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
Itis alio rep tamped, andcaftinto good andplcai
DitanyândPcppcrwoort.
.... .
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. /. ... ;. , :,:.'.;: :,.:: ;.. ..-;,,.
:
.
'
-V -::c. t.i.c.k:'.'. . I is 20. book,

- _ ,; ,-r. lot' Ji. irakethawayfeabs,
and i'uch like.
AWCrciTes. Of Winter Qrejfes. Cbap.S.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
orrupt and filthicvlcers,bcing made in forme of anvnguent with

R
rpenrine.
hcrbeis thought tobccquall with Crcfles of the
Q
garden,or Rocket.
-.being boiled among fcuruie grafle3callcd in Latin CoehUaria,caa- D
fing it to worke the more effc&ually.
Of^Musiard. Chap.?.
* The kinder.
T- ne tame or garden Muftard, hath great'roueh:

1
1 t0l
ro "ghcrandIcir.
and hearie,ofthr
an y bran c!
deronJ ? i after them long codsiL
igtoyellowc,oftafte
: fecde brownc lie the Rape
3 smtfi
Sintpi fylvflrt.
Wilde Muftard. * The defcription.
3 The wilde Muftard hath lcai
'.- .< : r - . • . - ,
A Thefeedcc i good to be eaten,with any grofc

faucc
lefh, bicaufe it doth hclpc digeftion, warmcth the ftomackc, and prouokcth
di*
B Itisgiuenwithgood fucceffein like mannertofuchasbefhort winded, and arc flopped in
bread with tough flegmc from the head and braine.

C It appeafeth the toothach,being chewed in the mouth.
'
,
ana
- vineger, and Muftard feedc againft the tumors
,
E Muftard dr. oketh the tearmes and vrine.

F The feede ofmuftard beaten and put into the noftrils , caufeth freezing, and railc
ofthemotheroutof their fits.
::-.;_ :
H It helpcth tl w i* alfocureth all manner ofoldpaiu*
with fuch waftc and confume nod«j

I . Ic is mixed with good fucceffe with drawing plaiftcrs,and as
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
hclpcththofc that hauc their hairc pilled off; it taketh away the blev
It
comcofbrufings.
OfZgket. O/uo.
*Tbeki»des.
T"» Here be fundry fortes ofRocket/omc tamc^r of the garden ; fomc wildc or of the fielde ; fomc
:ndofthcfca.
filutftris.
SeTht iefcrifthn.
S^ v ~ir^"~' "^ u
.^'^«'-
GArden Rocket or Rocket gentle, hath broade Ieaues like thofc of Turneps
, but not
altoguhcr fo great,
ometimes two cubites
C ean dbr
fomctimesf,'ir t ,
n « vnlJcc Cf a R
bcui
g F aft 3 there do fucccede long coddes, which conteine the feede,
WhS^T Cke t which we hauc in
C£ A
y
ve 3tbe cods °l
S
R cVc
allot-
?,
,
'
«" g»dens, called the wilde Rocket,i? s lefTer then the
)wer,andmorei;
r.bueththetoong.
"
ne narrowc leated Kocket growetn n
1
ic morter. I found it asyee go from Lambithe bridge to the village of JLambithc, vn-
; :1
der a fmall bridge that you mull pafle oucrhard by the Thames fide.
g vpon the fandes neere vnto the fea in the He of Thanet 3 harde byi
. _ ...
'
.
-.- : :
".::;:. .:.:...-
.!-.,:-...
I found fome of the plants not yet withered nor loft tl
:rethitfelfebythefc
Rocket is called rch BaueiienSratitt i
.- -
: . . :
kervvormcjwhich is an en ilvtocolewoorts.
* The temperature.
A Rocket is a good falladeherbe,if it b< ice, purflane, and fuch colde heibesM
heibes done
id wholcfome f< « foeh colde
::h too much.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
rhgooddigeftion.
Thcrooteandfeedeib >, andthegallofanoxc

ties of the face.
Of Tarragon. Qhap.u.
I > v -f-'Arraeon the falladc herbe, hath lone and

;
amCd ™ **** Dr*C" of thc Italians Dragoncellum :

: in French Dragon : in Englifh
Tarragon
that
folltfhS' ^ !
nethinhis 68*. chapter, but he n-riteth
lofir.
, coldnes dfthem 3 Iike asRocket d otb 3 neither do weknowe

mHortenfe, Of Cjarden Creffcs. Chap.iz.
*Thc Scription.
I J^> ArdenCreiTes or Town c(
:.. I ,.. •: :,. '
......
lling in Paris. The (hikes
..
.
-
.., - -. . . .
:
:
-::::j .1 . . S.L
* Theplace. . .
itbewellwaeied.
^^
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.
,orfheczings.
'
:
by which the fharpnes is fomewhat alaied.

The feed is much more biting then the herbe,and u th degree.
turn, as thelowe Countriemen *

. who commonly vie to feede of Crcffes satenwith other
as good and ascites tccrCrefles.

'
;
:
-. .
D
•
lilyluft. .
>d for fuchashauefallen from high places: it diflblueth cluttered p

» many part of die body: it pro-
inn hveatc as the later
3 [ ckd by experience.
Of Indian Crefes. Cbap.^.

* The deferipion.
CRcfTes of India hath many make and feeble branches, rifing immediately from the ground,
: -"-"--."- .
-.... . .- ,-.
:
c, which are in
colour of a lighc red, but r he
1

wall peniwoort,called Cotyledon, the footeftalke of the leafe commetl
le, of a petfeft purple colom
The fecdes of this rare and fairc plant c:
rh borne with me both flowers andfecde, efpecially thofe 1

bin of Paris. * The time.
The fecdesmuftbe foweniinthebegrhningofAprill,vpon a bed of hot horfe dung,& fome
and laid open to the funi
that otherwife the fi ,;;e bearing.
This beautifull p ; a tmm Initcum : in Englifh Indian CreiTe
e fmell and tafte doth (hewc it to be a kinde of Crefles.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of Sciatica Crefes. 'Cbap.14..
*Thed<fcri?th».
OfBankeCrefes. &«M>
1
1 *
R S-rS ? 5 a
i>
j
.
,ge d
.
vpon oth fides ' not v:
-
. ;,.;,ii,. .:,•....,
ting tne toong
as thofc of Crefles.
:...... .
., •.
N 3 1 £rjyfe«w
OOKE OF THE
2 Eryfimmnfylucflre.
Wilde ba::.
Bancke Cretin t
,'
ri ,bbifti,by path waics,vpon earth ormudde wals,
The fecondekinde of bancke Crefles, groweth in fuch places as the former dorr
growing at a place by Chelmesfordc in Eflex called little Baddowe.and in fundrie other places.
They flower ialune and Iulyând the feede is ripe in Auguft and September.
The feede of bancke CrefTes is like in ralte to gardei
The feed of bancke Creffcs is good againft the rheume that falleth into the cheft,by rotting the
Itrcmedicth the cough, the yellow iaundife, and the Sciatica or ache of the hucklebones^fitbe
-
i , Diofcondes addeth: and being made vp in a plaifter with

,vater and home and appl,:
;nes bebinde**" ««-
bardfwcllmgs^ndmflammationiofthepappesandftones.
of
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfVockeCrefes. Cbap.i6.
CreffeSjis a wilde woort or p<
;.:.. .. ..-
i'likechofcofii.
* Theplace.
growetheucry where, by high
OfwaterCreJfes. Cbap.ij.
of the marrifh grounde ; the other of the ri

x laftoftheclccreandi
A The deferifHon.
/~^ '-:; uterParfnepe,growethvpright, and is c :auesof apleafant fa-
what lefler, refembling the gar-
kd doyeddeaXLtlu^nXglfke
Crcffe hath great, thicke
:s of Hemlocke or Cheruile, in all other points like the other of

-kThiefiriftion.
3 Water CrefTes hath many far and weak hoi-
1 ' branches trailing vpon the grauell and
= ,
earth where it groweth, taking holde and rooting

in fundrie places as creepeth ;by meanes wher-
it
of the plant fpreadeth ouer a great compafle of

grounde. The leaues arc likewife compact and
•
a grauely fpring. The vpper face of the whole ,
plant is of a browne colour, and greene vnder the

1
leaues, which is a perfect mai'x to . >wt! i' -
!;v.k:c.
a thrum or bundell ofthrcedes.
The feconde and thirde do growe in running

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
nm
The firft is
oitfttm tragi,
called in Latine Sium maitu ,
and alfo
it
and Lauer maw oiDhfcorides
PaBtwca aquatic*.
hath the taftc of garden Crcfles.

,-. of others it is
::.
called si-
Water CrefTe being boiled in wine or milke, and drunke for ccrta
iruieorfcorbute.
Being chopped and boiled in the broth of flefh , a :r at morning, B
ong maidensof the greene fickneiie,bringeth dovvne their term<

into the face their accuftomed liuely colourj loft by the flopping of their menftruc.
Ofwide water Crejfes or Cuckooflowers. Cbap.iZ.
There be fixe kindes of wilde herbes numbrcd among the water Crcfic which followc in order.
'
Three leafed Ladiefmocks. Great Ladiefmocks.
,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. *0|
*The<Ufiri{tio».
romevvhat rounde and
firftof the Cue*
Valerian :among which
TH<.
Softthatfpringa'r,
. :, .
•
.,.,-, :
like thofe of fmall water Valeri-
.s.Thcflowers bewhitc,ouerdafhtor declining to-

âgreeingwitntnc^.^.™^
Cuckowe flowers grovveth creeping vpon the ground with finallthreddie
:z ~ leafed gralie among
whereon do gron
:
:
c
ih'kes
. _
.
:, : ..'." .
n a -u
e vp ftalkes acubite high.

doth the leaues of Setwall
....,. '.',, :
'
:. :: ;.•
.,....... ::..-..,:,.;.
.,
Ladicfm ereabundellof threddy
ntaine
'
•;i--
c (mall flowers like the firft kinde.
Thefe kinds of Cuckowe flowers, grow m

infuchplacesasbevcrie often oucrflovven not onely with rain(
• suntaine s is a : to be found eue-

ie whcre,as aforefaid, I
Clare in EiTex.
Thefe flower for the mod part in Aprill and Maie , when the Cuckowe doth begin to fing her
c ,
_
. ft the names.
Thev are commonly called in Latine Flo "4 and alfo Tfj&urtitm
ray beginning, Ladie fmock: »ftci my countrie faihion.
Of Treacle *!MiMarde. Qha?- l 9'

2o 4 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
•sear ,,# :*sasa±r
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
t The tUfcripiott.
. ;'. !- '.: •
.'
[ fehdelion.The ftalksbelong&brittle,
... dcuidedinto many bra
wuiaeainromanybrai ! to the top, where grow manye fmall
we flowers tuft fafhion, after v
wl cc eflat,th t f i
OKE OF [THE
adkrhoneft
ifte like thofe
' :
"' -•'-••' '
- .::..[;/,
pouches like thofe of Shephcardcs purfe,browne and fharpe in
icemc to be dull. The feedes be p icy I

>
braunches from the fcweft part of the plant euen to the top,excccding fharpe and ho
Gnelcroote.
5 Grecian Milliard hath many Icauesfpreadvpon the ground, like thofe of the coi
. . ..,.:;. ' !::,'- :;..-..

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. ding thereat.
7 Buckler Muii Vnstkmat Hauke.
-.:-• -. -.- -/* ..-.. . . ,
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!
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itforound, fomewhat fharpe pointed, fharpe in

tafte, andburning the too lat vpon the ground,likc wilde Tymc.
- -
& barren gtounde les betweenc Croydon and Gods ftonc

i all village by London) vnto VVal-
tham ctoiTe,and in many other places.
:
c plentiful!
ic to Iulie , and the feede is ripe in
n,CapfelL,Pcs gtttiiuceus. Neither be the later '
. wilde Creffcs.
and ftrongfinellithathof garlicke.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 2o
* The temperature.
Thefeedc of thefe kindes of treacle Milliards, be hot and drie in the ende of the third degree.
The feede of Thlafpi or treacle Muftarde eaten , purgeth choler both vpward and downward
ir ouoketh flowers,andbreakethinwarde apoftemes.
: fciatica,and is good vnto thofe purpofes for which Mnftar
cedefcrueth.
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.1
hcreforc great care is to be had in giuing them inwardly.
O/Candie^Muslard. Cbap.zo.
rhkJpiCandU.
CAndic Muftarde excclleth all the reft , as
ethfoorth for the decking vp of gardens
'; :. -
, .

A DiofiertJes fiith.u rdcofthisherbe \vithm<
( l:ippridocia.
M n-.cyWehkt -.-octionofBarlyjcsiUedP
Of Treacle SVLuiiarde. Chap. n
-kThtdefcriftioH.
[e hath many large leaues,laide flatvponthi
_
H; the fame colour, but not fo ftiarpe pointed : among whicl
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i c r. t „ b i i th (
: ">• at the top of the braun-
<!.j, .:_;.,' l.-chbc , '.Vt dicredofuccccdeflathuskcsorpoucheSjlikethofeof Shep-
: .
,:
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.''...''
which being pafti there c and no more, bitter and
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i 2
- :« «fte The roote is white and fiaall, creeping vnder the groundc far abroade like the re
-
"5^ tS tifcpari
efollowing, contrarietc
eafedbyfeedcandnotorherwife.
4 ThlajpiimbeOatimTtjrboiiaift.
-ktheiejeriftm.
% Churles Muftarde hat!
.
: :
-:''.-..
5 Yellowe Muftarde hath i
rpon the groundc in
mannerofaturffcorhafU: fttree
..,
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mllleauesfpred vpor
.. . .i
*Tkr$hte.
_' ;.''
Thefekindes oftreacle Muflardc grow vpon hi!*
.
. ..-:
Tliefc hcrbes arc called by one g

rkUft : the Germ
banders OBefemCTUpt: inEnglift
•;:,.. :
;-:;.•.• -...- .
•: <
;:. .;...
call them al by the name of muftard
ftarde, hauc a flurpe or biting qu i
and fuch like compbfiti<

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of 'woody <SMuftarde. Qhap.u.
igh and pliant, beine
tafteiharpe and biting: the
ith many ftalkes fet with fmall

ibrde groweth to the height of two cubites,with I
like thofe of Treacle muftard,
^'-'li.Thcvholei.I:.:j ( 5 a fhrub or hedge I
lyfubftauncelikevntoa
fibres annexed thereto

3 rhUffi fan/km.
-kThefUee.
Thcfe plants do growe vpon the Alpifti

and
tie groundes.
They flower when the other kindes ofThlafpi

do, that is ,from May to the end ofAiiguft,
downc in their feuerall tytles.
* The nature tmdvertuts.

Likewife I finde nothing extant of their
na-
ff ™#j?s ? w'hereof no doubt they arc of kin-
Of Toners Muslarde. Qbap.ii.

ftThecLefiription.
l TT-Owers
TOwersMuftarde,offomeh;
Mufti
forakindcofCrefl
roitrofTome, roneofthcMuftardes^
andtherforemyfelfe
;
•
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many long and large rough leaues, like thofe of
- :. ." .:
more high, fet about with fharpe pointed leaues
..>-• t :.r : L'V flowers gD
isfmaUandfingie.
.
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':
thkkeorfat: the top of the II height , charged on the
^KiftSSST*? •" fêftpartof Englandevpondunghils and fuch like places. I
bridge.
VVclt-chcfter i n the cornc fieldes, and where flaxe did growc about Cam-
^^^^^^^^ and «* ^ * <* Lowe coua-

.
2 i
Goldc Ofolea . i called properly iW;4£r«r,forth*
d h 10tc.1i; Insp'an i 1 U-> mpyrvr. hichf
/«, and (?//«», differing alfo from Alyagrum or CM
Thcfc plants be hoc and drie in the thirde degree.
A Itisrlioughc!. :;eispoli(hcdandmadefrnoothwith
B Kuellim teachetli icalethvlcersof
nped and giuen children to drinkc,ki

foorth both by ficge and vomit.
Of.Sbepbeardes purfe. Cbap.:

5TQRIE OF PLANTS.
Srft long , gafhcd in the edges like thof
ore mentioned.
* The place.
Thefehcrbesdogrowe. I c^nccrc common high waiesjindefcrtand
unongrubbifli and olde wals.
They Hower, Hourifh and fecde all the fommer 1< >n g.
* The nones.
Shephearfespurfcisca!: „ high Dutch %tt\lV.
in EngMh Shephcardes
purfeorScnp:offomcS!.c, . .md in the North part of
England Toyivoort, Pickepurfe, and Cafeweede.
•
They are of temperature
•
fclhionofthcfeaues,cods,feede J
,'.'•'
& cafteth<
thcopinion of RaeUim,
,iudging the fame by their
6 .
.
r . .
- iniGcrmaines.
-kThcvertues.
Shepheatdes purfe ftaicth bleeding in any part
of the bodie , whether the
dKm do cn ftopthela s ke, the fpitting and phTing of blood, a

blood
ieThedefiriftUn.
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':.
V -
C
an 0irC ' n
die part fT
g '
v:fh flovvers l&cthe'mid-
r fl
sfe&fcs
s- -
Thefc plants do grew Ichalkie barren grounds,

ith fleetc nccrc maftcr Swtnnes houfe vpon
-
nipcr and thefe plants. They grow at Grccne-hithc vpon
Thefc plants do flourifh in Iune,Iuly,and Auguft.
TTiefirftiscalledof P&w.flfe^fc, Eruc* pcregrix*, mdEructCavulricA: inEnglifli Italian
O/grorndfeB. Ckqaf*
i >-p« He ftalkc of Gcoundfell.is round,chamfered & deuided into many braimches:the Ieaues be
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
woorr,and at the top of the ftalke gro
, ; 10 fooner opened andfpred abroad, bi
•'
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Groundfcllhathmatfa ,! e
*
^ \XdnUd g, fed,a« J^^,**^.
a'-n^healeththepaineandacheofthc
*22SE^Swh
'
by adding to a little
c
=
u
C Theleaucs ftampedaiid ftrain 'n.-!peth the red gumme and frets i n
-
children.
D Diofiorides faith ,rhat with the fine powder offrankenfence it hcaleth wounds in the
xqoks oi Afprntbatc*.
Of Saint lames his moort. Cbap.z6.
*Thcki»des. '
SeaRagwoort.
^"<w }
*Tbedefiri?ti<m.
"X^.'*>*-
^ •-'.,..
attbefitfttWc i Common Wormwood,
.:'.-.-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
rt growcth to the height of two cubits 5 the (hikes be not reddifh a
he top of a palcyellow colour, couercd on the cup or huskc of the
Linde Ragwoort gro w c he t tuts and ficldes which arc fomwhat mcift
" •
Inecrevnto the borders of fieldes.
: le kinde of Ragwoort groweth ncerc the fea fide in i
eSirJ^wW/fc^/dwclJeth; andlikcwifeat Quceneborou
S. lames his woort : the countrcy people di
nt lames woort is hot and dric in the feconde degrce 3and alfoclcnfingby rcafon of the bittcr-
thel rphyflri0nS
" bcc Soodfor Srccncwounc!es A
i
' anc,oldcfilthievkcrs
arenoTtiJ^ Jfi ,
enfej and not without caufc to helpeolde a<
poftumauonsofthethrcr:
" :
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, l0 ughlv healeth.
taketh away the olde

:uScatica.
'*0fgarden Sttccorie. Cbap,zj.
* thekinis.
T I
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.
," " :: : " ^s orplants comprehended vnder the title Othartmm or Succorie , that is to
'
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... :
t Cicheriitmfititum.
» Ardcn Succorie is oftwo forts,one with br<

ly cut and gaihed on both fides. The firft hath broad 1
liketoEndiue,bt]tr ; . & vp (hikes , whereon arc placed the

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.; •....'
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-•
xs white of colour tending to blevvnefle , the others
:den- " '
thoi
Therootepcriili« h
-
whole plant when it hath brought foorth his

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
i
nuh the deepcgafhes,
ckly commethvpto flower, which feedeth inharueft and
eahlycndurc to be wrapped vpon an hcape,&
aufsr c e fle,tl
hcfamep.rpofeinhiVjo.bookeg.chapter.
Thefe heibes be called •

!
lowithftanding for diftin&ion fake they
•
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M.talfoofthePoet//,,
bookCj
MeCicoreTle*
s Atmcrones : the E I;
dlc Bohemians Czakank*.
ftihops,alfoS<
lS.nn 1) wtnai n F'ljinl f id u
.byre
thought tobc " '
laces affected.
A Thcfe herbs when ocoolc the hot burning of

r " '
:
flopping of the gall, yellow launders, lacke of flecpe, (lopping

B Afyrupemadcr dforthedifcaf
C The diftillcd water i md purging drinks.
'
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!:
F The leaues of SLiccorie brufedarc good againft inflammation of the eies being outwardly ap-
plied to the greeued place.
Ofmlde
: ;
ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
i T TX TlWcSucc, i hedges like theleaues o!

\
» T wardc the to] ic Bowers grow at the top blewe of colour
ith many firings faftned thereto,
c hath long and large leaues , deepely cut about the edges likethofe of the
eke, tough and woodie roote with
met^fe^j^ 1 h
*"P manyftalkcsim-
mi "y flowers
Hkethofe of theTrm erlbutfinaSer! "^ ™ ^ ""^ "^ CICUp ° n
°
§r ° ,VC
ôweSuccoremot *out < :obc Hyofiris., or (as fbme copies

ftiafibe fufficicnt for this time.
They agree in tern; otic and Endiue.
A The leaues of thefe wilde herbes are boiled in pottage or brothes for ficke and feeble pcrfonj
OfCfummeSuccorie. Chap.z?.
'
w'..«i *rhe defection.
»nd tough roote with fome firings »
G~;™ '
iflupc liketothofeofgatv,
:svcry eafie to be broken, branched ton a
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
:';;cistwofootehigh,whitc
...-.•
'
ct thamilkiei harpc or biting the toong.
.......
,et °*
lesfeuvkh
tie hath a tough and harderoote, with a fewe rtiort threeds fattened there-
aueslikethofeofTuccorie. The ftalke groweth vptothc
uric, as arc many of the fea plants.
.;::-.:'
S The nalcS c, Succnnchath al e u 1 c t i
the edges confufedly.o; .

emucc: among which rift
vp diuers fmall tender nake c dowcrand no more, of
afaintyellow colour and 1. itodownc that is carried
:
a •
aj '
th the i . tad e. 1 to the faide downe, and is likewife carried
ithath perfected his feede, andrecouerethitfelfeagaincby
HISTOB.IE OF PLANTS.
2 Hpferittfufeula.
Male Swincs Succorie.
They do flower from Maic to the end of Auguft.
Gum fuccorie hath bcene called of the Gi sedans w.-/eku of the Latincs CcniriUt
:
it Cuhonon zniserit } byreafonof fome likenefle they h

.
T
c-pecu!!s the m , 1
ferted vnto the gum Succorics,for the flowers hauethe

forme and colour of
gum Succoi
The kinds of gum Succorie is like in tempo n Succorie, but fomwhat drier.
-. .
'
„ vrhevertucs.
ihe mice of gun»
Succoi Ine and drunke,ftaicth the Iaskc. E
TherootandlcaucstcM •-little flat cakes with niter
onaltpctcradded thereto,;
and all fpots ofthe face. (
he gum which
is gathe name , laieth downe rhe
I
ihegu mpowdc
a pefTai ic made thereof like a
indapeffaricn
ger.andput vp bringr
3 wenches andfuchlike.
: 1.- . . . -
[uchUkeexc "
3SF
OfDandelion. Chap. p.
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c.Di mot the later PI
s good for thofe things for which Succorie is.
OfSombiftle. Cbap.$
THerebetwokindesof S more pricking & wilder,

-
d with a feuerall defcription.
-definition.
at very deepely eucn to the middle rit
'
-:sfomethinghardeand fharpe, with a roi

:. The flowers ftande onthe toppes of the bratmches,confifting of many
it turnethinto downe,and
- n
i mi iaboutwithdeepe cursor
r
'
rid without pricl the top of the braunches yellow of co-
ined away with the windc when the feede is ripe.
.r .-the:
ing that the whole plant is
s y large
luues cut to the middle nb,fliarpepomted:thefhlke
owe (lowers of the colour oi'mowcyv!
' F
ithclaftdefcribcd.
1 ">
= e ide ,rcfembIin<Tthecard«i
WCU kaUCS 3S in COl ° Ur
'" ° f thC fl0WCrS * Thc wholc P lant yeeldethmiTkcasaU the
teftdJe""
. .:
.... .. ..::..
Blew flowrcd Sowthiftlc.
_ Uforina, or Hare fk>ri*a , or Hares Cole-
:
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: the French Pdap de lieure. * The temperature.

flic Sowtl Uu theyconfiitofawatry&earthie
binding. ItThevertues.
yetyoong and tender they are eaten as other potherbes arc, but whether they
d iey arc
be eaten or outwardly applied in maner of a pultus they euidently cook : therefore they be good
ft .mack proceeding of an hot caufe,

- - -
good colour,and oftl it be drunken.if
C The iuice of thefc herbes doth coolc and temper the heatc ofthe fundament and priuic parts.
Of Haukgneede. Qhap.-p.
HAukeweede is alfo a kindc

ipter following, where they (haUbcdiftin-
I '

* The defer iftkn.
great Haukeweede hath large and long leaizes fpread vpon the grounde, in {hapelike
THc
:-.•:...:
wmdewh^nAefeedeisni
low Diuels bit, hath long
:!
on like vnto Sowthiftle. The
Ikes and flowers are like t fwc* of many final ftrings with a final knob,
ft
cofthofeftrim
rife vp many (hikes {lender and weake, t
, cut about the edges on both the fides li

twtec fa fawe, 1 llin lcaues as rootes, fauin
nobbed bitten roote asithath. Theftalkeishollowe,wcake andflcnder:th

.: •. :',-.
onthegrounde,deepelyci
b all ftalkes and flowers Eke thofc of the lefl
.•;-n,butlcfier.Thc roote cc
ly broad leaues,c
a foote high Jlender and brittle.
1
1ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
1
LongrootcdHaukeweedehathmanybroadelcaues fpredvpon the ground, flightly andcon-
- rT "
Haukeiveede hath Ieaucs like to thofe

-
_ " - - -
rs grow at the top double, and yellovvi
HierMmmftltOm VObcl^
Crooked Haukewcedc.
'
«h coder weake and dft Ik j^^f ° Z
T
" Thebroadcleai
ie WIeaues
."; - ' '

•. ^ ,. ..
':.,'.,,.
•ufc-earetherootcisfinalla
tcThevertu,
They are in vcrtue and operation like to Sonchus or So wthiftle,and being
....: .:.<... - '
be dropped into thceies,ef

t eciaUythatthitis
They be good fo r tl a P
to be the beft and of greateft force.
Therefore as Dioftorides writeth,itis good for an hot itomacke, and for
The herbe and roote being ftamped and applicd,is a remedie for thofe that be flung oft
:r Haukcweedes.but the lefler oi alfo,dc perform,
OfClufiusHaukgtoeedes. Qha^.Q
HThckindes.
hath fet foorth

THcre be Iikewife a greater fort or kinde of Haukcweedcs,whkh ctrtUu Clufm
Grafle, where-
inhisPannonickcobfi 'des ofScorzoner*. or vipers
they do diner
e very like ; the which Iikewife require a particular chapter , for that
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. $$
ycllowc Succoric , fet or placed in a blacke ho-
, thofe of
econdiortofgrea
..;:c.l:Lcthctbrmcr 3 thati
foote high, whereupon do growe yellow <
' - -
V'%,. „i\
"holtowcjfoftandfpuni
ipungie:thc flowers be ycllowc ai
Theplace.
ThefekindcsofHaukewe acco|ding to the report of clufm do growe in Hungarie and A*
chegrafficdtici - "— Sic.andbarrainc Alpifh mountaines and inch like places:
in fundrie places of England,which
ImeancGoduil;;
He faith they Howcr from Maie to Auguft,at what time the fcede is ripe,
chat it fhallfufficc what hath nowebeenefaidc, referring the handling thereof to a
I finde not any thing at all let downe either of their nan andthereforelfor-
Of Lettuce. Chap.tf..
Here are according to the opinion of the auncients, ofLettuce two forts , the one wilde or of
*J*
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
*?hedefiripion.
1
f~^ Arden Lettuce hath a long broau grecne colour: theftalke
\j tsrounde,thicke uice,bufliedorbraiinchedatthetop:wher-
upondo grouc ,
daw i tbthc"
J
'..\,:'X.. :,: -,::...- .;-. r;::i

L
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times transformed into another fhape :for e

|-l':iic to belike a cabbage or headed colewoort, and the leaies hichbc dim and in tr.e i
- The curled Lettuce bat

Jon both thefidesj not
Piameorlmoothasthe lor. Vctions. The flowers arc
S° he fornttum
''-'
^ *' WlndeThc feed
-
' .
nana in Englifh
: Cabbage
iiTêtempertturH.
Lettuce coolcth a hot ftomacke, called t! ; en it is troubled « ith fl

cholcr it quencheth thu :,
: i ks, who through heate &
ra'nc' A
b ° d ' eS ^^ natUrall
y
C ° !deat doth " 0t in S c » der milke at al! < but is rather an hinde -
Wem^haplcafantfallade^ B
;
iein nes mar

vfcitforareruiceatthec.:, ,
ng H m) CflC hCa!th ° f CHC h ° dk

forfttf ""h : r
CnneS Wh Ch C °"
nStTn
' :
" f" iCth *« ™P°"S»n.
''."" ..:.- . •• ,-\ .
> .
imoreflippcrie, which Martidii very well knewe writing in his n .bookeofEpi-
':;::. yy
Lettuce cooleth and quenchcth the naturallfeedeif it be too much vfed.
Of Lambcs Lettuce ,or Cornefallade. Qbap. 35.
THc plant which is, , or the white potherbe ( w

<
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<
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:
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ed'c i n;v.,te I.;..!- -. . iin d or two high, with fa-

vhcreof grow a couple of leaues narrowe and long,not vnlfc
to Lettuce at the firft con -
i ng : and on the top of tw
^githcrlikcatuftorvfflbBi
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•
.
.;•:. . .:: y.yy.y:^:-- •'
d with vs LobldBic. 1 colour.

, cs a ringer broade, ofa pale greene
C
ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
*The place.
tench and Dutch ftrangers,m England it hath bcenc fowen in gardens as faliade hcibes.
* The time.
They ate found greene almoft winter and fommer.
* The names.
\
nGruke >' i
u there is a blacke pot-
L 'me ,11'kcdt v,\k i Icrix ;/<

ipie: ainon^. : _'
I. be • . .
OfColemorts. Qhap.^6.
*& Thekinds.
\ ' leshe eof±.t] wildc Cole: CafoimiCL-
ii-v ^ :fed;thefecondfmooth; "
.., :'
. .: .
. .
". '
.::..,-•. .:.,
ekftalkcvasfliaUbecex-
* The deferi?tio».
i *T"He Garden Colcwoort hath many great broad leaues,of a dcepeblacke greene colour,
fibb kC r0WCt " OUt of the ; ''*
ÂA rt"^
rai «ftoras':v;
§
-, bearing at the top little
wii
--I :
. ; ;
:-
ottneTutne^butfimlle, reds faftned thereto.
JJjddeftoftheribbe, and very much and

curled ruffed in the edges; inother things it diflcreth
f C ? lewdort is I kewife a Colcwoort of the garden, and differeth from thecon>

monS thetolou° !
244 THE SECOND BOOKE OFTHI
Bripcu'vulp&riifatiua. 2 Braf/ctf.
- ' n.Cokvvoorc. QMdra
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5 There is another fort of Cabbage or loued Colewoort, which hath his leaucs wrapped togithcr
iato a roundc head or glol fiite Cabbageând the colour of thelc
auei
Iargcleau< ofawhite ogathereththereftofthe

i
leauesclofelytogither ,w I
-
uicgroundc; yet whenitcommeth to the
fe abroadc then clofeth al togithcr.
7 Double Colewoort h wherupon do grow hecre and there other
ies 3
imall iagged leaues, as it were made of ragg ed fhreds and iagges fet vpon the fmooth leafe, which
:th Ihewe of a plume i i roottj and cuery othcrpart befides it doth
defcribedineueryrefpeft,
th:
9 Cole Florie, or after fome Coliefioric , hath many large leaues fleight'y endented about
: : .
:•: ':;. v .:'.:.
x>rts. _
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i 47
bunched or fwollen vp about the edges as it were a peece of leather wet and broiled on a
fvVoade 3
" " - -fableakeycllowe colour. Thcroote isthickcandftrongliketo;
» SjjjeCoIeisjlfo numbred among the headed Colewoorts

or Cabbages. The Icaues arc
h:mlHues v P wardes as
thouqhAcySde embra '
P anyneererto
Cabbage.
he curled SauoieCok
1
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e precedent .
f»» n <, *,,*!„. 1«,„«J,— _r
ichplantifitbeopened
ewoort hath vcric large Icaues deepely iagged euen

to the m i
^hereupon dogfox n,gi,J

owers,cods and feeder
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 34?
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and fo brittle that they
[ed without breaking, ofa deepe ouerworne «rce:ie colour tending togramcfie':
The grcarcft fort of Colcwoorts do grov. I

h is fuandrhr.-.-
: . Cix •.c.imati'u. : let.eiyoi"thcmgi'..vr -
Bajthe.Ifound t e:nccrethebrincke of
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The Coleivoort, faith ColumelL
EueryoftheColewoort: Us and Galen^t** it is alfo called *Awr,

fonamed,notonelybicau:e ,
Lkcin.-olourtorhc
pretious (tone called the A ( olewoort. TheApothe-
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agree mth Brafica
Pomfc, ,, IS.chaptctj
ft The temperature.
e nitrous or laJtaualitie,
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§ ood blood '
b : Cabbage is beft next vn-
'vhiteone^northeGok-.:
fore had beene otLerwife.
and^thSeTroiSe"
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quite altered; as Cafiu- .

*<* tillage: yet doth not '
Cle.
) MoreouerthelcaucsofColewoortsarcgoodagainftjlhnil uratioi'saudl < t f< clh.

o . i
F The famebeing applied with the powder of Fcnugreekc.takcth away the paine of the gout ::
Is it purgeth the head: being put vp with barley mealc it bring
iuice mixed with wine and dropped into the cares is a remedie aga
chat the
es , taketh away freckles of the |
HneweLK: rt
i Ae eies calledin Greeke C4r««nmM, whkhcannot
be healed by any other meancs, if they be wafhed therewith.
OfRapeCole. Cbapjy.
.ongrapcCole.-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
* rhtjfUge.
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iLatlneCM&rÔT,&
fetdowneofthefaci.lt!
s Cabbage Cole in goodncffe and pleafanttaftc.
OfBee,tes. £%. 5 8.
-ktheAefirifthn.
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was brought vnto me from bey

that courteous merchant mafter Lete before rc-
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* Tbepl*
TheBcetcisfowcnings
his fecdc the next yeere following.
The Grecians haue nam mc&seu: the GermainesâtlffOltttht
The white Beets are in moifture and heate temperate, but t!

I ' '. i . i ac)ld.^nioftpotleirbe,whichhathioinedwithitacertiin
A ,B--
.- •
oilc ,vincgcr and pepper
i that itis both good and
OfBljtes. Cbajtjp.
colour;
THcrc be many forts of Blites differing in greatneffe and alfo in name , and likewife in
and yet one and of the f clfe fame kinde/aning in fhewe and habite,and not in nature.
•kTke defer if t ion.
white rounds
I «-T-« He great white Blite groweth three or fowerfootehigh, with grayifh or
\ ftalks. The lea, white Orach,butnotfo

fte
e ofRueliituCorcnopus, orBtickes hornc.

he ocher/auing that the ftalkes , branch,
Ieaues,and the plant is altogither of a greene colour. ,
•the reft, famng that

reft of
«*
leaues are reddifh, mix* ,1c and alfo the
P lant' vLt*.
ftiouldebcproi ' ' *
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Offlower Cjentle. Cbap.ô.
* rhekinies.
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high, and fometime higher, ftraked or
1 chamfredalongilt:: feoolh : which dcui-
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Pafleuelours. Branched flo

HIS TOR IE OF PLANTS.
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tKitai'.e ,fronuhcn nl ft rhcrc-f ci '., t ti '.
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Thefeplcafantflo'
perifti&muftbcfowcr
:m
It is reported they ftop al r opertie is not made manifeft by any appa- A

areoropinion,thatall red t. .my part of thebodie: bicaufe fomc.things
can be no cerraintie
gathered from the colours touching the
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OfOrach. Cbap.û
n Orach. The
irogitherlefTer.
ing nccrc the (ea coaft which hath Ion g final narrow Ie»««,
theedges,(harpcpoini tainemeaIineflc,fothat
-elUcauesasftalkcssand flowcrs,looke of an hoa graiecolour,asdomaDy
other fca plants.
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HISTORIE OF PLANT
3
Arhkxfil*
Wilde Orach,or all feede.
rden Orach doth grovvcin

Idc Orach growcth ncerc v o path waies by ditch fides, and in the be
Garden Orach is called in Gre«keS^?«^ = mLatineo«>-/>/^,andu^^«w 9Im: in Dutch

wtlT. in French^/,. del „i
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OfJlin{ing Orach. Cbdptf.
''- g Orach. *Tbe defer .ftion.
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repofed himfclfc amongft the chicfe of 5«g£«j
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Ofgoofe-foote. Chap.^.
# The defer ipion.
GOofc-foote.,
cubite high or higher.' :chamferedandbraunched:the Icaues be broade.
ftiarpe po:n re:
fharpepointcd.ftiinins be edges, & refembling
ofaGoofe. Thcil •.
the branches.being very like to the feed of wilde Orach, & the roo
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. igj
.fhainvhcn the Orach dot
Of Englijh ^Mercuric C
hap-
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bcllie
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OfSpinach. Chap. 4.5.
Spinach. -kTbedeftripien.
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fr|$F of the braunches ftandc little flowers in clufters,
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vpj&commethtopcrfcaionwithlnOTomondu:
-^SS^-"^ ^ w .„ winter andfeedeth presently vpon thefirftfpring.
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call it *!>#««: the Germaines g>pfort:in Englifo
dcth and loofeth the belly.
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is vfed in fallades when it is yoong and tender.
OfTellitorie ofthe vail. Chap. 4.6.
*Thedefcriptio>>.
PElhtorie of thcwallhathrounde tender ftalkes fomewhatbrowneorreddifh of colourand
edges/The: 1
!'.oconcIvimvardly>.;: : ,' - naner. i'lluinc -
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:
fteedeof K ofCypSstl
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C
P«ts 3 isarcmcdicforthem tttittntftf

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OfFrench iSWercurie. Chappy.
Here be two kindcsofMcrcuric and yet doui

,0O ana
reckoned for good,
"P ,
in gardens, vnlcfieth
the defection.
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) £ gra !-, C j rs eche cor.-
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tchairie firings.
/ers andfeede :for this L de growingtogitherlie

e clutters of grapcs,of a ycllowifh colour. The fecde for the molt part is loft before it can
be a.
£y
.^y$£?
*7hepUce.
.
French Mcrcurie is fowen inkitchen gardens among pothcrbes,in vineyardes, and in moift fl»-
dowie places , I founde it vnder the dropping of the bifhops houfe at Rocheftcr, from whence
Ibrought a plant or two into my garden 3 fince which time I cannot rid my garden from it.
They flower and flourifh all the fommerlong.

* Tbemmts.
ItiscalledinGrcekc hereupon the Latinescall
itc^rw«4&.-and Th Jled in Italian ,««««*.•
<?<•
ie, and (as
kn writeth)a digefting qualitie alfo.
.,..,.
it the decoction heerosV
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voiding out of thebellynotonelythecxcrements,but alfo
...
phlegme
die belly being eaten or otherwife
and choler. Diofiorides
repc*
takCT)
Ofwldet&rfercuric. Qhq.\%.
•k The definition.
< pv Og s Mercurie.is fomewhat like vnto the garden Metcurie , failing the feaues hcereof
5VVithOUUn> '° V C "" ThcVce(k b! •' l] c

naleMercwie
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ChildrensM
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T^f^Nte^Srifl hûc
i tI
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c i cI<ics ' s,,lcl ««»"e buflies and hedges.-
.
iscalkd Phyllon theligonon^ and Phyllox Arrhenogonon.
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Krhekindes.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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call it Heliotrofium: the Latines keepe thefe
;
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Tornfole as ?*»/*« Ê£//K*twritcth ding facultie.
A goodhandfullof the g arid drunke,doth gentlypurge thebodyof
ith HylbpCjCrcflcs, andfalrpetcranddrunke,driucth
tags and clouts into a perfect purple
0/ Scorpion grajfe. Chap. 50.
•kThe cUfirifticn.
SCorpion graflc hath many fmooth ,

euen leaues, of a darkc grecne colour;
plaine ,ftalkes
imall,feeble,andweake, trailingvponthegroundeando... r; ngasjrcutcirci ltinrci cct
There is another fottoi id tares, and therupon cat
fping and crooked iced v t , ncere vnto it. The leaues
There isalfo another I came, hauing lcaucslike
toi^wagvjorBrokleme. The flowers growe at the top,.,;

-coV.cnti l s haf t( ve among the blc e. the\ hole braunch of flowers doe
. Icancs like vnto Îmgdu tquitica, orw*
' r :e mere . per., ,

hereby the ycllc-.ve fpot is better feene.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
ThefirftflowrethfromMaietotheend,.; indallthc fommerlong.
lievenemousbeafts:bo:- degu i i
is profitable agamil [ n g medicine.
Of ^{ivbtjbade. Cbap.ii.
T Hc C be diucrs Nighrfha
f des , whereof fome are of the garden; and fome that lone the fieldes,
GArdenNightfhadehathroundeftalksafootehighandfullofbraundc leo arefee

leauesofablackill, c .
ucsofBafilLbutmuch
greater: among,,, ,lt ] ; li( y ic .
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Kcd,is more proper and C
:obegiu
profitabhe put into
Limped are profitablie
:s (lamped the ointment of poplcrl
intoth«
^goodan
[and allother ointments.
Offleeping^ghtjhade. Cbap.î.
c,or deadly Nightftade. -kThcdefiriptroH.
K W T~*v Wale orfleepingNightfhade hath round
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ere children or womenwith
afteraberrieofabright fl re iblctoajta I
Oj winter Cherries. Chap.<
tortandevpn-!;. Lt mike to i c
when it is ripe, in co !
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tendrels of the Vine, cafti r *s as are i cxt
it : wheruponarc fetiagg !<Tesalmofttothe trades
uingamarkcofv,!-.;:;
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Blacke winter Chern
i The blacke winter Cherrie is brought out of Spainc & It J

1 haue had of thofe blacke vbke as aforefaide : and
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, *h naturally
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Q0 * agree.
)| the garden Nightfhade a:
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Oftbemaruaile ofthe World. Cbap.^.
cubits and a halfe high

gcr, of mice, crj fiime,andofayello m f1i
fill!
greenccolourjknottcd
whatbunchingfoorth,
the female Balfamina
hesorbouehes,&thofc
all - kn. uic 1 e the ftalke : his brauncbes are
bedecked with leaucs growing by couples , at the
d .andarenn <
latter end they leaue a
S3§£ &E3S2& sfore they be opened, but

being fully blowen do refemble the flowers of
mod commonly two colours occupying halfe the
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ucrifh humours.
Of madde Apples. Qha^ ¥

ft the defer iftio*.
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Th,s P ,a,lt S«"' cth mH >?t aWteueiy
<. .
This hcrbc is coldcalmoft in the fourth de-
The people ofTolledo do eatc them with great dcuotion being boiled with fatflefh, putting
thereto fomc fcraped cheefe,which they do kcepc in vineger.honie^cr fait pickell,all winter to pro-
band pepper,
eateMufhroms. But I rather wifhe Englifh men to content themfelues with the meate and fauce
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many hauc eaten and doe
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Of apples of Lone. Cbap.^.
it The defer iptio*.
* He apple of Loir!
e ftalkes,andalfothe great
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there do come in place faire and goodly apples
;;ofa
,
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There hath happened vntomyhandes ano-

ther fort, agreeing very nocablie with the for-
5,oneK the fruite heereofwas yellow of
; in a bed of hot horfc dung after the mancr ofmuske Me-
The apple of Loue is called in Latine temum Aureum, Poms iÂmoru, and Lycopertitm, of fomc
*m<m Englifh apple
.-in n-nes d'amours: howbek
therebeothergoldenapplcswliercoftheDoctsdo fable growinginthe gardens of the daughters
of Beffierm, which
a dragon was appointed vas killed by Hercules- |
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The golden Apple with the whole

herbc '
' cc :, yet not fully fo colde as Mandrake,
a ter the opinion ofDodo* crv colde, yea perhaps in the higheft dc-
£22j "* vraer cutaway the fuper-
is pofiefied,buc as I haue ftide not without great cold , which

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A InSpaine and thofc hot regions they v& i. in d boiled with pepper,!",
and oilc: but they yeelde very little noiu I.i;nc naught and corrupt.
B Likewifetheydoea: ced togithcrforfaucc todi
Ofthe Êthiopian apple. Qbap.^6.
Apples of AEthiopia. ^^' * rhe deferiptio*.
fharpe prickles. The flowers be wl
golden apple, of colour red,and ofa firme and fo-
-V
The temperature agreeth with the apple of Loue.
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Thefe apples are not mt of onely they are vfed for a fauceand ftr-
,
uice vnto rich mens tables to be eaten he rat flefh with pepper and
,
ialt,and haue aleflchurtfull iuice then eithcrmadde apples or golden apples.
Of Tbome apples. Cbap^-j.
"*Heftalboftho! lalfehigh.feldomhigher,
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3 ppI«.Thc flowers co.r^: ^fenDeofaJbgortfo
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r«felfeisofa ^c hcadc , and caufcth drowfincffc The
, !,. mother 1 .
nho-fc fecdes Irccciucd
ofthc right Honorable the Lord EdwardZou it nopk ;

• t\
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,apoitcincs,aiHiiULh
.... ;cv, Jiplm:.-., -1'iuusarinc, iln. ni
««£vjMg?:tffc .
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.. irtlicelzevvitliiiu . ,nc white round liow
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tvholeplantisfowen, be 1 ch the fame yeere.
. Thornic apples of Peru.

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lornc apples maybe called i
?/«£dic Grecians
though they fhouldfaic a
tfhouldber
glog of chatmeshefheweththathorfes are made maddc: for Crateuas '
ir to Mandrake.
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report ofmaftcrffMSww jaiwatf.publik: at; perfectly cured.
B Thelcauesftampedfmall and!
; v.' ::.-,.:... . ....:-

yardc,and other fores of hard curation.
Of Bitterfreete3 or mode D^gbtfhade. C M%-

ha
kThedefeription.
BItterfwectc ie ,
partedintomanyflendercree-
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; xjrth moft pleafant white flowers with yelJowcpoiM
tels in the middlc,in other rcfpecls agreeing with the former.
5TORIE OF VL?
!'vow in moift places ab
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Ladies which isnokindeofNightfhadcifor

p| feale,
d others kiplacing ithefte. Therefore thofe

that vfc to mixc the berries thereof in compofiti-
erature hot, and drie,clenfing and wafting away.
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ce good for thofe that haue fallen from high places, and thereby brufed,or dry bea- B
is
is thought to difibluebloud congealed or cluttered any where in the entrailcs, and to
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'HE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
OfBindmedeîgktjhade. Chap.??.
mac Mandrake hath great, broaden g,fmooth Ieaues, of a deepe greene colour.fl,
THt
vpon the ground: among wh.ch,
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C fyik/i fiftieth I thebatke of theroott..,^
D The iuicc of" the lean, (
be ointment called Pofuleon , and all cooling
in fmall quantitie, purgcth the belly ex.
yofthisftmple.
Of Henbane. Cbap.61.
There be three forts or kinds of Henbane,the wh ite 5the blacke,and the yellowe Henbane.
IcTh^firiftion. '
t -p He common blacke Henbane hath great and foft (talks; Icanes very broade,foft and wo*
grow
f
e neere to the ground,and thofc that
vpo the ftalk jnaiiower,fmalIer,8t fharper.Thc flowers are bel fafhion,of a faint yellowift
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iwoollicj&the flowers ah.'- ,iher,butwithoutpci«s5

r^nd rauft likewife be fowen againe the next yeere. ,
ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
* Theflue.
Theblacke Henbane groweth almofteuery where by high waies,in the borders
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They fpringout ofthe grounde in Maie, bring foorrh their Bowers in AugufL
«pe in October.
thileepe : or giuen in a glifterit
doth tl
•hefcedeisvfedofn
OfyeUow Henbane, or Engijh Tabaco. Chap. 62 .
•kThedeferiptiw.
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le cups wherein the flowers do ltande are like,
: i
* The place.
tbed^ftroiedwhe'reTthV,
d is difperfed into the moil parts ofEnglande.
; mmermoneths,andof-
isvfed ofdiucrs in fteede of Tabaco, and called

from Trinidada,a place Co called in the Indies ; a
. ; m!n:oke
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StUtC n doru
Tabaco or Henbane of Peru *
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ucs,broadc,(mooth,and(harpcp
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ccnccolour/o faftncd
or fecdevciTelsJikevnto the feedeof yellow Henbane, but fom

lour. The roote is great, thicke,and pf a wooddie fubftaunce, wi
broadclcaues,and (moo; ; u, among which rifethvp a

. elm; V-._ it !c i\arefetconfufcdIythelic
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fapalepurple.ten-
rhefiiftapprochofwin
lich is called the weft Indies,

in which; the- i .eorcountre in the gardens of Europe.it
prpfcer^thye > cere to beare both Bowers and feede. The
which I take to be better for the conftitution of our bodies, then that which is brought from India;
lt . j n j c c CC r tor thepe pie of t! e famecountrey; notvwthftandingitis
i
in<! ,; 1 ;
and deere bought is beft for Ladies.
Tabacomuftbctbwen e that may be founde.carcleflycaft abroad:
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Logrowe:forll
Id happen after the fowing,which might be a great enimie thereunto.
Herb* a fi»fa He r ha, mifaM/MSti
•mconclysasu^
---^-fnldegEetasT^'
ifte : alfo the greene leaues laid vpon vK*»

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ccdcthoVtheeffcnceotd:. andalfobcniimmingjof
NicolausMomrMs fait!; tl tic in the head called the ;
aleafebelaidetothenauell.
: :
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kewifc Acre is an oilc to be taken out of the :!cs 3 kibedheeles and I
good againft poifbn.m,

is
« be giuen to drink, K
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/omen of all forts, efpccially to fin
ButvntothcbcggerWn
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
morter from filth and fo let it reft vntill morning ; then put it to tl
-—cdeofhclpe.
e^Q^htJhade. Chap. 6\>
•ktbt defection.
>-pHis rare and pleafaunr plant, called tree 1
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flowe rs of g aTdc nNigl
OfBalme apple .or apple ofHierufalem . Chap. 6^.
•k The dtfiripion.
'-r-«HcmalcBaImcapplehathIong,fmalI 3 ancltctir :C thofcof

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do grovve ne<
enc
foorthfcede like the C er thev bee ot t <. kinde 5
en
HIST OKIE OF PLANTS. apt
fcTbepkce.
„ .,,„.., in England, and do r.ich great
T ,. ,
f ,;
e gotten three Icaues a peeee.
Diucrflyhathti.-: ime,andfomebyanother,euerie
.
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fecond degree.
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B llgcoddedGinnkPeppcr. Small codded Ginn ie Pepper.
4$
with man]
I -j-. He firft of thefe plants hauc fquare ftalkes a footc high or fo.newhat more,fet
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;X .A le
Thefepknts are brought
':\
are part: but we i^

better when God (hall fende i
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 2pJ
The ("cedes heercofmuft be fowen in a bed of hot horfedung, as muske Melons are, and remoo-
•
iphpe to placet Autumnetobecaried
de
I |
.'. fc,toa fthc ycere when ic is to
bcarchisLL-uitc.
ft Thexames.
Ac{utri::sci.\cCi\\u i- ilr.\x\-;\v,d\Anxcnne
A vd\/irziL> <.u. •
is more likcin taftcto
I
atitenisfeitax ritreninhis i?.bookei2.
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rie well knowne in the Hi. >p] >cr 3 where itis vfually to
•* The temperature.
Ojmikpepper is extreme hot and drieeiu to faie, farre hotter and
eppe Lath the ufteofpepper, but not the

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h away fpots and lentilesfrom the face, being applied therto with honie.
Ofhorned Toppie. Chap. 67.
* The bidet.
THere be fundrie forts of horned Poppies,differing in foile , ftature, andpropc
flowers andleaues. 1!
cfeftfhall be fet downe.-t
ft Thtdcfiriftio,
THe yellowe horned

§aU
Poppie hath
aU '
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. lagged fomewhat like
,
brt f i xl fl
: - h be long, roundc,and
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ndC °' erand le ^rthcn * c P rc «dent, and hath
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ycere
Spall yellowchornedPoppie.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
The yellowc horned T. If i ndfcgi m ing

oeetrmtoRieinKent: •: at Harwich, at White-
ftab!e,andmany other places alongft the Englifh coaft.
.
icLundcaiov.cchnotvvilikiii} ûw&.At/oahu P.iL-t, and nxftholamafua.bVrbe-vtterum,
r.hohaiiccommentcd vpoi >nicd Poppie in the king- :
domes of Arragon and Ca' nonpaths. Theydogrowe

ten n hilly. -k The time.
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toong ^ciboniarj : in French Pouet Cornu : in Spmitti Dormdertmart* *.'
Homed Poppies arc hot and drie in the thirde degree.
B
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them,trut is,bringe them tc u [uitwre ol Iznksf™™
Ofgarden Topple. Chap. 6%.
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fa ate thereof tame,or of the garden. The which
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Tp He leaues ofwhite Poppie aretongiroadjmcith Jonger then thele
1
:s,which being full growen is u

''^lM,:hn I lavvrhjll,
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linto coffers orieuerall pat
fc. Theroote growcthdeepe.and is of noeffimarion nor continuance
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PtfuierfHrturemfofyMntbai. 6 nfauerr,
;
Double purple Poppie. Scarlet double Poppic.

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Theie kindcs of Poppies are fowen in gardens, which do afterwarde come of the fallings of the
* the time.
They flower mod c i
ily and Auguft.
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The garden Poppic n ulesSxi»r,ot wilde, andisas

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gram: andof moftof our age of the red colour of the flowers r.,t>*iu> ruhru i , <<r re ude 'l
local it lone
alfo added i
: is pleafant and delightfull to be eat

: any fence of cooling.
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leere in force to Ofturn, 1
dly, or outwardly applied to the heade,

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fenfiue to the firme and folidc partes of the bodie , as that they had neede af terwardes to bee rc-
theyhauew
thing preuaile, as Galen tn ics according to the place;
} Theleaues of Poppic boiledin water with a little fugar &drunke,caufethfleepe:orifitbeboi-

led without fugar, and the 1 dotheffecftthefame.
1 The heads ofPoppic', anncrofafirupecaufethfleepe^ndisgood
againft rheumes and catarrhes that diftill and fall do wnc h
I The grecne knops of Poppie ftamped with barly mcale, & a little barrowes ereafeêlpeth Saint
:A Ignisfreer.
,knops 3andfeedc.,ftampedwith vineger,womans milkc,andfaifrc :
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e feede
«£M*
of blacke Poppie drunke in wine floppeth the fluxe of the bellie , and the ouerraucb
e made of the feede of white Poppie,or made in:o

almondc n
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of come ôse,or toilde "Poppie. Qhap. t
i -pHeftalkesof wildePoppiebeblacke, tender .stadbri , fomewhathairie. Thelcaues

are cut roimde about with deepe gafhes
_[ like thofe
flowers grow foorth at the tops of the (talks, being of lautifulland gallant red colour,
k s compaffing about the middle part of th ad: which being fullv growen,
upt about the edges,but
taf£.n;in high Dutch Rappee i

.

iltieofthe wilde Poj erPoppics: that istofaiecolde
and
pe.
:a- by falfe experiments then reafon , commende the flowers aeainft
:afeA byT
ift thefpittingof
Itismanifcftthatthi thccompofition D/acod/umisto bemade:

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ted. Crito alfo,and after him Tljemifcand Democrat es do a p
Ofbaftarde mlde Toppie, Qhap. j
Baftard wilde Poppic. Long codded wilde Poppie.

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bb.c^cfic rov.u,d thebottome. The feede is (hull contcined in little ro
v, ith fonic final!
•;.-..;. •; or hitherto written ol. •
They flower in the beginning of A <t« the ende thereof.
I he 'x li'c , (lamped ,and thciiiicc dropped into the cies eaieth thi
chontheblackeoftheereit ifewlitiuiisiu li«.wiiuc 3 cucu it
bound vnto the eies or face that arc blacke or blewe by meanes of fomc B
d
nveor ftripedoth pcrfeftly take it away .The due herbe ftceped in warmc water, v. orketh the I '.
The Icaucs and rootcs Rami i

tgs or gfcines (
th.cl-elh-.-I he dric herbe i;
-eeflechuny.
Of JVinde flowers. Cbap.71.
* Thekindes.
HT He ftock or feinted of the Anemones c c n a ruber* or at the leaft'n o
--.y.ntoa.n, . .. .„uhs 'orrs:/
- .^le.JirTc,..
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2 Therccondekindcof^flTOwhathleaucsIikcvntotheprcccdcnt, i,,
.:id as double as the Marigolde S s ' '
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e
§r flowers, vfually calledthe^
fieldeCrowefoote,
among which
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the top of th ^! n ^ L ** and there in the faid'lea
ZSgESi .V.faperfeareddecolour
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The fixthath very broadeleaues in refpeit of all the reft ofthe^r -cnet.w. ; vnKc torl-ofc
common Mallowc, but grecne on the ^,
les of Sowebreade.lt had
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fthcftalkeafinglcfloi
-_, wer.confiftingotnB"?
->purple.,andoftcntim
fmall threds like vnto a pale or border. "
The ooteisthickeandknob-
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9 The ninth fort of A> i medowe Trefoile,fleight
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i-.^vajwiththcv.indc^^lvjxbcanyiccJcatanithcwhichlcouldenc.
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cfbafp<:'3 bitinsthet£)Ortg,andqf a bi
A Thcleaucsftampcd,ai
uokcth the tearmes,andeafeth the leprofic being bathedthetewith.
Ofmlde Anemones} or Windeflowers. Cbap.yz.
if the garden Anemones fo

: is there of the vvildc kindes al-
THe firft of thefe wilde Anemones hath fagged Icaues deeply cut or indented, which do grow
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to water C
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
the precedent in fhape, failing that this
'th many fmall Ieaues deepefy cue aoout tne

ec
lhu °° 5
i r. ^ ^thc other.
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--; fei^ :. ;1
n es thcntheitfeuctaUtities
doexprefTc:
:
The faculties
and te
* ^ temteratttre * nd virtues.
arctcferpitothegardenfottsof^^,,^
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Of baftard AnemonesjrTafqueflowers. Cbap.j^.
rii. a TtilfttitUn
mcr. RcdPaffcfl
* rhtdefcrifttoit.
-|-» He firft of thefe PafTc flowers hath n i-iggcdJUkc chofeofcar-
* fuUflovrersLllfafti botcome whereof gr»

pon-
urn thrufteth foorth a final! purple
s
: when the whole flower is pad there fiicceedeth an head or knoppc, compaftof manygnic
rie lockes, and in the f';' "•"•,'..':•- '

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0/\A donisflower. Qhap.jj^..

