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72 Of the Hifiorie of Plants. L 1 B. 2 Citratzzm, that is, hauing the fmell of a Pome-Citron, or a Limon, which gineth it the differentfe from the otherwilde times. 1: It gtowes in many gardens alfo, and (as I haue been told) wilde II! diutrs places of Wales. ’ .

8 This (which is the Sffjii/[rfi72P(l?M0?1z'é'lt7?1 3.of Clufizrs) runnes or fpreds it felfe far vpon the round. For though it haue a hard and wooddy root like as the former kindes, yet the branches which lie fpread round about here and there take root, which in time become as hard and wooddlc as the former. The leaues and sftalkes are like thofe of the 1211’: defcribed,but rough and hoarie: thfl floures alfo are not vnlike thofe of the common kinde. The whole plant hath a kinde of refinOl15 fmell. It floures in lune with the rel’t,and growes vpon the like mountainous places; but whether with vs in England or no I cannot yet aflirme any thing of certaintie. :1: q[ The Place. _ The fir it groweth vpon barren hills and vntoiled places : the fecond groweth in Gardens. The white it-inde I found at South fleet in Kent,in a barren field belonging to one M‘ William Swan. 1] The Time. They Home from May to the end of Summer. V , 1] The Names. ‘ ‘ . ‘/Vild Time is called in Latine,Serpz'llum,2z fcrpmdo, of creeping:in high and low Dutch,.®fl_W‘ hel,.and milntn ’Z££l;pmns,and alfo abnftt Imnumtn htntttou : in Spanim, Ser}>o/1: in Itall_3“s Scrpi/lo .- in FrenCh,Pz//ole! .- in Englifh, wilde Time, Puliail mountaine, Pella Mountaine, running Timencrceping Time, Mother of Time: in {hops it is called Serpyllum ;yet fome call it,%§PalegI'I4”‘ mommum : and it is euery where(l-'aith Dodomew) thought to be the Serpyllum of the Antients.N0F' withftanding it anfwereth not fo well to the wilde Times as to Diofcomlcr his Saxzfivmga 5 for i 1‘ be diligently compared with the defcription of both the Serpi/la and the Saxzfianga, it {hall be found to be little like the wilde Times,but very much like the Saxzfizmga .- for (faith Dizflorialf-V) gaxzfgangzz is an herbe like Time,growing on rockes, where our common wilde Time is oftentimfis oun -. ‘ ufiliaams in his ninth booke of his fundry Hifiories feemeth to number wilde Time among Ill‘ floures. Dzony/ius Izm./or (faith he) comming into the city Locris in Italy, poll'efl‘ed moi}: of the houfes of the city,and did {irew them with rofes,wilde Time,and other fuch kindes of floures.Y€‘ Virgil in thefecond Eclog of his Bucolicks doth molt manifefily tefiifie, that wilde Time is an herbe,in theferwords : '

Tbeflylir dv mpido mejfbriém‘ refit; V -Allz‘a,ferpi/lumqtae, herém camlzmdzt olmtgr,

Tbqiilik for mowers tyr’d with patching heate, Garlickeswildfi Timfis ftrong fmelling herbes doth beate.

O_ut ofwhich place it may be gathered, that common wilde time is the true and rightserpillymi ‘5’. wilde Tlm_€,_VVhich the Grecians Call?r7w7°~'t«L/'1/tdrcelliir an old antient Author among the FrCfl_‘h'» men faith it is called Gilarum -, as Pliniu: V alerimar faith it is called of the fame,L4uria.

Q '1‘ lie Temperatures.

Wilde Time is of temperature hot and dry in the third degree: it is of thin and fubtill Pall‘;

cutting and much biting. V _ e T "qf.‘1’/5e Vermcr. ~ L.‘ It bringeth downe the defiiecl fickenefl‘e,prouoketh vrine,applied in bathes and fomentatiofl‘ ’ procureth fweat: being boyled in wine, it helpeth the argue, it eafeth the flrangurie, it fiayeth ‘ lfiytickettiigi br"e;1:)eittlii urge)‘ frbtigelsa in the bladder,it helpeth the Lethargie, lrenfie, and madnefl'€:"" aye e . ' . . . . l V l I r Wilde Time boiled in wine and drunk_e;_is good againfi the wambling and gri pings ofthe be!‘ Iy,ruptures,convul{ions,and inflammationsiof the liuer.

It hfilpeth again“ the biting‘ °f 33)’ V_’¢fl0m0uS bcafi, either-taken in drinke,or outwardlY 39; ‘

plied. _ - _ . ,. _ _ . _ V Azitim writeth,That serpzlluminrufed well in Vinegre,and then fed and mingled with role water; is a right fingular remedy to curethem that haue had a long phrenfie or lethargic.

Galen prefcribeth one dram of the juyce to be giuen in vinegre again“ the vomiting Of blolld’ and helpeth fuch as are grieued with the fpleene.

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Of the Hifiorie of Plants.‘

CH.;P.. 174.. Of gd7'tfl'i2 Time.

1‘ The Defiriptiw.

H6 firll: kinde of Time is fo well knowne that it needeth no de'l'cription3becaufe glfireris not any which are ignorant what T/Jymtmz durim is, I meane our common gar- en ime.

thr:ddThe fecond kinde of Time with broad leaues hath many wooddy branches rifing {mm 3 or hi’ T00t, befet with leaues like L}!/tyrtaox. The floures are let in rundles about the fialke like

. C Ound. The whole plant is like the common Time in taile and fmell.

I T,’)'"mm clririw; 1* 2 Tbymum lzztz'foZz’zmz.i

Great broad leaned Time..

kinilc ieiilile of Candy is in all refpeéts like vnto common Timqbutdiffereth in that, that this efet with {clerhame knobby tufts mt much vnlike the fpikcs or knots ofstcemdas, but much leffer. Ofthe other _€rD_ er floures of a purple colour.The whole plant is of a more gracious finell than any e,and Ofa wégzfiay ggglggther kinde oftafte, as it were fauouring like fpice. The root is brit- -Hp???/ay,,1,),,‘,’,j‘l$§1T;t1:;at kinds of Time whereon Epitlaymam doth grow, and is called for tharcaulh . ’hou vheli 1“ ll}0P5r is nothing elfe but Dodder that §3'I'0XV€SV'p€)n Time 5 and is all one

I Narfionezllfit/iloltar makes a controuerfie and (l1lll'.‘l‘CnCC thereof: tor {V744 _5}:i3:‘C_¥.1"g OH?‘ . Oden and gam‘ d 6?“ th_ef€3,l12ltl1 feene not onely the garden Time, but tilt’ W1. L “I15 aifo alfured, that it is not with this Fifitbymzrrzz. So that by his liglit and mine _owne kn0v1*le<_.l.ge I am flue often found the anothfir kmde ofTime that bearcth Epiz/uy;azzm—z,biit is c0gnm.0n 1 me : for I alfo : notwithfiand~ amt! in Englarid,not only vpon out Time, but vpon 5'”1“0““:':al_‘fl 0"Ll1€_I‘l1€TbCS yecld the fame fortlilg thus much I may conjeéture, that the clynnatc of thole (qC:i.‘ii1’{‘i'l€S doth “Rig our conrmy is fifggggsfet abundance than ours,by reafon of the intemperance or cold, whet?‘

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