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‘ Aconitam hyemalel. Wint_erWoolfes-bane. ll 75‘ P 14”“

. f. It groweth vpon the mountains 9fmGo‘;, many:we haue great quantitle Of 1‘ London gardens. ,1 T. L " » K , Tc mt. . ,- ‘T “ ii =_ e It ﬂoureth Ianuar)’ 5 the feed is IIPC l ” ’ V’ =‘ “ in the end of March. A - The N amen . It is calledqldcenimm /Jymfdlf’ '°‘kI.i[:h:)f mm, or winter Aéonite:that it is 8 1 V Aconite or Wolfs-bane,both I the leaues and cods, and alfo th rous faculties of the herb it felfe (1 M/hf: It is much like to Awmhfm Tbeofk M. which he defcribcs in his ninth b9,"o’, u, ‘ ing,it is a ihort herb hauing_n0:“'7°’= h A erﬂuous thin rowin .oiiit,8 , gut branches a§t%1iS Pl-EEK: iszthc ‘oogﬁiﬂh he,is like to _wa,or to a nut,or els to 0‘; 3-‘ "my ﬁg: only the lcafefeemcth 50 mladic to gainﬂ it , which is nothing at?“ ‘I w_ that of Succory,which he compares 1 1] Tim ﬁmperatare aim’ V W ”“’;1' ngg. This herb is counted to bcf V5’? {amt}, tons and deadly, hot and dry_iii the doth degree,a_s 7‘ﬁ>€0Pb7¢!ﬂﬁ3 in plain w0T_ 5 -_ for tciiiﬁe concerning his own AC0f“i‘f3(;und . ‘which he faith thatthere was fl.€“,‘?’W,,,,; 1 4. __ . . : l ‘L ‘his Antidote or remed'i'e:wher0£ 1? d OM’ and Tlmapompu: write, that thisplant is the molt poifonous herbe of all oth'er'sl,which n_10“‘; ‘ W to fay,&.e gm mifcimmr dart: mimcia razmunotwith (landing it is not without his pe_cul13’‘‘’ ‘ Ia.:cbz‘mus Camtraria: now lining in Noremberg faith, the water dropped into the eies ceé} 9 fwd, pains; burning:it is reported to preuaile mightily againii the bitings offcorpiom, ind 15 - mctll force',that if the Scorpion pail}: by where it groweth and touch the fame,prefe.ntIy»h€ b¢?9s'-.n- ‘Pre- dul1,heau y,and fe"nc'eleﬂ'e,and if the fame fcorpion by chance touch the white;Hellebor,_~, ¢ — : fentlyideliuered from his drowﬁnefie. ’ ’ V . ' l " ‘l . t ' »

VICHAI-i’. Of .7\/litlnridate W 0/ epbanel.

_ 1; 9 The Dejiriptyiwi. { S ‘ “ ' . ol 5 His plant Called kzfntb ni, being the antidote againli the poifon of Tl907d,A[0ﬂt7€ Of :'7.‘£gge,d@ baﬂeshath “end” h01l. w ﬂalkes,verybrittle,a cubit high, garnilhed with H06 CW0. at the leaues,very likﬁ F0 ‘E3114 R""W¢a,or the common Larks fpurre-,called Confoliélﬁ 7 "1? ". lgofbufi top of the fialks grow faire ﬂourpesfafhioned like a little helmet, of an ouerwornfi-Y°_h°”f:.= of 7 ' afterwhich come fmall blackifh cods,wherein is contained blacke mining feed like t 0’ . .-

onsgthe1lO0KCOI1ﬁﬂZClZl‘lOfd1lICl'SkﬂQbS01’fub€l'0uSiLli’IIpS,0f thebigneffeofazmaiisthuni V “ meme. l e . H - . _ '- . _y.“:¥I.Vd:;3_[7£"f‘ This plant which in Creeke we may terme’ Avv¢3=eé=.growetb abundantly in'~th€‘A££Pfl':i{‘: c éﬂea tz‘ci,in Sauoy,and in Ligtiria.TheiLIgUf1anSs9fTnrnin,and tho-fe that dwellneer: if E 4; path‘? haue foundthis hedge to be a prefetit remedie againft thedeadly poifon of thehcij it‘ i _ reft of the Aconits,prouided that when it is brought into the gardcn'thCrC"l?°—bF aga 3" --3 it gfsit mun not be piamcci nests F9§“Y 9fslis Asonirsssfos FhE9“gh his 8==““9““° ‘1

