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wrapped after a few daiesv in the {mall ﬂalkes , as thred about a botrome, where it remained) {O

defended from the iniurie of V/Vinter clofe vpon the ground, couered alfowith the green_€ Mai‘: aforefaid,by which meanes it is kept from the frol’c,euen from the time of his feeding, vthfch gate Septemhenvntill lune : at which time the leaues doe fade away,the ﬁalkes 8: feed remaining em and naked , whereby it inioyeth the Sun (whereof it was long depri-ued) the fooner_to bring ‘ U vnto m-aturitie:the root is round like a Turnep,blacke without and white within, with man)’ ma ﬁrings annexed thereto. ,, . d 2 The fecond kinde of Sowbread hath broad leaues fpred vpon the ground, (harp Pomteo’ fomwhat indented about the edges, of a darke greene colour,with fome little lines or ﬁrakﬂﬁc white on the vpper {ide,and of a darke reddifh colour on that fide next the ground : among “lhihe rife vp {lender foot-ftalkes of two or three inches long : at the topsrwhereoffiand fuch ﬂoures asa precedent, but of a fweeter f mel,and more plea fant colour. The feed is alfo wrapped vp in thc 9

. . , . . . . _ _ er- for his Iurther defence againﬂ the iniurie of winter. The root is fomewhat greatenand Ofmole V

me, as {hall be declared.

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3 There is authird kinde ofvhiyisow-bread that hath round leaueswithout peaked corner‘! as

ibali befcgrehtnjentionedayeft fpinelvgrliilalt fnipt about the edges, and fpeckled ‘with white aha; Of a rims O I 6 531155: an 0 3 _ 3? 1 colour in the middle 5 the ﬂoures are like to the refb

deeper purple _= til‘? 1'00‘ 31{011l<€,b1Jt_ fmaller,a_nd this commonly Homes in the Spring-

: 4 This in leaues and roots is much like the lafi dcfcribed5but the ﬂours are f . white,and fweet fmelling. There are diners other varieties of theft: plants, which I th neceﬂiiry for me to inﬁlt vpon : wherefore I referre the curious to the Garden of {ion byiwlljfljin Pa{kmﬁ)I”,whehe' ti]leIYb{é1:l:‘Cuf::itl'l(fi.OefIlC3i]t{ilfﬁifeionl i in II b lled in-to quev

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i’lion,a'nd his plac§a:lfo,con'ﬁdering that there hath begnagetatforgﬁgniirgyi jgout the far???» 31”“, do fully determined on either art which hath moued me to lac h'm" ‘ h thofe plants t fit _ . refernbleone another,both}i:n {hape and name : this planthathegr1eenvgdorne_red leaues like to grey

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cl fmall gaping lloures like the {mall Snapdragon : more hath not been {aid of this plant; I E‘ 0? ﬂalke or root, but is left vnto the conﬁderation of the learned.

. Thﬁilplant which our Author would here acquaint you with,is that which Loéel ﬁgures with ihis title which I here sine and faith it was gathered among other plants on the hils of Italy, but "1 What part or place, oti hohr growing he knew not sand he only queiiions whether it may not be t 16 Cﬂldmirior altcm ofDz‘ofc'orm’cr,lzé.~. 2.czzp. 195. II:

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Sow-bread groweth plentifully about Artoies and Vermandois in France. and in the Foreii of

I e,“’3“d in Brabant :but the fecond groweth plentifully in many places Ofltalie. m tis reported vnto nree by men of good credit, that Cyclamen or Sow-bread groweth vpon the t10“m"‘”“€5 Of Wales - on the hils of Lincolnlhire, and in Somerfet {hire by the houfe of a gene .°”‘3_I1 called Mr, H4[c5,. vpon a Fornborotigh alfo not far from M‘.Bamﬁeld:,neer to a town called m:‘td1U_gton.The ﬁr-fl; mic; kindes grow in my garden, where th ey profper well. 1: Icannot learne this growes wilde in England. i A so an‘ '1‘be'1'ime. _ _ . V V _ vp c(:V~‘t1"e§d ﬂoureth in September when the plant is without leafe,which doth afterwards f pring ativhlltiiitririg green all the Winter,c'oueritig and keeping warmc the fed Vntll M_1df0mm€l:nex.t, can at time tllclecd is ripe as aforefaid. The third ﬂoureth in the fpring-, for which caufe it was; ed CW/amen rucrmma. :» and fo doth alfo the fourth.

