LIB. 2-‘

12,; , Of the Hifiorie of Plants. .3; the

the flalkes are crefied or -itreaked, of a purple colour, growing to the height of two cubits skcs top whereof grow many {mall and hairy white floures, and after them come fmall narrow 11” like little cods,foure or flue growing together : the root is yellow, long, round, and ltnotfY2 fing it felfe far abroad on the vppet cruft of the earth. If I ,his 3 The fmall baltard Rubarb is very like vnto the precedenr,but that it is a 1]: link, fialkes are a {pan or a foot long :his leaues be thin and tender ; the root fine and fl _ floures grow together in {mall bundles or tufts,of a light yellow colour, almolt white: 3“ grieuous fauour. \ _ _ . T "(es ,0 the :1: 3 There is kept in fome gardens a plant of this kinde growing vp with large (‘set d of my height of three cubits: the leaues are yery like thofe of Columbines : the Homes are ma ‘ii 3,. ny white threds : it floures in lune, and is called Thaliéfrum majus Hijfanicum, Great SP3“ fiard Rubarb. 1: ' - 1[ zjhe Place.

V Thefe plants doe grow alongfl: the Ditch {ides leading from Kentiih {tract vnto 5 mas a-Waterings (the place of Execution) on the right hand. They grow alf0VP0“ ‘h r of the Thames,leading from Blacltewall to Woolwich, neere London, and in fundr)’ 0‘ ° allb. ' -

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They floure for the moi’: part in Iuly and Augult. 1]‘ ‘T he Qflgmtsl

Diuers of the later I-lerbarifls do call it Pz;g4mum,as though it were Hbdlcl, that is,.Ru€ 5 on moi’: call it Rutapaluflria, or Fen Rue : 0thers,Pfiwdo-Rhaharh4rum,and Rhaharhariml M 0'16 C by reafon of the yellow colour of the root. But nether of their iudgements is greatly 3° :01, med of: they iudge better that would haue it to be Th4lietmm,which Diqfcaride: defcribflbbich the leaues fomething flatter than thofe of Coriander -,and the Ptalke like that of Rue : vp°“W 2,“; R3’, leaues do grow. Pena calleth it Thalietmm, Thaliflrum, and Run: pratmfl: .- in Englifh, 33*“ ' _b"arb,or Englifh Rubarb ; which names are taken of the colout,aud tafle of the roots.

. Tho-l iile:nlia0k“ PW‘

I; The Temperatxre. Theli-: herbes are hot and dry of complexion. J 1; The I/macs.‘

A The leaues of Baftard Rubarb with other pot-herbes do fomewhat moue the belly:

The decoétion of the root doth more effeétually.

V that __C Dzofcoride: faith, That the leaues being ftamped do perfeay cure old vlcers. Galefl _8dd“h’

they dry without biting.

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C HA P. 5'29. Of §0zzt: Rate.

11 The Defirzftian;

. d' ‘ Alega or Goats Rue hath round hard flalltes two cubits or more high, fet full Of 1“‘}f:n¢ia P_I“Y°d °’ Wfnged abroad ; euery leafe coniifiing of fundry {mall leaues Tc‘ VP°nh:flou1‘9’ “bu rcfcmbllng the leaues of the field Vetch or Tare, but greater and long€l'- - b;sI¢i° grow at the top of the fialke.Clu flaring together after the manner ofthe wilde Vetchaofa root is colour, which turnc intolong cods {mall and round, wherein the feed is contained. T great,thiclte,and of a white colour. 1 r {T The Place. ’ th like‘, It groweth plentifully in Italy euery where in fat grounds and thy riuers {ides : it grow‘

irife in my garden.

11 The ‘Time;

It floureth in Iuly and Auguft. _ ' 1 The Names} _ Hi,,,,,;,m{I’

he lF!l!‘!‘3§ sail it sale». ens‘ W Ertmrfe sl«@!4s=!s game is €9F?“P"Y €""'3“' ma/ft’!"’

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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. T V T rl2l.~§5

G,,;£,M_ r Fracafiorim calleth it Herha Ga//._em.<=the He‘- ooacéhue. rrufcians, Ldtmfifflzgafld it is a‘=_l'o called by diners other names in fundry places of .[r..>.l.v,

as Gefiter faith,as are Cajlramm, Latmmm, ‘Tho.

