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‘ y A 1] The N mm. This herb is called in Greeke'Arn'ea'a9m‘:, and alfo cream .- in Latine,Ajler .4ttz'cue,Bu5om':¢m,_and 1”‘ grtimzlek .- offome, Aﬂerirm, Aﬁerzfcon, and Hyapbtlmlman .- in high—Dutch, ﬁegetkraut zrn Spa‘ ni{h,Ba£¢.r .- in 13rencl1,Eji‘2*z'/Zeaand Afper goutte merme .- in Englifh,S tarwort,and Sharewort. ~ e . The Temperature. ' s It is of a mean temperature in cooling and drying. Galen faith it doth moderatly waﬁ and C09‘ fume,efpecia1ly while it is yet {oft and new gathered. l l 6 That with the blew or purple ﬂoure is thought to be that which is of Virgil called Fla: Am?/1”” of which he maketh mention,Zz'b.4.. of his Georgicks: '

Eﬁ etiam flat in pratinmi nomen Amelia

1-" ecere zzgrzcolre :facili: qzmrentiém lzeréa 5 Namqzee rune ingentem tallit ale cryjritefylvam .- Aurem ipﬂgﬁd in folgljs, qzmplurima circum Fundzmmr, wioleﬁeélacetpurpara mgrx.

In Englifh thus:

In Medes there is a ﬂoure ufmella nam’ ,

By him that leeks it ealie to be found,

For that it feems by many branches fram’d Into a little wood : like gold the ground D Thereof appeares 5 but leaues that it befet » . ?« Shine in the colour of the Violet.

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A The leaues of Aﬂer or Inguinalie ﬁamped, and applied yntobotches,impoﬂumes,and venereouf buhones,which for the molt part happen in Izxgraine, that is,the ﬂanke or (hare) do mightily mam rate and fuppurate them, whereof this herb usljler tooke the name Inguinalk. f

It helpeth and preuaileth againﬂ: the inﬂammation of the“fundam_en't, and the falling forth 0.

the gut called Samar rventrie. V _ ’ ‘ ' .

C The floures are good to be giuen vnto children againﬁ the fquinancie and falling ﬁcknefﬁh ‘f The ﬁgure which formerly was in the fcconrl placevnder the title of .AI!¢1 dnim. was of the ' i ll: here defcribed ; all!) in the third pla ¢¢ f°fm¢'lY;;,?;ﬁ

thcfe two ﬁgures which we here giuc you,whcrcof:h_c former is of Jjier mantanugand the late: of» tbirfictua 5 audthatuhichwas vndcr the rid‘ 05-4*" tm in the fourth place,b:longs to the ninth dcfcriytron, ‘ ‘ l , . :

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qr The Defcriprion.

Mﬁﬁm 0} garden W03d hath long leaues of a blewifh green colour.The ﬂalk grow-4:

two cubits high , fer about with a great number of fuch lcaues as come vp ﬁrﬂt; bu

fmallenbranching it felfe at the top into many little tWigs,whereupon do grow many {man YCHOW HOURS = Which being paﬁ,thc feed comes forth like little blackifh tongues .Th€ ‘act is white and ﬁngle. _

2 There is a wild kind of Woad very like vnto the former in ﬂalks,leaues,and falhion,f3“‘9g that the ﬁalke is tenderer, fmaller, and browner , and the leaues and tongues narrower . ogherw f6 there is no difference betwixt them. . r r . r , . . ’ . . The P1455. , it b

The tame or garden Woad growes in fertile ﬁelds where it is fowne : the wilde kinde gfowct where the tame hath bin fowne. i 7' ‘ '- 1] Tbe“1’ime.

They Home from Iune to September. A . V 1 Tie Names. V * _ p A L Woad is called in Greeke inin: : in Latine,Ifm$:, and Glaﬂzms. Cafizr, lie. 5. of the French W335? faith,That all the Brittons d0 C0109!‘ themfelues With W0ad,which giueth a blew colour‘: Wmc ; thing all?) Plz'ny,lié. 2 2. cap. I. doth teﬁiﬁe: In France they call it G14/Zam,which is like vnt0 Plane ‘taine,wherewith the Brittifh wines and their daughters are colored all ouer, and go naked =in_{°‘,"_ kinde of facriﬁces. It is likewife called ofdiuers Guadum. .- of the i.talians,Grmez'o,a word as-1‘ meth wrung outofthe word Gl4_/lam .- in Spanifh and French ‘in Dutch,11%B8t:iﬁ EDS“ ’ woadandwade. r ‘Mt

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I Card, A p _- ,_ _ _ n 1; 7‘be':7'einper.¢'tur‘e.' A I I H _ biting‘. en Woaqrs dry without fharpneﬂe: the wﬂfyg Woad drierhrnor‘e,an'd is more lharp and -I-he.deéO&__ f. V U _ p r_ Thief/ertuer.". ‘ he . ._ _._ V} _ V p or fpleen audrigrrlpf Woad drunken‘ rs goodfor f_uch as _h'aue any ﬂopping or hardnc as in the rnilt A people aad fuck 0 good for wounds or ylcers in bodies ofavﬂrovng eonftrtutron, as of countrey » t férueth " Iii; are accuﬁomed to greatlabour and hard courfe fare. p w to dye and colour cloath,proﬁtable to fame fewyandihurtfull to many, L p 3

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t . . , _ . T E: ;:‘f‘:‘1l1‘:$‘:}f;'i'1:1d§? Woad hath fatlong leauess lil_{epValé*ri..{i2zz m':5m Doa’bmi,Or Beém M’: f of {Du-lye 16 e 15 {mall and tender; h‘a'urng' thereupon little purple ﬂoures con 6 {ting “'3 like C 01 cw. “"35 5 which bemg palhthere come fquare cornered husks ful of round b lack that in —~0t*wé t§".SZhT.h.° ‘{'h°l€ plant is couered ouerwith a clammy fub fiance like birdlime, fo Her as they Ca; . °f"f ¢1€aL_1‘es thereof will take flies by the wings (as Mzz[kipzr"l4’doth) in fuch man» 2 E/*’5em'ern0‘t e cap‘? away‘ i L J H i " Which riferh V‘ ‘~‘;nr§!"”,”"li hath 109g fat andlarge lcaues like vntoVV'o’ad,bu't m‘rfch‘lefl'e:anrong Te Yet with maihy fl-32$ Hallie a Cublt high,diuidin‘g it felfe into many branches ,at[th¢ t0p,vvhEch ‘.13 round bullets con —-iv.i“‘° ﬂ°“"f¢5 Cbnﬁﬂing ofmanyleaues ;which being‘ paPr,thcre follow lit? 'a"““§ the feed. The root is fni‘all-and full of‘ ﬁbre ' ' - . -. e " ’TlzeP/ace.‘ 11 $‘°Wet5 1“ my garden,but 1:3;/zernemmr is a Pcranger as-yet in‘ England , «J The Time." ‘ 1 ’ i

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they ﬂoure in May and 1-u-mo»