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1 *T« He firft hath vcrie g to the grounde, fet on
otMalvvc<;de: (hapc like the fieJ^t

Crowf
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ioniifiorerubro. 2 Flos ^fdonifpre i
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T\ /oforideskncth foorth fewer kind Docke ; gardfp^

^ roundclcafedDock
s ol '
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tbefe the later Herbal

ic other Dockcsalfo,
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peththeJaskeandh
iruie fcabs and mangines. And for the fame purpofe it (hall
be i
s aforefaid 3 and the panic to be bathed and rubbed therewith.
OfvaterVockes. Cbap.yS.
4 Hydrolapathumnt
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id fpokie tufts,browne o threefquare of a mining

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4 The Small water Docke hath long crooked and cr'ompled leaucs plaited or folded in &
,
uers parts,fet vpon a ftiffe ftalke. The Bowers growc from the middle
of the ftalke vpwarde infpo-
ne potherbes , being**
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mc colour: on the toppe whereof come foosh fuch Bowers arid feedeas the common wilde'
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Geosraify allthe 1 moderately, and fbrnc mo c:t!:cvdce::;r:
I The leai.es of the garden Docke or Patience may be eaten, and are fomewhat colde, but more
mo:lt,aiK!:-aiicwi.ii.:: ' n .-. hereof thcvcafily
,
Satyrc writing thus,

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Hecaileth it a fhortherbc,bcnig Sphered before the (hike be growen vp. ; at vvhi hrimeitisfitteit
e:itingendreth
.-ixc.thelas-:,
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teiivntonicj'hi ..'.: iV :,n.,_, ',.•

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.i:iduv.varde within one 1 n cl'uei .

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-' Jitinc v .isheiait! '
;.: ;:;,e inah d!c >-.;•;:

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cientshatie done: and none Hedge of London; where
Therootesfltcedandb^ fimpfionofthc
Of Ttybarbe. Cbap.79.
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and yet but of that Rubarbe v
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> fpans I, ,
Sj. the top like a peare, bowing ba
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The dry rootcs ofTRubarbe.

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ring Rubarbe.
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fthc lca C rherc
.. c gtowcth vp a (lender ftalkbearing flowers, confifting of fiuc little lcaues
ddl
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SmSe
SE»S5««
rssasaa .yitincreafcth.
4 The Ponticke Rubarbe is ieiTcr and flenderer
;
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it gtowcth on the fides of the riuer Rha as îmii-
barbe is that whit
»»»« gluie and clammie and of a faffron col

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meth horn Barbarie.
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i, Raued Sent, and Raued Sceni, in {hops Rhabtrbarm

•kThetempraturc.
& of Diofcorides againft windinefTc, wea

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cffed i
feemethtobethefitth. i hi firfttji S
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ip.S.we adde vntoit a little Rubarbe. The Arabians that followed him^brought
ard choler,and oftentimes flegmc.
. g that are ficke of fharpe and tertian feuers., for them that hauc the yellow ijun-
Trdlyi
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^ :fpeciallgoodmcdicin(
rgcthfoorth
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JHereh isofSorrell differing in m

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"kTbctUfiription,
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
kthtfUte.
loftpartinga
ft vpon eucrie grauelly or fandic barren grounded di
Tlicy aourifh at that :'

t: n <f Dockes do flower.
Garden Sorrcll is cal!v > of (?4&*«S<*A«9<>r, thai

:r Docke and in (hops comm
:
Thefccondis
The fourth Romaine Sorrelkorrounde Sorrcll.

The fift curled Sorrclll
The Sorrels are moderately colde and dric.
dlycoole, and mightily due, but bicaufc iris fewer , it likewife c
t. eândpleafanttothetafte.l
Doucthappentetomcate; the heate of the liuer, and
;ood fucceffe added to decoftions v :d in agues.

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I into fome ale , and a poflct E
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* The defeription.
He great Biftort hath long Ies
likePatience,butfmaller&m
dafke(jrccne,a;idviu!v:
colour, much like Woadc. The ftalkc is long,
fmoothc,andtender 3 hauing at the top afpiked

knap or care, fetfulloffinallwhitifli flowers, de-
1 ih colour: amone
lcaucs thruft in among the whole bunch of flo"'

HIST OR IE OF PLANTS.
..'.crooked.
m and feed. The roote-
"""" ;
*TAefLte.
ThegrcatBiftort grcu-eth in moiftand n atcne pi.k cs^nchn the ..rl.c fhadowie wcods,and is
I
very common in mod gardens. . .
t'heheadofaparkebclor, ith oeene difpeifed into
in Line.
They flower in May,and the feeders ripe
i/^m is called in En .'

GiesfhirePafshionsand
wii&},CfUrHu,Se>fe>>t4t yijJ)rMu»tulm Dcdvt. and LtmommGif-
Biftort doth cook and dric,in the third degree.
OfScumiegraffe,orSpoonewoort. Qhap.%z.
if garden .CrciTes^The
.'.fpicietafte.
''... ,....,.;- >..'-;
e flowers with fomeyellowr
f^^^^^fA^"^^
lia..
icgrafle.
The firft growth by the fea fide at Hull, andLynne, and in many otherplaces of
at Bofton,
lincolnertiireneerevntothefea, asinWhaploadeandHoi:
rountie. It hath bcenc founde of late growing many miles from the feafide vpona great hflln
.which may feemeftrange vntothofethatdo notknowcthat
... U\:.,.r
the feedes of it in my garden , and giuen of them to others, with whom they flower, numm.---
bringfoorththcirfeede, aainethe fame fpicie rafte:
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as theKentiih .-at Porti-n ; he wefterne coaft: but
ward the north I hauc not hard that any of this kindc hath growen.
* The time.
Itflowrctharvi" peinlune.
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the compafled roundnes and hollownefle°
thcleaues,like a fpoonc ;i bicaufetheyfindeft^
fame place growing,^ llenc plant, C*firt?®»
(when they remooued tic
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being a depritiation of all good bloode and moifture , in the whole bodie, galled Scorbut*»'>
Skyrbic a difeafc happening at the Tea among Fifhermen,and frefhwater
Enebfli the Scurnie,and
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aboue the reft of thecal fata the flowerormea-
SdKwf&.inthecompafll- (I poone: the flowers white,
I 1 ;i,ihir is called Spooncv rt>n:b,c g r a fIe andScuruicgralTe.

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rfpicietaflc.
ItThevcrtucs.
The iuice of Spooncwoort j
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I Ofhrulifoli4. 2 Ophrutrifolia.
Twaibladc. TrefoilcTwaiblad<
•ktheiifiripUn.
TT Erbc
1
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flupelike thclcaues of
Byfoilehath
\-
many fmall fibres or threddic firings , fattened vnto a fmallknot or
£nder grcedmbirfheof
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hatchcd,verylikethofe<
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2 Ofhris Trifiliaot Tre

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ten der ftalkes, and bu(h of flowers like the
5 h do clippe or imbracctbe
fta&eab" t
:
as doth lomctimes chauncc

vnto the adders toong,as fhall be declared in tjie chapter following.
nvS? r
sro h
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ny places, as at Southfleetc in Kent,
oifti ^în a wood of Mafter S\ .
•" W*** byOuendennecre

tZcZ
to îare m vr
tilex, and in the woods by
Dunmow in'Eflex. The other fort is feldbmc feene.
HIS TOR IE OF PLANTS. 3 i7
rhey flower in May and Iunc.
I is called of the later Herbarifts Bifilh
tisreportedof the Herbarifts of our time, tobe good for greme wound':, buritinr^s ;ir,i;-i-
:s; whereof Ihaueinmy vngucnts and Balfams for greene wounds, had:_v
Ofadder Cbap.Sq..
ft The defeription.
OHiogloffum , or Lingut Scf

Enghlh Adders toong, of fomc Adder-
I mod parts of Englande, asinamedow,
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.
:...<'.:...-. ' - -
Ofone TSerriejor berk Trueloue, and Mooneftoort. Cbap.fy.
Herba Paris. Luaarta minor.

One Bcrrie,or hcibc Truclouc.
WL
lî.jilivnroElriunih.' '
'< I.ancafhire ik-jic . to
:::;:!..
t,AV.:ketIc!dcinthc Vi die I kuth H-..J!, !.-,,
the relation of a learned! -['Cambridge, and many
IlcrbuPuris flowrcth hj the ende ofMaie.
icd to repreffe the rage and force ofpoifon.
The berries ofHerbe Pa i

itie daies, are excellent good againft poi- ^
1 "^ " Cf
° tK hU '' L' U "' lC '"
hkcmail: cr,,alfc af oonefu11
-
P « a nine rathe morning

Mmg'
•
.
';.-
'.I
;
' .:.: •
''.:[.:. -....
-'
OfWintergreene. Chap. 8 6.
lAn-'CiPmi,,: ..
Lillieof the valley. The

:ar abroad vnder the groi
thcgreateftleafeoi
" ..
and Crauen,in the north part of England, efpecially in a doled-
in Dingley wood, fixe miles from Prcfton in Aundernclfc
i tyroU is called mEng .Lal'e i

/ /•-.•.,..-/.ôr\t,
jrding to the etymologic o
One blude 3orOnclcafe.
'
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
"
*ith ;>«/,,, efpeciallyC
Tg^JI BkethefoaHcftleaucs
IcrootcisfinaUand ..;
£ e gj£j2f
atthiskindehathre
LeeinEflex,andvpon
c hore and dric ofcomplexi
wets of the Valley L

h vnto thofc that hauc the dum j
icgowte,andconif: :
lid doth ftrengthen the mens one mat is .cAc
ayLillicsputintoaglafle
urtiallfindc a liquor, tha
Ins commended to be
OfSeaLauander. Cbap.Sj,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
* Thedcfcnpho*.
a dark green color ,(on.u!..t irtc;-,;' '

ilccnni \ ,
;
red fecdc,and a thicke roote like vnto the finall Docke,
the firft in each refpe& 3 but leflcr, which groweth vpon rocks
i The firft groweth in ere iiauefendialfofaftby the

I ics by Lee in EfTex: in die Marfh by Har-
2 There is anoch
.
brought into gardens, it
Thcfe herbes do flower in May and Iune.

.

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:
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l— j^ t0
.v.
jj C b ui: a fable '
.mu one day itchangcth
e.And there may eafily be obfenied three col

e beginning to flower, that are perfectly flowre.
For they that are blowing,and be not wide open&perfe<5t, are
-.
.
#
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Turbith ofthe fhops fhall be difcourfed vpon in his proper place.
Trij>oliimi% hot in the third degree, as Galen faith.
Of Turbith ofzAntiocb. Chap A
GArciaaLuhCi fiisa plant hauingai

is neither great (] an long, fomtimes longer, a finger di
c, ofareddift white colour: the on
- • .'- .. ..'.,: - ;... - .
alfothatwhereunto doth cleaue a confer g-*www^Sww,org

fomewhat white. But n nature; but the India™
" • ,.:;-' <•'- '
: .
they gather the lame liquor may

, eith ,cthe fappeor
jfunne: for if it bedrid

. HISTORIE OF PLANTS
:.ioithcftiops.
it nothing fo.Thc Arabiai
U :-^.nuln.s plant doth. So men hauc thought

:..
whofe rootc
,.•:
that as
:
!V '
'„: , ;•.
goc
is the true Turbith. But brk -n , not varyingôm the
toftnatlhauetakenvptherootesofScamh /a i p.ued a.-. ,
wththcrootcsor lurbi:
rcneeatall.
igue they doadde gin- A
^ ' -'- • .
:
...:..:- .
and o: her (pices

)r fugar, Ieaft the bodie with th
mong expert phifitions.
wn .°nn die i.mifion dircc

:h one dram(morc <x Icfle)nvo.at the mofbbut in the de- C
o
OfArrow header water Archer. Qhap.90.
t l-J-Hefirftkind
cad,hathk „
iat and thickeftalk, two or three footelon^ham
dcchmngtoahghtcanv
cn.pYft thcreco^cofer
grcatroughknops or t.
a The fecondis I&cthe
,
r
Y
m nyftnn g s .
leauesand flowers, and
indrootcs.
thif k C r WC h 3dc hath leaUCS fa fha C likc thc broadc Arrowc h«d ftan<fi
won th ? '"f °?" ;°° r°
te
a Cs a P >
"
f
J,'" !( = vp long naked fao 1
£^ ^ w
ftalUc
toUjes of a -^ ,
greenA co ,
^ fl(
thcpWCc-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
r AngtftifilU. Narrow
le
3j8 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
* ThedefcriftioH.
I i-|-«Hefirftkindcoi ^ ;
'eianceP]jnta,
lcbl: .
footehigh.dciii.i-
.,., . .,.
* Thepkce.
They flower from Tune till Auguft.'
fl^K^ «~^>£
ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
! a SthcGrcckc crbes, Serpents toong,]
'-'
'
- -
Small broad leafed Plan:;
/r
Ieai.es ribbed,!
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:
lues of this plant
t Thedefirit
h beene a Granger in England, a
: other Plantaines.hauing at the

Thnttgo Rtfe*J}ic*u.
Spiked Rote Plantainc.
The greater Plantaines do grow almoft cuery where.

esjuid banks ofgreat 1
waffiedwithbrackifh water.
Plantainc i c lied in Latine J>,
e Apothecaries kcepcthe Latii
i- the temperature.
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ISTORIE OF PLANTS. 341
'<'
(, , i .r. .
feafe, fixe hanged abcluc the necke are good
ntothcQueencsMai
Of "Ribwort. Chap. 9$.
liniej RofeRibnoorte.
thctopadaxkcordu".
4i THE SECOND BOOKEOF THE-
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Ribwoortgroweth almoft eueric where in and fertill fieldes.

RofeRibvvoortisnotve,
the north parts-
'-
--.rofpla.u,.
Mirifli when the other Plani

itThena
hieh Dutch Spftftg** r onmg°mt,thK\note

The fecond I haue thought meete to call Role Ribwooi t
Rrbwoort is colde and drie in the feconde degree,as ;
OffeaTlantaines. Chap. 94..
FlowringfeaPlantainc. Small feaPlantaine,

Arolus Chfius that e \ : t vro forts otHobftcu,

-
QjfS!
'
mong which there rifeth vp ifta

itcncs. The feed is like tha
Thethirdckinde which
^ andnarrowe leaues like Buckes home,
U
CSVpODt e0 " C e amon S w c " et v P a
-
EkrT" *
untaines and rockescoueredwith graite,

cillcd Hiloftenm
tttr**m. ,
wd (hearing, as Sh
roughb and Sheerc
gnfleisuhetopofechegrafTu ts in maner of a fmall tuft.
roote is flender and very full of
* Theplace.
ftofthekingdomesofSpaine. Car
W'Hefpecially by the fortes o.

"LeeinElTcx;atRieinKent; :
I W«wisaIfocaJIedi»^ y angusiifotia aJhjâ, or Tknttgo Hifyanienjis : in Englifh Spanifh

Nie&uUplantaineworflowrir jfcaPlantaine.
isof a binding and drying facultic.
^haueproouedittobefuch an excellent woundeherbe, that it .
p re
iwoundethoughitbeverygreatandlargecandbythc I
oapotwheremanypeecesof fleftiare boiling, itwill foder

themto-
Thefe herbes haue the fame faculties and vertues that the other Plantaincs haue,anda«
thought to be the beft of all the kindes.
Offea'BuckhorneTlantaines. Chap.tf.
2 CoronoprnfmeS-
Small SeaBuckhorne.
longagoneja*
X ches;« jgsjthatfpmanywo-
mtsandinothers:Ana"°?
nt rather to fuffi
wound. Butformineow sckonedforakindeof fl*J

nofttt,\s doubtlefle akinde oiHeloSieum ; my reafon is, bicaufe it hath graflic
like Vetonh*fylUeBru,Gt wilde Pinks; a roote like thofe oiGaryophylUta or Auens,and the fpfogj
plant likewifc hath beene altogither vnknowen vnto the olde writers. It groweth on the m^
little bkckifh torch , or fpikie knop in fhape like
.
rooteisfmallandthreddie.
W/Xll/y
* theflue.
m EngIand,notwithftanding I haue heard fay,that

f^=-. u
erockesn;S
Moufetailegroweth vp
go from London to a
;-^
THE SECOND BOOKE OF THI
tariaanA Serpentina, bucvnproperly ' '
Moufetaile is called in Latinc Cauda Mur is , and Cauda marina : in Grecke//.

al led of the French men Queue Aefeuris : in En f
Coronopm is cold and drie much like vnto the Plantaines.rV
a working are referred vr
'uckhorne Tlantainesjr Harts borne. Chap. 9 6.
5 horne^tMongSow'c'hoariekaues , cut onboththefide^J

nagges,rcfc-
s
naked hairie ftalkes j at the top whereofdo grow little knops orfpikic torches, like thofc of tbe»»
.
; .in hcrbie 5
-ûnuinch
-ATheplace.
i, ll J, :
v.-ih ukcHc t!i .
itbindeth,cooIeth,and
The Ieaues of Bucks horn

ogithe^helpethmoftwoondjitu'us th. Ictiu! haiK
ii en \ nto the cies, experimented by a
OfSaracenes Confound. Cbdp.97,

SoMtgoStraccnk*. Saracens Confound. _*The defer ipion.
inEflex,vntoaplacc
Dutch \)z\ :.
offome Herbi forth: in
found,and Saracenes Woundwoort.

Saracens Con: anifeflheai.
B The lcaues boiled in water and drunken, doth reflraine and flaie the waiting of r
. . .- : :
:.':! :
'
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> Olden Rod hath Ionj
hewinde.Therooteisthreddieandbrowneofcolour. .
cl
.
S broaderthan thofeof thefirftd« f
hleauesarefetvponafaire rcddifhftalke, whereof it to*

ie. The flowers growe at the top of a golde yellow colour, whereof fome haue thought"
re is fmalljcoaipaftofmany firings or threds. .

.' '
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nl uiiic/V, -w«,
rench fVrjf^r.
: .
-... ':::;'•:;:; ;
herbes for the flopping of blood in fanguinolentvlccrs andblee- D
OfcaptaineqJndreat'DoreaslM Woundwort. Cbap.99.
* The defer iftkm.
Tfladeaues, fharpe pointed , of a blewifh'greenc lifeevnto
nfeh vp a (hike „,„-

(
. of , ot g„ branches
^^Kl5s^^£s^*"* ,,,, " , "-*"• fi -* ? ,,

HerbiVoruVObelij.
^^^ Fraunce /from whe^the^werc^^gtTn!
SE- -$$& England, and are content to be made denizens

my garden , where they flourifti to the he#
i
gfJfaSMp
Of Felwoort } or TZaldmoney. Chap.ioo.
np Here be diners fort- hereoffomebeofourQwnecountreyiothm
A The definition.
I
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colour «f
ih,andofien of the
. »
35 z THE SECOND "BOOKE OF THE

3 CroiTewoort Gentian hath many ribbedleaues fpred vpon the ground, like vnto the ieaues of
S pi >r bucofabb ergicenc. '
lointed ftalkes trailing M
.
thofeoffwceteWilha.r. . idcrccpeth inXgro'unt

farre abroade,whereby it greatly mcreafeth.
Caro/uiClu/itfihazhlci ne a kindc of Gentian, nJiicii herece -
4
from mailer Thoma Petim lemorie , and a fecond
Ditf.
.:?. '
7 ' < '-'
bookeforthefeuenthof cV^-- whereinne S read y decciued himfelfe, and hath with a falfcde-
like, firmeandfolide, fo mt.
(..iDilewoortGcntian.Theleaues are broad

imooth, full ot ribsoi iinewes /.ctabouttheitalkcsbycouples/oneoppofiteagainilanother. The
•kTkefUse.
:
i de of the waie leading fram Braintrie to much Dunmo w ; and in the horic way
They flower and tic fe sripeid September.
GmtfusUvp I -harvfcditinmedicincfa
named in EngfifhFelwowt Gentian;Bic-
janng,purging, clenfuig,an<!rc-
mooning orobltructior extreme bittcrnefle
fuchis
3 It is reported to be good for thofe that are troubled with crampes and conuulfions for ;
It
are burft,or haue fallen from fome high pi; e r s and bad ftomackes.
2 thisisoffuch force : helpeth cattle which are not onely rrouMW
"
Ed
i _ u i- i nd herbe
'"""""'JJencfflO*
dftomackchelpcthdigefe
.jngealcdbloud; and is goodagainft all colde difeafes of theinw
OfEnglifh Fehoort. Qhap.ioi.

"kThedefiripion. ,.-j,
a
HOUowe leafed Felwoort or Englifh Gentian,hath many long touei
-..'•-. "'_-"
'
-
italke,iointedor neuery knot with one leafe,andfoffi«»

mo -keeping oocertainc .citalkes roundabout^
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfTSaJlard Fehoort. Cbap.ioz.
THe Baftard Felwoort hath many fmall tender branche?,fet with many little leaucs at euery
"rings thereto
fattened.
-
.
;
,, .....-.,',,,.,
*% compaaof'fiuelittleleaues 3 of a perfed blew colour.

AIpcs Felwoort of the fprir.g tit
* The flace.
The firft of thefe wildc Gentians doth erowe vpon the mountaines of Heluetia, and ofGerma-
^bucareftrangersasyc,
•
;, caUedEridgcho
, called Eridgchoufe.
'
/ Colbrookeneerc London; on i' '
the Lordc of Pembrookcs houfe at

Wilton, andvponachalkiebanke in the high waie b
They flower and flourifli from Auguft to the ende ofOctober.
Their is asmiic&fi n in writing, afwellinEngl
Of Calatbian Violet, or Autumne bellflower. Cbap. io^.
* The defection.
ingftalksa<panhigh,ai;u
-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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<.'• .,'. .
v, ,,...;
•;.
01 Lung flower: in Englill
The latter Phifirions

hold it leffe&uallagainft peftilent difcaf
Of Venus.Lookingglafe. Cbap.io^
D Efides the former

Bell-flowers there i lik T '
'i::Xe^s!Th?fW
-
whea they haue J ' P

perfected their feed.
;

n Veneris. Venus Looking glafTc.
* ThepUte.
ighetl fields among the <
Dngchccorne byGreenehithe,
thence toward Dan ;
Iingofthefecde.
/ - , << ,L idles gMe.TheBraban'ders

toongcall it iUâUitn aptEfftL
r temperature , of the anc

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
'TS
. -
Invas reported vnto me In i

ethinawoodol h
ownenecrctohishoufe.it N orvthe mountainein
VwV; II '-cikcthi^vi-.. ,-. Howbcitldarcaffurc
you,that they grow in ray garden at Londony h and feedetl) very well.
ThcfirftnowrcthinIune,andthefccondinMay. . .
nhittmvu
hareblMcbe-.mdwoi
tl ic nofe caufeth fncefing , and purgcth the brainc from groffe and D
i'.swaie the fits of agues, IrillethE
Ofvilde "tohite Hellebor. Qbap. iotf.
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^bt.t altogether greater,

le white Hcllcbor.
'
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Jit to be hot and drk
Ofour Ladies Slipper. Chap.ioy.
i.V.t;
-,
•:" •,;•;
.
Scfiwtâpenfcccr-. U. '
^ -
^^ctothcddwrkSv
%
^ '"^ "° "S^™* 5 C! "
S " 0t
" """ Y
i or u .-,1c .
OfSopemort. Chap.ioS.
Tr Cfta
fe°
f ^P-oortarcflipperf; fltSrS, iointed, acubirehighor higher: the
crcutr
y^ :;t
:\ fat aretheneereltto rhe
"
i Jike to the rootes of blacke Hcllcbor. AndiSey hauc onw ta

Tipoflible to deftroy them.
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and running brookes in funnie places.
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lentherbebeauoided.
....
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r//f, or
•;
water Pcppc
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Di'tch CCr.u.t
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':'i,
l :
D , , I
woort.ofth
W^few'' c\
•AtlumbtgooiPltmei dde
3*2 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
;t, and dead Arfmart,
Arfmart is hot and dfa .cording to Qden.

Dead Arfmarys oftemperature colde and fomthing drie.
•jus of the fingers (called among

the
thor,it muft be firft butied vndcr a ftone before it be applied ; which doth fomewhat difcredite the
erthefaddle,
OfBettjtmers. CbapA
* Thtkindts.
iteft number of them when they be bro-
fome likewife be grear3 others fmall; differing very nota-
blie afwellin colour of flowers^ asinfhape and proportion: which fhall be deuided into fundtk
chapters 3according to the neernefle ofthem in kinred and neighbourhood a :
"-* stalled VioU mariau.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 5 55
tclbedefiriftio*.
, /^ 0:icr.:i^>/..|-- -dr-cofrbcr.r, <•:-. ?,:,-
m oft of theBcll flowers :,;i .1 dmx^s ,h,r,-,,-Ci

1 l :
,.'"'. 7'.'''' :
-; ;';;. ;/.. \': •',.:.:..
;; ;;; ;-. \;V.'' ::/ .
ngofthefeedc.
Ik . growe in woch lamongthebufhcs, efpe-
t iu ' bds,bic. nrne.fhe r

"c.i-
fantBei flowers we hai:e in !v for the beauty of their flowers 3 ai though
fillet rootesjboiled and cat en w
OfTbroteWoort,or Canterbury "Beh. Qhap.\
i -pH
TfLpepo,
''" !l
au.
;
, thm,andofaperfe&blewc
.ke and long Iaftjng.
* The white Canterburie bels are fo like the
-
tewoortcofhisvemx incuri.^ the
° K,hi:l Lout the cdges.Theftalks
icroundmdh
'--•;.:.. .-.,.",: :;..• ::;-
.
-.
3% THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
j£r- BlwGmtcTburiebds. White Cantcrburiebds.*
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
: voort hathvc, „. a .
hdy indented about the edges. The ftalke
e bottomc to the top ; from the bofomeof
hereon dothgroweafairc flower faftiioned
: .
.,..:..•:
. ,:; :..;.".
: three firftdefcribed.
dots ind hedgerowesof Kent,
bam about the parke there

.:.
%
All the kindcs of Bell flowers do flow *n the beginning of Auguft'
fio ; 1 ..ulclattu l
'" ! « " -V : !",!,;.,
thenamefetdowneinth- .
,o 3 orclfcreferreittoafut-
therconfideration.
tlLmmmm.
Thefe plants are colde and drie asarcmoftofthcBellflowc
^ •fheophrafttts3Xi6 P
i the later writers as alio of
excellent good againft the inflam
Z 12 -
white wine.
OfTeach behind Steeple beh. Cbap.in.
T Ike as there be fundrie forts of the greater Bell flowers, fo i there alfo many kindes of fmallM
D tablemaner,thattheyare afietobediftingui '
a
e chapter following.
^HHePeachleafeBeUflowerhathagreatnumbcrofmu'^n Li i- .V'.v.zr.ic
I '
I bufhoutofthegr
and thefe a
other laft before mentioned, growing vpon goodly tallftem
. .
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4 TheyellowBeil T b, bearing at the top"

weake and tender ftaB ,
yf^rf
and bright
..:thc lcaucs that grow next to the g^
'
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Little purple Bell flower.
Jerroot,ofthcl
colour,!ying flatvpon th< / ,

CSj ( ct here and there with
a few leaues. The flov, c <c > hitc colour.
6 The other fmall Bell flower or wilde i
he precedent, butonelyin
colour of the flowers : for as the others ate
foorth the difference.
except that fmall one with yellow flowers, do growc wilde in moftplacesof
ft,
vpon barren fandie heathcs,and fuch like grounds.
ntoAugu'ft.
:s fct foorth theirnames in Englirti and Latinc, which is as much as

HISTORIE OP PLANTS.
c
Of%dmpio}is,or wide Bettflw*ers. Chap.uz.
•\ ** # the deferiftion.
THe Rampion being one of the Bell flowers, hathleaues which appeere or come
great
footthatthe beginning [omewhat large and broad, '
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:
Rifwcrtlusnemorofus.
WoodRampions;
The full is fowcnand fetin gardens, efpccially
nMay,IuneandIuly.
'
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Of WaUflowers, or jeHon>Jloc(e qUloflomrs. Cbap.n^
areforthemoftpaugravili. railiecol m ed
i. JSSSmSl Heftalkcs of the Wall flower are fulfof greene branches ; theleauesarc Iong,mr-
*^3^ little kai. <,-nrh:Jusc

ned long reddifh ieedc. The whole plant is rtirubbic, of a wooddie fubftance, and can eafily endure
- '
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• _ ,
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plant is fo wellknowcn to aU.that it lhall be nccdlefle co fpend much time about the defcripnon.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
irches euciy where among
ft gardens of England : whereof we haue another fort
in Chert^T ^ "^
Jncy flower ft
^ m ^ ? the yeere Iong ' but ef ecial 'y in winter>
P whereupon thepeopk
180 *" 15 ca Jlcd in Grcckc^rii.r,

ArK? inUtinc rick lutta, and Leucomm- hteum : in the
uouftockeGilloflower,
*"* a little baie falt,and bound about the wrefts of the hands, *
^ taketh
THE SECONDBOOKE OF THE
OfStocke (filloflovpers. Qhaf.\\\.
T Nder the name of ftocke Gilloflowers " :

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* Xthedefcrhtion. 4^ <U
I HC ftalkC of the g rcatftockcGilliflowcris twofootchighorhigher,rouiid^
B§H^fl
Ezâ^sd a white e.-. -come vp long and nar-
. I tutândroundfeedcThcrootcisofawoodicfuftaunc^
stheftalkealfo.
ThepurpkftodeGiUoaower.isIikcthcprccedcntinechrcfpcft/auingthatthcflowerJof^
m h
is like the garden ftockc Gilloflower.but lefTcr.
Îdeftockedlloflowcrdoth growevponrockicandftonicffiouiuaia,
.
"% flower in the beginning of the fpring,anSrinue

Homing all the fommer long.
»SSS£f°J
"
flower.
V,olett
WC1
hl<«<l»*s :
; itine «*• -Italians U,
inEngliftStocke Gilloflower, Garnfey Violet, and Caftle Gillo-
TOt ° r
"Phifidre evr r
,
yet are thc y nor vfed 4
fot 0nSl1 "
ut *" c ic
modeftic Iomr '
. .

ic made of the flowers of Stocke Gill
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I anhoariewhitc (hike of, two foote high, dii
follow long cods and fce'de,likc vino the garden ftocke Gilloflower.
nextthe ground long,G, line downie hoarineffe, »nd
fniptvpon the one fide. thelcafcof Buckesbotne.

of the
t leflcr. The flowers growe at the top
sad of fowerfmallleaues, of a darke purple colour. Thefeede is conteined in long ,
1
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
rjtucciwnmrintmhtifoUm. '
'
fooadleafedSeaftockcGilloaower. *The bfiriftioi
"I
n
.3 This Sea ftocke'
^^Wi
^DW
vpon the ground,
lcaucs fpred
cutontheedge^
fc 1 1
colour tending to a purple. The feede is
'* The defer >
s, gr< •ring in a great tuft, (lightly in-

'•
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ftalkes 5ofa gold yellow colour. The

The fmal Yellow Sea ftocke Gilloflower hath
ts do growe neere vnto the Sea fide, about Colchefter, in the He of Man, neerc Pre-
They flourifh from Aprill to the endof Auguft.
There is no vfe of thefc in phifickc,butthey at
Of Dames Violets,or Queenes (jilloflowers. Qhap. \\6.
reat large leauesofadarkcgreenecoiom,
D Ames Violets,
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wherein conteinedfrnalllongblackiOifeed. Therooteisiien

ugcods, is
l,fauingthatthi5plant
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flower in Maic and Iune,the fecond yecrc after they be fowem

They efpecially
Dames Violets is called in] 'inter Violets, & Viola.

, &tteDamas, and Girofftes des Dames, or OHatrones
, winter Gillo flowers , Rogues Gilloflowers, and clofe
The leaues of Dames Violets are in tafte (Tiarpe and hot , very like in tafte and facultie to Em*
D r Rockct,and
feemeth to be a kinde thereof.
The diftilled water of the flowers hecreof is counted to be a mod cffe&uall thing to procure
Ofwhite Sattinflower. Cbap.n 7
illbraunche
Dames Violets,orQueenesGiIloflowers,fome-
like
whatbroad and fnipt about the edges, &in fafhion
almoft like Sawcij alone, orlacke by the hedge.
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: of the great burre Docke

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is by newefliootes of the roote.

the woods about PinncTjand Harrow on the hill 3tweh
The fecond groweth about Watforde,fifteene miles from London.
They flower in Aprill the next yeere after they be fowen.
They are commonly called Jk&amubj abarbarous name,we had rather call it Viok IttifolUM
rioL luuarit, or as it pleafeth moft HerbarJfts/'/^^r^r/^êBrabandersnameitpenntnCit
JlOCmettj of the fafhion of and Jj3aeft& WOflMtt)
•
.
jicaufe it alwaies flowreth neere about the :er Herbarifts do call it
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but**
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
AccrtaineChirurgianofthcHeluetians, compofcd a
ampcd togither,adding thereto oile and waxe.The feed
I
Galen 1m zPrfoonewoort, or Madnoort Cbdp. 1 1 8

Of .
A
it The defer
defer iptkn.
ip,
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hdcwordsMadw,
tending to blew.
his booke3 than to be inferred in
Of%gfe Campion. Chap. 119 .
Campions/omc of the garden, and orhers of the field the vvhicl

THerc be diners forts of Rofc Campion of Conftantinople.
:
fhaUbe diuided in I
md firftof the
7he defer if tic*.
:.. '... i
Hl^ 'r#w/SUorrkme;-.
..HouxrofBnftowc,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfKofefrmpion. <?*•"".
,
i -pHefirftkindeofR ( :
idwoollie^ndateuery
:
in, but leffer, and much
P^thcrefollcwroir.
.--.dthreddie.
L l
COnd
?
0fe " ,r
f . ;,ue.s,orfaniionof the
. die flowers of this plant are ofamilke
thcotherred.
"^Rofe Campion groivcth plentiful^

in moft gardens,
*"*"
^.v Hower from lime to the
ende of Auguft .
,jraria»*Kofi,C*li R efa,C*Ups : otDi-

^'^ ;,:.;..:..'',.; ,-^
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UKh
â«mtof?im,andipmmifiror5 itn.
1

: ofRofe Campion, fakl 1 >rt in the fecond degree.
Of wide rofe Qamfwm. Chap.i

tbnUfyluestrUrubelkfiore. ^ LychnhmArimiînglia
Englifh Sea Campion.
* Tbedefirittton.
THe
among
wilde rofe Campion hath many rough
which rife vp long,foft and h'airic ftalkes, 1
broac
like leaues, but lefler. The flowers eroweattheit the top

t< of the ftalkes,compaft of fine taU
leauesjofareddiihcoloiu _ds annexed thereto.
2 The fea rofe Camp: onuhe lower part vpvwrd,

Purilane. It hath many
which leaues are thicke ,i h an the leaues of fea
a fmall white
crooked ftalks fpred vpon the ground, a foote long ; in the vppcr part whereof there is
' " .elikealictle cup , i

"d.cndbum, orSpadmg
o
wndSdOn" ilderedkinde,butthac
4 Thefourthkindeofu: imgthemfeluesinto^
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roote fomewhat giofle and thick.

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the top of the fmall braunches like

CoweBafill,< U° n !
a ftodeG ^"TheftaS
HI^TORIE OF PLANTS.
kmarU.
one place of ec'lie
lowifh colour.
-. '
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d flourifh raoft part of the fom-
te^/tfi inEnglife wilde
.ampion, beaten to powder and drunke. doth
Ofmila» berbe,or Loofeftrife. Cbap.i
D;; ..,. y,.v.- . . .

.
iwcwfflfeauc toafecond
ittconfideration.
'
* Thedefiription.
i *-|-« Hcfirftkinde of ofa
. grayifli grcene colour,
in fhape like th -.vcr one againft another
J[ [
Thefccond kinde
2
...,, ol
purple colour; which being withered,

: former, failing that his
doe growe into doi c that is currie r hc d

.
HISTORIE OF PL
* 1 be defection.
oth (Tiewe it fclfc abror.de

I
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iirunis in die middle..; 1,'n.î. - i :.

;•
JL' Obeli* hath called Lyjh- Ul.uiima c

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fundric ftmllblcw flowei kg thofc of Alehooue.The
root is fmall and fibrous,difperfing it fclfc vndcr the earth far abroad,wherby it greatly increafeth.
and of the height ofa cu-
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c dd
'f:
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along the medowes as

The yellow Lyfmtchu groweth plentifu .,::;.
- '
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>es flower in lime and Inly,and o!
t asD»fiviJetmi.
but it rather retaincth andkecpetli
-od.andtheDyfenteruot
c bleeding of wounds, an
The iuice put into the nofc, ftoppeth 1 1 1 e >.
Q>ap.iii.
OthliOt .::;" _\
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loftface of the earth. Itbearethhis

nail cods like Saracens Confound, but fhortcr:
n the moift medowes of Italie about Bononia and Vincentia : it groweth in my

n Aprill and May v. I. the earth a yecrc
Of Fleabane Mullet. Chap.izq..

HISTORIE OF PLANT
hand - :-,::;, '.'•;.
ie'.Ifvind gi-owctii
OfStarrenoort. O/U25.
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kThedeferiptio*.
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and deckevp the ftalkceucn to the top; whereupon do giouesJ. rK v trs itkhii:. <
( - ; \uhkt ' <-, tVOCllntlV _ .
ninth,b ttr.e: ci'u'r -

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ti. wer doth ne:;c:
h> ;').!•.,; i.
; t:hct>n m thcnmcor'fcedinc)
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1 .werorpurplcjisthougl
Wp*P***Hram
3 94
Thelcaucswh:, '
ckcfankc
. Hauc fuch a purple colour as darke Violets on a bankc.
*rt*vtrt*es.
I
The flowers are good to be giucn vnto children againft the Squinancie,and the falling ficknes.
OfWoade. Cbap.ud.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
•k The defer iptkn.

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followe little rounder mdfiiUoffibres.
Cow Bafill groweth in my garden : but EphemeTjn isa ftranger as yet in Eaglandc.
They flower in Maie and Line. '

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O/5efamoides,0r baftardWldorWoadejut o/Diofc. £%.u8.
'-p Here hath been r .iprehendedvnderthenameS^wafo, a|
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nakedly fct downe ; the beft haue done 1
ther repute them for kindes of diers Woadf j or ofthe wilde Poppies.
I sefimoidesUlamantictimmagmm.
Great baftardeWoade.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 35>7
evp immediately fromth
A^^h/gSMo nehher'Srs notfeede, butisincixaieuo
- .',. ,.-. ,
.
-,
. .• -' - te is sjreat 3 Iongand wooddie.
•
KTbtplact.
Thcfe do growe in rouj id the feedes fentme from Paduainltaue,
:
Idoenotfindcinanya : -.fed then the tit'.-: jjeh
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OfVierswek. Chap.np.
:cd,orycl!o™'ccdc. -J: The defection.
i)
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OfStaves a{er. Chaf.xyz.

-..:•-.,- y.
...
iegcr,is good to be rubbed vpon lowfie apparclI to deftrby and

3 driue E
"is to be taken inwardly without good aduife, and correction of the F
that many times death enfueth vpon the taking of it. &
Of Talma Cbrifti. Cty.131.
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irtbtiejtriftkn,
jy /«««,,Pa!nuC ! ubitshigôfabwwj
beaneJmaXadonôfabhckiai colour.rough and fcalic.
* Theflue.
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v, l; cM.clt;, :.• offended,, and thereof

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thathbeenfodacn, isgoodforthccoUicke
idagainftthc paineinthc t h alio againft thelit-
is good againft extreme coldnes ofthe bodie.
Of
:
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of Spurge. Qhap.iyi.
all Chapter, cfpeciallj icmvfedinPhificke.

feueraltyjit were but to tell one tale oftentimes ouer.
s like vntotheleai.es of Fla:

i like th
name 3 Sunne°Spurge, ot
h lhC kaUeS arC likC Vm ° Purflane but not fo reat the flovvers >' e; 3 '
L in h f » S : -
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S v
b:
5itherlefler, and groweth more vp-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 4 °i
... rmiti,.rtert * Tht Aefcriftion.
IS V '
5
CyprcsTithymale hath roundcreddifti (hikes
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^L arclikc the former.
tthmslwcharitLti M > %'.

d Spurge. •
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*Tht&firifth
intiruled Camionum emu jj,, ,1. . , , -^ „.
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leSnecrc vnto £/*/* w/wr,

as and Apothecaries of Venice as akinde
r .
colour like AriftokthU mm

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. Iht defer-i'Uon.
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the whole plant yccldiiigi
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kindemayeafily beknowen "'r, n cd,aIthoughtheybeve-
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The firfl kindc ofSpurge groweth bythc fea fide

'
Eflex,atLangtree point rightagainft Harw
iflex,atLangtree point '
The Spurge called C haracias groweth in moil woods of]
Thefe plants flower from Iune to tl
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d Spurge; the cknenth d leafed Spurge; the
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K,but the rootc is ofleaft ftrength. 1
,
HErbc Terrible;
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Myrtus. The He of Scabious flowers, of a purplecolour.
chmeleaye* fomewhat ftronger,

leafanttafte like
n Englrfh Gutwoort , which groweth by the fea
ery goodly to behold
zjiyfenttru, and fuch like imrnoi

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 4 oP
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ithoutmilkc. .
Tliefe plants do grow vpon the n tier places in thegrauclly grounds,

and are as yet ftrangers in England.
They flourish in Auguft and September.
There are not any other names:: e tluirusiafl orm-nthec Ir.
Ofherbe aJIoe, or Sea Hottfcekc. QhaM¥
Hi
/I
A \A
A M A
n
R Earb e AI °« hath leaues like rhofc of Sea
° nion > very long, broade,(mooth , thickc.
oyreafonitpinethawayu.c bcir, ten.

i .
Torrofut in Spanifh <^4zcuar,•
The herbe is called of;
~'-
' ie remedies again
es, and there is none of the
^thatistofuv tvsgoodfornianythings. It is moderately
anenplaiftickcorc. ,
binding.
A d .ulconuenientmedicineforthefto m ack,if
a nyltXvvS< ,
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C One dram rhcr. of gi
n 0l
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j it£ ] c more js y„ 0l ,gh.

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ir.candrcdhotverTeU,and
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F The fame author.

Jack and blew fpots,which
•-..:
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:•'- -:,v :
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ihrning, of abrowne ;
iegmaukc^cbofcfe
:
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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OfHouJlee(e3 orSengreene. Q>ap.i$.
«, biting ftonc Crop,or Wall pepper.
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are flowers orderly placed of a darke
'.':•:.
',..
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:
yellowc,&fpredlikeaftai '
gs withering away
therooreis ireedint -i> it!;i'.rrby thccolde
Tl^Zs*****'* wcllkno c o^li lie L c Ifoi Fr unce, Germaiie Bote
..:.- . .; <:: '.:.[;:,.,:.•.. :

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B Tfaeytakeaw,
5TORIE OF PLANTS. 413
with Barly mealeand vineger preuailcth agamflunitS. Anthonies fire, all hot bur- E
cers,and againft foldings, burnings, and all infl; , andalfothegowte
boiled in Oxungia porci,or

lightfhade, and the buds of Poplar boile
.Garden Nightfhade, F
irPopuIeon that cue
and feete, if they be wafted and bathed thcr- G
:
The decoaion of H. i
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nft the bloodie & ™, and h
OflittleHoufleekeorStonecrop. Chap. 1^6.
if little Houfleeke defcribed by tl:

,T2#£
^
.:.; \,r
T:rbc, '•."-
cteepingvponthegroundw!!:
crea fhadowietuftj andinthcfe,fineycl-
duc a fpan high ; on the tops whs

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g the about the few and
i leflcr : Icaues ftalkes ate little h
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.;
ro0tCCrCe '
!lcndcftheed s
!, ics ll kîlc 1 dcr[blkcjc t .v,tbafe,c(.chl keleaues '
3 hauin|atth e
1
:rthrufttogithe
-' '''.'.:
tUmlicw*, otPottlandStonectop, of the Englirti Hand
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called
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^Vdotnforthcrooftpart
r,: :, ,. -
g^t s'tonccro âfcetloofttt; iiiEnglifli Wilde Prictoadam,

o^Wot^ fl"
T , . * The temperature andvertues.
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is good for the harc-burne.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfthefmalleH Stonecrops, called wall "Pepper. Chap. 137.
»ne crops there 1 .icfcriptionsftullbcfei

OFtheieimaU.'>! '
lamesfordiftinaions
.-.. i'.-.i.- .-.„... -. :..;

lvl '
Tlleecbra. tltnie alfo witnefTeth that
* Thetemperature.
It wafteth away hard -m, as pioforuktmhedi.

lea
A
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tentimcs cure the quartainc ague and other agues of Ions?, c
OfOrpjne. Qhap.\$.
* The defeription.
1 >"T"< HeSpaniftiOrpyne fendeth foortl

iii like manner are thicke,
fmooth,groilc,t: the edgesj, broader leafed,
& greater then thofe ofPi cq Ie% are fet oppofite one
rotinde tufts are ofapaTe wito long kirnelsj waxing

fharpetowardethcpoi. rthofthem.
2 The feconde which. vcrv many rounde {hikes
thatare fmooth, but noi thicke, broade,and often^
times fomewhat nicked in the edges, teffei I
ed out of order: the flo-
:.•.-
vhite,weIlbodicd 3 & full ofternels TV
.
,
'.: ..;,,.:,.. :,:,:...:,-... . .,
dowie woods in moft places of Englandejin echc refpeft like th

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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•
:incfic of tcmpcraturc,and thinncs of cflencc be ioincd withall.
Ofthe[mailer Orpins, £hap. v$.
THcOrpin aieflerthat,
flendcrer,and for the moft pan
der,ofa more blew grecne, groflc
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therefore we may cali it i i ieucr dying Orpin.

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,;.uden,and another rvMc -a
x of the fca ; one phificall, the other a baftard kinde.
1
[y fowen in gardens,and 1 being digged &dunged;

itdelighccthtc^
doth erC „, ,r.

feed" be ripe it c.
.... I v.',, '..'.".

The temperature.
:
fomoift.
nigh the faltnes mixed therewith, which is
o:thwoormcs,andftoppcththeIaske. G
Offea Turjlane, and of the baslarde grounde Tines, Jntbillis,

orftinkingground Tine. Qhap.vp.
moftthofeofBi':. broad and fur cbciootck

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*\ ft\ s-\ V—O. /- !
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There is foundc another wildefeaPurflane
fait tang taflr..

tj^pfyA
5
iat3 thisftrangeplantisgreate r,the
fliarpeand narrower, refembling
Ch*m*pttys, and the whole plant
iJfl " li
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growe vponbanke:
5
IandejandonRauen-fpurncinHoldcrncll-.
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ThcfeflouriThandflOT J fofounde other kindesheereof with whi-
-,:,.: ". -,.:.. , -...
- -uiainSpaine.
reeke Ascitis alio called in Latine mBmm: in

uutch ?tti?o&tmm XmE
inEngliftifea ground Pine.
Thcleaues (faith Dicfioriiti) are boiled tobHa^,'

-a dramme waightof the roote being drunk
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Ofherbe Iue3 orground Tine. Chap.i^z.
- - -
ill bairie leanest
• c about the ftalkcs

< I
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iMgfti Ercnch/* •
Forgcuncnot,groBndcPine,
hot in the fecond degree and drie in the third.

.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Heraclea in Pontus do vfe it againft Wolfes banc in fteed ofa countcrpoiforh
Thepowderhetcot i cwafteth away the hard*
thefirftground Pin,- »t Co effectually., as rv'u :,s
ClufiMofwhom mention wasmade,hathnot faid any thing of the vertuesof chamdfyi

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is more pleafing and fan

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OfZhQmehpoortjr Temrivpoort ofthe wall. Chap.ift
fcThedeferifth*.
1 >-p Hegreaf ,
ithickclcau
I the edges, and it on the vpper part , hauing a fhott tcnde;
..
j
ftem fattened to the midft of the ierneath the ftalke, whercoi

T <
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2 Thefccondkindeo' lei woort, hath broad thickeleaues,fomewha
liketoongs/prcdvpon d ler ftalke, like to SengreetV
rapcorEni
;
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cisfinallandtl!
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precedents but the round edges of the leaues are
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;alfoRedrot,whk
inNorthfolkek; .
00 :thbacke, fcowrethandconfumeth, or waftctha way, as Gilt*

°
teMeth.
**hevemts.
A TheiuiceofWallPennywoort
.
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bathedthere-
vfethe Water Pennywoortin: [leadcofthisofthewalLwhict
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panbungetb
death vnto then, :n,byaftrongerreafon.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfSeaTennywoort* £hap.\^.
eMatbioli. a Kstnirofice m
"kThe deferiftkn.
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' inki ddlulJiUiic Wiaeupon .cHc.oaiils.-tM nt| k

water are of a pale afhe colour, but being taken foorth, they
prcfently vvaxe white, as SeaMotfe
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decerned in the defcription -
„-;,
,
!;i
,
:ng k ,,., v
.
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* rh
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hrde Ândrofice flowreth in Iuly.and the (cede is ripe in Augufl
ces is of fome called rmbiltcwmitrifitu,or fea Nauell.

The fea Nauell is of a i nought it to be,andle(fe
OfRQsewoort, or "B^se roote. Chap. 14.5.
,tfacvppcrendoi
ftandeth out of the ground, and is there of a pur-
plifli colour, bunched andknobbed like the rootc
at 3 ofapieafantfmellwlic.
leaiiesarefetroundeabcwr i
* Theplace.
P ar g a"
a place called Lgle b o rou hF ei s neerevnto the
g
brookc fides, and not elfe where that I can as yet
led Rhodes : but doubtlefle it tooke his name ti°;
founde, that
Rofcwoort
but : haue
this I
ftampcdwithoileof Rofesand laide to the temples of the head, iteafeth the pawc
Of Samper. Cbap.iq.6.
The later Herbarifts haue obferued certaine kindes of Sampier,as (hall be declared.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
andpleafant.
2 ThefecondSanracrc
.
*i8 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
idbladder.
Of giajfe Saltwort. Cbap.^j.
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mto the laft before remembredjbut altogither lefler.

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
GlaflcwoortjOrSaltwoort. * ThetUce.
Thefc plants arc
Iian Fior JeChriffaljhatisji ,,, [, c j g a ifo ca u cd f û ers

ôriointcdGlaffewoon : -and Frog grafTc.
rt is hoc and dric : the afhes arc both drier and hotter, and that eucn to the fourth de-
igqnalitie.
>",:<;:.. -, . .
usanddcadly. The fmell and fmokealfoofthisherbe being
li thofe medicines, that ferae to take away fcabs and filth of C
Jo report.
*<™V^:t7j;: Vn D
i"CtStfret e r"
t,the fat of GlafTe)doth woondcrfuliy drie. E

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wherein it is boiled.
O/Thormeâxe. £>/>.q.8.
1
>-p« Hor,ow «jw a «oi .
Btcdiuicie^totna-
43o THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
that vpon the fuddcn v»
ich no'doubtbtoughtintothegarden wouldc
I TerfolUtt'VttlgtrU. 2 Terfthaufil^Hofi.
^(X ^^
f
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K^
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hath beenecalled from the beginning /«/«&

, foUowmgthcfignificationof the tunc: wc ci
Of Home wort. Cbap.^y.
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433
pointed huskes blacke of colour, and duelling like rofin.The roote is long, yellow, and ofa wooddy
fubftance.
w, than an apple to an oilier. Thisplanti:

altogithcr like the precedcnt,butfinaller .wherein confiikth the difference.
3 HypericumtomntofimL'Obeltj.
Woolly S Johns woort. * The defcription.
3 Woolly S.:
ofdownincflc;a
•
.
.
S.Iohns woort.
* TkflMte.
They grow very plentifully in thepaituresineue-
They flower and flourifti for the molt part in Iuly
S.Iohns to in La-
mclfrtriem : in (hops Perforata: of diuers .F*e*
•..-.
* The vert
S Johns woortjwith his flowers and feede boiled ar .-.md is right good A
ddcr.aiu ppcththela4
ll
I tapped are good to be laide vpon bui ads j and alfo for B
The leaues, flowers,and fcedes ftamped, and put into a glaffe with
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:
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:
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space of fortiedaies togither, cureththe Sciatica, E

The fame auihoi .7 tertian and quartan agues. F
S. "Peters Vpoort,orJquare.S.fohnsgrafe.
Of Chap.î.
S.Peters woort. * The defection.
She bofoml ofthkh'h
through as thofe of S. Iohns woort arc yetfom-

:
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OfTutfanôrTarheleaues. Cbap.^z.
ftede.Thcrootcishard,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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•:.
Ofthe great Centorie. Cbap.i^.
•kthe AeJcYipion.
He great Centorie
T bringeth foorth round finooth ftalkes, three cubits I
'tis. Theroote isgrear.long, b"

"
,and biting the t<
.ailing great and large leaues

toothed about theedges.
ges. Theftalkcisfliortertr
more oleous or fuller of iukc, othewife like.
It is called in Greek.- ™ . oirtnphu ,
for Rh» Pontktm is Rh.i gi

ut'P.,.ir ,
• .!
;
Li r differing from great Ccntorie.
' ..;..,. - '.;•(.
wounds rforitioinctli tog.t!

-
conuulfions and cramps, taken in the weight of two drams i
tcJe ofi^/wwiakindcof hs
OffmallCentorie. Chap.ijq..
thefunneisvpdoeopenthernfeiues, andtowardcscuemn^' > fliutvp :ga ne afcc the come
le yello wdoth grow vpon t b in Kent,and fuch like pbc
Thcyarctobcgathercdinthei: [yandAuguft; offor
lis great bitternefle i
'v'u'i. .:•... .;?.
Being boiled in water an - sail , and fpleene, it A

.
againft'the dropfie and int Utnnts Pofi,
juetecur.
Which purge choler and helps liuer that elfc would wafte.
Of Calues fnout3 or Snapdragon. Qhap.i^.
Purple Snapdragon.
i "Tp Hcpurple Snapdragon hath gi , th itfcIfc into maniefrt-

X Eje branches whereupon do growe long Ieauc
:
s
iiteaga'inftanother.
V*
taôrZZT.%1
8 C '
S
orrath« a
Eons nZr! - :rogs mouth,
f
-
•
the wa-
,thbeenelongin
fot
S[SgcS& ^^/
tfe pianc Dringetn foorth
raw
white
i recetot n ene,y
flower , .
i L p*"' ^"p 1 in thc c ° lonr
p(iitcth
° f the
/
flo crs
±e difference.
:
HTSTORIE OF PLANTS.
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iter* : m bngiuli Cuues inont. Snapdragon , and Lyons lna ;
.)
:
in French Tcjteaechien, and 7>/*
They are bound drie
OfTodefla
kl*aefc,t,fmcl<u
Snapdragon, being the fccoi fToSrlawJiathli

HISTORIE OF. PLANTS.
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with many thrcddc,
Variable Todc flaxc. Todc flaxc of Valencia
* Thedefcriptiou.
':" '
''; • '
a Snapdragon /being likewife a kindeof Todc flaxe, hath
- -' : '
.:• L.. ! • . . '
M Vdt"t,m } !
"
growing vpon a ftalke or

nvio^T
ftSr^JvfSn ' o as ye ten een
'-' , ..:..,:...
Forafmuch as this plant :w writers hauc called
7
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•ftheftalksofafaintfhinir
o. ;v. o c t-.bsts ,& is in tafte iharpc &clammie,
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''
,
glittering
reedfaTLallaTdiift.'
8 Golden Todefl trie & tender, gatnifb
•
,
~
; -
ftalkes doe grow tufts of flowers of a gold yellow colour.The rootc is tough and fmgle.
9 Stopm*fiueO(yrUGr*ww». io Pafermafaaria.
" cTodcflaxe. Sparrowcs Tode flaxc
im onefmall ftalke,making the whole pi

- -
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. ', I;: ;.:
The flowers be as it were a burti of he i b
.
afhed and bathed thcrewi
The fame drunken openeth the ftoppings of the liuer and fpleene, and is lingular good for the
undifc which is of long continuance.
Of (jarden Flaxe. Cbap.i^j.
Garden Flaxe. . *TheJeJcriftion.
TH Laxerifethvp with {lender

Theleauesthereofbelong.
J^<
in form&fomewhatlong, fn
die. 'fe'rhepkee.
It profperethbeftinat.
grounde, and by that meanes the flaxe groweth

utobcfoiveningraueUic
eJbnovre:ac«r **&&.
and
mre aliuJ: and that it burnetii the ground
uhthmgalfor/r^tcftih-
Vmnt kthvperfujtplpaHerafomn*.
[j
fleepedothyeeld.
_
---vnxs csr. :di bc-;r
the. i.itt;
:
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F
<J :
(?*/«* in his firft bookcof the fa< = feede heereof A

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Crcffcs.
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r Lwrnfikeartfioribm dhU.
idefinaBfluipepoto.
.
HISTORIE Of PLANTS.
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ftfttyUift. 4 Cham*
^§^
83&3S
* rtr/fr<r
They growc generally in grauellie grounds.
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Thefecondgrowethbythefeafide. The third and fourth growe vpon r<
growc vpon the feabankes by Lee inEflex, and in many places c

Shepey. They grot
They flower from May middcftofAuguit.
OfblackeSahmort. Chap.1^9.
I ...:. among the Legumint. In mil
risgoodtoincreafem:
I me creeping Blacke Salt woort.
by Tilbei^Blockhoufe in EfTexi
Shepey,going from Kings ferry to Sherland ho'ufe.
It flowreth in May,and the feede is ripe in Iune.
rtiallfufEcetocallitinEng-
'
i ^pHerehauebcc .
-notthefamcindeede,
i
Polygala vntothemfeU:,
hereofltpeake) isone,
undwooddie.
HISTORIE OF P-LANTS.
1
5$*&ZEZL 3 Tolygdtfi
$o THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
rhi • v id ;..m:e :s and ftalkeslitc the laftbcforc
warn*
wv •kThecUfcription.
*^s^
herein c' ""-
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They flowre from May to Augiift.
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;
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HSTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfKsotff
..... .... ;
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unplcmanerasthciiiice: orgiucninpov/.
• inc with good fuccefle.

