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gtvg Oliilie hiiliori e of Plants.

f T he Place. , Tiiefe grow in r-aongh and Pzony places,but are all ftrangers in England. q} The Time. The;-* home in May and Iune,and lhortly after ripen their feed. 1 qt The Names.

I tliii-rite none ofthefe to be the Sefmoidcs of the Antients. 1 The firﬁ is fet forth by 019/174‘ wider the name we here giue you: it is the Mafcipula zzltera mufcofoﬂore ofLohcl : Vifrzigo major OfG4' W,’i'.’?’'.u’37!I»‘’5. \

2 This al £3 C./i_:ﬁ:;5 and Lohel haue fet forth by the fame name as we giue you them.

./l./{zzi!‘.32.:'.’,’i’z»'5 ,=f}z:2;*;wzi71'm',ancl others haue fet this forth for Scﬂzmoidesparvum, in the Hz'j?._L”Z‘I' it is called (,‘at,i;M;2cc qifﬂfliﬂdiim 1') but moﬂ: ﬁtly by Dam/oiz. Choridry/la:/llﬁecics term, The third kind ° Gum SLlCCO‘:iC. ;t — ' q[ The Temperature. .

(7.‘ilz’i’i.'? a i’iirn~.erli 112:: the feed contains in it felfe a bitter quality,and faith that it heateth,brea-, l«:c.-thiaiid l’eoi.i:'ctli.

V 1 The 7/‘ertzm. _ d A z)iqf}:¢».~:1:i’es ai”lii-‘am-t‘?.i§ that the weight of an halfepenny of the feed drunlte with Mead or home 'v“s'”ili'r:‘r",J§)‘t‘3l’gCtl3 and choler by the fioole.

'5’ time being 21'p;;>ilCd,LlOEl1\&’aiiC hard knots and fwellings.

. , . , A thﬁ tf Tlnt which here fﬂ)‘n‘.C!l}<' e:~.myc:l the third pl.-icc,by the title of Si-ﬂzmoide: maiios Scaligtri, was no other than the plan: that is hereafter defcribcdi by name or Ts;-tori-rair: gai’1o—p.~o;4inci.«‘, W1‘-Crc you may ﬁndc both the ﬁgure and dcfcription.

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Dyers wecd,or Yellow weed. q[ The Dcfcriptioh.

Yersweed hath long narrow and greenilh Yep]-'

low leaues not much vnlike to Woad, bu‘ 3

great deale {mallet and IlaI‘l’OW€l'5fI'O[Il arm)” which commeth vp a ft-alke two cubits high, be 1 with little narrow leaues:euen to the top of the W _ come forth fmall pale yellow ﬂoures,clofely Cluﬁe ring together one wirhin another, which doe fl“ _ into {mall buttons, cut as it were croﬂé-wife,Wh‘:l in the feed is contained. The root is very long 3” ﬁngle.

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on The Place. n Dyers weed groweth of it felfe in moiﬂ barren: and vntilled places, in and about villages alma euerie where.

.__'_‘_ Q} The Time. . '1, s This herb ﬁourifhetli in lune and Iuly.

/_ 4:, 1'2’ ' 1 ft!!!’ '4

Lyﬂulé‘ s\? ‘“

W at The Names. N 3), Pliny, lih. 3 3 . czzjns. maketh mention by ‘tliﬁ "7' _ of this herb,and calleth it Lam :and Vitru-z2iu5,l"I7‘_ Liitam : it is the Ljhtirrhinum of‘1‘rzzgm : and ' .10/imam of at/tatthiolzis. i Virgil in his Buc_0“° 0; Eclog 4- Calls it alfo Latum : in Englifh, W dd’ Dyers weed. ‘ . qy The Nature. It is hot and dry of temperature.

if Q] The Vcrtzm. ref-01 ’i"he root as alfothe wholehcrb heatcs and dries in the third degree: it cuts, attenuates,

. . ~ g c . .tieth,opens,cligeﬁ.s, some alfo commend it againft the punéiures and bites of V€ﬂ0m0usture5,

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Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. T T 4.

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‘“”33:FI1<3_t only outwardly applied to the wound,but alfo taken inwardly in drinke.

