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tr.-mllaring of Ga;-mu the Ltiiirariian Phyﬁtian, he letteth it lorth with alight dyelcriptionffiyéélgi It is a bale and low herbe two handfuls high,bringing forth leaues without any iialks at a 2 Dara, hnirv about the root,'«Ind blaclrilllr lzauirlg no Pleafant lent at all. The leaues chewﬁd Yfem “wit a 1‘i‘l.iElCl{C‘ tafie, but are clammie, or vilcide 3Wl1ClfCaS the leaues of Celticke Narde 3” hot’ little alirieftiun, and of a plea (ant fmell and taﬁc. 1

4 Mounraine Spikenard hath a great thicke lmobbed root, fet here and the 5 an libresrol 9 Plegyanr {weer frnellafrom the which come forth three or foure f mooth broad l63:€S’g3r. liltewiiejagged leaues de“pely cut etien to the middle rib : among which rifevp Dalwd 33" C in an iiilhtd. in the middle witli a ttiltof‘ jagged leaues. The floures grow at the top of the lialkesa I Vzillflfl or tuft like tlioli: olthe wilde Valerian in {hape and colour, and fuch allo 15 the cc '1,‘ 3?, haue girren you the figure o F the root and whole leaues as they fhew themfelues wllﬁﬂ 5 5)’ r P-‘_’€il"‘C,£1.~: it was taken by Cg,‘lz»ﬁ:r/5. :1: F {many

5 Tire. Spll~:Cl‘«ar.»l oi lndia is a low plant, growing clol'e vnto the ground, comp0»Cd 1‘: eddig rotrgli l3i'{)‘.r17llCi.l<“31}‘).’ClI">l.l='f:$3()f£l ll-tong, yet not vnplcafantlmell. The root is fmallafld ‘ ’ haue :1‘ It hath certairiely li.ill<€<,l(lOLlf(;s_,al1d feeds-, but none ofour Indian Writers 0; Trauellcrs long, yctdel’cr-ihertl tllem. lliaue feene little pieces of llender hollow ﬁalkes fome two inches iitlhred to the roots that are brought to vs. 1:

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1 ' may=§:§}€$1 Crag crofe, and in the foot of the mountaine called Ingleborow Fels. it The fourth H and“ Iolﬁﬁéglﬂ forne gagdens with vs. The fifth g1‘OW€SD1ﬂ the Bali Indies, in the Prouinces of want. ‘h’ton in t e k"0rd eca . T ' ~ ‘ is M '. rancejneem R ‘gmecity paH€1cIiibG 0; Lengala and n he lalt growes in Prou..rite iii ' ea .1 K. I 4 5 ii .

Theleau 0- . mg .- - ﬁr T/M Time’. . ‘ - . - . Whenrh (165 t,r_~tR".' tdo i’l/lltlﬁllllg in September, at which time they fmell more pleafanrly than ~ Eytouri ant were greenc. ‘

_ 2(4)-alas, ig d. $1" . W 7£‘.l’:-lN¢17)J€3'; Z O I S ‘ ' {Sat 6 erbexsfa re, in 1:-{miionia or Hungary,o t ecountreype pie, pep . o home,aec_ézﬁr:;that mmothn .o V ienna, it can le it doth grow there in great a l ulle ance, ro_m_ W ence 1t;lS brought a d mgr countries '.C>fG€fm’r,&zlzr17zczi .- in Engli{h,Celticl<e Spikenard : of the Vallegmnsige/1%-,,,

555 C€7&,r’.'.‘.t'7ﬂ. Ce! _ q} ‘T/is 'I"cm12eramre and V erttm‘. \ V I ,_ _ g. defart “Cke Narde mightily prouokes vrinc, as recordeth Rondeletiw ;WllO trauelling through the water °0‘~1ntrey, chanced to lodge in a monallery where was a Chanon thatcould not make his .161, M; Utvvas prefently helped by the decodtion of this hcrbe, through the aduiee of the laid Ran-

