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q] T/ae Place. They grow in woods and copl‘es,in the borders of ﬁelds, and among bullies and hedges. :1: But the two laﬂ de fcribed are not in England, for any thing that 1 know. It . . The Dogs Mercury Ihaue found in many places about Greene-hithe, Swainel'.combe‘villa_g€s Graueferid,and Southﬂeet in Kenr,iri I-Iampﬁed wood,and all the villages thereabout,foure miles from London. ‘ A . V {f The ‘Time. The (‘e ﬂouriﬂi all the Summer long, vntill the extreame froﬁ do pull them downe. The Names. _ . Dogs Mercury is called in Greeke, xmoxpu’[.¢.3n = in Latine, Canim, and Brgiica Canimz, and I/'W€r6'!l7'5Z .2z';';_ﬁ[ucﬂri.< .- in Englifh,Dogs Cole, and Dogs Mercury. Childrens Mercury is called P/ryllim t/aelygonomand My/Ion Arrbmoganon. try The Temperature and I/ermes. 9 Thefe wilde kindes of Mercury are not vfed in Phyﬁcke ; notwithflanding it is thought £1137 agree as well in nature as quality with the other kindes of Mercury. _ _ d it It is-reported by the Antients,that the male Plzyllon conduces to the generation of boxes,” the female to girles. _ o , _ ‘bi_ At Salamantica they giue and much commend the decoétion of either of thefe againﬁ the .- tings ofa mad dog. _ The Moores at Granado vfe them frequently in womens difeafes. :l:

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? _ T/2: Deﬁriftion. ‘ He great Tornefole hath great Pcraight {talks couered with 2. white hairy cotton efoc- Clally about the t0p5the leaues are loft and hairy in handling, in lhape like the ieaiies

of - - . . Baﬁll . the ﬂoures grow at the top of the branches,in colour white,thicke together

in fowes - - , VPOH one {ide of the {’calke,which ﬂalke doth bend to turne backeward like the taile of a

°°£Pi0D = the root is {mall and threddy.

upon d:h:Ofm?_11Tornefolehath many little and weake branches trailing v 8 W mall 1eaues,like thofe ofthe leifet Baﬁll.The ﬂoures do gro

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much ewhich turne into crooked tailes like thofe of the

ponthe ground,where- _ w without any certaine with a little fpotol yellow in the precedent, but not altogether fo

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VVidOW_WaueTOmfO1€o 3 Hairy Tornefole hath many feeble and

weake branches trailing vpon the ground , fee with ﬁnall leaues, leffer than the great Tornfole, of which it is a kinde, hauing the feed in {mail chafﬁe husks, which do turne backe like the taile ofa fcorpion,iui’tafter the manner of the ﬁtli de- fcribed. V ;”;,“:'«‘ I y ' ii 4. This kinde of Tornefole hath [ewes very ‘ ’ " ‘ ‘ " like to tliofe of the ‘éreat Tornefole, but of a blacker greerie colour : the ﬂoures be yellow, and vnprofitable 5 for they are not fucceeded bv the fruit, but after them commeth out the fruithan- ging vpon fmall foonﬂalkes three fquare, and in euety corner there is a fmall feed like to thofe of the Tythimales 5 the root is fmall and threddy_ qf ‘I/.re Place. Tomefole, as Diafcorides faith,doth grow in fennie grounds and neere vnto pooles and lakes. They are ﬁrangets in England as yet: It doth

grow about Montpelier in Languedock, where .

it is bad in great vie to ﬂaine and die clouts Withail, wherewith through Europe meat is C07 loured. qr T5e7'z'me. » They ﬂourifh ef ecially in the Summer fol.‘ i’cice,or about the time when the fun emreth imo Cancer. qy ‘Me Names.

The Gtxcians call it Heliotropimn .- the La-3 tines keepe thefe names, Heliotropium magmirzg, ' and.