Of theihiiﬁorie of Plants.

C HA P. 6". Ofjel/01}? Henézme, or Taézico.

H yofryzzmm lzztezzsr. Yellow E-ienhaner 17 T/ye Deﬁrzftion.

’ Ellow I-Ienbanc groweth to the height of two cubits : the ﬂalke is thicl<e,fat, and green of C0‘ lour,ful of a fpongeous pith,and is diuided into

1" undry branches, fet with fmooth and euen leaueﬁ; thicke and full of juice. The floures grow at the tOP5 of the branches, orderly placed, of a pale yellow C0‘ logfomthing leffer than thofe of the black I-lenbanfh The cups wherein the ﬂoures do ﬁand, are like, bl?‘ leﬂ'er,tenderer, and without fharpe points, wherein 19

‘ fer the huske or cod fomwhatroundfull of very {ma feed like the feed ofmarjerom. The root is f mall and \ threddy. .

A g 1 y . qr T/1: Place. "" ‘ _« \ ~ Yellow Henbane is fowne in gardens , where it doth ‘‘ r V ' profper exceedingly-,infomuch_that it cannot be d5‘ ﬂroicd where it hath once {own it fell; 5: it is difpﬁlf fed into molt parts of London. qf T66 Time.

It ﬂoureth in the fummer moneths,and oFtentim¢‘ till Auturnne be farre f pent , in which time the £65 commeth to petfeélion.

Q1 The Names.

Yellow Henbane is called Hyofcyamu: tum .' Of fome,Petzmz,and Pctxm : of0therS,Nz'coti4mz, of NM? “ Frenchman that brought the feeds from the Indies)” alfo the feeds of the true Tabaco, whereof this ha‘

y bin taken for a kind ; infornuch that Lo./2:1 hath called it Damn: Hyofcy4mu:,or doubtfull Henbane,as a pl3“£ . participating of Hcnbane and Tabaco: and it is V_{‘. ofdiuers in Read of Tabaco,and called bythe lame name,r"or that it hath bin brought from Triﬂl‘ dada,a place lo called in the Indies,as alfo from Virginia and other places,for Tabac05and doubl" lelTe,taken in fmoke it worketh the fame kind ofdrunkennelfe that the right Tabaco doth ,

;t Some vfe to call this Nicotian in Engli‘{h,being a name taken from the Latine. 1:

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This kinde of Henbane is thought of fome to be cold and moiﬂ ; but after 1.05:! it talherheats

than cooles at all ,becau fe of the biting raft, as alfo that rolenrrineﬂe or gummi.nelTe it is poll? 5 Of ; which is euidently perceiued both in handling and chewing it in the mouth, 1] T be Vermer. ,

This herb auaileth againft all apoltumes,ttimors,inue:em: vlcergbogchegjand fuch ﬁke, beelllg

made into an vnguent or falue as followeth : Take of the grcene leaues three pounds and an 113 I; ﬁampe them very final in a {tone mortar 5 of oile Oliueone quart: fer them to boile in a brall? P?! or ﬁ1Cl11ike,vpon a gentle ﬁre,continually ﬁirring it vntill the herbs feem blacke and wil notbm or bubble any more : then {hall you haue an excellent green oile 5which beeinv drained from the feces or drofI'e,put the cleare and {trained oile to the ﬁre again,adding therto gfwax half a p09”. ’ Of 1' Oren four“ °“nCC3aand of good turpentine tW0 Ounces :melt them all together, and keepe 1‘ 5 pots £01‘ YOU!‘ vfe,to cure inueterat V1CCl'S,apOﬂlJm€S,bumingggreen woundgjand all cuts of hurt in the head gwherewith I haue gotten both crownes and credit. , It is Vfcd Oflbme 1" ‘lead °fT8b3C°abUE ‘0 {mall purpofe or proﬁt, although i t doth fiulﬁﬁe O dull the {‘ences,and cau fe that kind ofgiddines that Tabaco doth, and likewife {pi tting,whlCh and other herb of hot tempe_rature_will do,as Rofemary,Tim¢,VVinter- Sal10ri€,fn’<?et .Marjerome,an uch like : any of the which I like better to be taken in fmoke, than this kind 0fc:loul:itful HG“

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C H A P. 68. Of 7“/t[MCO,y07‘ Henbane qfilaerzz.

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i to E “pm or) kinds of Tabagziione greater,__the other lellergthe greater was broi.ig_l:t A ﬂnidaci-Q «‘;II_I€'{1()l.1E3()i 1‘. Ac prouinces o _ merica, which _we4call the W eft Indies ;, Em-f..‘.OCl};r’\:’f LEOEEE or E »;,< i . an ‘IJCEIILXIIIEZO the continent ofthe fame EE'li:.1CS. haue added. a third i.o;ta2.n:_l H I5 rnaire the yellow Henoane a kind thereof. 2 r5'f4??(7/I I72a.lammi Tahaco of T riiiidada;

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very fair — L ielfe into fundry branches of great length 3, whereon are ‘placed in molt eortily order a‘ QuE ‘gt El 03,5‘ l‘33“¢5sl>Y08d,fmoot'h,ar:d {harp pointed,.foft,and ofa light gre an colour?» lo faftned » pat ’;’€."€}3h~I€;t‘h3F they feeine ‘to‘emb'race‘and compafle it about.The Homes grow at the top of rig ’.2f"“’l‘l1al?Efl’1Il<ea bell-ﬁoure forvevvhatrlonrr and cornered l10.ll‘OW within of a light carna- llfolourt d' l ‘ " ' 5” 1. ’ a . . 3 ‘U - i cods of (6; en mg towhiteneffe tovvard the brirn's.The feed is contained in long (liarpe P‘.-Olnfﬁd‘ eoxoun ._ .3“ ’‘’‘’fr9l3 11116" veto the feed of yellow I-Ienbanegbut fomewhat {mallet-, and hi-otviier of

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