l poifon their arrow heads,or weapons, thereby to do the greater-hurt vnto thofe whom i

Of the Hifiorie of Plants. LIBo 3-

toget er,placcd from joint to joint by fpaces,fomewhat hoary,—very likevnto -the leaues of Ctyéllfetl: or‘Rue : among which come forth many {mall rnoiiie white floures , tuft fafhrqfls 111 {man " di like Nofeg-aies,and very like the floures of the (_)lrue or Oke tree,which turne rnt_o {mall rotgflt in bladders,as it were made ofparchrnent 5 wherein is contained blacke feed like wilde Loft”: Od_ ralte like the wilde Tare : the whole plant is ofan vnfauory frnel; the root is thick,and 0 3 “'0 die fubflance. _ , that

2 The S panilh venomous Trefoile hath a wooddy flaIke,rough and hoary, diurded intog and fmall branchegwhereon grow leaues like the precedent: the Homes grow on the tops Of thehr c__ ches,whereon grow leaues like thofe of the Peafc,and of a yellow or rather greeniih color,W 5‘ init differeth from the precedent.

sq‘ '1"/ac Place.

Thcfe venomous Trefoiles grow in Narbonpn the barren. and {tony craggy 111011“ tignana,and about the lea eoaits,and are Pcrangers in England.

‘J The Time. They flouriih from May to the end of Iune. s

q. T /14: Names; 0' Dorymizz/n,or mum, is that poifonous or venomous plant wherevvith in times pafi the)’ Vfedatf,

hey dldi

, _ , . A { atlas: Iaile or purfue, whereupon-it tooke his name. Great controuerfie hath been among“ Beg] can.

what manner of plant Dorymium fhould be -, fome faying one thing,and fome another :W hath trouerfies and fundry opinions are very well confuted by the true cenliure of Romleletim 3 Who, id; for a definitiue fentence let down the plant defcribed for the true Darycniam, 8: none othflfi er may be called in Englifh,Venomous tree Trefoile. 1: Thefe plants do not fufficiently 3“ W the defcription of Dio[eorz'a’er,neither can any one fay certainly that they are pOif0nOU5- 1! The Temperature‘. Dorymirzm is very cold without moiftning. 1; The Vermcrl Venomous Trefoile hath not one good qualitie that I can read of,but it is a peltilent V5

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vplant,as hath been laid in the defcription.

if Thcfigurcs were formerly tranfpufed.

C H A P. 16. Of Ofit/7e /lame Tref?)ile, called 41/5 29144./ieaéait.

Poiem—eni¢:m,fi«ve Trifllieneyiutieanr. The Defiriptim. . ,1, bath Shrubby Trefole, or yellow Iafmint-.' His {hruby plant called Po/67730” ‘-2150 the _ many wooddy twigges growing.‘

5% height of four or fine cubitsfllaum

ny twiggy branches of a dark green CO1 nifhed with fmall leaues of a deep gr?‘ C alwaies three ioined together vp0I_11_ “:fOfle,._ _ fialks,lrke the Cytzfu bnfh or field T d d fmaller - the floures be ellowafld ‘°un- ded intd flu 0 f‘ I y i tmlJC vnhk

ellow Iafrrfinb wiiihahihhiirocaufed many to C it Yellow Iafmiir€,euen to this 6'3)" Whcnberr ol ,

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floures be vaded there fucceed {man {mind ties as big as a peafe,of a black pm?“ - when they be ripe,which beings b‘Qk.C _w' h or colour the fingers like Elder bgrr1€5{' ed like thefe berries are contained a {man at li cree- vnto Lentils : the root is long and {ma ’u ' <1 ping hither and thither vnder the earths? laces, forth new fprings or {hoots in fun ‘Y P whereby it greatly increafeth.

y T/:73 P/466. f-‘Mon? _ It grows plentifully in the country 0 nd hot pelier,at New-ca{tle,vpon the df)’ h‘1s’a fie banks of the oliue field s,and in the ~°“' in tn)’ and Wood ofGramunti-um : it g‘°“’“c 1fEn%' garden,and in other herbariits gafdm 0 hands at at 4; we

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QT?/2e‘Iz7me._ V _ ‘. . _. W It flourcth in Summer 6 the feed is ripe in Autumne : the {lamb it felfe is alwaies green, 8:: hath aiiing root. by ‘I/ye Names. . w _ Mofi do C311 is cwifm but we had rather name it Trifoliamfiuricanx .: forit doth not agree with (Wife: or M111;T;efoi1e,as in the chapter before it is plain enough by his defeription, vniefie it be Cytzfm Mam//,“ or {mam/,,’,¢;11is Milke Trefoile, with which peraduenture it might be thought to 3”“ forne lik ehe fie, if the tlou res which are yellow were white,0rg415W0w,that is to fay,blew. here be diners al-fo that take this Trcfoile robe P0lem0mVW,f0f3fmuCh as the Ieaues of it feern be fomewhat 13 kc thofe Ofcommon Rue 5 butlnlemarfiam hath not the leaf‘? of common Rug}- thelwife called Herb‘-grace,but of the otherathat 15 to I-“Y>°fS-10"???‘ R03 3 It 13 called in Englifha

“Why Ttefoilepr Make-bait. W V . The Temperature.

I _ _ . ,' ' 7 I . Palemanizmz is dry in the fecond degree,w1th fome acrrmome or flrarpnelfe. V T/Je Vermes.

This {hmbby plant hath fo many fingular and excellent vertues contained in irst-hat fome ham:

2 called ii; by the name Cbilioc[rmami5,tila_ti5,i1auing a thoufand properties.

It is Very egegmal ggainfi [ha {ringing of Scorpions; and (as fome fay) if a man hold it in his andrhe cannot be hurt with the biting of any venQm0!1_S 568%. ._ . A . _ V i eim: taken Wm,’ Vinegar it is very’ good for thofe that are fplenetrckqand whofc fpleen or milt

‘Rife’-{Jd ‘h '1 t'onsor{’co ‘pings. , . . _ _ 2 _. _. - .lf chdrovgttbeodjlgddih wine it hizlpeth agaiuft the bloudy flirt, it prouoketh vrrne being drunk: "5 Wategfcourerh away graue1l,a'n‘d eafeth the pain and ache called the Sctanca.

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CH A 1>_. 17. L Of 5Br0omeetfliliiiirooirzezfliayée.

2; jtaprtm Ge77‘ij3_"«:3,i]iz"z/e Oroéagze/zed; Broornf-Rape,or Orobanchg

T G efizfla .‘ B’ro'o'me.