Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

The fecond Friers hood hath many leaues, long and narrow, frnooth and glittering: ffilrﬁ V at or hofeis narrow and i0I]g5[h€ peiiell that cornrneth forth of it is ﬂender, in forme like gfto earth worme, of a blackilh purple colour, as hath alfo the inﬁde of the hole, vpon Whlchahé” bf? the ground,and fometimes a little Within the ground, groweth a certaine bunch or clulter Of 4 ries, greene at the ﬁr{t,and afterwards red : the riot is round and white like the others-

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Thefe plants are {hangers in England, but common in Italy, and efpecially in Tufcane 5153:; Rome, and in Dalmatia," as L/ilozﬁm Anguillani witneffeth znotwithfianding I haue them In Garden.

{I 'I‘éeTime. - The floures and fruit of thefe come to perfeétion with thofe of C uckowpint and Dtag°“5' ; i r {y The Names. , for Friers hood is called Diofeorider, ‘Armor : in Latine, Arifarzmz : but Pliny calleth it“Aer=- _°r Am 5“ or in his twenty fourth bo0ke,m]2. 16..hee faith, That Aria which groweth in /Egypt is like AT? D . Cuckowpint : it may be called in Englifh after the Latine name Arijhrnm ; but in my 0P1”‘;er€_ may be more ﬁtly called Friers hood,or Friers cowle,to which the ﬂouresfeeme to be like; W upon the Spaniards name it Fraili/!a:,as Dalefeampim noteth. tn Tlze Temperature. . _ _ Friers- Cowle is like in power and faculty to the Cuckow-pint, yet is it more biting, faith. . —_ ?

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A There is no great vfe ofthefe plants in Phyﬁcke 5 but it is reported that they {lay running 01’ V‘

Greeke C0/Zyria, good againﬁ ﬁﬁula’s : and being put into the fecret part of any liuing thing, “ ‘O teth the fame,as Diafcoridcr writeth. T

. . . . . _ in ring fores or vlcers iand likewife that there 13 made of the roots certaine cornpoﬁtions cal Cd

’ - ‘ . . . - b if" 1‘ Thatwhich was formerly ﬁgured and defcrib cdin the third place, vnder the title of .Ari]7irum lanfalium Mltrhiali, was the ram; wirhghat dcrwbcd Y name of ’Dmamz‘nm 7/rimi4,'in the precedent chapter-,and therefore here omitted.

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2 Aﬁirimi Martbialtl Italian Afarabaccm

1 Ajhrum; Afarabacca.

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,‘ THe leaues of‘ Afarabacca are l'm_ooth,ofa deepe greene colour,rounder,broader,and ten. deter than thofe of lvie, and not cornered at all, not vnlike to thofe of Sow. bread; he

an imfauo floures lie clofe to the roots, hid vnder the leaucs, ltanding vpon {lender foottﬂzalkes, of tamed fmalﬁerd purple colour, like to the flames and huskes of Henbane,but lelfe,wherein are con- ope md eeds, cornered, and fomewhat rough :the roots are many, fmall and ﬂender, growing mo CT the vppcr cm Pr of the earth,one folded within another, of an vnplealant taltc, but of a

‘ Weefaﬂd pleafing fmell, hauing withall a kindeofbiting quality.

15 {trange kinde of Afarabacca,which tn/zattkiolm hath fet forth creeping on the ground, cu: 0; our common Aﬁrabacca, hath leaues fomewhat rounder and rougherﬁeightly in.j¢n_ e “"0 ti]. e edges, and fet vpon long ﬂender foot-fialkes : the homes grow hard vnto the ground e mot Ofe ofCammomill,but much leffer,ofa mealy or dul’ty colourgand not Without fmell.

