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the Hiliorie of Plants. LlB= 7--

V gon D;r4co;iteizA5 anc},’l’etteth‘d'oWne many" firange narneisf thereoﬁwhich whether they agree wit

broken afundeigthere appeareth the fruit: mm to a bunch or clulier of grapes Sthe berries wh€l"f°. at_ the ﬁrli are green, afterwards red and ful Of lmcej in which is contained feed that is fomewhathar - the root continueth frefh , thicke like t0f1l§“° ’ white,couered with a thinne pilling,0ﬁ€ﬂ§lm‘?5 O the bignelfe of a riieane apple , full of whitelltl 5 , '. ;, threds appendant thereunto. T

if 2 The leller Dragon is like Aron or VV‘*."“

3 Dracumrilzir aqimticrr: ._

D {:2 :Water Dragons.

L ‘ ~ f j A _ Robin inleaues, hole or huske, peﬁle and berries, ” .‘»‘~, ‘ ‘ “ ~ * ' yet are not the leaues fprinkled with blackc , as with whitifh f pots , which perifh not fo foone_ p thofe of Wake-Robin, but endure tog€_fllC”‘”" the berries euen vntill winter: thefe berries al 0 ‘ not of a deepe red,but of a colour inclining ‘9 16 fron. The root is not vnlilre to the‘Cuckow-D911“ di: hauing the forme of a bulb,full of firings! with d uers rude ihapes of new plants, whereby 1‘ 3'“ Y increafeth. by Ill The ﬁgure which our Author here 83” of the title of Dracmetidm mz7m.4:,was“no other tllﬁ“ be Aron which is defcribed in the ﬁrfi place Of ‘ next Chapter: neither is the dcfcriptloll ofvwﬁ 7“ other plant than of that fort thereof which ll“ /” " T leaues f potted either with white or black: (POI? ah) $3 " though our Author fay only with white.I hall‘? Lg; J uen you Clufim his ﬁgure of mm Byzantine?‘ ! e _ - - . * iiead of that which our Author gaue. If d of 3 Vi_ The root of Water Dragon is not round like a bulbe,but very long,creeping,jointe£l.an I ’ mean bignelfe 5 out of the joints whereof arife the {talks of the leaues, which are round: fmf “b and fpongie withi_n,certain white and ﬂender ﬁrings growing downwards, The fruit fpriﬂgs Oitb at the top vpon a fhort ﬂalke,together with one of the leaues,being at the beginning couerecl Vac“ little white rhreds,which are in {read of the ﬂoures :after that it groweth into abunch or clu kg at tli‘é'fiilt‘greene,an.d when it_is ripe red,l‘eﬂ'er than that of Cucltow-pint,but"not leﬂ'e bit11lS"{ leaues are blO21Cl,gl‘€Clllfl‘J, glib,and fmooth, in fafhion like thofe of? Ivy , yetilcffer than tl10 5 It Cuckow-pint 5 and that thing whereunto the cluﬁered fruit grow_es,is alfo leiler, and in tl1“,9'a' which is towards thefriiit (that is to faythevpper part) is Whitcc ‘ i lb ‘ 4 The great Dragon of Mnttbiolu: his defcription is a ﬁrauger not onely in England,l3l-” ilful W336 for any thing thatwe can learne : my felfe haue diligently enquired of moi} {hangers 5?‘ tic in Plal‘ltS_,tl'1at haue reforted ynto me for conference fake,but no man can giue rnee any CW3’. (0, thereof 5 and therefore I hold it vnﬁt to giue you his ﬁgure or any defcription,for that I take ’‘ a feigned piréture, . . ‘ ‘ ‘V , ' I\ “A ’_ g I’ s it QT The Place. -; nd ‘ Thejgreater and lefi'er Dragons are planted in gardens. The water Dragons grow in watery 3. y Ihariﬂrfrlacess fbiﬁllé molt part in fenny and iianding waters.

;-é;f:;7..‘;*}_: ’‘ “qr Theifime. The berries thefeiplantsjare ripe in Au tumne.

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i "‘ _ " ‘N11’ T/2eN4me.r. ’ M4." The Dragon is called in Greelte darn’:-my = in Larine,1)rammalas. The greater is named Serf? W ria mzij or .- of l'ome,Bzﬂirz’a,and Coluétina : Cardin calleth it Dracuncultu Polypﬁ 11,; yjand Lupb C’//lf’ta_ in high Dutch, ,$tl)lﬂﬂg2tiB€ﬁllt 3 {I1 lO_W-Dutch,‘($pe¢tlZ0ﬂ&Wl9 3 ll“ Fl‘€ncl1,Ser];ent4ire : in ‘ llaD,DI.‘dC0ﬁtM .- i}1,3Pa“ill1.T4'4g9W4-' 1.11 ~l.3ngl1ﬂ1,Dryagons,and Dragonwom Afuleia! call? greater br rh_eo]¢ﬂ'er,lor both of‘th‘em,he_éloth not expound 5 as Pytbion, r/Inalmizkner, Sarr.c/zramziﬁgi 'Merian,scI2ms ‘;1‘9orwlWs’T itIiwivrgfﬁrriopﬁovongand Emzlnion. »s.Jstfbm.m.r fheweth, That W”

is calledudrpniafbegaufe it is.li'ke’ro Aron._, ’ _A . _ * .. . _ . V . 7..e”’P~£t4‘”re. _ .. (

Diragonias G}il_tri’faith, hath a certaine‘lil<enelTe‘with Aron or Wake-Robi‘ri,both in lea

alfo in‘root,yet more biting and more bitter than it,a‘nd therefore hotter,and of thinflﬁl Pam '3“-9

ues ‘f‘“.d

Oiﬁilieufﬁillorie of Plants.

