812 Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. I. LI B. 2..

a--#1" broad leaues,greenc aboue,and next the ground of a white hoarie or grayifh colour, fafh ioned like an ii orle foot ;l0l’ which caufe it was called Pole-foot, and Horfe-hoole: fcldome or neuet (113 you find leaues and flourcs at oncc,but the ﬂours are pail before the leaues come out of the groun ; asmay appeare by the ﬁrﬁ piéture, which fetteth iorth the naked flalkes and ﬂouressand 5)’ the 1"econd,which pourtraiteth the leaues only.

1: 2p Beﬁdes the commonly growing and defcribed Colts- foot, there are other two Tim“ mountaine Colts. leetdefcribed by.C'/14/ma 5 the ﬁrfl whereof I willhere prefent you with, b““h.e fecond you y final! ﬁnde hereafter in the chapter of Afarum, by the name of /yﬂzrina tﬂlatt/iioli. Th” here delineated hath ﬂue or ﬁx leaues not much vnlilre thofe of Alehoofepf a darke [hining grew“ colour aboue,and very white and downy below : the ilalke is naked,l‘ome handfu11hjgh,holl0W and dOWny,b(*.at‘ing one ﬂoure at the top con-pol'ed n4 purpmh thfedsﬁnd ﬂying away in downe :a tcf which theiialke falls away; and fo. the lewines onely remaine during the re& of the yeare : the 10°}

is fmalland creeping. It croweson the‘ tops of the Auflrian and Stirian mountainﬁsawhmiiit

ﬁ_ouresin,1.une or .Aug;ufl- ‘3WI:,ht into Gardens it ﬂoiires in Aprill. clu,/ma calls it T W143‘ itxzt. I . and he hath giuen two ﬁgures thereo;,both which I here giue you by the fame titles 35 ath them. 1: ' ’ "' ‘I "' '

1 2 Tuﬁilago Alpinaﬂorettllﬁi/’; Mountaine Coltsgfoot with F. ‘ ﬂoure fading. '

It 2 Taﬁilagol Alpimzﬂore aperiol A ; Mountains Colts-loot full in ﬂourm

. . 1 ' / ’ a‘,““““ “V/ﬂux:-_I ' J ‘i«._ ' , .-

. q]' The Place: . _ _ far; This grqweth of it felfe neere "(into Springs, and on the brinlies of broolres and riuers,1ﬂ W“ ‘i iowes,b y dlfdles ﬁdssiand in other moiil and watery places neere vnto the tea, almoil euef)’ “' . _ _ qr 75: ‘Time. dsof The ﬂoures which quickly fade, are to be feene in the end of March, and about the Calenhich "Aprill,which fpeedily "WltI1€l' together with the items :after them grow forth the leaU€5a" uh, remaine greene all Summer long :and hereupon it came that Colts-i foot was thought t0 ° W out ﬂoures 5 which thing alfo Plmy hath mentioned in his iix and twentieth booke,cap» 6. A . . I; The 2.\Q_rm¢-s, . I . F”; '1:o]e.foot is called in Greeks, Mai-v = of the Latities likewife Bccbzomand Tuffilago .- in Ih0l;; ,1 I‘ J’ ﬁrdiand Vngula C464/lam: .- of:diuers,l’ata equma .- in Italian, I/‘ﬁg/mi 4,’ C-4,“//0 _. in Spanlfha The afno .- in French, P4: 61' /W" _-' 1“ E_”g!'"ls F01ef00t,' Colts-foot, I-lorfe-hoofe, and Bull-f0°"ét to fame is alfo Cbamaleuce, which Plus} in his twenty eighth booke, and ﬁfteenth chapter_ t€P°’.t lfo be likewife called Farfugz'imz,and F47‘MmI77{,lf there be not an errour in the copy = W121‘ dug Aétim in his‘ ﬁi-ft booke aﬁirmeth, pretermitting the name of Bevhium, and attributing lgltto the venues and lacultiesof Becbium or C()ltS~ foot. Whole opinion oroéaﬁm feemct

in his ﬁfteenth b.°°k= efhis l“¢.‘li°i_9i‘.l?l*? S291le&i°ns. making m?!lFl9l} 95 CW+"‘”“* 9“

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r\ 2° agreerh with them 3 fhewing that fome thinke, that Becliium is called by another name Cbami. fel‘f‘»fm his twenty ﬁxth booke,up.5. and it may bee that Diafwrizlc: hath written of one and the E e flme herbe in fundry places, and by diuers names. Beclzium and Tu].?z'l4go,which may alfo’ be

. tlgliihed Coughwort,fo called of the efFe6’t,and Farf4ra,of the white Poplar tree,to whofe leaues l

1,2; 51“ 5 which was named of the Ancients Farﬁrm, as Plautzu writeth in his Comedic called "4 a, . .. - s- _. _.

