Of the I'1iiiZOl‘iC“‘0f Plants.’

C H A P. 257; 0fOxe»Ez'e. ﬁf T5eDefcrz'ptirm.

1 ' ' I-le plant which we haue called Bupbrlmfmum, or Oxe. eie, hath {lender Pralkes g1‘0W“’dg from the roots, three,foure,or more,a foot highpr higher, about which be green Wu‘ 5 ﬁnely jagged like to the leaues ofFenell,but much leﬂ"er: the ﬂoures in the tOp5 9‘ ‘ ° fialks are great,muc'n like to Marigoldspfa light yellow colour,w-ith yellow threds in thfi 0“ . I after which eommeth vp a little head or knap like to that ofvred Mathes before defcribﬁda ‘Fain 6 Admit, conﬁﬁzing of many feeds let together.The roots are ﬂender,and tiothingbiut firings: 11k“ I the-roots ofblacke Ellebonwhereof it hath beene taken to be a kinde. d 2 The 0xe-eie which is generally holden to be the true Buloét/mlmztm, hath many leau€5 {Pmc vpon the ground, of a light greene colour, laied far abroad like wings, conﬁning of very man)’ 36 jagsfet vi;-on a tender middle rib : among which fpring vp diuers ﬂalks, ﬂiffe and brittlffa VP°n.t- top whereof do grow faire yellow leaues,fet abouta head or ball ofthrumrnie matter, fuch as §‘ 5 the middle of C ammomilhlike a border or paIe.The root is tough and thieke, with certain (“mg faftned thereto. ' S The white OXe—eie hath fmallvpright ftalkes ofa foot high, whereon do grow long ‘ewe S’ compofed ofdiuers fmal1leaues,and thofe fnipt about the edges like the teeth ofa faw'.Th3- ﬂow; grow on the tops of the {1alks,in {ha e like thofe of the other Oxe-eie 5 the middle part wl1<_3“3°.;e likewife made ofa yellow fubfiance, ut the pale or border of little leaues are exceeding white,li . : thofe of great Da{ie,eaIled Con/biz’;/4 media vulnerariarum. The root is long, creeping alongﬁ ‘mdil the vpper crufi of the earth, whereby it greatly increafeth. it This by the common confent °f.a writers that haue deliueted the hiﬂory thereof, hath not the pale or out—leaues of the ﬂoure WW6’ as our Author aﬂirmes,but of a bright and perfeét yellow colour. And this is the Bupbtbzz/WW’ °« Tmgm, cJmrttlJz'o/mt, Loéegcluﬁm and others. 1; -

"I Btqzbtlialmrtm five Helleéorm niger ﬂruldccwg 2 Baplzrbalmum vveramt; Oxe-eie. ' The right Oxe-eie.

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L1 B. 2;‘ Of the Hiftorie of Plants; 3 Bﬁplrtbalmum vuigareg ' White Oxe-eie. V _. Q The Place;

_ The two ﬂirt grow of theiiifelues in Germany,Bohemia, and in the Gardens of the Low.countries 3 of the ﬁrﬂ I haue a plant in my Garden. The laﬁ gr‘ow'et‘h in barren paﬂures and fields almoﬁ euery where.

:t The Iaﬂ is allb a ﬂi-anger with vs,for any thing that Iknow or can learne 5 nei.- ther can I conjeeture what our Authout meant here : ﬁrlt in that he {aid the ﬂoures of this werewhitc, and fecondly in that it grew in barren paﬁures and ﬁelds almoﬁ euery where. 1

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They Home in May and Iune. The laﬂ: in Au Lift.