»’r'i774,0f T437774; Martzmica,Szzrrzicemgcaf:{gr Mg.

Ilerhmcflz, F armmz gmcrmz fyluc/Zre, and as Ism- zwolm witnell'eth,Giargzz. It is named in Eng. li{h,Italian Fitch,and Goats Rue, Some iudge that the old Phvfitions were wont: to call it onohrychzls : others, Glmm ,4 di. _, ~ _ » , uers would haue it tobee Polemonizma, butnot f /1,/iv’ ‘ “ ‘_ ,‘ f0 much Petr. L/1775!. L71/Iatfhiolahy in his cam- ,3 ii}! 9, ‘ 1.. mentaries, as euery one of the defcriptions ,1," Cr. 5\ , i mentioned by Diafcorider doe gainefay them . /1 ‘‘\r\ x - . = \\ l \ A, r as alfo thofe,who thinlre that Gd/c’g4,1S Po/yga- ’ ’ 7 Ian, and that the name of G4/qga came of haly- galon, the very defcription allo of Polygalon ‘is againlt them : for Galegiz is higher and greater than that it may be called a little fhrub onely of an hand breadth high.

'1‘ he Temperature. This plant is in a meane temperature. be.»

twcene hot and cold- The Vertrm.

Goats Rue is a fingular herbe againflr all A

venome and poifon, and againftwormcs, to kill and driue them forth,if the juyce be giucn to little children to dtmke.

1; is of like vertue if it bee fryed with 3-)»

Linefécd oy1e, and bound vpon the childes nauell.

mllke.

thgmflg boiled in vineger,and drunke with a little Treacle, it is very g0Od againfi thfi iI1f€5’£i0I1 0f D

P13gue,efpecially if the medicine be taken within twelue houres.

, _e,herbe it felfe is eaten,being boyled with flelh, as we vfe to eat Cabbage and other worts, E

}kewil'e in fallades,with oyle,vineger and pepper, as we doe eat boY1<‘-d 5Pi11age, and fuch like 5

- .‘°h is molt excellent being roeacen,aga1D“= all Poifon and Fem‘-"Ce: 0‘ any Vemmous infir-t

me Wh f d h f eat. * . . nah a1roai£i:,:ii?:iie lbriciirligitand flingings of venomous beads. if ‘mhcr the l“YC€ or the herbe - mpfid be laid vpon the wound.

co ‘life an ounce of the juyce inwardly taken is reported to helpe thofe that are troubled with (‘

Vl!lfions’cmmpes,and all other the difeafesaforefaid.

diggs feeds do feed pullen exceedingly 3 and Caufe ‘hem to Weld 8”’-‘mt RON‘ Of eggcs than or-

}, 1 The juyceofthe leaues, or the leaues thernfelues bruifed and applied to any part l".vol3en

pythe ftin of B or wait‘ e mitigate the paine,and are a prefent remedy as M‘.cmizan a loucrof la“tS,andgf1-iefird :§mine,h)aih alfured me he hath feene by frequent expeiience. 1: ' ii

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C H A P. 530. Of Pliny his Leadwhrt.

qr The Defcription. DE’l’4'1'4 or Dmti/[aria hath oFFended in the fuperlatiue degree, in that he hath hid himfelfe ‘lie a runnagate fouldier, when the alfault fhould haue beene_g“‘““ ‘.0 ‘h? P1‘§51t_L€P5‘~’i“”’s pard whereof doubtleffe it is a kinde. But if the fault be mine,as without ‘1u3fi10“ It 19; I Claus

I [n O“ f0r the ouerlight, and doe intreate the gentle Reader to cenfure me with fauour, whereby,

honey e more bold to infer: it in this place,ratlier than to leaue it vntouched. The learned ofb_~laf- ‘°“Pe°ia11ymdeIe~‘m) hauenotwirhouraoodcauf<=ac9<2»1!!t<;<lE133§ a93sl1r91aaEf°=“k1“°‘¢ ‘~ ——.. -. ,,._ .. _ ,__ ,. .. - _- _._.n . »—<i

"in It is minifired vnto children which are poll'ell'ed with a falling ‘um’ a fP°°“f“u well’ morning C