A Thereis not any thing remembred of the temperature :yet Diafcoride: faith, that the Ieaues

V 338 in A ‘_ 1 tlieo¢g_Hi-ﬁori‘e of Plants.“ L13; 2..

There is anotherof the land ¢a‘1i'e2i‘ iiiyiijiiitqik-nifhcorlzégqides reptrzr, like theformer-. but the Homes 3*“

. thicker tbruf’t/togeth.er,and do not grow all vpon one ﬁde as the other, and part of the ﬂoures are

blew,and part purple,conful‘edly mix: together. V ’ ' q} The Place. 1, 2 Thefe Scorpion graffes grow not wilde in England,notwith ftanding I haue receiued fﬁﬁd of the ﬁrlt from beyond the feas, and haue difperfed them through England, which are eﬂeemﬁ , of gentlewomen for the beautie and Ptrangneffe of the crooked cods relembling Caterpillers. The others do grow in waters and Ptreames, as alfo on dry and barren bankes. . ‘q; The ‘Time. ‘ ‘ _ y 1 The ﬁrft ﬂoureth from May to the encl~ofAuguft:the others I haue found all the Summer 1095' ~' g Q1‘ The Names. , i r P452914 Colztmm iudges this to be thggltymeﬂoﬂ of Diofcoride: .- others‘ call it Scorpioidm and Srorpiaiclcr Buplezirifblio. ' ' ‘ V 2 This is the Scorpiaides of Mzzttbiolm,Dod.La5cZ,and others 5 and I iudge it was this plantol“ Author in this place intended, and not the Scorpiaide: Legmimfa of the Aduerﬁzria,for that hath I10‘ .1 few leaues, but many vpon one rib -, and beﬁdes, Dadwmm, whom in defcriptions and hiltory 0"’ Author chiefely followes,defcribes this immediately after the other : Guillandinua, Cﬁﬁlfinwgan Baa/we iudge it to be the Telepliium of Dzbfcorider. ‘ 3 This and the next want no names, for almofi euery writer hath giuen them feuerall 0:155 ’ Brzmfel/Em called it Cynogloffa minor .- Tragm, ‘Taéermz7mmtanm,and our Author (page 5 37_of the £0!‘ mer ed ition)haue it vnder the name ofEupbrzz/in Cam/ca .- Dodomm: cals it Storpioiderﬁzmina .~ LtW‘_ cams,Leomopadizim;Cceﬁt41.>inua, H eliotrafium minus inpaluﬂrihi: .- Cordm’ and Tbalius, Erbium 1:4/uﬂr "- This is Auriculmmtirzls minor tertz'4,Eupbraﬁ4 quart4,and Pilaf:/lajjlmg/Irir offmgus .'gSt0rPi0i 5’ mm: of Doo!on.w:;/Ilﬁne tmyafotzk : and cmyaﬁztzk birfuta refms of Loft! 5 He/z'otro}>ium min»: altmm1Q Caefzilpzmis ; E cbium minimum of Co/zmmzx 5 and Ecbiumpalajlre altemm of Thalia: .- our Author had}: thr ce : ﬁrft in the precedent chapter,by the name of Heliotropium reiium, with a ﬁgure : fecondly 1” this prefent ch_apter,without a ﬁgure : and thirdly, fag. 514.. alfo with a ﬁgure vnder the nameo. pjloﬁ/lizﬂore atruleo. 1:

5.

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Scorpion graffe applyed to the place,are a prefent remedy againﬂ the ﬂinging of Scorpions :39‘! likewife boyled in wine and drunke, preuaile againﬂ the {aid bitings, as alfo of addars, fnakes, alld ‘luch venomous beaﬁs : being: rriadéin an vngnent with oile, wax, and a little gum£1emm', they 33". proﬁtable againit fuch hurts as require an healing medicine. ‘

C H A P. 55. Of .'7\Q‘gl2t/Earle.

qr 775: K index.

T Here be diners Nightfhades,whereofl'ome are of the garden 3 and fome that low: the ﬁeidsﬁng - yet euery of them found wilde 5 whereof fome can fe ﬂeepineﬂe euen vnto death: othersﬂ“ 6

ﬂeepineﬂ!'e,and yet Phyﬁcall :and others very proﬁtable vnto the health of man, as [hall begl“. “-7

’ red in their feueral.1vertues'. v »

q[ The Defcriptiair.

