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white libres,and an aromaticke tafle. This floures‘ in luly and Augulhand gtowes in rockie placqc: vpon the higheft Alpes. Clziﬁw (the ﬁrft and onely defcriber thereof) calls it Daromam 2.ﬁ ._,4a_{£rz'xim_m 1., _ _ dc! 6 This gtowes fomewhat higher than the lat} defcribed, and hath much broader and rouﬂ C , leaues,and thofe full ofveines,and fnipt about the edges. The knots and ol’r‘-fets of the roots ﬂ-Cr; fcend not‘downe,but run on the furface of the ground,and fo lends forth ﬁbres at each ﬁde,to fa W‘ them and attraét nourifhment. The ﬂoure is like that of the former, but much larger. T1115 gm W eth in the high mountainous places of Stitia, and ﬂoutes at the fame time as the former. C/ziﬂ calls this Doronicznn 4_srz'ri'amm. - , We This is the largeﬂ of all the rePr,and hath a llalke two cubits or more high,of the thicknﬁ es of ones little ﬁl'lgCl',CI'CﬂZCd, rough, and toward the top diuided into fundrybranches.’ Th‘? lewo next to the rootare round, wrinkled, hairy, and faﬁned toa long {talke : thofe towards the top e the Pralke are longer and narrower, and ingirt the ﬂallce at their fetting on. The floures _af€ 3’? and yellow, like to the other plants of this kinde: the feed alfo is carried away with the windt’, 3f is longilh, and ofa greenifh colour : the root is knotty or joynted like to a little Shrimpﬁa 3“ T whitifh greene colour. This ﬂoures in Iune or Iullﬁand growes vpon the like Places as the {Mme ' (‘la/Em calls this ’Doro72z'cum 7.i,du_/friacum 3. Ill

1: 7 Darom'mm'maximum._ 1 Tie Place. The gtcateft Wolfe—bane. . _ c_ ' The place is fuﬂiciently fet forth In the , fctiption; yet you (hall vnderllands ‘ d haue the two firlt in my Garden 5 the RC0‘; hath beene found and atheted in the Co mountaines of Northumgberland, by D”; c,‘ lately of London deceafed,a man ofmuc hope perience and knowledge in Sirnplei 2 W death my felfe and many others do 9, waile. 5 T cTime. They/ﬂoure inqtrhe months of Iune and M7’

, q] T/1: Names. ad), Concerning their names I haue wag“. .. fpoken ; yet ﬁth I would be glad that ourthcy ‘ glilh women may know how to call If: W) "lil'l.‘.”/ill’ - ‘ , ma termc Daronimmb this name. Clay’ . lyygn c , ( _ Y Y _ . DandC

‘ "- &\l& "*“"“~=“ 4 Pill'e-a-bed, becaufe the ﬂoute is like

. V \\’,\.§}‘\$\\\‘;;‘ ’ . .. . §\ ‘ .-. lion,which is called Pifle-a~bed. ‘l h u 1: Our Author certainly at the b6 >«

. '* « ll 6' ‘ ' ' 7 all 2: ‘Eli3:355%‘.d§‘3ia?r‘§f.1le%’r”£dfr§é‘.Caiorgf 3”‘ the not wel knowing the Doronimm O thema. tients was,[through the negligence ‘,7fD1i)‘ora. ride: and Tlveopbra/lu.v,who in defcribiﬂgh of m'a4m,8zc.] Now’ it is manifcfhthat 95” edges thefe Authors,nor any of the Ancient G‘ that euer fo much as named Doranimm -' ‘Wan; which he fhould haue faid,was,Th3‘ them»: in ofexaét defcribing the Acariitam 1/15 1?“. {- fTbeop/1'r4_/?zu,and Amzitam Pardalizmf "’ as I gfmides (which are iudged to be the fame plant and all one with our Darpnicum) hath bguy dc, caufe, that the controuerlie which <11/tart/Izolm and othershaue of late raifed cannot b'3_ Chap. tetmiiied 5 which 15, Whetllﬁf that vulgar Pwvmwmr Vfed_1n lhops,and defcribed in thisd , mgbe the L,4,,,,g;x,;;¢g Pzirtlalzantbes .9 tmattbfalm aiﬁrmes iris, and much and vehe rn_ent1)’ 37:! dc againll the..vfe' thereof in cordiall Eleétuaties, as that which is of a moi’: pernitiouf “inc 0 qualitie, becaufe that(as he afﬁ_i'm€5)1€ W111 kill dogs : now Dodomzm alfo feernes to H15 lma 6 opinion : but others (and not without good reafon) deny it5as Gtfner in his Epiflles;Whb° hag “an ten triall of it vponhimfelfe : part of his words are fet downe hereafter by our Author ( Cages: ﬂared out of Dadomm) and fome part alfo you {hall lindeadded in theend of the V6? ~ V

