D The ﬁrft ofthcfe kindes is beﬂ,then the fecond; the reil are of leﬂe force. E The roots take away the morpliew and blacke fpots in the sl<in,tetrers, ring-wormes,19P

G The root of battard Hellebor,called among our Engliih women Beare-footﬁceped in ‘Vi

K The leaues of baftard I-lellebor dried in an ouen, after the bread is drawne out, and the P9

, . ... Al ._.,..,4.. « --—~Jv*‘r< »,.. . . {¢—/j

HlﬂOflC Of ]?I3‘Rt$iW%H“ I I B5‘ 2'

feeds inu-{ii be put vnto it : b‘ut ifyou would haue it ﬂrongenadde therennto a graine or two Of 5°35 nnonie. Thus rnnch Aﬁziarim.

roliesi and ‘Icabs. T A

The root foddcn in portage with ﬂeihppeneth the bellies of fuch as haue the dropﬁe. C and n ‘drunken, loofeth the belly euen as the true blacke Hellebor, and is good againﬁ all the difeafcs whereunto blacke Hellebor i'erueth,and lrilleth wormes in children.

It doth his operation with more force and might, if it be made into ponder, and a dis be recciued inwine. i ~

The fame boy led in water with Rue and Agrimonie,cureth the jaundife, and purgetb YEHOW rm perﬂuities by ﬁege . uder

thereof taken in a ﬁgge or raiﬁn,or lirawed vpon a piece of bread fpred with hony,atid eaten,k1 1°’ wormes in children exceedingly. ».

m thcfeof

C H A p. 578. 0fDioicorides bi: 6/ac/ge Hadeéor.

L/1ﬂr4m"z"a 72:}; rd, rue vmztmm rzigmm Diol'coridi!,Dod.~ Blacke Mafter-worts,or Dzofcaride: his blacke HeHcbo[_

qr zrée Defcription.

His kinde of black: Hellebofi {CF fqﬂb bay, Label vnder the name of Ajfrmtzd ”’.‘{t::’,;. greeth very well in ﬂiape with thwhe A

_/lnmtz'a,which is called Imperatoria : “Cue”

by the content ofDiofcarz‘dc: and oth_C‘1'

who haue expreffed this plant for a k_1ﬂ h many mtmm nigrum, or blacke Hellebofa 1} hat ,5 or blackiih green’ leaues parted or cut 105? {mica fa ﬂue deepe cuts, after the maner of I119 ""6 an very like vnto thofe of Sanicle,' both 1“ 3'6?” is of colour and alfo in proportion. T 5 M tow euen,fmooth,and plainemtthe top whereo gum flames in little tufts orvmbelsfettﬂga e co. thofc of Scabious, of a whitifh lightﬁrcetziarkc lour, daihed ouer as "it were with a link’ 0 C5,. purple: after which come the feed like V“: any

‘WWW 0! baflard Sallion. The ma“ ‘'6' nor.

blackifh thicdsknit to one head or man“ I V

‘ 1‘/2: Place. i am; of Blacke Hellebor is found in tilt? m°““',, Ia,

Germany, and in other vntilledp aﬂd “"5 P. ces: it rof ereth in ardcns. or Diofgariagx writethg, That blacke H6151? bud groweth likewife in rough and dry P ace I;-like that is the bet’: which is taken from ("C tout places 5 as that (faith hec) which is brou%_ my

ofAnticyra a city in Greece. It g1'0W°‘ . garden. -

_ T1] ‘T5: Time. . _ This blaclce P16116501’ ﬂollrﬁth ﬂotln Winter,but in the Summer mg;mh;.The hﬁfbe ‘5 5 all the yeare rhorow. . -. _

teen‘?

. V The iﬂtmex, . _ V .

It is called oi the later Herbariﬂsitx/lmntia riigm .- oforhers,,9.m;w-iafwmina : I'lO'[W1til f7sa»rid_l1_"E it differeth much from u!_/Zrrmfia, an herbe which is alfo named Impemtorizz, or Mailer-wortrt yet vulgar people call it Pellitorie of Spaine, but vntruly :'ir may be called blacke lV_Eaf’€¢"'W°' -’ grs doubt_leﬂ'e it kinde of Hellebor, as the purging facultie doth fhew: for it is Certaine,t ?‘;w,n0gs, experienced phyﬁtians can wirneile, that the roots hereof da purge melancholy and other and

