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Of the Hiﬂorie ofnams.

_ The Dtfcription. _ Rh 1' I The ﬂit’: hath creﬁed (lender, yet ﬁrme ﬂalkes of fome foot long; whicl-1 are fetvzing leaues offomeinch in len_gth,broad at the fetting on, ﬁnuated about the edges, aI1d{h?P1‘:~’CPﬁalk ted gtheir colour is awhitifh greene,and taﬁe acri_de;the leaues that are at the bottomt o 1 ltli math, are many,and largi t.The tops of the ﬁallces are diuided into many branches of an vnequa h er thy and fullaine many ﬂoureszeach whereof conﬁfls of foure little white leaues, fo that togetd Cd mo much tefemble the vmbell of the Elder when it is in ﬂoure.Little fwolnegfeed velfels diui e am) two cells follow the fading ﬂoures : the feed is whiti{h,about the bigneﬂe 0fM11lCf;thC ‘O0: is white,ﬂender and creeping. _ O d heme Jr 2 This hath creeping roots,froni which arife many branches lying Vp0ﬂ the g_’°fE‘“ ab and there,tal<ing root alfo : the leaues, which vpon the lower branches are many, are ind °““eThe colour much like thofe of the lait defcribed, but 1eﬂ'e,and fomewhat fnipt about the e gcsi was ﬁalkes are about a handful! high, or fomewhat more,round,gr€6n<‘3, and 173")’: hfmlng mm“ (“mug growing vpon them. The floures grow fpoke fafhion at the top of the ﬂa1kS,Wh1F€: and C0“ ‘ offoure leaues :which fallen,there follow cods containing a fmall red feed.

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1: 2 Draéaprima rape”!-

I Draéa Diofkoridis. The ﬁr“ creeping Cfeffc;

Turkie Crefles.

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. . . a— From a {mall and creeping root riié vp many ihoots, which while they are yolfﬁg hiue "1-icb ny thickejuicy and darke green leaues rofe faf1_11gI1aﬁl_orning their t0fP5a0“” 05 {hf mldgﬂias it I-Pring out many gender ﬁelkes of fome foo: hig ,w ich at Cpertainﬁ gaces are lIlthOlIg1% mes cods’ wc1'e)Witl1lc§ues fomewhatleffer than the former, yetbroa erat t e ottome . t e ,-

‘ d feed are like the laﬁ mentioned. _ _ V g to m4 There is a plant alfo ny fame referred to this Clafﬁs : and I for fomereafons thinke gc(>i0;1 as make mgmion thereof in thlis ﬁlage. It bath a ﬁ;:3<g:J;End‘very long fEl)01[-‘j(J)§"cﬁr.'7i(lf1LlE'Vélllflﬂlyaiét ﬂan, fharpegtaﬁe as Cref_I'es: t e ' a_l es are many, b I1-Clm€She.XC€C t c itig bt)(])Ii abtnan,.yr their den and towards their tops diuidgd mt? fome Irlanc ies , w‘ ich make 30 mi t , uthcar yam“, ﬁgures dirpm.fed;which.c(.)nﬁl)£Of olurel mallbye <3}/3 l€{E1L1€‘5'h£]1ftI€r the lgtire 1? p.-if’: g erclanmrc long {lender cods containingafmal :5“? 10W! ﬁlm C ﬂed. 6 eaues w ich at other isp

l0ng,[ha_‘-pg poi,“-_ed,and fnipt about the edges, fomewhat like thofe of Saracens Confound, but that there towards the top are more vntqlla Y Cl" m’ an ‘Ila:

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LiB.2.* Hiﬂorie ofPlant‘si

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:l5T3 Drahzz altem repem. heother creeping Creffe. an 7/}: P/:’lL‘€.

None of thefe (that I know of) are found ma; turally growing in this kingdom,the laﬁ excep- ted, which I thinke may be found in fome pla~ ces. ,

1} The Time.

The ﬁrfl of thefe Home in May and the be- ginning of Iune : the 2 and 3 in Aprill, The fourth in Itine and Iuly.

Q] T56 Names’.

t This by a generall confentofalatthzalm, L/1 Izgzi-i/l4ra,Loz5c!5&-5.is judged to be the Amézég or D7464 of the Antients.

-2. Dméa alt era OfC/II/it/«I.

3 Dnzéa tcrtiaﬁicculemofblio,ofCluﬁm . Era- ca cmuralmofDzzlcfc/mmpizis.

4 This by Camerarzm is fet forth vnder the name of pdrdhii‘ qzmwmdam, and hee afﬁrmes in his Hor. Mm/.that he had it out of England vn~ der the name of Solidago; The which is verie likely, for without doubt this is the very plant that out A uthor mi fiooke for Solzzlago Sarrzz£e;7i— ca, for hee bewraies himfelfe in the Chapter of Epimedium, whereas hee faith it hath cods like S/trmcem‘ Coyiﬁiumlgwhen as both he,an‘d all other

/ y giue no cods at all to Szirmaem Cax{f01ma'.My very

minke that M _' _ _ good fr_iend_l\/1r. john gooalyer was the ﬁrft at I

0 en’ ° emfid this miftake in our Author 5 for which his ob leruatioii, together with fome Ormerly and hereafter to be remembred,I acknowledge my felfe beholden to him.

I Diofcorida faith that Iﬁf Tiée V erftggi gt/;rz'é_uted to the . _ efpeciany in Cappadoacia I my v c to eat t 6 dried feed of this herbe with meat, as we do pepper, A, ing roagzlfdllkewlfe to boyle the herbe with the deco€tion ofBarley,callcd P'tifana‘;. which bee- B

,1]. ,conco€teth and bringeth forth of the cheﬂz tough and raw ﬂeagme which ﬁicketh

sand come neere to the vertues of the precedent. 1 Q‘ C H A P. 25; Ofsbépbedrdspluiﬁ.

1;; The D efcrzfw tion;

I Effgleages of Shepheards purfe grow vp at the firfl: long, gafhed in the edges like thof}; d. .3°d°_l’-sfP1‘€d vpon the ground : from thefe fpring vp very many little weake ﬁalkes Whegeofare 0:31 ;’ "W0 ﬁmdty bran_ches,wi—th like leaues growing on tliem,but leffer 5' at the top tiered) narrow aterg’ Placed {mall white ﬂoiires : after thefe come vp little feed yell'els,fl'a‘t,and cor- toot is he '5 _€ ﬁemme like to acertainelittle pouch or purfe, in which licth the feed. The in. “°t “”th°“t ﬁrings. 3; There is another of t‘hi.'s- kinde with leaues not ﬁ't‘iua’ted or cut 2 ‘ — . , aue E:;‘§[l1'::tl1£ Sgepheards purfe c_om‘tn'eth forth of the ground like the Cuckow ﬂoure,wliich E W ' ,i 6 VP mamas f:Ie;l;‘1“‘°°l:1C5ah3ulng fmall leaues deepely indented about the edges gamoneié feed-is like the mﬁé, b:fo:nm:lg‘(ﬂ‘:3.W1t11 ﬂoures at the top, as it were chafF€- Thﬁ 11USl<t:s and There herb d 1} Tbs Place. H . _‘ 1 S,

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