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g‘-.-"___é_,.-J there come hard knobby husks like {mail cups or boxes,wherein are frnall brown feeds. . 2 The white Henbane is not much vnlike the blaclce, fairing that his leaues are fmaller, W1”; ter,and more woolly,and the ﬂoures alfo whiter: the cods are like the other,but without pricksi dieth in winter,and mull likewife be fowne again the next yeare. ‘’

1: 4. Hyofcyamar aléur Creticur. White I-Icnbane of Candy-

3}: 3 flyofcyamus aléus miner.

The lefleriwhite Hembane.

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s ’ s it 3 This other white Henb/ane is much like the laﬁ dcfcribcd,but that it is Iefie,tlie lefugf {mallet and roundenhanging vpoh pretty long ﬂallrs: the flames and feed.veﬂ‘els are like tho " the laﬂ mentioned. mu‘; 4 This is fofter and tenderer than the lat} defcribed gthc leaves alfo hang vpon long F00‘ 6 and are couered ouer with a lbft downineile 5 and they are fomewhat broader, yet thinner 80” ed ﬁnuated than thofe of the white,and fomewhat refemble the forme ofa Vine leafe beeing fﬂ1l’1l;“,, about the edges 5 the iialks are alfo couered with awhite colour : the floures are of a gold Y‘!

with a veluet-coloured circle i_n their middles ; the root is fulﬁciently thicke and large. Claﬂfﬁ 12:‘; p

the ﬁguéefand defcription of this from his friend Iaque; Platezw,Who had the Plant growing 0 receiue tom Cand .

5! ﬁThe llalclfe ofiihig growes fome cubit hli1g_,h,l(J1eing pre%tylﬂ:ifFe,about the thicknelfel R 311;, litt e n er,an couere ouer with a loft 86 W “C owne : t e canes row dif erll v on t 13 5 not muclgivnlike thofe of thecommon kind,but lelier,and more diuid§tl,and wihite (uihile the)/?‘1;e yong)couered with a ﬂender and long downineﬂre: the top of the ftalke is diuidecl into C5‘ in}, branches that bend or hang down their heads,which al ternatl y among narrower, lefler, and V” on. ded Ieaues carry cups like as the common one,ending in Hue pretty iliﬁfe points,in which ar€ they rained Homes at ﬁtfi fomewhat like the common kinde,but afterwards as they grow biggﬁh dale change into an elegant red purpliih colour,with deepcolored veins : neither is the ring 01'J’_nm,1;c pm purple: as in the common kind, but whitifh, hauing a purpliih pO1ﬂf3ll_, and i'1txe'tl'!.t’€i..~.& "feed middle : the feeds and feed-veﬂ'els are like thofe of the common kinde. C/uﬂm 1'(‘L‘f.?lUiC’.Cl mf I J y ,1", hereof from Pzilzm'2i7ms,rett1rning from his 3311615 Into Syria and Egypt gwhertrfore he calls 1* ’ ' tyamm i/£3-y1>tizz:,Egyptian Henbane, it

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3F El H}l0ﬂ:yzImzzr ﬂare méc/lo. T/2'6 P/aft’.

i eribane with a reddiih ﬂoure.

. - Blacke Henbane grows almoﬁ euery where by highways,in the borders officials about dunghils and vntoiled places : the white Henbane is not‘ found but in the gardens of thofc that loue ph call plants: the which groweth in my garden, and. doth fow it felfe from yeare to yeare.

q} The Time.

They fpring out of the ground in May, bring forth their ﬂoures in Auguﬁ, and the feed is ripe in O clober. ‘ '

111 712: Names.

Henbane is called of the Grecians, rem‘:-um .~ of the Latines,/lpa/lz'mzri'r,and Faéafitzi/1.4 .- ofthe Ara- bians,as Pliny l3zith,Altercum : of fome,Faéa I0":/2'5, or lupiter: bean :oFPytbagarM, Zoroaﬂcs, and Apr» [eia:,1;1jZm;z, Altcrmlumgsy mp/Jvﬂidwhaﬁd C'4l? 57514713‘? of the Tufcanes, Falmlozaia, and F464 /apz'mz.- of M rztt/aim: fylwitimr, Dem Caéallirms, Zdilmzzzm/rum, Caﬂilago : of Iacobus 22 U!/tanlyk, Heréa pz';mz¢z'a : in {hops it is called Iufqm'amm,and Hyoféyamzzs .-in Englifh,l-lenbane: in Italian,Hy0fquiam0.- in Spa- ni(h,Velmna .- in high-Dutch, zﬁtltm ktaut : in French, Hamxebime, Enalarmie .- the other is called Hjofcyama: alémgor white Heubane. A

Tire Nzitare. Thefc kinds of Henbane are cold in the fourth d cg tee.

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di(I£CI;b_ane caufeth drowﬁneﬂ'e,and tnitigateth all kinde ofpaine : it is good againﬂ hot §e {harp ed to intﬁom of the “YES and other parts : it liaieth bleeding and the difeafe in "women : it is appli- e 1 ammatlons of the {tones and other {ecret parts. _

gout th egues ita‘“PCd With the ointment Polmleommade of Poplar b'uds,alTwageth the pain of "the 13 fan,e’0i§t$;I:g%t1;e ﬂlpnegand the tumors ofwomens brelts, and are good to be put into the

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fameoalzgflriuthc feet in the délcoétioii of I-lenbane caufeth lleepe -, or giucn in a clyﬁer it doth the C

’ e leg“ 0 IFC gften frnellin g to the ﬂoures. _ * V _ . kenneﬂé °.5=h°C -3_nd }ulCe taken inwardly caufe an vnquiet lleep like vnto the lleepe of drun-. D e fcawd lcf Co_ntinueth long,and is deadly to the party. . _ orbreﬁ ac .°ﬁWh1tf‘~ Henbane is good againfl: the cough,the falling of watrie humors into the eys E often =mg_am the inordinat ﬂux ofwomens ilI'ues,& all other iffues of bloud,taken in the weight T g ins,witb water wherein hony hath bin fodden;

The fee mot boiled with vinegre, 8: the fame holden hot in the mouth,eal'eth the pain of the teeth. F.

orth Oeglijs Wed bl’ M0Unt_ibank tooth-drawers which run about the country,to caufe worms come the t e e tf§e‘h:bY burning it in a chaﬁng difh ofcoles , the party holding his mouth ouer the rec :but fome crafty companions togain mony conueyfrnall lute—ﬁrings into the wa-

ter, . . Petfuadin . th - . _ - he intended togea{‘e_p“‘|“-‘ma that thofe ma-ll creepers came out ofhis mouth or other parts which

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