Of the Hifiorie of Plants.

C H in P. 8 8. Of c/{da'er.t«'.T0ngue.

qr The Defcription.

Phiogloflhn, or Lingmz fcrpemis (called in Englifli Adders-Tongue 5 of fome Add¢’-"5'

GralTe,though vnpropeily)rifeth forth of the ground, hauing one leafe and no mat; fat or oleous in fubfiance,of a finger long, and very like the young and tender 168 er of Marigolds : from the bottome of which leafe fpringeth out a finall and tender fialke one fing

V and a halfe long,on the end whereof doth grow a long {mall tongue not vnlike the tongue ofa let:

em whereof it tooke the name. . . _ _ P 2 3 I haue feene another like the former in root,{’ralke,and leafe ; and differeth,in that this plan‘

. . - ~ - * —- Ilf hath two, and fometimes more crooked tongues, yet of the fame fafhion,wh1ch if my iudgeme _

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‘ Chrgfflz1.E‘zepl2yl1an,and Lingua wlnerarza-in Englifli,Adde_rs tongue, or Serpents tongue : in D“:

. . - - i an - faile not chanceth per accm'em,euen as we fee children borne with two thumbes vpon one h I

which mou eth me (o to_ think, for that in gathering twentie bufhels of the leaues a man {hall had’! ly finde one of this fafhion.

cl: 2 Ophiaglojfbn abortivum.

. I . ' I oplmg 0/fa” Mif-lhapcn Adders Tongue.

Adders-(Tongue.

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qt 7'6: Place:

'Adders—Tongue groweth in moifi medowes throughout molt parts ofEngland,-,as in a Mead“; nee;-e the preaching Spittle adjoyning to London 3 in the Mantels by London,in the medowes Cole-brooke,in the fields in Waltham Forrelhand many other places.

« ‘* qr Tb: Time.

They are to be found in April! and May sbllt in Iune they are quite vanirhed and gone.

. . ‘T N4?”(5° 4 . L41!” Op/rioglo/fum is called In {hops Lmgua ferpenm,Lmqu.zce, and Lingmzlace .- it is alfo called ch,

gaatennngumz gfthe Germanes, Jaattt zungelin. q 7;:

LIB, 2,.

Of the Hiftorie of Plants.

_ q]' Tb: N aturc. Adders—tongue is dry in the third degree.

qr The Vertuey.

f The lcaues of Adders tongue fiamped in a (lone morter,andboyled in Oile Oliue vnto the con. A

eliffilrition of the juyce,and vntill the herbes be dry and parched,and then firained,will yeeld a mofl: . _ 3 lfint greene oyle, or rather a balfarne for greene wounds, comparable to oile of Slobm wort,

if It do not farre fur ' ' ‘ ’ ' pafle it by many degrees: whofe beautie is fuch that very many Artifis haue ‘hought the fame to be mixed with Verdigreafe.

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C H A P. 8 9. Of 0718-5670, or Herbe mjjrufigg/oue,4nJ cflwoonemvort.

I H 064 Park.

9, L-umria minor. 0“°'b€fry,0t Herbe True-loue.

Small Moonewort.

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{I Tb: Dej2'riptiafl.

I ’ e Er ' - . A H oifiE:;sf§f°l:‘}VP With One final tender flalke two hands h igh,at the very top where3

an Creme GIT oure leaues direétly fer one agamlt another in manner of a Burgundi—4

me_IOue I I h rue_.loue knot : for which caufe among the Antients it hath been cal-‘

cum“: of r~h n t_ e midft of the {aid leafe Comes forth a fiarre-like floure of an herby or

ten egcréeping mg rniddefl whereof there arifeth vp a blackifh browne berry :the root is long

0 2 e ma Lunar fifth? °"‘"b,and difperfing it felfe hithcrand thither. _

‘Put on’ both {ides i Y fflmgerh forth of the ground with one leafe like Adders-tonguenagged ."‘s0r Ceteracb, Ofa :“° ue or fix deepe cuts or notches, not much vnlike the leaues of Scolopen- g eme °°1°“’s whereupon doth grow a f mall naked {tern of a finger long, bea-‘

P many little f l

[lg f h eeds Cluflefing torrether - which beingoathered and laid in a platter or °ritch°igPt3l:-‘C of three weekes, there will fall from tliia fame a fine dull or meale of a figs‘

C °°d_ ifit bring forth any. The root is flendenand Compaft of many

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