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\L I B - 2.. A Of the Hiﬁorie of Plantss ‘L draw 'vnto it felfe the maligne and venomous poifon of the Aconite,wherby it wil become of the like qualitie, that is, to become poifo-' nous likewife : but being kept far ofﬁir retai- neth his owne naturall qualitie Frill. L Q} ‘T/7e Time. A Itlﬂoureth in Auguit, the feed is ripe in the end ofseptember. p A q *‘ » ‘N22 Names." M The inhabitants of the lake of Gene-va,and the Piemontoife do call it e/Int/Jam, and the common people Ant/W0’. Arman calleth a cere taine herbe which is like to Monks hood,as a remedy again it the poilon thereof , by the name of Nape/I12: May,/2'5, in the 500 chapter of his fecond boo kegand in the 74; chapter hee faith,that Zedoaria doth grow with N 4106/]!!! O5. Monks ho‘od,and that by reafon of the neer- tieife of the fame, the force and ilrength ther- of is du'lled,and made weaker, and that it is a treacle, that is .i a cotinterpoifon againfl the -‘Viper,Monks hood,and all other poifonsmihd hereupon it followeth, that it is not only N4- gain: cﬂ/toy/i:,but alfo Zcaloztria AltiC€77?7z9:ﬂOt. withfianding the Apothecaries doe fell anoe ther Zedoziri/z d ilfering from Arzrbom which is a root of a longer forrric , which not without eaufe is thought tobe L/Iuicmr and Sera1>;’a’_r iiemméet/1_,0'r Zttrumbcfll. . ‘ It is called Am/zorzz,as though they Giould. ‘ e fay umtit/.vora,b-ec-aufe it is an enemy to TIM. -,1 i " “ s ‘ _ ’ re, and a cotinterpoyfon to the fame. ‘Thom an 01 dm "_"4,G'l' Tan and /Inturafeem tobe new wor'ds,but yet they are vied in Marce/{us Empmim 5;‘ the E. ‘Wife!’-,-svho teaches vs a medicine to be made of Zuni and Award, agamlt the pin and web l 3*“ Engliﬂnyellow Monks-hood,yellow Helmet ﬂoure,and Aconites Mtthridatei The " -« e T/lei/emm. _ _ . ‘ _ for . v0r_ootoFAnr/Gore is wonderfull bitter,it is an enemy toall poifons :it1S 12°05 10?’ purgations -, A‘ Wormeslgffg bg tlhe iioole both watery and ilimie humors,killeth and drlueth forth all manner of . e e . vomftgz Solcrim’ faiihthat the roots _ofAm}3or.c do largcly_ pui-ge,not only by the (tool, but alfo by B‘ a bean‘e D_d that the tneaﬁire thereof is taken to the quantity of Fafelm (which is commonly called ,1 1}‘ broth or wine,and is giuen to ftrong bodies.

-4, *1]! /mm fme Aronimm fzzlaiiﬁram. \ i10lefomc Wolf'es~-bane

tcnthatntux Gmmerim cloth thew in his treatie of the plague, the fecond clifFerence,the third chap. (3 Wit .””t1iora is of great force-,yea 8; that againit the plague:and the root is of like vertues,giuen $3016, which I haue feene, faith_he,by experience: and he further faith, it is an herbe that pm ‘ml by that herbe T/JW‘4,0fW.h1Cl1 there is made a poyfon, when-ewith they of Sauoy and be s ad }acent,do_enuenome their arrowes,the more fpeedily to km the wild Goats,8e other ms of the Alpifh mountaines. And this root Antliora, 15 the Bazaar or counterpoifon to ‘~]llallti:_r:il3’hlCl1 is offo great a_ venom as that it killeth all lining creatures with his poifonfome man‘ I“ thus much Gmmcrzm. _ _ ‘ ‘ Plﬂifons. anicenﬁr hath alfo made mention of Anthem, and t/1mola'm Villanov.-um in his treatie of D - llt their writings dodeclare that they did notwell know Am’/Jam.

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He 11 p _ qr 'TéeDcﬂ:rz‘p.'iox. . _ - ‘ y ._ _ _ £6 Y<_i ow ltinde of W oll-'es—bane called Acanimm /uteum Pazztmml, or according to Do.rIaw.»'z;s_ f ammm Lycoc'z‘mon lttteum maju: : in Englifh,yell0w Wolfs-bane,whcreol this outage hath Ollnd out fundiy forts not knowne to D"iof60rid£:, although form: of the forts feeme to ﬁend‘

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