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themotesinthel
\
Polygonum Set
>
-. . .-.:.,.
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iffucs and fluxcofbkn id cakneffe ofthe backe be

nficntthegges.
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pi»*e drop by drop, when
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< :'.. ,
-
E The leaues'ofParfley Piert, Moufeare,of cche one ounce when the hcrbes be dried, Bale berries,
-'-• :
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:
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hath bcene prqpu
•
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fe aforcfaidc.
OfRypture rtoort. Qbat> .\6y
T'rKnoteraflccommon-
'
calk 1 ,] r
lowe creeping herbe, hau,

>fl the eroundc,y«vr-
""hplacesth.u
It is reported, that be for ruptures, and that very

beeneburiten,were reftored to health by the vfe of this lierbe alfo : the powder hee
wine , doth make a man t pt, and that it wafteth aw;
the kidncics,and expelleth them.
2 'I :-.:< « ..,!;• Tin.e cliat brin.;~th f< )orth white flowers, differed! m
3 SerpiUwnnu: ... , 4 SerfiUummuuttiore dbo.
Great purple
t
ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
littlcflenderbranchesfui: ;r~ and harder. Theflow-

ers be ofa purple colour, and of a twinging: , and is hotcci than
4 This other great one •

lot from the precedent, hailing many knaps
'
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:,..; :: : : , , . :,..-' r '
:
...:.: !;, ;
>u. ,,
and longer. The fmcll is more aromaticall than any of the others, wherein is the difference.
.called SerpillumCitratum,
wilde Times.
* ThtfUce.
kindelfoundatJv
They flower from May

lytothecndoffommer.
to the end of fommer.
-
is called I..: : Strpii>um,kfe rpendofii en
ferpendo&i creeping : in
•
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.'. neither of Ti -
.,....,. :,.„::.;.::,.,_.
•; /
•
,
• :. ',. ' v. .,
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;
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• ,; :
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rc -, -
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nie, and other fuchkmdes of flowers. Yet

f«r?//inthe fecond Eglog of his Bucolicks, doth moft mas
herbc,and not a fhrubbie plant,in thefc wordes,
TheBjlit dr rtpidofefit mtforth m tftu
h parching heate;
-iUcdGiiarwu^sPliHi
Wilde Time is of temperature hot and dri thinne and fubtill partes
r '
utting,and much biting.
It bringeth downc the nne, applied in bathes and fomentations it /

hicket^tbreakeththcftu ..Uc,a n droadnes andftai.
3
cth the vomiting of blood.
-
nvieger again t e vomiting ot bloi
Ofgarden Time. Chap. 1 tf5.
'here be two forts of garden Time among the old writcrs,the latter Hcrban: ".
Utifolium.
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Madeinto powder and [

I *Oflrisnariuepi
keth away all fla
Qhap.i6i.
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•krhedtfiriftion.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Winter Sauorie is oftemperature hot and driein the thud degree

45* THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
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edtoAebeDyinafomencationîtfoorthwithhelpcththcmotherprocccdingofwindc. ^
OfVodder. Chap.166.
355**** * rhe deferiptios.

CVftuttfx Dodder, is aftrangeherbe, &
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 4S3
aunevr.:tcd:oit,in.>;: ',Acui the met jdc
pcncly^n, w 11c iiicharcioii'.cdv.i::: the
...-.• .--.;.:.,::;....
OfHyppe. Cbap.\6j.
Ic-thc kinks.
HP Here be diuers forte ith white flowers 3 other*

A ofapurpliihblev.-o. : is prefent Chapter.
r "pv /u/^r/^that g , hath left Hy (Tope altogi-
inthat,thatthisHyfiop. : .aire red flowers.

HylC with bkw flowers. HÊ^wiSiSdifhto
3 The third kindc of Hyflbpehathleaue^ ftalkes,branches, fcede

Hyflbpe,and differeth in the flowers onely,which arc as white as in '•
"
kindcs of Hyflbpe do growc in fome others alfo.
They flower from Iune , to the end of Auguft.
Hyflbpe is called in L lined among the Germans

Brabanders,French men ,Italians 3 and Spaniards. Therefore that fhall fuffice,which hath bcene fe
r
. idimpoftumes ' '
i
- ....::.''•
.- . ...•:. :':.
OfHedge HyJJope. Qka$.\6%.

"•—
TJ Edge Hyflbpe isa Wplant or about a
n
fpan
hr''
'-
long, very
: ' like v
A than Hyflbpc,biit very like. Thcfo

,

•. .,;:.,>.:.;. ,,:..r, :]:.:., -...;;
....... •' ....
, which con
* rhetUce. , _-
The
-
Wanted in my arden. i»
garden,
Thefirftgrowcthi
head
ito the
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The firft flowreth in May, the fccond in Auguft.

HISTORIC OF PLANTS. 467
lade.openetli the bclly.and caufeth notable loofencs,and to fcowrc frccly,and by thacmcanes
OfLauanderfyikg. Chap. 169.
White tloiv
.guedockejnFranceôftof
theZn--
if
I :f
With purple viokr,moft pleafant to behold.
—^=-
: And likewife in the fourth ofhis Georgicks,where
Bees 3 and for the ordering thereof.

Hm circum Ctfut virides,&ole»tU late
SerfHkrfrgrmiter#iru>tUcofUThjmbr«,
About the fea
| ^planted
- J..:..-,' . :.. .
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ledCafitpoctica. •klhetempemtuye.
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clV'Icd' ater x L ,_
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dine0e s turning
thereof, doth helpether
t
Conferue made of tl ;<• the o;lcafcs aforefaid, if the C
•^kproffteththemnu-L;, -• diMlcd natcrof jj c ,£
Of French Lauander,or Stickgdoue. Chap.ijq.
1 T-iRenchLauander hath a body like Lauander,fhort,andofai
Gg 3
THE'SECOND BOOKE OF THE
LSticadouehathmanyfi, . , .
cc vvh
,i
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lowers of a blewifli colour ; and like vnto the common Lauander

fpike. The roo
Stachasfolio ferrate.
•kThtdefcriftion. ,
3 There is alfo a certaine kinde heereof . diffi..
csnickedortoothedliea
-Lauandercotton.The
rJ, P
r
.
.
Wh great diligence,
cintliecndofAprill,
teticf-asf.ruu:!
A Viofcorides teacher!
of thecheft, andis with
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apoplex.e, the falling &
^clcrJingaad driug
SaileSccr.
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...,.-..:;
OfClone gillojlovers. Qbap.i
em particular ;i , i c o\
iserall chapter. There b s, which we do call Sweet

Iohns,and S weete Williams. And fitft of the great Carnation and Clone G >
1 Caryofhyllusmaximut multiplex. 2 Cwyophyllmm

The great double Carnatu -:i. The double C
leCloucGilloflower.
1
elm name.
ThcicGilloflowcrsjcfpe rextremitieofourcoldc
i-inters.TheCIoucGillo'/. cding
- ; ' •
.
;....
TheConfcru
-
called Matter Rich.
joue meafurc
,...
,
.
....;....
doch comfort
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the hart,being cate
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the dileafe, and
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OfTinksjr vailde (jillofiomrs. Chap. 1 75.
1 ~r~ He double purple

} i
jliointcdftatts by couples,
;
T
- e . e en the fonner.The flowers
-
.
..,-.. ,i :
.
t the name Phmtriutpx feathered Pinfce. I

Doublc'piirpIcPir.kes. ' Single red Pinixs.
HTSTORIE OF PLANTS.
ofThrifândofabittert
I fftltttiC IcauQS I .yv,;-'.v!,;itiagrtdiiu::c

thicke,andwooddierooi
''-'--.:- .-
:
•...: •
the like leaucs, euen to the top by coupies, one

oppofiteagainft another: on the 'c p he
. dim g flowers, comf-ofed '
'•
1th.
There is a Wilde creepingPinke,which grow-
ecially in the great field nexc

tifidcasyougofromRed-
•
l
vpontheground,takirgh>
drie places, whereby it greai
vpon doth growe little reddifh flowers.The roote
is firall,tough,and long lafting.
The flowers ate of .

'
lafting.
:.
478 THE SECOND BOOKE OF TF
with the Clone Gilloflower,and of
Thetcmpetaturcot'ti! ,uc Gilloaowers.
the falling ficknclle.
OfSveeete Iobns,and Sweete Williams . Chap. 1 74..
Whicclohns. Redlohns.""*
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
e fccond differeth not from the other, but in that, that this plant hath redd e flo
dpleafantv
I The great SwcetcW !t,!bmwhatreddifhabout
4 The narrow leafed Sweete William groweth vp to the height of two whites, \ cry ••. -
.
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Thcfc plants are kept and maintained in gardens' more for topleafe the cic, than either the
nofe
They flourifli and br: UandMay, fomevvhatbefore the GiUorW

ers,and after beare their dowers the whole fommer.
epfcenfc as though you fl
Tc they arc wile
ttCv
gardens^bofome^, P
OfCrmejtctoersjrviUeWUiams. Cbap.iji.
The male Crowe Bower. The femaTcro Je ™£
':.... :
lethac doth not differ former of the

from the
EUC for garlands andcr
OfCatch Fliejar bird-Lime mort. Chap. ij6.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 4g3
bThtdefcription.
I *-TH Hriftisalfoa!l reckoned air;onc aiuOcs whi'cii !>;-; .
foorth lcaucs
X graffe .-anion
i; !
B«3er, and fhorter than

BaWandwkhoacfcaiie:
Thefirftisfoundin , or the bordering vpo:
They flower from May till fommcr be fa; f;-cn-.
•'cflowersroffonieff;
: ; ;.. .
OfSneefe voort. Chap.ijZ.

:
# the defer ipion.
, ... :'..•'. :.:. e: Fethcrfevv. This plant is ofgr<

1
i i
i
.
-kThe&firipion.
3 There is alfo another ki
ftheDaifie, in manner
aheknopslile
H [STORIE OF PLANTS. ft
0/ Hare si ram. , Chap.iyp.
2 tnpkurumUtifolhn ; Monfitlienp.
* Thedeferiptio*.
c leafed Hares eares is cal le. PUK<! of the Latine wri-
narrow and grail:, i or balked as ft were with
The feconde kimle called brt

'Sraader&Ser'andr
4»6 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
B The leaiics ftamped with fait and wine, and applied, doth confun
of die r.ecke,called the Kings cuill,and is vfed againft the flone and gi
O/gromeU. Qbap.1%0.
* The defer if tion.

I -p He great Gromc ; , lg ,browne and hoKie
1
ing part, there fucceedeth a gray ftonj : :
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...:. .-.. .;
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-ndftalkeslikethefoaHkindejthefeedc
HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
thatadditamenr^»f,'.: - >rhcformer,thatis,o
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ilium folk , or Gomcll ; the leaues £

ier.,andisaltogitherofa
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tleman of vvorfhip.,called Mailer Ifr///
They flowei
theraeaneiealonthc
Gromell is called inGreeke^J^f.^^ of the hardnefTeof t'le feede: of diner? o z
The feede ofGromell is hot and drie in the fecond degree.
The feede of Gromell pound, and drun
OfQhickpeede. Chap.iSu
» and other fome there bealfowhichwemaycallbaftardeChickweedes: and firft of the beft
It The deferipun.
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Grc.it Chickweede.
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HfSTORIE OF PLANTS.
Right Chickweede.
<* The deferipio».

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difperfcd heerc and there \
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I nckweedc hath a very fmall fingle threddie roote/rom which rifeth vp aflen
finallleaues 3thickeandfatinrefpea fr; ,fR lle or Hcrbe grace. \

flowers grow at the top of the branches c
7 AlfinePetrtt. 8 Allmcfclur
Stone Chickweede. SpeedvveS Chickweede.
4 <?o THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
•kthtiefirktion.
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* thdefirifthn.
There is a kinde of C
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.nerifh grounds, another fort of Chickweede a!togith«

bignesor a
. It hatha longroote, of the
"^hSIS" d
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. r and faiths good againft mangynefle of the hands & legs, ifthey be B
. rcfrefhed with the lefler Chickwced, when they C
OftbebajlardCbicfyeeds. £>/u8z.
A rie:forneaho<Mr r of the flowers.

THE SliCOND BOOKE OF THE
. . ...
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Great Hen
OfTbnpernell. Cbap.fy.
P-
cieeck . C ,o wore coufiitcch oilier
w^
i " .
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
TOtruelysofMtrteBm a wrtia amongthe baltard
n Englifh red Pimpernell 3 and blew Pimperndl.
tsofPimpcmellar
LMnjtofthebodieandfleflijthomes/plintetsorfhiucrsofwoodCj and to hcipe the
purgcththchcadbygargarifingorwad cm ech the tooth- B
.agethitdowne.
OfHrookelymejrwaterTimpernell. Cbap.iZq..
•krhekinics.
Here be fower forts of Water herbes comprehended vnder the name Antgatlutyittht, or
T ..ccdc,whercoffomeaieiiivfebotlnu
Acs, rovmde and parted in

<ad,andofa<"
tender footeftalkes, v
The other differcii, lowers, orrootes, fauing

4
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
it is to fay, of the garden;

:limc doth very well agree. But it :rk-; ;cic
nell, or Water Ch e thereof. '
* The venues.
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'erofFenufv
L
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kn (hall happen vnto it.
nor accident
The Icaues of Brookelimi
belpeth the ftranguric and ftone.
Offtinîng ground Tine. Chap.ify.
o the fca, the which may be n
:.
g fundry waies , befet with fmall leaues of a pale colour,
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the leaues the feede is in t . . ,or the baftardBafill.
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THE SECOND BOOKEJOF THE
fhcreisli'.ie •
.i"-'-inotherfortof^te^t, or s ca
UndeofSeaChickwecrfe
trailing vpon the ground of two handes high;
whereupon do growe ttttl.
* Tie flue.
Thefedogroweinthe I
Engh d, cipecia !y m I it'. :dmt! j c v
m the ylc of Shepey neere
ning,andlaft at night.
OfWbttebhmejar Whitlowgraffe. Cbap.iU.
* Thedtfirifthn.
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fcede veiTels bright fhining, and as it were made of apeeceofthewh::

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 4P9
Broad feafed WhiSowe graffc.

..-':! .
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: he flowers grovvc at the top like thole of the Iaft defenbed. The feede
'ihcrcan , c : a low or bafe herb 3hauin e
OfFlueUen thefemale,or Speedwell. C haP- l %7-
i »np Hcfirftkmdeof i>6/«*, being of Fuchfim&Mathiofa called Vmniuf*min*> orthefe-
theleauesof.EW.rarc r 3 amongwhich come
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
FucbsfrfiieElatitie. 2 Ektinesltera.
SharpepointcdFJucIIei
lure prooft
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Theft plants arc not
done vnto
cm
fin
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helpethem thatbe grec- /
ftM rep0 rteth"to haue his

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d the man'' ana

and fta?ed°the
left of his
:
bodie from fur: .
fofi
5 o»
1) thcne rita . tionsorftoppingsofthe
;i 1 1; -'v:2<p\t of a dram or of a French crowne,of thcpowder of the herbc, with the like waight of
c
OfFluellen the male> orTaules Betonie. £>/u88.
Here be diuers forts of male Fluellen, differing very notably as well inftaturc, forme, asplace
qp
ifPimpernell.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. ?o;
*TheHiriptio».
the final and tender bran-
flcnderfpkie.
-
ring bright and Chining blew flowers. The I need about the edgcslike
ictkxiblebraunchesj ftt with leaues like

vnto wilde Germander b :ged about the edges, in
Ofherbe Two pence. Chap.iSp.
kThcdefiri}
i T_T Erbe Two pence hath a i" -
within the ground;from wl

J~J_
grounde,fet by couples at certaine fpaces, withfmoothgr
ijvelloweflowersj
:i.ctlefler 5whereinthey
,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Small Money w
in moift woods : I founde it ightagainftthcQucei

lerelhauetrauel' '
It flowreth from May till fommer be well fpent.
Herbe Twopence is ca i id Cintummorbu; andof diuers Serfaf.
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unto the leaues are like : in Dutch PermitlCtopt I

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in English Money vvoort; herbe Twopence
Thatthis herbeis dric moderately colde.
The flowers and leaues damped and Iaide vpon wounds and vkers doth cure them : but it wor- a
kethmoft effectually being (lamped and b^, fen, waxe, and turpentine
wine,is good for the bloodie fl
man.Theweakneflean< f the belly ai
"Boiled with win
5 _*
galled the Chinne cough.
Of Buglet or Middle Qomfrej. Chap.ipo.
ItThedefcrtpthn,
I T"\ 7V«/*fpreadcti la Odrtj the leaues belong,
flowers groweaboutthc
£) facandoleou-s :
the-
wets, andtheother,thofe
*ihepUce. .
places, ana
BuguL groweth almoft in eucric wood and copies, and fuchlike rttfdowie and moift
BttgulA&OViKl. .
HIStORIE OF PLANTS.
a
'>J«,><. * The defeription.
I T>RunclIorBri:: :
:.ifootehieh,be,C
kindelfoundefomcplj- .!' •,nc-"i-eA ".

;
hauingthebraunchcso:' rime .-the rooceislorig, a

° a
- , jciutPic of 7V',.'a
thatis to fay,hot and drieând fomthing binding.
ad,euen as Bugle doth.
laking thereof.
abcfhort, itferueth for the fame that Bugle doth, and in the world there are not two better
not' be thought to be much
Ofthe great T>aijie } or Maudelen rooort. Chap, i

* The defertftion.
THe
K
greatDaifie hath very many broade leaues fpn
S Ut the cdgCS ° f thc breadt!lof fin er ni
h' K ' g >
b
,oftnc, tthcbeftpraaifcddovl
.offegrtt,** vithafeweMallov .xs and butter,
%32Ss
OflmkTtaifies. QhaP A 9l'
HTHere be diucrs of the fmall Daifies differing in colour of the flowers , and alfointhedou-
i *~T~* He Daifie bringe mooth.,fat,long,andfom-
I
likealmofttothofeofC '-"y
doubk'
""" "^
flov/crsfor this plant bringeth foorth flow

%
The double red Daif
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ThewildefieldeDji: on the grounde,]

jnde,like thofc of the garden Dai-
3
andthenred,and often otc is threddie.
ill 'V
5 The blewe Italian D ...hi, h rife vpp; icmes iiko
7 The French blew D; . .i fu-gitisaltogi-

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The double Dailies arepl
TheDaifies do flower moftp:
ThcDaificiscallcdi.
in lowe Dutch sgarftn
the middle Confound:
of
J-rench Marguerites, and

Caffiud7s : in Italian tkk
iitrmx-vcugentUi: in Jjpglifh Dailies
andBruife
ThebleweDaifieis ctikAatBktcnlax of
feme
cI°Wart*, oftheroundeforme of the flower- ir ic
\oSSS"
paanMplacerbutch,
- tsand
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goutcproceeding
PP P
B TheleauesofDaii i«
lliefoluble andarealfoout
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D Thefamegn:,; -cth them from growing great.

E
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êîftheybeftam-
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G. Thedecoônofthc :
lade in water and drunk,
is good agamft agucynflammation of the Uuer,and allothcr
the inward parts.
Of^Moufeare. Chap.i
H .
^ Here be
eat Moufearc hath great andlarge leaues,

greater then our common Pylcfekfit
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abed.orDandelion^fabrightyellowecoloiir.
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HIS TOR IE. OF PLANTS
iWi!u.
fit it of Vto[corides : his
$f'
va
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item; at the top whereof fhnde two or three fmaJIyclIowe flowers, whichbeingripe turnevnto
4 ThebleweMoufearc
are very fmall ,

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ofa blewe colour* after which followc
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little hairie
.. -any rough hairie leaues,
pouches orfeede veflels like

thofcofShepheardspurfc.
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:s do growe vpon fandie bankes,' and VnToikdplaccs that lie open to the ai
:i!l£r UkCWifC fil°filU '

^TnD^cS^r
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w*:in Italian Pebfm*:\a E

ôufeare^ndbieweMou
\ The decoftion otPilofelU drunke, doth cure anc
B The leaues dried and made into powder, profitc much in healing woundes being ftrawed there-
rd,that they will c
ic :
make a fyrupe of theiukcof this herbe, which they vfe
of
HISTORIE CV PLANTS.
OfCotton rpeede,or Cudmede. Chap. 195.
: Gnaphdiwnînglicum. 2 Gntfhdium'vulgtre.
Englifti Gudweedc. Common Cudweedc.
.fiU
o the laft recited, but greater

Khcsîiingllttklon^
s bordering the Hoêr

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
t The defer iptin
5 i8 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
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8 The eight kinde of C m & c fome difference i
inrhblikevntothelaftbcfo:
andflowers but '
1
A
ISTORIE OF PLANTS
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lon'thebafhra'e
,.,,.,.
Thefiimeorimokeoftheherbcdried,and edtherin,& eiuedC

:
infuch mantras _•
•
. i pipe made for the fame
nir '.
head,and clcnfcth the breft and inward parts.
OfCjolden s5hfotlmoort,or Qufaeede. Chap.\^6.
THerebe diners fortes here.

themCudvveedes,orCha >r Cotton weedes
Tkdefirift™.
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flower. For which p [y obferue them, zsplime

Golden tuft.
'r\
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•dies kcepeth them from moths, whereupon ithach bene
Of golden flover gentle. Qha^-j.

TORIE OF PLANTS.
..' n.Vc. . hmcII.inJul.il.r-".'!.
Golden Stoechas.
v.
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( c ut! atit '. .indbcivah t',y.:

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:c: .c
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ofCoslmarie and z5\faudelein . Qbap.19 8
COftmarie grower!- o foote high, bearing long broad Ieaues

ii. The tuft or bundle is
ot a gold. 1 '
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fmell/auourandtafte.
of Coftmarie , but of a better fc
There is
tiled ^c«ft«w,s
-:.;-....
Latineo^™
sfgeratHmoiDioJcondts, i
They groweeuery where in gardens. cxp Bowers andleaues.
They bring foorth their tuftesof yellow flowers ,in the fommer monethes.
Coftmarie is called in I
- thortorum: it is alfo called
M:ntha G>*f4,and Sat 'us Hcrbo. Grxca: of others
/'' an Euf ator "tmcMe u

' - Dj°>' on '*&'*»*> COmmmtr kmnf.
inErîr£udelek
They are hot and drie in the fecond degree.
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toraifeorbring vp flefh from a deepe and hollowe wounde i
E TheleauesofCofh :gpaineo'f the bcllie, the
OfTanfic. Cbap.ipp.
rmeli,butyct_p!c a"iaiir.
Ihgliftil
»ither foftrong.
..... THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
rft groweth wilde in fields as well as in gardens': the others growc in my
garden,
flower in Iuly and Auguft.
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SfSSoTit rtall 5 bicaufethe fl0
anfies which fmell fweet are hot in the fecond degree,and

dric in the third. That i
In the (bring time arc made with the leaues hereof

newly fproone vp,and with cgs cakes nr *„
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ilrftkinde, butofamoft
Tho-ommonir, ! :u-a!les. Itioyctlito
gro we among rubbiih. There is oftentimes founde when

ltrings oftherootc,andneuerwitlioutit 3 wherof C*r^w in
They flower for the moft par
Fcuerfcwc doth man:; [e degree , and drie in the fecond ; it clen-
taplafinebrpultis. »
;vifetobedrunkeagainft
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Theherbeis good aga 'dries and flopping ofthe I

.,.
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apart of the earth wh<
I <k o^Polium, and of all the reft the fa

" 2
HSTORIE OF PLANTS.
Purple Poky. Creeping Poley.
"c"* ' -
flowers,by the gift o
They flower from theende of Maie 3to the beginning of Aiiguft.
Poley moimtaine is caJ LmnczVoPolmm. Diucrs
-
I -, -
irde degrec,and hot in the end of the
iy that haue the dropfie,thc yellowe i;
'allvenemousbeafts
itomacke 3 and afflifteth the headend prouoketh the loofenes of the bellie.
Of (jermander. Chap,
fHeoldew,
1 and not wi
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HISTOPvIE OF PLAN!
~pTT L Jt L ! tl ,
ptaboutthc edges like the teeth of afawe, rcfui I i.-.-n.c l,. i c ., -,
colour fometimes purple , and oftentimes tending to blewnd'c thei e i ucr!
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aufe all the forts of plants comprehended vnd

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fo be that the Holie heibe, and Verheiust, ot
fechiscaHedmGreeke^ makcth dic|n fendfW I
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thirdedegreejeucnasG^.
The wilde Germander i
rhout force 6r power to
open and clenfe it may be counted anions? tiic number of them that do ooen
.-
the liner andfpleene.
Germander boiled in water and drunke deliuereth the bodie from all obftmaions or (toppings, /
3
diuidethandcnttetlitrii refaidc,isgood forthem
-t breath,thc ftranguric or flopping of vrincând helpcth
rhofc
.p at fundric times putinto the cies,

taketh
being boiled in wine, and the deco&ion drunkewithafo.

ind the fecret pans bathed therewith.
Of Tree germander. Cbap.io],
v>'.^- *Tfe defiriftion.
purple colour,
rs growe among the leaucs of a
uifevpdiw*
-ettogithcrbycoupto
alkes ftande the Qowers fpike fafhion thicke thruft togither, f a purple c(
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Of Water (germanderfir (jarlickg (germander. Chap
1 QCordiumo^M by theground,befc{lvlth
' '".. '
Water Gcrmandetgrowcth water, ondin*

neerc to OxenfordTby Ruleyon both fides of the
H 1ST ORIE OF PLANTS. 5?
' [tfttt RichxrdSlaterM,
ln-Har'.vovHlinL;iiHMll 1 ii' 1 .-,3ii l i.!ii:c!
The Bowers appeere in I:
11
:i.
;
;h Dutch
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QETaf r -
Water Germander cfcn g niscd with honieaccor- A
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OfWood Sage } or (parlicfy Sage. Cbap.iof.

* Thebfcriftion.
Erfhrtfi* or Eiebright ,is a fmall lowe hcrbe5not abouc two handfuls high, full of branches,
3n whlte > rP nnkled and cS
mixed th 1
P° udcrc d °" the inner fidc,with yellow & purple fpe<*
B
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
BkwcEiebright.
fynt,znd that is Bugloift and Opkha/mica,<
iglifhEiebright.
:s are hot and drie 3but ycc more c
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white wine and drop-

THE SECOND. BOOKE OF THE
Of^Marierome. Chap.zoy.
/ ,..;;,';.'
^ fmell,afooteorfomewhatmor
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54° THE SECOND BOOKE OF THI
baggageflegme.-ite.^
«uui 5 being
; oeing drunkc it pr«S3
prouokerh
=nfti humors,and is vfed in medicines againft poifon.
r and the decoftion drunke help£th them that are
5 entering into the
^.^.ândfuchasategiuento
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.
E hC rkd kaUeS dcred ^" dfi " eI farced, are good to

,n7 ? /°M y beputintoCerotes,orCeredoth«,
F 2n eXCdkl
finl,?,"
uncwcsjcrampesjconuumonsj and all aches proceeding of a cold caufe.
J a
S^ <** A«^S rf
OfmUe^Marierome. Cbap.zoS.
* The defer!ftion.
£) branchcs,a fc
ad^raorelong tXrouml,
ngotwheate. ThfwholepIantisofaWe
fmell andX £ti.
T tC 0r8an,
Lr h,!Hn i
,
l ^ 0rbaftard Marierom <=vvith white flowers, differeth

little fromthepr«e.
IE OF PLANTS.
VM eb ftadWa o
54'- THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
BaftaidMarieroir,- .roots; from which rife vp diners weakeand

|
chough icharhbecnfaidctharirdoS
r :.'*
is moje biting then any c .,,.
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B The decodionofOrg :th downe th cmonthIy courfe, and isgiuen

;
with good fucceffe to thofe that hauc the dropfic.
: It is profitably vfed in a loach,or a medicine to
be licked againft an old cough and the ftuffingof
3
oeflc being vfedin bathcs,and it takcth away the bad colour
He or honied water,drawcth foorth by ftoole blacke andfU-
groundedriuethau-.
o'feth 'the belly, and voideth choler,
ler, and drunke
dr with vineger helpeththeinfir-
:taIlmoitaIlpoifons,and for that caufeiti*
and treacles prepared for thatpurpofe.
vfed
e to good purpofe they maybe
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
Thefe plants do grow* wilde in Spaine,Ii

tanvfl and chalkk fields
:erevmoCobh
They flower in the month of Auguft : I

tries in the gardens of?,
the knowledge of plants .or as w e may far
; inEng!ifh
.lv .«„,
r w.^w^ * The defection.
:
.,..
by the name of clinofodtumÛA is alfo another plant and n
a If any bee defirous :
I :, red that the plant
laft
iglandândthercms;:
diligence from the iniurieof 01
* The time.
Mafticke is called oft!,. .,..,.

Diofioridet fheweth
CUtminm, and of the La-
* Ihedeferipthlt.
o exceedingly well knowne to all our English nation , that it
'P ption,being our common

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: leafed Hyflbpe,of the fauour of common Pennie royall.

The firft and confmon Pem'k royaJl „„„, ,
:r from the beginning of Iunc

to the
• " .-.v. :.::.
ftp : in French Paulict : in Englifh Pennit royal],
:'' . -.-. ,.
.. .
, andcleereth thebreaft from all grofie and
.ctovomite 3 &thepainc5
.rung m the hcad,thepames and giddines thereof. b &
dines or fuch like, & againft

the hardnes and flopping of the mother I .
hc woman to fit ouer.
OfBafiB. Cbap.zn.
* Thcdcfcription.
1 jOArdenBafilli :fromanotherinbignes. The firfthath broad,

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feme one here and there
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8 S odagamftm-
ousbeafts.
eiuice drunke in wine oft , ainft head ache.
E Thefeed drunke is a remedicformelancho!ickepeople;for thofe thatare fhort winded, & them
-rbeitfelfedothchefame H
G There be that fluinncBafill and will not eatc thereof, hi;
H Theyof Africke do alio affirmc , that they who arc ftung of the Scorpion and hauc eaten of it,
:s among whom Simeon Zethy is one, do teach,that the fmell ofBafill is good for
head. That the fcede cure ukcth away foaowful-
Ofmlde'Bafit Cbap.zi^
;
i ^8
He wildeBafillorv^r««,
1-cktv. J,; •
called ,' cb&aarcbaiaefteii*,
, a:ui:r^ci;,:uc,ar.d
ichcv. :dur.:t
tfmefi.
vndcrthe title oiMolochU ..
rVIcrhit
hc:c t il c ^d V; —
from Spain
.
riming
* rfc*far.
-
The wi
vaarfuL.mdcljwriailyl
the barren plaine by an hou •rill'
Vnprofitable BafiH , or h i npafrK. *»»* c I cd i Englifh
The feede of thefe herbes are ofcomplexion h,- and cirie.
:-
The wilde Bafill hovvfoeuer it be taken ftoppeth the laskc. B
OfBa/iU Valerian. Cbap.ii^
* the iefcriftion. <k~«* . i .0^ •
i »Tp He firft kinde of O^V?m*,caUed tfDodoBtut V,
fweetcfauour.
ihich wexaHCuckou I
jSiaucs'of thefepbg
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ISTORIE- OF PLANTS/
r
mKBehcxrubrumM
haueEngfiihed Sparling
"
, and red Cone BaWJ.
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„ h Spading Poppic,frothicPoppic3 and white Ben. *
Thefe plants are drie in the fecond deg rce.
Therooreoto^^,, inftthebloudie fluxe : and being pounde

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water and drunke, prouoketh vrine, ithelpcthtfceftrangu-

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rnchi'.^.intisc. iHUslje the that would
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OfWep,or Qat Mint. (Jhapi\6.
# The defer-if t ion.

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The owe about bori^ r *
The GatMints flourifh by and by after the fpringTthey flowerin

Iu!y and Ai.guft.
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OfHorfeMntjrWater zSAfint. £%.zi 7 .
the Icaues thereof
w>:
: die toppe.of alight

purplccolpur.
nmoiftandwaterieplac
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It delighteth to grow ei bwie and grauelly fides thereof: i< is found

into rauicn "'net
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it! JI L infommcr.andalm ioorth flowers and

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•dnmkeprouokethvrir.c
ibutonely applied.
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HISTORIE OF PI
and thteddie, and dieth at the firft approch of winter, ant
n
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Fmhjm ictte:h foorth a1<indc.of Balmchauinga fqua
# The defeription.
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*rdi*c* which brir.ee
* " '^Sor furrowed: th

jsthefirft.
Baulmebt led i.'m .. mdbil it,
they haue perfe&ed their /cede.
of fome Mdtffophyllcn, and MdtphjUn
^vnguentorBalmeôr
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thevitallfpirits.
concoction, to
idcoldeftomacke, to ftirrevp
openthcftoppingni':: rrowcandcareoftheminde. _.
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OfHorehouud. Chap.izo.
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° rch ftaIkes fowerJquare.aoibitt hieh,coue-
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5 s after the flowers be paft. The whole : .

(I
rhcy (lower: liiil ., •..
^:»flH*.«*ft«i£
nipaniil; M^rruuio: in Dure:
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
the ptilkkc.iu dvi.c:.'.!-
of the lungs.
confumption of the lungs, as hath beenc moI ,. ,.,
°It is l.kewifc good for them that haue drunke poi
;
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Ofmldc Horehound. Qhap. 2
*
Wilde Horehound. \\
£
5 4
ItThtkfcriftion.
2 Be% tbi i M hereof arethicke,fown

!:-.
:ccd is round and blackifh;
•p:irU FUndrcrum^hlch doctor ftww* the
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which growcth to the height

rifingvprightjofawood I f HyfT6pe 3 buttheleaues
H laical herbc thf Bowers do referable thofc ofcommon Sauo-

:
vnAcbyVtlertnimDoti-
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orTtfr*&/*:dierootclo; :. Jotir.hiitcnnuur
them growing in my garden.
Theyflowermthefommcrmontiii, i crootcremainethalii
. English purple Horehound , baftarde wilde Horehouud , and fuchfm w

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of water Horehound. Cbap.zzi.
S- Tbeiefiri/tm
1 ^
\ 7\ T cups whic:
tCt Hore{loun< ^ is very like to
VV 5 :, toundeaboutlikegar-
theedgesthenSoiSf ffiSS^SS
.t a itrong fmell.l he flowers growe at the top of the ftalkes of a purplifh colour : the toot is tough
Theygrowcinbrooke -, and neere vnto motes , for it require*

tore or vvater.,andgrowethnoun drie places.
They flourifh and flower in the fommer montryn Iulic and Auguft.
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There is little vfe of thefe water Horehounds in Phific'kc.
Ofblacke orjlinking Horebound. Chap 123

.
iking fauour. Thcfl

ces, ofapiirplccolour.in
fhape like thofc of Archangell or dead Nettle.
ishotanddrie,and«
.ofafharpeanddenfing
OfArcbangell,or dead Settle, Chap.zi^.
: diuers fortes of dead Nettles . or kindes of Horehound, differing in many n<
lS ftisdl.be declared.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
VVbite Archangel).
\v
: : ;ir.-nint; v.! !;jr»utc,!L-rv.-;thIcaucsbyGOuples J

; ;
vnubrurr.. 4 UmitimP.w:
rchangell. Himgane dead Nettle.
'th? wood thereby, as 1 ere Watford and Bufhic

" r nd in the woods belonging to the Lord Cobham in Kent.
r-'rls, takcthaâyWe:
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ingardcns.
§
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. : . ',',;: -kThetiw:.
.-'i.andfecdcth/romiunc
i es and ftaics perifh in
: .
Thepowderofthehcb, he monthly eoiirfc; but C

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OfStinging fettle. Cbap.zld.
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be declared.
n
nb g,andr
V r
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aif«hhMd!
is like to the former in kaucs and ftal

ThefecondNcttlc
fimll^ ets,butonlongilendcrfi
rjthefeede hereof is
Tfull of firings, of col

tymany. Theroote.,
k in vntilledplaccs,and the firft in thicke woods,and is a ftranger in
smore common and groweth of it felfeneere vnto hedges, bufhes ,
-necimmeritcnomenfumpffevihaur,
TheNettkST", bmcdthing,
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.
e ncttIe
» more iti , i s called Ca»k , with
jj
c
aorboiled^ftingeth:. r.effe of the downe is fallen away.
ge
n "cn 5 oras m/i ;
the bodie foluble, and i
do f^t b
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OfHempe. Cbap.zzy.
* The deferiptton.
HEmDe bringeth
hollow, or fine
fot r
fixe foo
:
dies, and that when it gro'weth of it felfc
:
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little leaucs ioincd togithet . s ier:c '.
, long, fharpe pointed, and

nicked in the cd^cs : the feede commeth foorth
ie bottoms of the wings and leaues, being
,fwhitcfubftance.Thc
fORlE OF PLANTS.
to the cares, affwapeth the paine thereof, C
thedifeafecomeof obftrua openeththepafiage of the gal], anddi-

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in echerefpcci& notion
Thcfekindes of wildeorbaftarde hcrnpe,doe
hilly grounds,efpecially in
often feene in the come fi<
Thefe hetbes
do flowcrfrom Iulic to the end of Auguft.
^ndcfortheLatmen;
•-' huU^vhere
. the other may be had.
OflVaterHempe. Cbap.ii 9 .
* The defection.
bitcandahalfehigh, oi
femblcaftarreandfauoun
Rojine, or Cedar woode «
thru* , cMdy thruft togi-
'i is full of threddie ftrings,of a meane bigneffe.
rs, andfhndingpoolcs,;
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r Klthy.skwundijkc-
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Of Egrimonie. Qbap.zio.
. * Tht deferIption.
es in ivoodes and copfe, and .ihao.h C rci._
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A ThedecoaionoftheleauesofEgri!; uenaughtieliucrs, andibr
B Thefeedebcingdr' fosdie flute.

C Diofcorides addeth , t .
,
and for fuch as are
bitten
D The leaues being (tamped with oldfwines greafe, and applied, clofcth vp vlcers that be hardly
* ThedefiriptioH.
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ItThedtfiriftion.
:sofpaft urC s andiLchl4e

3
a wood by a village called Hampfteede
phagon;D/a/,
Betonie is hot and doe in the fecond degree
^ Betonie is good for .'.

dlingfickncflc, andforthofe alfo that hauc ill
.;kcthawayobftrucl:ionsor ftoppingsof the liuer, milt, and
l: J J it i i'^th i "in to; k

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dogs and venemous ferpents, being drunke and alfo applied to the hurts, and is moft lingular
F There is a conferix made of the flowers and fugar good for many things, and efpecially foci
:";rorpifreblood,an<icu-
all paines of the head.it killeth wormes in the belly,helpcth the

^tdff-
great venue to he;
ith gr
feth the motherland hath by briiung,orOichliit
f Water "Betonie. Qbaî-%.
* The defection.
^ 'm*&
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[erneUyvoort. Qkap.ift.
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;'-»-'^grr.«cth;>:«it rntimesinrnoiftffltf^
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d London to Harnefey, and alfo in
Stowc
idfin Figge woort,was fenc me from Paris by loin Robin, the Kings Hcrbarift,
a „d
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c<!aboutone,itkecpctha
Somcdoftampethe re in a moift fhadowie place fifteenedaies togi-
OfVenwine. Chap.i^.
*Thekindes.
STORIE OF PLANTS.
>-|-»Hcftalkcofv£ dghtVeruainerifetht romtherooteilngle,corner, :d,afoothigh,feIdome

leaues are long, greater
s along the fpngs are ht-
1 a cubitc long,cornered,
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:nderandlong,asisth
ktheptace.
Bothof them grow in vntilled places neeie vnto hedges, high waies, at id commonly by ditches
tikenfrom the altar ,or from ! ^rxcordidcut vp,they
.bookji i xhap.that yerbenxUSa.gniM be allone,& this

is manifeft by that which we i
fume ; Take herbs here
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inFrench^r^wun Englifh noift blonde , Holie herbe, andoffome

Pigeons grafle,or Columbine, bicaufePigeons are delighted to be amongft it, as alfo to eate there-
* Thetemperature.
very drie,and domeanely binde and coole.
nepaines of the mothcr,being applied thereto.

Veruaineandrofesi
t tn m 0t tOCOmctoi: '' hoggesgreafe, taketh

Il li r M
™2 fweUln and ame
S P of hotimpoftun :th ESrruJtand rotten
%
( >s
reported to be of fing| er s : but you muftob- G
ox youreares
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with repo i
, s abhorre to heare.
S 1Ilalcetha arlande of
procetdeh' a S Veruainefortheheadach, when the caufe of the infirmitie C
ileof rofesandvineger, or the decodion of it made in oileof rofes.D
1 s) w agc t ,- tern, an
rS ° fthemouth -
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^ which the herbe

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H MoftofthcIaterP! lecodion heerof to them that
hauethei>l»
butthefemenaredc, i
b from the &dv*«tt i£8 ;
it is reported, that the diuell did reueale it as a feci
OfScabious. Chap.%^6.
•TpHereben,. omoft part taking his

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ftThedefcrhtM.
anothcr^very much iagg apd at the
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foaiiandflngle.
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*Thcdcfcri»t t on.
6 The fixe fort of the!! mesfpredvpon the ground

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8 Thebroadleafedu,: ;
the ground,
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OF PLANTS.
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The flowers growe at the d mmie matter, hard tliruli
12 The other Sheer c- -.uies,othenvifea]ike.
Thefe kindes of Scabious doc growe in paftures, medowes, come fieldes, and barren fandie
A Scabious fcotircthr' Miiiftanoldcough,rtiortnesofbreath,puM

in the fides,and fuch like infirmities of the cheft.
B The fame prouoke- hy the bladder, whichnap-

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C It is reported that it cureth fcabs,if the decoftion thereof be drunke certaine daics,andtheiuice
i irtsdoalfoaffirmethatitisaremedieagainit the bitings of Serpents and ffin-
conftrnet
E Theinicebeing drui •
and it fpeedily
plague fores,if it be g . ntmuftbevfedofcen.
p It is. thought to be forceable,and that againft all peftilent feuers.
TORIE OF PLANTS.
OfTHuelsbit? Chappy.
"^ *The definition.
DIuelsbithathim
of a cubitc high
Scabfeus/auing when it
luperftitious people hold opinion 3 th at the ,

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andtobcofnoleflec
OftZMatfeUonjrKnapveede. Chap.itf.
1
A /f
Atfellon or blackc Knapwcedc, is doubtlefTe a kfndc of Scabious, as all the others are,m-
in a fcucral! c i
;d in Englifll Knapweede,
:lhgreenecolour,infhape
the edges : the flowers do grow at the top of the ftalks.bel; e

ofComefioiver,orbIewbottles,but greater, outof themidft thereof growetha purple chrumnue
a The great Knapwcede is very like vnto the former, but that the whole plant is much greater,
theleaues bigger and n idlerib.-thcflowerscomcfoorthoffuchlike
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3 The thirde kinde o fM rmer great Knapweed

bit
befotememioncd/jui. . i tfaireycllowe colour^

touched without
-otto be
ic Knapwcede of Narbone in Fraunce Jrath a ftrong ftemmc
lagged , m forme of Un: ; ie rc ft f tfacKnap*"*'

ofapurplccolour.
fORIE OF PL/
* Thedefiriftion.
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Offiluer Knapweed. Cbap.z^

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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fiftingofa number of
threi : appecre.flip.
eed, and the filuer lines or
They fpring vp in Apri in September.
Siluer Knapweed is called of IloheKm Stzbe jdxmzmkA of Dodonûs^hylUnthes, tharis, ,

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Thefaculties ofthclcM 1
they vfedfor mcate or A
(
Ofble»e Bottle> orCorneflov>er. ^.24.0.
TJK diuetsforts of bIew BottIes > <MT«ingonety in the colour of the flowers, asftallbe
Htbedefcriftim.
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iliarpe pointed .-among
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*TheAcfcripion.
e refped,fauing in the colour ofthe flowere,wh ich at
th the difference.
"kThedefcriftion.
The violet coloured

Bottle or Come flower,
theprecedent, in ftalkes, Ieaues, feedcs,and
is like
™«. lonely difference is, that this bringcthfoorth flowers of a violet colour, and the others
crisfb like the others, in ftalkes,leaues,and proportion ,

t
s heereof are of two colours mixed tngither, that is,
/V- ;'.:".
;, (hikes , feede , Corr
or rootcs of this
*" 1C UL " er Dut oncl th at die flowers heereof are of a
doub'c
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e ht Corncfi ° WCr
Co 'owof is likcthc precedent, without any difference at all, failing in if
r! fl
0wers > tkc vvhick arc ot a bright purple colour, that fcttcth foorth thc dif*
tence.
rnultiflorut, $ CfatntipMrturemmultifk
Double blcwc Bottles. DoublcpurpleBottles.
ftrittfe*
The firft groweth in mv garden,and in the gardens of Herbarifts, but n<
The others growe in Come fieldcs among Wheate,Rie, Barley, and othe t
tnes become of other colours , and fomc alio

:. :...
They bring foorth their wers from the beginning of J )thcendofharueft.
: Herbarifts ca d it Cytnttt flu '

naturally hath : moftof
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ties of thefc flowers ai

:be faid to a further c
r >—:—- KT otwK l : j;
•e.andtherforcgood
agaiufttheinfl;.!,
Ofgoates beard, or go to bed at noone. O/.2+1.

of a
GOates beard orGotobeddeatnoInefttollow
gô^vêupon^.
ftdfes, fmooth and
jg
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"ofGoatcsbeardc.orGotc
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* The kinks.
THcrc be diners for ts ? , Scorzontr* , or Vipers
gtaffe,as fhall be (bewed.
•kThcdtfirifthK.
andplaine^fmocuLv;
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, |ffer
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diicke,long,andfullofamilk;c nuchas arc th=ic. il; cs ,a:io.
- dwarf&Vipexsg :^c%pc;thcvpp erpjrt

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c top whereof ftande doubleyellowe fl©wcrs like the fem^r."
leafed Vipers graffc.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 55>P
* Theplace.
of theft are ftrangcrs in England. The two firft defcribed do growe in my garden.The reft
Moft
They flower and flourilh

from May to the end of Iulie.
Vipers grade is called of th< h foundcth in Latine Viper,

,f h ace -ginitrLcpmion
athbecnefaiderhatlcai
nuycallitScorzoner after the Spanifh name,or Vipers grafle.
They are hot and moift as are the Goatcs beards.

*Thevemes.
dbythofeofgreatiudgeir
fe of great iu ; excellent w (IthcA.
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Of ^Marigoldes. Cbap.itf.
UtThekindcs.
T^, bc diuer sf
r r T of Marigolds, difFeringinmanynotabkpoint^fomearegreatandverie
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wneoi me water, whid
srall chapters.
* The defection.
THegreateftdoubleMarigoldhathmanylarge/at^broadelcaues^pringingimrnediately
d
SSl2ST?
outmoft or Tr In : (
d [cedes
>
efpccially the
^^foorthfuchfio! J
^ andr° r thcmoft
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ThcgrcateftdoubkMatigold. Thegr^ta":
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
, The finaller or finer Y.; thvpright, hauingforthc moil part one
ftod&t indofa fake -

like theprecedent.
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pjflcofthcfame,whereupon it tookc the name OrbimMa.
"kThedefcripiM.
îtntfSrl
ottCw
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' flow «s » butin tfaatit
«Ieaues
.

f Calendula fjro&fert. 8 CtlenduUmucrPro/ifcra.
ahorfcbacke.it h « of Marigoldc,diffcring
are borne wdi

bychaunce, as nature' ras children
two thumbes on one h ; to be men do get children like
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The wend .-^ ^Marigold,

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GOlden Marigold with the broad leafe doth foorthwith bring from therootc k
fpredvpon the grounde, broad, greene, fomethingroughinthevpperpart, vr
ftiooth,and of a light greene colour among v.'hid

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
i vntillcd places of Gcrmanie,

England.
They arc to be feenc with their flowers in Iunc 3 in the gardens
Golden Marigolde is called in high Dutch CffilaUUbittme. There are
Ofcome ^Marigold. Cbap.z^q..
tn (egcttm* 2 Chryfinthemum
Corne Marigold.
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Thefecond is a ftranger in England.

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Thefe plants are called by one name in G i
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eaues of Come Marigolde as Diofeori'dts&xhfxc eaten as othe
waftcth away colde ai

-, The herbe it felfe drunke, after the comming foorth of the bath of them that h
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.f many feedes fet togithcr.Thc rootcs are flender,and
to the rates of blacke E uken to be a kinde.

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SMhfmallvprightftalkesofafootehigh, whereon do growers
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coueh in cattell . if it be drawne thotowc the eare , and t;L
e eare but vnder the skin of the bieft called the dew.
thirde bi oke and (i ;

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.o muftbe faftned thorow

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And that the fame is not Sefamo/Jes,athci the firft or the fecond,
/nil to be confuted.
thelcaêsof Bqbduk p tbatarc finely iaggedand

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dc Jitter, Li at it mi >'
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but he doth not affiant that the rootcs hecreof in medicines arcfubftitutes, cufdifff'^
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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Of French Marigoldfir Âfrican Marigold. Chap. iq.6.
THerebe extant at this day fiue forts of Turkie Gilloflowersor African Marigolds; fomew#
A double flowers,and other vcric Gnglc,as (hall be declared.
Th« great Africanc double Marigold. Thcfmaller double AfricanoMarigoI.

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ktbe definition.
i »-r- He great doub g cat, long,browne reddifh ftalke 3crc(ted fur
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upondogro.- a middle ribbeby
couples
muchlikevntotheleau. >c&beautifull double yel!
low flowers, greater and more double than the greateft Damaskc Rofe ,o!';
owcrbeingpaft, there fucceedcth long blackc flatfeede.- the whole plant pai-
Z There is little dn
precedent,orlaft defctibed/auingthat this plant
he fin gle great Africane Marigolde, hath a
lie height of tv
ad or compofedofmany
little leaues like thofc of the Artie tree, of a
1 >ngfmcll,yetn t vcric vnpleafannt: on the
top of the braunches doe growe yellowe fingle
flowers , compofed in the middleofabundleof
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nes harde thru
whole plant perifheth with

muft befowenyeerely as the other forts muftbe.
5 The common French Marigolde hath final
render braunche
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thole
to be full of holes like a fieue , euen as
the flowers ftan*it«6WJ
of eight or, ten imi
ifting
lerneath , on the vpper fide of a deeper yellowe tend
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liuely the colour. The whole plant is of a moft rankcand vnholfome fmcfl, andpenflwh
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plosAphricMiummrfinfltciJlore. 5 Flos Aphrictnm minorfimplici fare.
The great Angle French Marigold. The fraall Frcn e I
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cch e i{hcd nd fowcn
* theflue. ?*T^ M^* L
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n gard ens CL,cr 7ecre : the rcw cuery where almofl in Afridc
ofSmw / l j L J y > ? s
AMemadcatamous conqucft of Tunis 5 whereupon it was called
Flos Aphricmut, or Flos Tunc-
t0 bcfow 1 inth C be g innin gof Aprill

? thefeafon outro bewarmc,otherwife
dwS?k r ,
if fall
wiSTî 1 " 3 "'^ 15 called in DuTchCrjtltltS rjlrjfltmu inhigh Dutch Jut*
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things do declare that this herbe is of a venemous and po u.i 1 f i It e; i '
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plants are moft venemous and full ofpoifon, and thcrfore not to be touched or fiuelled \ nto, much
Oftheflower of the Sunne} or the Marigolde o/Teru. Q}a

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*T» Indian Sunne or the golden flower of Peru, is a plant of fuch ftature and**"*
1 rhatin one f< „ :n vp to t^g^S,
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OfCammoiU. Chap.z+S.
A ter age wherein we Hue h ath foundc two morc a bcfides other wilde kindes thereof.
i trr*Odiftitigui(hthekindcsofCam isit wouldc k llt in ' ar §ejj-'

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SâkeaSfeeblc b -4 Sof^'J
thrums,clolethruftto^ .
-U and threddie. ^
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
kThcdcfiripion.
.:-, not from the former, failing that the leauesheereofai
iffcrence.
°*«sbchWe yeUoweiathcmiddle, andpalelabout with a border of fmall white 6c

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chamamelumAnzlicumfloremultifliti. 4 C
Double flowrcdCammornill. 1
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digeft,{lacken,andranh
fuppleth,and aUthefe
hd{Sgain°ft wcarifo" '
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nollinethandfupplerh,ar*
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is arc in our vulgar Cammomill,
guiw
A Cammomill is goo : ,
prouoketh vrinc , is molt fingularw
Ranking
od Igainft all maner of ache and paine,brufings,
HISTORIE OF PLA-NTS
Ofa5\Xaiei»eede,or veilde Cammomill. £hap. 1x9.
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r, and fewer in number. T he flowers grow at the top of ti

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Thcygr owe in Come
* 7 he time.
Theyflc .werinlutyandAuguft. .
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is called in fbops CotuU fa. ruthenium, and r'ttemtt
O/TeliitorieqfSpaine. Chapô.
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J&ordered about with a pale of fmaHleaut-
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wdis excellent good to member be deck

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.with the palfic.
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•kThe defer ipticx.
OF this plant Dormiam there be fundric kindes, whereof I

Dodoiwu vnproperly calleth o*
will cnely touch
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CrayfifliWoolfcsbanc! WîgedWooIfesbane.
il'ghtyellowiiT! greener
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yetyoufhail vnderftahdethatl haue the.
SemSunP le ^hofede a
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thmyfelfeandmanyothcrsdogreatly bewaiie.
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ineslhauealte
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:aufe the flower :
is lib Pifle in bed.
Tr!rs'fbth(«TOnSppofc)tookcroote
and thriuing ini s foorth did (hoot,
: hard flints/olke gauc the forefaid name
B Thefeherbesare,
footed beads, within the coropafle of one daie, not by takini

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that he oftentimes alfo had giuen the fan

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jt is verycertainjandfoundeoutby triall,
confefTeth in his Commentaries.
Of Sage. Cbap.iiz.
qp Here be diuers forts of Sage, two efpecially oMerucd of the ai

A found more. * The defection.
I »np HegreatSageisveryfulIofftalk^fowerfquare, ofawoodiefubir
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leaues of wilde Mullein, but rougher, and not fo
orot
thread bare; the flowe thofe ofdeadNetde
The roote is hard and woodie.fending foorth a number oflittle firings. , /r , . the
do growe in the place wherein they are r

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flowers ate
-ares, the
. bothofthemareof acertameftrong
but nothing at all offenfiue,and that which is the lefi'er is the better.
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]eaues,long,roiigh,&n;
fooêTsfrVKo!
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needethtodoubtofthev,
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OfFrench Sage,orypoodie Mullein. Cbap.i^.
lench Sage. . # The defection.
groweth vppe like a :
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linell,and the other more ftrong and offenfuic.
They flower in Iune and Iulie.
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French Sage,we may call it Sage Mullein.
going befdre , fothey be likewife drie in tempera-
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OfClarie. O/.274.
ItThedefiripion.
I »-|H He firft kinds of Ckrie which is the right,bringeth foorth thicke ft
A along the ftalke •'

tlierb y woan,rT,'Ms.
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ahandfulIbroadeorbroadcr,fomewlu- !iairie' a
. L uw,. after
.out of alight biewe.
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the head: up
Ltftuffcth
i i if, high:**
colour jurf>_
leaues alfobe tough a be alike, of
There isakindofC
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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&& Ce/«J,rcprclcnrei .
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* The place. ,
Th< sfcdotirou-cwildcin
xc; clusters ciii
fethetime.
kThenam,
C!a.ie is called of the apoth.
.v !;:. ewife named Orwa/a, olfomeTotakxabui
:,orCIeer '
">r Clarie of Ire:
Clarie is hot and drie in the third degree.
Thefeede of Clarie poudered, finely fearced and mixed w:
Thefame ftamped,infufed,or hide to ftcepe in w

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drawethfoorthfplintci
erethanddiflcJtietballkindc!
The leaues of Clarie taken aniemanerofi

:he backe proceeding of
fthebacke g
leaues hole or ftamped.
Of mlde Clangor OculusChrifa. Chap.ztf.
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O aShta?*
8row6a3
81 ^ftalksaremany,aciibitchigh 3 fquarcd,
:oi!nde,andblackifh,
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2 The purple Clarie hath leaues fomewhat rounde , laide oner »M,
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thehrltapprochoi
ie high way asyougofiom the Qijeenes

pallace of Richmond to thew*
They flower and flouiifh from Iune to the endc of Auguft.
Wilde Clarie is call
rhefecondisThought'off fome to be the right Clarie

:« may be called in Latinc
with leaues and flowers of apurple
colour-
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hvpaftalke,fttaight,finglc,andthefam«
auered with the like fesBM
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toalymckillvponthecndofblackeHeathnexttoLopclc. , i iiio-tvi lt | f (j^. t h( .
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condeyeer e after the feede Sf° Wei1

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* The temperature.
ioftC^CUtul
* The wines.
iter, and laidcvpon hard fWelltogs, and
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prciiailcth
Alitclcfinctrcadelprcd
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wornc vndcr the fcetedaie and night, in manner

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other thing fc
muftbemifcciieiie day)
hapningin thoTclowei
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ins commende the yellowe flowers , I
leautf °
K Thcrcpongoe •
wrapped in the
Mullcuyvhich thing Dufcortdcs alfo tnaketh mention of.
Of
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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Cewh '^M 'Hhvpaftiffcand hairy
3lour 3 withcen of. 1 heroot diffcret.h n<

are all,and eucty of them kinds of Mulleins.
com-
Thcfe Mulleins arc .;
;_t doubtlefTe hotter and drier then the
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A Theb'a. „\. .uer or wine and drunken, is
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burnings
thcfe
their vfe of
the inchauntrefle Circe and
Of ^Motb ^Mullein. Cbap.ztf
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P«athfc foorthaWeof^«
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which hath long and fmoorh Icaues 3 fomcwhat
..; '-^ûxthctopintofundricarnKsorbranches, belet with yellovve flowers like vnto
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They flower in Iu!y and Augufr.
The later Herbarifts ca le oSslittarrd, and doe tru
them,as we haue faid. V* urn Leptophyllon, or narrowc
Of Mullein of Êthiopia. Qhap.ity.
'M X./fVlIeinofAethiopiahathmany,
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aztwy^- eth his fcedc toward theend of Auguft.