*w'[2mii lqgiani dull‘. _g ﬁmdafquc eo:.[2rq/lermézim ivtfblia Farﬁtri 3 ;

To the company I gaue both lime bulb and ﬂing.‘ That to the ground as Poplar leaues I might them ﬂing;

1er1:"""”¢m (from whom our Author tooke this) lets downe this place in Plautu‘; as you ﬁgde if ’ ‘“_ ﬂ_0t well 5 for the lall verfe fliould be Fundafque, eapriejfermbant falia Farfm. Thus 1; 33.1“ °d1tl<_>ns of Plautiu, and that rightly,as the enfuing words in that place declare. 1: , led elf White Poplar tree is called in Greeke, Mumalld hereupon Becliiim or Colts-foot was alfo calf 47W¢l¢’uc'e_ Th qr The Temperature and Vernier. gum: slfaucs of Colts-foot being frerb and grcene are fomrhing cold, and haue withall a drying

fem Y 5 they are good for vlcers and inﬂammations:but the dried leaues are hot and dry, and “Vhatbitin .

that €00-ﬁion made of the greene leaues and roots, or elfe a fyrrup thereof, is good for the cough 3

.I.P"°°€edeth of a thin rheurne.

- ° green leaues of Pole.-foot pound with hony, do cure and healefthe hot inﬂammation called C

all‘! nthonies lite, and all other inﬂammations. i lmpefhfuﬂle of the dried leaues taken through a funnell or tunnell, burned vpon coles, effectually n and thofe that are troubled with the ihortneﬂé ofbrcath, and fetch their winde thicke and of: ~’e. bfealreth without perill the impollumes of the breil. _ §,id_ “'3 taken in manner as they take _Tobaco, it mightily prcuaileth againﬂ the difeafes afore-_‘

C ii 5:1. 291. Of ﬂutterrﬂztrre.

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~' BVttet.Burre doth in like manner bring forth ﬂoures before the leaner, as doth Coltsl foogbu; they are {mall,mollie, tending to a purple colour 3 which being made vp into I 3 big care as it were,do quickely (together with the ﬁelfh which is thicke, full of fub- brittle) wither and fall away : the leaues are very great like to a round cap or hat,called e Petflfw, of fuch a wideneﬂe, as that of it felfe it is big and large enough to keepe a mans om raine,and from the heate of the Sunne : and therefore they be greater than the leaues of e°t~_ Burre, of colour fomewhat white, yet whiter vnderneath :euery fletn beareth his leafc ;’ reg‘: 13 oftentimes a cubit long,_thiclce, full offubilance ;vp<_)n which ilandeth the leafe in the tomes. b middlernoii part of the circumference, or very necre, like to one of the greatell Mulli- d at l1t_that it hath a cleft that Piandeth about the item, efpecially when they are in periihing mug away -. at the ﬁrii the vpper fuperﬁciall or outﬁde of the Mufhromes ﬂandcth out, outﬁd °“ theyare in withering ilandeth more in ;and euen fo the leafe of Butter-Bur high or} the e {.3 3 Certainelhallow hollownelfc {the root is thicke, long, blacke without, white withiniof » mewhat bitter,and is oftentimes worme-eaten.

qt ‘ﬁve Place.

rw _.-., T o ‘ . his gmweth 111 31013: places neere vnto riuers ﬁdes,and vpon the brinlts and banks of lakes and euety where.

..Th 1]‘ The ‘Time; ﬂu “Fate with the ﬂoures ﬂourith in Aprill or fooner: then come vp the leaues, which continue l~»—.~-“.!E°TaV€E!li!!E!';9!!‘?§ (iiii growing vp. s p I a rim -r rte