Of the Hifiorie of Plants. Li B. 2.

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qt ‘Tb: Tempenmrrei _ _ d Pafle-floure doth extremely bite, and exulcerateth and eateth into the skinne if_ it be f’camP‘°W and applied to any part of the bOdy;Wl1Cl'CupOl'l it hath beene taken of fome to be a kinde of Qrliloc foot, and not without reafon, for that it is not inferiour to the Crowfoots : and therefore it 15 and dric. L ‘ 1] ‘I5: V ertues. _ I’ There is nothing extant in writing among Authors of any peculiar Yefwea bl“ the)’ {ewe we ’ for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beautie-

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CH A P. 80; Of e/fclonzlrifloure;

qf '1‘/ye Defcripriafl.

He firfi hath very many flender weake Ptalkes, trailing or leaning to the ground, mg; i euery part with fine jagged leaues very deepely cut like thofe of Camomill, or Y3‘ he thofc fJfMay—weed :vpon which Pralkes doe grow {mall red floures, in fhape likcfi Y fidd Cr9w-f0Ot,w1th a blackifb greene pointell in the middle, which being growne to matlvilma mmeth $50 a fmall greenifh bunch of feeds,in lhape like a little bunch of grapes.The root 15 d h - ' an 2! {Elba llecond differeth not from the precedent in any one _point,but in the color of the floureia which are ofa perfect yellow colour, wher§T1n7cl(]>en1lil fleth the difference. aw. i The red floure of Adonis groweth wilde in the Wei‘: parts of England among their corne,h€e‘:::: as May.weed doth in other parts,and is likewife an enemy to come as May-weed 1S : from 3 -d1

‘ I brought the feed,and haue fowne it in my garden for the beautie of the fi0_ureS f31<*‘-‘- .1 hat W1

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Hilioriei of Plants.

1 F./05‘ ._-'fil(3:r,071il’_fl0}‘f rgéya. fif The Time; & donis with red fioures.

They floure in the Summer moneths, May, Iune,ant-l luly,and fometimes later.

qf ‘Tb: Names.

Adonis floure is called in Latine,Flo.r Adam} and u/1a'07¢z‘a'i5: of the Dutchmendfelbgofglin :, in Englifh we may cal it red Mayths, by which name it is called of them that dwell where it groweth natura1ly,and generally red Carnomil; in Greeke, »’rea'V5*m:= ynd Emm/aemum .- our Lon- don women do call it Rofe-a-rubie.

(J The Nature.

There hath not bin any that hath written of the temperature hereof 3 notwithiiandinggfo far as the talle thereof fheweth, it is fomthing hot; but not much.

1} ‘Me Vertzm.

The fecdbf Adonis Home is thought to bee good againft the {lone :amongPt the Antients it was not knowne to haue any other faculty5al- beit experience hath of late taught vs,That the feed l’samped,and the ponder giuen in wine,ale, or beere to drinke, doth wonderfully and with great effecit helpe the coliquc.

CH A p. 81. Of fDoc,{r.~

1] T be Kinsley.

f0fcoride5 fetteth forth foure kinds of Docks; wilde or {harpe pointed Docks; garden D0-el<e; addefllfld leafed Docke,and the foure Dock called Sorrel: befides thefe,the later I-lerbarifis haue

certain other Docks alfo,which I purpofe to make mention of.

T Q} Tbs Deferzftion. ‘ T at which among the Latines fignifies to l‘often,eafe,ot purge the belly,the fame fig: mfication hath Aum'z'~fic-ii, among the Grecians;Whel‘eOfLzz1iAzhz¢m-and -magma. (as fome i~;i1r,«=_-;_,.nC to hélogreade) tooke their names for herbs which are vfed in portage and medicine,very wel r; as W aue the power ofclenfing : of thefe there be many kindes and differences, great {lore leaycd Doe’; ‘I‘°‘W gTOW1_ng;among whom is that which is now called {harp pointed Dock or (harp rim-l }md p°Oi-mtegjrowes in moi’: medowes and by running fltre-ams,hauing long narrow leaues fhairp .>:t Q,j)garnifi1ed ._apiy)ng which come vp round hollow {talks ofa brown coloiir,hai_1ing }OlntS 111;‘: Colo mwnc ab wit 1 uch like leaues,but {mallet : at the end whereof grow many floureslofa pa e - at jg ymsks y'iIl:el;‘;‘OFher sand after them comes a brownifh three lquare feed, lapped in browne A There is ac‘:/3 atience. The root is great,lo'ng,and yellowwithin. h i‘,

,,l€:l'i in the fecond r,:ftl°_0fI51h1S with crifped or curled leaues‘, whofe figure wasby our Atit org 2 The feCOn~dli:_ Cc in t e following Cl18pt¢?l‘J.\/:HClCl“tllC title of Hyrlralapat/mm mmw. i _¢_ ind of {harp pointed Dock is like the firihbiit much fmaller,and doth beef hu-

feefil in r v . called a1LE§C{l}§e5ab0l-It his branches, in chaffie httsks like Sorrell 5 not for much in vfe as the f0Ymer,‘

3 E"? pointed Dock. \ def t K is in roots,{’£all<S,and feeds is like to the precedent but the leaues are (hotter fie roun‘: han thofe of the firit de{’cribed,wherein confilts the chiefe difference betwixt this and it i T f g. _ y The Place. I h be 9 kmels Of Docks grow,as is b‘eforefdTid,in medowes and by riiiers fidesa _ ‘I125