H 1078 V Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants. L ‘ B‘ 2' V Of the Hiftorie0fPlan.ts.

. 2 . ... . . .. . . ' ' I. . __ ... . rifeth vp a {talk forrie foot hlgll,}OyllfCd,&l1.d at the top diiiided into littie branches; C33‘}"§§:;{)W5 I Ndmim Celmm 3 [gm-c;;[w-, floures like the other Valerians: the root is as aromaticke as that ofthe lait mentione 513 nairanc O Cam-eke Spikenard . Vrine_wort.4 _ . : . . ' e - 5 L ._.V, . in the chinkes ofthe Alpine r0cl<eS,where it ﬂoures in lime and Italy. Clzzﬁm hath it by t is _ ,_ Valcriarmfylzrqﬂrér Alp/__z2.2.S;zxrz!'zflr'r; i _ - 1.3309) t (1 The Place. _ A - \\;'7,,. - - - - - ia found in r *3/14; The ﬁrli and likewife the Greelte Valerian are planted in gardens -,tl1CW1lCl€ ones 3?» V W0 W moift places hard to riuers lides,ditches, and watery pits 5 yet the greater of thefe is brougﬂl ‘ w\\_\»,%j'—” gardens where it ﬂourilheth,but the leller hardly profpereth. _ W‘ Q/"<55 qr ‘T/7: Time. ‘+1: " " Tliel"ei‘lonre in May,Iune,and I.nly,and moﬂ ofthe Summer moneths. ’ ’ A q] The Nzimti. y , W) P65 Generally the Valerians are called by one name, in Latine, Valcriam : in GTeCkC29:~'.1:] ‘ ’ p.. ,. 1-. . ,H .~ V‘ . X ._ - f pépibrakt . aiio Pinmvlricrr ior the molt part 13 meant by tae garden Valerian, that is calledo J t 6 0 in Latiiie,Sy[zrcﬂr/gotRzrﬂiazz I\7tl?‘(!$l»5 :of Pliny, 2\Qzm’m Cretica :which names are rather referrn our tliofe ofrhe. nexrchapter, although thefe be reckoned as wilde kindes thereof: of certamﬁ 1 age, M4,: my//4, /Izmrm/14,74/rrrtiairzi,Gmimlarrﬁs, Herbzz Bwedicirz, and T/Jrrizimrizi : in mOPE H‘ D rm’/,2 i’..7orrz./f/Zwzi .~ 0‘ T;.7E0y,T)/Jrzlﬂtld Pzrrzz£c[fm,Terdimz.'in high Dufch,d530f’?' bamgianz In low h “but gzipeegtziigat, ,%1.3I02.t13 ctllgitr and maigpianezin Engli{h,Valerian,Capons tai'le,and etwzaoiwe vnproperly , tor [hal name beiongeth to Zc//oarzzgwhicli is not Valerian : what hath beene ff-‘t in the titles {hall ferue for the difiiiiétions of-the other kirides. ' ‘ _ ' _ qt The empmiture. _ the d,-j. The garden Vaierian is hot,as Dzaﬁorzdes faith,but not much,ne'ither the green root, but - ed onesslor the greene is ealily pereeiued to hair: very little heate,and the dried to be h0EWr2w is found by the talic and fmell. -

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The dry root as D/ofmrzfcler teaclieth,pr-ouolteth vrine, bringeth downe the delired ﬁCk€“e.{re’ the peth the paint: in the {ides 5 and is put intriconnterpovfdns and medicines preferuatiue agam. day pcﬂilenccjas are ticaclcs,mithridates,and ﬁich like: whereupon it hath been had (and is to this I ’ among the poore people ofoiir Northcrne parts) in ﬁrch veneration arnongft them,that I10 bro 0. portage or ph y ﬁcall meats are worth any thing, if Setwall were not at an endzwhercupon fome ” man Poet or other hath made thefe verfes. t » i '4 Nardw momma.