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wc may calht Mullein of AEthiopia,or woolly MuUcin.

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our garden double Primr
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;-n oi'Lancalhr.e.
to^S
Ipcct; it brinacth forth

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tSg ^ 80 from AP riU t0 the end ofMay,and fome one or otl

re the firft among thofe plants that do flo-
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BmheCu" ! ICowflfos.
The^r
^ghftOxeQipandPaiglc.
ommonPrimroil- is joft Hcrbarifb do refer thePrimrofcs
a :

t leanes are neither
to the »*lw&<, called in I woollie
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nothinghot.
The Cowflips andPrimrofcs arc irf •
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his cure by the due obferuario n of

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tcr,Sdfc fomeRofe I
«o fi gar , pepper
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i.rethaUfcaldingsorbur.
almondsof thcthrote fwoffio n *cj^- , .
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0/ 'Birds cine. Chap.161.
-A The defiriftlon.
j r> Ome Herbarifts call this plant by the name of Sameuh '^^jT^SS
incchcie»pect,
2 niclccoi.doHLet'^hriilaumjt'act'.c^ h</c plant is
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
tiiflore rubra. a PrhmUveritJL
Thefe plants do grow very plentifully in moift and fquallie groundsjin the north parts of En g-
IindjasmHarwoodneeretoBlackburneir from Prefton inAunder-
nc(TealfoatQosbie
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R^ VVeftmerland.
. HageinLancafl
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*ncj and fat leaues .
about the edges not alt greener andnotbmg

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'oiigh or crumpled among which rifeth

: vp a flendcr rounde ftem an handful! high, bearing*™*
>r flowers at the top,of.u -r$ofOxeIips,b UCII17
>pen,and confifting ofone onely leafe like Cotiledon : the vnto o
roote is very threddie, and like
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J AuricuhVrfi erubefiens. 6 Auric*,
lufli coloured Bcaresc; Bright red Bcares care.
!ct the ground/omewhat fhorter,bi; tbftfi

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ndoth ftande a fmall flower, a
vnto other plants accfr-

~ '""Jearts care: they
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Sanicles,byre
they afcend the rocks,or other high places
eSanicle. Chap.i6^.
: reined vndet the name of Sanicle, and yet not one of them
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crurnplingofacabb, rated about the edges but «****"

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Xj ftjlfc,fi»
top a tuft of fmall hollow fl ° wW £S? j

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hangtng downward
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another figure nl to be oncof the fame
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Thefeplants are (tranter r.-otmtaines of Helue^
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L ondon
3 inHuntingdonl'hire.
"êy flower and flourifh

from Maie to the ende'of Iulie.
f
' ^called Sowers arc marked, of
DdL
utning,i„ Yorkshire
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efpeciall greareft abundance, called Butterwoorts, Butter
&<Xe and white
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roote, but that name belongcth more properly vnto Salomons fcalc.
it is
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* Thttempeuturc.
They are hot and dric in the third degree.
c the dugsof their kine

withthefa and
>e 3when they arc for want of other food confirmed to utt
OfFoxegloues. Chap.16^.
2 Digit•alulutet.
White FoxegloUes.'
onebyanother vpon on the bortomcvpvvarde,»

forme long, like almoft t &, of a red
,
PJ^jJgJ
••ânyflenderftrings.
the colour
a That Foxegloues lent , but in
yelloff A°-
M>ringet°h foort^moftpkafant
crein they differ. yVc
HISTORIE OF
-
z&DigitJu)
Fox-elouegroueth ii e en ftrhettL
andinfomefewcothei phi Krthcfcfle they do grow
**£**& of A
auuure uoppingot tncuixT, :. Iccpc,
xorfiigar, doth koureand clenfc the B

-
<
Of Baccbarisoutof Diofcorides. Qbap.iCf.
1 :av!\;ap.s Spi'knard. * Thticftrifthn.
A Bout this pL..
'
llfeo in France » aud dil,crs Pla«s in the w5pwt*of

<5
-
The learned Herbarifts of Montpellier.hauecalled this plant Baccfwis .-the Grecians***

„
' ....-.:..
Decketheforeh mans Spiknard,
iîfirumjs the iarnc that Diofior/des his Baccharu is.

*."
Thcttmferatttre.
A Baccharispt the dcco&ion of the roote,as Pdulut AEgincta briefly fetteth downe, doth open the
pipes and paflagesthata .jethedefiredfickneffcthc
I ,
-
.
... ... .;
E When it is boiled 1 1 profite againft thebitings of fcorpions,or
F Abathmade the r . mightily voideth the I
Of Elecampane. Chap. 26 6.
marpepo.nte(l,»
T* Lecampanebringethfoorthprefently from the roote great vvhiteleaues 3
^colour, and area-.
: .
• '• • :..
OF PLANTS.
md holfome for the ftomackc : being taken aftcrfupper it doth not q
- > ..ted ,a! t ci - - c' flit chapter, the fame being chewed farting, doth fallen
The root of Elecampane: .InGarcmedyagainft £

:mthat arcburften, and troubled with
So T1c affirm e, that the decoftion then - «cn into powder and F
~:.
',
. ^f°
>ifture.
nerhtoughflegm,!
ondited after the maner of Erineos/eructh for the purpofes aforefaide
*
ally prcferued by thofc that make fuccade and fuch like.
Of Sauce alone 3 orfac\by the hedge. Qhap.i6j.
* Thedefirittm
v
-
\ - -
It growethof itfelfe by garden hedges, by

,wa ie s i es,oo cnt
.•!,andaaf56raut:i«
t ; in Engliih Sauce alone,and Iackc of the hedge.
;..,- •
; -
_
A We know no cr. >h ! the ftamped Ieaues heerof with fait fi*.
for a fauce,as they do thofc of Ramfons
B Somealfobo:.:: :
'afted, butthepaincalfoof the ftone mitigated, and venc

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfDittanic. Cbap.z6$.
retUmn. irJbuUXtm
;andic. Ballard Ditt;
•icThe deferifttom.
'
rVttanie of Crete n t and fharpeherf*, much

17 .--,:.-.
"":." :
'
-
'
-
'
..-,,r:,v.7,
:: after Tbtofhrtft
in VirgiU.
isjhtk feed is ripe in September.
Tk»« ?m f ^*^ôrwild
C eP ? cnni.
ehritiyIIabIc,doiead r
tanic,which they falfely call Vi£tamn

m : in]
reinCandiewhentheybew
E Itpreuadeth much ag
lnucnomcd WC3ponS) „.
,
,
.:..•._-.. -.-• . : ;..-., ,.-,'; , , :. -, ;; ,

.,,
W ' I0 rCad '" CS 1C draVV "h f°°rth al '° fplinKrs ofvvood bon "' 0t
fSi like"™ ' '
F The baftard Dittanie, or PfcudodictwHum, fomewhat

is like in vertues to the firft, butnot of b
great force.yct it ferueth exceeding well for the purpofes
aforefaid.
Of "Borage. Chap.169.
it this day fower forts of Boragc,as fhall be declared in
'
P£ P
ra
g ehath broadleanes 3 rough,lyingnatvpontheground 5ofablackeorfwartgreen«o-
•
"
'
- '
'
^
:;!. ,:—.--. ;
"
B ora S c for thofe of

\ tdiffcrethin theflowers,
'
. .
this plant arc îite and the others ofa perfect b
3 :i ,-rence.
i, $r 3 Neuer dying Borage hatfri
-v.r.-7:-.--± mcf: part o
ôfthecldvvri-
_
^pJ^S^^^^ ters^W-". which is called in Latmez/^wj»-
i
<?54 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
Ego Bongo gMdiaftmfcrtgo.

InEnglifh.
I Borage bring alwaies courage.
Itis called inhigh Dutch BtfttetrcS ii

! Borates: in low Dutch
Ka <%
lWgtC Jin Englifh Borage. *
.
•krhetemftmnre.
\ Thofeofourtimedovfetl
alfo many things n
cioieofthen
Jipreuailc in making tl
being boiled in honied water, be alfo good againfkhe roughncs of the thro
i away all fadnetfe,du!nefle,and melancholie'as DiofcorMs aidT
phrentickc o
h e flowc " of ra
hgreaterforceandeffeft
F J ru ^
ofan Harris good againft fwouning, the cardiackepaffion of the hart,againft melancholy and the
e ingendrethgood bloodccfpeciallyin
OfBuglofe. Cbap.iyo.
ttthekindes.
rts of Borage,
ige, fo arc there fundry of the Buglofles,
I notwithstanding af-
many are ofopinion that the one is but a degenerate
is the true Borage ;;mai
ill wediuide them acco
*Thedefiriptio».
i npHat which -, bringeth foorth lei

Borage,!!;. uiesofBcetcs,rough
- andhairicllieftalkegro-
J[
weth vp to the height of two cubits,parted abouc into fundrybranches ; i
<
bey be opened, and

more blewe.Thc r •
-.d of long continuance.
2 LangdeBeefeisakindehecreof,aItogitherlefler,bi
rough toongof an Oxc or Cowe,wfa c
--• „V. ~. ^
ieThtflat.
Theft do growc in gardens euery where.
They flower from Maie orIunc, eucn to

5 theendeof Sommer. The leaues perifhin wintered
gloffe
rden BuSl0frC 'S
"Ikd ° fthe htCr Hcrbarift * *"W*> and VngUflk Vomtjiica, or garden Bu-
redcof Borage, and put C

<>' ,;: .
Of <iAlkanct or mlde'Buglojfe. Q>ap.i-j\.
< •
fo called of the
Org
any thing: wherupontna
yjîiittinerefutto-ptlpigmt r
thcfchcrbesfromthofc
his F
Iant^^/2orAltanettrom
•
Eehmmfit fmall Bugkjfle,a>w^^2jJ
:
:
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. *5 7
•
o'Voodic fubftance, dying the hands or whatfoeuer toucheth the fame, of abloodie colour , or
s
and more leaues, and thofe mor«

branches are lefle
I I
'
; ^«hairic:tbefl ;..;rowe flowers of a yel-
::-.:• I
..:•. .: .
... '. . ;. ;
•
cl eftt4cisofatH&c
-
11
...
icdcolour,dying the hand, lit .voodiefubftance.
>;..- '
etfcarcclyanythatwerecom Alkanet :but fuchas is Co
ry good inour Apothecaries fhops,I found there in great plentie.
:roote! :
heyelloweiaundife,^
cisgoodagainftthej)
igh place, but alfo report it to bee good todrk

n the beginning with hot beere.
e c plants are vfed to colour firups, waters, gellics,and fuch like confections,
A&»of Arderne hath fer

downe,a compoftrion called S -
isicisfaid.
<S
5
Of<BugloJ[e. O/M72.
* rhedffcriftion. -
LTcopfi Anglic a, or wildc Buglofle , fo called for that It doth not growe fo commonly elfc
where, hath roi ;ai d en Buglofle: the
flowers
grow for the mod: part vpon one fide of the (lender ftalke.,in fathionhollowlike a little bcl,
the* *
azure colour,long,and hollow,hai.ing certaine fmallbietve
ede is flnall and blacke., fafblonedlike the"head
* Thepkct.
Lycofftsgroweth vpon done wals,and vpon drie barren ftonie grounds.
Echiu/n groweth where Alkanct doth growe,in great abundance.
They flourifh when the other kinds of Buglofle!, do flower.
It is called in Greeke ?#« , Ecbium, and A».««J>.r : Alcibidion , ot^flcibindes the

fi"*^
"••
of fome thought to be Ambuf* (beats, or a km,
-
the fame effeft.
Of Houndes toong. Qbap. ij^.
Hounds toong. & The ctefcriftion.

(
.
ÔUnDjJf pflfe 3 and not Hounds toong.

. rwo cubits highland of
Hounds toong but

efpccially his root JjcoSc and dric.
s of Houndes tootig
•Tass : -
rooteconfifteth the '.':; ;;
-îl.u.ie.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. eti
.""..
Co.-ificyioyctliiuv.-L. ,]\ in my garden.
rbeyQ '.vcrinhiiicandluly.
;
•
. : "ioif,cKnitbjtkc 3 a
1
!* ' indgrccncwotmdes,B
,--•.
"
fcnges
J^s perfectly cure thefa i meal :go te i
ThcrootesofComfrcyi n nii m bcrfowcr,Knocgra(Te andtheIeaticsofCIaric ofcchcanh

3 a nd-F
.< .
.-;. •
3
.>.,-
PC hCC ° L lL >tCbof s - :
-
'-
Comfre
ahcyhauebecnoflongconunwnce.-G
*hfy fickneiTe taken eucry day, for certain H
-om,taketh away the inflammation ofthe fundament,and K

66z THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
OfConJlips offemfalem. Chap.zy^,
kThekindes.
THerebediuersfori
.
beingthctrue
colour oftheaowerscfpecially,asrtiaII be declared.
Lungworts,
%m ^
differing nn,l„'
/uW-^ ^f^ZZ'U- * The defection.

X •"> 0<*flipsofIcrufa!ern.orthetr U eand right Lungwoort.hathrougfi.hairicÎargelM^
of white.
y^, of a brovvne g .
,ots , or droppes
whdft
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 66$
r-itnguftifchiij.Clufi!.
leafed Cowflips of Ierufalem
C°w%s of Ierufalem, or Sage o

»U,andAAw M &. f c .. but feeing the other is
<.;...•...:.
nere is
- . .
.
another Lungwoorr.ci
: ... ;
.
.;:..•'
,. -..-:. -.•
t kirides ofMofTcs.
; .
THE SECOND BO.OKE OF THE
(
Of Clote Burre> or 'Burre T>ocfy. Chap.z 7 6.
* Thcieferiptio*. %
[
*~\ Lot Burrc bringcth foorth broad Icaucs and hairie, far bigger then the learn
':•:.-
it :':- . .
-.'..
jrcatBurres round like bullets or bals , which are rough all
eypalTeby;outof
,'..;.!......'.-•-
ouer, and full of fharpe ci
m
- ..
'
L
: f ;.;- : ;V'ai ;,
isinlulieandAuguft.
L .•.- •; nl ';VkG -
c s tl. ted .! ..:,•
'TheleflerBurreDocke is called of the G tAirnn iqjhc . ,.
- -
thinghot.
ThefeedeofthcleircrBiu « ;:ishotanddtie.
•
-' • ,'. .
,-'• :.-. .'.::
'
- . - ..•.''.;: .:,.:v. '. :-. .:. .
.-.-<.: .-.'. -., .
iflcrocr.ts!
ft.
th
r
h
the
^^ andl ''
;:
- '
and fpitting of bloud
e,laboutedinaIeadeuH
wfpredvpontheBurre .. haue beene prooued oftentimes
•- : .
OfCokesfoote.orHorfefootc. Cbap.zjj.
I fufMagoflorcns.
Coltesfoote in flower. -
* Thedtferiftio*.
ith many white and long creeping rooi
T»fe rife vp naked ft'alkes(in the beginning of March and April!
' -
•
c, .. .
andby tn«
rth the naked ftalkes and flowers.-
SalkpSn
iSSintheendofM^-handabouttheCak
;
i
F..!cfoo*.ci?ca! coii ^/f/r^ -in fh,u\s Ttr-

-
c, Horicho. tl-,. nj Bi Cmtc.

'!.'('•< t'i to be Iikewifc called
J ioieu -
j-,','«;«w..ini! f.j;r.i'./ •>

.. \!lo otfr////j in ins
srUbvLliucrs names. . . ..-hv,u.rc) 1; , <:..;.
OfButter^Burre. Qjap.17%.
This groweth in moift places'neere vntoriuers fides, and vponthebrinkes andbankes of lakes
ter,with
; the flowers flourifhii
newe ones ftill growing vp.:
./^£«»,d.taks which continue tiUwin-
Butter Burre is ca)

•
rtVt Slow Dutch Sort*

gillie is named Butt er Burre; itisverymanifefttha t this is like to Cokes foote,
is hot and drie in the fecond <
A TherootesofButtc; I
uen to drink in peftilent and burning fouers,
B 1 he rootes dried and beaten to pov

plagueandpeftilenttcancr ;.bicauk r :>:, ,ti. .kcth !w
D The fame killcth wonncs in die belly

;\
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
/mall Celandine or Tilemort. Chap .279.

Of }
jo THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
OfmarJh^Marigplde. Cbap.zSo.
[* Here be foundc at this daie three forts of marih Marigold
ft Thetemperature.
i » yf Arfh Marigold hath great broad leaues fomewhat round,fmooth,of a galla

,, among which rife
vpthic!
growe goodly yellow flowers, glittering like
-
j
tothofeofCrowfootc,lr unpofed ofvcriemanieftrini

inanierounde leaues fpred vpon the groundc
I .
growe at the tor, of the b cilowe colour : the roote is

i
}
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Double Howredmarfh Marigold.
'
'.! is called of Vtlerh

.
• .
. -, ,
Cheshire and thofe|
* The temjertturancLvertues.
''' '.-'' '
thcr out of other mens'
OfFroggebit. Qhap.i%\.
THere
ofthewatcraimall plant,
tea
'
:. . ; •
.. .
- i
• •
:
:....
it hath fleder firings, which grow out of a fhort
AuiuplW III',. -,
founds f.vnnming or floting almoft in

It is
eueryditch,pond,,poole,o;-
-GeorgchisficIdcs,and
£7* THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
faicfaSumhacbclortntoT^
" fet^^ toff
^^ a £VondiW^^> and to hauethe
•kThedefiriptiou.
THe white water Lillie or Nentpbtr ,hxh great round Ieaues,m fhape of a buckler, thick,
fat,andfulIof iuic< iaiks,fullofa fcimg»J»
:ronely,ofcolour wh long, fliarpepoinK
clfpungicwithin,ouc :
HISTORIE OF PTANTS. 67*
- -
SKcaterthenthofeot -.c„ 1 r,. r
caucslike the la
K& *Tkejumes.
-
•
.. .
faith: the A
'
I;
/ -
Both the roote and fcec J oi, û.:. c .:
Lilly with yellowe flo«vers ftoppcth
- •
: •
.
thclenfcawayi
ithj that being ftamped and laide vpon the wounde , it is r
the
reth hot difeafes of the kidneies and bladder, and is Angular' good againftthe running of
if
The roote and feede of the great water Lillic, verie pood againft venerie or flefhly defirt
5 is ,
' ;.':
:v..,:-. . ;
The conferucofthe Bowers is goodie. -, d»lfoagainfthot bunv

F
;
made into oile,as yee do makeoile of rofcs,doth coole & refrigerate, cauK
rgenitors vpon and
^
HTSTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfTondweede, orwater Spike. Chap.ify
P0ndweedhathlirtlcftalks,flendcr,!; -
-diointedrtheleaues
....-..; :".- ><
lo grow in Handing v âlniofteuery where.
IticMii j r, v~ * The names.

.
A
B
good again*
It is •
Alfo it is good being applied to the

^ writer!,.
b
...
Ofwater Saligotpater Caltrops, or water 3\(uts. Chap.i 8i.
HThcdefcriptics.
WAter Caltrops hath long Q cn(j et
ting aboue the fame, weak*
towards the top oi the water is vene great in re-
-v,et:theleaties large ind

v alike thofe of the Poplar
i.
pointedand prickly, in fha
;ortcdtobeeatcngreene,
and being dried and groundc to ferue in Head of
: - :..
watcrs,andiprings. Mark
e lyi " ,
-
%\fefta"OToVc!
It flouriflieth in IuneÎuly, and Auguft.
The Grecians call it ««?»*« Wt* > the L;

ca nes 7 ribulusn
—— »etl ; and of the likeneile of iro.. ..^^
'" jr water Chefnuts.
and the almonds v.:

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. frj
and they thcmfclues do feedc of the kerne

feot,
* Lene nuts or fruit aCTriHmMjutie^

The
. b'-W thcL , . tl d.raiell
fJ ---—
ts,arc giuai u
rootes mere be iongftrings,roi:
brought foorth theleaues, go to thebottome of
r th cre alfo growe' fitom thef ISnc other firings

Pv fej$jiA -
It may be called,
4 ..:•.
THE SECOND BOOKE OF Tl
A This Houfleckefhicth the bloudwfcu
to them : and is cquall in the vertucs »foiefaid with the former.
Ofwater Yarrow }
and water Cjittoflower. Chap.i
olafaluftrit. 2 Millefolium aquatic*

/ater Violet.
x^^
Ater Violethath long and great lagged caues,vene finely cut o rem-
1
\ )C r
r V 1
thetopfoa
;..Jevvherebytheyareiau.
the middle.The root;
.yadrtiininglikeChryftalf. .
fion5
2 Water Milfoile,or water Yarrow,hath long and large leaues deepely cu;
. The flowers growe at thctoppc of the ftalke tuft fafhion , and like vntotneian
y
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
"ttcjfi f ft M nil c
nathitoncftalkeonely.noi'^ -;aibedtohaue:forthe
u Efficiently
fpokcn of in his tide.
fl^ aKrYarrovvasD
" '
^ '
mdbyrcafonthatittatccthaway hotin- A
..',. .•
fitiS flowcr or vvater violec is thou ht to bc coIdc
> > g
and dtic »
ct hath ic no vfc in phi - B
Fy+- Of
n

OfDucfys meate3
and otherfmmming herbes. Qoap.i%-j.
much againft hot fiW

r and applied,preuaileth
it guttc fallen downe in yoong children.
0/" water Cronfoote. Chap .288.
ItThc Aeptfthn.
WAter Crowfoote hath (lender braunches trail-

leaues vnder the water molt finely cut andiagged likcthofc
y"r\--~: •;;
c
Of Dragons, Gap.zfy.
T^ b two forts °f Dragons

? , the greater and the lefler : and befides thefe a third one which
THegreatDragon. bit-andahalfchk; :> / , t hicke,

'
> • '
'
,. .
'
§andnarR '
liberie :outofthetop
of theft
iwte
it
growcth a long hofc or huskc greater then that of the Cocko n
6%i THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
. The great Dragon us. I ng!and,butelfcvvhcrc
HTbefUu.
Hie greater and thelcfi
^ 1Rj cns . The water Drag
The berries of thefe plants are ripe in Autumne".
^caliethDraTof^;^;'
J^gtee with the greater or
«
<S8
4 THE SECOND BOOKE OFTHE
-.
..-...
B ItfcouKthandclcnfe ;sashauenccdeoffcouring i
ias a
"sias lfow
,
, a«o i
white
1
and
.
ii'ticareeoodforvlccr^nd™-^.
Ml
E Furthermore Z^/,r ,c rubbed the lcauej or root
him thatbearcth Dragons about him

and
G GâlfohathmademennonofDr-
;'' '
1
.
An ôfcor/dcs
home, ortakenofitfdrc
mm ,
:
U
r
wthc
h i arfroftewkh
chefttQ ^^
OfCockowpint, or wake Itopin. Qhap.iyo.
TA Here be diuers forts of wake Robin or Cockow pint differing in names, titles,
and figure.
r &
1 A riworCockc. :
P oinredleaues 3
befpotted
ftalke nine inches long , befpecked
hoodcommeth foortha pcftellor clapper of a darke murr-.

:- '
.
,;. ,-.;;
pith, with fome

(4 full of
threddie additaments annexed thereto.
2 There is in Aegyj t .
,. and in certaine places
'
• '
•
.
.:. :
•
thole or tK
greater then
. -
maybeeaten. Itisrepcr- by the

rcafc that it hath
is
"
fibres which runne and lprcad from the
rootes.
f^
^Cockowpintgrowethinwcods neerc
cprefently after winti
* ^ S onc> thcbuncho1
e y arc
oecommcth ripe which is blul^nd
A"|uft.
'^m
^S^' m
!
ie
^^^°»
KofPortin
Azm ° t
ngallnecrevr
.
P btt which is found alfo in Africa, and
C
°£ T?w
S °f T I™ iS CaIkd in Latin ^^-'
- ,
" Greeks : in rtiops /,,*,,& fi^-^.-of
: . .
-
', but Dragonsis belt?
, , _.
- '
Of Friers Coule, or hooded Cuckgnpint. Chap.iyi.
"CRicrs hood is of two forts,the one broad leafed, the other narrow leafed, as our later Herbinfts
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
: '
Road leafed i
B
...cfeoo,:,,,,^',,,,,,,,,-,,-
s, and being put into the fecret part of any lining thing', it
THE SECOND BOOKE OF
OfzJJlrabacca. Qhap.iyi.
tithe defcriftm
i -pHc leaties of Afarabacca,are faoothôfa decpe grccnc colour
..-
'""
'
:
-"-
It dclightcth to
- '
.
.
.. ..
•
growcin foadomeplaccând fs very common in moft wardens

.. .
.
:
^..
..r,:,
..,
;
•
Tnehcrbc is a l walcs greenest doth

iues an dflow« S .
i ;
-
e
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
'
X -
me ththatthcword^/iw^fMcamc,\vhichthcapothccari9?\ic irdl'c ,<c Vi nic , c >

t
Jc
-. .
•
.
.-;,-. ,-. .; '.:..
darelikeinfac!:! t more forceable: and
• .:.'. \\ .\r >: : .

<
. : . .
:' :_ .'.; . . . ;
.
draw foorth by vomit thickc, phlegmaticke, andc!

iebcUy sandin this they are more forceable, and of greater cffecl: then the rootes them-
t they increafe not, or cometoexulcera-B

tion,orcreepeanyfaru-: »nthefamc.
Therootes arc good agai agaioft wens and hardeC
lwcllings,andaguesof long continuance: but being taken in the greater quantitic , they purge
Ch ° ICr n0t mUCh lcffe thCn thC Icaues tholl h Gden fikh no>> b Y vomlte
^ g efpecially,and
all™ f^
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P* ^M^\ Cf^f orSe a Bind W ecde 3 hath lm nyfma

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V'guft,tobc kept tor medicine.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 69 i
mcatc or flefhjand the broth drunkcj or elfc the herbe taken in powder worketh the like
feme fat
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The greater GrafTe of Parnafllis. The lefTer Grafl
"kThedeJiriptioH.
Gta<re
T£ h
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Parnaflushathheeretofore beencdefcribedbyblmdemen,! do notmeane
-uer.This plane hath

faullroi
ing the Ieaues of Iuic,or Afarabacca,but fmaller,and not of fo darke
a colour- am
ds, wherein is contcined a
reddilMecde. The
he former in echcrefpea, fiuing

tl
Thefirft groweth very plentifully in Lanfdall and Crauen,m thenorth parts of Engird- IV
Cambridge,atHeiTctalfo in Suffolke 3 at aplace named Drinkftoneîn the medowecalled

Butchers
->fiidefomethingofth
nhcr plant called •

: ,
/fy
The fecond may be called Noble white Liue
•krhtmture.
Ofwhite Saxifrage>and golden Saxifrage. Qha$. 295.
XTbedefcription.
i >-|-t He white Saxifrage hath roundeleaucs fpread vpon thegroundejandfornewhatiagg«

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"" unds aboutBath and Wcls jalfo it

theMoorcsbyBoftonai
The golden Saxifrage flowrcth in March and April!.
_ , -kThenmts.
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I to lecond is
called eolden Saxifrascor golden Stonebreake.
Thcfirftofthefce
Golden Saxifi
The roote of white Saxifrage

boiled in
The venues of
golden Saxifrage are
c * is
a Angular wound hcrbc ,equall
,

Of Sovpbreade. Chap. z^ 6.
- very notably as well in forme

A asintheirtimeoffiowringjflourin-iii' es.
^
organ*
Bt'
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pj«*«r«**» .«!>***'
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2 The fecond kindc of Sowbreadjhath broad Icaues fpred vpon the ground,fliarpc pointed.fom-
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cor Sowbread growei
Sowbread flowreth in September when

vh do afterwards ferine
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tiEnglifh Murrey colour.
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V
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be ou tvv^d i
" VCry pmfitable a ainft al oifon and
8 P > ** ^«ng s of venc- B
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feWl "eat
.figbrMethawa, all D
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a good and effedtuall bath for members out of ioint,the gout,

"andkibedheelcs. -
The rootc being mad, Imie waxe and roftedinthe

L
nv uted tobc good
M Being beaten and .
a arao-
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ping ouer the fame.
OfBirthvpoorts. Chap. 197.
•klhtkindes.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 69?
* Thedefcmt.ov.
OngBirthwoortli.. the ground, tangling
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rOOKS Wh Ch
' 3re left
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; hampionplaces, the fields of Spaine are
1 otnerplaccsof GranadoinSpaine
3amongbu(hesanii b
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They flower in Maie,Iune3and Iuly.
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J/V? Vh
" CaIkd ^ oorte,ofthe forme of his ro
e Malum Ae Apple of
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isgoodagainftferpc
e^cpêê!
B Rotad Birthwoorte and al'fo for the reft of the other poifons: itis
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3 3 if it be drunk
C
ethôorttfc^les
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^^ ipUnKtSi and rtlk,ers ' and bein m
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D Gdariatth, that bran. .ntfmell:andthereforeis
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It is
falling ficknes.
G Theitaandc Jrijh&cbb doth beaucific
rubbed with the powder thereof.
Of Violets. Cbap.zpS.
HP Here might be defcribed many kinds of flowers vnder this name of violets , if their difference*
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ay be in kinred and neigh-
lets of the Garden which hauc a great prerogatiue abouc

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thefc moft odoriferous flo-
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be made of them Gatlan h aredelightfulltolookeon
: yea Gardens therofelues
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of honefticjcomelineik- a ifcenxly and filthic thing,

t rkltrngrtfatprpreM.
loth ioortiwith bring from therootc manyK

_ :s, rounder then the leauc of line ; : tmoiig the -
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li'ig.ofablewdarkiffrpur;
The feede is fmall,long,and fomewhat round withalL The roote con-
ecolourofwhofe; ..
he double garden
.
1 Violet hath lc'aucs, creeping branches, and rootes like the gard:
'""
riatthisfortofVioletbringcthfoorthffioftbeaut:" double flow-
itcwifc agrecth with the other of his kinde, a
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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growc long imooth leaues. The flowers growe at the top of
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whereupon do growc Ion the Panfey. The flowers growe at the top
cftrangersjhaucbeenc
loued into a Cow, the
. E clog fheweth that raccinium and VuU do differ.

Et nigral l.efunt,&i
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sandleaucsof the Violets

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:dicines, that arc to comfort
lebodiefoluble. Being out-
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>e giuen into the bodie,yet bcin g delai
lirethaU inflammations of the throtc mouth jvuula,fquinancie
TheleauesofV ablccataplafmesorpuit
p
and are of greater efficacie among c t.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfHarts eaJejrTaunfts. Q>**9*
3 are there likcwife fundrie kindcs of Paunfies.
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3 VicUtricolorfilueBris. 4 Viola tricolor petr**.
StonieHarteseafc.
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Th^ flower not onely in the fpring, 1
t. and of diuers Ue»: y«

cweede, Bull wcede , and Mattewn,
>f the flowers,^
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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ItisgoodastheJatcrriii': >:of anagewc, cfpetiallyci
Midhcalech '
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Ofgroundfme or zAkhoofe. t Chap .300.
S~> Round Iuie is a low or bafc Iicrbc , itcree-
Mt ' 01 """"'
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"~ ^-'"--- o ^3 ( Grccke
MoftotdicUcerHerbariftswilhwtiuff"rittobc chimtciffnt vturtmt: or the olde Hcrbarifts

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^jffftcgreaterorthc / rt s, but e£ccial]ythree,the white, the
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oicplantbcaret..
idfruidefft.
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Oeple : in Spaniih Tedrt .- in French Liarre.

The grcatcnli ie I
»<*»/, mmfri&rP*:
A The leauesof lu ie inc, doheale oldevkew, andperfWff""

thofe that haue a vene and are a remedielikewilc
flo»rc^
£ Moreouer the leaues boiled with vinegerjarc good for fuch as haue bad fpleenes:but the
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 7c P
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fr theitfrriftion.
i fhccoi uk [f " cs t
edges with crooked prid 'esof a white colour, and
The roote is long,fom f

many branches.
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ZintftriSi >rthe 1 ronincc of America^
Theothersgroweinroi: the hedges and borders of fieldcs, on
They flower and fto ripe in Autum
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nottobeperceiued.Thdl-. u Thej a
he ° 0teS 3re of tem erature

P hot and dric > and of thin'andfubtill partes, infornuch as their de-
co d>
th-f + k
Cy 3rC
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* Thevemes.
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for a11 manner of infirmities, wherein there is hope o
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i in few dais,if the difeafe be not old or greatjbut if it be,it require* a longer B
en J i e > i ldmgthi fSpaine, though it be counted!
Jed oiDiofeoridts and ?//*/<? againft poifons. The Ieaues hereof, faith
n againft deadly medicines, whether they be drunkc before or after.
Ofjmooth or gentle "Bindweeds. Cbap.^.
* Thekwdts. '
irts of Bindvveedesjdiffering as well in counti
TT isaftrangcthingv
'^"^"tntoan^S
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f
DunmowinEffexinfuchat
of Bindweed or VolubUU is l.l
rth kind of Bindweed called Hdxa
ndcffea of purging, may ycelde
VMnt*tenuU,
and doth tW.. .
'. i ••nc. This uf«w/
KJtEgmeuel
! A)»u"'.- :a nfIs,oi kidney Bean
luhcYcv,
The£auc<
id laid to the greeued placc,difibluetb 5waftcth,an
wcdesandhuitfullvnto
e <
Of Blev Bindv>eed. Op.304..
* Thdtjcriftkm.
.
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conrc-
, 0,1 dogrow broad
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come fooith moftpleafant '
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:ds,which be referred to Nil AuUtnn* which no doubt may
beautlMazurcd flowets^d -
inlhS
k n the firft dcgree,but Sertfio ma-

«hittobehotanddricinthcthir(
r
OfScammoniejr purging Bindweed. Cbap.ôf.
bell fiffhion.
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ubc,findeanyg^
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nlaces, rather to be called I fearc
irhediligent,andno
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HI ST OR IE OF PLANTS.
g
guc indite ri-
,-edofcholer.
ally and onelvbclong-

Uy and curioufly vfc the lame.
OfBrioniejr the vhite Vine. Q M° 6 }a '
i rhikindes.
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leoncwhit^theothc, b] s followcth.
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""pHeblaclcBtyc
orRibcs, wl
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many infirmkics.and to very good
We* ftaU bcdscliedTa the prop«pIace."
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i The wilde blacke Bryonie refemb : e
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£ The berries do not.,
and confumc away blacke and blewe marks that come of bruics and drie beatings, which thing
alfo the roots pcrforme being laid vpon them.
lesofGranado.
D In k '' atl vinekz carter t •
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"""^SSS^S
C
Kthcongcafed blond ; and berogb^
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfBrjonie of ^Mexico. CbapjoZ.
Bryonie of Mexico. Bryonie of Peru.
* The iefirifthn.
' fHatplantwhi, r.of Bryonie of Mexico, i
| the kinds of Bii ,

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5?^. but I am in good h, ly judge whether irT£
?24 THE SECOND BO.OKE. OF THE
dataehtMeehotcMthj places of the Weft Wi«
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Indies called Nicwgux ai Ik belt doth grovre.
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this of Mcchotcan: it is called in Englifh h<
The roote is of a meane temperature betweene hot and colde^but yet drie.
A It purgeth bv fiege
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orelfeinfleihbioth.
.fesproceedcofaegme
eoodaeaniftheadad iccoughes,hardneflcot
pancofthcludncics i cine, and belly.
Ofthe Manured Vine. Qhap.ôy.
•ktbekinb,.
T He Vine may be accounted among thofc plants
J
thathaue needeof ftaies and props, ai
lbreadcthallat---
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todwioedifoin.; •
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ud pal and euety ol
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re they carkd to fomc hoiifc a
{o are they brought tot
broad, ofan oucrworne c
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'. hofc
HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
Lie the r , 1 nci c ,
^WôrmkleVme callcdrnGreckci^K^^ndinLatinc^^.-asin^y^
^
itf.bookc27.chaptcrJ
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lotwithftanding rinacea are alfo taken in Columella for the drofleor remnantoftl
The tender and clafping branches of the Vine and the lcaues do coolc.and miehi
. They are good againft the la
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I Thcaihesmadeofthc leth after the preffing, bcini

piles,andhardfwelling5:- rs the fame: being mixed w
Tc of the aflies of Vine flicks, in compofiti.
the other agnail.
3 Of Grapes thofe that are eaten rawc do trouble the belly, and fill the ftom
kinde of grapes do verym
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raturebyreafonofmoiftureandcoldneflc, they helpe without an) 1 i;rt, , the ,., .'e o</ *V-
fl ones, as we may fee in ditiers cornpofiti- F
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Of Cute.
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I icwcth that Hepfm* muft be made of cieht parts ofnew wine
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^»4,boUedwine.
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L tisme faith in his i^bookc s>.chaptcr.,that Cute was
Of Wine.
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compounded of barlie is
wine of quinces : out. < a
That is properly anc ivhichisprcfledoutofthegrap
nor ofione facukie or power jt
he fourth connltethi"^'"
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irefrecteththea e 1
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Somewincisof fcbfhn. % <*£ fat; and many alfo of a middle con- A
Ône'wineisofgreatftrcngth^ndanotlic; iterifh wine ;a full wine B
forcbyreafonof the diuetl x,t a litdc " dlfferin

| , c fee gerari J. •• - to the fun :
the rawer L
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thedrinciTcW,
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F Icisgoodforfuchasa ndtbathaueneedrohaue
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u.ch,andalfofi|
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it be moderately take long into fury and lufUnd troubled
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Of the dclaying,or tempering of Wine.

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E Hippocr*tesm.\hc-\ :r of tempering of wine and
writers to drinke, who And they that

ins drinke.
drinke fimple wine fay,that they will Scythiztre, or do as the Scythians do as we may read in the
:
G The Scythians as //. - tfirme , be people of Ger-
Crnwhauingpaflcdouerlftcrisreporred tohauccomc in
H And in this our age all the people of German ie do drinke vnroixed wine which growethm ,
all w
:r people of the north pans , who make no fcrupleat
' r " Wh
'tnom!ongm"
is purpofe, which arc commonly called Lembickes. .
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or lie; i.ftllkdoutof habes,
alforefemblethcleerc::: ffcreth.
L It bcarcth the furn ,.c and prolong tic
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It is called ^#r^w, burnin
nncftandftrongcl
%S5Servhot.an, Jofmoftfubtill ai idthini lepartsjhotanddrvein thelaftr.tMkofi

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wine, is good for bvaIo. V «:.-vle i
e it prolongetii life, quit
Visfitforthofethatarcta ken with the Cat; 'q.fi:' whichisadifeafeinthcbi rainc, proceeding (

ofdrinesandcolde)andarci hercbenoageweibined;
.'•:•.;.' v'v hart, and ftirringvp the nftrumentsofthel

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:!lo outwardly applied: nut: ',;' •

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Of Argall,tartar,or wine Lees.

The Lees of wine which
is bel>me hard like a cruft , and fticketh to the fides of the vefTels, and
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proc'eVdtffre'
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C It hath a very great it elenfeth and throuehlv heateth KinJ-i.
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place in a ceJIer vnder the ground. £S
D The Apothecaries, Tartar. It retainethacau

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muftbcannointedouer night
The bricfe fummc ofthat hath been faid of Wine.
E The hike of the green .îLen^sgoodforthofethat
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and pearceth quickly into
H Claret wine doth greatly nourifh and warms the body, and is wholfome with meate 3 efpeciaH;
vnto flegmauke people: but very vnwholfome for yoong
aboue naturcand hurteth the head.
I Red wine ftoppeth „ e is hunfull to oldepeople,
K Secke or Spanish wine hath been vfed of a long time to be drunkc after mcate , to caufe the
meate the better to digeft: but common experience hath foundc it to be more beneficialltothc
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OfHops. Cbap.yo.
be two forts of Hops : one the manured, or the garden Hop ; the other wildc or of tr
T hedge
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other things,vp> ngftalkeSjterjghandhai-
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oreoffioivers^vhercinefpecia.ls «>nfitteth
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thorncsâhoutch thewilde kinde.
^c flowers of Hops are

gathered in Auguft and September, andrekruedto bevfedinbeere:
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i ongthcpricfclcyp]
alfo thought to auoide cholcr and flegme by the ftoolc. It is written that the fame dropped into
tempered witn lie

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the quenching of our thirft.
Of the Traueilors toy. Cbap.yi.
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x n - He plant whit
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I aiii,bm not properly,whofe long woody and V.r

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I clematis peregrin* Ctrdes,
l -r* Hat which i'ofc/defcribeth by the name cfo»rf««rw/«,hathveiyIongand dote

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Thefe plants delight to growe in funnie placed they profper better in a fruitfull foile then
at*
ren.They grow in my garden where they flourifh exceedingly.
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They flower h i S ep tember.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS
Ofpurging Teminhle. C
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threds, in iimii ki i fi i'c, j' J ;! i>lcr' -
in !< criqi:a c.ar.d
ir. The Rowers groweat
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a Auguft to the end of September.
ind Ladies Botverând Virgins Bower,
lg as atf/wfaithjof acauftide or burning
OfJVoodbindejrHonifuckle. Qap.y^
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>rHonifuckleclm - '«:rvyoodieftalkcs, pitted
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The Woodbind* gro
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thoughnot long fmcc,very rare and hard to be found, exceptin the garden of fome diligentHet-
The leaues come fo c rth : flo wers budde foorth in Maic and Iuae : the
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tow
B The leaues be oiY ;nke thirty daiestogither, are reported
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. f the flowers are giuen to be drunke with g

8jfplecnecfi«
o be drunk againft the.;
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b corn reduce, that the water of Ho-
W^*ffitaTtheworl*.u".-^,\ti ' -t ; <-
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ôadcUksthofe ot'Lu- t:ics.Thc rootc is toug

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r b Cl ° nBinS W * ™ Wriii !*rfon
[fînc\? muS diffcdn' f
called
Among the Arabians, Strt/u was the firft that 'named Gcffcmine , Ztmhth; « is edei ufr
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1 they be (oft and mads vptotheformeofapukis, and applied, B
OfTemnklc. Chap. 7,16.
T^Hete be dV.ers fortes orkindes of Pc. rhcrskflTcryforocwith

Iwlnteficwcrôchcrspurpleand '
-kic colour.
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D Etuinklc hat h fl c " der and long
h^ hcs
ikcrorhclhylcafc
I «lP^ W\ ,-^ ! t!cfcr - fhcp

vcricrowcbardcby thclcaucs,
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(&&• fprcading wide open, compolcd of G
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, be .:. ig white flowers , winch makethit to differ
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1 Here be two fortes oi '.
'idlcauesiharpepointed:
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The Caper growcth in! foilc,
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Of
OfBeaneCaperr. Qhap.yZ.
CappirUfabngo.
hesbycoupleôfalightgTn!
wers before they be opened -
arc
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'herein is contained fnu

ither and thither.
•4 Theplace.
ft in the come fieldesofthe
It Howreth when the Caper dc
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: feekefor none other, vn-
leffeitbeforanEnglifh -.^BeaneCaper.
I
worth the remembrance.
Of Swallow woort. Chap.yip.
* rhtitfiriftkn.
T:
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fhade,foniCT
derfooteftaiks:afterwhic
omittcdinthefigurc:(o
is wrapped foft brownifh
TORIE OF PLANTS.
ingtothe height ofSue or fixe cubic ,
v.V.:;.v •
s: itielt'e .p"
;
:theflowersheercofareblackc:thclcaues.,cods. arid tootes, )
2 AfiUfiasflorcnivro.
Blacke Swallow woort.
ordugs,andB
OfftidianSmUvtoXpoort. Chap.y.o.
kthepUce.
urrupi airc,bloodic flixes, or fomc otncr mortau ncknes hath not i
Itfpringeth vp,flowreth,and flourifticth both winter and fomme

>lantsofthatcountrie.
The filke is vfed of the people ofPomeioc, and other of the proui
i!t_J
n other places they
onely report of the abundance of moft pure i

HISTORIE OP PLANTS.
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Oftke Bombant,orCottwp!ant. Cbap.p:
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thofe of the Bay tree,of a i
by rcafon the cods are great.

the rirftCreepingDogsbane,and the other vpright or Sj
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Thefeplantsareofthe: l cr ,
u which being eaten
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, for as Dioficrides
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*Theki»des.
ruit very notably, butin
t (fererice.
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ndCO d ftalk " fetforthc moft part with long
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k The place.
of aplacecallcdMendi ,
by a village callcdCray.
fordevpon Rough or Ro Bradfords woodneeretoa

»d neernto a village called Horfley Sue milts
They fpring vp in March,and fhew their flowers in May : i
:terneiTe 3 astheiameauth -ound in thole that do growt
F «keth away in
B °The roote of Salomons Seale damped while it is frefh and greene, and applied,
gotten by fals or \ omens n
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!l«°snoaob"d°anTthe iblc toitfor'theptirpofcsafort

ift be ftamped/oiiK ale or win.
roken bones, againft brufes,b

'•--, lammation, tiunors orfwellin gs, that happen \r.zo
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fhould fay Lsfcut* Mtrtut, or pric - i
Myrtusfiliuftrupx wildc Myrtle:

or XMftm : m ops Brnfcm mcrs Supttpt,
:
lAUrceBusEmferictu ano I efibojttJ in Io we Dutch
ftff.
There be
Attain his ;&cha
:-::••- v w-r/7*-.
><? the W that c«U.
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O/Horfe toong or Doub!e toong. Chap.pi.

broad &
I TJ Orfctoong
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* ofthcBaytre
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a' ThtfenTaleHoric' I'turea'nd colour crf<fej*
vnto
feernct
Double toong fetfoorth by Mtthiolm^ which
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garden very plentifully.
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Trc hxh is called Alexanders IT i

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adc.Doublc toong ' "
§
Laurell of Alexandria.
degrec,and dric in the firfl

c

f Double toong boiled in wine, and the decoftion drunke, helped
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t -pHeCucnmbercreepethalons! 1
fonffough^
whereupon doe
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of i«
flioote foorch between I e .bikes ,
compofed
fmallydlovvleaues-.wh.c ^cornere^rough^.^
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ed Cucumba
of the bignes of a great Warden. The root
y^Herchathbcenn 1 f f f
Spamefome feeds <•! luica
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there brought foorth !on

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round, yellowetothefun
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*ThefUcc.
ilacetofct J( 'vnc'tiotoiielythe time of lowing
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ru\t:cin the iurthcripjitcsofthe North of Scodant
he Cucumber is named generally Cuctr-» ti : i:
a.L.-jVi.C :lu
^ :.;; ,««r ^«^;^
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All the Cu :d Thcvnutr he lo^.c

degree. A
... .. ,-ceuicv!. to the body ' JJ ' i.idnio»ftnourilliment , and that ve.ic little, and
'"wcOc ,; :
latcgi eeneandnoryetripc:! for when they arc ripe and B
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openeththel
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s
hevnincafurablcvfethei-
ththebcUic iftthcexulcerationohhe
"sr ir ^rriv'ôi
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the dropfie,butnotof fuch force as £&*<,«»
whcreoflcommendtothelcarncdaiu: un ci -— -
»%/;/ in Bucklers Buric my louingfriend5hath taken more paines in curious *»

compofmg of it,
ft The defection.
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A Thcmeateorpulpc, jrkc i s eaten nwe'bu
Of thenilde GtruU,caUed Co\ocjnthis. C^ a

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ide as do the Cucumbers and Mel«
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b.uiutt;ic;c:'.,.j :! j : i '••,^cioi:s aiuicx- g
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VI The white pulpe or fp i it bbcl ,
For the fame purpofes it ma

The fame boiled in oilc an
The decoftion made in win
Of Mus{e ^Melon }
or ^Million. Chap.^z?.
^nHaebcduicis : i'olieinftiapeandpropor.
. .Jic belt approoucd authors.
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: fame bigneflc 3 ofamoftpleafiM

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS
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kThcdcftription.
''ping and talc' û*^

on£ aêvnt
Pcare,ofthebigneiTe of a great Quince. 01
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(lightly
wethncerevntotheftal
chcMekmngHS
tc-eftedorfurr ?
•-.,.,.,
pulpeormeateisnocfopleafingmtafleastbeothers. fa nc
...Z
hey
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dcl '
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W
vniewedintheChapterofQicumbcrs:,
The Muske Melon is called in Latinc Mclo

Melons .-inhigh Dutch fgCiaatU in a- Ah, !
* Thcdtfcriptim.
I •T-'HegreacMcIon or Pompionbringethfoorththickeand rough )i
bots*afes,and .
mu uldcreepeaion|vp-
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Ik beginning of Aprill:
wthingûucXhLfilieththcTdly!
1
^ ™ ™^> bl ' C TOt ° robuft,ous and rttftld(c
P eoP le »
OfmldeTompions. .Chtp.fp.
3
TTicfccondisliTvnic
Ibth the difference.
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and moft partes of the caft and weft Indies.
Their time oflowring and flourifhing an Weth that ofthe garden Pompion.
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n Latinc Fcfines fit-
efewilde.Mt cr,fo be they alfo often

.bbetheyalfooftoii-
} 3
Of gourdes. Cbap.î
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TheGourdsarecheriitedi, 1
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itherforpleal
•.-•.: ,,-
it flail be very quickly made
cially being fodden, whichbyrcafonof the flippctincs and moiftnes all
E But being baked in an ouen,or fried in a panne, it loofeth the moft part of his naturajl raoi
mollific the belly fo foone.
Of the mlde gourde. Cbap.ffl.
garden Gourde
wilde Gourde: this is like the
. c - - -
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onthc top like the head of a'
HISTORIE OF PLANT
:thirde Chapter, affirmei
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The wilde Gourde
Gourd 's
[[t-wcr.t'xw.-.c
is as
ext: c
hot and drie as C - « fecond degree.
pepeth and fcowreth the flopped paffa-
i
igcche belly
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B
OfTotatoes. Chap.%4..
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:inucflorifhcdvntothefirft
ha'-.egrowenvntoagrcat
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: they be of nature barren of flowers,
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fhe Potatoes gjw in IndTa,]
jurifheth vnto the end ofSeptember : at the firft approch of great frofts .t
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and
;r W mdin e ffe3efpeciaIlybcing«tcn
fthe
te maybe made confc bolefome anddaint''e,than°
ates 3eal!edinniops^/'*-^'
confeaioner or S«g«
e cunning
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* The time.
" in H
guit.The limit is ripe in September. '
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ger and pepper,
Ofthe garden tSMallow called Holiibocke. Cbap.%6.
-ebcalCofomeofthc
lagged itran^cH ill 1c
THctameorgardenMallow brinscth foort'h broad rounds of a wliitift cr«* :[
flo^s.
oiiowerorfuc, :,italk e s finglc
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The double Hollihocl confufcdly indented

5 v.nbroadc Ieaues ,
about the edges,and hkc:
le height offower or Sue
often^^f^
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•kThepUce,
oftheredcolour, doth ftoppe the ouermuch flowing old,
OfthemldeMallme. Chappy.
* The defection.
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pother! wen in garden?, ami is
feede alio waxeth ripe.

ThemMcMallovveisc
Th:Vc - ,' oKomc Herb* Hu»p.
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Thclcaues ofMallowes arc good againit the flinging of fcorpion Sj bcc^

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.oa:id/J .i.'«.v.^£-;/V«.ztc(lific.
Of Mar/he Mallow. Chap.%%.
There be diucrs forts of Marfh MaIIowes,diffcring vciy notably as (hall be declared.
"ywhite,orofavc: mdbdttoasKfciteiii
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ftffikWi, RWjecPaduain IuKe and

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\ofTheephraJlitsSid*, ol
uitliwn, or the noucrs of Pomegranates.

The reft of the MaB6*cs N i theit feueraU titles.
n •
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g nature.
Theleauesof marfh Mallowe areof pow t ate paine, and to con A

Theybevvith good eifee; t paine of the fides, of £
andtopaffefoorth.
u", the flowers

and rindes of Pomegranates,and fuch like.
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l in :inke , expelleth the (tone and graucll, F
mtil they be very foft,&

thathtle w
Of theyellow Mallow. Chap.i :t9 .
*lh&cfcr,ftl0»,
1 -i- He yellowe Mallowe rifcth vp wnh a
1 ^™h d
r ^
k C ' fo:;
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poLte?,wh\C7o" 3 °f«u:
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4c fcedc to prouokc C
Of Venice ^Mallom.or (joodhight at noone. Ckap.fto.
vp with long, rounde feeble ftalkes,whcreonârefetvpordong

THe Venice Mallow rifeth ,
sidk\^3nih
p or peftell as yellow asgolde: i
moftbraue and gallant flov

:
Through heate of funne fprings ,iliuts }and dies in

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0*/</fpeaking oUJonit
M: .- .
flowers thought to defcribe^*«%,w or WindfWer
.-......:.•-..
in the ^
\ax.AdonU flower and all
octhenonedav hT$
«*y,buttl«,
S fofraiIe 5thatitMct; rethcfe:
through thepower
well like bubbles lheere^that
Euen like a flower ofthat fame tree, whofc
Haue pleafant graines inclofd. Howbeic

thevfcofthemisrtiort.
For why the leaues dohang fo loofe through
meiptMatbubu it is called Hyfccoonpi Rue Poppie^but vnproperly. ^ tf

Of Cranes bilk Cbap.fti.
1 knobby rootc, theother with the Mallowc kafc.
:be great and ut long continuance:;:

,: ivounded intothe body, & the decoction V the herbc ma-, c
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Of Herbeôbert. Cbap.^%,
Herbe Robert groweth vpon oldwals as

We ji
thofe made of bricke and ftone, as thole

of mudde
orearth: it groweth Iikewife among rubbifh,in the
:cnc in winter alfo^LS-.

•Jy hurt with colde.
Jtisca]IedinhighDutcTSp?ec!)tSiftrait:m
low Dutch 3Rnfc ? ecIjt3 h
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Tiber Mcntanut, Rupert ,,
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:bUl yetb0th fcowrin and f°m whatbindin &>

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A Itisgoodforwoundsandvkersof:i:c
tcTheale v" : bf '?

"*" ^ at " ibutC l° h 'S thirde ***** :
.bought toftanch
the vertuc of this <
faith hc)
*
bloude,
apP
Of knobbed Cranes bill. Cbap.^.

* The deferifticn.
THis kinde of Craneshath many flexible branches, weak and tender/at and full of moi-
ture,whereon are placed very grca r
bill
Wmg the Ieaues 61 { omC what

greater, of an
c
ouerworne greenifh colour; among whic ! i

il 1ST OR IE OF -PLANTS.
Of ^Cmked Cranes bill. Chap.^.
MVikcd Cranes I
on do growe long leaues,made

o
:he second booke of the
Of Crowe foote Cranes htt, or Gratia Dei. Cbap. 34.5.
redneffc, fe
I /~>Rowefoote Cranes bill, hath many long and tender branches tending to
\,with great leauesdeepelycut or lagged, in forme like thole of the ficlde Crowfcx>"»
whereof it tookc his name : the Bowers grow at the top of the ftalkes vpon tender toof
ftalks, of a perfect blew colour, which being pail, there fuccccde fuch heads, bcakes,and b* as
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Of Candle Qrams hill Cbap.^6.
, , „ It The defer ittion.