thefe are other fome 5 Plan; alid mm ammo, quiém oﬁmdcre .liq/aid» piwfem,

gin ‘mg

in V d WW

y Lliiiiiii if T or the I-Iifiorie of Plants. _ 7E6;§"'i

46072‘ .. -- . . . . c » E etZt:”»;iJq/I/Zigyﬁfdze riicnrnirtzinzp/:or;;z;Iz.f Cailixzlrriasfgxtem letzferzlzrn eﬂéfcio, nanfolamﬁ ﬂmcbmarum ,; ,2 1- F! [u ma ram . 13?; a»Ie.:lrcfmmz,it. n Op oref e at , gaaﬁ am? :1 24 multa mnzéwﬁnt 112726714, qua: ham- P4g.29O:& 29; do la K/}-a§ag1o]’6’:itIzir.h. the ame pipinion wit! G€ﬁ“_‘:i is P014 and Lobcl,who,Aa/zzerf, ,3 vehement d-€daimgeOy ran ﬁethi-s ifriagter, an exceeding yderi eand fcoﬂé at -_,-mu/;,o/,,, for ,_,Wmhe1_e mentionedlllb agaikp t e v ‘e t Elreof. N_ow bricfely my opinion is this,_‘l‘hat the Darn- y, the Ammmm Par! l_ is r;ot tfal: rnentione and writtenof by serapzo and the Arabians : neither IS: "spur I my fem M5 4 mm lei o Dzqfcmd_e:, not offo malignant a quality as Maitlmzlm would haue L a o haue oiten eaten of it,and that in a pretty quantity,without the leafr offence.-1:

1] The N4turr.andVerti4er.

I hau - . ‘ . » _ n e fuﬂiciently f poken of that for which I haue warrant to write, both touching their natures

v _ . . . _ ertues , for the matter hath continued lo ambiguous and fo doubtfu,ll,yea,and fo full of con-

‘C3. that I dare not commit that to the world which I haue read :thefe few lines there ore

ﬂick‘ for this prefenr 5 the tell which might be faid Irefer to the great and learned Doéiors,

to . elpogf Ovvne con ﬁderation. , V , reafon oéf erbes are mixed with compound medicines that mitigate the paine of the eies, and by e

is cold quality,being freih and greenc, it helpeth the inﬂammation or ﬁery heate oi the It. is re

ei - foogeg ggglgg '3h_em.with ﬂeflt,Tbropbraﬂm faith,That it killeth Cattell,Sheep,O xen,and all fourew be tied “:0 ii?/'ithin.the compalfe of one day, not by taken it inwardly only,but if the herb or root agaiuﬁ thh V‘ Cir priuie Phtts. -Yet hee writeth further, That the root being d runke is a remedy to manbuct I rigging of -Scorpions 5 which {_heweth,that this herbe or the root thereof is not deadly for c,,,,;m,e G0 mefs bea—l~l_s only :which thing alfo is found out by triall and manifeﬂr experience ,2 fhings) in a ,‘'f”‘’’_‘(3 _ma_n -in our time fingularly learned, and at moﬁ diligent fearcher of many Inward 1y , a1:3e"a"“°eEPl1’¢1€ Wrlttﬁn two Adel]:/2m occoﬁieweth, That he himfelle hath o='tenti' mes and that en en‘ the root hereof greene,dry, WhO1€.preleruecl with hony,and alfo beaten to poudcr ; two rams 6? the very fame day in which he wrote thefe things, he had drunke with warme water times a“.0Vh° dthe roots made into fine pouder, neither felt he any hurt thereby : and that Oftf.-‘:1- things] and 3h giuen -the fame to his licke Patients, both by it felfe, and alfo mixed with other amiﬂ-E) t e t at very luckily. Moreouer, the Apothecaries in {lead of Darommm doe vfe (though That t iroots thereof without any manifell danger. , . , [:44 could has §"”"t€ killcth dogs,it is very certaine, and found out by trial! : which thing M,,;;,5,',,, ufeﬁeth ii] lily beleeue,but that at length he found it out to be true by a mamfell example, as he . ha" {1S_ Commentaries. _ _ _ _ A alfo mixed “C W11 Gefmr) oft with very good fuccefié prefcrrbed it_to my Patients, both alone, as . therewyvlilth other medicines, efpccially in the Vertigo and falling _ﬁckne ffe : fometimes alfo I Q E .1 ‘‘ Gentian, the ponder of Miﬂe-toe, and g,!_/frantzar: thus it workes admirable cﬁeag P‘ ePﬁe,il' the vfc thereof be continued for fome time. it

‘l F0, _ mmY‘h§ ﬁgurcthnr ms in the ﬁrﬁ place lhould hanebeenc in th¢l'cCond,and the ﬁrft and fcmnd were cnnfoundga in {kg ¢'¢{¢,;P;i°‘n,-

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CHAP. 265. Of Sage.

qr TbeDeﬁriptiom

I THE gleatn Sage‘ is very full of ftalkes, foure fquate, of a wooddy fubliance, parted if1f0’‘

, lanches,about the which grow broad leaues,l0n<1,wrinkIed,i'ough,'whitifha V‘-‘TY like Woollen ﬂoat‘; the leaues of wilde Mi-illein‘, but tougher, and not fo white, likctifl f0l‘gh9°1TCI0’ ,. ct: gm. OfC]th’:cad' ha‘? 3 the ﬁoures {land forked in the tops of the branches like thofe of dead 11! fmau huske arie,0l*g pU_YP1e blew colour;in the place of which doth ltd‘: blilcklﬂi feeds,‘

.1. e e 5- The root is hard and wooddy,fending forth anumber oflittle ﬁrings.

2 _ . , _ the llalkgsd HE" Sage is alfo a {hrubby plant, fpred into branches like to the former, but leﬂierr‘ h re 0 ﬁfcofare tendeienthe leaues be long, leffer, narrower, but not lelfe rough: to'wliic‘h ﬁdc one g'row 1“ the place wherein they are fixed to the ﬂalke, two little leaues ﬁanding on either A right againft another, fomewhat after the manner of ﬁnries‘ or little eares‘: the ﬁbures at; ’ ‘ Sffz ‘ ’ care”

. P°Tted and afﬁrmed,that it killeth Panthers,Swine,Wolues,and all kinds of wilde beafls,