Of the Hiﬁorie: of Plants.

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it Mr Ancizuﬁz Alcibiaeﬁan. Red Alkanet.

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L/Inehuﬁ minor. Small Alkanet.

1- 2 Anehuﬂx lutea. ’ Yellow Alkanet.

plants were called 1.4 mImj2:,of that ﬂouriﬂilﬂgztg bright red colour which is in the root/reueﬂ 3‘ pure and cleare bloud 5 for that is the onely ma‘ hof, note whereby to diﬁinguifh thefexherbs from gene which be called Eebz‘um,Lyeepfz'5,and Bug/vﬂhw cg... they haue a great refemblanee 3 l haue the¥¢..° A}; prelled fourve differences of this plant Ana/Mﬁ‘ ms (1 kanet,from the other kindes, by the leaues,ﬂ°“' ’ bigne ffe. ' e I ages

I The Exit kinde of Alkanet hath man)’ eima like Erbium or {mall BuglolFe,couered OH“ :3 5,‘ pricky hoarineffe,hauing commonly but On‘? which is round,rough,and a cubit high.Th€ ‘Tpno; the ﬂoures are of a sky colour tendin t0 P”? C:-gm vnlike the ﬂoures ofEc/zium .- the fee? is fmalhﬁﬂgcr. whatlong, and of a pale colour: the r00E15 3 eddy.‘ thicke, the pith or inner part thereof is OF3 Wochcth fub ﬁance , dying the hands or whatfoeuef ‘Out. 5 11. She fame,of a blond y colour,or of the c010“”° T

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2 The fecond kinde of Amlmﬁz Of Al g"°‘"e' b°3"‘Y and eliimation than the ﬁr?-‘1 ches are lelle and more bufhy in the top 51‘ hat“ or greater plenty of leaues, and thofe mole woo thirst hairy: the hall: groweth to the height of two ctdﬁ-3, at the top growiﬂoures of a yellow cOl°.‘".’ far o" rt rent from the other: the root is more {liming = . - excellent delicat purple colour,and mm‘? f“

than the Exit.

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ﬁhan the roots of the other kindes : in all other refpeﬂs it is leﬂe, for the leauesyare narrower, fma1_ err “°-“derer,and in number more, very areene like vnto Borage,yeelding forth many little tender “hes : the ﬁoures are lelle than of the f mall Buglolfe, and red of colour: the feed is ofan alh co-

°“":f0mewhat long and ﬂender,hauing the talie of Bugloilit.

“gloll'e,notwithftanding for dillinrftions fake I haue feparated and feuered them. This lait “ﬂl hath narrow leanes, much like vnto our common Summer Sauory. The ﬂalkes are two ‘ind uls high,bearing very {mall ﬂoures,and of a blewiih or skie colounthe root is of a dark brow- redAcolour,dying the hands little or nothing at all, and ofa wooddy fubllance. The Place. F Thefe plants do grow in the fields of Nglbone, and about Montpellier, and many other parts of’ rance : I found theofe plants growing in the Ille of Thanet neere tvnto the (ca, betwixt the houfe ,°mC‘ime belonging to Sir H mry Cri/]>e.,and Margate;where I found fome in their naturall ripenes, 3°‘ fearcely any that were come to that beautiful color ofAlkanet:but fuch 85 is {Old for Very good in 0“ Apothecaries {hops I found there in great plenty, _ - _ i I doubt whether our Author found any ofthefe in the place here fer down,for I haue fought lgbmfailed of ﬁnding - yet if he found any it was only the ﬁrll defcribed, for I thinke the other tee are Ptrangers. 1: , . qt‘ '1‘be‘Tz'me. _ .u eAlkanets ﬁoure and ﬂourifh in the Summer rnoneths-:the roots doe yeeld their _bloudy ’ We In harueﬁ tirne,as Dicyeoride: writeth; A ‘ on The Names. _ V B lkanet is called in Greeke am-«an: in Latine alfo Ambuﬁz : of diuers,Frma lzerh, and Omrleza, Ii wHIﬂ4niee, or Spanifh Bugloffe : in S panifh, Sozzgem .- in French, Orvbamt : and In Eﬂglllh e“”1¢r0rchanet and Alkanet.