They that will haue their heale 1 4 N at l - . I « - , - -r Muir put Setwall in their keale. ' V uhtaineﬁalgﬁggdg V95 . . Moumalm’ Splkeardelv It is vied generally in (Ieightcuts wounds" and {mall hurts; a - ll 7 T! «e exrraﬁion of the roots giuen: is a rnoit ﬁngular medicine againft the diﬂiculty of making water,and the yellow jaundile. - (“Ch Wilde Valerian is thought ofthe later I-lerbarifis to be good for them that are burliﬁﬂg for it as be troubled with the crampe and other convuliions, and alfo for all thofe that are bflllfcd W falls. '

The leaues of theft: and alfo thole of the garden,are good againﬁvlcers and forcﬂelrcofthc mouth and gums,it‘the decoftion thereof be gargarized orheld inithe mouth. . ' ht Some hold opinion that the roots ofwilde Valerian dried and pondered, and a drarnme Wag

thereof taken with wine,do purge vpward and downeward . V

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CH A P. I 0 6 - In 2 The fecond fort of S il<e-nard. 4-4 O . Jr Wouiltdlne Sammy’ or G ‘ . L if :’ l.‘‘‘[l1 many threddy roots, gem the «J TbcDcfcrz'ptiim. , x p * at V which rife ’vp many fcaly rough and

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.- . - n? ‘ l ...»’ .' "W. t tl’ ta‘ 5 hauin atthe to certain V I '1"He 2\{z,rm’m named Celtzm,but now bv fome,£zgu/lim 2\(5irr!»/,1 ﬂouriﬂieth in high mou O M/lllléilltlllli ‘:“\y\‘\\‘\:i.€ ﬂiiclilef Isle ; Oawin V 5“ ﬁnal aines.The Vallelians in their ’ h i’ - ’ r T151” ‘ ‘z"l§'?ili“Il mi-“'W‘l".‘ at Oary “W65 by g P , I . i .330‘ C’ ‘°“g“e Fa“ ‘‘ 5‘/[€.€45Wh€HC€ G6’f”"’ rho‘ 5 . _ ‘ii:'.“."u .1h‘r?~.‘l»llu‘ and tender foot-ftalks.The whole Plant be Szelzzmca 5 neither do I doubt,but that it is the fame which Virgil fpeaketh 0 F 1- nth ﬁfe verles , Wi‘iilii=.ii..i_W if . f ’ {men , .- r ;, 1' 5 ;- - *- A A i \~ Lids isofapleafant wee. , - _

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I zrdicio no/fro tzmtum tiéi cm’z't g,dmim‘M. ”~\\— ; Hzmr as is p

_ _ 1 . . T f ‘ i’ F v, notwithﬁanding we.” For it is a very little herbe creeping on the ground, and afterward lifting vp it felfe with a ﬂalke o p _ _ :6) §:€IaIt1I€_‘:ItE)LhaOVIding to Cmy/W CM;

aharidfullhigh;w_hereupon from the lower Pért grow fmall thin leaues, ﬁrﬂgreene,bt1tafterW:x1;o5- V pt ﬂ 4 the fathveroffoneine Simplesﬂvho ﬁn“ * fomewhat yellowifh : vpon the roughnefie oi the root there are many fcales, platted one VFW - j ' ding this pram among many bunches

. 0 . . . - $11355“! Vﬂdﬁr the root there are many browne f’£rIn{.»:s and hairy threds, in fmell l1l{€ the roots! _ , ' l‘ ' or handliills of monntaine Spikenard, U!/z’45‘“"‘a°" T3915‘ thﬁwildﬁ fl10Um3iﬂe V3l°W1“,“'3?€F€0fit leemes to be 3 kindeﬁ? mp“: ‘ 3 P i a V _ ‘ e R . hath {made it knowne vnto P<)fierit_i¢i 33 and bi§ter.The ﬂoures grow along the vpper l.);lft1l1Cl1it:S3'.rrliitC or ycllowiflyand very (mail. 2 Th: v . . ~ . 1 . . . . . , . he, hath d0ne.many..OE1]er rnepiansz in I l ' ' tran. ating