7 s>8 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
Ae^SrH i
i'keto tro f
CheSSr0VVin§ *
They may be called in Englifh Crane.
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ijcucr for the fame purpofe.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of Jitters mlJe Cranes bds. Chappy.
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rSSuelapecce'
eofflovvringandfcv. .
trail titles fhall feme fo, then

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OfSankle. Chap.ftS.
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^defcnbed by thename of .£>«»/
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OfLadies mantle,orgreat Sankle. Chap.

fry.
or Ladies mantle. * The defiripic*.
bel ore they be opened are pin-

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ped or knobbic roote , another a long leafe as Spc;
fiue, cut heere and there in the edges, of adeepegree
: ,
ethegroundc,*.
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r ,w hich being paft,the
ped vpinarough ball :tl c. ici

c fan»>*
kcr^ndgrecwiiandhisfi
company oi *****%&
double flow
marchant named mafter Nicholas Lete,l foundc one of this kinde there with ,
HI ST QUI E OF' PLANTS.
-cofthemfeluesinpafturcsa" i- cJ ves-ilm Ilcucvyuhcre,
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•?:>( inviVStraihge
ûricomus of the \
GraffieCrowfooter
Frogge Crowfootc called of fau Aconitum Batrvhioi&s , 6FD«L»*m mmchion 4pii, it
growcth to theheight oi i
tdcêcpcJy cut or iapged,
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lath diners broad leaues fpred vpon the g

the edges , of a brigh t fhin ..r..„
thofeofPI; •:
:s rife vpfundrie tender fc letopswhereor:
in
rudely thrufttogither
manner of the Afphodill.
head, very
sdvnto one
vneuen. From themiddleoTwl

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leauesofthofe next the grc

; eery fa c\e!
whereupon it was called A w

theglobe Crowfootc, or gi. b : p, ••-
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:fucceederoi
:
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//»«,: in Englifh Globe <
Ofyellow "Batchelers "Buttons. Chap.pz.
Double Crowfoot,or Batchclcrs Buttons. Double wildc C
1 peenecofou , e faire yellow flowers ex-
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as_thejotherdoth; atidsilfohathnoTumepor knobbed thegrea-

roote at all, wherein confifteth
ft planted in Gardens for the beauty o/theflowers^nd

likwifc the fccond,whichI»*
is
of latebeenc brought fooi , c^vus gE&tfemfcnia
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•ndkaueth a colour lie:'..
T:-
Qfahitc 'Batchelers Buttonsjrdoublt
Crfftofoote. Cbap.^y
jmdthofe ftipt about the edges

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
He double red Crowfoote hath a fewe Ieai.es rifing immediately foorth of the groundnut
'... ! -i . .. .,
it The place.
hnaturallyinandaboutC
> further fide of BoC
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broittgat"dcns,wheretheyflounfliasiiuhc:ro ncc ...t'tc
They bring foorth their pleafaat flowers in Maie andlune, the

feede is ripe in Augiift.
the place from whence it was fi
: and venues ate referred to the other Crowfootcs, whereof they are thought
Of Sj>eare»oort,or "Banevpoort. Cbap.yfi.
S £lcT^rl
h
f
,
?^^ n ?SS M0 ,I e
^ es0ri ^ tS> ^reondoirowclongfaooth
the flowers grow at the
PS ot t hc a!1<es
"old r„n , J jJ 3 confifting of Hue leaues,ofa psu^ =
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firing leffer : the roote con
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
3 lagged Spearewoort hath a thicke fat 1
Seldc Crowfc
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owebroade leat.es deepely cut
Speaiewoon is called of the later Herbarift

wenks **i&m»t, Pmtypb i . >; laH&if6Uus , or long
:
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ThekindcofCrowfooteofIllyria,beingtakentobe^«w^>offome, of others oft«wAm» F
anamiifcksof the face who beholding

in hbfe fiich as died by the
atangheereof, haue Ii,,v, drawne andcontrac-
•
it
w the neti.es
and finewes , that their faces haue beene drawne awry, as though they laughed.
"«*« contrariwifc they hauc died with great torment.
Of
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OfWoolfisbane. Cbap.^6.
HTHere be diners forts ofWoolfes bane moft ojfthem

: bring foorth (towers of a yellow
A others with ablew,or tendingto purple: amor
colour-
IcfTcr/omc of broader leauesând others of r
•SeTbedefcripth*.
1 -pHefirftkir.de of Aconite,oKo™ called Toother, a Jde thereto the place where ftgw
1 his name ofthe Greeke wordc
ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
itis/alfcorbaftardAco-
Sclauoman^hathoLon-
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•fcThedefcripthn.
3 Woolfes banc of the mount Baldush line, in the middle whereof
Thefevenemous plants do grow On the fSauoie and Switzerland:
towards Italic The othci ainc of Italy. They are ftrangers in Enâni
They flower in March and Aprill 3

their feedc is ripe in tune.
/'winterWoolfes bane. Cbap.^j.
banc,whofckaue»«««
with a naked, tc.fc, .. al ' CS '° f a

"r rt, likevn-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
•lines of Germanie:
OfMitridateWoolfesbane. Chap.^.
T^!?
n caIled
b
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s:thcr00K confifteth °f diuers !
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THE SECOND BOOKI OF THE
Holfomc Woofes 1
* 7heplace.
and thofe that dwell neere the lake Lemanus

h
the deadly poifon. - .
n 'there to be kept foi
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wither?.
>eandfi:rengthtl '' '
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OfjeUov Woolfes bane. Cbap^ 9 .
* Thckindes.
nbringfo
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oh.
*T-<Hc yellowe kindc of Woolfes bane called
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bai Tlcre iicton

tersvfconcandPhifitioi
crlytobcrefu
\ Tbefacukieoft
Ofother Woolfes banes that are notjetton. Chap. 7,60.
t4«hed4
r
icdecpcgrcencjoroucr mg which rifcth vp »
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*35SSSS ^ norr° m »^c{i.
oofcs banc do grote^.i^y glrdenêxcept^^^^r^^takenfoorth
* Plants do flower from Maie vnto the

ende ofAuguft.
u any of the reft &«I

:s do call this
d barbarous Hcrbarifts laft Woolfes banc in Latine mteUm
1
of th
(fiape oftheroote olNafm,, or Zljutet,
7fj or Nauewe gentle, which the grauer
h'ath omir*
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ngprcfenc death :fo named ofarrowes which the Barbarians
treate againe of r^*j.^^^^

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; their lips a i
fons,butefpeciallythepoifonofWoolfesl
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ine, of hony and oile Ohue a

The fame opinion that Gutter/* is of,' TitrmPen*, and Mxthias deL'Obel, doalfo h
e any Moufe feeding thereon, but faie tl
he flowers, but on the
vermes of the Aconites 3but
OfblackeHellebor. Cbap.tfi.
* The deferi^tion.
X -p Hefirft kindeof Blackc Hellebor, D oi
j[
grum as vnfitly and vnproperly , as ifa m
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d of Black Hellebor-called of Pcnx Helleboraftermtximusyith this a

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Ie) and may be called inEngliftnhe great wilde Blacke Hellebor
greenc flowers
:keft r, g .
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Bcafbote^faatlfhalhi, P ' y Cnamco1

,puo„
ro:mSpaai(Lf
i by Mebwipos, who was!;
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us PfiuMelleborus, and Verttrum nigrum iddminm^

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takaWaytheMOrpllCWandbhdd 0mn Cskl! ' J E
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfkerbeQmJlopher. Cbap.^
It floureth and floiirifheth in May and Iune,ai:d the fruit is ripe in the end of fommer
it is called m our age dr.. [jfo Hcrbe Chriftopher.
„he ft rhetcmputtme.
1 temperature of herbc Chriftopher anfwereth thofeof the
Aconite^s we haue faid.
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"pHerc ^ three Peionies,one male, and two females defcribed ofthe ancients , the later writers
»ue iound out
fowcr more, one of the female kinde called P„iua PwniU
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and another called Paonupromifcutfeu ntutr*, Baftarde,Misbegotten,or neither
of bn* v
1 >-|-«Hefirftkinde (A P4onUmas, inEnglifhmafePeionie)hath

i
thickeredftalkesacubitclong: theleauesbegn i
J[
growing or ioincdtogithervpononeflenderfteni.
the Walnut tree,both in faftiion and greatnes ; at the top of the flalks grow fairelarge red flowers
thera; which being vac or fower great coddes

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4Btbos,Dodon*utPj: v t 'hathleaues 3 rooces,»n^
•
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ceedingdouble,of a very dec]
Proticnce 3 but greater and mc
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mv
fyfingle^cfemblingthefeir.l
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Mi.
^7 flower in May it he feeders ripe
Pe
l,Jn !P
nicisca!Iedi,lG -^c- ;
&.-m<hovsp; »U:in
x
ling brightness light. P"""
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ntly binde with a kinde of fweeteneflc : and hath jtf>
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B <7<</t«addeth,tha lies, and paine in their
e (topped,
-dabontt
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. "jen or twelueofthc red berries orfeeds , barih or fewer, andE

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Oftoothed Violets or ? Qorallwoorts. Chap.^.
THere be diuers forts of toothed V &

be declared.
I Ventarubulbifer*. iDentaru^
CZjl-. •kThcdefiriftioK.
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the top of the ftalkes do grow fmall white

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fteftafitesgioweK
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kthtflact.
They flower efpccially in -.cthroperfcaioninthecndofAuguft.
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OfCin{efoile} or Finefinger grajfe. Cbap.^66.
yHerebediuers forts of( :*^ or ofthe field, others

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confift-
ftalks,
by the grounded fome pon flender
:•
ately foorth of the ground;whereupon are fet by equal! I
I woodic rap*** '

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
WoodCinkfoiIe. * Thcp
growethin an .r: i
Colchcftcr ;from whence 1 brouchc Ionic

plants for my garden, where they Qoutilhand
The place of the feauenth and eight isfet
in h'fj; I>i:tih j t;lt,T filtlJCrfLtilt.r : - L •

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Thedeco&ionoftheror- -
and all other fluxes of A
te forthefamep irpofe, cureth ruptures and burftingD

Is.
Îcornfortahthelfomackandliuer. E
Thcdecoaionofthen. -
-a' icrbpaLF
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led thereto, againfl the falling ficknes, if the patient be caufed to fweate vpon '
the
OfSetfoileyr Tormentitt. Cbafa6j
* The definition.
'fllorsWoileisoneofthe
'i
rather heth down vpon the ground. Thefeaues
la.ncpon .citatcna -. eiaic,onnthc v ateror. 1 '' c >ipor

fejeie hath been often quenched of purpofe,cureth the la.
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Ofmlde Tanfo,or Siluerveede. Chap. 3^8.
Itthedcfiriftion.
ofthe garden Tanile,but Icflcry
'• r,trie
..,.
face being often bathed or wafted therewith.

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Of <iAuens ? or berbe
Rennet. Chap .
3 <5>
* rhekindes.
*p Herebe diuers forts of Auens,fome ofthe garden,others ofthe fielde and c

X t-T-» He common garden Auens hath Ieaues not vnlike to Agrimonie, rough , blackifh, and
n. ..'!e rough heads or knops
diniuitliiii^virhcc .
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uhatmipt about the ed . mong v.-indi r"^''
:: the roote is compofed of many tough fl
ke di it a kinde of Auens othcrwifc doubdeffe it muft of neceflitie be one of the Cinkt'oiles.

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS
hyflata tlfitiipcnUphjlUii.
«,andof all other pot i . bi.t commonly tobcvied

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Of Strawberries. Cljap^yo.
iers forts of Strawberrries,one red,another whi

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ddlcribbc, (lightly in
ndluly.
Tl:c finite or'l'icr'ii

Of Ângelica, Qhap.^ju
THcre be diucrs kinds of Angelicacs ; the garden Angelica ; that of the water , and a thirds
fort
wilde growing vpon the land.
2
WildeInfcS""'
well Icaues.ftafes.
.tithe who°lc plant as
and the whoep

matickefauour, and the leaues next the groundeof a purplifti red colour,
iiTheicfinftwr,.
.- -
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'nbe'jcpc!'. cut. ri.u:<;cc],che\ be aid
lprter^ndthc'aovvers«
l
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. isolYreridifh c;--
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tl ic thirde degree 3 therefore it openeth,
rlr.ftpoifon.andagainft theplague,and A
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good againft the coldc friuerings of
ague,.
I The wildc kinds arc not of fuch force in working , albeit they haue the fame vettucs attributed
Of ^Majlemoorts and berbe qerard. Cbafaji.
tsjor FalfcPcllitoryofSpainc. Herbe Gerard.or Aiftmeed.
*Thcdefiriftto».
Mpermrh or Mafterwoort, hath great broad Ieaues not much vnlike wi
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- but very vafitlie and vntruely. fftrh
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Mdothalfo
r^,,rc,r.F.;;-n:^ ,,,A „ lK)I n -./,,•: -
j-lamuVarc
igrowcth in dark woods an. -
m"""" ardcgrowethofitferfeingai .t i
-/) rcmofcground.totheannoj 'ing of better herbes.

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irrff.iscallcdinEngJifiiHerl c Gcra ,
A il»vccd,ai d G i.twoort, in Latine /«ii-
mir*>ru
;i:oitofthcfamcnatur<
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Theroorec rous fitsofoldfeuers, andis good againft
........
Being giuen with wine before K

the fit come, it cureth the ouartainc ague,and is a remedy againfl
famC b ° ilcd in aiarpC 0f f°WCr winc cafcth thc to° thach

»
X&c momh bc waihed thcrwith L
wUh 3
h good fucccfle in apoplexies, dro wfie ileepes, and other like in-
Hbb i Of
OfHercules Woundwort, or <Jllheale. Cbaptyy.
* thekindes.
- VôrC^rawAlhelk,
hereunto we haue added another fort,whofe vertues we ibunde

, and for that caufe haue named it Panax Colcni, or Clownes
X TjErculesAlheal adleauesfpredvpon
a\, -.-.
: dityeeldethfoorthaye.: erypart ot "T P ^bles of
s orVt
is gum,called Ofopanix tandgreatt , ftra»v
r fa
ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
maxis thought to be the ;•• -;:?':. that Panax whkh
it gi ,• ci i fit ic -(1pcAi':c'"ti: mi
Thebatkeof the roote trie

,
yet lefle then the
OfQovmes Woundwort^ nJlbeale. Cbap.$j+.
/"> Lounes AlheaIe,orthehusbandmans Woundwooir i-
Pwtisof anvnpleaf;..-. igHorchound.

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bleeding and ceafed the
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by thisherbeftamped .'
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on fas we reunncit to luppuration or matter,
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fowcr handfulsof the hcrbe {tamped,
3the which I fufFered to boile a littk 3 refcruing th

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r- Ziri u lij lcd foorth,with J.cguts
: lo til i: •
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Of MagydareorLafenmrt. Cbap^j?.
* The dtfiriftioH.
ffiwacTTjcnlrcsaJe
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ucct Cfrcnis.
: te on Cyren fhore,
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illedJfsfarttda.
.'/Visalfohotanddrieh
ie third degrec,buc it exceeded] much the heate of the leau
* The vernes.
potincd, orftamped withoile, fcattereth cl
e pepper and Mytrhe, is very good againft fhrinking
p The fame taken with honie and vineger,or the firupc of vineger, is very good againft chefalling
(calle i L cincc cfthefimnc.
notonely taken inward] onthe wounds.
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be gcod (ot allpuipofts aforefaid, yet is it not fo good as Lacer of Cyrene it is £>oodal!o to
g H
fit* ,
, :
faellvnto,andtobe applied vntothe naucls of women vexed with the choking, orrtfmgof the
Ofcommon Louage. Chap. yj6.
k rheiefiripion.
the right LemHitum or Louage groweth in
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This plant is hot and dric
ieIpethdigeftion,uicr. .
Of Covpe Tarfenep. Chap.yf-j.

itThedefcrij,tioH.
THis plant SfomhB— groweth i
.iMiVvhercunio
,
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This plant growcth in fertiUmoiitmedcwes
of England 3orclfewhcre>fuch places as I! uue
fbluccoldefwcllings if they be brufed and applied
fomeothct thing made.

in fteede of beere,and 01
The feedc of CowParfnep drunken , 1
through the
tiling fickncs, the ftrangling ofthc mother. a
?tne ftcdcwi5waknhiln
E If a phrenetikc or melancholike mans head be an •
hauebecnefodden. d fuch as be troublec with the hcadach and thcle-

thargie 3or fickncs called the forget!
OfberbeFranklncenfe, ^bap.^yS.
~ J:
-~ s plants of fundrykindes, whichmenbw
termed Dy tnis glorious name :ly inrefpeaof the ex
fmell which they haue yeelded
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fpokie ta»eis
uingthat they be great e c top ofthe ftalkes grow 3
whitiOi flowefîfch ... flat, and almoft ^*

parting ot
tne «v t
l
of Angelica.The rootc i
=,at the
and ftaike like vnto Mt$m<x PmtaUmr*
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
"ktheicfiripion.
:dhelcauesait
The fecondkindeofz/Auw/* hath alfoa ints
id bringc foonh great
feed ,of a fharpc tafte : the roote is like the former, and fo is the whole plant very
lone and vneucn
bkeb'utlefTer.
- o the height of two cubits , bea-
thetoppc of the roote, which theotherhauc,!
be plants called LtbototUes, any one more agreeable t<
»nd right Li W« of Dhfi irifcth vp tothc height of fiu
tewsofCotubfetida, ofagrayifh greene colour, bearing at the toppeot thefta
...... ... ,: . :: :
.
'tes are hot and drie in the fecond degree, and are ofadi-
A The leaues of #&,*** poimedô ftopp

"the fluS'of the Hemorrhofdes or piles , and do ftpj*
t 0tCCallCd ^"W'* f,anddpC:! ' : httof PP***"

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Vcne iTe S '
reofthe leaues and ro

vith honie,and put into theeies,doth qu
C The feede mingled

ifcoureanddenfeu
HISTORIE OF PL Al
:s boiled vntill they be foft, and mingled n
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*Tbevert*es.
A Coriander feed tak en after meate cl,
B Thcfameparcl •
ithtwne, kilie th m
ie feedes of Coriander prepan
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Idigeffi'
ie,and eafeth the fquinar
O/Tarfey. Cbap^
1 •-p* He leaues ofgarden Parfley arc ofa beautiful! greene

ine.confiftingofma
, cor
edges: the fl iendtr/ometh'ii ^

offtandefpoked rum md afterwards imallfec
what of a fierie tafte:the roote is long and white,and good to be eaten,
a There is another garden Parfle
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. ic other not fo.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
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performc if they be bdied ,
,.„ J agreeable t0 ^y*
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i garden Parity doth,
_^^/J^ rmJHum .-in high Dutch

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;oodforfauce 5bucit
tha c which is called Syrufm Siztntiautfiêa the ftoppings (

for long Iaftnu; i t qittteis, arfafl other which pro-
aItfll edie
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Of MountaineTarjlej. Cbap.^z.
*~r- He ftalkc of mounrainc Parfley, as Ttiofiori-
and broader, con-

tor
^îW^fXj^^V '
fiftin
g of man y flender footeftalkes faftned vnto
, in u&efo n«-
. '.ifafwecrefmell.
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* ThepUte.
Itgrowethoncraggic '
JWO i'c:'uniK., ;:windcinthcftomack,A
0/" Âlexanders. Cbap.^Sî
^rheiefiriftion.
I
affir
. and dreffed alone bythem-
g The feedes bring downe the flowers , cxpell the fecondine, breake and confume winde,prouoke
yrine,and are good aga | ion alfo of the roote doth the fame,efpecially
OfmldeTarJley, Cbap.^.
kThacfiriftwn.
i c:
*-'ith certain K.i-ts, hollo-.- -..-
three f <>::.n:;i_ -/
toe:thcroiitof'i>:icr • •
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r
rc<..'c::tli o'.cau. i.^'-

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v.! r<--:rh;n, and <:•:;..-.

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
;wW"~ *>•$"* -kTbepUce,
TherootebcinR .
Of baUardTarflcy. £bap.$6.
»— „ * ihekindes.
eceiue the figure of one, with the dcfcnp-
~-hvh*> uu gtow ("had

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rough hairie
- confifting of many fmall \
^Stejgrowmgdeepeintothcgrou^- te like the Parfhep.

'ualbufioribut.
bite flowers.
Acleauesheereofarebtoa!
s greatly fufpedted, contei
thefedeSC0UC '
iUK t Rctboii
do Burs, which roughnes be

appeereth like vnto hulled Otesôtvnpkafintin
i about the vpperende with
les are finely cut or iagged,
ofParfley.
*ThepUct.
andftoniegroundes, we .1 places of England : that
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The leede of baftard Parfley is euidently hot and drie, ai
D Ict-
eric and bodily luft,and ereftion of the parts.

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HISTO.RIE OF PLANTS.
fU,JieiAlc x .,uden. Q'^Sj.
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OfTarfnep. %>. 3 88.
man: the fi.

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roundfeede^buta!: !,hard,woodie,and not
and borders of the fame the feed whereof being gatherec

:
prooue better lootcs/weeter, and gr<

gathered from tliofc of the garden.
yeere after they be fowcr
sofour rime do call th
s, which is truely and properly called Staphyitm

jCToephyficionsdoubi; -
pfacfd, hauefaincdthe
hict{oorclii;i!i'ihbookco(exoernncncs,wlr.Lhiiu
OfSfyrretr. Chap.fy.
Sifxrum. Skirrets. * Tbedefcrythn.
- >iw!uch hchath written liihisS*
ay,of the Peafc, as <JMathiolut SyL .
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A The rootes of the SI (ily concoacd; they nourjfl,

meanly ,andyee!dareafonablcgood;;:,_ idic, by reafon whereof
ihcy
B They be eaten boiled a inerofafal!ad,andofteii.

rimes they be fried in oil ns, according to the skill of
C The women in S weuia, faith Hieronymus Rerotiut, prepare the roots hereof for their husbands,
ycoxing.Thcyftir
HtSTORIE OF PLANTS.
: . Tljrtl.'rj'hn u\lh;
£l „K-i: lnsiomcrhnigwiiidic, but not fo much as be the Turncps and doth not
: fofooneasthc-y
piflethroughthebodie.
TheredCarrot isof like iboth is hot and drie, «B
Ofmlde Carrot. Cbap.î.
Thcv flower and flourilh in Line and Iufy, the

feedcisripeinAuguft.
The wilde Carrot is called in Greeke <*tvrtnt
7heofhrj;lu*:m high Dutch.

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Otthen*wcmn%Dipi heCarrotiscalledwTr.r.l
is wildc Carrot,and likewifc the i in the feconde degree,

and
pclleth theftoncjbringeth foorth the b
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Of Qandie Carrots. Cbap.pi.
HThtitfcriftion.
i-l-«His kinde of D*hcm fcemeth tobepim-
N5fc^8F androTsofTura about Geneua,frotn when

*Wm (aM hath beenefent&conueied by one friendly 1
"the feede of Cumin.

at
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,dafharpefafte,a
greatervfc,thcnanyp a rc
akisrightgoodinrned
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:rr.fimtleefiiJa».
what refembIcD,w«w, yet he might bane
They flower in Iunc and Iuly,his fcede is ripe in Auguft.

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. bg».
ThefeedeofZ)i*f«;<^ tl i
r»g ofwatee; it pre A
lt.uiu ,- . t'i iW ; :
c;l; die cc>Iicke,and B
ofbeairs,aniicNpti;ct!ipoih
wine ftoppcih the laskc, and isalfo a foucraign
Of/lining and deadly Carrots. Cbap.pi
fiaUtifolitClusij. j rhtfiftx vuk.ir,

ing Carrots. Deadly Cat
He great ftinkincC-
T edabroad likewing s ,rel
und 3 but fmallcr. The flowers ar

ftalkcimipokierundles !:
de flat and broad liUrh r
and lothtome tall

jiharpc,
blowe from the plant, thcaii
a The common deadly C.
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^p Hc&ftkinde «L», in GretkeM*** .

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
The feede of Fcnrtell is hot and drie in tiie thirde degree.
Jk powder of the feede o : daies togither fading, preferueth the A
n of Fennell drunke, eafeth the paines of the kidnc
;saforefaid 3butagainftthcdropfic D
very fineliecutte, like tothofcrfftS
lowe, ftanding in a fpokie tuft a
rooteisthreddie.
* Theplate.
fenndwHde.
inlbwcDutchCtlfCjin'lt
Dill,asff^»faith,i her eer.de

condc degree, and dry in the beginning of the
The decoaionof the tops of Dill dried, and
feat fit for the purpofe.

ISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of Caruwaies. Chap. y)6>.
•klhc dcfiripion.
T "x
fta!kc of An '
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'vmCandie,Syria,Egyp t)
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wi«
: is,a fwelling in the throtc) being gargled
IcHyoflpe gently boiled togicher.
OfBiJkops veedejoerbe mlliamjr <tAmeos. Q>a H9 %'
* rhekinies.
nr He later age hath obferued mo I

thebroadeleafe,
itfc «g
A thccommonAme ,ies,andallb another
ing a dwarfe orlowe plane of the lame kinds.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
aaromaticallAmeosof Candie, hath tufts and leaiies like DxmutCrettctu,
jWfandy and Syria vn:
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an,! I end of Auguft.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
klhtfUci.
Thefcherbcsdo ripcinluly.
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Chemillishcldto be one of the pot hetl keandtaflc ; itisof a A

iâppe otto the (hare or ncthermoft B
•^feA^SSfeS^^^^ 00 ^ andpleafantamongother fafladc E
fdieybeboiled.andafterdrefioLasthcci
Of Shef beard! 3êedle,onildeCbiruill. Cbap.^
:hetopoftheftaHcs
" •sua
,.•: .,.,.::!.-.:.
eaten no meat at all,exeept a few Ore d alfo Scandix.
Shephcards Needle, asG4^faith 5 isapoth^rbe''fomewhatbinding,and bitterintaftc.info-

beginning of
>f the fecond degree, or in the
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* the defcription. liiv

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/yfc
1 nr'flcaftofthefe w =Turneps,aroUDQ
I furrowedôinte
X growefpokiet,
I
. The Bowers there

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n Sytia,and raoft commonly in Cilicia : the later is to be found
. ,
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T| Iikev,
F^g*.. this js named i

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. OfMedeJweetejrQueeneofthemedotyes. Gap.ôz.
It is called of the later are Reeiu* trMtijmA R*rl* Ctfr,

1 hcv 3owcr from Iunc to the end of Auguft.
..
BipixelL is called Sax m?i*e& is called great §a&
thirddegree,
"laiifr .geofb i Jrootes are hot anddriein the
andofthmandfubtilepartes.
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ige doth clenfc and take away all fpots and freckles
of thefa«,
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*7heki»des. One
HIS TORIE OF PLANTS.
i S^> Arden Burne r. ha &her of a great many vpon one ftem , euerie;
n r.ic,
[bngrccne.neeicuuoLcu
SlUtfctaut, meSClStauKiiTFrench PfmpcnncU^Singutjorbe: in EngHfh Burnet.lt agree.

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leafe(and cfpccially thai
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thing then hapncdi Too: k >•' the plant auhat W^
i.o:;gfl: other extern

*- "ltaietnt - . ;i;oftcffecT:uall to flop the monthly courf
D The leflcr Burner is ,*htto J*theL ,
andglad,asaIfobcii-.jz [
.
: in the drifllaaj
E ThedccociionoiP itting of bloudândil other
:
.manor woman.
F The herbe and (cede made into powdcr,and drunkc with wine, or water wherein iron hath been
and drunken,doth comfort the hart,and maketh it merric,
he trembling and fhakini
OfEngii/h Saxifrage. Qhap.\°<$.
kThe&cfiriffm.
I HpHiskindeofS; 3
reatvfe,andis family
"rageVamongwhichnfeJ
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pranneiesoAhei jkitemopf,
stxifr"'?
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfSiler mountaineer baftarde Louage. Qbap . 4.0 6.
THenaturalIplantsof5^ beirS S!£, lf then in times part efpeciallvamon
ncd to very good purpofeandconfideration; 'out theerrour of thenat, e

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ermonutumofficmarm.
loOSt r-'.s&ssm
•fuffocationandftranglingof
itfailesproceedingofcru^
C Being
OfHdftsvcortjrSefelL ^407.
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ts woort of Peloponnefus. * The defcri}
'"A
OfSe/elioSjOrHarteraoortsof Candle. Chap.ôS.
THis plant being the 5WM of Candie, and in times paft notelfcwhere to be found, tooke his
4.Thi$»butan annual p
;.- :.
SefeleosofCandie.
titum called alfoT
about the edges as the former. ' ^

arm CfP
S«icnewS n U
i lrdll :pc ud as it
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hath leaues very muchcloi

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nered, of a fliarpe and biting tafte. The roote is long and thicke like vnto the great Saxifrage,
s/ôfMaffilia,wl
Thefe plants are ftrangers in England,™
They flower and flourilh in September.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 8<j
5
Of SpigneU, Spiegel or ^5\ê^C . Qh*P-\°9-
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^hcrb esc fpecial!y the rootcs of right Mcon.ishotin the rhirde degree, and
cond due in the fc
:ftaUCa-B
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woort.kiscXd5^k
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-occcrunKe.sor^vcrtuevntorne.uxcMnotalcogithcrfoeffeau.allE
iccoftherootemixc; e tofiveateif thebo-

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tempered with oile of Rofes & applied to the hcad,after the manner ofan H
:r
,^ t ,, a „ dc *, htl m a g
, , iTOI , U!b e ta „ gW ,, ithtfcmolheriI
ipines -ndwin K
g, and making thinne h um
o llr!
M Afr Kdicagainftthcfitfocationol
Ofherbe Ferulae FenneUqiant. Qhap^n

-klhekindes.
T\ lofeoridcs makth mention ofzFerula, out of whk
doth bring forth in Media
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7.
largeleauesofadeepr,
iofe of Fennell/preading
:
footc in my garden, and;,
great
wfoi example, our
•-.
into England,is become (by reafon ofthe great

moifture which our ecu::
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flovvers,ar
:he firit budding of the
rfkeofaneg gc,whi
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fifliionliketliofeoftheP r-,vo togither foclofely
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Thefe plants are n inmy garden.
Shfyflowermlti "September, not long after the ftalk wit!
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rapped in leaiies or in old clouts, C

ivp luft as they
tenuateormaketh roldefrts of an ague, D t
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^Being taken mthefamc maneritis good againfl era

. un es of the F
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brft f
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WeVû
Ch ^Jiortheu S of
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HI z Of
THE SECOND BOOKE OF TH
OfDropwoort, or Filipendula. Cbap.û
* Ihekindes.
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HISTORIE OF PL
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The fift andlaft kinde o( Mt>,
ike to Homlocksîs called of Cordu, OlfenithimW Englift
Thefckindesn cc, opening and d

r
with alinle aftridion or binding. All the kindes r
A Th:
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfHomlocks, or herbe 'Bennct. Chappy,
cittmihifk
" -.ullcaicdlli '
"
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Mil cut or lagged like

eryftrongandvnpleafantfar
feh do change ai
— or Mm Lis : the whole plant doth in a

:s and dcfart places, and is a ftranger
in E n;
bigh Dutch Scflirtmg: in
Englifh great HemU

Gden faith, thatli
L It is therefore a very r 1 Melees to the ftones of yoong boies

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Ofmlde and water Homlocks. Chap./\\\.
* rhekinAes.
.
* land,another . -,
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS
wilde Hemlocks. \\.'v .
V in the ditches by a caufey.as you go ft om Redreffe to Dct-
* The time.
They flower and flourifh in Inly and Auguft.
canâc ties are an wera e tpt e common Ho ode, w ic aneno vfe
OfEarth Jût, Earth Qhejlnut, or tapper *(ja. Cbap.±i 5 .
* The defcrtption.
;,' ....-:, J
-- -•.:,.. .'.:.,.
•cftringshangingattheboSmcâ
-•-'
thinkenotfo;ofDod( chero#W> ein § a £.
the people of Sauoy call it /«««;« in Englifh Earth Nuts , K'PP

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
jwen m the middle of the fpring ,

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.
The fec.-c of puc. i
J ;;; y in th ^ thkde d .
itisgoodforthecheft, and for eolde lungs,

andfuchasareo
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Of mlde Qumm. C haP'¥7-

IISTOiUE OF PLANTS.
tcTheiefiriftion.
Rocket, failing tiut they b
icd wilde Cumin, # 7 he defection,

umin is very like vnto die
: . ....
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OfFlixeveeede. Chap./p%.
'•"- :•.:.:
of final! red feedes: the r ,
oodiefubftance.
2 The fecond fort djjfg ,,
eso f this plant are broa-
... •
ThisHixnveedcgrovvcthinmoftplacSIfSglandc, almofleuery where in the mines of old*
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rechandfeedcth Itrocto the end of September.
:alIedrW^r* W) &offon
1 Rubarbe:thcParacclfiansdov;
:h great matters : in Englith we call it Flix
% The temperature.
Thefcedcof5<)p/&«orlli ,
lloppeththebloudie A
Ofthegreat Celandine,or Swallow woort. Chap.^.10.
.-. Celandine. *7he defeription.
Bill TsS
•
: ;
-;^< the colour of golde.
^ Ir«™ech,m uu/'hecs Ivcommonwa
bndirie, great Celandine , common Celandine, Swallowc
hen firft fpringech at the comming m of the Swallowes,or
..
hi when they go away: for as we
hauc L i
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r and dry,and that in the thirde degree c!n :'

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nc, openeththeftoppings
:sagainftfundrydifcafcs,
|
Of Coxcombeyrjellone %attle. Qhap 42 o
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Yellow Rattle.orCoxcombc. *Thc defcripion.
'^' ^ "ÎMPEbL '•
^ ^ fow
8
c fm \^^£SmT
•itThe piste. „
.
It ;ro cth in d icmedowes andpitoe^

ma
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is tot on a great .-
It flowreth moftpartofrhefommer.
ItUcaUcdinlowDwi
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
îtisaccounBrdvnprofitablc
Ofnd%a$tkt orLoufeveoort. Cbap.^n.
*Tbe defection.
•Q EdRattle {ofDodontm called /-//?«/„/;. and
IC' t, n, i .,'cd
grow round about the ftalL
"iscoldeanddrieandaltrin.
It is hd
Of Yarrme,or 3\(o/ebleede. Chap. 4.2Z.

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of Coriander there ftande at the top tufts or fpoked rundlcs, the
:
flowers whe™f „. •
L
orpurple, which beingrubbeddoyeeldcaftrongfmell,butvnpleafant;
the roote
fendefh d^"'
le of Milfoilc or Yarrow,hath ftaftes Jeaues androore, II
fai.inthat his fpoki "
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the end of October.
r Herbarifts MilUfolmm^'is Diofcorideshk i- i»

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Ofyellow Yarrow, or zSM'ilfbi/e. Chap 423.
VTEBoweYarrowisa -.high: the ftalkes whereof are couawf

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2 ^chillcs Yarrow or noble Milfoile , harh 3 —wv. wug.i i 00 te
, witn itrings faftned
theret
Thcfe kinds ofYarrow are feldome found they grow in a : fat and fruitful!
«uuioUc
foil-
3
™A r
and«orftt^|
medowes,andareftranger S inEngIand.
They flower in Ma ;
c
wtfcfcerte.
ttmiotes MiSefiikmth
as the vulgar copies ha
Yarrow is meanly co!de 3 and fomewhat binding.
foldiers,as before in the fori:
Of Valeriana SemaU. C^MH-
is of Valerians/omc of the garden/ome of the fieldc , and alfo fome of the
1 nrHetameorgatd* :
:
v,ooth,greene^ndvndcw-
rhegrounde, orap>ea-
of
2 ThtJgreatervi thofeaboW
e ofthe former,
which ftande£iptlJ_
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
the second booke of the
* The defection.
rian hath diurr r .
ftalks.afooichi
^
tie at) ~f i C iS !h ,
,
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Cs n L/>',/ « .* ' i
ill -•'Jray^.-out.-: it . 'i
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•
The Ieaues of there and alfothofe of the garden, are good againft vlcers andforencfieof the E
wed and powdered , and a dram waight F
mmtjtm now Ltguftw Tiara

lother toongcalhtiv.
X that it is tl liich Virgil doth fpeake of in thefe verfes,
. c \ In 11
s, fromtl e\ I chi \ ma
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fftalkesatafiL
g
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
fibies,ofapleafan
Kkewifeia "
"kTheiefiription.
Thefc plants arc ftrangcrs in Enqls

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a,-:.
r-iF::
"'led Crag clofe, and i.~ 3 !an
i'ecilngleborrowFels.
h time they fmellmoi
trey people Sfeick, of foracffrfz/&, th:

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is,the herbe of Vienna, bicaufe it doth growe there in great abundance, from when
siQHtyhermSaltu»C4:mEi
OfLar{esbeele, or Larlys clawe.

C hap-\^.
There be diuers Larks heeles/ome wildest
I ConfolidtregatUfttiM.
Garden Larkes heele.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
, Confolidiregduflortrubro. 4 Co»(olid*rt
RcdLarkcslpur. WildcLai
theaowctshccrofarcor'.i < here i<x

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W '}
*7 he defcriphn.
' T ':-'^dckmc'cofNigc!la^!]iJn,bo;!;'ai^.::iGp!ciO:ir,ca!!cciDjmastcKirc!!a. krone
*«Wtifli •:
.refucceedebowlcsor
le wilde ones do grow of themfelues among Corne and other
',-Tk
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Thefcedcpfthega , the third degrce,and of thinne

parts.
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thefliortnesofbre 3 th
,
«
D The fecde parchc "<j

wrappcd in apceceof ^
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rnefenccof fmcllme .
«ing often JJnelledvnto from day today, and
'
;(; r Cockle.
COckleisac
™ Co ™'^ dve
5
The feedc of Cockle is hot and dry about the later end of the fecond degree.
The feede made in a fwfla :

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.f Fumitoric hath a very fmall root,confiiting of diuers little ftring5,from
and tender leaues mci l

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>!I.ofadeepegreenecolo
c leafed grafle.ofr
and very beaurifull to behold the roo
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
a
Itogichctlcfl^wlSc^r °
hft defcribcd in C3ch
^^ fattifl
8 ic «
«&86g2gff
^'^S.^ —
-vandothergraincinvineyardsg,^
^crgrownginacornefieldebc:
en -Maicandfocontinucthtotheendcof
> "i-ncbefttimetobegathercdtokcepedne.-rcua!!.
F D/ofteridesifom.fJ. û die mice oiFu:
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0/ bullous Fumitorie, or Hollow roote. Qbap 4.50.
THcre be diucrs forts of Hollow rootes,fome greater,others lefler, fome of one colour and cli-
mate,and others of diucrs mixcd 3 asfhall be declared.
of
THe of great Hollow roote are iagged and Cut in
Jeaues
alight green ifh o
funder,as be thofc of Coriander,
he leaues of Cohj™^ J
orderly placed, Iong,wirn»

little flowers
:: the roote isburnped don thevpperpartprefleddownelom-
e Hollow roote.hath rootes,Ieaues, (hikes.,
Hollowe roote likewife agreeth with the fo:

ISTORIE OF PLANTS
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mtvaritgm. 6 Radix csuadbavarit.
Purple Hollow roote of two colours. White Hollow roote
Thislcindc of Hollow r< alfo like the Iaft defcribed, failing that the flowers hecreofire
ixcd with purple and white
There is not any differen viihcdfi
from the prei
vntothcleauesofColu;
togither lefier: among Feeble, of anhaiidf«>
-
leafcdHoll fantbringethlborth
igtoyellownes,oras!t •
imrefe.
5TORIG OF Pt
w m
nanic and thdowccouna

^laftdcfcribedigrowiQmy garden.
Maie,and nothing tema<i.; j., > uh v <_
•v.e: c iu„'. r
.r\ - b oroi'chccoar;!
v, ,- jintuMt -
ei'.enhcai-.ocn. ,'..:.
- - ..-cSytlic-i.vi.c . Concerning T/r a »i
: - m -, .1,1, cu ti bitter j L
arclobriefe? Whitman ;.l,yhcdges,andheerupoB
., :
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fcm^perchanc/^thec
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Jeffe it doth not follow 1 1 be a Ho ° tnernc "\
iere
:vDa:th5i uclcafon.andp. withitandingarenot «i-

coa
purge by fcge^ndd
„ Itisreported,thar.adramwaighi hardly, doth
cthfoorthflegme.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfCohmbmes. Cbafafr*
^ônddothnotdifFerfa,
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.- all i'uflice what hath bcenefaidcford

* The place.
They are let and fowen in gardens
for the bc
JU
e and variable colours of the flowers.
[oft do attribute vntoii

reafon jmoft in tbefe daies following others by trad; t
. .
faide nothing heerof: Rttelltm reporteth , i
yetfome there be that do affirme they are good againft the flopping of the liuer, which effc&thc
OfWormer&ood. Chap.^ri,
1 T 1
He firft kindc bein? our common and beft knowne Wormewood, hath Ieaues of a gray^,
or fog;
2 The fecond kinde of Wormwood bringeth foorth (lender ftalkes about a foote high
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
.emtheproumce^S...
:*bytHefn
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bi^SSfi^dl ^cdcgccc^nddryinthcthirdcAi,
B. Ifitbe taken bcforeafi

noouethlothfon^nes/aichD^ândi.
(urfdt but alfo it qmckly tcireflieth the ftomacke
, and
:cially tertians .-foritdoth
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S ood.
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/o it is fi«g,:! hr good in pultefies and fomentations
,
to binde and to dry.
° BjudeÎith: i:
:::ics and griping paines of
difeorti:ci:: ;! !K : ,
ulsatatime.
I !tooks ; ifit be drunk with
1 A Si b ig t
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fl-.A t rw,f\\'ornm boiled >a

_ J a Ik tie Saffron,
Of[mall leaf 1
called Ifymatie
Wormwood. Cbap.ffi.
«jJL Q Mall leafed \ n u [nin cth foor

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n Englifh fmall leafed Worm vv,
and French Wormwi
wood is of fa.
egteateft force it hath is
Offia Wormwood. C^?434.

HISTORIE OF PLAMTS.
Theft bring foorth flowers and feedes 5 whe
udrobs, kcepech clothes from mothcs F
Of holieWormmod. Chapiffi,
It flowreth and bringeth foorth his fecdc in Iuly and Auguft.
The French men call men zen*: whereupon alfo the Ladnes name
'
:uery where SemenfanRum, Holiefeede, and Sn
I, butlikewifc
brought to the forme ofaplaifter.and applied

ichilde doth the like.
Offorrein and baslard Wormwoods* Chap. 4.36.
There be diuers forts offorrein Wormwoods, as (hall be declared in this prefent Chapter.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
list An-
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*Tht-JefirifthH.
and that learned A pothecarie
'
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vdeuniv n
fe ,
Me^5™mf i ^ efcfc
,.,.;•'. ^.
oppofiteagainftafi,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of^Muôort. Cbap.ffl.
rs forts ofMugwoorts 3as frail be declared.
s miter Herbtrum. » ^frtfmiflxtt-n-;. ' u
> gKwfrnaHrour.de bue-'

:.
aife. no
_ fcdeth
acdtheercatdiftotj^
> voiding
Jod.-whcrcfoKldo I
1 ;
OfSotbernwood. Chap'^S.
k , ^hroU»Um Jm .
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lelhtdefirijtnii.
by £ "Cf"" '"""""*' io ' h,'!'""' m "^m V
nJerfprig5 3
i°™™'«f *
ofawoodyfiMancc:the
Dwarfe Sothernwood.
v..
Lauandercotton.Th)
>c of a glitter
•to 'the reft.
4 The vnfauorie Sothernwood growes flat vp-

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 9\\
Sded of ?***'
* The time
inGreckcA'fe/nMrrthel
thatt.Lcl
.
:., .
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JhuI; alio -recto diftributeandto
Sothernvvoodishotanddryintheendofthî':'.' r.-'c ; t
Thetbps,flowers,or feed A
SSfdwSiin**3
AHWtftelpetlrag * hl "*?* th ftoma c ke

£
- C
• oiicth fotwomcndovfcittothatpurpoftM
OfOl$of?erufalem3 andOk£ofCappadocia. Chap.,
O. afootcandan halfc/
and the whole plant
veeldeth, hath mooned
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Thereisanotherkindeo- rc with a few fibres
:
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The Iv.
Thcfe plants are brought vnto vs from be -
They flower in Auguft,and their fcede is tcmbcr'

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is of diuersalfo called Ârnbr
Thefeplants arehot and drie in the fe ctnd d^Xonfift of fubtill partes.

ireafts flopped, A
\ ttl I'd alj
and tough flegme. The leaues are of the fam e force being made vp commonly call
annate to flefh that is ft .
B
icm finell fweete, but alfotopreferueC
them from moths and other vermine whitf
: liopcrformc.
OfLauander Qotton. Chap.ô.
n Hmtcftartfiu,™ Lauander Cotton, whereofthere be two fortes, of which one is very com-
^monui our tnghfh gardens: the other Ieflcknowne, which chclul an: calJto^,.
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« rnore finely cut and hackt, and of a gt c<

but auoideth them with greater forceJtis thought to beequall with the vfuall wormefeede.
Of Sperage,or Afparagus. Chap.î.
The la-
THe ancients haue fet foorth two fortes of Sperage
haue found more of the wilde kinde.
: the garden and the wildc Sperage.
ter writers
•kThedcfcription.
I nr* He firftbcingthemanuredand garden Sperage,hath athis firft rifing foorth of the ground,
[
le from one head, andlpread themfelues all
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.:":•• >>v which all thtngSjormoit things arc :nade more bcautiiullandlaigcr.
HISTORIE OF PLANT
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c Speragefliarpc,hardc,
...:. .-:
e tejcriptmn.
Wilde thorneyJ Spcrage. *J»
u/y 5 Carolus clufm defcribeth alio a certam<
a kinde of Spcrage called 2(/ft, for the plane
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terrible to be touched by reafon of

bitter tafte.
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;raile: from which fpring vp branches a cubits
m~Nqw: the Bowers grow at the top of

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kThtfkce.
Jpefift being our garden Aprag
Thebarenakedtenderfhoote< it what time they ai

lads;t.hey Bower in Ii a September.
The garden Spcrage is called in Grecke <^»« = in Latine likewife ^f/^ngm

•
ând ^r^«: mbigh Dutch Spat0W: in low Dutch^fp-

STORIE OF PLANTS.
: -Yme,orHoppes 3 and
::>- - '..,. : :
:
^fttrtgmfjrlHeftw and Corrida.
The rootcs of the garden Sperage, and alfoof'the u-ilde do clenfc without manifcftheat and
Of Horfe taile,or Sbauegrafe. Chap. 4.4.1.
1 age hath found^norc.

"" t ca ce c o cgte t,t eotic etc iter
Great Horfetaile.
*
Nâted Horfc i
11 tan
•kThe defcripthn.
[rougher, as is the
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iike',viferough 3hard 5 andr bgs as the other.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Wood Horfe taile, 'SefisnE
r#
,.^-
3:-
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mm.
crmgrovvxth in woods and (hadowie places, ! arhafmali rooteand
.,..,
ic leaues gro we vpon the bran

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.nrullil-Horlcuu'lc. *Thp/*ce. •
The an r«ifKif>u&'ihew the place of

JS&' titIcs
? ^
nocJarfromRagufcacitieinSclauonia.
e-f[< • êendoffommer.
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call fearatenfcratit, ai
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SDtrcmcdicagainftblcL
- the likc,and more cffedually.
61adder,chc cough ,and dimcultie of breathing.
OfSeaclufleri orSea%aifin. Cbap.^.
.f fmall ftalkes and branches ,cafting them-

HIS TOME OF PI ANTS. 5
,
:r end of the fccond degree.
is of fca Grape do ftaie the flixe
Of ^Madder. Cbap.^.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
J L
r. Red Madder. 2 UsAUfyhufirk. Wilde Madder.
mm
V
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t'l?!,!r'""\""!'i'TJ J ™I'
foorth ccrtainc tufts of (i .

on a heapc the flowers grow at the top of
:
the ftalkcs of a pale yellowifh colour.
Madder is planted in gardens,anri of England.

=S
Thefecondegrowcthx i -rounds, andvnder bufb.es almoft eueric
Thelaft groweth by the feafide in moftplaces.
They flourifh from Mai he ootes are gathered and dried in Autumn,
i
Madderis called in Gr< md Rubei* : infhops RubU
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The decoftion of the rootes of Madder is cuery where commended for thofe that arc burftcn,
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ofcuringof deadly wounds in the cheft and intrails.

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oSS OT?nKsi! fcemeth isalfo ErosIulU hirfreed man (commonly called Trotds)
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the colour of the Madder. v

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfqoofegraJJcorCljuers. fikp.445.
*
egTafTeorCieuers. GrcatG^Tgraf]
7;
i A RwwWjCliu :;, rough and fharpc,fu!l
finall/oundc, a little ho'!i - moft part by couples: the
Pw/wr/Ww reporteth ,that the {hepheards in fteedcof aCulIander dovfeit to take haires out of
2 The great Goofe graffe of Plinee,k one ofthe Moone woor ts otUobtliut, it hath a very rough
tender ftalke, whereupon arefetbroade leaues fomewhatlong, like thole of Scorpion grafle , or
hes, hedges, and among t
atmeancs,s urcnomean trou zomvMott.
: Pliny affirmeth
: i :- .' .- '
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. .Goofe graffe,Cleuer,or Clauer.

A the tempertture.
\t\s2LiGilen\: hinneparts."
Of CroffwoorU Cbap.^6.
lowcandbafeherbe, of a pale gteene colour, hauingmanyfquare 3 feeble

NRoflcwoort is a
downe the leaues ate little,fliot t,
'
th a foft :
ringtogitha htagainft another,

.
ingadireaBurgunio- c,and from the bofome of thofe leaues

le good fauour,ech of which is alfo fta-
re nothing clfe but a fewc fmall tbreds or fibres.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
places.
:ng!irti Crofleivoort, Golden
.-" z--
Of Wwdroofe. QufWJ.
,'•"'. ..
ainluneandluly.
ÎRC JL/ f>, doth differ from En.
t
OfLadies Bedftra».- Qhap.j^.%.
*7bekwdes.
* b' 8 '
leffc,fomcwi £ h white 3, ,« crs 3 and Some with yellowe. ,
* The defection.
1
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*Thedefiriptio».
efecdewhcrofwasfcntmcfromArgcntinc3 orStrawl
" "rdiftindion fake called Mollugo>\-\\\ !.;;':

I ftalkes
:
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ai-îhcrbss !•;- '. rargcric.
0/JFerw. a^p.4?.
i
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
&;
#Hl
thtt^cZ
.* - :
Fern sareddighte .anddefcrrpbces andas^« tc -
..'.vnderthornesandin
; The temperature.
^thegalkdneckcsofo^^^
of to cafe their bodies by a clofe ftoole.
Of water Ferne or Ofmund the water man.

t
Chap. 4.50.
* the defection.
vpon each fide with
WAterFernehath t
are like the large leaues of the Afh tree fordoubtl

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J? I
I of Hampffeede Heath FroroLondon, x
°uerfledge, a „d flown-
.clipped.
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The roote of this

alfo is hot and diy.but irflelhoi d?ofthe former ones.
Therooteandefpccialh t'Hvrtor m2 t i/Thereof, lv>i!c ! - c'ftftamp^ - lr.,kenwit!
. s i c Iong,and may be gathered at any ti
*The»amtS .
,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 9Ji
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ol; podie isvcriegood for members oucof

ioint,and for chaps betweene the fingers.
OfToljpoJie ofthe 0{e,or 0{e Feme. Cbap./pz.
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HE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
:sinthcvalIcicsoftr
& The temperature and vert ties.
PolypodieoftheOk;- hathintherooteahadh
i, " odlHHt " l

:
vnto the Polypodie of the wall jbut this
Of
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of blacks °k Ferne - Chap.^.
o the former Oke Feme; b
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The female b!acke Ferne is 1 , , ,cs are not fo lTiarpe at thep
Jhey grow lifeewife vpon trees in fli
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fore is ILonthit
'wothamA&mtumik
.k •
willdefcribeheerafter. N cis vnlearned Apothec a!
much as they, who take Polypodie of the Oke for thettue MaideThaire"^ '" °'" g -° 3 y " n0t f°
The black Oke Fcmehs

ctoTricâôtEm-
Of Harts toong. . Qmp.^^..
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I np He common t ..
& ^ tr)at i s to fay, a plar
:
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tat** very like-
'„ yctlefle greene in winter: in tommer it nowe and then bringeth
tnga.h Harts toong

, o: .W.„ in h 15 83. Chapter
It is ofa binding and drying faculrie.
. ihcUwnc dlmcr.a Jiilotncr gnefesprotecdinj
QJ1 * of
Of Spleemywort,or ^Milt vatfe. Cbap.^.
Ceteruh. 2 Lonchitis atfera.
Spleenevvoorc or Mikwafte. Rough Spkencwot
PleencWoort being thatl
S?
be withered arc f in -
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3 Lonchitk
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
7
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<U1 * °f
Of diners fmall Femes. Chap.^6.
His
T wcls,;
ft
nie mountaines of the north and weft

le ioints of ftone wals among the mor-
°$^5? - - on'Sac^partofSc
OkeFetne, called Drppteru. & b
i long leaues rifinefrotnarhreddiemnn.. mntMrierothat
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS
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theroclieditfcneerc
ofblackeOkc Femes, cal-

d DrjopterUfinA OnopterU.
Of true ^Maiden ham. Chap.^-j.
*Thckt»its.
*p***M<*« and J>/i**hauc fet downe two Maidenhaires.the blade and the white;;
QS9 3
•kThdefirifthn.
y y AhiMhnm
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be brought into a laby*
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plainc,fet vpon a blackifh middle rib, like vnro that of the other Maiden haire , cut or notched in
the edges,nature keeping no certaine forn 1 1
fhion, and another fat f..
I a mong
the Adianthes as a kinde thereof, may without er-
rourfopafle, which is in great requeft in Flanders and a Gem
ficke do vfe the fame in fteede of CtjnOm f fie then any of the Capil-
: farre tetter, then ei
kinde of Feme : the roote is blackc and fbil of firings.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
>am»rarh,fmefalukviU.
<tf 4 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
ued,andthatbyreafonci i: ftoppeth the belly, and flaiech the Iaske
andexpellethnot onely the {tones in the kidneies, butalfo
m
Moreouer,itconfumei;. >ard fwellings, as the fame
D
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before,that be defied ncknes,which

and a little it :
OfEngUJh or common Maiden hake. Chap. 4.58.
ES
tcth thofc fpots or maiki
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
The Male Englifli Maiden hairc.
Of TbiUles. Chap.^9-
T •- •
Garden Bcarcs breech.
BEares breech of the garden hath broade

leaues , fmooth , fomewhat blacke, gafhed on
res breech called Mmthmfjbufirb,
1
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entcd or clouen ,and haua les of the diuifions and

I inget to the hand andfingers.
c Germanics, if the weather .
:jatidBcarcsB
:
fmooth BrankeVrfine , a - wbors fomei
: a '
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pocs^s among others Vtrgill tt
•i property ttV9*, ors/y/wap
ThepregoodforfuchashaiiecheptifikeandfpetbloiKiu'ithall/orthorctlurhiiicUlIcniw'r I-
Of the lame roote is made an cxcellentplaifter agafaft the ache and numneiTe of the hands and C
Ofthe cotton Tbislle. Cbap.$.6o.
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Thefc Thiftlcs gro- vb] itches almoft euery where.
They flower from run ;ere after they be fowenra
i * thii leJowncUca
lay be gather :thofeoffiikc: in high Dutch
* Thetemperatur
drawne backwards ; then (e are of temperature hot.
Of our Ladies Tbittle. Chap. ^.61.
.four La es IhHV.earca b
jr.: >ttonThift!e:forthc leaties
rmltitiideofitifFeandftarp
,!tonitherflirperv 3 ofaligh:
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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In I f"cVand bvik "fi^Zfte^ whcS
Of the globe ThiMe. Chap.^z.

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-rX.<TV pic Oowcrs of ftringes: the fecde islong and
all
fhincth,asdotli thefeedc of many of the Thi-
They are fowen in gardens and do no it we can finde.
r#ir^wdidattfiefitftt: ig better aduifed named it

Sfiniferc<irinA$LCa.rdimtglobofitf-VdCor- :/«>th.e fame name doth
;'.
a'.;.-- - •: •
hiftle.
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Umxus rrbeuenetamu a rid called Coromfratrum, or
Frier, Crowne: but tl euident by thofe things
c is
v/luchthcvIvv.'C'.v. it . tn the borders of the king-

dom? of Aragon towards crinde another kindc of Thiftle, which gro-
n waies and in whcatc fieldes.
Concerning the temperature and vermes of thefe Thirties we can allcdgc nothing at all.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OftbaJrtichofy. Cbap.^6-.
*Tht
1 *epeg>JbBin
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Icyyeeldetothcbodyaraweand mclanchohkc iuicc'. ami coinage in them
...
^f" "£>-^
0/*/fc qoldenThiftlcs. £bap. 4.^4..
1
Thegdden
,y
udefiriftion.
i *-pi He ftalkes of golden Thiftlc rife v
bur, hcd:theleauesarelong,ofab
..
nd goodly yellow flowers,

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"al\ 'c.bi.tmoicc'egtntaulol
a fmall knop or boll 5 luch as is in me middle ot our wiide i-oppie
the tip or c nd thereof a ftainc or fpot of a deepe purple : after the
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h at the approch oTwn : me wnereiore

, i pur-
ny thing therof, by
it c of Caftile , and about Montpelier with fewer branches,

,nd of an higher growth.
The IndianThiftlegt ov 5 I
[
roipereth very well in
nGreekeofT%
'ts <lo wholy agree wi
:d:itflowrethbrauelyandalong
a roote that maybe eaten both fod and ra
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STORIEOF PLANTS.
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Of white Carline Tbijlleof Diofcoricks. Chap. +65.

i

with white, in fairc and calrae weather the flower both of this and alfo of the other laieth them-
hcercof is long,and iWeete of fmcll,white,found,not chinked or fplitted as thcocher.
They both grow vpon h *sby high way fides; but

a ftranger in England.
that which bringeth foorth a ftalkgtoweth ei id it
They flower and fecde in Iuly and Auguft,and many times later.
The former is called in Latine Csrlmt prior, and Ctrdopitium, and ofdiners Ctrolw* , oichtrU-
row the benefit of this roote deliuered and preferued from t
e fame; the faculties alfo
fides , and is good

good' for thofei
the
'
nft painesof the fides,

lat be troubled with the crampe.
The Wilde Qarline Tbijble. Cbap.^66.
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He great vvilde Carline Thiftle rifeth vp with a fblke of a cubitc high or higher, diuidedin-
•:•.:. -
Carline : the flc

andpaled round about v. -i hath a twinging taftc.
a droltu clufm defcrib ne onely ftalkc,ilendcr,
fhorr,andnotaboue ah., other, butlcffer,bothof
them couered with a certa >r the mod part two , they
kites (landing round about being fomwhatftiffe and ycllowe:
the rootc is Gender and of a reddjfh yellow.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
™£tcJZlhi(U.c. Thelittlc'6,
Of Cbamaleon Thifile. _ C
ha M 6 1'
Tf Here be two Chanwleons.and both Wacke ;the vermes oftheirroots do di
j
Romaines drduutntger, and VetniUgo, ofTome CrW///<?»;itiEngli{h the Chameleon Ihil
alfonumbrcd among the

poifonous herbcs by Nicttudcr'm his bookc of I fWs<J.bookc,andbyiW<w
OffeaHollie. Chap.^S.
-bThedefcrbtioH.
looo THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
•ktbfUte.
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Eryngiumcmfejire.&ov/Kh
idinluly.
s Thiftle is cal'led in G . itine ErynnmM olfliny alfo Erywt;
:s of them both are hot,and thaj: i
The rootes of fea Holly boiled in wine and drunken, are good foi
eraftcrfo'J ci ,-" needing good to be
be come to a good ftrong iyrri!pe,&

)oile vntiil it
rfull of Rofe water, a fpoonfull of Cinnamon
ifufed togither the night before , and now ftrai-
leeraftcr following.
£ Thefe your rootes being waft, the £ace of fower
..'..
i jire broad pan vntiil they h

hre an nower or more,rei i
from one place to anotfc
(lice. This done, haueina rcadines great cap or royall papers, whereupon
y
le Sugar, vpon which lay your rootes after that you haue taken them our of the p;
you a better way. And thus may you condite any o

prefcrioe
notonelybe exceeding delicate, but very wholefome, and el
îitim , that by the continuall vfe of Sea Holly, he neuer aftci

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
It is drunke,faith Diofcorides, with Carrot feede againfl very
es prefled foorth with wine is a remedie for thofejthat are troi
OfbaJlardSeaHoUiet. Chap.4.69.
-» Here be diuers Thiftles reckoned for wilde or baftard kindes of Sea Holly ,as fhall be prefently
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ThefecondbaftardSca '< in DoJmmu hislaftediti<
- ---.ng.gtccni
owcncxtthcftalkes,fomcv
*Thedtfcription.
3 The third kjndeofba 'mes (which growenex

broad and fbft 3 gio dice is fi
u;..:. . . .
:',•-!:,!,
riarkcgreenccc! ; satubitemgh - n-
Thcfe kindcs of Sea Holly are ftrangers in England : we luue the firft and fecond in our London
They flower and flour
1 J
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iftles3anned roundabouts •'.
fhkmedJikeablafingftar
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ndputrified humours,
s of Saint Barnabees Thiftle,which are as vet notfoui

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfTeafels. Cbap.^ji.
.-tame, andthewilde. Thcfe differ not fa

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Thcfiiftcaik >irdcns 3 to feme the vfe> of Fullers
and Clot! workers.
Thefe flower for the moft part in Iunc and Iulie.
1 ae ragon, at
klyhcrbe.
-kthevertucs'. .
A Thereisnv..i: Siauefaid) are vfed to dreffe woollen
mdftampedti
likctiuivjch-u ,; ; -.lie but moft vaine and trif
'ding I fay, my he
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ngs did me no good at all.
Of baftard Saffron. Cbap.^z,
thcdiitLxi •; > '

iVmrpepointed^ndw!
...
vcr«.likethtcd'..v-: ; :._iuccrc to the colour
colour: chsroo^f '.. haipe irr'prickles.

