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~i~~ nd vprigl1t.,0theI'S;l1e along vpon {he gffﬂlﬁdibeing round,hai-ry,a-nd vnorderly fer with {oft .:.aties ingirting their fialkes at their fetting on, and iharpepointed at their vpper ends. . _...*5.l)€ ﬁalkes carry many whitiih heads full of a yellowilh downe:the root is thicke and blac‘ ’§<m.;_ewith fome ﬁbres. _ f This fends vp one Pralke parted into feuerallbranches fet here audthere with broad _{0 C hoary leaues, and at the diuilion of the branches and amongﬂ the leaues grow feuen of 61%“ 7:%::t3.e heads thicke thrult together, being 053 grayifh YC’110W COIOUI, and full of much downe : the

rot is vnpr-oﬁtable,and periihes as foone as it hath perfeéted his feed.Cl:i/Era calls this Gnapbalizim -

mzmiii 3. he hauing as it feet-nes receiued them both from his friend Iaqzm Plamti. :1: “J qr Tlae Plate. ' _

The ﬁrii groweth in the darke woods of I-lampfted, and in the woods neere vnto Deptfofd by London..The lecond groweth vpon dry fandy banks.The third groweth at a place called Meta“)? ﬁx rnilesfrcirri Colcheﬁer, neere vnto the fea iide. i I alfo had it lent me from my wor{hlPf“l mend M1‘ T/aoiimr Glymgwho gathered it vpon the fea coaﬂ of Wales. 1: '

The telt grow vpon mountaines,hilly grounds,and barren pa ﬂutes. . ;

The kinde of Giza}:/ialiam newly fet forth (to wit Ameriiaiium) groweth naturally neere mm the Mediterranean fea, from whence it hath beene broughtand planted in our Etiglilh gardens. this be true which our Author here afﬁrmes,it might hauc had a ﬁtter (at leaﬂ a neercr) denOm1_“3' ‘iion than from America: yet irzmbine aﬁirmes that it growes frequently in Braiill, and it is not lfn‘ probable that both their aﬂertions be true. it '

en T lie Time. They floure for the molt part from lime to the end of Auguﬂi. qr T/ac Namer. .

Cottonwood is called in Greeke, Gﬂdpzidliﬂﬂg and it is called Gmzplmlioagbecaiife men vi}: the tender leaues of it in Read of bombafie or Cotton,as Paula: dgtneta writcth. Pliny faith it is call‘? i.’il/7MMxvloie,as though he fhouldfay Dwarfe Cotton 5 for it hath a {oft and white cotton like Vnm ”i:~mn%>alle, whereupon alfo it was called ofdiuers Tommtmli, and Cntomzria : ofothers, Centuﬂf” ‘”’ (T.’.‘}:'72mﬂ£!t[4ri5,and /Ilévimim 5 which word is found among the balrard names : but the later W01’ *

' ivsaihn 0F the white colour,doth reafonably well agree with it. It is alfo called Bom6ax,Humz'lz'&f/44”’

. «nwi Heréiz Impia, becaufe the younger, or thofe floures that lpring vp later, are higher, and ouertop .; I aifc that come ﬁrlt, as many wicked children do vnto their parents,as is before touched in the iltription : in Engli{h,Cortonweed,Cuclweed,Chaﬂ’e-weed,and petty Cotton. It; The '1‘ empcrature. Theft: herbes be of an altringent or binding and drying quality. 1} The Vernier. .d Gnaphiiliam boyled in firong lee cleanfeth the hair-e from nits and lice: alfo the herb being 1“ in wardrobes and prelfes lceepeth apparel! from moths. , h The fame boiled in wine and drunken, killeth wormes and bringeth them forth,and preuallc‘ againft the bitings and Ptingings of venomous beaiis. A . The fume orfmolte of the herbe driedﬂnd taken with a funnell, being burned therein,and “ice” tied in fuch manner as we yfe to take the fume ofTabaco, that is, with a crooked pipe made {Or I ‘E- fame purpofe by the Potter, prenaileth againii the cough oi the lungs, the great ache or pain“ or the head, and clean feth the breaﬂ: and inward parts. » * -

1- The ﬁgurethat ms fofmﬂly in ‘IN f¢"=ﬂ=hP1ace ihoixld hair: bccnc in the clcucnth; and that indie cleucmh in the fcucnth,

