_ !____,,,... . ()5: the Hiﬁorie of Plants. L I B‘ 7" _ ,e...- .... ....._., __..—-——-""”""'/A , hi ﬁliuidinc it felfe toward the (OP into ﬂm drgsirms or bzfan.ches : from the hollow hplacc or bofome of euery joynt (out of wing ro‘ grow thofe branches) the leaues d0€ 31 ° 9; ceed,very much cut or jagged like Fennre 0- _ the top of thofe branches come f0_”h P S rundles of white ﬁoures fafhioned like‘ ﬂags its T 4 The fourth kinde of Filipetidula vim

flrange a plant as the former, efpecially a‘ V5 here in England, except in the vV9'7C’l7 5 O, ces and rills in the North, where Pa/fl.//aflllaues water Smallage groweth 5 wherevnt01“ Cﬁﬂj _. it is not vnlike , but more like KW‘ l7"’{’.fjJO'u, it hath many large branches,a naughty Ehem. and in color 8: fhape like Cz'nzta,tb85 15: “bits locke. The llalkes are more than [W0 Cdino. high,comming from a root which FXCEC W2. ly multiplies it felfe into bulbesa llkc AW‘, and by 415514. The fmell ofthis plant1§ flr‘?“v grieuous5the taﬂze hot and biting, “ ofa Juyce, at ﬁrft milky,but after

yellow. The fpoky tufts or rundles glow b the top are like Cz'mt.»i,yea,it much Idem O Hemlocke in property and qualitiﬁsran he ex. they afﬁrme that haue proued and Rene‘ 'cdid perience of it: for being eaten in {S1 Eds; - 5 well nigh poyfon thofe which ate Omam 31¢, them giddie in their heads, waxing "C3, ilaggering and reeling like drunken “Etch like ware and take good heed of this and ” i g‘ e SlmpleS;fOI‘ there is noPhyﬁtian that W od

‘ it becaufe there o rexcellwt - '— Simples which God hath bellowed vpon vs from the preuenting and :e;$1:]gf‘cli]{:afcs. 1 WW ous and not excufable is the ignoranceoffomc of our time, that haue boudh: and (as one 1” bably conjetiure) vfed the roots of this plant in {lead of thofe of Peionimandl know th€Y ‘"6 ly by the ignorant women in Cheape-ﬁde fold to people more igno1'an)fthangh¢m{'elllC5: name of water Louageg C’.z.-war Empzor . The danger that may enfue by vﬁng them maybe g

by that which our Author hath here fet downe,being taken out of the Aaéwrﬂzria pang 2 5' - c-

5 The fifth and lall kinde ofFilipendnla,which is the fourth according to Zailurt/IW’ hbiing

count,hath leaues like water Smallage, which Pliny calleth Sylaw, the leaues very much W cm ﬂag

Itholle °fL’"‘f7 C”’”*""‘“ ’ a_m‘mg"’Vh_’i‘°h Ylfeth vpia fmall flalke deepely furrowed or cfemd’ hteiisarﬁ

at the top whereof f pokie or bu ﬂiie rundles of white ﬂoures thicke thruﬂ: together. The to obbic

Comparft Ofvcry many ﬁlaments or threds 5 among which come fortliafew tubcrOll5 °‘ roots like vntothe fecond. » ‘

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5::Fz'l/‘19c22«rlzila zzqzmzztc. VVater Drop-~wort..

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T116 ﬁrﬁ growerh plentifully vpon ilhnie iddkdsddarhzdiintaiiies, and rouoli places, and i" Palluresl found Ereat plenty thereof growing in a field adjoyning to Sion houfe fomtilm a ‘ nelleancere L°“d°”.0D the {ide of a medovv called Sion Medow T ,

The fecond hath beerie fufﬁciently fpoken of in the defcri tibn The third rowcth 1135'“ brookes and riuers ﬁdes. The fourth groweth betweene the Ffoived lands in thegm0ip‘ 3“ W-Ct rowes of a ﬁeld belonging to Batterfey by London. i It alrfo groweth in great abundance in r 6. ny places by the Thames ﬁde5as amongft the oy ﬁers againft Yorke houfe a little abouc the 1-_ ferrey, agamﬁ LambCth.&’C. 12 The fifth groweth neere the {ides of riuer,s and watﬁfﬁlcami 3

pecially ncerc the riuer of Thames or Tems, as in S. Georges ﬁelds, and about the Bifhop of Lon- .

