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, . C, 6 The leaues oruns are fomwhat like,yet 1eﬂ‘e than thofe ofour common Monks_hoydfgj , kifh on the vpper ride and lhining.The (‘talk is fome cubic and half high,ﬁ rm,f_ul1 _0f pith: ‘Zthofe and [hining;diuided towards the top into fome branches carrying few ﬂours like in form tformcra of the vulgar Monl<s—hood,ofa molt elegant and deep violet colourzthe feeds are like thf her and roots round,thicke,and {hort,with many ﬁbres. It growes vpon the hills nigh Saltsburgﬂit , it ﬂoures in Iuly : but brought into gardens it ﬂoures fooner than the rel’: of this l(lIldC; EOW May.Cluﬁm cals this t/Iconimm Lycofiomrm 4..T4urimm. e {wk is 7 This hath leaues broader than thofe of our ordinary Monks-hood,yet like tl1em:tll€_ded m_ round,{iraighr,and ﬁrme,and of ferric three cubits height,and oft times toward the top d‘}“ more to many branches,which cary their ﬂoures fpike-fafhion, of a purple colour, abfolut¢lY_l’kc you“ of the common fort,but that the thrummie matter in the midi’: of the Hours is of a dusltier C0 . The root and reft of the parts are like th0f€ Of E116 Common kind:it grows natutallyVP°“ I 1%: by rian Alpes, whereas it ﬂoures fomewhat after the common kinde,to wit,in Iuly. C114/My ha‘ the name oft/!con_z'tam Lycoffaimm 5 ﬂﬂeuécrgenfe.

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_ . . ' o 8 The leaues of this are alfo (lll!ldCd 1“? , ﬂue parts,anC:l fhipt about theedgcsi an 0 very much refernble thofe of the {m3 V . bane defcribed in the fecondplacfa

the leaues of that fhine,when as the 0, the ﬂalke is two ‘cubits high, not ver)’ ‘

yet ﬁrm and ﬂraight, of a greenifh Pualgmes,

i 9 Aconimm maximum mmmgte coma. Monlres-hood,with the bending or nodding head .

lour - and at the t. carries ﬂue Of ﬁx - A > *3? xconﬁ

the largeﬁ of all the Monks-hood , It offoure leaues,as in the reft of this lflﬂdfzwme, a very large helmet ouer them,bee1I1S Oi times an inch long , of an elegant blcgorg purple colounthe feed-veff‘els,{€€d_5:3“d I S on are like the reﬂ: of this liinde. This gr?” 8,, Iudenberg, the biglieﬂ: hill oral! StY"“’ end ﬂoures in Auguﬂ ; in gardens about ‘I’ of Iuly. Clufim names it utcanirum L} Iudenéergeicfctz V mac C : 9 This rifes vp to the height Of ‘ is dwi-

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bits,with a ﬂender round ﬂallce W111‘ ded into fund ry branches,and comm°“l it geth downe the liead,when‘ce c.‘/u/iW 5“ S cmimm Lycoffonum 8.comi_i’mt4nte. h are like thofc of the common M031‘? but offomwhat a li hter purple colour.” our leaues are larger aural long,and muc mooogs, in or diuidcd than any ofthc te{l- Tlle rthofc feeds, and other particles arenot Vllhkc of the reii of this kinde. _:l: T15: lace. . C Diuers ol'tliel§VVolf£ banes gf0W ‘“ f::._3p~ gardens , except vudcmitam lywmm” ‘ forth of the Emperors booke.

. ‘ 3 F! L I; Tlxe Time. Thefe plants do Home from May vnto the end of Auguﬂ. -V _ _ . _ 1] TlJeName:. ‘ » A .ﬂ3nd » The ﬁrﬁ is Lycoifyvﬂzjjwtt-9, 01' 3 l_<ir_1de of VVo1fes-bane, and is as hurtfull as an)’ Ofthe re [n his called ofLa6¢/A;l’1“’”"""” 14”" ‘D,‘l.”’-fmy, or Larke-fpur Wolfes-bane. Amen fpealreth hercifonswhy fecond boolre, and afterwards in his fourth booke,Fen.6.the firﬂ: T.reati{e;hauing his rea .0 or t e and wh¢,efo,¢h_e,.hath feparated this from Camic/a aalip, that is to fay, the Vvolfes firanglﬂa Woifes-bane. e . , s T T nitrate“ The later and barbarous Herbarilis call the third VVolfes,bane in Latine Nagellwg ° , me,’ of and fhape of the roots of N4pri:,or N am, or Nauew gentle : it is likewife Atom?’ [)",_”ﬂ’i”{ﬂ:e W ere- a kinde of Wolfes-bane : alfo it may be called Taximm 5 for Toximm is a dcadll’ medlcm ’ withuthe Hunterspoyfon i:h‘eir fpeares,'darts, and arrowes, that bring -prcfent deg mes Whisk Eh? B.arbaesirns¢a1!TvreWt4 and Tom 13/'0f¢0r;iﬂ’<€f9F!iI1%“°"*“”l’

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thaf:g?f;5§3“f¢d by 3’"0._*<2'czmy, togetherwith the remedies, reclconeth vp almoli the very fame

uerally ﬁn; 1 0th concerning A7‘/Z19C’[./1'35 ,\ ‘\yrivithﬂ_andin_g Aazcen writes of 2\(;l1>€./III! and Toxic:/M fer.