•
i!iainedintohonied water, or the broth of;
thebreft,andis fingular againft the dropfie.
the flowers are good to colour meate in ftead of Saffron.

i jfireto vomite, andisof harde and flow di.
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Ofmldebaftard Saffron. Chap. 4,7^
KTrtZljlms^. -cofthe later age, and thofe ex-

\
f^-cellentlyfecn;
-„irmrhp
of Ciritm Benedict™, and that
m mmnnf«i, K.„„l;n... *
WOOrthil^COnflderinglh,
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.rough, and pliable, and being
KlhtpUtt.
ic :es and Hands of Greece, and alfoin Lan-
grounds,as Mr** «&/ v. .

in theft northren pa rts -
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
aegrce,and withall cknfing
r,being beaten and drunke with

'»
pepper $
tipingpaines of the belly, killethandex-

pelleth wormes,caufeth fWeate,prouokct:;
q
dcxfeththeftomacke,
Thegreenehetbepoum as EryfipLu, plague

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fcaday.
,
s excellent good againft the French dif- K
S//I Of
OfTbifile vpon Tbiftlet and diners otbermlde
Tbislks. ha C W\-
downc or cotton vpon the tops

: of the ftalkcs growe little
leffer, longer, and not in full ofttiffe prickles : the flowess are of a white colour, and vauifh into
downe : die roote is blackc 5 and a foote long.
ISTORIE OF PLANTS
ioia THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
^yMthanvprightft^.,].
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fifting of many thrcds of a purple colour: the roote confifteth of many tough firing*
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
candc]rimkc,:»ndthatitcv c!!^h;!(
r
i3.chaptcr.
Of the Melon y or Hedgehogge Thijlle. Chap. 4.7?.
Mtlotirium Echivatw Pen* fr VObclu.

The Hedgehogge Thiftlc.
WHocanbi.rr.un;V
1-11 r r tew t l , o, lc bodies which i made

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barke or peeling is garded, fo that without hurt to the fingers it canno' be to
... .
e^roug^me
j^
k groweth,flowreth_,and
"klhcdefiription.
I
'p Vi-lvrbi'.i:-. - ;- -.-. j, cxtrackd; Imh
':.,:....::.,.. ,,.', ..;..,. :,-..;

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l!Cj
: :. 'ibiuin : and it wholic

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They put foorth their k i

'her away at the approch of winter.
It is called both in Gr< -

in one place putrcthtre
•'
s alfo hot and dry in "the fourth degree.
A An irnplaifter made with the gum Ei:phoibii
mgeth their fpcech

; J. J; ,. K !:h.«r;ncl:.:-;,:
. r! :crc liuiii bcVuch
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:-
.;•,:; cl.tn.^Vth'.th.H!.: :.!..' ctnm.udiy.

In ;'r.n.i>k.i fiiCt I . .ucui'y flowed and i\
OfThree leafed graJfe,or MedortTrefoile.

' Qyap.^jy.
tclhtkindn.
T Here be
1
diners fortes of Three leafed,.: ..
| (btaeb iftgfBSfft
rhedefo
I "fc M EdowTrefoile
rEdowTrefoilebringth foorth ftalkes a cubii ,
jadfomcthinehai
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another ot ticld ireroucs, diiienngtromthe precedent eipeciallyin
the'i, i
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thecolourrf
alfo a Trefoilc ofthis kindc, which fowcn in field. :s of the lowe Countries
is
i T r
Kher places beyond the feas, that commetli vp ranLr and </ cr t! n i
t /
r
wcs,ai isiin 'i-itKnthcm.andcaufethcm
tftorcofmilkc.
we haue in our fieldes a fowl 1 rth yellow flowers, apiwrrr
- notable pointcs, the wfich;

imallpiirpofe ; thereforeweleaue
vh :firftvia w eafily perceiue the difference,^
;^ ES
l
Commo
^^ (lures, and waterifh grounds, fte
©tiers one
Theyflo, êrfromMaytothcendoffommer.^^
efoile is called in Latine T> . c h GOifCJlMee : in low Dutch

in French Treffle andr>.» «»<•, a- r, .. <> >;«ras
... .
dcs, and Honifuckles, Cockhcadj,
right vp againft the comming of a ftorme .
E TheMedowTrc;;
a ,yj-c pin and r/cb
ifit be ftrained and dropped therein.
"
OfJ}infygTrefoile,or Treacle Claw- Cbap.4.7%.
TReacle Clauer groweth vpright I

*« fhrubb'y pkTnt wkh ftalkes of a cubitc and ahateg
3
whereupon d,V
U tm n ndaitm .
.-
: the top ot t
^.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
bkwodfc, infhape likethofeofScabioi
ratej Com, in rough places, as Ruetliu, tranfla-
•-
i it is called'Clauer gent]
aclcClaucr.
Being drunkc, it takcthawa)

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t0nCV
'^'clenfed after h°
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is good for thofe that are
Some affirme thar rhe deco&ion

of the whole plant - roote ant
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nofthefe cue <
e with them, butalfothefe

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the panic is greatly cncrcafcd.
Of diners other Trefoi/es. Chappy 9 .
I TrifoliumAmmcum. % TrifolimnBurgunfacum.
Trefoilc of America. Bureundic Ti
•krhedeftriftion.
i *y Hree leafed grafle of America hath diners crooked, round ftalks.k
fubftance. welwP'-
diuided into diucrs finaU branches ^hereupon do grovve leaues wined three togitrieni^.j^
o-
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Codded Trcfoiie. •
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of the great Trefoiles} or ringed Clauers. Cbap.^So.
c be diucrs of thefe great Trefoiles ,which do likewife differ in their kindc very nota
i *"T He great Hares foote being a kind of Trefoile,hath a hard and woodieroote,full of biackc
*efta»es,compofedofa! natter commeth fcorth

Imall Bowers of a moft brig tat re iembling the flowers of the common
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The firft groweth in the fieldes ofFrauncc andSpaine, and is a ftranger
in Endand- v« I
owcthamon S cornc Specially amongBatly,

> andlikewifginbanen t
&Jclllmofaucf°wteS
-krhctimt.
K\andAuguft.
:alled of Trtgtts Cytifut, ofcorAw

TrifoUum mtonum offoL
Dutch a cnp00t&ttt.S high Dutch (;afcn

•
: in ftlfj : in French ««< teLu: ÊnglS
0/¥W 7>?>/e, or Buc{s Beanes. < <

Cbap.tfi.
rHegrcatMarfliTrefoilehaththickefarfta^
bufti ot w
fa deepe grecne colour.-among which toward the top of the ftalks ftandeth a
^
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
.-
ltofjfiffrHm,oTTr:- I etafccn rfkh mcade or honied 'A
itoHghhumour Sj haui.is .ifidin|<jjilirie;
O/Jweete Trefoik, or garden Clatter. Chap 48 z
fcThe defiription.
ithanvprightftaike.hol.
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:nicisyec;V-.-i
' jihcrreoffeauent. "" 1

cs , t s
'leflediucrsaui
.... o u itra.ies j3 ji. 1? higaiy

com.ntr.cd
O/Fenegreeiy. Q®$* -
PccSto^S
,-wifc long flcndcr narrow

co-'s 5 in c- ioIIciinaIvneci;c fcc
v.'.h. : !,:chber
dhisfeedc.
c of Burgundic Haie:
therotm
me
<
a finall quanritie
of fowing, accord?
feafons
ichoneisii i September, at what time ii at it may feme for fodder
«euu'v>iotVvV.v'it vntili A rn.!h-. ii-jîuV.ci.
r.:Cclwndii faith chat ir

iV
DutchBoCfc(tHl?nc:in-Itali an itogi*,; in Spaiiifh'o*^
Fcncerceke.
fe»&-j*ttr*««to rtues.
I: :s though: accoi li'igtt Tnmcnts^hatitisoneofA
.ifc%heare J andthat:ii,-r.J..'
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TheiuucotboilccFenee <--: :;;'
: tXi^m
ntheguts,maLingfoUiblcthoi
cIcnfing«fcouringfacuItic,i
'in old chlealcs of the c!^ twithoBtanagc«-,fatcia'icsarc
.
ceke is hot in tlicfccondc E
.
;
mdwaiteavva'y,bcingboi-F
lor kneaded with niter and vir •

[often and wafle away the G
'I2SCI haue cither impoftume, vlccr,c .f the matrix^ bathe and H
prefledfoortb doth clenfc the avvaydandraffe,fcourcdiI
:
i;ithgoofcgr e3 f:&pi!f,|»
J™\^\
uvliixe.
•
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iheni itrix,or other lower parts ifCL,
•
:,
- c ând all other

fuch like imperfections.
<Ttt z Of
Of Horned Clauerând blacky Clauer. ££^484.
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h foorth yoong fprings euery yccrc.

lis kindc of threeleafed Grafle,or rather fower leafed Trefi
ig that they beleffer, andof abr
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:rimesinlue, and all

Whanaureta*
*Tbe?/ace.
: ' J -'-'
Thefirftgroweth'-
Thefecond growetnmcewiie in
planted in gardens.
They flower in My and Auguft.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. ioi 9
LotuiTrififayrndTr-jfi -.ncdCIaucr, or cod-
drifolttflTlowex leafed Grafie>orpurplc Woort 3of>«w and rok-
•kThc
; ofpurple VVoorc ihmp. uueth yoong children
Of^Medic^fodder.or Snaile Clauer. Chap.ffi
labile in quaatitie they be lefler.

ioso THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
*rhtflue.
ThefirftisfowcninthefieldesofGerrri cofeedetheircattle m
inEnglanddoBuckcuv, "c.eofinourgardens/orpiwfurcsfkkf
The fccond growcth neere vnto the lea fide in diuers places.
h in Iune and Iuly ; the fruit is ripe in the endeof

A*
The other is called fea CIaucr,and Medick fodder of the fea.
crisoftempei applied grccne vnto fuch in

lions ,„ ..i uitinnit.es as haue neede ofcooling,
Of mod SorreU,or Stubwoort. Cbap.^.26.
fyl he defer iption. .

,
eamjbaie
1 /~\ XjtPlintM*,o\ '
tlg
' <wftHM,at
Vj hcricv :r ?0
Tr* AhrcldMM
.
then any other

herbe<
.
^ -kThcfhcc.
Thefe plants do growc in woods, andvnder bullies , in fandie and lliadowie places in cueric
They flower from the beginning of April! mi- - ccr,! fNhie \ iJltoflune. ^
Wood Sorrell or cue! \poth< 5 a I
Herbarifts call it <^lllcfuya, and Paws Cue;:! r Ci.d.imi mean bicjulc cither tl'.c Cudoivc
fccdcththereon 5 orbyie.-:. • ckow<irtgethmoft,ac
Iti-. thought to be t!i.'.- c.c!' "ntcr,hcM riccth
u; and Oxys is found in Pliny to be alfo Iunci ficcies, or a kinde ofRufti
Thefe herbes are colde and drie like Sorrell. >
SorrellduBoisorWoodSorrell,ftannn -
d&rthfpKlptl] c ft
Of noble Lyuerôort.orgQla'enTrefoiIe. Chappy.
*7 he defection.
6
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MthethSlcafc-"' I"
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• •«c is anodicrin :. Kryotherrefpeclislike
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
of theliuer, which proceedcth of an hot caufc
both cooletli, andtfrcnjthcncth it not a little,
fork
g* .-
a . uhcrootCjifaipoonefiil
. .! .u;
u! the difeafe called Ememtk.
OfzSMelilot,or Tlaifter Qauer. ^488.
: 1 1 ,: -
Fa reafonable good fmell , much like vnso

,
ir-34 THE SECOND BoOKE OF THE
>ak colo ur : the whole plan: hath alfo the fauour of ho: i
*~""
%. The defcriptum. „
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v- :
ersbeyellow and final!. '< fc&&h -

: '
V.„f.i,,„.„„K;^ r, f fullofleauestteth«
•the (talks ofawhite
alfo tough and plia
Thefcp'a t '.
•
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
Thefc heibes do flower in Inly and Auguft.
fr/wwôrrkaresTic: •
<ma D f Cato Serf*
.
; v/;,hathmoreplentieo
:
e kidP.cics,b!aJder,:: .1
OfTulfe. Cbap.^p.
Pulfc,asBcan*es^P
!e Pulie: and firft of the great
X
'T' He great Bean c . Jlowe, without iointes,
: '.;,.' ::;.: :..-.
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103S THE SECOND
.„. _ ..J purpliih colour, whicliinthei
beginning of fproutir,
Therootes hereof are !„:. ;nngs .
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uraan
y « oth Pnlfcs.
e com mon
Beane, failing that the c
vc ,
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The firft Beane is fov cry where.
flowring: the finite

, and they belong in
The gardenBeanc is < I leanc : the field Ban*"

he fame kinde and name, although the altered tnc
I
- tded and
'
uto 3 greater forme, $
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. to ?:
.c Beane, »-. hofe figure we haue fet foorth in the fecond place, is called Fabsfilnftrit
10!;; ro:<ct!'.cm:c L-h:!\ . .
. ;| :o | Kll eiuir.CvJ ic f.;A

alio F.a'A. Grxccr;i-v, or Grcckc Bcanc. bomewotiM nuke our pranl'.cinc to both,
defcendc,andyeeldeviu.- U eaten green bc-
L
: raie by dry beatings, and wafteth awaie
.
egge , itkeepeth backe the watering of N
l lie Beane being chewed [ainft rheumesandfal-p
yj»*»»of Beanesappli
•
oftheftones.
were firft plucked vp, willnotfuffer
q
:cs
R
«ngappliedwithBarlyi
The decodionof them ier
T'«s Beane being
diuided
OfKulnej<Beanc. £haM9o
;the difference efpeciallyco
w4 "ku 'r
itrheicfiriftion. very
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three, isi .i.wCu....
.u come the m>w >»
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HISTORIC OF PLANTS
•kThe deferiftioi).
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phafeolttsBrafdiatm. 6 Pfufeoli Brtfditni dviuum
Kidney Beaneof Brafile. ,
The BrafileKidney Bcaneinhi
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
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M LX
00
X
eoco
_ XI XII
II 00
KidneyBeanesdocafilyandfooncfpringvp.a
dhardby'Co, '
.i
folofttwhat miner of p
;
THE SECOND BOOKE OF Th,

olVolichut or Kidney Beane, none of the Latiues
f
^vasaremiraiicanai,,
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.
lltt ' latt

thTnkeittobconeand tl bynames.
1Cyaredcceiu
^wb .
1 his plant is named in Englilh Kidney Beane,Sperage Beanes of fome FafelIes,or lone fcrf-
3
French Beanes, garden Smilax, and Romane Beanes : in French f«, de TLomme .•
in SiS
Kidney Beanes,as 1 , , Pcafon; they are IcfT-

win
§ §
windinefleatall.TheA (tofnaturk -
A The fruit and cods of Kidney Beanc? bcripe, and buttered, and fo
taten with their cods, are exceeding dclic dcasj eqtM]
i
B They do alfo gently loofe the belly , prouoke vrine, and ingender good blood reafonably well
but if you eate them wh< i e |
a Hone pipkin, or fome line to ftew, or boyle gently:

which meate is very wholfome,nouriiliing,and of a pleafant taftc.
Oftheflat'Beane called Lupine. Chap. 491.
*Thiknits.
-h^ the yellow,ofablewc

HISTORIE O
ThisPuIfeisnam
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Germain name Figbeanc.
io 4 4 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
necel&rily'ofhatddigcftion, andcontain J, beinenorWfrAi :
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clammcrT
riK b °°keS ^^ ^^ ° f Sim P k medicines
>
°«of tfee^pSdiS
B But whileft the naturallbitternes doth toclcnfc andto

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and likewifeifir k.r M ,i_
times outwardly vfed a . x heads, the fJHg
•
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...,-.
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Th c fc Lupi ne s as *>'«9
-.
c,bcing boiled in raine water till they ycelde
F
3 Theycurethefcabsinniecpewiththerooteofblacke Chameleon Thift'c.i.'t;,; be '
I The Lupines being m 'icumacrto, and drunke,take awaythelothfom-
priued of their nouriflii in bulatiue nature of running

and lpreading vkers 3 being applied thereto very hot,with ftuphes of cloth or towe.
OfTea/on. Chap.^z.
THerebe diuersforts ofPeafon }
difrer :as.fomeofthegardcn,and
membranes in the
others of the fielde,and yet both coun skins or
•
cods,and others haue none at all, whofe cods are to be eaten with the Peafe when they be yoong,as
'.: .;.,•-.., '
..•.:.
and taken for Scottii h :rs forts growing wilde, as
fhall be declared.
greencolour, branched^
i
<T-< He great Peafe hath Ion° ftalfee the kale
I fpreadevpontl, neefevnto them:
4 alfointhc vpperpartiong
\ >c nonel ttle fl
props and ftaies fta ndin nc S "°

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rwerefneetSouôfpendccipc
HISTORIE OF PL*
wnciuallPeafe.
_io4* THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
* rhedcfcripion.
Tufted Pcafe arc like vnto thofc of the fielde, or of the garden , in each refoe*
3 . Ai nM
»ntncmidd e ft
and alongft the ftalks: the rootc is thicke and fibrous.
The wilde Peat .nfieldcPeafeinftalkai

. .yellow coloured
Peafeare fet andfowen in gardcns,as alfoLh^

ko S I o n pJ
diucrsplaces, efpeciallp »
do srowc
. in paftures andearable fieldes in
tides belonging vnto Biftiops Hatfielde,in Hartfordfhire.
othc j
ulfcs/vh Jiareupeinôr
.ycoldcjc^ccullywhcntucytov
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
^.mescucry where/-
Ofthe tame orgarden Cicbe. Cbap.^py

;

C Some giuc Grower more than i
in lb much as certaincof them do m

i
broth ofthemfodden in water.

isCiches,asO/ C/ l
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ThefcconiH icuhirrM.J, i
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Tbefe pulfes do grow in my ga :nc by thofe of good credite that a U„
. ^
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tlcjcucn as others do Tares.
They both flower and waxc ripe in Iuly and Auguft.
French Lcnttik i
.
. • ; •
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.-.
.'• ..'-!. -. .. .;.,'-'.".
-....' ,: ;.
fores,511ing thci mmondigeftiuesvftd

among our London Chirurgians for greene wounds.
>: :
thercof,dorie<
> ..: ..' ikkcanddrynouiifli-
r' ', ...-. ,

.
'.: .: .,. :-. .. ..: ' ... ::,•, :',''. '.^'- ' -
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drines, whereby the ipmtsot
dimnes offight.ri
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfCtch, or true Orobta. Qhdf.tyC
-Tpllcpiillcwlii.::
field vetchamjngwhich.;/
illodrcflingrf
..-.. - .
io 5 i THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
Uuy,anddrawetfa foonhbloudby vrine
E There is made of the fcedes a meale fit to be vfed in medicine. It is made after this
rru
and being mixed togither they are fteeped in
,
water "Z'iff
. .iftervvardsthey^rcparchedtilltheskin
ground,and fearced or {haked thorow a meale fieue,and th
s^blackefpotsintheskmcajy
• : ..
beafts.
- ' '-
' .•.-:;•.
J, The deco&ion of the fame helpeth the itch of the whole body and taketh away kibes if they be
,
M Ctter boiled in fountamc water, with kmzOrohm, dothaffwage thefwellingof the yardemd
:..r... :-.;
K It is alfo vfed for bathing and wafhin >fvlcers 3 and running fores,and is applied vnto th<
ofthe head with great pro fire.
Ofthe Vetcb} or Fetch. Cbap.tyj. ^-^

Tare, Vetch ..or Fetch. St«©j I
Mi
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
,
rri He Vetch hath;, :..uclonq:thcIeauesbc
cods be broad,
fmall an , ;
-
ot Iom ^ b[)t flat i fl
.
c
, Strangle Tare, caife h, a ramping herbc

is
like vnto the common fft» ccth,i -

r lie .
^^««rînanygro«dorfcJ!^!S
It flowreth in May.and pcrfefteth his feede toward September.
ItiscallcdinLat.V.r/ -.
h.!,. C aiifc(niith In-) it
Thecoimtrcy men lay vp :
:u may be a fodder for

their cattle,
Ofyellow Wilde Fctchyr Tare cuerlajling. Cbap.tyS.
'/ . .. .^ .:-,.•<, •. •
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.
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thcPeafeflowers,ofabi long 5 tongh and in l
woodrXtfo
U
euer.
"^^ ^" a ** erS 'Vnt° a manerof Sr31ne ôlfomehcrbes
)0raay
h< f ft d
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6 r9*«h great ftore thereof
Mggrainealmoftcucik
7'- '
ahcwhoieplant.
According tofomc it is .fas P.i/f» faith, is fat, snd ^
Of hatchet Fetch. £hap. 500.
* The kinks.
There be diuers forts of] •
;:'ac //^râs fhall be (hewed.
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056 THE SECOND BOOK
places of the fame countrey; and in EfTcx about Dunmow , and in the townes called Clare and
Hennyngham.
Horfefhooc comma j I..mi'ucuock:it gro-
.. . , . 4 , .
Of Teafe Earth nut. Qhap^x.

t. -kThedtfcriftion.
'HE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
Mife,ofthefim!litudcorlikenesofdomefticaIL\
"p;
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Of Kidney Vetch, Cka^.
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:
The Stprr c K-'-.e-.W / recording to Ccrtufus k.
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growing mth
s tough and decpely
:
OfblacfymilkeTarc. Q M°+'
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io<?2 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE
H The place.
\
rundry places neec the feacoaftes
as ai
iry other places.
the fides of the declination of the hill. ' p
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leThenmcs.
Thefchcrbcs aie d.w in i'^ fee t J i c.
QfredFitchlingMedic\ td.
C*>*pW.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 10S3
i The feccmdkindc of Fitchling or Cock s I
-.hath very many ftalks,
*tclhedefcripthn.
% The third kinde of Fitchling or Cocks head,

hath from a tough, fmall and woodie roote, many
..< .
wesarelikethefonncr, '.
û
.;.. \\ tendet ftemsj
r dn§VadCd5i
Sbd e co!
hcontaineUttleblackefeedlikeakidTeyj
4 Thefourth kindeof Fitchling hath

firme greene hard ftaikes a cubite and ahalfe hteh, where.
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8 Vaded5 thc " fol "

''
lo bCi "
Snbotriec '
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^Tbedarifrion.
5 The fift kindcof 0>»brychis\ath ma
-:. .
',,..• :...
il^Whhttleiearo
thcr Tr^ftw^fomwhat foft, and couered ouer
s: amone which come forrh
A long, whereon do growemar.v'r

I
efpectally agree heereiiii; :s likca Lcnti!I,burIonger;a

ftalkeafpanhighjacrin:: ci.uuUt a
fomefuppofe Medicke Fitch, or Code*

ters: it may be called in Englirtircd Fetchhng, or as
HISTORIE OF PLANTS, Io 5 5
OfbaJlardTHttmie. Cbap. 5 o6.
BaftaidDittanic. -klhedefcriprion.
vu " r" a '"' ,,n
"?-
ft ifrhSin^r.n'u' c ' t
There is another kinde heereof growing in my
jgP^S onearecrc i jc (
;)irun.e. That itis not

'Jtb.,t i.c.tnLe . a CL..J.:,tc ;
u:
r^/awoahew i.te ... di :t .eemah to acrcci i '•Le.v<.;J i,ciutin fubftancc, . .
TCC.lC ^Hlflll.g^ttC.UUtVg,
'
... -kThêrtues.
'
T hey fay a!fo, that it is pre
«»mft deadly poiibns,againft
ci
:
t e -»«e iort.andbemg a
ppli cd out(vard
,^
Therootctakci thwoormes.
Dfe/coridestcpontth.:. .
otaocwes II
tam, and thereby caufeth Dic*

: 'thcriehtn,^
6
, jf
'*»»> though
©w&w/wreporteththat.- , uc)
Of land Caltrops. Cbap.joj.
LAnde Caltrops hath long branches full f

ioints,fprcd abroad vp
(hed with many lcuesfei
ter the maner of Fetches
HISTORIE OF PLANTS,
3. Of bajlard^barbc. Cbap.ôS.
-kTheicfirii
1 'T He great rhdietrim or baftarde Rubarbe, hath large le
_[ otherfmalllcaues.fomwhatfniptaboiittheedgesjofa
ftalkcsarecreftedoritraked,o
I
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3
^rale flowers grow to: ffîlmpfti bite,an<j
^plants do grovrealongfttheditAfidcJfcadingfroin vnto Saint Tho-

fentifl, ftreete
a :de ;
they growevpon the Thames baokes
^'"StromBlackeWalltoWoolwurh, her places alfo.
Ttcflovvcrforthemoftpart inluIyandAuguft.'
...
baftardRubaibejOr
• 0/goatesê. Chapjo?.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. I
GoatesRue isa Gn,

£4 ?ay{im and inft vvorm tokj j
:
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good againa the Infection of D
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ithcwomc
1
dofeedepullenexcccdj
OfPMcbiiLeathoort. Qhqw
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ro7 o THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE

Venn reporteth that Be/ittlUrit groweth aboutRome,nigh the hedges and come fiel<fcs •
Kt
it
wife groweth in my garden in great plenty.
It flowreth in Iuly and Auguft.

* The names.
Leadwoort is called Molyhdtna, PJm
the Romanies Herb* S i n Englifti Leadwoort.
*^
Ventilltrh is of a caufticke qualitie. -
\ Ithelpeththetoothach 3efpecial!yi; pefinaH while.'
Ofltyjpr herbe (jrace. Cbap.û.

button fewer
fquarcd, fc] fos, u
it hath corners,
l^gcoropafledabcunv: >
iptetR fine tips of one
colour; the fecdegrowc- |
-. kfa many things:
[abitingtafte,
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.a!uiismi:(.!in.Ui l
, . g.ma: :u;ail ; !.r.
>
'ikcwifcawilde kindeof Rue, and of all the reft rhef-.
incachrefpect 3 ftueingreatn
axe like the other, "

The firft which is Hon in Jowe Dutch Kufitt!
;:-. ,
•". ..'.::.•: -- -
of
Rue is hot and drie in the later end ofthe thirde degree and wilde Rue
: in the fourth .- it is
the dead childe and

\ j Rue or hcrbe Grace,; cllcth
- •
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tulmonesiuuu&fc^tufmorbo^niedctur
Cojtarwn.qutmp.c,,.' nx cat ttic.% -tsgu*.
Arthretitos, —.elttnr
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Hatfit&t. It
: •
Cum •.foiijsLmnbcnetriumJfiâiUs.
With this you may rcftorc the cods when a

likcwifc
Ifthen :u.u you put Ba;c lcaucs y iil brnicd very >
remdicie or rawrrs of the humours, and ?», andoldepaincsof £

:
2 rumjiprr ayuCjmim
Gw tb n; [- '.x'v'
Rue boiled mthvine^remoouethgripings, it is good againft the ftitch of the fide and cheft, D
alfoagainft chepaine in the lomts and huckie
(hortnes of breath vponacoldecaufe, and
J*!
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1574 THE SECOND FOOTE OF" THE
F It Bgiucn with good fi jL^ , .
n
bcllyin.nanncrofapulu ,,..
J^ gappW»fc
Profunt Hydro? r ,, , ,
aninofU
S h b
n eth thefr h?-whae!fi!l7^n'
!
" !
^"^ " "^ " SU£ JovrcSam P '^ an ^ên !
jq „ide .
T^pbilii eft rut'aguhlnmhiar-cdd.it.cent a
IncoriorndtgrmatifitepeUBam /
K Saint Anthonics fire ^.n,' running vlcers;

intheheadsof yobngi . *, i neger, id
Rofes made into tact . the Poet fpeaketh
YYithê ,
•
ii, ecfthis,
Theheadach(thou . viiclpeandnotmis,
Annointingo asneedfullis.
L Diojcmda faith ,thai hereof thePoet^ww'

Tiaribmexfreffrnfifuccusfundtur eius,
Ifthattheiua j ntothenofe,
Itftaies the lire. . ig vp that flowes.
M O f whofe opinion M«* aid, is : when notwithftanding it is of power rather to procure Mee-
:
with > iiti likxwifc and

A fou'rcigne medcine to vs do fho'w,
againft deadly poyfon an obftacle.
Urging the fame further faith thus
Stlmtararuu '.-
Q_> Rue boiled with DilljFcnnellfccdc, and fomc Sugar, in fufficicntquantitie of '
.-.. .' : - .
-
thing,thecough,anciu. brci "

:clmm e vnto7rlr r
i!-,, ...
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S . Th eiuJce of R uedn! ;
^{J?? . .
rmin
fecondine, the dead chili > '°wh
S the
icnchethanddriethvp the natural!^

F«>e natural] ftcde ,
of ge.
V Theoyle wherein Ri ... .
h
. .
""piouokethvnne, i{<h e
region of the bladder b<
XÎf "it beminiftred inciters, it expelleth windineffe, and the torfion or
gnawing painesof the
Y The leaues of garden Rue boyled in water and drunken, caufeth one to make
wate r
the termes,and ftoppcth the hslc. ' P rouolietli
ntboth infmellandoperation, and

therefore
! ...... .. .
T^ endoftbefecond Boo{e. (
THE THIRD BOOKE OF
THE HISTORIE OF
PLANTS:
names, nature and vertues of
Containing the deficription, place, time,
r r
frees, Shrub sûjljes, Fruit^bearingplants, Rgsins Cjums, R&ses, :)
Heath, Mojjes : fomefndian plants, and other rare plants

not remembredin theTroeme to thefirjl booh.
Alfo Mujhroms, Corall, and their
feuerall kindes,&c.
The Proeme.
-'
!mdling\(e, '
;
l
, tin!h-i!d:on, and
st, : .
idea;, n i -i cijiall place among all flowers whatfocuer, r>
c.:i ,\:f. l' verges, and his flagrant and odoriferous

ins beautic,
onor and ornament of our F ill Scepter, as by the c ni lain
sfe two moft royall houfes of Lancafter and Yorke. Which plcaf;
"'« Suphanut hath tranflated in a gallant Latinc verfe :
Rofahonos, decuffyflorum,
Ro/a, ctlttut eft voluftas,
Which !
] ^ • - ,
TheRofeisthepleafureofthe'auenlypowrcs,
1 he boy offaire Venus, Cytheres darling,
he blood of FciMivL
« we Mahumetans fcy,that it fprangof the fweate o{Mahmet.
:
io 7 8 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE

ButthereaemanykindcsofRofcsdifl "deflowers, or the
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hC ;
bu!tfS£fott s an!iX
Ummfimef 't{pmvnl»ri rinditlcAnt
,T''
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And Ttjmefuntu'm his fecond Ec'og in thefc \ 1 1 ics
J
/. f,c«'rJcr e f.iseft.
Ifyetamonf^'
Or Hafell trees among the Pines to take their rootc.
knovvcn;notwith(tanding
- -'- ",
.- : .
famcandeueryoneolr'
an ouerworne greene colour from the bofomc whereof fhoote foorth Ion:
:
•
red when it is
1
Jcso ant is likewise

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
liireRofe. TheRdRof
THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
proceeding from a woodieroote, i
6 TheHolIandor ProuinccRofe.hath diiicrsfhootes
lews fet vpon a roug

uu ^ rea tS moS
;.
I-.;- .-.; '..
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
in Campaign: of Mwr«rA/*/
'-r ;\cci.j;
Dutch j&oueiicie 3&ioJ* f of fom
,
108a THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE

MtUfiafas. Rofe of Melaxo a citie in Afia , from whence fome haue thought it w;
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tmaske Rofe, as a kinde thereof, made bettc
;
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Rofe without thoroes 3 ortheRofeof Auftrich, bicaufeitwas firft brought froi
tropolitane citie of Aufti herbariftC4^c/«/Sw.
Thcleauesoftheflow! .conjiftof diuers partes, ha
MterofRofcs is good fort! :. andrefrcftiingofthefpi.

urea gentle cooling.
. ,cakesjfavv-- - '
,..
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much as of the others ai w .yituiegone, dobindeand
>.
I They ftrengthen-thehart,and helpe the trembling and beating thereof.

f
weakeftomackethat i ires and reds, ftanch bleedings m any pan «

the body,ftay fiver
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-e b. ilv.
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ftrengeheningqua!it ;
e. „ ,. .
good for wounds^lcci s sed to be cleanfed & awj

The oylc doth mitigatr q fes or hot fuellings to A
* 7 be temperature andvertues ofthepartes.
Theflowcrsorbloom-i ; \c!oinlikcmanerdrieB
thecups and beards be of: b) . ircnotfopjbifiu.
driedêaten to powder,::::. ctlepov^SerofGingec
"
Thc!;itlch:idsoiN.,c:.,ns 'fthclu.k \ csang&ftopthelask. D
therooteofthewi!
maddog,as he alfo declareth in his 8 booke 41. chapter.
af may beta
a gentle fire vnto a good confiiten
may adde thereto. hthelike.

Theconferueof Rofes a ade 1 ebullit 1 N
which time the Rofes will

lofe their colour, tb
"Wired. Butproceedej for though the Rofes
influre thereof; then (hall you adde vnto one pounde of Rofes fowerpoundcof
fWfi- •
>f an Apothecaries ftiop, nor a Sugar bakers I
Of the z!MMke<Roses. Cbap.7
-p Here be diner fortes " «. rl te, ^ r , J, c, t
le garden and the brier Rotes, as
Kofi OUofchauJimpltcifire.
fhedoilkMSofc
colour and wood* iub-

THe fingle
ftance 3 amc
Muske Rofe hath diuer i
.diners bran
grovvelong Ieaues/mooth and (lis
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* The defer iption.
4 Theyellow Rofe wfifch rf fo coloured and altered fi

,
c(t«e,by grafting a they) it doth not 01

wildeRofe vpon a Broome (hike; whereby (fay
P«ience,cannot be induced to beleeue the repnrr: or the r o:^ i

I .s["dmi| . ,
t
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Eucriefccdcandplantl.u
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- e and nature- but !«
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middleware alfo yellow }\
The firft is called XofiMo/i
in French Rofes Mnfqucc =

Dutch ^ttfWoUu:
, titles may feme for «hc«»
TheMuskeRofe is coir. tic and fpirituall parts arepn

eft arcicierud to the Brier Rofe 5 and Eglantine.
as before tolde in the D;

ConferueorfirupemadeoftheMuskRofe, inmaner
, ,,, ,. ,.: :. ,..:-... ,
Thcleauesoftheflot ofafallade 5withoile,vineger&pepP«>
y other w ', ,to tl.cappente&pfeafure of

blythcbellyo
fire manic ftoolcs,or lieges ,they arc to eat

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. ,o8 7
-.WrsgiucfixeorcighcftooIcMnd
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OftbemUe%ofes. Cbap.^.
* rhekindes.
ThetebediuersfortsofthcwildeRofcsî!'.'.
Sowcrsjfeieta*flature
The Eglantine, or (Wcete Brier. *

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The BrkS'or Hep tree.
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lhi B «cc Bufh or Hep tree, is

alfo called Refi Cmim, which is a plant fo com
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* The deferif thn.
cBm'netRofe. The fleers

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reined feede, wrapped in chafheor flockiemat-
rcr, like rhar of the Brier. The roote is tough and

woodie. -kibe flue.
Thefe wildc Rofesdo groweinthebordersbf
fieldes and woods ,in mofl
thereby ,and in many «»

a village hard by London called Knights bridge.vnto Fulham, a village
thinke vmvoort e
We hauc them all except the Brier bnfh 3 in our London gardens , which we
the place. *Thetm,e.
,
They flowerand flourifh with the other Rofes.
TheEglantiueRofewhichisC^r^^^
downic,. 1
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..,, naXsc £d::
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ISTORtE OF PLANTS.
anurcdRofc,burnot',
tbatthc* tc of the Brier bufh is a
:i.iJ d. -l; ;r. ivli;ch liefettcth downcin
c (
0/>& Bramble3 orblacke Bcrrie "Bujb. Chap.i*
There be diuers forts of Brambles,as {hall be declared.
TêRafp^bôrHindberrie.
I
np Hecommon Bramble
•IcThedefcription.
bringctf mg to,^
:oi, gh,
,
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cafily
cafi] bo* ed
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recneo^the'vpperfil
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ripe intaftebetweenefvveece andfower, very foftandf,

lonfcfbrmees.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. top
Ileof Thanet, hardc by a village called
:•:;] '..' :
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BpfelftowcrinMai \de of Auguft and Sep-
Aut lepori, qui vepre latins hoplia ccrnit
'.
They heale the eies that hanj

B
hat the berries and flowers do prouokcj vrine, and that
the deco<3i
:
.lie* Bramble boilec?
ui uie
ia moft excellent lotion o
woman; and faftneth the i
5 good to be giuen to thofe tl
OfHoHieltyeStOrCi&us. Cbap+
^ thereof, Male and >

Ledum: the 1«c7hX
rifts hauc difcouered diuers mo,as fhall be declared.
* Ageneralldefiriptior>,ttherein all theforts of Ci8ns are comprifed.

*~> ///a* and his kinds are woody fhrubs, full of branches ,of the height oftwo or three cu-
'--'-'
aues of Sagc,aitho
:e vnto Sage leaues : at the top of the bi
e fccond fort or C/f/« being another kindc of the Male a

êenc^formimeswhice,
tadixaoi or .
whereorfdo grow rough k jontheedges,andofanoi

the flowers grow on the tops of the brami
n of ciftm hath diuers woodie branches, whereon are fet thicke A"*«**|
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
cofarc < a>ioi:r, withe ers ye!Io sin the i >k , and the others purple,
onfifteth the di
irdand woodie (hikes branched ,
o?n. 7i dbainelc.ue«âd.
:
kcvntothofeofthelafmin:the
ditiersbrirtJe
[ hedge bi:fh, hailing
!
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. *J
ity?
CiJtmex^cAL'Oh/f.
tangc Ciftus.
^hk^
%^
lopB THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
15 •ThisaduIccrineorcountcrfti.eoffo^Xf'-row^^
c ^ t s f c« n a |(
lour. The flowers growe at the top of tl

..ôffmallreddiflifeede.
rooteiswoodie 3 yc^ peifcaed. „
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. .
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ofhiskinde.
4ftcountrfeibotdtt»*gvpQnt|icrl.
rfwhfchlbaueiwofo indthelaftbucone.
Tliey flower from Maie to September.
•
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the wore'e /
i.:j Jjgaiiiftthebloudyflixe,^
ixes.andouci
iings,fcaIdings,andol
ie for all infirmities that come of flu
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Of other plants reckonedfor chvarfc binds ofCislus. Cbap.^,
THe Englifh dwa CiftiiSjCalledofl'oLI -.ULixChhonium (but

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THE THIRD BOOf
c
IISTORIE OF PLANTS.
vers grow on the tops of the branches,

U02 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
Thofcof our Englifh growing, hauefounde them many pUces, I in verie
K erbeciallv in
vponthe banks about|G«i«ende Souih teK ,andfcriW^KS£
chalkie r'
r UUK ^yiiom s
*
thencevnto Canterbury and Doner.
* The time.
They flower from Iuly to the end ofAuguft.
TWcaUethDwarfl ong Jjepften £fope t in Latine CrttU d„

but there is another herbecalled alfo of the later Iktbari fas GraM :
rtfomcvtbmtw, l
UelUnthemum^&SoUf r Dwarffe Ciftus
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\- irhrtobe h'de ir .
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; uh.ch things fo plainly an

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forcicismanifcft,that;: itusandLedon.
Of Ciflus, Ledon, and Ladanum. Chapj
T*1 Here be diuers forts ofCirrus, whereof that gummie matter is gathered called in mops Lf-
i
* daxumpnilLabduiumlbut vnproperly.
IcThedefiripticn.
Iftus Ledon is a little fhrub , growing to the height of a man, and fomtimes higher, ha-
I f~\ kc: whereupon do growe
I uingmany hardewoodie brand
^""^ broad,
nto wings of an inch
.
leaues fet togithe

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dge bufh ; thebranches are long, j^*"*

>TORIE OF PLANfs.
no 4 THE TrilRD BOOKE OF THE
th d ftUSLed0n8r °'' C '
IlCd
S ebu{h >Mng man
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Li7k n he" wher '
c ^fi-ver SS rowatthecoppeso?S
S4ofa ^5e
n flCX
«nc!
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reft anfWercth the Iaftdefcribed.
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I ittlc liedpe bufh , hailing Icaues like th
that doth of the firft male Ciftus, wherin

lefofl
HSTORIE OF PLANTS.
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Thc7.CiftusLedon. The S.Ciftus Ledon,w
iioff THE THIRD BoOKE OF THE
•kThcdefirifthn.
9 The ninth hath dine; colour tending to a ruffet
fower or fiuc Ieaues like thofe of the Myrtle tree 3of a ftrong fmell: the flowers are 1
forth at the top many fmall twigs or r
'..
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- >, m ade or compact of wooll or downe; of a fwee te and pleafant fir
what fharpe in taftc on : the tops of the b
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inftapeandbigneslikevnto thefruite and berries of Corner, which being greene, arebd r
uc ° «
feede 5 which is fo fmall. hichfallcthout^f
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;torie of plants
V2d
uoS THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
Ciftus Ledon groweth in the Hand of Candidas Be'lhnius doth teftifie, in vntiHcd
plac«
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fclues, as well of thcfe that bring foorth L*d*»um, as the ot
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Ergapri) and not gatfo rtcd in the old fables of

the
cis called in <
«£**», andisakinde of cifimoi HoIlieRolcs : the . .
ingtotheGre*
- • i :
fmorGumme.
:ndtft?cfirft"degree,l
derately dige(t,and alfo concoct.
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ROfemarie a woodic fhrub , growing oftentimes to theheight p

is
whereof
efrjecially when it is fetbyawall; itconfifteth of flender brittle branches ,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. nop
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5 moiled me'tc u nndnig any other plant
mo THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
A Rofemarie is giuen s l!v the flowers thereof for al
infirmities of the head and braiac,proce drie the bramc

ifej for they ,
drunk drink -vine

_ befi re , 5 1 bathe himfelfe&
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. nil
The Arabians and od .
.-o :11 fortcth thcbraine, E
, x:y day failing.
BMMHiWIiBthjlAatBrf ncoldcountrics.Fiir-G
Ju h that then icbovicdwit! [{ ed with the ir.otixT,
Theflovvers made vp int. fa and eaten, it comfor- H

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The people of Thnringia do vfe the wildeRofemarie to prouoke the defired ficknes. K
ThofcofMarchiavfct.u^ tnmlee,ani«lfb<fc>L
putitintocheftsandprcflcsamongcloth.t- ., l other vermine.
O/VprigbtJVoodbinde. Chap.j.
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uhofe of England Jtalie and Spaine,asfollovvcthi ' '
Toodsof
[it*
* fhedtfiription.
Sauoy, reprefenteth «*. , i.
\oong,theyai
;rs be lefler than any of the Woodbindes,bw
than the other.
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isripein September. fcThcnwes.

VprightWoodbindeor]
VptightWoodbindc :(>;; _t.st i i,c > -
Ctrifa,o:Do% Cherries, i I ... It hath Bcehec I
at allof our felues,neither haue we learned any thingofothers.
itThcdtfiriptw.
1
Q Enebringcthfoorthftalkes a cub
:;ne3C href
^nStS£-n;: P^^ngtIu,
SencoftheEaft.
tmM
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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[^Boirii r»vcakeandilcn<icL-ft.i!U-s.
° rC agCmiSt °
K, -cdu-'Mr.M . '
vines do
(csjorfomeother, according as the c.ui, »•,.. . ... 1 1 tllL .

, I t i , , ^
* "^'^ ° r ftecped ' than whcn k is boilcd : for d oubtle(Tc the K

more ids bo' tTthdSr'ur" h
TakeBorage.Buglofle, V , :xand ri avC!yweIlprc. L
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V A 1C ,,\liiobaIans,&c.
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.•-J.pofitabletc^veboth
, ™m "
Tafc &neprepareda
"oodohifirt
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tolookeyoong,itingcr,
and is very good againft old feuers and U,
cfi
s
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ft rcn
S ""k^ 2 " *
S^nctn
1
hearing
Of baftard Sene. Cbap.y.
*Theki»des.
Of baftard Senc there be diners forts.differing as well in cods as ftature as

5 foall be declared.
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irdcândofawoodie
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of an aftringent and vnpleafanttafte the flowers grow at the tops of the
:
branche<
'- - in rtiape hkeAofc
: of the (mailed Broome ;
t; -
plant is greater in each «fpea whcreiu c

a ,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. imp
0/ Licorice. Qhal
-..:'
"nteinedafiatieedc: the ithin, and browne without 5 of a fwcctc and

uto THE THIRD BOOKE OF
former. * Thefitce. *"

'"
Thefe plants dog manic wildc,ar
Apothecaries , as the pictures k

do fhew for example.
:h
Theluiceof Licorice is profitable againft th
The fame is drunl
...nddifeafesofthel
Vn C 1
fo r greenc v.
thereupon,and for the fton

ferueth .or
Tne deco&ion of thefrefh rootes
is a
lin-
But the dry roote mod finely povvdred,
the eie,i
of
gular good remedy for a pin and a web
itbcftxowed thereupon. .
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
j*/«ri*rand flmy alfo report,that Licorice is good for the ftomack,and v!
•
:
fitting ol bloucfand mattcr,confumpti<

ruegednes
^^^
1 .cdc.oa.oni- rareexulceratcd.
It cureth the ftrangurie^nd generally allii upe,
,
\
fait , and biting V
Thefe things concerning Licorice hath alfo Thnjhnfi* , who writcth, that with this and N
dawThe Scythian root is good'for fhortnes of breath, for a drie cough,and
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p
fl/mem his 2 5.booke eh -
j s m ] lcr [, e f cau ccJ
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Ofmil{e Trefoile.orjhrub Trefoile. Chap.u.
1 among the three Icafo

Proemc ofourfirftparr,
booke of our Hiftorie the fhrubby or woody pi
thatin the laft
neere as might be in kinred and neighbourhood.
The firitfhrub Trefoile.

ii2i THE THIRD BoOKE OF THE.
•kTbtdefiripioH.
I '-pHcfirftkindecu'
ôrofawhitifhcoUr-.i
bona brufedbetwe u
fingers jfmell like Rocket:
--TfroSeSi
mgrowcgrcenele.
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, .;-.;..•
.
:.:• . icrcin is contained fmall blackc feede :
thereof
long,deepely growing inot the grounc C
•ndeofc^//Z«hatha X"oTSlb ra nchesandftalke S 'likctheftfm^
but it is a lower planted more woolli md branches growenotvery n'S^jJ"

theleaues are greater
"...'
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
one head or fpokie tuft,(l
coropaft into
5 Thefiftkindco^Y;;, :c or fixe cubits, hamngi

. .:
ntherrefemblingRiic .
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meofwhich, orbetwecne
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the third booke of the
irubTrefoflc, .',
TheTihrubTre;
:i,fcc Rocket
•
v.dot c,t re
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uidfingle.
or rather th/fifticattdôSfied Cjtifcff*
whereon do grow hairie le
uersfetvpononefooteftal
reft the flowers growe along the items like thole
.-
of the ftocke Gilloflowers ,of a yellow colour.-the

HtStORlE OF PLANTS.
teth!t'eii,'tt;a ii' .
,
• ''- w Einrlifniv.i'kc
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OfbaftardmiikeTrefoiles. Cbap.n,
x right milke Ircfoile.
i
ofcolour grecn:the flowers abouc the tops of the twigs be orderly placed in maner like cares,
Dddd l of
THE THIRD BoOKE OF THE
>ome otherwife all alike in their places
:
grow V pfl erd „
lie; neither do the ftalkes thereof ftande vpriehr h,„
gethfoorth a company of ycongfluxwe

fomewhat writhed and crooked, long lea the flowers are cloicu la-
ther, long, white, or elfc L;ingthcfmellofhonie:thc
growethvplike
bright fl»mn 8
flowers grow alongltthei
the ftalkcs from the middle to the top, of a
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
vems, 4 Pfeudocytifm hlrfutm.
Theeuer£>reenertirubTiefoile. Ttetua t
k1 i
Thefe kinds of MilkeTrefoiles are founde in Morau'ia, fo called in our age, n hich in times paft
ntohigh w aies,and in the borders of fieldes ; for they feeme after a fort to ioy i
•kTkft'imt.
They flourifhefpccially in Iuneand Inly.
Ofthe venemom tree Trefoile. Qap.iT,.
1
*TpHeyenemous tree £ many tough and pliant ftaIks,two or three
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nade of parchment :vvl
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The Spanirti vencmous Trefoilc hath a woodic ftalki
bed for the true Dorycmumjnd none

which may be called in Englifti I'ZUylc.
Dcryutium is very colde Dwkhon: moiftn
Ofthejhrub Trefoile,caUedalfo ^Maf^bate. Chap.,14..

;i 2 o THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
Of 'Broome 0/m 5 .
H-Thckinics.
There be diuers forts ofBroome,differing in diuers refpedsâs fhall be declared.
* The definition.
I T) Roomc is a burti or flirubbie plant,it hath ftalks or rather woodie branches; from whicMo
.j)fpring (lender r )wcd,mam ti.
ubce.-.ii!\ b
luesofanobfcurcgreenco
:. =;, :- .. •
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"
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:,.,,.. .:...'..-. .••
m which doth rife a tojf*

efengj, a .fDeadN«de:afteri*«*
l
m., and goodW
. ^ , ..... fine fecdes,
:
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
•fcThicUfcmtion.
..-.... .
rogcr and moc in number: the whole plant i:

rcacer,whercin efpedalty confifteth the difference.
1

wdgenilta. Ânglkt. 6 Chamêmfla Pnnnonic*
>!iih Dwarffe Broome. Dwarffe Broome of Hun
nui woome groweti! 11 and Italy ; wc nauc it m our i-onaoii
:.-•'..
.::
.•,
- .... ...
,.- .....-.:
'- :-.-
-C. r
appeercthandisfcenccfpeo " itl m< thoflune.
The Spanifh Broome doth flower fooner3 and is longer in flowring.
m -krhetemtemurea»dvertues.
The r.vjgs5flowers3and fecdes ofBroome are hot and dry in the fecondc degree: they are
r
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by the ftoole watery h
.iscommendedforthef,
ftkcihlkc:
this tempered with honie of Rofesjor with an eg,doth cenfume away L
'
The rapeof the Broome or Broome rape.be Wjjed againft the pains M
Ofbafe "Broome ,or greening iVeede. Qhap.i6.

'..-:.. -
i lo.'j
.'.:.. .., * , ,,«calleth Genifiatimltru
:oned among the Greening

'..c- robe of that kinde. The
rfcW.DicgiJWfi .
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Bcadcs(as rnaybcttcrbc pcrceiucd by the 6 dsj S rcen n( j
'ktheiejcriftion.
>eweede hath a woody tough rootc ,-
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They flower from the beginning of Inly to the end of Auguft
ThefirftofthefeGreencueccMsnim,.;. li,. ill! drifts l
nh.scluptcrofi
Greening" Weede,Bafe Broon e;anu \
The reft w
^ Thefe plants are like vnto common Broome k
OfSpaniJbbafe<Bn
C b V
fetlon fSfa ue swirhout !
;
r
C colour,
whennitdB-
that this
mthe precedent in any refpeS, fauing
^2L
V /ft ,?
Thcfc ? rowc m thc Provinces of Spaine, and
°'
he " ""-
'•>i'
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The time anfvu-:
. pc thefe branches in
<
OfFur%es> qortfeJVkimei orprickley Broome. Chap.\%.
'T* Here be diuers forts of prickley Broome.callcd in our Engltfh toong by fundry ,
be Broome.
: Ge»iftajj>mofimaior.
~ itFurzebufh. V/J M
.
^
,/f'"l^ 2 Ge*ifta (binofa minor.
TheWlil
foile where
eareft nnJ hiohrft
greateftandhi;.'. final- 1 AiA rnerfrp An Prowpahnur Ex
,
tor thebetter fort of people ; and the
ot any brauche heercof cromw ,

except (<
HISTORTE OF PLANTS. u 39
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: ,: .. ...
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Ian tare as white as
t0?S ° the branchcs like thofe of Broome and of apale ycllowe colour the rooteis tough
» :
and
fmalleft of all the Furze is that of the ancients,cajied ^..orfcorpioii Furze,
as the
word
uhbeenetc
d etiery of them to be complained of, be;
riptionrand therefore referring what might

hecietffc
The common fort heereofare very i
of England. The reft are like wife well knowne to thofe th
They flower from the beginning of Maie to the end of September.
Furze is commonlvc, .)utch@afpeltlO?Cnt inEngliitiFurzCjFuf

!
zenbufhes,Whinnc',w
•"-
• -- :
csxhapter^nngdownc
?''.: -; - •.- •';;'*" '

V
, ...
:ofthelaskc.
OfCammockftirê, %fZ Harrow ,or petieWhirmc. Xbap.\ 9 .
T*5S
that the oxen can hardly •
' hereupon it was called
r Reft Harrow.
WeLcjuri :hcRcftHarrowes,not
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:
w,petieW
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Of Cjoofebemeôr Feaberrie bujh. Chap. 2 o
i$r wTththcco
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tnes in itecae or v enuice ,wmcn maketh the broth not onely plc
tafte,but is :....:..,,:,.,..
greatly profitable to "
'
:•.,"! monethly
Tiiey ftop the menles,or l' '
in ro 3 ev.ept they
mil; ficknes,cxcept happen to be taken into ace
tivy hapj
1
then do they not helpe,but ratherrclogge
clogge or
o trouble the fame by
m ipeândthe
dbcfcarcfeWome e
F TheiuiccofthegreeneGoofeber nmations,^
G They prouoke appetite, andcoole tl
Of 'Barberies. Cbap.ii.
There be diuers forts of Barberics/omc greater, others leffer,and fome without ftoncs.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. I145
brooke, where moft of the hedges are nothing clfc but Barberic bufhes.
land.
'
ThelcauesfpringfooitlinAp.,: -< ,
" t ^rm September.
Thome in Grcckc
Gdm calieth this :
*..
Z'l, X''makcih it to differ from *^V in his book
. t
here he reck thvptlxtc e'er i « «
;
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;
a "7,"'
ruw
i
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";stc«ikth
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SS^SSi : of the later
Spm.umct.i,
Sfuu»idi,mAOx}MAiahtCaltai.
T 1 ic illauMit ' c ,»c drie in the fecond degree: and: is<fe*»aIfo

cmtmgqualiue.
The Icaues are vfed of diners to real mdinftecdofafalladc^sberhc

cheheatcofB
,,
ihotIaskes,'and for r*
...: •.
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ncth all thofc things before remi EL, but B

'
>ither in ftrong lic 3made with aft csoftheafhF

tree,and the haire often moiftned therewith maketh it yellow.
Ofthe white Thome>or Hawthorne Tree. Qhab.n.
-k-rhekmits.
* moft parts of Engia:
.....
good credit ej who haue feeue
the fame ; but my felfe haue noticene itjand therefore leaue it to be
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.
Theophraftushzxh fet f! ich groweth vnto the forme
Sum Juu. i
branches befetwithleaiies
'.,- :
:.:. :...;. ...
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:wthorne 3&intafte like the

Neapolitan Mec .tyetknowen.
ItlbepUce. . ^ ^
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the
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'v.rbcru, ami fiimcfaitli /;, ;- ,.. \; -,. , ;j >
ui;c :rtVi! ; a i ., u> \ m t!lcp
>r:-.c: it is called in high Dutch fcaOffDOKlt in
The Hawes or berries of th
Of goatee Thome. £6^.2$.

vefrmmuL 2 Spin.
rtoughbubwouflypr^/tf.
1148 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
2 The fecond kindc of Tragacaxtha, is alfo a lowc and thicke (hrub , hailing
arehketheformer^pu
cwud^SSSC
meleauescomcfoort:,
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'"hey arewhite° S'
rsr
3
?^^^^^"^ 1 lltrc
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" cman -
fi 4lv 1,iteandth
««o™; S!
re
icsandkrauesaf Twit*
;-
.
.
otCorruJa: thefharpepn.
as Tragacaxtha, but confufedly, and are finer and
— — -:
leflcr then thofe oiTragucatlu, gi
TetrmBtUonimva his firft bookeof Singulari.

tiesreporteth , that there great plentieheereof
is
growing inCandie vponthe tops of the moun.

1 '
no^hSudfOndt'
that it is found in Achaia,Pcloponeiiis,and alfo in
WFmm
his^.booke, that the liquor o
thoughtnotto beinferiour
which I receiued from.

gither,and after perifhed by ibme mifchanc
name GoatcsThorne:theliquororgun
3 t beareth the name alfo of
This plant in eachc part thereof is of ng. It doth confolidate or
inwine, and the decoct:; it icfinewc*.