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y 04:” The true Spikenard or Indian Nard hath a heating and drying facultie, being (according to B 6 Ngirdm N4r50W”ﬁ" _ l pofedl h_0t In the ﬁrli degree [yet the Greeke copy hath the third] and dry in the fecond.It is com- French Spikenard. neg; Ofia fuliiciently aﬁriiigent fubliance, and not much acride heare, and a certaine lightbittei-- ‘ cont; §:0nﬁPcirig of thefe faculties, according to reafori, both inwardly and outwardly vfed it is 1 “tent for tlieliucr and llomaclte. , y . bleltliiriiiloketli vrine,helps the gnawing paines of the fiomaelce, dries vp the deﬂuxions that tr0u— C ' t{fE’ell)".—‘l1lLlihtI‘allS’,aS allo that moleli thehead and breft. _, p F p , _ V pe 3195 _the fluxes of the belly, and thofc of the wombe, being vfed in a peflarle, and in abath it D. 5 the inflammation thereof. V _ he l,‘“Dlre in cold water, it helpes the naufeoul'ncﬁ"e, gnawings, and windinelfe of the ftornaeke, E Pelaand the difeafes of the l<idnies,and it is much vfed to be put into Antidotes. _ 13 §0Od to caufe haire to grow on the eye-lids offuch as want it,and is good to be ﬂrewed vp- F by Part of the body that abounds with fupcrﬂuous moil‘ture,to dry it vp. _ V uO§_Celticke-Nard is good for all the forementioned vfes, but of lelTe cfﬁ-CaCl€.’a Vfllefre in the G_ ‘ mg ofvrine. It is alfo much vfed in Antidotes, in We“ m01_mtaine Nard hath alfo the fame faculties, but is much weaker than the former, and not at this day that I know of. 1:

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1' NY He garden Larks fpur bath a round item ful ofbraneliesfet with tender jagged leaues mly like mm the {mall Sothernwood : the lloures grow alongll the {talks toward the

t er 3 tops of-‘the byanchespfa blew c_olour,conﬁfhng ofﬁue little leaues which grow toge- Ha AM “Nice one hollow ﬁoure,hauing a taile or {put at the end turning in like the {put of Tode-L of‘/'V "4? CQIIIC the feed, very blacke, like thofe ofLeekes : the root perilheth at the ﬁrfl; approch

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h the ﬂosiht liecoiid Larks {put is like the precedengbut fomevvhatfmalletin l‘ta1l~:es and leauep : .. - - . _ . t 5 9 es are a‘f l'k ‘ f b tofa white colour,where'n f ' ll ’ th diff ei . The c T 6 Tb” French Splkenaldtbelngakfaﬂald k1“des%Y0W°Eh C10“? VPOH F115 ground 11311 of leg?“ Sire fomeiiifneis Elli pciiriiltiie clblour, fometimes white mltirfeiiefiinahidn rind O?rll.’li]Ci2lery other I Precedent’ compaa of fcaly ‘°“?$h 1'-°-was = In the middle whereof commeth forth 8 gfc" it high; Oursmlying inﬁnitely according to the {oile or country wherein they line. . round greene {title and rulhy leaues :among the which ihoot vpdiuers round ﬁalkes a'cu are of 1% de g Larlts fpurwitlidouble ﬂours hath l‘33“€3»{*311<€s,roots, and feeds like the other ﬁngle !

fat from the middle to the top with greenifh little cods, lianding in chafﬁe huskes like t hi es as there he Schoenanth. The root is {mall and threddy : the whole plant is altogether without fmell, w iheweth it to be a baliard lcinde of Spilrenard. . _ qr The Place. Gun.‘ _Thef'e plants [the ﬁrli foure] are {hangers in England, grovvinv in great plenty vpon til‘? EEIOII taines of Iudenberg and Heluetia,on the rockes among the moaL5:and' in me rnountaines of

and Saltsburg. “Eng; The ﬁrﬂ and fecond, if my memorie faile me not, doe grow in a ﬁeld in the North P3“ ° land

“t the Homes of this are double 5 and hereof there are as many feuerall varicti "8 6 l<_inde,to wit,white,red,blew,purple,bluﬂi,Ste. , _ e co ereis alfo anotliervariety of this plant, which hath taller ﬁallces and lai‘f%€‘.l_C,aiies than Yeejdemmon kinde : the Homes alfo are more double and larger, with a Ieﬂ"er_heele : this rrrnde ailo e, b t. Vﬁlally le{i‘e feed than the former.The colour of the ﬂoure is as,v_ari0us as that of the for- ; emg eitherblew,purple,whitc,red,or blu{h,and fometimes mixed oi fome ofthele. i fed] The wilde Larlts fpur hath moll: ﬁnefjagged leaues, cut and baCl_<t into diners parts, eonrli." Y re‘ Won a {mall middle tendrell {among which grow the lrl'oures',in (hape like the 0thei's,b'»1C ‘ a great

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