Arden Nightfhade hath round Ptalkes a foot high, and full of branches, whereon “'6

fer leaues of a blacltiih colour, {oft and full ofjuice,in fhape like to the leaues of 1?”;

‘ﬁll,bu_t much greater : among which do grow ftnall white ﬂoures with ellow P9“:

tals in the middlegwhich being pafhthere fucceed rou_nd berrifmgreene at the ﬁrﬂ,and_ black “he i they be ripe, like thofe of_Iuy : the root is white and full of hairy ﬁrings.

1 2 The root ofthls 1s1ong,pretry tliickeand hardbeing couered with a brownifh skiﬂj H: this root grow vp man)’ {man ﬁalkes Of the height of a cubit and _better,fomewhat thicke withan the leaues that grow alongfi the ftalkes are like thofe of the Quince-trce, thicke, white, foft af downie. The ﬂourcs grow about the (ialke at the fetting on of the leafe, fomewhat long.” ",5, pale colour,diuided into foure pattS.W1_11Ch are ﬁlcceeded by feeds contained in hairy or wool” ’ ccptacles :which when they come to ripeneffe ire r§cd,or of a reddifh faffron colour. Iii

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(I115? liishtﬂiadc comrzweth V9 5!‘ F939? P1.‘}?55a3“d “°‘.°“°1Y in gardens. ofviliish n9tW%“‘§f’§

from

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cl‘ ‘ _‘ . . . .. . 0 . n égrge it hath taken his fyrnarne,and in which it is often found growing among other h€I'bS5bUE all}; common highwaies,the borders of fields,by old walls and ruinous places.

him a: M'Il‘h1s growesnot with vs, but in hotter countries. C/ziﬂm found it growing among ru;y.- - 3 ago In Spaine. 1: ‘

I Solamzm barren 5.

Garden Nighﬂhadcg it 2 So zznimfomnzftmm.

Slcepie Nightfhade.

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It ﬂoured] . S _ T ée Timid _ 0 ﬁpenefr III L1ml11€I‘,£md oftentimes till Autumne be wel fpem:5 and then the fruit commeth €- Th“ Cl“/I'M found in ﬂoure and with the feed ripe in Februarie : for it litres many years

unmﬁsibut in cold it is but an annual. ;t

It is Called of h_,_ _ ‘I 7.6: Names. _

Hz 8, 0f {hm Mt -— [Grecians spiixlg ; ofthe Latines,_So/a72zm2_,and_ Solarium bartenfe : in (hops , Sofzzn Mime/1,, {an 01:51}, Vtm i.ap;;z4,and Vt/4 I/ulpi; .- in panifh likewife More//4, and Tcrrwz t;«1,lor.¢ \\ fhewerh [hag _P ynck writer,and diners others of his time called it Strznnum .- P/{r1y,lzé.2 7. v4.8a Cgnfufed ma 15 galled Cumbaih: .- both thefe words are likewife extant in Apulems, amongft the «: apter beimcfsz or N1ghtl}1adC3Vv1]0 comp;-chendmg all the kinds of Nightihade together in garden ’ . e 0many,hath {trangely Szabfurdly confounded their names.In Englifh it is cahed

{E-,7; fa W1:‘§htl}13d9>M0Y€h8ﬂd petty Morel : in FrenCh,Marelle,Galla£»dgzk : fcu zzrdcnt, quilt aizerictzzr

i“ hot co

Night-[bade _ I _ _ _ ‘flit Anitrirc anzlﬂrtues. _ N . _ eooung and b_ (CE? Gama £'aith,L:6.de Fzz€rt{t. Szmp.) is vied for thofe inﬁrmities that hatte need Def ﬁrmer in h. E‘ mg; {Or fhéfe two qualities it bath in the lecond degree -which thing alfo he air» We to eat,thdst h(a)I?h<?‘0f the facilities ofnoI_1ri(hments,V_vhere he faith,thar there is no pot-h<§1'b won my V 6 it and t}? grfeat aﬂriétion or binding as Niglitfhade hath3and therefore Phyﬁtlans do

I Diorama!“ ' _ at eldome as a nourifhment,butalwaies as a medicine. _ _ _, P the head the hm Wé;1teth,that Nightfhade is good agamﬁ S, Amhonies ﬁre,thC (liing1es,p:.:ne or and bitigg humorrt‘ B“”““%‘. Of heate of the ﬁomacke,and other like accidents proceeding -of thatp applied vnto th0fs._ ut although it hath thefe vertues,yet it is not alwaies good that it ﬂiiatild be

e inﬁrmities,for that many ti mes there hapneth more dangers by applying thefe

med’ . . lesﬁhan by the dlfeafe it felf ; for as Hip;>acrarestvrites,Lié. 6 .de xlpborzfmuthe 2 5 Particular. T It