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A The ﬂoures of yellow Maids hziire, as Dmfcoride: writeth, is vied in ointtnen

B ' The herbe thereof is vied for Rennet to make cheefe,as emattbiolm reporteth, fayingr

wOf the Hiﬁorie of Plants. L1 3' 2" a

11‘ The Vernier. ts againlt burﬂlllgs’

and it ftancneth bloud: it is put into the Cerote or C ere-cloath of holes :1: is feta funnlhc mot

glaﬂ"e,with Oyle Oliue, vntill it be white -. it is good to annoint the wearied Traueller :t aka. thereof drunke in wine {lirreth vp bodily lull : and the ﬂoures fmelled vnto worke the famﬁm the peoPle of Tiilcanie or Hetriiria doe vie to mine their milke, that the Cheefe which th€Y m1‘}o:n(:,f Sheeps and Goats milke might be the fweeter and more pleafant in taile,and alfo more W110 eipecially to hreake the l"to.ne,as it is reported. _ doe V133: The people in Chelhirepfpecially about Namptwich,where the belt C heefe 15 made, in their Rennet,eilee_ming greatly of that Cheefe aboue other made without it. h. 6 kinda V‘-We inde nothing extant in the antient writers, of the vertues and faculties of thew 1‘

but are as herhes neucr had in vie either for Phyﬁcke or Surgerie. f a . . ‘ sill‘ ‘M

ff’ Eh: ﬁgm’-cam was formerly inzhcthitd place was ofthe Gaﬂiiim iillium minus 0fTdlit!n.whl.Cl1 commonly hath but two lcaiica at a ioynhilﬂ r°mwmc Wit it rte.

Ctr A 1». 4.65. Of Ferrre.

1] The Kinder.

be Here he diuers forts of Ferne,d iliering as well in forme as place of growing ; Wh5’°°fthcar1e1cd two forts according to the old writers, the male and the female -, and thefe b6 PTO?“ Perne : the others liaue their proper names,as {hall be declared. V

1 Filix mm.‘ 2 Filixfcem5”4-

Male Ferric. Female Ferric or Brakes’

ll . ll / ’ l’)’.liit‘~‘

gm3'

. manng

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if s Of themhliﬂorie of prams,

Sf TbeDt:fcrifti07x;

T lgvtilﬁtmalg herne hringeth forth prelently from the root broad leaues and roughfomej d. Cnbh I33‘ éefaiiedtobbe broi_<en,ol' a light greene colour-_, and ﬂzrong fmell,more thatia mg vpona midciu Chg, pre a road like wings, compounded as it were of a great number (hm- lde are ibrigkied e r_i ,euery oneywhereof is like a feather, nicked in the edges and an thglbackg- ta. en for feed _ th as it were (with a very fine earthy coloured dirt’: or {P{)ts,which many rafhly haue wit out ﬂ Hg: eroot cotmileth of:a number of tufts or threds,and is thicke and blacke, and is

y 8 C and feed,and altogether barren.

:1: Filialr (ivufga) mark vvarimas (§' dzfermtiic. Differences of the male Ferne.

llau , _ , . . $2:/E‘-frltlied four: forts ofl’ferne,by moll: writers eﬁcemed to be the male Verne ofbiafcoridci .; thm e t anti), Géfﬁé'I',bC:£ﬂz/Ivlﬂym, and Clufim, accounted to hee the female; and ('0 indeed doe I according .0”? ‘}:‘7fh0lIgli I call them the male with t_he multitude. It you looke on thefe. Femeg

one N yicsh E ieir euerall growths and ages, you may make many more forts of_ them than I haue ature. .1“ 3 am afraid hath beene the occaﬁon ofdefcribiifig more forts than indeed there are in

irtfe defcriptions I made by them when they were in their perfect growths.

1 Filix ma ramafizlzizmulzk dentatiy.

The ,

‘pans yoots areriothing but an abundance offmall blacke hairy firings, growing from fhcloyvgf '

31¢ e°gi$1¢ir:nai:_ie‘hflalkes(for {lalkes I will call them) where thofe {lalkes are yoyned tog ether. At 0 ' ‘ - ‘ ~ - “ V .