led at tin h10¥l{IlOlV_lilg what ‘Ioxzamz is,_a_s he hinifelte confefieth i {o that it 18 notto be maruel~ I E auing written of f2\{i2ltc[t’.a:,he lhoiild afterward entreat againe of Taxzmm,

Allthére 1 y _ qr T/ye NatarcaIm’Verz‘uer. A _ _ p . ‘ y e mic p apts arehot and in the fourth degree,and ofa molt venomous qualitie. med 0 at: ant. facultie of VV yoifs-bane is deadly to man and all lfindes of hearts : the fame was e ’ ye . fr 1“ AUtw‘erpe_, and is as yet freih in mem.orie.,by an euident experiment, but molt la- th“ di , Or when the leaues hereof wereyby certaine ignorant perfons {erued vp in fallads , ali eat thereof were prefently taken with rnoﬁ cruell fymptomes,and fo died. V tongue tyvmptomes that l~‘oll_ot\,- rhofe that doe eat of there deadly ‘Herbs are thcfe; their liplps and them)“ 4:? pl forthwith,’ their eyeshang Out,.tl'l€1l'tl'l1gl]CS are ltiffe, and their wits are taken from Le touchceézzﬁn writes,_zzé.4_. '1 he force of this poifon is fuch,that if the points of darts or arrowes ‘ gainmt erewith,it brings deadly hurt to thofe that are wounded with the fame. , y is vex .te 0 deadly a poifon Amcm reclroneth vp certain remedies, which help after the poylon ft) nourilhvp ‘and arming thefe he maketh mention of the Moufe (as the copies euery where haue igand d . ed and fed vp with Nape//ugvvhich is altogether an enemie to the poifonfome nature of _ .‘“°T€Il_1 him that hath taken it from all perill and danger. that it {W5 Gaanems of Pauia,a famous phyﬁtion in hisage,in‘ his treaty ofpoifoins is of opinion, who . i 5 H0! 8 mouﬁ: which amen fpeaketh of,but a fly : for he telleth of a cerraiiie Philofopher ‘irnea Veiycarefiilly and diligently make {earth after this inoufe, and neither could find at any You n5;m°llf€,nor the roots of Wolfs-bane gnawn or bitten, as he had read :bu_t in fearching he amid any ﬂies feeding on the leaues, which the faid Philofophertooke , and made ofthem an efpeciaf or counterpoifon, which hee found to be good and effeétuall againﬂ: other poifons,but 3’ agﬂlnﬁ the poifon of \/Volfs-bane. . I ,- 1 ea anfiompolition confifieth of two ounces of Terra lemnia, as many of the berries of the Bay E bane’ F the like weight of Mithridate, 24 of the ﬂies that haue taken their repaﬁ vpon Wolfes— Th 09)’ and oile Oliue a fulﬁcient quantitie. * '

ileum “"16 opinion that Gmmerzm is of, Pena and La5cl do alfo hold; who aﬂirme, that there was FA

5li°a,,n::“° at any time any moufe feeding thereon, but that therebee flies which refort vnto it b y 73nd feed not only vpon the ﬂoures,but on the herb alI'o.- - s '

‘ imeh n , qr T11: Danger. , r _ be faid “Eh bin little heretofore let down concerning the Vertues of Aconites,but much might Antw t e hurts that haue come hereby,as the wofull experience of the lamentable example at

1 7 P 3'" ffefh in memorie,doth declare,as we haue faid.

Eur: that was irithc ﬁrlt place formcrlv, was of the ./iccltitum [mm Ponticﬁm ; and that in the fltcoﬂd Ph“ *3‘ °f 3‘ N-‘P'”’”-

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2’ T He Hrﬁ kind of blacke Hellebor Dadomsus fets forth vnder this ti_tIe,Vm'z‘tr:;m 7¢z'giWm, and it may properly be called in Englilh,b.lacke Hellebor, which is a name molt ﬁtly agreeing vnto the true and vndoubted blacke Hellebor, for the kindes and Otherforts.

llﬁyxe g ~l§air:fWh‘°h hereafter follow are falfe and baltard kindes thereof. This plant hath thicke and fat "ling 3 p 3 eep green colour,the vpper part whereof is fomewhat bluntly nicked or toothed, ha- Wiu», ‘ FY diuilions or cuts in fome leaues many,in others fewet,like to the femal Peonyor Smyr-- Elie gm'""‘W. It beareth R1dl'e—fa{hioned ﬂoures vpon {lender items, growing irrimediatly out of lble ; W “Pd an handfull high,fomtimes very white,a_nd oftentimes mixed with a little thew 0fP!”". lﬂng blaze; eiflg vaded, there fucceed fmall husks fullof blacke feeds: the roots are man)’ » W"-'11’ . 2 E re “ﬁgs com ming from one head. A um .e°°“d kinde of blacke Helleb‘or,calIed of P€ﬂ4,H€/[e5074_/Zfﬂmgaﬂd of DM'IW€”5aV‘’’ 417’ #773 ch: (in Engli{h,Baﬁard Hellebor) hath leaues much like the former, but narrower and bla(:. gin eafe betting much jagged or toothed about the edges likca {am the ﬂiélllifis grow to the es n a foot or more,diuiding themfelues into other branches toward the top; whereon grow . root 0t much vnlike to the former in fhew, faue that they are of a greenifh herby colour. The

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