. h S are long and flender,creeping vnder the vpper cruﬂ of the earth,ofa fharpe t_a{te,and bit. _“”- lli This t/112mm of M’aztbiolw,Clu[im (whofe opinionl here follow) hath iudged to be h ‘ “1s"’_LAlpz'm 2 . of his defcription , wherefore I giue you his ﬁgure in {lead of that or our °1',which had the ﬂoures expreﬂ, which this wants. It ltd 1_ qt The Place. \ E ‘ghteth to grow in ihadowie places,and is very common in molt Gardens? The h _ lj T/re Time. erbe is alwaies greene 3 yet doth it in the Springbring forth new leaues and ﬂouresl . q} The Name)‘. alled in C:reelce'Aau.:cv. ufjizmm .- in Lacine, Nardm rujliea : and of d iuers, Perpenﬁz : Perpenﬂt ‘“'5"74r1'r in Pliny,lz!v.2 I .c4,e. 2 I .M4cer faith, That Aﬂmrm is called Vmfgagtgin thefc words :_ Eff ,§C»:roz/z Gri2cE,Vu{q4_qe djﬁa Latiné. This herbe, uifaron do the Graecians name; [is F VVhereas the Latines Vulgzigo clepe the fame. _ ‘rim, §°““d alfo amongﬂ the balhrd names, that it was called of the great learned Philofophers in ""= that is, Mam'sﬁngui‘s,or the blond of Mm : and of the French menr34“” ; and thereupon

e . . . Peogfgﬂh that the word Ajziméaem came, which the Apothecafles Vfesalld llkfwlfe the coninon

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{O C I - lit there is another Baccbarir differing from A/arum, yet notwithﬂanding Cratezm doth al-

i Wvbarir, A arum. _ themres Eonfulion of both the names hath been the can fe,that mollcogld ngt fufﬁciently expound 35 coneernin (/1 rum and Bacclum;r- and that man things aue een written amilf ‘ an _ _ g fa Y _ _ _ e in a fWge€?,ri:e15,9fDtoﬂ0rtde:, in the chapter of Aiamm : for when it_is fetgitgwnjin the Grecke copies B466‘ «ref mg garden herbe, it belongeth not to the defcription 0 _1S [amm,but to that of at meal‘ 0I_ Afamm (as Pliny faith) is fo called, bee-au_fe it is not put into garlands : and fo by rupted nes it came to paffe, that oftentimes the defcriptions of the old Writers were found cor- be mar,‘:‘“;1i$onfiifed : which thing, as it is in thisplacc mariifeﬂ, fo oftentimes it cannot fo eaﬁly iklmmte .1.“ other places. Furthermore, ./Jfarum in called in French Caéaret : in high Dutchﬁigaa 3. in low Dutch, gyms gggm : in Englifh, AfarabaCca,Fole-foot,and Hazel wort. h qr T/ye Temperature., With $,l°a“*°~‘5 Of Afarabacca are hot and dry, with a purging qualitie ad ioyned thereunto, yet not C eautea certaine kinde of aftriétion or binding. The roots are alfo hot and dry, yet more than d are 1.55 Ehey are of thin and fubtill parts: they procure vrine,bring downe the deﬁred ﬁcknelfe, €om:a:c1nl:'aculty,as Galen faith, to the roots of Ac_orm,but yet "more forceable, and the roots “let , . 3 °_ 053 thmne “fence: hemngv attﬁﬂllﬁtlﬂg. drying, and provoking vrine, as he affir- felue lch things are happily performed by taking the roots of Afarabacca either by them- S am mixed with other things ’

Theleaues dra f Done the b elites.

qr The Vertuer.‘ _ w forth by vomit, thicke phlegmaticke and cholericlre humours, and withall enysaﬂd lnthis they are more forceable and of greater effeél: than €h¢I00tS them-

. h . tron ey are th°“8h€ E0 keepe in hard fwelling cankers that they encreafe not; 01' Com‘? t0 exulcera- B

,0: creeping 30V farther, if they be outwardly applied vpon the fame.

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fweuie '00“ are good againﬂr the (toppings of the liner, gall, and fpleene, againfl; wens and hard C

(1 "g9: and agues of loner continuanc :but b 'n taken in the greater uant't‘ , h urge £%)‘Tt1)eya,r‘::lgceholer_ not muchtielfe than ugh: leaues (etlbgugh Galen fay no) by vfhmitleihdcihflye, and

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