Of the Hifiorie of Plants. L 1 13. 2.

4______,. ‘ q] The Place . d Tutfan groweth in woods and by hedges,efpecially in Hampfled wood, where the Golden R0 . doth grow 5 in a wood by Railie in Elfex,and many other places. q[ The Time.

It floures in lune and Augufi: the feed in the mean time waxeth ripe. The leaues become I5 in Autirrrintgat which time is very ealily prelfed forth his winy juice.

. The Names. _

It is called in Greeke «»'a*e«ui‘wv = and the Latines alfo Amlrofieman .- it is likewife called DWI/5": as 4341672 witnelleth. They are farre from the truth that take it to be Clymmum, and it is needle 5 ‘° linde fault with their error. It is alfo called Sicz‘lz}m4,and Heréa Sicilian: .- in Englifh, Tlltfalla 4“ Parke leaues.

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qr The Temperature. The faculties are fuch as S.Peters wort,which doth fufficiently declare it to be hot and dry- s q[ The Vemm. .

A l The feed hereof beaten to pouder,and drunke to the weight of two drams,doth purge cholcllcl‘ .

excrements,as Diafcorides writeth 5 and is a fingular remedie for the Sciaticanprouided that Ill‘? P3’ tient drinke water for a day or two after purging. h B The herbe cureth burnings , and applied vpon new wounds it flancheth the blond and heal“ them . , v C The leaues laid vpon broken {bins and fcabbed legs heale them,and many other hurts 8: Ellef‘ ' whereof it tooke his name Tout-faine or Tutfane,of healing all things.

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2‘: CH AP. 161." Of é4¥4r:IS'.Iobmtvort.

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1: 1 Carrie qcnlu Alan eliua. Maltlrfolus his baflard S.Iohns wort.

French baflnrd 5.1 ns worn

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'.t THe.diligence of the fe later times hath been fuch to findc our the Mgteria Media: 0

Antients,that there is fcarce any Plant defcribed by them,but by fome or other Omte there haue been two or more (euerall plants - referred thereto ; and thus it hath hapgtflfid Vnlgfiicb

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Of the Hifiorie of‘Plants. ‘Which Di

thekinde”Sf(‘)”f’:l‘°’ -“P51 74- llfflfll fer f0f_tl1 by the narflneeof Cami: 5 and prefently defcribes after to which Mmbypl zcorzaan hthap] with thefe words 5 crazy namyimruiira. Shme am, can this ;,r,,],em~,,,g$ Perceiue by the flaw an tzltderfs _aue fitted a plEl!'l.l']WlTl1Cl‘r_1S lflClC€d a krnde offI_yprrzmrz,as you may me it to CIWM gture an d _edcrip!tgon VV.l11‘(1l.l‘lg-Ills? you in the firlt place. Some (as Hcjyc/'72:,/,5)’ re- and to this that ‘$h"fi(\9nd ifn pebe d y_Dwfcon§’e: it is placed betweene Amlrofiemrm and C:/mmelpzfys) may fitly be refcrreg - is . e cri e by i’m.»: an Loéel in the i/rdrrerf. and by Clzgfim in his Hifiorrgfl - . this I giue you in the fecond place.

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[He firll hath a wooddy thicke and long lafting root, which fendeth vp many hr;m~—‘s~ fome foot or more high, and it is let at certaine {paces with round leaues like tin 1.; imd fundr bthe fmall G.laf{'e-wort or Sea-Spurry,but {hotter : the tops of the _l’talkes are threds in tyl _ranc_hes,wl1ich_carry floures like thofe of S.Iohns woort, of a whitilh red colour) wirri . . eir middles hauing little yellow pendants. It growes in Italy and other hot count; in"

1“ places it ‘ - . . . >2 ms’ at far from the {ca lide.This is thought to be the true Com,by amt:/2.-aim, Gefncr,La.m'ce.

L 4cmza,Be[Z;¢5,Po71zz,and others.

gthzér ighis .fl‘Om_3. thicke root red on the outlide fendeth vp firndry llalkes, fome but an hand full,

V at thiczleer 3uf1<(>)Cr>t pt moire long, iliffe, round, purplifh, fer: thicke with leaues like thofe of Heath, er. The 1; ikehe ugcudent and bitter, which fornetimes grow orderly, and otherwhilesout of or— diuided impo fl 3 ofrh ea 5 grow on the tops ofthe branches, corrfiftmg 0f'.a.[]ufnbe1'Qfl]_[tlc cups, comes apflom "F “Fe P0111“; afyldymarked with a blacke fpot in each tliuifion :out or" thefe cups fed Offoure 1&3 iébgfiw purple coour, ofa molt elegant and not fading colour 5 and it is compo- and blackim is :01 ‘e lplaues, whereof the two vppermoli are the larger : the fe_ed,which is round .11 or M; a (ptaine in feed vellels hauing points fomewhat_ fharpe or prickly. It fioures in France. Whenya. 11 15 to be found growing in many places of Spaine,as alfo about Mompelier in Z‘ w0;m._ C? 8974 and Label called it Com tjlztazzjjzelzm 5 and Cluflm, Cam quorzmdam Gait/oram 6":

{f 777:: Temperature,

Tl . ‘fife plants feeme to be hot in the fecond or third degree.

1] The Vermes.

D ‘ . . . iginijfijgalli‘ fi“‘l_?=Tbat'the feeds ofcorir drunke mooue the courfes and vrine,are_good againfl the Cong} G0; 3 pider Pmzlangium , and the Sciatica 5 and drunke in Wine,_ againlt that kinde of 3 W lch the Greekes call opzflbarozzos, (which is when the boby is drawne backwards)

a‘ . - . . . Qdhviiffigggglt 1t:he cold fits in Agues. It 15 alfo good annointed with oyleyagainflr the aforefaid

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CH AP. 15}. Oft/ye great Centorie, qr TbeDefm'ptz'o'7a.

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Tliieglfigt Ei‘_erl¢0l'l€ br_ingeth_ forth round frnooth Pralkes three cubits high : the leaues

an 0 e S: lulded as it were into many parcels like to thofe of the Walnut tree, and of

T to “ "WOW? grayilh colour, fomewhat fnrpt about the edgeslike the teeth ofa faw.‘ thrums Wheioffv at the_top of the Pralkesin fcaly knaps like the great Knapweed , the middle ‘Umeth into ad are Ofallght blew or sky colour : when the feed is ripe the whole knap or head eed,bea,ded atgwny lubpflance like the head of an Artichoke, wherein is found a long fm00tll zfim, The root 9° end like thofe of Baflard Safi’ron,called Cartamur, or the feed of Cardwi BM?» “’h is g‘ea“>.l9ng, blacke on the outfide, and of a fanguine colour on the infide, form. 6. and biting the tongue. l

. at fweet in tart her ' 1‘ - eds ll‘?-‘Ville another fort,hauing great and large leaues like thofe Oltlm Wfitfit Docke.’

‘h?d about the edges. The {talks is {hotter than the other, but the root is

l“Y°e: Otherwife like. The floure is of a pale yellow purpliih colour, and eroimen in s

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