C H A P. 206. Ofgolden Motlwrort, or Cadnaeerl. '

qr T/ic Defcriptioﬂ. ‘Olden Mothwortbringeth forth ﬂender {tallies fomewhat hard and wooddy, Cllllldfg in diners {mall branches ;Wl1El'CllpOn doe grow leaues fomewhat rough, an 0 5 _ white colour, very much jagged like Southernwood. The ﬂoures fraud on the t9? of the fialkes,ioyned together in tufts,of a yellow colour glittering like gold,in formc refemblmg _ the {early ﬂoures ofTaniie,or the middle button of the Homes of Camomilhwhich being gathelﬂs "ibciirre they be ripe or withered, remaine beautifull long time after, as my felfe did fee in I116 h?“ 5 of M}: Wick, one 9f the Clerks of her Majeiiies counlell, which were fent him among 9513?? tlggﬁ,

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‘:6 $91 adua in Italy. For which caufe or long laiiing, the images and earned gods were wont to

Kip ugfarlands thereof : whereupon fome haue called it Gods ﬂoure. For which piirpofe .f6%/ﬂi':*2}7 ‘E 0 /Zﬁgy pt did molt diligently ob ferue them,as Pliny wrireth.

I . é1W19_ryﬁi_n,ﬁiic Cami: mH’Ci'l. V Oldrefl Motluwort. ’

1] Tire Place.

Itgrowes in molt vntilled places of Italy and S paine,in medowes where the {bile is_ bait..- renzand about the bankes ofriuerssit is 3: than- ger in England.

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It ﬂoures in Auguﬂ: and September: not» Wltl1f%aEdingT5,eo]>hra_[fra and Piiriy reckon it among the ﬂoures of the Spring. ‘

QT ‘I/Je Namer.

. ‘D _ - , , Golden Moth§wort is called of‘ Drape,-rag /6 ’ " ,1; .Elic}1ry[o/; .- Pliny and T/Seapbrzyizis call it flair: " " cbryfaﬁ :Gaz4vtran‘ﬂates it _/Iurclzmin Engliili. Gold-ﬂoure,Golden Moth-wort.

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It is (faith Galen) of power to cut and mﬁltﬁ

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Dio/éoridcr teacheth, that the tops. thereof drunke in wine are good for them’ that can hardly make watergagainft the Iiingings ofSer- pents,paines of the huckle bones : and taken in fweet wine it diflblueth congealed blond.

The branches and leaues laid gainongli, cloathes keepeth them from mothes, whereup- on it hath becne called offome Moth weed, or Moth-wort.

1- Here formerly were two figures and dcfcriptionr ofthc fame Plums s;

L C H A P. 207. Of Cjolden I_7loazre»Qent[e.

I H_ _ ' qr 'I‘12eDecrz' Xian. ~ lg ~ _ _ _ T cfsyelloiv Euerlaihng or Flonre-Gentle, calledof the later Herbariits Yellow Stoe- V _ I , is a plant that hathﬂalkes ofa f pan long, andilentiler, whereupon do grow narrow jlialkes,¢Onﬁﬁ°i5:]L;CS gvhite and downie, as are alfo the Ptalkes. The ﬁoures (‘sand on the tops of the W Coloupwhictl,-It; afcattered or difordered fcaly_tuft,ofa reafonable good ﬁnell, of a bright ye1_

3 eing gathered before they be ripe,do keep their colour and beautie a long time

~_ Out w ' . . ' IS biac 1thering,as do molt of the Cottonweeds or Cudweeds,whereof this is a kinde. The root

' every 1,3 eand’ end” i There is fome variety in the heads of this plant, for they are lbmetimes

1' e " - , . . . compag agtzid longifh,as Camerarzm notes in his Epitome ofM.itthi'olm 5 otherwhiles theyare very . . “mud; and of the bigneffe of the ordinary.

brgadCr:‘t15e§;ir1owes to fame foot or more high, and hath round downy leaues like the former, but lat’: defcribed O-{lire-S are _l°Dger,but_ ofthe fame yellow colour and long continuance as thofc oftlie am, gaue thmé ﬁ Is varies fomething in the bredth and length of the leaues,w hence 'Tzz6crmmza;im- tlcularly fpeciﬁegclilis Ehefeoﬂand therein was iollowed by our Author, as you {hall ﬁnd more par» _ out emautrie end of the chapter. fl: . ~ V _ _ mesh, Stab“ C} rum and Montpelier there growes another kinde of c_‘5ryf0w”{-'«’s 0{ Q5 £0561 Rd enderex black] ""4 “her”: but that as thisrplant isin all points like, F0 in all p01Df5 If 13 lClie\:' Coﬂﬁﬁingiofhlan lizﬁalﬁl not offuch beautie as the former,growing more neeregvnto an afh colour, ‘05and it is feldon)ie[iZbi.1 d“[;lgSf‘ f00t 10}! .The root is .leil"er,and hath fewer firings annexed there- P ant is browuqwithouiif Ht m~th° Cl} es and crags,among rubbingand on wa.ls ofcitjies .This Comming forth ent or iauor like the other: euery branch hath his owne bunch of Homes

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