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Touching the naming of the ﬁrft of thofe plants the later writers are ofdiuers opinions : fome would haue it to be a kind of!/eratrum m‘g'rum, black Hellebor:othct- fomeCmrz/z‘liga,5 and againe, 0thers,S:fdmai- 51:15 and fome,Ellcborajlmm : But there be fgundlgwo kinds of blactke Ili1alf_b(l2l'I:I1CIJ)Itlg t e o writers,one wit a e e i v o

‘‘ Laurel with the fruit of Sef2tmum.'the other /5 V I _ . = . I . ll‘ 3:;‘l:e‘§‘:fré;Es:‘::;°i:“;‘:.:;:::§=:tY;:.‘i \ \‘~ . \ . i . ’ . ' i<v-W7 K \ ‘~ —~ _ But it is molt euident, that till‘? gu£étb4l- ‘ ha t _ y ‘_ _ g ,,,,y,,,, in...E[lgi1ﬂ‘l, Oxe~CI€, w it: in this is 0f§,ee’ﬁ‘[‘]’€ 1: the ﬁrtt place haue defcribeddoth agree w ith neithe1r1ofttil‘§‘:'<=it-v‘:':1S3:£:]‘:!‘f[:":£’{§f‘; the M” t 8‘ W0! among the old writers.Pl’_”7.26._ca]J.7.faitb,That lfﬂf 25“ and Ofau kind ofc “SI though igwereabs a prefcnt remedy forrthe inﬁrmity ofthe l_ung[5)0ok:vcha»P 5 doth alfo {A t 1:1 t€_ s t ‘“°“maines cmiihdwue t(!"l(imgh' [hit em Coiimlldhm ho1:‘:ndOthat.)it is vef)’ helpfull coyiii ital: cm°”> and hea le hqlir ‘t ed?“ vie)” great Dye I Cliche” ut into the care the roots alfo ofour ~ xe_eie are a_d te let ow_an _inw A_at_manner it inuf h pb “time the hire b d ‘b It fouoweth 1 to cure eertaineinﬁrmities ofcattell,t t ley e pa _ _ . t ore eate . ut out plants thnot that forthe fame reafon it_(hould b; canéi zgho air; ﬁlt is anordingry thing to ﬁnde s “the»ooé‘§r?‘o°i=Zi‘kif°éii’if” ‘*“’§1§¥i§‘}‘;r.‘§;’.”icJfﬁaiﬁri-tiii‘1§Zi§eZi.'r.‘i.°i‘§2Z;f§i‘?fFi£ e “"16 through are ciﬁeeandﬁragdifgiirt again the next day at thle fanie houre 2 éhich is Iikdwife v'v9°'taine by.experimeiits of the country men of our age ; who do cure the difeafes of their cat- ¢,,,,’anid C roots ofcommon black Ellebor. The roots of white Ellebor alfo do the like, as A6ﬁr- bg, im0“tf‘€et~him Hierocle: doth write : who notwithﬂanding do not thruﬁ the roots of white Elle- uargmatw d- °3T€,but vnderthe skin of the breft called the dew lap: after which manner alfo Vega?- tb tagfthe i‘?]'fii1rVf?, _CM/i/zgo, in his firlt bookeofthe ctiring ofcattell, chapter 1 2]. lﬂI:lmI53dst(1?£;a: ey mg m mities vnder the skin: although in his 3 .booke»2 chapter, de M41 20, e write a 5'“ b3 faﬁned thorow the eare : which things do fufﬁciently declare, that fundry P1““‘5 _ is M I "33 like Faculties : and that it doth not at all follow by the fame reafong that ou1i3(0Xe- leéture b 1 $0’ becaufe it doth cure difeafes in cattell as well as Conﬂligo doth. But ifwe 2'?“ . con‘ very famey me fa°“l“°3s Cmﬁ/{go then fhould be White Ellebor : for V€z{fiW‘Vf?[p'Q?f §"d"”h‘3 greater becaia-Heir Phat ‘-45f)Wm and Hicracler do vfe White.El.lebor. Tln_s fUFfP‘r‘r:°t§‘ ‘Gina _e tilt for whfch Cauf~¢1t{1_s thought that Vegvetim hath taken this manner of c_-tirmﬁ Q0 . he '”?°‘a_“5_s be fo, r en {h:I?1§_m0ft doe take Get!/iligo to be nothing _ell‘e but white I0 ewhich if it White Euebor t is ptefent Oxe-eie much differ from Can/21:30; for it is V mg at 311 Mm to « nd '

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