3“? fomething; binding, which by reafon that it is ad joyned with the two former qualities, that is 0 t~’1y,biting and bitter, it is made in like manner a fingular rnedicine of very great eﬂicacy.

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{I The Vmurr.

The root of Drauons doth clenfe and fcoure all the entrailes, making thlﬂﬁei efpecially thicke re tlfugll humourtsi and it is a lingular remedy for vlcers that are hard to be cured, named in e C) auczciiﬁn. J a ét fcoureth and cleanferh mightily, afwell fuch things as haue need of fcouring,as alfo white n blaclie riiorphew, bein:-r tempered with vinegre. L a '3 leaues alfo by reaﬁm that they are of like qualitgare good for vlcers and greene wounds :. 9d the lefle dry they are, the litter they be to heale; for t e dryer ones are of a more fharpe or bi- ng (llﬁlallty than is conuenient for wounds. ' . . , ~ efruitis of greater operation than either the leaues or the root:and therefore it is thought Oh‘? Of force to confume and take away cankers and proud ﬂefh growing in the “°lll1ﬂl5;Call€d in ‘C'~‘l<e,Polypua : alfo the juyce doth cleanfe away webs and fpots in the d65-

ro , . . . otf‘ P031 their hands, are not bitten of the viper.

.P””l faitlnthat fer pents will not come neere vnto him that beareth dragons about him,'and thefle mg‘ “C read concerning both the Dragons, in the two chapters of Dirzfcdricfes. } G519” alfo hath made mention of Dragon in his booke of the faculties of nourilhtnents 5 where (:6 fa“ll,that the root of Dragon being twice or thrice fod,to the end it may lofe all his acrimony Om arpenellésis forntimes giuen as Aron, or wake’-Robin is,when it is'ne'edfull to expell the more “able thicltepandwclammie humors that are troublefome to the chef’: and lungs. or taken of it felfe in nieate caufeth the humors which tlziclte faft in the chef} to be ealily voided . _ the C lllyce of the Garden,Dtagons, as faith Diofcoride:,being dropped into the eies, cloth clenie ~i-“ﬁnd greatly amend the dimnelli: of the light.

e diliilled water hath vertue againli the peitilence or any peﬂilentidll fetter or po‘yfon',being T e loud warrrie with the bell: treacle or mithriclatm

6 fmeil of the ﬂoures is hurtfull. to’ womennewly conceiiied with child.‘

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(L-ti An. 3304.. Of Cut/{ow pint,a’r we/ge«5Ki0H7i-‘ qr T/re Defcriptiom A D

Rmiot Coclrow pint hath great,large, fmooth, ﬂi_i.n{ng.ll1a‘rg>e pointed leaues.b.;cfpPt—,

mil here and there with blackiili fpots, mixed ‘with fome blewnelfe-:.amon5g which

rifeth vp a {ialke nine inches long, befpeckled in rnany places with certaine purple beareth alfo a certaine long hofe or hood, in proportion like the care‘ of an hare .2 in the e Of which hood commeth forth a‘ pelile or clapper ofa darke murry or pale purple ‘cOl0llf 3‘

‘lg paﬁ, there ﬁicceedeth in place thereof a bunch or clutter of berries in manner of‘ an

rapes,greene at the ﬁrli, but after they be ripe of a yellowiih red like coral], and full of ite and fucculent,with fome threddy additaments annexed thereto. _ . ces Jere is in Eoypt a kindc of./.{ram which alfo is to be feene in Africa, and in certamc plat oufgf “lltaninaboiiat riuers and ﬂouds which differeth from that which groweth in England “ml 0f E Parts or" Europe This lant is lai e and great and the leaues thereof are greater than the e angle Wafer Lillie : the root igthicke andg tuberous, rind toward the lower end thicket _a1l.d b"°f"‘d°’> theﬁ 37 <3 eaten. It is reported robe without ﬁoure and feed, but the increafe that ithat .1 y bemgres which runne and fpread from the roots. :5: This plant hath alfo pcllﬁls 3“I‘;l( °1§l%.€"f'3 Of med b 3 as the Common Aron but fotnewhat different the leaues are not cut into ‘l.‘°_ R“ ,6’ W lo}? pk “OTC the letting ithereio : the root alfo is very: large. Thofe that deﬁle ‘O fce molmlthis thenf\’a“.d the ‘llleﬁion which fome haue mooued whether this be the C9/W’/’.f‘:°l FF5“ '-'[="¥.71‘””‘.~4 9f ﬂir -‘menu ? let them haue recourfe to the firli,chapter ofF46iw C0l””“-""“al“5 Wm?“ “’§”m"“”"

’”“’”W~' It-"Ir-’re=,a[ncl there they (hall ﬁnde fatisfaéfiori. at

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“Ytherniore, Diaﬁoridrr writeth, that it is reported that t1i€)’Who haL1¢ mbbed the lealleg 0!’ 1

“d D’ "r°"071'cz'c.t writeth,that the root of the lelfet Dragon being both fodde and roll Witll l10“Yi if 1

ein l ie hid one or two little hard feeds.‘ The root is tuberous, of the bigneifevofa large .

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