,,‘,’;*n E Wimgtiofviiiif’Eé§E3'§§'§i’§h‘§Zl?’éiiZlliiiaélﬁiiiiiifiliill {Zfy§'2§‘§.fSi‘§{“’3 °'”““”= . ath b . I , _ . _, a _ V ,v_-, 3€l'33y0l.l['lg lggn g to ﬁcﬁigvvlﬁf::;:i:‘g?éc;°n::":stl’fl?e, or more :_each lialke atth is lrrwer end neereythfe f Wusroorsf h. 1. h TE?! 1' 3, e_ orehe isan inch long hauing lomeof thole blacke b°ld iumon Orb Ish uh eganee. h_ e eaues being at their full growth hath each of them athree-A rapches rosvoaémtn §._ erneawhichis ciommoinlycalled the female :the maine Ptalke, the ﬁde flange ﬂaicgkeoftgat hntlgliéalﬁ tbe nerucs glrowing on thole tide brat-ches bearing the leaues nhe r°fou,ein Ien‘th) rgllof hC{_Cl[')l e was fful y foure foot long (but there are vfually fromone foo; :2 ,'°"nd maxi: myonciéii‘lw2Zl§‘i.?2t§§'f§’fil"%°ll"’-'°°"ll*ld"’r‘§ ’°‘L‘tﬁ""°€§"?§"Eﬂ“'n?““ e > _ . _ _ , e r paireo re ran es. ere rang _ :;w‘i“t.°:::;*2§ ;‘:::;t‘:it;‘.':f;,:‘::;**;;?;" an: 55:

J L ‘ -ortemo partmwars eroottc 0 b

legueflsti alrlnoll oppo{ite,the neerer the top tlie further from oppoﬁtion: the names biﬁlhgthi Ufthe ﬁd:bODg€ﬂ were two inches and a quarter long, and F0 fhorterand {hotter toward the to 5 ;:;‘:‘i“:,.:t°":;;";::Y;: :i2*:::.?:=:°‘a“:::::'":.'::2%:“ The the the ﬁdes, the game‘: ending with ﬂiailgegpotitilts, of apdeepe g:€n€(i)r(l'l(:{;, ]e3:Fc,~§emg~

* Gale paler, and each leafe hauing two rowes of duﬁy red fcales of ab--own ppthll Cl; on

lhe} toward the top of the maine {lalke thofe {ide branches change irlto nernes birallrinaaldheellyl in t:ri:.“::ﬁ“ 3‘ ‘“§i’3‘éigé?5'l“;y°“"“‘l,‘“ in “Fri 3 3 my fpﬁg YVO 9 rgigﬁciiciaiirss a(i)1u ma ﬁnde meanues Pviht their blacke threddy roots wholly foPeeia11vin W g P]: %h_ Y b Y1 _f H _Y 0 t C0 _ leaues greene all the VVinter, Ferd A55 3'm° P 3595- 15 g"°We‘ P en“ '3 Y1“ the boggie fhadowie m0oresneereDur- . te _ _ _ glthe rafdils and I haue found it often on the dead putriﬁed bodies and items ofold rotten okes, l_sl1ichcame§0res5necte the old plants I haue obferued very many {mall young plants growing, nthetnfcluesli the {suing of the feed from thofe dully fcales : for I beleeuc all herbes haiiefc.e.ds

0 pro nee their kindes,Gcn. 1.1 Lé’. t2. A .

‘The — The rOdl]sr%?0thcr haue but a tWOFold diuiiion,the many {lalkes and the iierues bearing the leaiies; Md Clgfe [3 them all are blacke fibrous threds like the little, their maine (tallies g'°“’ fmny thieke r of gﬁther at the root, as the ﬁrft doth r the difference is in the farhion of their leaues, and g‘°W1ng,and for diftinétions fake I haue thus called them. »

2 F1‘/ix me: mm ramofz pimmlzlr lattk, Jenfis minutim /ewdiik.

' Th ' .. y °leaues are of a yelloivifh greene colour on both tides, fet very thicke and ielofe together on the

el’ in SufTex,and alfo on the moift fhadowie rockes by Mapledmham in [—-I3(nPfhife)nect' l