Gum Dragaganthath .
herofitdullcthjOralaiew
the fharpenes of humours >and doth alfo fomething drie.
rh
ttcGumme is lingular good t< >l | r !,ccough , roughneflc 'of the A

taketh away the roughncs thereof.
-
y
mixing t egummc <
2cs° beingfirftftec^
3
OftbejEgyptianThorne. Chap.z^.
:wo forts of o^.jr;.
•kTheiefiripthn.
Uwhcrcoftl.- tirllisthcmicanJri^t^.-
ing right or ftraight vp as c
yhitirt), the husks or cods be plaine and flat,

'
/erybroad like vnto Lupine c'.pctially on
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fettethdowneafa
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warde narrower and in <1 I'peedgc. mthclec- c

1
i L . , in >ud
Aree or tower flat feed
:
• •eHow, but afterwardes
&e: the whole ,both in fhape , height,
*
ârpeThornesliketheforrnw/
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Thefe dower I intbeendofAuguit.
The tree Ac*
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in (lead hereof, the i

'ÎcSit
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Por.c:ckcAcjcM.'I .r.
The iuicc of Acacia, oneonelyfubftance,but.'sofuibfranJebotl

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; and in thefe Mliarpe and biting qualirk
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qualitie^by which it dull,:; thitisimcJ B :
applied with the white and yoke of an egg i ifc in the burned orfcalucd
partes Dtojcorides.
£ The ltiiteuf the other, texhDiofiorides, doth alfo binde, butitisnot fo effectual! norfa good in
Of boxeTborne, and'the iuice thereof'called Ljcium. Qbap. if.
•kTlxicfcriftion.
i TÔxeThornehs 'ureif it hath beene «do-
taftcas bieee as a pcip" - l ' f a reddlln colo ur > ,

t
IfparkUDgiChcaftcsAere.
bitte'rfuicfK|g^
hath many woodic rooces growing aflope.
of are of a red colour : it
} ^c
Theotherkindeoi>r Priuet, hading fijch
:
They flower in Fcbruarie and M;

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ice of the fruite of Woodbine, and ch
vfed when £?«»»» is
itic,and compounded of
Lycium cleereth the fight faith Dioftorides, it heale th the fcurui

:ch;andoldfluxes,or . ncdieibr .
ers in thegumsând almonds of the throte,and againfl: the chaps and gall;
Of%amme or Harts tborne. Cbap.z6.
A Fcer the opinion ofDiofcorides there be three forts of Rhamntu, one with long , flat, and fo
-**]eaucs;the others
hi me that there are but two , the one white & the <
both which do beare Thornes but by

:
sorts moe, all which

uing alio many ftraight twiggie 3 and pliani
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. "53

TWsRami sgreenetogither with his leaucs: thermit or b;rricsrc:n. OftMltei hrnbyeaeuen
i.Mlwl.h-th,
ind in the beginning of the fecond
OfCbriJtesThorne. Cbap.16.
* The defection.
\^ tough and hard fhrubbic tree , growing
hauingvcrylongandfharpt
ahnoftround/omc-
ourGorfic 3 Br.il
'isthorne hath the
emedie againft poyfons,and i
C ' The rootc doth wafte and confumc away Phymtta and Otdem
*
D The fcede is good for the cough 3and weareth away the ftonc in the bladder.
OfBuckthornejr laxatiue <%w. Qbq.%-].
Rhtmnusfilutium.
Thedefiription.
ded ,there fucceed little ro

.wards black
'V '
: i he borders of fields
,ods 5
andinou
o.'»Uw,.', as alio vpon conie burrowesm

6
nefrorr. the hoik of b
..,'iomthehedgevporuhe
hanlatDartfordtownes end rewards^
f
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
. :
ThefamedopurgeandvoidebytheftooL lininoBrs: tliejfaK A

lahalfe: diuers do number the ber-
;\ th tocnV.i.c : lor they ptir^cuitli
t| tb«ricsv hid I 1 1 water, domakeafairc C
Of the Holme .Holly ,or Huluer tree. Cbap.%%.
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The Holly tree grcnv-. kgroweth greencboth winter
andfcnjl
the berries are ripe in Scptembcr,and they do hang vpon the tree a long tn ; a ftC r.
;
Thistreeorfhrubis,. md^guif, '

\
nifh^w^.-inhighDhr.
French Horn and He, a and Holme.
ofthebarke hereof is nol
paflages of the excrements,and by this

•ingfubftance.
C Holly beaten to powder and drunke.
OftheOhe. Cbdp.29.
TA
Here be diners forts of
countries: of the coram.
<
long'
nctimglmie&mufcofw.
The Okc tree with his Acne- as :d nic Hi.
He common Oke klonered oner with
ir abroad 3by which it ftiffely ftandtth.

*TbefUue.
V- i _
I" .(;' -:
orC«/A*;fome
'...:,;... :
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do mightily binde and drie in 2
if 'they be eaten are hardly conco&ed, they yee

which is groffe,rawe , and colde.
that
[) Swine are fatted he :
i hard and found.
alfohaucobferuedandnoted;for^'/; I iitb, that before they hauc
infuethjifa creeping worn fpidcr, then followcth great

fickncsormortalicie.
OftbefcarletOke. Cbap.ô.
Okesonejv,
one of thefe Holme or Hoilie
A Lthoa$h Tbeotfjraftui hath made mention but of'
other onely the Acorne ;which thing is not contrary to d,

csjandtheotherheaeicr.-
Tri
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS
^ at'ci ic r
Maggots growing in them, whi
: ;s be very late before they b<
W"luerOkc,or Holly Ok e^ge uee s^r/, <?/;;.;.; •-.

!u,h i, imply
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; ^«„.'. inL „
rfo^he fame author!.: gotbeoe.
° rCadlc
%
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onelcasaioltdodecme. J™*-*
^ bda"e ndbltinS:t!,ttC "
:nbytheh
-:
correct the malice thereof.

C _
Xhiscomp< in,asUfoth 9
; ...•.,. , ..:
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Sedfilkebe boiled in them.
Of the barren Scarlet 01%. Chap. V
* thedefcriptioH.
-THe barren f--- '
1 height of at
oldchauingonthemnop. .xntcd about the edges,
*ThepUce.
In driers places there is greatwoods ofthefc
they grovv vituilvm many kmgdomc IS

they growe in great p'cntie in Languedockc and
. n Italian £fe:mr : ench
3*
onbutofonc//«onl;
ingftampal 01 beaten and applied
Ff ff 3 The
te boiled inwatervntillitbeediflblued and laide on all niohr m,L.i.
haircblacke,iftheybefij
— ferAfafcidr.
' efteemed of,c a tcn,and brought into the
"Wnateth the
ma.ketto be fofcfc
.
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reu
le all Spaine thorow 3 an Acorne.
Ofthe great Holme 0%. a^.32.
eOkc with great Acornes. TheHoIme^ke withIeflerAcorr.es

V
*,
IcThe Aefiripion.
not the leaft.for his comely proportion,although vnprofica-

AMone the wiider'Okes this is
JL.a : 'M)Vl,pnrr.hirur£«ie:tt
'
footeftalke
mtimesa certainefinooth kindeof Gall, altogither vnprofitable : cln

treeisaltogidicrl..iicr,v.'-'fi-eiin:onl1rtetiHheii rtei-cnc^.
;
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He Corke tree is c
thickcrbodic,a. ,
:
, //«, or the barren fcarlct Oke but *,:u
rt !?rcater
3
bro ^^
^ha
r
chi n kes5 c^x; «hk23§

a The Corke tree with, t and bignesofa great tree
°
S -^ whichtk wife T '
! ' f a
" uervvornc bIacklil1
,
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thpfe of the other kin. eft difference.
: .:;.;:.. ..,,,!
pointed; and about Rome with a broader,and cut in the edges Iikc a fawe,a ldi >
_ er,as.,w
to this day; t?r,r-n,c- iorfeareoffmking;and
0/ the gall tree. Qty-W
it Chapter,*
igureswcWfetfoorthdobeare thofeGalsfit fotmcd.cme,
: one little, yellow, fun ^"^ ™j£

I ^He Gall tree groweth vp to a fufficient height
.
: .'...,
:
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-no.-^r. ,-.-,r-,. :. ,
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:, re harder, greater, and m, reload:
andGalsIikcwifclcffer *e difference.
Theforme of dims forts of Gals.
ldGa11 ' '

The iongGa!I.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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Hooded Gals,
XII
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V1TT
XIII *W?
r
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The Gall tree is called Querttu,Rob»r 'an , in Greek Wctheapo-

thecarics and Italians, keepe the name (?.;// ,•
, ! pTcii : < « ! c
Dutch tfalllOtEtUin S^mCa.iîgtlk,GM*, va&BugAlk*: in French NoixdcG*Ue:m Englifti
c:nthefecond: A
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:
KuirheCoeliackepafliont
eof (trowec ,
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Uft of all burnt Gals do -

„.ch Lloud,and are olthinne parts, andE
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of greater vertue to dry then be thofe that are not burnt ; they mult be Iaidc
vpon hot K™*:
vntill they come to be the , , VIne
l
an j
^Sê ,
E Moreoner gals are good for thole that b , ,

xc an j ,
•
water 3 and alfo applied or vfed in

Iryandbinde.
;e apples are much ofthe nature of gals,yct are the
dofldfc
Of^MiJfeltoe.or^Mifteltoe. QhaH^
2 Lqe/*'
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MifTeltoe. h!d£meh!L
ofwhichis
re^SdingTha^whkhts mzdcZmltoeortollstbrtc,
mall blacke ketrw - hath not any .ro0 "'"^
^ccommethofacer
moifture &
fubftancc gathered togither vpon the boughes iomts of the &
trees, through the »
whereof this vaporous moifturc proceeding, bringeth foorththc Miflcltocrmanyhauediuert
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. U 69
fcoken heereofjlbmeo;
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1Ct]I ; lc dunsrofthcbirde called a
j
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; , t .
iSS^'il
•icThtpUct.
iicrsl-a'Jcs 3 as I'hnhV.c.^ VUCLnczt, , ar.dl-;, .;-
MifTeltoe is cai!e,i;n Greeks, orwi.-in La-
nifh t/<r.i : in the Portugal! language yifgo: in En-
Thc glue which is made oftheberries of ?

HMimeSftHand about
madeof the berries of M &«» Ch*m*!eon niger :
^flw»inhis47.chap.andtelicthofthedar)gerousaiKltA::cr'.c ltâc .. rsot them both.

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lindc the cares, and other impoftumes 3 be.
to iaco obflructi tonmutnt ventre meatus

Tom atque tibi. flatus vbi carcere cUufi
SUmifireaffbclK.-vixtandemducerepreJfo
As NiuMder wmczt. ting to Gerrtwhis trariflation, which vcrfes

wehaueEnglifhedtfius:
Both waics of meatc and eke ofdrinkc
,uc:whenwinde
In cuts mclofed a rumbling makes
And can no paffage finde
rhgreefeandpaine
Can hardly feed on breth that doth
Ofthe Cedar*tree. Chap.^6.
berries like thoftof

twoCedars, one great bearing cone" the other fmall bearing
THerebe
1 I, miner. -krhedeJcrMton. r „ .j
T
a
He great Cedar is a very bieec an d 1
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,ctorn > ano
boughes is fmooth ant! ;
jgh er , the
a i they g row h
the ground,euen to the : 1
%, 0<ji«
t,'
coropauc u.
pointed fteeple theft
tree bearing the ftiape and forme of a pyramid, or fharpc ;
.::.. • '.
nbcr of the Cedar tree
W is tbeophrajl m.
:
: r^rw.-inEnglifliCe-
r3 andCcdrctr«x.M*/ii
W er\niCti-
v*- u. e .,t r.
Theco^hrcdorc-bav.ir,
'he Arabians is that which tl
iiy* THE THIRD BoOKE OF THE
Serep/o, faying that this Mumia is a compofition made of Aloes and

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gled with the dcco&ionof Hyflope,appeafcth the

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and appealed)
^ " le "treame
thepY^.
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preefe thereof.
iailcthagainftu^g/aw, if a Gargarifmebemadc
:h the biting of theferpentcw/?--
• ; :: a
is good alfo for leapcrs being put vp vnderneath it kilk
:
Of the Titcb tree. Chappy.
# rheiefiriftkn.
• ahvptobeatall'fairc,and
bigge tree remaining ahvaies greene Lie
,
the pine tree, though the timber of it be not lb
the lean x. , c,rtotIikethofeofthePirc

tree, but fhorter, and biW r, mo,c lilc t
h F
^X? an dKnSr"«
theyoongand tender twigs in manerof acircle,
e tree, but being mame and
leaues they are

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litres. With him doth

Bby&teeinl IsK •
hiswordes concerning
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aru !. />,'/„; r.teth '-'
tree clot:: not Lvmgvp
t'-uiix Ucnltic with the Pme trees.
Of the Tine tree. Cbap.tf.

ATbekindts.
I t (. ,rd( the :,'ca-hirdc, vhichis

. cii I arren , on '
iters hauefoundcnioc,
"i-uwdpfnetrec. *. *7 be defection.
v\ " HP He Pine tree growcth high, and great the
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ehard 3 grcat,andconfiftof
%
*ThtfUce.
fmall,and not come to ripenes. dc
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The tt iiitc or ap* ! -,

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on,and therefore it i: '. v ::ii H'fi.u".
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lent medicine for the clcnfingof the cheft and lungs.
a
- The fcafes o I of the tree, do ftoppe the Iaskeand the bloudy flixe,
•kThtde;,:.
hlongffiati
wingftraightvp.butv. t r,
andfocafictobcboit o
bowed, thatheereof'ti, : thefruite of dus"™'
greater then the fiuite of any of the other wilde Pines.
/lw ,
•ktbtdeferiftioH.
islikethofeoftheLar
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The of the ic Pine trees is ripe in the end

ftuirc
if September out of all thefe ifliieth foorth a
:
white an .i hveere imclhr.g Rofin : they are aifo
- -
'. -
height, andfullofbotighes from the middle, as
hauefaIfely,OfamarueIousheight;theyar; die Ptnewcc

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it is cafleJ
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Shake Torch of Pine.

ntim in Hymno Cerei Ptfchxlu.
: PinafieBKMol Pinus the
The firft ofthefe wilde kinds may be ld*a Thetphrajlipt Theephrajlut his Pine tree , growino
on
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truly beMace4ommmas,oz the Maccdoni
The fourth wild Pine is
That which the Latines call TedaM named in GreekcJ&,and<&yW: in high Dutch I
nay be termed in Englifh Torch Pine,
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thcmiobebothofonek.n. nJfLiltielcornmonto d
^ The barke ofthem bo ocaten and applied it cm

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then that of the Pitch tree ; the leaucs ftamped take away hot fwellings and fore
--
) Being ftamped boil & of*eJee«i,tf*ijyb
cannot effe&ually peri , cues, buthathinitacerta inebitingqualitie,
:ces and boiled in vineger, is a remedie 1

ikewifeagainftthe
• planters
be vfed in making of coropounde
lateafepaine.
eating fores in the con i c falling away of the hake
for watering and blecrc eics ; as Diofwides teacheth.

of
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. H 7P
OfKofins.
. KThckindts.
fWeetcfroellingRofin, .;: .
uUy Clthcr outo f thecuc
"..- the fame is alfo named .-

; W - -[, . thisisvnkncmn
I
b
diflirreth.
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There is made heercof faith Diofcoridts, writing inkc : but

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Themtmtrofdrwingfoorthafnnh.
Out ofthe fatteft wood of the Pine tree changed into the Torch Pine.is drawn
Pitch hv f„~ „r
gutters areto bedrawen, by which itmay be receiued; be.':-..
.u).is:r-ac.--
iert m the top of thcFurij, i rhe flame and fmokemay
..•
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:
<tis gathered of the great Cedar tree, andnameth the liquor
: i . i
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A.nd of this when:, c ,.

n r r,
c
<.î'ii<-,xtkc.it>!X:d .-.or Pitch iterate!
:
med ,'. > s / >vcDutchdtt«nptCkJ

in Italian Pccefecca : in Fr« ; 1 1 Stone Pitch.
:.,!>< applied.
; .
c ..:•. .'..• ••
rcof,ithealethchopsofthe fund*
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
e
OftbeFtrrei or Deale tree. Cbap.+o.
^c ;
;,o,..V. ;v
L P c„rl,_ ; c -!i alvv: .J..,.,,-,, .-
Rofin called
TA»,inEngliihFrankcn(cncc:butfrom the yoong Fir t;ce- prcecicui an excellent
n8* THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
cleere, and liquid Rofin, in tafte like vnto the peelings or outward rinde of the 1
The time of the Firre tree agreeth with the Pine trees.
This tree is called in L among the Grecians of our time
SS'm SJSffiSS*
thefam
»«uea
of the yoong Firre trees, is called in
'G:CM
Greel
.
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Turpentine, loofeth the belly

mors.clcanictnandmundihetnt'- -' '
. ... . . -. ...:..
Ofthe Larch tree. Cbap.4.1.
pliable.ThcIeaucsarefmall,an
lythatinthemiddeit,(c!iv .rksot longcomiuii;;:

lot true that the wood oiY ;;porrcti:
:
sf/fl v.rn
1 dcofL jod c Ci rbefiegec l
ut c in c i eies i disti
/hiterhony,asthatof Ath< ;difhndingifiuethnotfoort

iitrunnethoiitot't:;:. bored euen to the v '
—
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ording to the kinds,onc like vnto Turpentine,thc other more (harper tha this,
HISTORIE OF PL/
jon cv .-..' decerned iddpeciaiK mtiut hctookc Gtandifcrxt
i:rc)ivct!iiH...::!iGrcc l ;c. |
n,b'.;rcbi-fc';,'vpontheAIpcsofItaIy,not
Mircoirans :/•«.'/. ... v. - ^ r

-'3, in the borders of
/Whathijidlonv. !"•« i^.boofc 8. chapter,
wdods of Larch trees, although they be
^'-'''î'.ght.nndinthft ;:-::;. ; M.Kk!!h ; and

te offincwesjis counted pern
, ^glift Larchtrcc,
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t'ncLatincs call '^Rfj7naLirigrit,oiReJintLt.
.\;:iitAgarickc.
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fine performeth all fuch things that the Ti
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ma^hii ['
.v applied,ts good for thofe that are
:..„... r,J. -•;
H From a dram waight or a dram and a halfe to two,is _
Laune
c fhould be mixed with it,or wilde Carrot feede, or Louage feede, or Sal gem, in
-
-
breth called ASbmt, the inuctcratc cough of the

tojjjj
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OftheCyfreftrcc. Cbap.+l.
!.7/>. •'.--. :.-..: :-.-:
Ihjii-corl.jtino.
_
^nted.asatSionaplaccr', ... : < e
gM** ;
tbei p«cc! :::c Garden of Maftcr/««fr, oneof the
i85 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
The tame Cypres tree is nay be gathered thrifc a M
laie,and September, and therefore it is furnamed Trtfera.
The wildc Cipres tree is late,and very long before it buddeth.
The tame Cypres tree is called in Greeke fo»«iow,or KuwW/o?: in LatineC*/r/y

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.chapter, was we i
i:ncK u'iklI l - .'--:o:.io„J«i!;? tl >
great way off the (inellof t

Thtophrajiu 'Id temples became
litic or corruption.
The fruite and leaues of Cypres are dry in the third degree and aftringent.
A The Cypres Nuts being (lamped and drunkr ;

teth, ftoppeththc
growing in the nofc.

Some vfe the fame againfl carbuncles , and eating mix
D fores ,
g The leaues of Cypres boiled in fwcete wine, or mcade, doth hclpe the flxangurie and difficultie
i ied that the fmoke of the leaues doth driue away gnats, and that the clogs do fo like-
q The fhauings of the wood laid amongft garments, preferucth them from mothes, the Rofinkilr
•kThe definition.
reddifh colours
the barkc being of a datke
THe timber
the
tree of life grow -
very hard,the branches fpi

e .
garden fallawayvvicH
SSSftSS
™w
compaft of little and thinnefcalcs , clofely paft one vpon another , which myfelrc \J at
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
,
The branches of this tree laid downe in the Ârlor-itx.l
^^:,%)::: :'\,' ., ;
i Dutch (gpfcenbaum t in low
ire chr/ Ei I ill I -c ...
error to mixe the barke hereof in com; i
kThetemferature.
ifavencmousquaF '
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.eryvenemoustobeta;,:
HjfrrttrmwtmfkmocrairtmerM
Of theJuniper tree. Chap.^.
* rhekindes.
AMong the lumper trees, one is IcfTcr, another greater, being a ftrang
•^thefebringethfoorth a flowcr^nd
commonly it groweth very lowe like vnto groun

:*: ::. .v. ...:..:....
::'.'.'... :
thebranchesthicketoj! greeneajthe
(mall berries,
firft,butafterwardeb!ac dfauour, andfweeteintafte,whidido
2 Thegreatlunipern.
Mtm
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TORIE OF PL/
The lumper nee i> c ':-

f.atine name /«»,/>«•*» :
t!:c Arabian ,,:;,:,,

MiJiCr.ca'S-Oncr:
m Spanifi! Enebrofimebro.. and Z/wiw : the French men and bale Alanines <?««*« .-
in Englifli
iiusrincdt:-J.ighI> -r. )-ve Dutch £i t ii:\iicttri;»l :in Spa-

v
kreciansbeiiig.ikr .:. "he.eitiO^-iiic-iitJoth,
I'-i'-iU'onalfonf x'<r. . -: this u the meateof

L
«^,h.'»[hlic\ be about theuworkc.
*Them*«ttm
>r thole that t
ingular goodagainftanoldcoueh
and
againit that with winch. called the Chin cold, in
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f the leaues and wood dnueth
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Ofthe prickly Cedar.or Cedar juniper. Cbap.^.
-T He prickly Cedar tree is like to In
raiper tree, in bodieand

THe Crimfon or p
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ifliyellow,orcr.
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' cuenthecountreymen
•
rid thicker Jikc at the firft to thofe of Iuniper. butyetfoni >
HISTORIE OF PLANTS, ir<?i
thccrim i, col .ur,
•-•r, and broader then thol

betries.ofthcbignc.oi
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.visroundinProucnccofF
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put ofGtecce,in Illy ricum and Epirum.
-.ringgrcwe vpnewe
i, little and -lowe Cedars , for d

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the fame name
' which th
called themCV</w,Ccdai ' ;

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Theothcrwiththebhi'. ...,. ...,: .,,", ,',.,,
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h ifliieth foorth of the prickly Cedar, is alfo called f«•»«, and is

fold in
* The temperature <ind venues.
C Thepcafanrs do feede thereon, rather to fatis

ues thereof ; albeit they be good againft the flrangunc, andproucke
thefubfknccoftheivc i - mucrandof thepnekky

;
reene colour,like tothofe of the Cypre
-ucof there te liich being 1 aid'iTlikc te:-- '

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J,U .f^„— ,?„ Kit, * a « </QrtjLÛ& j,Lar %
j^^s ^mz. $~#te ah /&, ,&#*.*&* fz/r<k f
f ^*^ Aft ~ /& /ftW&^r j>%' 3r/*~- f Ji^/f 9^w

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A hî-r ?.,... fi^ J^frJ f. /
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C . ^ %W/ <^/3 *.' all <&^Mk*t &«^ , /<** J-U^ - *<&*
/>- C^-^c^ 9 TQ X^«*- -^<6 a^3^ KfU^. ^ <UrJ^ J
cJy .
0f7&+^4>
. T«^~£~ .v-^>^ K^fr
; n**»fo •
^«£ ts**^
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. -j.95
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r aril I IcofT; , coucrcd witharcc'.liih bade.,
Ta n irl browed) breakefoorth, andnor.

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uialfoin Greece.
F
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v - . .. -
-•
uite roughed binding
^Singularities*;
times alfo in dry and grauely grounds where no other trees c

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Thefe trees or ftirubs doflower in Maie,a cde ailed aj
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»or the fame purpofes.
'liin
made of the woode or timber v.
Hhhh 4
OfHeatb3 Hatker,or tinge. Cbap.fi.
* 7 ht defection.
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:stooke to be the right and true Heath.
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good order by couples, feai! kaues finer than thofe of Tamariske or CyprelTe, and ofa greeneco-
,. : . .
iour,verybca itii *i bcholi! 3 a
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th white flowers,but fcldome found or fc
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6 This Sreeple Heath hath like wife many woodie branches, earnifhed with fmall leaue '
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"Ht cockeof hay; broad at the l'c
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I leafed Heath bearing berries. Suullkiicdik
: ft ota cJ rentle.nan
Thefe kinds or forts ofHcath.do for the moft part flower all the fommcr ' cuenvntillth cla a
I
September. " of
Heath is called in Gi lynameitUWw;,,. k-j.
Heathâtlier.andLinge.
; *~ ^ *
mEn gWh
*Tbe temperature.
Heath hath,as Gden&\i\z digeftingfacultie.confumingby vapors :the flowers andlcauesare
l The tender tops and fl< od to be hide vponthebitings or flinging,

vencmous thcBees B S
ofany bead: of theic flowers do gather badhony.
\ The barke and leaues of Heath may be vfed for3and in the fame caufes that Tamariske is vfed.
Of Heath ofjerico. Chap.^.
The Heath Role of lericb.
"deoi '
cho r the later writers
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: i, i.ot ..
y ir.oic vnlikc vnio the Rofe, or, any!
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
The fccdc being fcv. > Apnll;ic pcrifhcth wlicn itisf]:
.rtf^V^theRofeoflerico^ffomctheRofc
oflcTiifalcm.andallo^/iJ/, /. I , In
Avn.MVccvtamticofthisph.
:
fthe QhaUe tree. Qhaô.
'.i.rj'.'.y-ryLlcv
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J pamlh
"-"-'- cap : in English Chaltc Tree, Hempe Tree,and of diucrs ^««, f^.
k third degree : they arc of very
thinne
aswouldc willingly Hue crufie,

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the flein,confuirung and drying vp the fecde of

cencr™
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B The fecde of4gw»M/&w

openethandc
goodtobedrunkein
C The Ieaues ftamped with butter, diflbluc and aflwagc the fwellings of the genitories and cods
cd thereto.
D The decodion of the herbe and fecde is g<
• . ,and thofc that hauc the Lethargic are woont to be b i
E The ieaues vfed in a fume,and alfo ftrowed, driuc away fcrpents ;and being laidc on do cure their
F The feedc laidc on with water doth healc the clifts or i
G reported that if fuch as iourney or traucll do cart;

It is
Jius in their hand 3 it will keepe them from merry gals,and
OftheWilkmeTree. Chap.fi.
Willow mean as high

I >~r He common is an high trw,wkh a body ofa e thicknes,and rifeth vp
of is finooth, tough, andrlexibl,- , and hard to be broken: the

Ieaues are long,lcfler, an cwhat grcencon the vpper
les be couercd either with a
ildeandfIippcric,andor,
purplcorclfewithawhu-
of all foorth.bcing long and moffic.and qi
twigs or rods being I

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the higher WitI

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
'^w
•krhedcfiripion.
3 fte Sallowetreeor Goates Willow,erowethtoa tree ofar-ear.eMan P e-rt,„

tiinber 5 cpueredwitri ,,+>,:, ... r
finger,
fmallandthreddie, of the bignefleof a
and ofablackifh colour. t
There is another kinde of Willow like vnto the former
vpper face o
the rootc is * pon the
finall and limberyiot growii g
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Thefc Willowcs gro

•klhtfhce.
m erhplentiful! i
Cambridge (hire, by ihe; Howe abound

abouttheplacescalledPa, E taGraqni heftcr.< 1
Hampfteed heath vpoath* | I

,
JJo ::.^;.'.t.^
t the beginning of the Spring.
ithic, the red being the (Jiy -_,.,. ~
h .that the Arcadians do call the Iefierl^notir^ limit a!fo namcth this
ce of Willowcs, are cold and dry in the fecond degree, and

: nrHetameormar.U!' -
,-rreat,with many branches
flowers be white a.: nrlumobc-: M WW

3und,whcrein is an hard ft > rf&d tbat liquor which we call i
1205
HpcOliucs. _
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Both the tame and the wildeOliue haly, trance, and %ame,
/-
drie, or die bring foonh n;>fr
Theramcorc , ,, j„d .>„', ,

-. m Urine oU 1 fatiuj,
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•
< are called Colymhaies. -"
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jounflinwn,
^
'. * B
•nmgood andwholcfome herbes, appropriate vn to thole difeafes and gricfes, as Kptvcon

t, doth (lay and driue awaj
c e
Of Priuet,orTrim Prmt. Chap.^.
pStleTprimPrint. -
-klhedtfiriftion.
jptegrovvetheueryvvayaflopc.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Some there be that would haue the berries to be called racc/aiaand Ftccin
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purple colours : after the fanxmaner,I'aith he, they temper

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e, dry,and aftrin
TheleauesofPriuctdo .Ms.andvlcersofthemouth
being gargarized with the iuice and decoftion thereof, and therefore they be excelle
putintolotions 3to«rafhth< wichwomen, cankers and
-
Theberricsare aplcafa rnfhcs,anddiuersotherbird
Of mocheTrimt. Chap. 54..
I PhiUjreatrt: 2 phUlyreuMthre folio.
krhiefiripion.
1
/""^vYprusisakindc fie forts or kindes thereof
do
\^, rctainc, the.! des .-this plant groweth
gieboughes* which are
'•-hire flowers,
of blacke berries,very like the berries of the Elder t
. ;

•kthefcfiriftion.
lefecond Cyprus callc n like the former in
etheyarehke.
hichlplant
Thclcaucs of thefe kindes of P;
A Beingchcwed:: ere thereof, and
B The decoct irningsandfcaldings.

hate ««1
i. do make the
amongt »
body,and nades likewife are coloured and died herewith 3 which is counted an ornament
D The aowersbeing moiftned in vineger,and applied to the tempIes,afTwageth fieadach.

fmell,and good to neat
A Co made of thefe an oiIc,callcd Oleum Cyprinm, fweete ot
Of
g
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfbailardTriuet. Chap.tf.
•klhedefiript,
THiifhrtibbietrec
aim.!! hedge tree
French Perfumers do bore cl
vhichtheyfendcintoEn^r '.'.,,::
-cambers, for gre;
Thcfe trees do grow . ,'bout Tholoufe.and fundry other plac

Teitrangers in England. ' r
The flowers bud foorth in the fprin

, nd December.
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ThisbaftardPriuetis ibethatMaha&kflrMualeBofahkhji I
bai?ardPriuet 5orCoiaIi, 8
thereof
Concerning this baftarde Priuet, wehauelearned as yet no v'fe thereofin Phifickc. Thekernels
which are found in the ft> <
-herrics/obetheyalfoan.
and be therefore good for the ftone: more wehauc not to write , then hath bcene^XnS
OftbefruitlesTriuet. Chap.56.
evntothebaftard...^,
i more rounder then thofe of Mm A hi
narrow Ieaues,fom-
,hauine
mil
ofcomcfoorthfmall herbie coloured flog.
whichbcingvadcd,therc fl , , callingit by thename
V thing that hath b

v. hcc n ... ,. bdefic i; . brunches arc couered

wi h
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flowers be vaded, thertfb sitwerecompadtof mjnv
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wherein is contained a ti c hereof lji cih ir 1 real sili„tL
3 1" ' e b t n I ,
i fj many (hootes rifmg from
faire bfewe colour° cch a a bunch o^pTs'ache

thofe of Valerian rubra Dodonu, co nfi
* Thedefcriftion.
ispreffed'ani
other things.
V \f If VV Thd„„phiS,iL"nThcfi,ii J,^,o..«i'-
d differ from Lillach., w\

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 121^
'" OLltan
.- 1 l r cci ought of others. y
Of mdonJVajlesr Spurge Oltue. Cbap.tf.
* The defection.
Âch'mtlMtat Sp
^^^k^ms^^r &aaa " rge
° lluc with the Car "
tenfpf t re
1
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*"**<* SP ur § c 01l " e faid, areof a burning and extrcmehoc
C '
Part
l
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' cnoler,cfpecially taken in pils

fothattwo
ims the Third booke of the
i Mefues likcwife bath a dcfcription of pils of the Icaucs of SpurgeOliue
(yet Syl
i i the outward fubftance of i
andfowcrDateSjwhicI-. Endti c w
amended againftthedropfie, for they drawe I
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OfCfsrmaine Oliue Spurge. Cbap.jp.
THedwarffcB;
•
nalifhiul:
Ii
Ji I'he brand b<
."...
oftent
fragrant and pleafantiwe<

fmal berries,greene at the firft,and ofa (hiningred
colour when they be ripe, which afterward ware
ofa darke blacke colour, of an exceeding hot and
burning taltc, inflamir g(
thofe tliat do tafte thereof, with dangerofcho-
king.The roote is woodie.
This plant groweth natural :n therr I
cfpecially about Elbing, which we call Me a :i •
thereof for my garden ,wh<
hthefirftofthefprmg.-tl
I'-.
:':•' !>-.-.
•
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'• :
Italians do name the fruit thereof Piper Mont/tnum, Mountaine Pepper. Some fay that Lmireouor
>.-- r_ ;
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great: the branches be many,thicke,woodie,immediatly growing 01

i . . ,oth which g row "!ld <:e P
.
a ^
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. , 2 i
7
Ae earth tough.- where- , ,, It!;
0/iars _ Jh ^^
The Gcrmaine Sparge
fmcllrchc buds whereof
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branchej afc woo(J e
[!]C
fl ^ f
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and pîablertherootelong growing dope : all which fliewthatit hath great likcnes and affinmc
vcryfharpc
o purge downward, flegme, cholcr
feoftrri plant, he cannot be allur
L-OlHIdshkc
Of.Spurge F/axe. Q^.60.

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*Thedefcription.
I £" Purge Flaxebringeth foorth many flendcr branched fprigsaboucacubite high,

couered
. ... >!- : :..
fruitisround,grceneatthc!
thornc , in which is a white kernell couered with a blacke skin, very hot and burning the mouth like
2 Branched Spurge Flaxe groweth vp like wife to the height of a fmall fhrub, fet with diners
Jiandwoodic.
It groweth in rough mountaines,and in vntoilcd places in hot regions.lt groweth in my garden.
It is grccne at any time of the ycere,biit the fruit is perfected in Autuinne.
The Grecians call it tpolinon; diners alfocfow-
-
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,:>.>-'. .;,-. . .
upon jcame Coculm mint from Cocem Cnidiia.

* The temperature.
Spurge Flaxe is natur g ,and of a burning cplitie.
- Thegrainesorberrie.- iege choletjliegnie and water, li

::
v-ir ,
The leaues rouft be gathered about harueft, and being dried in the fhade, they are to belaide vp
c
and refcrued.
They that would I brings: theqi
but they purge more gently if they be boyled

g The fame leaues beaten to powder and ma
c ^Thehcrbe is an enimie to the itomacke,which alfo deftroicth the birth ifit be applied.
OfSpurge Laurell. Cbap. 61 .
with many 1
Purge Laurell is a fhrub of a cubit high ôftentimes alfo of two,and fpreadeth '
S -..
:er,commingneereto
.. ;,;.-... ... .
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''-. :'-''-
•
\ \. -,. - -...,.<. - -
»»
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The leaues,fruit,and barke

roote woodie,t e ugh,long and diuerfly parted,growing deepe.
the roote as of thehttle boughes, do with i
rHISTORIE OF PLANTS. tr&
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1
, " LaurcllorBaytree.-i'ii
tough and pliable,hauing a deepe rootc,wi thout fmcll ,with a blacke fruit.
Thedrieorgreenelea'': v fiege flegmatike hu-/
.r.cenngjmo;
Of <fyi 'Baie.or Oleander. Chap. 6z.
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* The cUfiription.
ROfe Baie is a final! fhrub ofa gallant {hewe like the Baie tree, bearing leaut
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:h white downe, among which the fetfdelieth hi
: ,is like the firft>nd diffcreth in that, that this plant hath *1
ftowersibut in other rcfpcctsiu, very I;kc.
- L-
rs,and thefea fide :I haue them growingin
--"
In my garden they ft- ..i.sbcripeafter
ik-.vifc
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is tree being outwardly applied hath a -

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ck:g?.air!:v,rniiks,ioii-wiyii:;it)y.or.)tiiori
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The place and time are exprefled in their defcriptions.
The firft is called in Englifh Dwarffc R conde mountaine DwarfF

*M .conefromtheotherjX
Of the 11. tie .or Laurel! tree. Chap. 6^..
meane bignefc it
the heigh t of a tree of a ;
The Laurell or Baie tree 510ns j we plant , and fee-
The Baic tree growei
"• and very dry. and

The berries and lean-' >c
ir Cute, axe good in a licking it
of the lungs, difficulty of breathi
BaieBerrics taken in wine , are good ag qf arvyvenemous beaft, C
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people fa arcgro wen fliigj ines, orfuchashaueany
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They arc good alfcagai crq/ttBtycs. F
ido .ngealed bloud,and digefteth and wafteth away the humours ga-
.: - - ;..-
partofthe he~ad,doth greatly ceafc the paineof the megrim.
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aftirubor hedge bufli, hauingnwny

lde Bate ate ,-greweth like
' r,„ f U ra ft $
^temlpied.ofade,
the leaues ana
u
i
c ftones or feeds of grapes :
the parts of the plan t are al togicher *j

b«t
the Do?ge Berrie tree,
.cnmdrith ? rrene-t^* >
the u™
es running thorough
ThewildcBaicgro'.vcc ; her regions, which dif-

feraccordingtothen.if.::, .-
inmygai IcnandproC
per very well.
.
Ofthe'Boxetree. Cbap.66.
The Grecians call it *t\ gmt. mloweDutch^
->». inlniwn,.,,!.*.
iKUnn'tinltalian^'.-in I
The letter may be calk I
'^«-v^:inEngli(hd
5 awu{
warf
Boxe,or ground Boxe.
Of the ^Myrtle tree. C/Mp.6j.
nr Here be diuers forts <

feme withnarrowcleaues;
diflinguifh the kinds.
HThede/erif
The Myrtill tree. *~p He firftandgreatdt /^toisalndltrcc.
bruled do yeelde foorth i

moft fragrant fmell, not mi
wcrs,in fhape like rhe flowers of the Cherry tree,
tmLtutet, that hath Ieauesalfo like Baie leaues,
branches, inadoubleroweonbothfides of the

light gree
......
>ytogro\veofthemfelucstheyrloiver when the Rofes do, the fruit is ripe in Au-

nd they ncuet beaie any fruit.'
JMekeM :.-..
inLadnejM tUi: in Italian JKfrft;
othcrgreater.f///?/îoi:, [] ... *«gv«&;but what

manner of ones they ate; I
[j tle$ Oxjmjrjkt, or
norrhoi.dcs.
fhej be aho with good beginning, and D

Offweetemitoôrgaule. Qhap.6%.
BrabMtiu,fme
>•; EUtgms Cordi,
k 4 ,f/uc EUtgitus Cordi.
:Willow,or Dutch
:
p. Myrtl .:
fÂulcisal,
^7
X Wtf*
^ <#» VjrP Ian
^
hauin g^"ybrownc
branches: whereupon doe growe
an d
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do growc many fpokie care tint full t
flowers and after them L.cuu'c gr.at ih rem

fquare feedes cluftermg togither j0 f a ftrone
and
bitrer tafte. The rootc is hard, and of a woodie
fubftance.
ft the place.
Fennic countries thereabouts, whereof thcrcis

at they make fagots
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r the Poplar tree, and th;
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Gaiuf.; d : cinthc third degree
OfJVbortes,orlVbortle berries. Chap.69.
*Tbeki*Us. . . ,„
1ISTORIE OF PLANTS
X; "^
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., ofadarkegrccnc
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4
lESfa Whom, orWhordeberrics. ££5Jwh
esdoflowerioMaie^^Sfniitcisripeinlune.
Whortle berries arc c

,f„
.
fn , owe Dutch €mcttCm bicallfe
Thcfniitofthismaybcthoughtnor l (iduheyuriberr.
xs the tenth Eclog;

acinthisnamedoftheL. iri r > :,'' :-,;!. .... ;.;,,_. .,_,;..
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thing than the Hyacin
b,::. ;.,;: •
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hardtoaffirmc.
The red Whortle be; !

>t0 which they be in forme
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.- named ML-.^ru ;,-,!
\\h ce . i . V\Ku lures.C^4 „ G^w,
b'K ckc: n they

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h.oh deceit ul the-n
.. :
eWhortlesi.
D -
Ofjhrub Barmoort ofjElhiofia. Chap, 70.
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LhcOowcisdogroncat thetoP^—
:r.gthefcedeofFcni
& <mwm> j-ssiSfis
I HP He common Elder groweth

boughcsal . k>dieisalmoftallw
J[
is rugged and full of chinks, and of an ill fauored wan colour like afhes : that of the boughes is not
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Harts Elder j0 rCluftcr Elder. -kThedtfcri
for the berries of it are not bl
ingfmell, anddifftrea
the fafliion of the leaues, which doth fo much
aif-
out of knowledge, that no

guife the tree,and put it
man would take it for a kin

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whence he is defcended : forthefe ftrange Elder
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* The flue.
ThecommonEldeit
HfSTORIE OF PLANTS. 1235
thccluftcrcdfruitgroweth vponmotim..
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Tlcfc kinds of Elders do flower in Aprill and Maic,and their fruite is ripe in September.
This tae is called i:

:-i :: o$ Gul'+imts Si-
s
- .... cc s*mb ut -..> Jh ,, o: , ilde LIder bt.t

5 WM b»lm
Gil n sttributcth t! . ,
nd , aiththat j\ faof a
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andhauewkhallapurgii Aeifomacke.
» Thcfeedeso
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îfthey be taken nan )rn:i.g to the .[i.antitieofa dram wuh
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.p ana petite, it cuttetii -ii iairci i ,u h« . r„ kci ,:. . incgrofleanlrawe
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randgreene Ieaues of the Elder tree withbarfy mealc parched,L
mmtnarnaddoi-ir, ,
»l ccrSi
=
Of'^Marrijh or water Elder. Chafji.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
^knottie branches and (liootes con
any fruit \ ,'on tins tree, nor in any other phc

ledge.
Thefc kinds ofElders do flower inApriUat

ptember.
The water Elder is called in Latine few,
wCWwmakethittobc/ .
•
* «..-; t i m- tends
tlJD.-l.dj. l\0J C: inE.i.î.liG.-ldcrsRofe.andRofeEldei .
* Thrtemyrttureivdvertuts.
Concerning the facultiei tbcfe Elders, and the berries of the wjtcr Elder, there is nothing
Of Dane voort, Wale woorte, or Dwarfe Elder. Chap. 75.
VcTbedefcriftio*.
Jpaitkipzt ig ipj cere both by the leaues,

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Ebulxsjke Sambucm hu~ui:s
--^n Kent t d luotnil'

ainfordtownes ende next
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LonLnând'nunv
beUy.
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F ThefcedofWa'h oitdn '

mtl
Of leanerrefqyle. Cbap.j^.
nr He firft kinde of,', rrce ,

ganged wfA iM-
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
"king Bcanc Trcfoilc dot ' * * ** °'' C '

y °*
O/fuJat
The defiription.
r
'ic hedge pfes:
rc„; :i ,.n, .
leaues, thofe
Jike of
Colour
roundc
y
Birthwoort
Sowebread, but harder, and of a deeper
3
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t0Ugh brJn "
grcene
fromthebiggerbranchei r' r J \<ioi-ti'

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Ofthe Qarob tree3 or Saint Iobns bread. Cbap.y6*
?t Tkfdefection. • •
s veri
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: -
;for being as yctgreene

ripe,thcy are vnplcafant to be eaten by rcaibn oftheir illfauouied caftc.
«; ;
HTSTORIE OF PLANTS.
The Car
<:v«r«»«.-ins r -r-
.-. . . .. .:
*
vnnc, \t is "good for the
O/Cafsia fiftula,or Tuddtng Tipe. Chap.

77
CsfiafiBnla.
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S^> Afufwrggtrix, or Ca^fiftnU groweth vp
,
•"-. ;chicfcIyinrequcft,ismoiftir
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. J
ThepuIpeofCfA/.:, jiuiplcafant medicine

cp ->p!co i
' hi 1
.11 r'uv f nt,
inch ai t. r i '. cm ;.' tin >fe pans exceeding well.
**
ifcorhiftory.
OftkeLentisfaor ^Majlicketree Chap.yS.

Lcntifiut. The Mafticke tree. *1hedtfirrt t;oH.
*-pHcMaffi<
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The Mafticke tree gv. ^ ria >Candy,Italy,Laneuedockca n,i; „
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Thistreeisnamcdi.y r^raSftoufc*^
TheRofenisc.ilkdi;,
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« ^>"> a "d likewift
,
Gagwwritetfi,that5* the berries îzejtedeMat.
Theleaues,barke,-,nc; ofameaneandtemperateheaândaredry
_
e tree ftoppe thelaske, the bloudj
D Thefamcinfi .-. tfl en Ioofe teethed
•.:,- " '
G It draweth flegme foorth of the head gently and w ithont rroi :b!c.
H Itisalfovfcd:, l he face with.

I Thedecofttoi J icy be bathed therewith.
Ofthe Turpentine Tree. Qbap.y^.
* TbedefcriptioH.
J boughes or br. u
.: .. . .
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; ie, and better than that which is g?
barkcoftheFirretrec.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
... il tlu.iX,
icncct .P - '.! is ft in Lara," . . ..
places of Portingalc an likcaftrubj andwithout

y
:rs of the Turpentine ti

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berries are ripe" in September and O&ober in the time of Grape gathering. The homes an
* The temperature andvertues.

binde,theyarehotinth<
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to the kindes, he maketh that of the Turpentine tree to be much
£ The fruit of Tarpcni :«h vp flefhly luft.
...::... .,>::.,
morning fafting,helpeth moft fpcedily the Gonorrhea, 01
time of the taking of it,which giucth ftoolcs
from fowcr to eight,according to the age and ftrength of the p atient.
Of the Frankincenfe tree. Cbap.So.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS
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OfFiJlic{e^(uts. %>.Si.
times earen,asbc thofe of the Pine apples;they be
to the body no ft - recouer ftrength.
g They are good for thoie that;

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remooue out of thekidneies fandeand grauell; andaffwagc their paine: they arc alfogood for
The kernels of Fifticke nuts condited, or made into comfits, with fugarandeaten'do procure
E "'
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wilde
the bitings of all manner of
L
cellent prefei .. il
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Ofthe "Bladder &(ut. Chap. 82
luuc attributed vnto them fomc B

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0ftheHafeUtree.Cbap.6i,.
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without Bfjwij
tree, cut in the edges like a fawe, e backfide more white; the
> .-'- '• ., :, ::
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fofundric forte
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
* Thft,»: f .
The catkins or aglets cgmc foe

before winter be fully pad, whi<
foorth : the nuts be ripe in Auguft.
bis called in Larinec.
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henries :mhi;h D;,uh i,.;ft ! .Hill? : i„

Ital -ii .\ ecu, e,
dcnandplinredNut^:.
m 1,-yh Dutch njiif.
;...:.....
Jvtu-CIKir.Hnglilhl--!!:
a be wilde.
,1. •;
...
...
OftheJfalnutTree. Qhap^.
to the colour ota,

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;
read themfelucs far"!
go grow hard to the ftalkcofthelcaues by couples,or by three

and three, which at the firft when
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thcybeyetbuttcnderJuiicarwceteflrielandhecnnerpHwirh^.x. u ,
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gathered in
# The names.
vhichiiamcdothfignifie
ih.gh Dutch
J0Uf£»atll
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»: in Englifli Walnut, ai
;erncT
awuenofedlmoyfturcwf
con oaed;theybehardofdieeft
1
sate hot and drie,,.._,
:-.;...-
V
. infeftion of the plague, and being plentifu

iitifulJy eaten they driue worma
,
greeneand tender nuts boylcdinfugarandeatenasSuckade,

areamoftpleafantanddek-
-.dcxpellpoyfon.
''
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,
as Al m ond mi lke,srnadc
h«^Z£Lt 3 coolechandpleafeth the appetireofchc
1
"' fak and hon y5 tIie are good againft the biting
,..^!!-. '.!:'.'
y of a mad dogor man,if they belaid
H Being both eaten and alfo applied, they

h
>guIargood
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
111 '' l l CJl- cr -''ii, J -;_ tie, as the fame author fhevvet
1
1
'i. -in ucj llU > ..Lt.ons for the bod c, in which
OftbeCbcftnuttree.
(%f.
THcChcftnuttrec save. ;rcarandhi»: "'c.'-Ttcatteth foorth very many boughet; the
: - •: .::.-.,;•:.. , ..: i . :
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Thenrftgrowcthonm: i
-kTbtfUte.
thevalli>« . a. i
TheHorfcCheftnut :y places of the Eaft countries,

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aBl " S C ° mC f° 0rth Wkh thC 1 "" S i0 April,bUt thC m,tS latCr and be n <>t ripe
ill AutST '
TheChefinut t, '____ L 1. _^TjL

ninioweDutch eaftant&rjcm
__ _ lc:m ^
was Mncngmn vjieitnut. ne greater 1 n.
''"
n and of diners bafc Almaines Morons.
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French
M*: inEnglifh Horfe Cheflnut; for

that
fcure their horles of the
cough,fhortneflc
The temperature and vertues.
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ft and do Jd of ^ h u
n ake a thicke blood, and ingenderwinde, they alio ftay the belly, efpeci
arc not fo hard of digeftion, they more eafily defcend, they are lefle
'
windic,yet they alfo make the body coftiuc.
s very good againft the cough, andfpitting
, floppeththelaskc, the bloody fi

other iffues of blood.
Ofthe'Beecktree. Cbap.Sd.
THe
fmoothand
Beech is an high tree,with bonghes (preaditig oftentim<
thicke body ,hauing many at
•..
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MngsbealfolefierandiTiorterth.cn thofcoftheBi
foftskin, like in colour

.
and fmoothnes to the Chcftnuts, but they be much leflcr,and
..:.:,',:•
- he finite
inglcd or three cornered: the kernel! within is _ ..
itie;theroote
ttgm
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. l^J
Seech.
* W„
7/
T le BcCCh trCC ^""haplaine and opencoun-
J^^Mi§%> M,^K /
•
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:cdc thereon very greedily. Theybelikcvvife
i;i.csofthewoodisgoodtomake ? lafiewith. C
fobs qfiucnôrfc* ,kin fheepe 3if they be wafted thSthalL
?J and
Of the Almond tree. Chap&y.

T-kThtdtfcrtption.
•
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treejthc flowers be a
__ .
t e a cleft with a foft skin
THE THIRD BOOK'E OF THE
• .1
y v 'iiclns p >t catc I
;
the nut or ftone within is longer .than that o
-cchdeepe : the gum
E Theydoferuealfoto make thePhificallBarly water, and Barlycreame, which are giuen in hot
,
'•. '''. :'> '. ;;,-... .....,-. .- •;; , '

. ;. ,
,,;, klyrarooiicthtIicrhrov.es-, rfuehrc-]
ifcththe]
Witho;,k : . efi .iic, :ind i mn -t c h ,
faith, that the gum doth hcatc andbu : sreno't 5
die(asD»/wwâddcth)if it be difiblucd in vinegcr.
OftheTeach tree. Qhq.%%.
There be diners fortes of Pcachcs,asmayappcere in their feuerall descriptions.
"kThc description.
1 nPHePeachtreeisatreeof nogrc. rsbougb.es, which 1
leauesbelong, ni loft to thofcofthe Willow tree, and in taflc
chinkeoi cleft on r! .c> rhairiecot:on,bcir:g
rained a kernel! like- heftoneisof a "white colour. I e route

is tough and yelkwifh.
2 The red Peach tree: iethfeofth diucts boughes
orbranches, which be very brittle. The leauesbelong and nicked m the edges e; ... ce- 1
1
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«mi;i
: Perjtutlh. .
2
The white Peach. ThS''i.
HISTORIE OP PLANTS
ttafteofallthcoth
i;c of very good taftf,
1
rt.cularly, <
Theyarcfetand plautedin gardens and vineyards: Ihauc them all in my garden,, with many
The Peach tree foone <

f,Wot fix mh yeete after it is planted,
ingWbPfcachnee..
dandmoyil.:: Ulfoa fobftance \
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of the liner and fplcene.
ein gripe they loofc the belly, andingendcr c
::tiv loofen the belly; D
n children very fpecdily. £
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..;:.. - .! • :.. ... ...-..:-;
fl - erncl '
. led with \incget vn' 1
t0 the
forme of an oyntment ,-fs good to reftore and bring againe thehaireof fuc
nulke, which good if the fame be oftcntirai

is for - :
n6o. THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
wlSudullcthJhefhan: StStaJZSSE
thatbe troubled with the coughand haue rotten lungs, andftoppeth the fp« ti , gan d
I
D «!&„,
5 V
ofblood.andalfoftaieth other fluxes. P
Ofthe ojprecocfaor olbrecocke tree. Qhap. % 9 .
The greater Aprecockc tree.
each, yellow. _
.ch-Hiorteralfoand
icli is included afweete kerncll.
Wc haue another fort of Aprecock,whoie trunke or h
itislikealfoir
growing accordeth.Tl: bringethfoorthleiTerfruit,
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Thefe trees do grow in my garden 3 and now adaics in many other Gentlemens gardens through-
out all England.
They flower and flourifh in Aprill aand their fruit is ripe in Iuly. ,
i
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
of them be called Armenian ; others p
.- degree.but yet not fo moift as Peaches; fc
"
Ip'eafanttotb "
l
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Ofthe Tomegranate tree. Cbap.yo.
A
S there be fundry foi -
, fv> tfiere ate two forts
**-ofPomegranatcs,thegarden,andthc -barren and fruitles: the
fruiteofthe garden Pomegranate is ofthrce ,ot liquor ; another lu-
twoforr , 3nc\ the d : ubs and wildings, which

of the garden Pomegranate fhall fuffice
-
arcboth wilde kindes oTtq -

1
* Tbedefcriftion.
i '"TpHe manured Pomegranate tree groweth vp to the height of a hedge tree, being feauen
j rreid'taihitesh n, fu. : a cry limber, tough, and

:
ofabrownetoloi ethofeofthcPtiuet,but
more like the leaues of tli;-' tending to ycllowncfle:
I! ..:' -! .-•'.".
, ^
- .... I...-:'-' •' ^-- •
:
r-inc ,-ind kernels, u-hi. h after thev he ripe are of a gallant crimfon colour, and full of iuice 5
which differeth in rafte .,
'< tlscy grovve ; fome be -
....;:.-'... •.:•..: ..;:<
the double flowrcd Cherriedoth, anddiue 1

tnd is altogtthtfJJanrri
the third booke of the
The flue. , —w v— <-"-

,-
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thought to be fo named of the great multitude of Pomegranats which
o^comc vp more checrefu ., ,f by fo wing of the feed

>rgraincs,of the height of three orfowcr cub
* The time.
The Pomegranate flowrc : uc is ripe in the ende of
in GTt&eabiîtticui'**,VC\&ablombut
;::. : .• •LgTMo, mdPomoGrafiai
arrcn Pomegranate a
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. I2 5 3
11 >c?™.ncsofthe? «
:.,mînthemamceteIygoodA
- :
rcommcndcdS ue^
rcft>but
^ "% caufc hot fu cIlin
§ t0 arife > and the y
s B
,a. fccia'.Iy,f they
'
be withal! fomth g La: ft, do ctiidcntly cookery, and C
ffi vtHc êuch vomiting ofchokr.cal-D
cook and binde.

They ftop the flixeây" vomiting, and ftanch the fpitting vp of blond, they ftrcngthenthcfto- G
effeel be the flowers,both of the tame and wiidc Pomegranate tree,being
like to the H
ftbcybevfcdinplai-
:Iy like in faculty '""'^

r, : , , -f flowers, but alfo L
:aua Ica'nle -ioutc .oler'i -uib.^hm^
• '
.
i''j. ..-;
ofithefcforelaid bloiiomes and fhels arc good alfo tobe put into ie-
owders,forthcfta
:.i:-,chingof blond in wounds.
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- : tcj lopthelaskeandallifl'uesofbloudi
Ofthe Quince tree. Cbap. 9 i.
QObmtBa maketh Atet mdMtfeb, butwhatmarc

.; ..-,.,:;. .•:-..-..
torme, as tafteand fubfL
mehaucmuch core and many kernels, an
•ftTbedefiription.
mdn Apple tree.greene & fmooth aboue, and vnderneath foft and white
•
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: the flowers be of a white
:•' . '
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« the top with wrincklcs,others longer & g middle manerbctweene

i2 <5
4 T HE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
or freeze, and be of the colour of gold a,
inEngSiQuinc'e. ^ "
•& The temper si a;
:enravve:b( lorepleafanr.
B They ftrengthen .
, the bloudy flixe.
too great plenty of their monethly courfe.
.
. :
go"<||&profitable for the ftrength-
,bothcfthe belly and other parts and alfo of bloi ' "'
G Take whole Qmi icr .:

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cm .i i r«en nilhl.t foftasafcaldedcot
then pill offthe skin,and cut offthe flefh,and ftampc it in
._ Jtall: &vnto euerypoundeofthc
of a pound offugar,and in the cooling you may putinrofe wa-
.
Quinces tempered with water, c'.oth make a iiuik ;';

v-\
i
being held in the mouth, is maruellous good to take a
!ca!dings,andtobep
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Of the ^Medlar tree. QM P- 9 1 '
THcrc be diucrs forts ofMedlers ,fome greater, others

harfli tafte; fome with much core,and many great ftonie kernels, other', fewer,; andhkewric
* The kfcription.
iinall h ffd ftcthcsja* ii
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or feeds thereof.
. : , .
•.--. ; :>!.. r .-i..:: v ' .v. .
. „ i. .. ,;
:
" ' 'cwandesorci
md brambles}
he end of OSoberût the flowers cc
ThefirftiscalledinGr* w< in high Dutch I3etpf{.

J3efj>«.
lum: in high Dure!

