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Lthough I haue expreffed two piflures of Saffron, as you fee, yet are you to vnderliatrd, that thefe two do but fer lorth one kinde ofpl-ant, which could not {'0 eafiiy be perceiued by one figure as by two , becaufc his fioure doth fitft rife out ofthe ground nalcedly in September,

and his long final graliie leaues {hortly after the {‘loure,ne~uer bearing ‘ioure and leafe at o.nce.Thc which to exprel’fe,I thought it conxrenient to let downe two figures before you, with this defcrip- tion,w'z.'Tl1e root is fmall,round",a1id bulbous.The floure contifleth of fix {mall blew leaues ten— ding to purplqhauing in the middle many fmall yellow firings or threds 5 among which are two, three,or more thicke fat chines of a fierie colour fornewhat reddiih, of a firong fmell when they be dried,which doth iiufie and trouble the head. The firii picture fetteth forth the plant when it beateth floures,and the other exprefleth nothing but leaues. V ' qr ‘T/ac Plzzie.

Cornmon or befi lrnowne Saffron groweth plentifully in Cambridge-(hire, Saihon-VValdon§ *

and other piacesthereabounas come in the fields. . (J The Time.

Saffron beginneth to floure in Septembergand prefently after fpring vp the leaues, and remainr’: green:-. all the Vviliifi‘ long.

qf ‘I’/.:e Names,

Saffron is called in Greeke Km“; : in Latine,Cracm : in Mauritania,Sqfanm .- in Spaniihfirsciifgiggs 2,

in Engli{h,Saffror1 : in the Arabicke tongue, Z 4/mfimm. V H I The Temperature. ‘

Saffron is a lirtleafiringent or binding ;but his hot qualitie doth fo ouer-rule in it, that in the whole eliience it is in the number of rhofe herbs which are hot in the fecond degree,and dry in the firft: therefore it alfo hatha certaine force to concotft, which is furthered by the fmall aflririiziort thatis in ir,as Galen faith.

q)’ The Vertzm.

'Aw‘cmaffirmetb,That it caufeth head. ache,and is hurtful! to the braine, which it cannot do by” taking it now and then,but by too much vfing of it 5 for the too much vfing of it cutteth oif HCCP9 through want whereof the head and fences are out of frame. But the moderat vfe thereof is good for the head,and makerh. the fences more quiche and line] y, thaketh of’Fheauy_ and drowfie fl€€Pea and malreth a man merry. V S

Alfo Saffron it-rengthneth the heart, concofieth crude and raw humors of the cheii, opens the lungs,and rernoueth obitrurftions.

It is alfo {uch a fpeciall remedie forthofe that haue confumption of the lungs, and are, as wec terme it,at deaths doore, and almofr paii breathing, that it bringeth breath again,and p/rolpngeth life for certaine daye-s,if ten or twenty graines at the moii; be giuen with new or fweet Wine, For we hane found by often experience,that being taken in that fort, it prefently and in a moment re- moueth away difficulty ofbreathing,which moi’: dangeroufly and fuddenly hapneth.

Diofloridrs teacheth,That being giuen in the fame fort it is alfo good againft a furfet.

It is commended againli the flzoppings of the liner and gall, and againftthe yellow jaundife: and hereupon Dz'n_fi-oride: writeth,T hat it malretha man well coloured. It is put into all drinkes that are made to helpe the difeafes of the intrals,as the fame Author alhrmeth, and into thofe fpe— cially which bring downe the fleures,the birth,and the after-burthen. It prouoketh vrine, flirreth flefhl y lufl: yand is vfed in caraplaf mes and pulteffes for the matrix and fundament,and alfo in lai- fiers and fearc-cloathes which ferue for old fwellings and aches,and likewife for hot fwellings tha‘ haue. alfo in them S.Anthonies fire. S V

It is with good fuccelfe put into compofirions for infitmities of the cares.

The eyes being anointed with the fame dilfolued in milke or fennel or rofe watenare preferucd from being hurt by the fmall pox or meafelsrand are defended thereby from humors that would fal into them. _

The chines {ieeped In water ferue to illumine or(as we {‘ay)limnc pictures and hnagerge, as alfo to colour fundry meats and confc&io.ns.It is with good fucceife giuen to procure body,-= gr, fl_.-_Th6 C0nfl,5t,'0n5 called Crocomzrgmz,0xycrormm,and Dz'4curcumzz,with diners other em plailieis and ck‘ c'hV;1rieg,c3Di‘lOl.' be made without this Saffron.

The weight often grains of Saffron,the kernels of VValnurs two ounces, Figs two ounces, Mi» thridate one dram,and a few Sage leaues {iamped together with a fufficient qtratltitie of Pimpci‘ i1elu'at€r_.;1nCl made into a maile orlumpe, and kept in a glaffe for your vfe, and thereofra grainfi‘ mm ii; the morning falling, prefertreth from the pefiilence, and expelleth it from thofe that at‘? iiife (Stet ..

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Small wilde Saffron“

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White Spring Saffron.’

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