dons lioufe at Fulham,and fuch like places. They ﬂoure from May to the end of lime. {T T66 Names. V , , They are commonly called Filzpendulg. The firfl is called of 1\L‘ca1"aw c,«'1£jv‘c1P;7’5.l’ ’”j"[’/’ , of fome,S.1xz'ﬁ.1gm mm, and Mi/lefbljumfylnejzlire : of Plz'ny,r.J/tolm : in Italian and Spanilhrr

dula:i'n Engli{h,Filipendula and Drop—wort. Water Filipendula is called Fi'{ipezir/21$? ﬂail‘

radial“

Deﬂantbe aqmztiagand Silas: Pliny’.

rﬂia. ' Of the Hiftorie of Plants.

in El“? f0urth,whol‘e leaues are like to Homlocks,is as fomc rhinke called oftfardm, Olfwic/viam -' “8l1fh.Hom1ocke Filipendula.

Th 7 The Nature.‘ _ ’ um GT6 kinds ofFilipendula are hot and dry in the third degreeppening and clenfing.yet with a whoefaliriétion or binding. All the kindes of Onaiithes haue the fame facultie,except the fourth,

° PE‘-mitioufnelfe we haue formerly touched. '

qr The Vemm.

The Y°0t of common Filipendula boiled in wine and drunken,is good againft all pains of the E CT.» Caufeth one to make water, and breaketh the ﬂone. The like Diafcoride: hath written of

nanthc : the r0ot,faith he,is good for them that pilfe by drops; I . _‘ _ l preferue a man from the falling B

{;ckue°ﬂl:’“derof‘the roots of Filipendula often vfed in meat, wil

'l~ . I . ,- ’ . -v - _. . Fur . : ~ - i, 1, 5 he 1 ‘ re ‘bed’ zhclifli lace. I hauc omen you in the fourth Place the Mb“ "W1 argciand likg that‘: ofHcmlockc,bu:rarlicr bigger-

C H A P. 4.29. Of Homlockr or /Jerk ﬁemiet.

qt 'I‘/1eDefc'rz'ptioIe.

He {hit kind of Hemlocke hath a long ﬁalke fine or fix foot high_,great and hollow,ful of joints like the {talks of Fennell,of an herby colour,poudered with (‘mall red fpots al-A the! moft like the Items of Dragons : the leaues are great,thick,3Dd ﬁnal Cut Or ;agged like g,0w°_3lles of (_‘,he;Viu,buc much greatenand oﬁa very ﬁrong vnplcafant fauor:tge Hours are White; and f(l:']§'‘’bll]8ttul1&sl1q 1' fP‘fl‘K \l0P5.whicli do change and turne into awhite ﬂat lee . the root is {hoi-|: o ow wit in. . . ‘ 1 The A otbecarics in times pail not know- . ing the right gtﬁli Pelryonnenfe , haue erroniouﬂy taken this Cimta l.mfo_m for thé fame: leaues‘ whcreofare broad. thlckea “id l}k° "UFO CWWM. butnot the fame, Call-Cd it P6/0P07tW€ﬂ- fa mmfblio Cicum, the faculties_ whereof deny and refute that alfertion and_ _°P¥“’°“ 5 Yea » and the» plant it felfe, which béemg ttollch/ed: Yecldetll Or breatheth out a‘ mofl virulent Gt loath forne fmell.‘ Thefe things fuﬁiciently argue , that it isnor a‘ 1; inde of Sefeli; belides the reafons following : Se-“ ﬁli hath a reafonable good fauour in the whole’ plant : the root is bare and ﬁngle , without fibres, like a Carrot. But Cimta hath not onely a loath- fome fmell,but his roots are great , thickei, and lcnobbie, like the roots of uuyrrlzzr : The whole plant doth in a manner refemble the leaues, ﬁalks. and . Homes of tﬂltyrr/zis adorata , whofe fmall white ﬂoures do turn into long and crooked feed s‘, groping at the top of the branches , three cubits ig i. y _ _ . V :1: 3 This in leaues, flalkes, and roots is lay- ger than the lalt defcribed,the flalkes €<l,l}3“‘”g 0‘ exceeding the height of a man: the fmclflsi ﬂ_‘3l‘?§¢ and grieuous, and in all the partg therleooé 6! t ﬁts ike vnto the other plants of this km, “Err . l __.g““‘-5 ’ it by the name of Cmttarza maxilxmtff/7_ amongst and queﬂioneth w'hethCF_ irbgn°=CFl 6 iivﬁwrtza sa- lamanticen/ium OfC1”ﬁ’” ‘ “I ’ W”; dew“ 13 [0 to bee 1:

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