Nepio: in French 3(effk: uYSpanifhi\^krWii
5 alfo called a«-'K, <-„{,' ... r , _„..,.,,., a^«a!f .
- -
eth plentifully in Calabria; for vnder the name of/fc-
they do not binde or flop fo much, but are

len more tit to be eaten.
The fruite of the three graine Medlar , is eaten both rawe and boiled , and is more wholefome
pleafantanddelightf.il cothetafte.
withchilde; for they ftrengthen the ftomacke 3 and
tfs thereof. ,,
Tie) 1 uescr! J '

„
* L.d'i.>.-> Icnn »>*der- >d J. i ' r,-lobrcaLetheftone, cxpaU
IXdJ
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Of the Teare tree. Cbap.^.
write of Pcares and Apples pa

TOorkindredofPci'.i-- in I
cflhr volume : the ftoc
.
peûBar fmitc-; t.v k
at the point of three let;:

is* THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
fiAmmtesMtblajhltm reddstifunt. All thcfe beiore ipecih
doner of plants Mai

.outLondon(butbei vare the Bag and Bottle) leekc elfcwherc for good fruit i
fuilydcliucrcd.
mApriIl,th e kauesaf :cnvardcs:a!!Pea]\

not ripe at one time 5 ibmeberi ein] -
- Septcmberorlater.
P
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i2 7 ° THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
the laske and the bloodie flixe.
quamitieaswine; it comforteth and warmeth t!

Sdigeftion.
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Ofthe mlde Teare tree. Cbap.94..

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
^TiegnertBdtfiriftkm.
THcwildePearetrc r , for the moft part Py-
thetimberofthemiiikeorbodyofthetrec',is\erv firmcand ! a, li c !c! c th, a
:
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:
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fomeofthem are greater then others'; bur in rail,: thev ihiU

:?.llc;fom
r;andfomeoffuch ,',-, ,- c 1 , 'i
briefcthefefewc words;;
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7ft. THE THIRD B d O K E OF THE
?£MC
ThiwHPa
borders ofiields, and neere
po
£M$£i^^ ^ginmoftplâ
The time of » :.kr^r- ;anfwcretbthttionnaDi i.redPcare,notwithfi anding

M^ for the molt
part they are not ripenuchi before w,nter.^
ThewildcPearetreeisc.
^
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: ..•-.
acec.ca L to the
* Thetevpemur*
AUPearesarc oi a eolde part of them of a bif idinequiliticaiidw
* Thevmuts.
"chr-Ve Peares are referred vnto the ° ,chin *eirhindin S
g
en Jbicaufe their nounlhmer it is little and bad!
0/the (tdpple tree. Cbap.^.
•kThekindes.
np He Latincname ^^/w reacheth faramong the oldc writers, and is common to manytrees,
A but vvcvviilbiiefelyfirft aureate of /&/,, properly called Appk
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i* 7J
=
.' f *
^
gcnerall defcnption for the
^".thought
-'I;" •»:
v.
<:
Ik.Ic.
it i tamiflc.t
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cor
,.:...
ir mehod
. ..:
ivith. Arn.fcs
/...
& Thegeneral! dtfeription.

He Apple tree hath a bodie or trunke commonly of a mcanc
T bigneffe, not very high, ha
niJ^'accid^tte V
fort 5 fome are fweete of t
"JS ^P^Me
c tafte betweene fweetc
-
:
mtendeth to write a pen

3 Mdum regale. 4 Malum regimk.
- of Apples. The Quining or Queene of Apples.
I
3
MM goflll
.
tl'7J
• HISTORTE OF FLA-NTS. fcyj
The Grecians name t!'e fruit ;/.;.:;: thci.Jiir.^ .:/:'..- >, p^., n > -.
w. \ ;;!, D.uchCDiTCli : in
mlocD-Ji .p., I, .,,;;.>,.
;
L Ou/. :
-
L gl.ih Apple.
foeafilypaffcthro
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HariTioi a -
;
Icr groffe blood, and great ftorc of
Rofted Apples are alwaiesler- creof is both mended by the fire, A

Apples be go. v -uftrengthen a B
TCWSrfc g caft and RofeE

^^^6 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
ere Jte"
s
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b ° th
of the tree do coole and bindc, and be alfo counted good for inflammations,
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in the
Of the Wilding and Crab tree. Qhap. 9 6.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i$fc.
•kThegenerttldefiript;on.
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c; doth fetfoorth their
IheiuiceofCrabsjorN'c:..:;^-,..-:. ._.
is/prcdvponaclothfirftw
Ofthe Citron JJmon, Orange, and adftjrian

Jpple trees. Cbap.py.
e
T" 2 Affm
d
' s
a
f
ti
:
c r mc houfe
;
?
r ftocke
the Cucumber jofcen leflei

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
V **7 7
,
,- orb u s, ind if-avci i
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The Citron , Limon , and Orange trees, do grow efpeciallv in the fea msft, nai
:
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fV^/affirmethinthefecondbooIeofhisGeo.g,
Mediafert trifles fuccos, tardsmquefaporem
And dulling taftes ofhappie Citron fnite.

-•-•--
'.elpemoreprefcntcanbehad,
If any time flepmothers wool 11
ihi< Cm on finite doll

from the body in eucry place.
....
<> . .
-•
<_ , * The time. '
Thefc trees be
fthc yCcre; fome
...
,:
te at a jj times
The firft is called in Greeke

5
.-•Citron tree.
i iLuinc MtAmmeJiam, or Malum Cm
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- : :
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B
.
The feedc bicaufe it Is bitter ,is hot and dry.

g
:1
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red, which is called in fhops Srrtipm de Ksfce- K

)fLimons,ofthera m ecJ i> a litieandoper a tion,L
e and odoriferous flowers of Orenges b

°
anag'ie, r .t'u wt '.hatthciccondeîrtK ^

f
king thereof perfectly to cure
f The (cede of all thefe doth kill worroes in the belly, anddrim
nh;itdothalfomigh!
Z Thofe which be called Adams apples, are thought to be like

othefoweriuiceefpe.
cialiy of the Limons,but yet they be not io effectual!.
0/ the Cornell tree. Cbap.pS.
'
gCherrie, and long Chei
: . ..
This is Cornm mas Theophrali,, or TlKOfhraflus his male I
two fortes of Cornell trees, the male and the female: hem
HISTORIE OF PLANTS
5532,^5.
andtenderC
^ ^ «i -<«ofau lu^ndcho^
S °f
^S= ..anyinhaôd.csMthcya.nocr.
Ofthe female Cornell^ Dog berrie tree. Cbap.99.
The Doggebeirie tree. • * The defection

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1 ca> thcO-r1u.1I tie;';
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'';; :
3 tt
r "
tnctruic
orjberriesbevnpkafant, _
C C"
'*" '"& and v«ric
fe in medicine.
V Aftthiohu writcth.that out of the berries firft boiled and afterwards preiTed,there ifTueth
an™!,
• •-."..•'.- '-" ^-: ^
.- ,
-
we haue already fet downe,that the inner barke thereof dot

they before haue healed.
OfSpindktreeorTrickewood.
v
^ Chap.100.
Broad leafed Spindle 1
I T^Hickwood is no hie . Pomegranate tree: it fpreadetli farrc with
A are lately grew.-.:. fthe wood is hard,and mixed
dingvpononefooteftal; .
2rfquare,red,andcontai-
off,
ningfowcrwhitefeedesy. ..^which being taken
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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i
vnder the vpper cruft of th
*The defer ipti,
3 The fame author fctteth
among fhrubs vpon rough bankes and heapes

,
for hedges in fieldes, growing among brambles and other

.il6 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
Ofthe blacky Alter tree. Cbap.i
^ 1
He blacke Aller tr2bri
thcrooteftraightftalkei
•
tiers branches:theoutw
isblackc,andthatncxttothe woode yellow, and
giucthacolourasydlowea!
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ândalSSSS! """.;?;\
two lutle (tones :thcrooteru. m'etbalongonthe
* The place.
The Aller tree groweth it i :.. ;•. .-. /' r,;
coplcs;I found great pletie of
'c. yiro
fmall village called Harnfey 3 lying vpon the right
odsatHamptteed
about Loudon.
tnd ofdiners Butchers Pricke tree.
The inner barkc of the Aller trec3 is ofa purgingand dry <jua!iti(
.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
<r u
Of the Seruke tree. Qup i
. .-toKHh!.cmtafteandoperatk)ri..
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•kThedefiription.
2 Tbecommt <Tc to the height ofa great tree w ;a,<i t. i ,
. .
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-vnpleafaatta)
^-dSkSSf^
i;cfct: "
inmo Ma«sofEngIand.Thercbemanvi7ml,r,.
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•.: ...i,,-,;..,..;,^,:,, -.-
ln
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dance,efpecially about Southaecte, a -

h & reat aboun "
,
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* The time.
They Eower inMarch .and their fruice is ripe in September.
Dutch @o?6enboani : in i -en. he. /,„•/<•,

Sorbetree. '
;^nhighDutchatC^€ftfeo.
fei^SS
i uccjof fome Sorbe Apple.
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B Thefedoftayallmancrofflu*
Kb vomitingahcy
....
thefe wc may vie diucrswaies according :r j greeuedpart.
Of the ajh tree. O^.ioj.
ft 7 he defection.
1 np He A(h alfo isan high and tal treejit rifeth vp with a ftraight bodyjnow and then of no final
•--•-- : , - - ...
•:
:-
""
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:.;d nicked round about the edges :out yghes hard to the
moftheleaues, growe foorth hanging t
birds toongs, wherein
e many,and grow dcepe in the ground.
\%gj
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
«• -klhepUct.
thofe leane that are fat,and k« ichdobegintowaxefat.
^
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dttinkc, are faide to be pernicious and deadly , as Dicfiondes affirm*

'HE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
Of the mlde Afh othemife called Qmckbe.
or Quicken tree. Cbap.io±.
-.
pipes of the barke thereof as they do of Wil-
^m •kThefhce.
The wilde Afh or Quicken tree , groweth vp-
•kThcnmc.
x^~ •kThe times.
l n
,
.phrtftu!) hauc made two kindcsof Afh, the one
handu ' -
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ThcleaucsofthîldcAn.treebo.k- unc in the fides, and the:
frnchciuiUtrtiH i
.-
t liii,l,c;h ûr'of r.-r-
grisGov.^kcs that : t;ce : h:ro::u;f>'/; »--A \ cries !•> f-c h
r
foorth the white fl.v.ve >:;! > civets t ui ..jr.'. - o wi rdes , h
OfQoriars Sumach. Cha}

d Y
1299. THE THIRD BOOKE OF THI

*7hc definition.
i ^-%Oriars Sumad in of a hedge tree, afte
VÊ^rneejbigg .thiEtobcjorothe^whoa
vverh two cubits highjwhote errors are the grearei.-but this Rhtuis Co.
.are fott and hairie,hauing a red
.;;. „v
utiih greener
ches like grapes.
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B XhcfcedcofSums :.c,iloppcthallmanne
bloodie flixe,and all or I
tcuTucs of women.
C The decoction of :.o (looks to fume vpward
thebodiesofthofet _ ,
cmhcmalf >indr;'nke.
D Thekaupsmadeim . ;er , (laieth the fprcadini
•;•.
;
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.e!J ;
•_
F The feede is no Id ie ir mcates which arc Ccdu

Dyfintenei.
G The feeds pontic . ,Jcr of Oken coles .heakth the Hemorrho
away the paints Diofcorties writeth.
Of red Sumach. Cbap.106.
UrTkeJe/Mftu*.
THefe two figure i mm , the firft flieweth tfc
flower :
the other growento ripene
the fruit
'
e of two kindes,whctcin they were de
iCoggygrj
« .- " .- '.-' :.-. ::.-..'
thing happencth to no other ticc.

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# The temperature.
Theleauesandfl a >:vervmuchbin«W u andi\drie
vcrymucn binding, ~cold
B 3
^
The leaues otecggipU, or filken Sumach,are fold in the markets

of Spaine and Italic for p r « f
lummesof money, vnto thofe that dreflc Spanifli s!
™ e rootC
.
f ..-I. u, ,0 ..
:
'- giuing to wooliand cloth a

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red
' ttu
moaoConchylij colore ir/ n;,.
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Ofthe cJIder tree. £%uo 7 .

•
The Aider tree. * The deferipthn.
>:.v ; £?
dicrs,f or the dying ofcoiufe cIoth,caps,hofe,am

r, where tin to it feme th very well
.
OftheXirchtree. O/M08.
then theleaues,in a Aprill or a little later.
-V' Tbeofbraj? tHt "c.<i:<

\
^^^gw i t .-;b G,ci'-
ian 2W«&, by them of Trent Bcdollo: inFre;
the Birch tree 3or his parts ; then

the old or new writers.
? tauutate terribilUmagi- R
for places of pleafure, and C
0/ &&* Hornebeame,or Hardbeame tree. Chap 1 op .
B£^/rt»,or the Hofnebeamc tree gr< w •

E!me/>r wich Hazell tr<
phhebignesofCichcs, iccuetzhe tc !:i •

7 r J ;' :kc.
•
ti ci mn .1 !) i 1, p.
The Hornbeam
gingtotheyoke,
yoked togither, w
. .,..,
1 .rrllni 1 r
Hardbeamc, Yoke time,
more than hath beenc faide°for the vie of huf-
Ofthe Urn e tree. Chap.i .o.
'iciefcriftkn.
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Thcfirftkinde of El t.iaccsof Eng'and. Tl
EngWhElmerree.
The Ieaucs of Elmeglcw and healcvpgreenc wounds, fo doth the barke wrapped
WntCth>that0nC0UnCCWaiSt
°
tnCt CCr "' ^
g«haegmc^
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bcautifie theface,and fcomtdiawayallfpots fr K -
Of the Line or Linden tree. Cbap.m.
The female Line tree.
THe female Line or I

ches wide and farabroad,beinga tree w\
reading foorth his bran-
ihadow, vnder and
d halters. The timber is whi
i out of the middle of the le

:recommethveryfeldometi
laces alongft the high way leading from London to Heningaam . in the Gnuuieoi
placcs,asatBatn- rrcLondon.
icThrime.
Thefe trees flower in Maie,and their fruite is ripe in Auguit.
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.
•i-lbetcmfenture.
Tnebarkeand- atcheate 3 forr:ewhatdryingand
aftriugent, * Theveriues.
Ihc ka>« .c '!' d i-i a° 11 '

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-s.butthediftil-
the Linden tree(faith ihtophrAftus) arc very fweete,and be a fodder for moil kinde D
Ofthe^Mapletrec. Chap. m.
*tht defection.
ny goodly boughes and brant; indicate of the

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"footeftalke.
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ThegreatMaplejnot rightly (
* ThtfUte.,
The great Maple is art: .pl'. in \ <\_\ ,d j0 n! v

and places of pleafureof
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a be properly callcl i .
Plane tree, being drawen into this error by the

uvordj for the Plane tree
oi i this.
highDiitchOTarfljOlCCftini .-. D ,t hi"..

\ki inEnglilhfinalliMaple,
* 7 he temperature anivertues.
What vfe the Maple hath n medi nc \cb
is I4.booke 8. cliapter affirmeth, i
Hereof thou (halt drinke: Or Maple rootebeate,
To be an helpe prefent and eafe for the fame.
Ofthe Toplar tree. Cbap.ii}.
*7'he kmies. declared in

s fhall be
•hcrtheblackc 5 ar
fe there is ar.
iikev.
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L —'- and tender branches , fetfulldf
4 ThisfirangePoplar,whi
of India,waxeth a great tree
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' c the Ieaues do grow,of a perfeift roundnes fauine vvher "
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ucrwifcitislikc. ^
:rc vnto ditches,ftanding watcrs,and
n England, but in Tome places hcerc
n moft par ts ofthe Hands of the weft Indie
hite Poplar
.
is called n Latine Pojmlut dbt, of diuers Farfarm, as of pIm*
.
Fun^^fiSttf^»rfa ri.
* A net Igauc vnto my band, * or Birdlime.

MO..UI.C J
Urd
Like Poplar leaucs beate downc with blowes.
lin high Dutch Poppd blow Dutch Sdeel, of his i horico:

airoCIU.;i.oc:\;"hichtheG
.u.- i Popiicn-r : \\\ !
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jjj '- : iir., Jilh ; o)!.utrcc,' UkePop!ar,andPc|
.
v _._ . fomeofthe Grxcian nan - c it -.- ,
. , u hereupon thc\
rafhlyfuppofcdtl
beleeue that Ambcrcom-

lefiitcrPoo.
The hip ouercomc and vexe with the caine,
The barke of white Poplar is helpe had in drinke.
The leaues and yoong buds o: : . -.

ihe handes or G
icke Poplar.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i 3 o5
Beingboyled in wine they arearemcdic for the n ;
.ftheybcap-B
ot notatm "* c uftordowneoftheIeaucsonel y= butalfoto

thatSSS. "
Of the Wayfaring tree. Qjap.iij.
The Way taring tree. * The defiripion.
eth the citie Rome
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' ".ending (like lead.)
sand berries of Lanta and drie ,and ofa binding qualicie.
good to be gargled in the mouth againft all f

lings and we j.
loofe teeth.
es blacke, if they be bathed or wafhed therewith ,and

nJ
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ieofitfelfe.
C
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VdCf whcrcofvvhcn thc be dried doth
y ' % the laske,
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Oftbe Beadetree. Chap.u6.
'jzifha Candida. 2 ZiziphusCappadocU.
The Bcade tree of Cappadocia.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
np3
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Thefe trees flower inlun
.
;/ w^j-.-.
.
pfi
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i
: reof very offenfiuc to the ftomackc .a
nicious and deadly.
\ ZtzifhuiCAppadock preuailethagainft the ileafes aforefaid, but the

good for thofe whole water fcaldeththcm w
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blood proceeding or the diftiliations ofll
.the I'd • •
u-ghtt
reported that they ate troubled with no difeafes of the belly that e;
*Iiich
HSTORIE OF PLANTS. 1305
StlaTXhis i 7 .bookcaffirmeth that not onely .*/«?**, but alfo that IdkrSjrtu, isfaidetobe
calledCefcinnitis;!icxti uis Syrrk thccomnas
c.mntreyot thcL-.H:-;-: < <- ou.u; r\ ih„ () n -a-
whichbefcueredbytheiruit:iIiefruit'is<H .< xcm ripe doth al-
ter his c >!oi;ra.st'; rai

!cafaiu,han. .]( (Ie,&
nature. A
0/ Italian mod ofLife , or Tocke mode, vulgarly called

Lignum vitae* Cbap.uS.
tcthedeftripthn.
Ita&anLftHKmvit*, orwoodeofLife.
foo«h manic
and vpright body.couercd !
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cel
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jt bowks and phifical

13 io THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
;dunum, or Louane in France: I ph'mccin

garden atBarnc Elmes neerc L r.don tv. .,
i of Matter <7r4/<r,anAporK...' joiL. r.dc:;:

i in my garden like wife.
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Of the Strawberrie tree. rbap.119.
T.
^ bodyiscoueredu i n. d i
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and of a pale grecne colour the flowers growc in

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* TSSon 1
'^thafmoothbark*
;
J/WW Plums
»nd Plum tree. 1 he Damfon Plum tree.
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efonetaftcandfom
- :
out fomcând thoie rare and delicate. T!
* Theiumes.
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"l he fruit i; calk ! in Grcc :a hi(, h Dutch n Bmnnc „ t
.
,
The olde write vnto Damalcus n™,*/. „
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l hat 8 thl roe »ertheyarcof,domoyften
a nd
ccS^d eH^hclbod vC V
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their
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commend thofc of Hii /et more thofc of Morauia

cipall citie in rimes part of the prouince of the Marcomans : forthefe aftci
maybe confui .
tafte, _. .
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t
3 1
fore they nourifh more t
>\v paflages, and breede in
d any other kinde of way,or elfe taken by it

»unce and a halfe of the pap or pulpe hereof being inwardly C
taken, doth loofc the belly
jy.
:his fruit a purging Eleftuarie, but fuch an one as quickly mouldeth, and D
Ofthe Indian Tlum,or ^Mirobalan tree. Chap. iz2.
, -krhtkindes.
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finely in order 3 and fet full ofleaues like vnto the Seruice tree.
i}i6 THE*THIRD BOOKE OF THE
I MirohlamChebnU. 2 MirobdtniCitrins.
Mirobalans with Peach kaues. Mirobalans ivicl
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The timcagrccth with other fruits in thofe countries.
C = «1r;thc ?.< a «, c, , ;u^ch t 'u*
,ta i.l rur-clACMuo thevnripe &>rJ«f, c

e they are of con:, '"-ion
The yell >

. .t.i.1 ^.. , .<r,e ..ikcii be. ore lncatCjarcgoodagamfta
The yellow and b!ackc,or indict, and the C/W»/.e, purge lightly
re eru< ajg, »,„pyast e ourti

,
part ofir,put to them.
iter aiorefaidto be right profitable againfl: the French difeafc, andK
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1I,W1C rtlltlSCOntal^cd •
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[irinbe trees grow.
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trvCr&ntteZtm?*
inglifhluiubetrec.
Ziz-yvkx and Scrici : in ftiops, luiubx in Englifh Iuiubes.

Slsp
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backe,the kidncics and bladder.
Ofthe Ckerrietrce. Chap.n^

i
3 t'f
HISTORIE OF PLANT
within,and of a pleafant raftc.

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TheGafcoitieChcrrietr
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. Iff
» rbcdtfcriftioH.
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ttutsi'i y.v.c w.ircr, tlutcJU-

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:c,''.':l ;
r\'v
:e, fining that, that the fruitc
TnSca :-..: .;>.'.:. \
Thedwarffe Cherrie tree growcth very fddome to the height
of
•!.
i--w
arpc butnotgreatJyvnp]
3
the^S ?Sj onecal!cdthcHartChcmc,
.
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& C 0Ut V " rpo 1CICf ° IC wh * luth

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been faid ihaO. fufficc.
WW
mon blade Cherric tree.
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ThefmitcorCl
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that might be faid.

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The tempera tare and vert ties.
Ithoughfomc more cold
The common blacke Cherries do ftrengthen the ftomack, and are holfomer then the red Cher-
Thediftilled water of C heateand inflammati-

irii
redwithwine.
Many excellent Tartcs, a .
rics,Sugar, and other «k-
iLcyim tivCui heipetheftonejitmaydo

ood by making the paflages ilippery,and by tempering and alaying the fharpnes of the humors,
nd in this maner it is a remedy alio for an old cough Dtofcoridcs addeth that it raakcth one well
:
olouredjClcereth the (ight 3 and caufeth a good appetite to meatc.
Oftbe^S/Culberie^ree. Cbap.w>.
-kThtiefcriftion.
common
THc great; thebarke rugged •
:
the bodie thereof is
thelcaucs arebroade
pointed, foi [teedeofflowers,are
s Fruitcis long, madevp of a number of little graine:
greater, at the firft greene, andwl
; come vnto a great and goodly ftatui

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
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*
Hs^^y
rfc wfc*.
:Miilberictr [
.
*
:.-•
nE.-.g'and.
Of
:d and raged Jo general
Tlvf-''- :
-ri'l -
;
" Cf ' /; '
; " high Dure
\ .:/.«» an U/c .. nt ghfo Siulbcrw
Muibei-icsbciihi . ::
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•*- and driealmoft in the third degree, an
1326 THE THIRD B-OOKE OF THE
do mightily bindc; being dried they arc good for the Iaskc and bloodie flixe ; the
powder is vfed
are good againft inflammations or hot

fallings f
hich hath the tafc
indmakcapaflageforothermcaS
•an appetite to meate, they are not hurtfullm**
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OftheSjcoi tree. Chap.iz6.

eSycomoretree.
...
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nftecd of bread
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moneth.ofAugufi,ofi
In England the Fig tree
The Fig tree is called in Greeki r & the wiide Fig

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which ate found in cbci • "«. Cecbramides.
The grecne Figs new gathered a it .-the dry and ripe Figs arehotal-
rhekauesl ,Mpeningpower 3 butnotfoftrongastheniicc.
\ The dry Figs do nduril ithftandingtheyin

verygoodbloodjforfuchpeopleasdofeedemuchthci'. .1,do become 1<,< h'cja
B Figs be good for the 1 re the cough, and are gooi
trig the fame to be eafily fpet out,efpecially '
2 Figs flamped with fa tuts, withftandall poifon :
the aire. The king of Pontus called Mithridates vfed this preferiiatiuc agajnt
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. in Wormewood wine with fome Barly meale, are very good to be applied as an im-
plaifter vpon the bellies of fuch as haue the dropfic.
of the Fig tree do wafteandconfume the kings euiljorlwellingkcrnt;'
poratetogither,and applied in lormcofaplaifter.
tie lint or cotton be wet therein, and put into the

hollownes of the tooth.
,
andloofeneth the bellie, being applied vntothe
applied plaifterwife , doth eafe

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HISTORIE OP PLANTS. 1329
mgsjtheyfc
OfthcprickljfndunEgtree. gjû&
T-
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bclowând bigger abotic,of a grecr.e colour, fluffed full of a red pul
.. " .„•;(, : . ; .. .-i .<:.;, : : : - . ,
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foorth trees ofleaucs, as wchaue (hewed. m: .
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nedintoLatiriCjwii.. , < Chapter.
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hurtorgricfeatall.
It is rcponcd of fomc that the mice of the Icaues is excellent good againft vlcers of long conti-
Ofthe arched Indian Fig tree. Chap.ii 9 .
* The defer iftion.
T- to tawnie : the boughe ind flexible ,

growing
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HISTOR1E OF PLANTS.
Of <sAdams Apple tree. Cbap.ô.
WHcther this p!a« , oper i yj0r for an herb ; e ;

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dif
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,andofthcb.wrcofa
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cies and judgement then my ielfc.

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
HAlcp.s andall'uhy i
It is called <JMuf* by fuch as traucll to Alepo: by the Arabians \< , > :/<< . in.Syi \M 1 the
Grecians and Chriftians vJ t to be that trcc 3 oi whofc

--
Diofioridcs and £«•<*/» iudge,that ithcateth in the end of the firft degree, and moy fteneth in the
OftheTtatetree. QH AV
1J34 THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
# Tbedefiriftioit.
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The Date-trees e an d Aegypt, but thofc which arc in PaldUnaand
The Date tree '"salwaics green-.

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pe in Se p tcm b er)
into other countries ftr rotting at home.
The tree is called in G , . in EnglifliDate
* ThetemperauresHiverti
• - '
lofcrhatbedrieand binding, as Aegypt Dates; but 'the fc fweete ones arclcflc
.nans body, isaltogithergrofTeand fomewhat clam-
C TheDatesw. w hen they cannot come to pcrfcclri
|*£™ ,^7' do aIf0 fil1 ^cbodiefuUofrawehumorîngendcru,.'
i be good for thofc that; fpet blood, for fuch as haiie

badftomacks,and? .fae.
E The beft Dates, called in Latinec^âre en , rote and lungs.
*
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CaCC " ln meatcs or ot ierm e>or am P c an a PP vntJt
ftomackc,a& a pectoral! piaiftcr! " le
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33 f-
The boughs and leaues do eiul .
rbcfheathorK
':.
The leaues and branches of the Date tice do
fornootliercaufethan:!..
heale
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rbindinfcfctfee.
Of the mldeVate trees. Cbap.iy..
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I nr Hefb-aftusmzh we and of finall growth.

133* THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE
vntoDatci, but drie and nothing woorth. This tree growethto the height and
bignefle of !
tree: thctrunkeorbody
-c, vnfic fbûildine ^!
as "
themanuredDate tree : ,
the Indles d & .
ai ;W rC VC:
'"
Thebranches(S m
y
f th
author) r ou H
are coueredoucn.
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roat length likethofe

y
f
the Date tree: the bran,
or plate lying ouer anoth. '
ncApplecO— — ---J »..-.. .:.l~_i.:_ .:< - --- t

, he endes of t g b
.• v,
,
tained a fhell, with; ;h hid an Ajprne o

ard to be broken, intaik'- -*->-'"<•
obcbroken, 1
and ftampe to powder tc
Of the drunken T>ate tree. Cbap.itf.
•fcThedefcriftitti.
• '
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at fome distances doe tieround about the tree i
trees, as may be perceiued by the figure, whereby ne to gatrfer the
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[STORIE OF PLANTS.
Oftbefndian ^(ut tree. Chap.ift.
8 b a CS
! £r«f asThe dof*
-.:
next vnto the (hell vpon the infide there clcaucth a white cornelliefubftancefirme and folid
•
:
a molt deledable liquor like vnto milkc.and of a moft plcafant taftc.
Indies, of ti
le Indian Nut
iv thing of our ownc knowledge, more than
'-'-
"fpedailly in Hifpaniola, Cuba ;

t*ewi'firdw m .
, lilewife vfeinEnqlnnd, n
rniihcd^thh:,;^!;, :
ead and n-.cai
f ;
nwigated,and other infirmities quite taken away proceeding of other caufes.
Ofthe "Dragon tree. Cbap.vj.

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# The depiction.
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This trecgKH | ,dera .and in oncof the Carnarie

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the bifhop of the fame prouince.
The time of h> iiercwcfaiddiatitflourifhethaod

growcth greene all the yectc.
The names haue becne fufficiei n and in their fcucrall titles.
" - - - .
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reft to a iccond cdirion,or a further confideration.
Of the Sajfafrasjar Ague tree. Cbap.itf.
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rcftncll r !/ ', thev be greene, but much fwee-

<y ; s,but is alrogither barren as it is u d; chc i of?
>f a tawnie colour, difperfingthemfelues farrc
ines whereof they are often caft dovvne with

.
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
jrandfharpnesoftafte, and^lei'i i c (a c'l u >ciit
amoftfweetinic iSiprocurctht'
. ..
a ftinkmg breath
Of the Storax tree. Qhaf.i^j.
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He Storax tree grovvcth to the height and bignes ef thcQnince trei
j. lowers, of the colour
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 134*
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fthePoeticallL
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;hbeftcepedB
idpainethereof, and ftaieth the

lldownctothcfame.
re made of the fplinters of the woode
is C
c tooth pickes, and many pretic toies for
Of the "Balfametree. Chap. 135?.
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iBalfmi
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the Balfame trees: it
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Ovobdjamum.
3 C4r?oMfimm
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. 134^
and is thought to be hot in the firft degrcc,or ii
ft xfecond.
. . : ...
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_;:ers into thofe parts report.
Thefe trees for the moft part kcepe grccne winter and fommer.
Bahamciscalh of the Arabians UlJtni,B<i!ejm*,

* The venues.
i rren wombe^fpecially being annointed vpon apeflary,
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Ofakinde ofBalme} or Balfametree. Cbap.i+o.
w.androfe&wdefcripdon. * The Je/erift/oM.
m^~
§0^
'T'His tree which
I call Molli, growcth
the pcoplcof the Indies
to tl c bi -
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d<
grca
e^htrcc/r
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jun.i neiv U^tet A'
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for his care in getting, as
fartheft parts
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of the world
London; and
things brought
alfo
from the
iretheyhaucbrou
amort
foortliplantsofafcoteh; .
gowcaaCdiIi»ncCj
and induftryjthey baue p ring able by realon of their
... ;
.-is faculties.
*Thcvtrtuti.
: Indians vfe to feeth the f : and by a fpeciall skill rlicy ha>ic -
;,
iling,domakcamoftholl
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kindeofvineger, andfometitnes ho-
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:ieaucsboiIed,andthcdc proceeding of a coldeB
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Ithcleg?,
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the gods gauc it the name of Molj ,
Pacifcr huh dctUratflorcmCylleniKt album,
* Cyllenius bearing Peace, vpon this tree * Mercuric the gods

Gaue and beftowd a flowre or bloflbrne white r herald and orator.
A/o/jFthegod-s would iuue it narric-ibecj *^f«/? lingular againft
rtshcldtohai Gght. witchcraft.
If any be defirous to fee more hecreof they may rcade a learned an
ouctfeeneand
: nbrcdj Mailer Dodor iwwrr,and his cenfure vp-
Of
Of the Qanell, or Cinnamom tree. Chap.iî.
k The deferif ti<m.
THe tree which hath the Cinnamon for his
,li
8 a dyaSthU
h- h h°
which branches or boughes are many and veric

3
fhapc like thofeof the Orcnc-c tree , and of the
reported) like vnto the le j
v.iiiJuurnc into i«»i. . .
riespf the bignes of an Hafell Nut ,or the Ohuc
prefled an oile, that, hath no finell at all vntill

itbe tubbed and chafed betwecnethehandes:
the trunke or body with the greater atmes or.
boughes of the tree, are a
or two foldc barkedike that of Saber, the Cotke
"h h e
:ietthtra!e oft he
by viewing the thing it felfi
as afore. That Cinnamoi
!. ' :»:' :.;'

akenfome wet in the time of drying.
*ThepUte.
:r and the leile, and alfo in Mindanoa,for the moft part vpon
ie boughes whereof are cut offat fcafon

' ' 'chaueappo
ctree.whofcbarkeisC^,
;
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breakethwiodinefle, . tic honie, taksth away fpots
Out of the berries of this tree is drawer, by expreflion, as one of the berries of the Oliue tree, a I
1
ail pa es fthc ts,anda! .thepaine anddifiempciaturc , t be* omacke and bread.
To write as the woortl ^nmethanwehauetobe- C
ftowevpon any one plant hat the thing is of great vfc
OfCjum Lackland his rotten tree. Cbap.i^z.
•kThelefiription.
A OiorfdfayZWMofS ughtthatthefirftpkntic
ci trt ace ;,: There is in the country

c; I-
-
1 il ','u ! iba n tree, hauing many /mall
the nature of rhetrc '

û inter foode a
,i hc ] 1
jc in ,
hutisaperfciftandcofHy
nongft«5aswc
t ThepUce.
The which beareth Lacca groweth
tree
ii
Zeilan and Malauar 3 and in other partes

of th
Eaft Indies.
Ofthetimewehaue
Lack or Lacca is hot in the fecond degree,
1;
fcrapingsofBraiilland
of Painters, andnottobevfed in phifickeas
the other naturall Lacca.
OftheJndianLeafe. Chap.i^.
". .*'.',*• L
^butnotfoftrongas
'
ncntasCinnamom.
The I*dian Lcafe groweth'not fleeting vpon

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HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
T*m*Upatra is called < R toong, cfpecially the Arabians Cadegi
Tembul. ThcLatincsi
* Tkt,
The Indian leafeis hotanddrie in the
ither report of Mace : it pro;:o!vcth m
uift the pin and web in s j and all other B
o kcepc them from moths ai
Of the Cloue tree. Chap. 144..

vs<
bite at the firft,after of a greenifh coloiir,waxingof a darke rede
:i; the Tame, byreafon the treedrawi
roffekindeofCIoues, which haue bcene fuppofed to be the ma

ic fame tree, tarrying there vntiil it fall downc of it felfe vnto th
pIanting,orindiiftriejbut
s after they be rifen vp, and [o conti-
ay»pbjf&t*ax
'sMauritani
Cbarwfcl: in Englifh Clone tree,snd Cloues.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS. i 3 5|
»te or water thereof dropped into the eies, doth flurpen the fight, C
- st^cninm.Ikc, proenreth the aft of gene- D
Ofthe ^{utmeg tree. Chap. 14.5.
# TheAefertpton.
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neueryfidc-aftcr comet!
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tokfelfcakindeofdarkc;. , ., uUu Q ,
The Nutmeg tree groweth in the Indies ,in an Hand cfpeciaJIy called Banda, and in the Ilaads
of
.
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*Tketime.
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The fruit is gathered in September in great abundance all things being common in thofe
_ 3 coiin -
* Tbenma.
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mml^fib^d^fiûxB^s .-theMac gMhNutmeg,
£ NutmCgs -
3S th ° Mautitanians wme' is hot anfdric in the
*
Tbevertm.
fecond degree, complcteand
ife a fweete bre th ,and amend thofe that do ftinke,

if they be much chewed and hoi.
1 tiie Iplecne.ftaieth the laske, breakcth wind Cjand
. . negsbruifedandboyled in Aquu,^, „
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D The fame brui ree parts be fodden away , with the
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Jeftofiuiccis the beft,which may eafily befound 01
Ofthe Tepper plant. Chap. 14.6.
er,and alfoa kindc of Ethiopian Pepper.
1 HP Heplant thatbearcth Pepper, whether we may call it a tree or an herbic plan

-
of thofc learned thathaue written thereof, leaning the reft thatnt
The plant thatbearcth the blackPeppcr as alfo the white, groweth vp like a Vine among bufhes
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
the tree Fa«/<-/& the Date trees, unci .nituketh _.__ /*^~ r ~
. . 1
Aflyrian Apple treejbutlefler,fliarpepoiiHed,and
ftemjikealittlebunci W«ta.
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eafons before alledged. pftrLmmm

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W>
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limncffcofB
r r
Ofba$lardTepper,caM Betle> or Bctre. 'Chafitf.
BeileJutBttre.
&Ts\<m& ^Stu'^M^? THis plant
lizard, cf t'hcruitc rf
.
Of graines, or qraines ofTaradite. Chap. 14.8
, fomcIong,othcrsPcarcfafliion5 fomc greater; and others
•k The definition.
pHe vppermofr figure heereoffetteth foorth

which we call GrairSp flops
fpice lieth,
uiaFinAifii it groweth by the report of the
rned vpon an hearby plant, of the height of
einfubftancctotheherbc
hereupon doth growe a
groweth vpon the tree 3but of colour ruiTetjihruft

full of fmallfeedesor grain
ling hot tafte.

:r forts maybediftinguifhed by the
fight of the pidure , confidcring the onely dif-
CMMMV C.MINVS C.MDIVM

ilSTORIE OF PLANTS.
OfYucaorJucca. Chap.ity.
; A\ the traft of
ndin moil of the II an d<
! in my garden, by a feruant of a learn.;
hgreene both winter and fommer in my garden, now
fonous iuicc is preflcd oi

Of thefruit <tAnacardium 3 and Caiom} or

Caioats. Cbapdji.
The Bcanc ofMalaca. The kidney Beane ofMalaca. * The defection.
ans haue touched it by the name of a,*,^.
ofahart^bothinfliape.i
the Portingals that inhabite the Eaft Indies
Ftusde Mdaqutjhzx. is,the Beane of Malaca:
for being greene,and as ii
bigger ; but when they be dry,they are of a fhi-
outward rindc and the kcrnci v, Inch is !;Le an

I ;
almond) a certaine oile, of a fharpe cauftkke
although the kernel is vfed
urc appetite.
The other fruit growcth vpon a tree, of the
:
'.- .
The Beane orkernellit felfeis nolefleplea-
fiftickc Nut, whereof the It
, .:..,,. ,
ende narrower then the other, Pe;

•
as is the Oke Apple.
icThepkc,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
,rt .tndvertues.
' ' K.1 •.-* :
; .
'.toikcpcdagainftchew
ais for their
lie flame of a candle 3or
v.ithallyeeldefoman; tplcafiuc to the beholder
[eenc the like before.
c
Ofjndian ^Morrice BeIs,anddiuers other India
fruits. Qhapvi.
136*. THE THIRD BOOKE OF
foft,notfittomakc G icrvfe; for being cutan o the fire to bi
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doth much dehgl lion of founds, for
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We hauc no certainc knowledge ofthe

We hauc fufficicntly fpoken ofthe nam
Ofthe vomitingandpurging ^(uts. Qhq.vfy
VomitingNuts. Purging Nuts.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
Lrjang gtofc, andfilthu oft d *. haiie i
uelled the Indies, we on. tfcng walfdrin

fhapelikeanegge^fabn
Thcpowderoftl auenousfoHles,B
diuenforts offndian fruits. Chap. 150.

Of
>> more then the fruits

THefefruitsareofdiue-
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f WW «Cr^whobroughtthemu,i
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VtryfruButperegrini.
Diuers ftrange Indianfruits.
^
Beretwu fiutftu.
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HISTORIE OF PLANTS
UhcEaft.
*
bZc
\tt
,Libcbes 3 andBeanesofTolu.
* 1 be deferiftion.
-..y —> ^%
-~-xs» t
x mere is brought
Thcrcis oroi from the Eaftlndies
Tfc0 khovvledge.
CxUuV ^ °
"
w cSSTlndian Nuts , whereof we
thingpleafanttobeeaten,
DUna
© T »" 0/
OfSun deavt>} ¥outb woort,or tys Solis. Chap. 155.
deaw is a little herbe.and grow:

SVn ;; .
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t mes (landing vpon flcnder
as be alio the ftcms, hauing deaw and moyfture vpon them at the drieft timcof the yeere,
2 Thefecondkmdeislike vnto tI]eformerinleaues,ftaIksjand floweri,butmuch i,
^.iMn•c^
_.' i'.:- ,...;,!;:
fhire Moore graffe.
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OftheMarrijhWhorteSiOrFenberries. Qh«?^-
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•StThetemfemure.
ThefcWhorti crtainethinneffcof
ftance,whichhaucnou u:2qualiticioyned.
;.:
good for all things that the berries are,yea and far better.
Of Cloudr-berrie. Chap .156.
£ngland,whei
whereupon the people of the countrie haue called them Cloud be
f£2g
s, found there by a curious
gentleman in the knowledge ofplants j called Mafter 1
The Ieaues fpring vp in May3 at h
The fruit is cold and drie,and very aftringent.
re,or the deco&ion made and drunke.

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
W
\\6g
7
OfJvfotfe oftrees. M
Cba 6.
•kThckixles.
thdea.
,;.;;! i ccrtainc things lib
Moffc is fomething C o!de and bin di

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Serapiokith, that the ,
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brinea* f\. i
Ofground >JMofe. Cbaj>.v 7 .
HH Here groweth alfo on the fuperficiall 01
Common ground Mofle.
•kThedeferipticn.
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Mofle îdianthumaurcMnM.Qico'i it is a kinde,
Goldilocks,or Golden Maiden haire MoITc. Little Goldc locks.
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our wandering abr, - ifinapfaft
•-
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on are placed cor, Isl ike haires 5 of a browne colour: the roote groweth
.'... -.;.- . .. .
Mufhrom.of a w I
ike leaues ofthofc
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perilous maladie called the
Mufcut mmofuifioridm.
lv.v.-.me:biaRcl.ccl;,l f .fl c
_,.,.. * The deferjption.
leaucs,euery particular leafe

.'..' ". -
made vp of I i
8 Kici : i, found vpon the tops of our moft barren mountains,btit are
cfcccia'Iv ./here Scacoles
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the which purpofeicrr:' '
rorciong, confining
This kinde of Moffe is found vpon the fcull 01

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t" it be powdered, and then giuen in
11 Mufius dautttufm Lycobodium.

Club Moflcjpt Woolfe claw Mofle.
...
Mofle.
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HIS'TORIE-OF PLANTS. 137*
mdbloudieflixe.
MofTe made into powder is good;. ., and is a C
jethitfoorth.
: .
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he vcffcUjas the fame audi
OfLiuemoort. #^.158.
Liuer/oorc.
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35s©
* The defection.
1 T Iuerwoort
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vpon ftones,and vpon th« i«b and flouriflieth.

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hcrbcs h.m
3 Dt c °rf n tLicnc ga lieatothc het'i b'eedmg,takcthawaj

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Of Lungtooortjr mode Liuemoort^nd Oijlergreene. Qhap.ijy
T.
md on the neither fide blackifh orduftie,
ikindeoffeaMoflei:
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„ „..„ -uother foit of fea weedc foiinde vpon the d

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grcene fried with eggcs and made into a( ri emedy for to ftreng-
Of/ea ^Mojfe.or QoraUine. Cbap.160.
f Mofr,growir>g as well within the bowels of the fea, as vpon the rockes,
TS
leauesjVerynuichcutoriaggcd ei.c a de,andofaflonie fub-

J^ :>
2 The fecond is muc hi iroweth more vpright,!
of a peece of done,whid id, whereby

HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
ie,orfeaMofTe. Red Coralline
a fome graie, or of an A(h
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5 MuftmConUinmfmCorMmmoHUn*. 6 Fucmmtrm*,.
CoraliMoflCjOr mountainc Coralline. Fcncll Coralline^]
5 There is found vpon the rocks an
like vnto a branch of Corall, but altogither leflcr , of a fhinmg red colour , and of a ftor
'
ftai1ce -
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6 There is alfo found vpon the rock.
aflelikeleaues, veryfin : yet are they ofiaftonicfub
Thefe Mofles grow in the fe: s,and are oftentimes found vponOyfter (hels ; Mu
dlfedsjandvppnfi uluersandMargatc,inth
Sea Moflc is called in J of the Apothecaries,!*

tyrf
r . i nendcth it to be good for the gout,which hath necde to be cooled. A
qpHere be diuers forts efCorralI,diffcring i :d,anothcr blacke ; and one of a white
RcdCorrall.
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HThecUfeription.
:ethefea,arrdintfo
refmaller,andmor<
4 The fourth and laft grovveth alfo vpon the weftcrnerocfces ofthe fea,andin the plfce
•'.-. - •': . -.:.
afc
tame matter wrought tO£

oftheformeorfrothc tine name, which may ve
HISTORIE OF PLANTS. t38f
Sponvumarinmlh*. 6 SfMgUmarimaflm*,
White Spimge. YelWSpunge.
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It is a foucraigne remcdie to drie, to flop , and itaie all ifliies <
''tneththebodyj byrcaiOT
whereof it rcftrainech the burning heate in agues, and reprefleth the vapours that hinder fleepe.
Of *!Mujhrums 3 orToadJlooles. Cbap,i6z.
•kThe iefiriftion.
1 y^RoundMufhrumsgrowvpinonenighr, fta
nee or round edge
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HISTORIE ,OF PLANTS.
There is another kinde of Muflbrums i
Ifullofpoifbri.
ttbs>is,x.b.zi i alib a deadly Mufluum,
:r,being called Fungtu vencnn r/; v,/,.,v

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briefly palTe them oucr . mdelTe matters.
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kc Riband B ;i !fiitv
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*7The
* he defer iftion.
tun.
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Fuffebals.
Mufhrumsc
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Hor.lib.fer.2. -frdtcnfibutcptima fungh
ThemcdowMufhrums ar<
It is ill trailing any of the I
• :
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Muflirurns.
I".
& Lupo : in Engl i 1 e namcth them />«;/«, as though
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Fuflebals ate no way eaten, the powder of them il is fitly applied toB
merigals, kibedhecles and Inch like.
.:
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The duft or powder heerof is very dangerous for the eies,f'oric hath becnc often feene thatdi-E
tiers haue beene pore! I I nail quantiti
! . :ople vfe to kill or fmoothcr Bees with thefc Fuflebals, being fet on fire, for the E
She iets vp and dow i
interly ftorme haue foreknowne,
Ofgreat Tooth»oortb,or Qlmnes Lungvoort. Chap .16}.
Great toothwoort,or Lungwoott. Little Lungwoort.

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-T HereisoftcnfoundamongtheMufbriimsaccrtainckindcofex
a iellie, orfoftfubftance,likethatof thcMurtirurns, andtheref.
J[
Rapc,and alfo in I
, orrnMhapcn ooaic
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not differing from thepreceden:: the chiefcdiffe-
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Thefe plants do grow at the bo; ike, in (hadowie places :I found it
i..',.\ ...
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A Thcic is lot :mgcxranto< rb< ancient or later wri

.omen do call it Lunt
dovfeitagainftthecougb, and all 01 gs .
but whatbenen"
thereby I know not 5 neither can any of iudgemen t
g
OfSaunders. Cbap.idq..
wand others defcribe three,
thefir(r,andblacke
fwinde: the timber o:
edent,butinthecoloi
ofcolour, yet fom redder then others, w
,
HISTORIE OF PLANTS.
.- - '•'.]'') ,^.id that in great abundance

:r Sanges or rather Ganges ,
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ho hatie taken very c notes and markes of them, bicaufe they may the
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•.: The temperature.

Saunders is eolde in the firftdegree vntocl :0 nd. The red Saunders is
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B The white Saunders mixed wichRofewater^nr
^ ofthc megrim, and kc i mors to the cies.
therefore good to be put in collifes , icllies , and all delicate meates which neede tohaue their
colour made more pleafant to the fight.
Of the Stonie wood,or woocle made Stones . Chap .166.
Ligxa hpi&eafm in Lapides comerfi.

The Stonie woode 3 or woodemadeftones, # Iht
AMong the woonders of England this is
<'.::- '-.•.V
thatoffuchas hauepai
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Ofthe (joofetree, TSarnakletree, or the t * bearing
qeefe. C
haP> l6 7-
ThebreedeofBarnakles. * Thedcfiription.
m in the bottome ofthe fenny water;
'efeaând bowels c
a deeper fearch into the bowels of nati
tiedoWcn, and out of them

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fhitetreeGe
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the mouths o
isafnaalllhndc
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themuskle 3 but< i™'^-
: like a lace of filke finely w ','
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:rynaked,in(hapelikea
thefc being fo probable conic&urcs, and likely to be
: . . .
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aken vp in a fmall Hand a ...

)fFouldcrs.
They fpawnc as it were in March and April! ; the Gccfc are formed in Maie and Im
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oftheHiftorieof
INDEX LATINVS COPIO-
SISSIMVS. STIR.PIVM IN
HOC QP ERE. GER ARD I. I
DESCRIPT A R V M.
mm
A Acjh:m 1160 Alfine
jibrot*n umb«n»U P4 8
1184
MfinbmmrMHmm ?3 8
Ahfxt'm: ucwfcl.um. {«,*&,«
Abfmthmm Utifolium fmt frnttcnm

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jibfmtbiumvEgjptum ibid.
Aamtbm J>8 7 -':".: » s42

v4»*g]ris I*3P
INDEX.
tApiamnquati/t 861.867 ^rmdo ,.
v4»*gyrufatid4 ibid. tApwmmoHUmm 863 tArumbCnrU dd.
jinchtmxmet 683 Âpwm fyluefin 866.867 tArKudodonax îd
la/jmrid ibid. lAqiiaviu 734 Arimdo Lithofpermtt 8*

rfirufofceut 642 "Boragoborunfts ibid.
648 BrtfficuleporiM
B.v ,
',;V
jflsi
858
INDEX.
mm 4 «2 Cera/a ,„
mmmmmVO. Cerafm M ,
,:.. '... ..: • •

N D E X.
CbjfMbmtm 603.606 PV . 1. 05 C«4

I N D E X.
1 3 79 Crocmfrepr, ia 3 g^™ /w
1 381 CucicphoM 136 J Cc»/W 10

&««£. Cucuialm 268 Lit'; « :]-;..
161 p.ig.
8 r\Aa,lUsl<Lus
, ,V
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»*3-75J Difficm 1006

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/fcrrffr 74,
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Svphrofymm
;- Exup,r* &
M F*b*i>mcrf*
g^r*
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£
fit
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INDEX. w
G
»» Sir
Flos Cyan*, 5<H Off«fr«
fr«J« 8 4S- 8 44 g«i/?« 1 130.11:;

Fragafrbtlh >b,d.
qe„,ft*H,^r,ka ii;i ,
FngtrUvcfctfiutftcrtUi, 845 Gcniftafrmcf* 1140 ^.
. ;
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J
F<*w»«™*/ 1 3 So. qM<,tP.*£. a i c , , J
Fuligo 117P C^«/«« 79 6 G«
IN D E X.
INDEX.
:£:**-*- :
:
I N D E X.
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s Sir Jw 05'!xf/r£r ill
^•rzsrll *S
h""""%
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''^Tiobcly ,b,J.
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^rr«, on**, «,^, £&,iMfc Olus Hftwcwm
4 ,bid
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.
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s
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Oreofelmum $6
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NZffJZtltlU m*Ur *1 Orrfc £»4i«/4 ,"^
N«rc,ffmConftam„,o? olu*»«4 t i7
.
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INDEX.
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:;
5
2 y.; , .
85;
2
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c-^/' -
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f?
P^cij^nm /«, M ,
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itjy .;
P<ya:>.crpl<,ftre
s
V/«^
d~,:l.
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Pcr&ctrtfn,
7 p7-cfl f /v e r
eA „, u
!.' P?p*rmmJ«7 ^ '^7 i2 5
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pZ'ttZm _; ;;: 'rJ^Zc, 2!
tM* 102 '
8? I pfta?r S-o £$? :
71
s'°
P.flZc.h.ifolufatiu*
f'*
^"f,« t
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INDEX.
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INDEX.
SpbaceUu
5 :<5
INDEX.
Sjhumucr 744 Thlafpi m
Grt CH 20 j
Sfici 4 68 i , ko-j TU-'Hchp -' Obeli] ,
Sficaia <5 Symphytum filittslre ibid. TbLfp, Cs »dL "* 207"

7j
f
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£ '""ZcumCh S/
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Sfinachumol*, ibid.
T
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r
,,44 ,4
'i\ 8 Y AmAr^cus
T
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629 7$ 1$
il
1:17.1218
V 9
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INDEX.
INDEX.
279 7
fB
'
w&SIZL 7 To SsL/rf.j^,, "1
'«
959-9^0 Ztnz,ibiris fiSum 54 cim %
4 2j r**jj,meiui &r*
436 tw^.
ndex nominum Herbarum, hoc opere c

rum,quibm T harmacopolarum offan
Barbari & Arabes vtuntur.
AH 5?
271 AhowyTheueti %ta
N D E X.
i\t 2£
ibid! Bcdeguar 989.1088 Cai^"/
v
M;r
BraneaVrfina 85^87
N D E X.
W $&.
I '$StuZ
BU ffi D£&
N D E X.
FlosCuculi - •_"; Guart Iaufiband
FlosS.Iacobi
y-r
FlosSolis
w
'«77
H
2£
lomsflos
£r£u!un%orcinum 8? 7 HHachal' i(,;d
fceniMj-gwcntn io-
;>'j Iris Florentina
758
Fraxinella
"I? 3
iSSinofa i Iuglans
!;
Fulful -,:;: Iufqukmus
Fnmustem u9 66
ibid.
He&anntha ^ ".::
K
n* 11 * n(f7 Ss iaa
!
; ;
K-Kaliamculatum
G; 11 926 Hermodaavlus iji Lanhan JJgP

'
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5?! Lapatium 3"
Lapdanum 1 1 08
Gicla 52! Hirculus RI o
Gladiolus 96 Hifpane *<5o Lappa maior 66j
Lappa minor ibid
Glandes Terra: 1058 Hyacinthus 104
Gloriafilia 84; He in .
283 Lappa muerfa ibid.
,-S I: t" ....m *8y

INDEX.
folis •
487 Oleander
'fit
N
7,
°f Rt;i '
& ss,
I N D
,042 Syringa
nbricos ibid.' T
'M
S99
I
.Tanacetum .."
8p».8pj. Tj
892 Taurma
840 Vftilago
10,8
Y^ a
Tro^sflos Âbafaran
40
p
Stellaria 347.80:
ibid. Typha 42
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nintcrprctatio.
Cffi, id eft Hjfom. J,fi PMkdtfhm.

G
mu. (-> AleirMon Plimu i. Dipfoit
r^r.r.a. KilB ft
numbtbej.EHdlii.L <h:s %in«!U.
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Tbymbraj.Satwti*. '/(nûM
V :'.:
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. :'.*,: r-.oU XjfbmmfU
ttWj&sge TO csrimrse,iooKc&purse «»«>
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^^ ^84
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9*2.923.9:4 M
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A Supplement or Appendix \ all Table, and tothe
and printed Copies,and from the mouthes of plaine

TABLE, WHEREIN IS CONTAINED THE
Nature,Vertue,and Dangers of all the Herbes,
Trees and Tlants,oftbe which are
Ipokeninthisprefent
o* T*lle of the Ndture, Vtrtue, ndDawgers.
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<^Table ofthtNAtureyertueavclDangers.
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o/ Taile of the Nature, Vertue, and Dangers.
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W.

mo si honorable prime Counfell, and Lord

Mong the manifold creatures of God (

euer could by any artexpreffe t

thcfcvifible things, fetting foorthto vsthe inuifible wifedome and admi

:c.-^.- rf-ft: cLkn:;.

a man doth behold a flourifl middeft of winters

toremembra it haue ioyned this

is now ncgletl:ed,except it be of fi itl i carried them

added from forn :of herbesand flowers that I mi

confidering of your good Lordlhip, I found noneof whofe fauourand goodneflel

worke(for I know my meanncfle)but as the greateft gift a nd t

Your Lordjhips moH humble

obliuio. Bene vale. ExAulaRegineaWeftmonaftcrij,ipfisCalcndisDeceinb. 1597.

;„ org Vum Londinu

.•.•: :•/ '

«/m j/m/w »<?/f m commoauprofpicere. JSj>» i

rem, qui tales pro Medic

•: -' ..- /..' • , .

, ' .. ,.., , ,. , •. ,..... .

<tAdfohannem Cjerardum Chirurgum

NVlla oculos hominum fpecies magis allicit ilia,

Ilia manu expertus medico,& bene diues ab horto

Quse curcnt hominum languentia corpora, multi

TutMiiemprodii Startunci banc gnauiter ornat,

SedfrodeJ[e<volens,vefttos gramine colles

/>,-/ , ,. - ' udolut ct ,t „„> b

Thomas Thorney M after in Chirurgerie, to his

(~\ Ft haue I heard,and oft h

And rightly fure;

Wherein (as in aglaffe) we fee

Within our Englifh foyle,

But may behold dame Natures ftorc

How firft flic fpreA

not to mount abow

5 bl d liy their length vpon the ftrccte.

A lowly courfe more fitter for his looke

: mother Earth polled with

They all take Gerard for chiefe friend of theirs,

Vouchfafe their prdence in hfsMriand twine •

Vnwitherde long their fragrant odours yeeld.

SPenii the tampcofglorieandhonor for allmen, ftiih

, , wfdtntly accost,; morUU.Wh»tuhttbe»

write <Ugaine, thegreateii number of thefe fa,, n ofin the Enghfh

I cannot e*fly bltrmme. Thu bookbnth thus broughtforth by Gcr ,

fatufaclion. Mxn tbett : for euerie man delightct m

anftrong endeuour he accompl.jbed, without

hoi nun, mallAfmandC

a v laboratorie of an mduftriotu Chim/ff, by the fvveete

1 Riftotle a Prince amongft the Philofophers, writing in his Metaphy-

ind reputation. And although it be neceffarie

God,had not firftinflruded and taught them F< thatthefc

learne of amongft the Greekesth i of hcrbcs,haue

of the world all by any meanes he could a

man,being recommended to me by that famous man M. Amb.Pareys,

igoutabooke that to this dayneuerany in what language fceuerdidthe

taken the one for the other; .

irmehis poftewith much money toward my charges. The I

"E £SS=< reit to the cunous fearchcr oHimpIcs.