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fal1en,there fucceed flue or fix lharpe pointed rough cods, containing feed almoli like that 0f ‘ '

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C H A 1». 372: Of W oflwbane.

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T Here he diuers forts of Wolfs-banes,whereoffome bring forth flours of a yellow color,0‘{l;-S of 3 blew or tending to Purple : among the Yellow ones there are fame greater; Othc“ 1° ’ fome with broader leaues,and others with narrower. s A

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_ 1 Thom Valdenfirt Broad leafed VVolfs-bane,r

(J The De/Eription; 3 it He fiffl kinde of Aconite,of fome called Tbmpthers adde thereto the place whfllfjgs groweth in great aboundance, which is the Alps, and call itit 16074 I’ 414,9”/"“”"dca;’b‘,v plant tooke his name of the Greeke word 93%!» fignifying corruption, poi °“.’°’ 3 which are the certaine elfeéics of this pernitious plant : for this they vfe very much in p01 °” ’ - when they mean to infect their arrow heads , the more fpeedily and deadly to difpat_ch_t beans which greatly annoy thofe Mountaines of the Alpes. To which ur ofe alfo it 15 into the. Man: townes neere thofe pl_aces,to be fold vnto the hunters, the juyce thcr€° pared by prelling forth,-‘md fo kept in homes and hoofes of beaflzs for the mofi _fPC5d the Aconites: for an arrow touched therewith leaues the wound vncurable (if it but where it entred in) vnlelfe that round about the wound the flefh bee fpeedily cut aw?! quantitie: this plant therefore may rightly be accounted as firlt and chiefe of thofe C3 C

tarics or Aconites, by reafon of the malignant qualities aforefaid.-» This that hath beerfiggzd;

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aréuelh allo that Matt/iiolm hath vnproperly called it Pfiadmanitum, that is,falfe or ballard Aco_ (M90; or without quellion there is no worfe or more fpeedie venome in the world,nor no.Aconite odxi le plant comparable hereunto. And yet let vs conlider the fatherly care and prouidence of m_,w _o hath prouided a conquerour and triumpher ouer this plant fo venomous, namely his 0"ez3’”“ffadntitl2ara,or to f pcalre in {hotter and fewer f yllahles, Ant_l2mz,which is the very antidote two medlezagainfi this kinde of Aconite.The Ptalke of this plant is fmal and tn fhie,very fmooth, fomfipthree handfuls highnvherupon do grow two,three,or_ foure leaues, feldome more, which be can ‘"8 hard,round,{mooth,ofa light greene colour tending to blewnell‘e,like the colour of the lefreesof Woad,nicl<ed in the edges;The floures grow at the top of the flalks,of a yellow colour; Cad‘ ‘h°fl_thofe of the field Crowfoot,other wife alil<e,in the place therofgtovvs a knop or round and it?’ Gun is the {eed:the root confilleth of nine or ten flender_clogs,with fome frriall fibres-alfo, t 3}’ are faltned together with little firings vnto one head,lil<e thofe of the white Afphodill.

C Wolfes-bane of the mount Baldus hath one ftalke,fmooth and plain,in the middle vs_rhere—_ 1. e°{ne forth two leaues and no more,wherein it differeth from the other of the Valdens, hauing, flailrlfe three or foure {harp pointed leaues, narrow and fomewhat jaggedat the place where. the C C iuideth it felfe into fmaller branches 5 whereon do grows fmall yellow floures like the pre-

,but much le(l'er'. . * ' * °

Th ’ ’ .4 , h . q; The Place. _ . n. a y the ele venomous plants do grow on the Alpes, and the mountaines of Sauoy and Switzerland :{

tow ' gfowes plentifully in the countrey of the Valdens, who inliabite part of thofe mountains S Italy.The other is found on Bald us,a mountaine of Italy.They are (‘tr-angers in England.

9 ‘- . V. by q} ‘.TbcTz"me. Theyhfloure in March and Aprilhtheir feed is ripe in Iune. l A I‘ Q‘ The Names. thnlis kinde of Aconite or Wolfs-bane is called Tl1ar4,TAm'4,and Tara, it is {Ymmléd V 4l‘1‘’”/I3‘; 1‘. may differ from Napellm, or Monkes.hoocl,which is likewifelnarned ‘T 5074.‘ ‘ -J _ “Ice ' ’ it “hard to affirtne the fame ‘to be"I‘l:om Valdenjz‘.r..__ _ V _ L _ _. . Irfihbihfffifr iudges this to be the lplcanitaym Pardaliantlrer ofDztJf'€07"1‘5i3“d herem ’°f°l1°W€d by

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tee?“ f9’¢€ Of thefe Wolfes-banes,ls moi’: pernitious and poifon Come, “ml (‘F it lg T°P°“‘€d9 CK- ; _ ‘he malice ‘of Napellmgor any of the other Wolfes—banes,as we haue faid.« . ey fa)’ thatit is of fuch force, that if a man efpecially , “fl the.“ “C?” “Y f?““7,f°‘?“’-‘d bear“. ur “Med with an arrow or other inflrument. dipped in the juice hereof, the)’ die Within halfe 8“ l ° We-r rcmedilelfei Tlltre

‘°d—Thg mo game, Wm Ch wen; bv an mm“ of-‘figbgyg 'l)¢Hgnfl; mg andfamirm, thus di cred, the male had onely two large roundlcaues, and the . er :wo{,¢;,,’a am, of one plant are more deeply cut in vpon the top of the leaues,whicli are E‘\\*_er Ina leffer than that": or the former. ._, a .

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T His kind 0? Aconitc is called Aconitum fflemaie B¢’1g4mm3-ofnadomeml Acohituam iwtetimi ””"’”'-“V l ‘ in E“81ifh,\N'olfs-bane or final yellow Wolfs-bane whofehleaues coine forth of the ground - 2 J i i '

e In th 111: the Colder the weather is,and the deeper that the {how is,the fairer and larger is the fl°“’¢'a3“Ql “met that the weather is the leffer is the floure and worfe colourednhefe lea|J€5 ,1 .3)’ Come

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lagged ‘ 3 ground immediatly from the root, with a naked, (oft, and flendef “em? dcepely Cut 07’ .a . I on th \

Ye! ‘E191-mes of an exceedin f ' e coloufain thc mid“ °fwhii°h.c°mmeth‘f°“h 3' °.°d3:lI.llout’m thew‘)! fafhion like gnfdrthgrgglfmon field Crow-.f°°mfterwh‘°h f°nQW'f““»dT’Y

like to ofb.'°‘”"° feeds like the other kinds of Aconitestthe ro.ot;is thiiCk»Wb¢¥°l!S;and khotties ~ the kindesofAnemone, . ‘ ' V ’ e = i i ’

” maketh mention of a certaine deadly herbe in his fourth book, filxt 5311- Canal 917/1.“ 5‘:

re we" f°""¢rlv four figures in this eh!Pter,wit‘r'i as many deQ:riPtions,:'houf;l1 Eh‘ Pl‘“"‘ fif%“'°d and d°f‘“b°°“ W3“ bl“ ‘WW! 0 Wllllcll numb‘? “'9? ‘ "

C dead time of winter,many times-bearing the (how on the heads of his leaves 8: flour s ;.

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