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T 1]‘ Tire Temperature. _ cl he roots of Alkanet are cold and dry, as Ge/en writeth, and binding, and becaufe it is bitter it dgnfﬁth awav cholericke humours : the leaues be not fo forceable, yet doe they likewife binde and

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.1) "fcarider faith that the root being mqaTcle vp in arc:rbte,or fearecloth with oyle, is very good for old vlcersithat with parched barley meale it is good for the leprey,and for tetters and ring-worms.

Th“ bﬁing vl'ed7as a pelfarie it bringeth forth the dead birth. ldllziglfés

It °fthe kidnies,the fpleeneand agues.

Wig ghere is alfo anotherkinde of Alkanet, which is as the others before rnentioned,a kinde of T , e

3 There is a {mall kinde of Alkanet, whofe root is greater and more ful ofjuyce and fubﬁance‘

decoritiori being inwardly taken with Mead or honied watergcmeth ‘he Y°“°W lauﬂdifea Q

1 Mess vfed in ogmments forwomens paintings :and the leaues drunke in wine 13 good againfi the Q

i.“°fS0fthe later Phylitions do boile with the root of Alkanet and Win69 {Wet butter, fuch as 3

”‘ It 1'10 falt at all,vntill fuch time as it becom rneth red,which theY_°““ ‘ed b“"C":3“<_i giuc it the Y ‘0 tho (e that haue falne from fome high place,but 3_1f° "CPO" "5 to be 30°‘! to dﬂuﬁ forth mea els and fmall pox if it be drunke in the beginning with hot beere. . V

e roots of thefe are vied to color ﬁrrups,waters,ge1lies_, 8; fuch like 1nl:e<5tions as Turnfole is; “man ofAm’mz hath fer down a compoﬁtion called SmgmJ_ Vw6_m,Whlch ls molt ﬁngular in deep 0-un ‘ Utes or wounds made with chru{ts,as follow s‘: take ofoile olrue a p1nt,the root of Alkanettwo _l§les,earth worms purged,in number twenty, boile them together 8: keep it to the vi’: aforel‘aid.g1

'5 Gentlewomen of France do paint their faces with thefe roots,as it is faid.

it d:eu1tf;:‘::fl§“"!tha:werc formerly hm Wm both om“ “army Buglotl‘c,whcrco£:hc ﬁrﬂ: might well enough fcru:_bu: the a -was much difereat Fromﬂlal. €en.

Of W all and Vipers Eugloﬂe.

x The Drjferiptiaﬁ. . Trap/is Aaaglica, or wilde Buglo{Te,fo called for that it doth not grow {'0 commonlY¢H°" where,hath rough and hairy leaues, fomewhar lefier than the garden Buglom‘-' 3 the me a 1. ﬂoures grow for the moi’: part.vpon the ﬁde of the {lender ﬁalke, in fafhion hollow

2 ‘me be_ll,whereo€fome be blew, and others ofa purple colour. _ h 1. thef A There IS another kinde of Eclzium that hath rough and hairy leaues likewife, muc Ike vrtco in orme” the ﬂan“ is rough, Charged full of little branches,which are laden ‘"3 well’ ﬁde With Chm ﬁne” mi"°w 1°3“e5s(h3"P Pointedgand of a brown colour:amon?§ Wmch Ieaues grow ﬂour“; Oure bemg °0mp0fed of one leafe diuided into 5 parts at the top: 15373; and not ('0 wide Pen as that °fL)'“'PﬁS 3 yet of a fad blew or purple colors the 573; b‘-“5 when the)’ are 0P5“ the)’ f n azure colour long and hollow haugng (-1 .~ -_ <~ ﬁnal blew threds in the middle : the °‘*“ ‘F {mall and black,fa.lhioned likethe head ofa rim: : ~ziper:tl1c root is longrand red Wit‘h°“'° ‘“ ‘ ‘ " " ‘ X >1 ;.-:. ‘ - " 3 The

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