S . 11 Tb: Names‘. ‘ , , 5t.ml°VV_~bread is called in Greek, im.z,n.., : in Latine,Tu£erterr_a, and Terra rapzmz : of .Mzirce_l1m ,0r—_ drtgré 5' of Ala_;4lciu5,P4!a[i4,R,apum 'porcimmz,8c Tcrrzmalum : in (hops, Cyclamen,P4m5 Parczmagind

0 mm .- inj—_Italian,P2m Pzircino : in Spani{h,M4zzm de Puerca .- in High Dutch, §'I:l)bJ€l'nb30ttin C01 urel1;.;'a1:(eg;1;ing bzggtgin P;-en,ch,P‘az'n de Porcecm .-in Englifh, Sow-bread. Pliny calleth the 0"‘ Ofthisﬂoure in Latine, Colofsinur coldr .- in Englifh, Murray C010“?- S ,. _ __ I; The Namfe. °w'b’¢3.-déisr lid: and ‘chic in the third degree. Th A ‘ qr The Vemm‘. h e

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humors mead orhonied water, purgeth downewa-‘rd tough 30¢‘ BVOWC ﬂegme? ‘md Qihe‘ ﬂ'1“’l’C‘

uoirhef-ame taken in wine as aforefaid, is very proﬁtable againﬁ all p0_i_.f0n: “id ‘he Wings Of "Ce

mous beal1s,and to be outwardly applied to the hurt place. V

the y C P°Uder taken as aforefaid, curethlhe laundife “d the ﬂopping‘ Of the nu" ' -mketh “WW .

°u°“’ Colour of the bodie, if the patient after the taking hereof be caufcd I0 (Wear.

eaues fiamped with honie, and the juice/put into the eicsurleareth the fight taketh away :2

mt, ‘5 and webs, pearle or haw, and all impediments of the ﬁghtsﬂld is P” “W0 that ¢X¢€11t’D£ merit called f/rzgueimim Art/_1am'tte. '

red me ‘°°t bangediibout women in their extreme trauéll with Childfr ¢3l1'f€th them to be dCll|;lL.~'

Continent, and taketh away much of their paine. * din C eaues put into the place bath the like effedt, as my wlfé had‘ Pwoued fundry times vpon ers W,°m¢D,by my aduife and commandement. Wifh 8°°d fuccelrﬁ ° Juice of Sow-bread doth open the HemorIh01d5s and caufeth thctn to ﬂow being Ipp‘lic*L‘L

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wv::}l1l"‘§s zrnoreouer it clenfeth the head by the nol’chrils,it purgeth the belly being anointed rlm-V sand killeth the childe. It is a‘ (irong medicine to deﬂroy the birth,being putvp as a pClT.'y.,_

the liacmireth the skin, and taketh away the Sun-burning, and all blemilhés of the faC<*,piH5“¥€ 05

it makléeﬁand marks alfo that remaine after the fmall pocks 3;-C mefels : arid giuen in wine to drink,

T lac‘! 8 man drunke. and kibed heeles.

embefsmot being made hollow’ and ﬁlled with oile, clofed with a little wax,and rolted in the hot L

Beinglgketh an excellent ointment for the griefes laft rehearfed . r0L]s . . _ _ _ . ~ medicine to make one in loue,it it be inwardly taken;

It is not A g _ A The Danmger. to r ' , _ {hide 8°95 for Women with childe to touch or takethis. hefbﬁs 0‘ _ C9316 ﬂeﬁc VI1§OlCa 0‘ A ?“€r the fame where it groweth . for the naturall attraétiue vertue therein contained is fuchs, it without controuerfie they that a~tt,empt* it irmianner abouefaidﬁhallbe deliuerad before their 3 b bbr tihie 2“

“Pot of Sowsbread dried into ponder and taken inwardly in the quiilltitic ~05 dlém and 1

15 mixed with medicines that confume or waﬁe away knots, the Kings will, and other hard '21’

€co€tion thereof ferueth as a good and effeétuall bath for rnembers out ofjoinr, the E“”'V :9;-.

eaten and made vp into trochifches, or little ﬂat cakes, it is reported to be 3' g°0d 3310-