TLI is; 2. V Of the Hi[t0rieoi‘Plants;

and that they themfclues haue perfeétly cured madrnelancholy people being purged herewith, And that it hath a purging quality, comm Gcfmmg: doth likewife telliﬁe in a certaine Epiille ‘f”“_V<?n to Aalilp/am am, in which he ihewetli, that‘Aﬂran;tz’a zzigra isalmoll as Pcrong as white Hels- C 95335 Ehathe hirnfelfe was the ﬁrlt that had experience ofthe purging faculty therof by liege : ' 1°‘ things conﬁrme thatit is I)i0fcorides his blacke ljellebot. , _ 4 V . s _ H‘ D"’f0orz‘de: hath glfo attributed to this plant all thofe names that _are defcribed to the other blael; t e Cbors. He faith furthemhat the feed thereof in Anticyra is called Seﬁimoz‘a’e:,the which is vied 0 Purge with, iffo be that the Text be tiue,and not corrupted.But it feemeth not to be altogether germ}; for ifScﬂ1moide.r, as Pliny faith, and the word it felfe doth fhew, hath his name of the like- fill'e of Scﬂimem, the feed of this blacke Hellebor fhallvnproperly be called Sefamoz'de.t5 being not 1/C thaitpofscfmumabuc ofcrifms or baﬂaard Satiron. By thefc proofes we may fufpeétn that theft;

Ords ar€__bIQ.'Jgi1t into Dz'iifca'rz':./es" from} fome other Author.

In T/J6 Tcmpeiaturc mm’ I/ertues.‘

13 he faculties of this plant wee haue already written to be by triall found like to thofe of the

r a ‘ct lacks Hellebor : notivitliltanding‘ thofe that are defcribed in the former chapter are to be

CCQ “med Of greater force .

Tl: “whelcch -D ,; h P . .l'!i- . 4 . ojahoursro prouethisplant tobcthctrueblackc I-7iel1c§°r°f 'DI0fwru?ts-. °f:i§iii‘7 anottiféiiciiﬁifniiiiisiiii§“i‘iii.o°,'ii7§iii:c‘ia§='§i’fbiiig7>5ri-3 1’erﬁcariaﬁh«.i«ar«,er'Nerim==ws=r=f°=m*==lv4=‘°“*’“‘*“‘*“‘°““’“P‘““ . -cJap.P,g_M_€_ ’

C H A P. 379. 0f’Her6e C/arijlopﬁert

Cbrzﬂaphoriamt 7 » ‘ll 717 ‘9 Deﬁrzepﬁom Herbe Chriitopher.

_ Lthough Hcrbe Chriﬂopher be none of the B;ndc-w¢¢ds, or of_ thofe plants that mine need of fupporting or vnderprop- pingmherewirh it may clime or rampe,yet be.

_ caufe it beam}; gra‘pes,or cluﬂers of berries, ill/ii?/is it mism hm hm ‘3“”‘b‘."‘l “F“°“«‘=’»F*‘€ we-» 1 ,1 p 0, thofewghgt grow like Vineps. It brings f(_)rth

”% little tender ilalkfes'a'fO0t 1003,01‘ I10t much longer 3 whereiipon dO€g‘°W_ ﬁmdry 1631195 ﬂit vpon a tender foot—£talke,which doe make one ‘Mi. leafe fomewhat jagged 9! cut aboutthc edges,

of a light greene colgiir : the ﬁoures grow at ” the top of the ftal_kes,‘in polcie tufts conﬁfling offoure little white leaues apiecegwhich being pa&,the fruit fucceeds, ro’und,fomeywhat,Iong, and blacke when it is ripe, hauing vpon one ﬁde a fireaked furrow or hollowneﬂe growing‘ neere together as doe the cluiters of grapes. The ‘root is thicke, blacke withour,and yellow within like box, with many trailing firings a— nexed th€reto,Creeping far abroad in the earth” pviiereby it doth greatly increafe , and lafteth iong.

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T/.)eP:l4ce. I Herbe Chtiﬁopher groweth in 1:116 worth parts of England, neeie vnto the hour“ 0 I116

right worihipfull Sir William Bower. I haue re-_

eeiued plants thereof from R_05i'W of P3‘i9:f0Y my garden, where they ﬂ0P“ﬂ‘~ 13 7/}: Time.‘

it ﬂmlteth and ﬂolrrifheth in“M‘ay and lune, andthe fruit is ripe in‘ the end of suommei. as N 2272.22 2. 17 7734‘