H.“ l*.° it is commended a.gainl‘t. infeétion of the plague : fome for thefe realbns term it T hcri7zzm- - Mat. 3; .

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C H Al’. 13 7. Of Stiazteiwzzcre.

Sm}:/izk-agria. Staues-acre. qr The Deﬁriptioni

Saues-aere hath ﬁraight {talks of a browne colour,

y’ . with leaues clone n or cut into fundry feétions, al- “Qé moﬂ: like the lean es of the wilde Vine : the ﬂoures

r grow vpon ﬂrort Items, fafhioncdhfomwhat lilqe vnto

. ‘air... .',»»ﬁJ7’-. out common Monltes hood,of a perfe{’t blew colour;

‘K 1 $55.. which beeing pal}, there" fucceed welted ilLlSl(€3S like

\ éi "' W thbfe of VVolfs'-barie,wther”ein is contained triangular

brownifh rough feed; The root is ofa wooddy lub-

ﬁance, and petifheth when it hath perfeéled his iced.

The Place." V I.

It is with great diﬂieultie preferued in ourcold

countries, albeit in fome milde Winters I haue kept

it couered ouer with a little Ferne, to defend it from

the in jurie of the March wind,w hich doth more harm

tg plants tfiéaft ciotme forth ofhot countries, than doth

t e reate to s. , . ‘

g The Time. I t

Itﬂoureth in Iune, and the feed is ripe the fecond yeare of his fowing. g_ -

The Names. .

It is called in Greelie mt: ism: in Latina, Hahn Pe- dicularis ,‘ and Pedimmluria, as (Z/I:~17€€/1%-FJ1'€gPfJY.tCtl1. 1"li22y,lih.2 5. cap.i 3 . feems to name 1!!/'71:! iammm : off fome, Pituitariigand Pa’/fulzz rhimfdﬁd _-' 1“ ﬂ‘°P5sS”‘P"”f' rig;-2'4 ,- in" Spariifh, Ter‘-vii pzolcme .- in french ,. H erhc auxpoulx.- in high- Dutch,ILeﬂ3 ktalltzin low~Dutch, nupmuit :‘ in Engli{h,= Staues—a’cre,_Lou fe.wort,and Loufe—pou er. -

Tl '1‘ he Temperature. ‘ 1 .._~ g ﬂ . ~_,« . _ I . g ., v _ . 1 . .- ._ quaugefeeds of Staues-acre are extreame hot, almoft in the fourth degree,of a biting and burning

qr The Vertuei.

Q-imﬁteeﬂ feedsyof S~taues.a‘cre taken with honied water will caufe one to vomit grofic flegme and Withigmattetabllt with great violence ; and therefore thofe that haue taken ti]C_fIll ;ou_ght to walke the thut 1_13ymg,and to drinlte honied water,‘ becaufe it bringeth dangerof choking and burning r 19, in‘°_‘“=35 .D_i"f50"ia'e: notetjh : for which caufe they are reje (Sized and not vfed of Phyﬁti0D9. Ci- prouokingvomigor elfe in mixing them with other inward medicines. ’

Of: 6'3 f€§d mingled w TEE‘? Y»3nd_cL1reth‘a‘ll fcuruy itch and manginefle.

_ ame boiled in vine

E fame chewed in th

get and holden inthe moutlgaflivagelth the tooth-ache; _ v V A of the root of Pellitorie of 3 pain be added thereto; . , ‘ ’ _ away ﬁcgfne tempered Wlthvineger is good to be rubbedhvpon louiﬁeia pp arelLf0 deﬂmygc dim‘?

Th : I ' . . i 4 . . ~ . I i fame .ea{:§ éilfdpegillotis to betalcen inwardly withoutgood adiii¢5_> C?‘f%'§t‘E’“i9f[he ) g, ‘ ‘ ‘ ' . ' .. , - gerous that many time U1 e the ignorant not to beouer—bold in medling wit it, it it is fo dan

5 Siﬁath enﬁieth v pan‘ the taking. thereof.‘ ‘ V‘ H Iii‘ F‘:

ith oile or greafe dri-ueth away lice from the hcad,beard,and all other paiﬁs

brain,efFe¢ia.uy if 3 Hmee inoutli draweth forth. ¢ttl_Ch moiflure from the head, and cleanfeth the y