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the nerue, that you cannot fee hetwcene them, with maruellous ftnall nickes by t1f1~‘=t1;'_ol:t their round tops: each leafe hath alfo,two rowes ofduﬁy feed fcales 5 the ﬁgures _e Owes P T456772. and Gerard, vnder the title oi Fzlzx mm‘, do well refemble this Ferne. Th1_S 8* fully in moft places in fhadowie woods and copies. M “ "« 3 Film man" mm mmofa pzmmlis zmgx¢ﬂi'5,m r:3',proﬁmde dentatzé‘. The leaues are ofa deepe greene,not clofely let together on the nerue, but you ma)’ fa

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» . . . . . i . e. - . h 1?“ " t betwixt theiti,deeply indented by the lides, ending with a point not alto ether (harp? 2 Ca‘

. - t. hath alfo two i'o;.v,es; oidiifty. feed fcales. I haue not feene any ﬁgure we lrefembling ‘ms Plan This groweth alfo in many places in the lhade. *

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The lcaues are of a deeper greene than either of the two laﬂ defcribed, placed on the 2&3‘: next very clofe together,but that you may plainely fee betweene them5each le-a_fe (efpecially Ch 3 maarpc the {ialk)hauing on that tide fartheﬂ: off the ﬂalke a large care or outgrowing endingawlltro nick: , pricke like a haire,ias doth alfo the top of the leafe: fame of the {ides of the leaues area_ lake to ending with the like pricke or haire.Each leafe hath two towes of duﬁy feed fcales. 111’ I, grow. be Filix mar/5 am.-atcgitiz major Is’aul2z'm'.Neither haue I feene any ﬁgure refembling this 9139“ ‘ mm, eth abundantly (in the {hadowie moiﬂ rockes by Mapledurham neere Peters-ﬁeld In Ham? , 1967260041 er. In y .16 3.1: ' ' in

2 T he femaleéliernd hath neither ﬂouresnor feed, but one onely f{alke,chamfered, f°*:‘°‘h,,,§ edged,hauing a pith within of diuers colours,the which being cut aﬂ0pe,there appearet ahc leave; forme ofa fpred- Eagle : about this {land very many leaues whichare winged, and like tfi ' OW and ofthe male Fern(‘,but leffer: the root is long and blacke,and cteepcth in the ground,bc1D5 ‘1 then an inch thi'cke,or fomewhat thinner. This is alfo of a ﬁrong fmell, as is the male.

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Both the Fernes are delighted to grow in barren dry and defart places : and as Horace If ‘

‘V 1\(cglec7ir vrendéz Filix inmzfczrur agrzlr. 8 re; Itcomes not vp in manuredand dunged places, for if it be dunged (as T/2eopéri:_/lur,li6.8- “F” portetli) it withereth away. , . fmg/is

' The male joyeth in open and champion places, on mountaines and {tony grounds, 35 D” ‘ faith. i It growes commonly in thadowie places vnder hedges. _i _ 0d,,

The female is often found about the borders of ﬁelds vnder thornes,and inlhodowle “'0

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. . ‘ . . _ _ , will‘ Both thele Ferries wither away in Winter :in the Spring there grow forth new leaues’ continue greene all Summer long. »

1] Tire 2\Qm¢e:. _ _ , “in La— V The former is called in (3 I‘€C:l{€, nae: - Niamder in his difcourfe of Treacle nameth 1! ‘W ' 5 at tine,Fi/ix mm : in Italian, Felts : in Spanifh, Hcleclzo, Falgucrn, and Fcyto : in high Dl1‘°l'l’2 male %fame: in FrenCh,Foz¢gere,0r Femlzicre majle : in low Dutch, mama gxgaummu : in Eng ’ ’ i erne. as The fecond kinde is called in Greeke, aniunrzpm that is, Fz‘lz'xfemim,or female Fcrne : in Latclilﬁgm Diofcoridcs noteth among the baﬂard names,Lz':egmz cerium : in high Dutch, nealnt fa?" lilhi and $303 famkcaut: in low Dutch, maven ﬁgtjfkm : in French, Fougcrefemeﬁe .- in W3 Bfakeacommori Ferne,and female Ferne. V " A 1; Yﬁe Temperature. 130th fhfi Fernes are hot,bitter and dry,and fomething binding. ’ qr T/1eVcrmer. ' A h long 53 _ n to the weight of halfe an ounce, driueth F0” more wormes out of the belly, as Dzqfcorides writeth, being drunke in Mede or honied water 53“ 1 effectually, if it be giuen with two fcruples or two third parts ofa dram of Scamonie,or of b Hellebor: they that will vfe it, faith he, muﬂ ﬁrﬁ eate Ga;1i¢ke_ Afgcy the fame mannﬁfa ‘5 addeth,itkilIeth the childe in the mothers wombe. The root hereof is reported to be g°° them that haue ill fpleenes : and being ﬁamped with {wings greafe and 3 Med, it is a WRCC gainli the pricking of the reed :f0t ptoofe hereof, Dz'ofcarz'a’e: faith the Ferne dieth ifthe " h is planted about it 5 and conttariwife, that the Reed dieth if it bee com titled with Femc : 9}’ Fame vaine to thinke,that it hapneth by any antipathy or naturall hatred, and not by Karo“ ‘his prof pereth not in tnoili places,nor the Reed in dry, That The female Ferne is of like operation with the former, as Galen faith. Diafcorio/er reports’ this bringeth barrennelle, efpecially to women ; and that it caufeth women to be delittere hea F1151‘ l7im<’::l1ee addeth, that the Ponder hereof ﬁnely beaten is laid VPO“ °1d"l°m’ an rhﬁ

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teriﬁerne hath a great triangle lialke two cubits high, befet vpon each iide with large‘

‘ aues fprcd abroad like wings,and dented or cut like Poiypody:thefe leaues are like the w,,ndm Mtge leaues of the Aih-tree ; for doubtlelﬁa when I _firﬂz faw them a far off it caufed me to ﬁe “$1 t erea_r,thinl:ing that Ihad feene young Afhes growing vpon a hog, but beholding it a lit. g,e.w'O’°-bl might eaﬁly diﬂinguiih it from the Afh, by the browne rough and round graines that The .. 1‘ “ﬁe top of the branches, which yet are not the feed thereof, but are very like vnto the feed.‘

mug 3“ 13 great and thielte, folded and couered ouer with many fcales and interlacing roots,ha.. b

eenelli the middle ofthe great and hard wooddy part thereof fome frnall wliitenell‘e,fwhich hath Celt led the heart ofofmzmd the water-mans — .

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, ' ‘Y.’/7 Pi.’ re. a ' »_. , ~ E01111?‘-roweihin the midift of a budget the fﬁthercend of Harﬂpﬁed heath fi‘0Ii‘1 L°“d§.n’m aha ml" °‘l"a 1, g.Pii.ll adjoyning to a fmallcottage, and in diners other places, 35 3”” V90”, ‘}‘€"3 99,é’,%’3S. 0m "an “toracommonl neere vnto Bruntwoodin E{Tex,efpeCia11Y ﬂ“—‘_‘?‘"“ "M03 l’‘5‘‘-C 359?? that ﬂowe hm igged, to the end to ﬁnde a nelt or mine Of gold 5 hm the Wm}: Dug .ﬂ.e.d§°a'3“d ut 1 lie-fore their wings could be clipped. 3: It did grow Pl“-'3“-i ‘F’ *'~~'°‘l‘ thcfé Placcss 9IYl is alldcltroyed in the former. i is

ed neckes <2-foigen and other cattell-' it is alfo reported, that the root of Bertie car. into an