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2 Water Gladiole is called or L=¢éelim, Iuucus Cyperoider floric/us IIaluc!ufi&5,FlOL1ring Cy,; rcfl"e Rufh : Itmcm, for thathis Pealke 13 like the rufh : Cyperoldeisbficaufe his leaues refemble

E‘ em: .- Flarialur, hecaufe it hath on the top ofeuery fialke a fine vmble or tuft of fmall floures in

falhion of the Lilly of Alexandria,thewhich it is very like,and therefore I had rather call it Lilly

' fl“. gm L fig The mzzure mu’!/'crtuc5. .

Corclus faith, That Iuucus éarufziciuzss fodden in wine, and fo taken, helpeth the throwes and gri-’ pings of the belly, that women haue in their childing.

There he alfo fundry kinds of Gralles wholly vnlrnowne, or at leaf’: not remembred of the old VVriters,whereoffome few are touched in name onely by the late and new Writers :now for as much as they haue onely named them, I will referre the better confideration of them to the indui. {hie and diligence ofpainefullfearchers of nature, and profecute my purpofed labour, to vnfold the diners forts and manifold kindes ofCyperu:,Flags,and Rufhes : and becaufe that there is added vnto many of the Graffes before mentioned, this difference, Cypéroides, that is to lay, refernbling Cyperus, I thought it therefore expedient to joyne next vnto the hiliory of Graflies the difcourfe of

_Cyperur, and his kinds,which are as follow.

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Of Erzgli/72 gulinguieg

2 Cyperus raturidtzs vulgarréz

I Cy/;gru: lougur; Round Galingale.

Englifh Galingale.‘

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Nglilh Galingale hath leauesglike vnto the common Reed, but leffer and (hatter. His fialke is three fquare,two cubits high:vpon whofe top {land fundry branches euery _V _- little branch bearingmany fmallchafiie fpikes . The root is blacke and very lonéicme- gpinghither and thither, occupying much ground by reafon of his fpreading: it is of; moi} {weer

and pleafantfmell when it is broktnr 2 Th6

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2 The. <:os:;iu ' , ‘ 1' r ‘ mac kngtw rd lOr] rgtinddcypcrzxr is -1l\heth{? former in Ieaues and tops,but the roots gm ham and

i .5 ago: an ._:'Ql.il§] ,an not altoget it owelllrnelling as the former.

"lL‘1"“1: a o a ; ' ‘ ,x , 1 gyackih an’d 13:6; {‘nan3“I:§:C‘i€)’F:’:i]V‘(;‘ €53 ?_;‘0W@5di}DA5 ?’F1a -‘HM : /Egypt, wholl roots are round, ;;.mueS is , in !_ er» _ Y Q g‘? 3 ‘rmg,an M11.-Ilgaquicke and aromaticlre fmell : the frbci pony tufts refembie the former.

,4 .ereisla.idtoh ’ ' - -‘ a °. .» v, . Mzckor h d ‘_ W ' e anoth rkinde ofthis laft dtfcribechwhich la lell’er,an-:1 the roots are

- A .1?!) .t growesin Creet, now called Candy.

I‘ 1, "5 "" ' — ' 2 ' . ' , Wigmqg tilt. ‘izalfoanoghcr round Cyptrus which growes ahout ditches and the banl<CsOfR1ue,ts F!1ahy~g&n::;:i.{t0irr:;r§;irn Ellie aoolts Ofdtlllls are hard and .blaCl<€,WithOut: fmella head«Sm1i:§e igm [hm rmgvnh andbiadgd e a fan _ catgs are much like the former, but the ~ ‘ . V 1‘ s , x ‘ - '| fairer) at thet H\ C I’ p i _ 0 . laoomnc "gas Cof 3 mbena Emdhang f°m'¢ fix 01‘

- .Ck,~Or E16 mike. Itfloures in Iuly and Augult, 1:

I 2 1%‘. t‘ 1] T}2i:PZace zmd’J‘z'me.

{filmy gm” audlrelcond Ogthefe growhaturally in uen.s,as expreiéhcehiztli exceedingly in gar.

3 4 T'1‘»€ fotmerofthelge Growes naturall in S I‘ 3 1 . 1 ‘ O y y 13

n5 _£’1,_)h{;:, thgiaterih Cayichy. . I 'es . . Gmuefend ii 81 . p enti u y in the Marifhes below 3 npey, Tenet,_and other places.

Cyperus is ca1iediri]hZY::1:€§Z:o?gc”e:§’[l'. .of h La tines as wen Cypl-HM as fer 2 bagc. I'1]<u¢'IPzr. tde ofpzjfiy [WW5 LA,” I ,7!’ .1116, uu.cz,I/Iqtta mtur. ),F,)dl4t/mg“ 3 ‘d5 rgtt 0[u:,ant Trzuuguluru:0f0thers,A—

mh Gavlimalg 1, umoo aro/I;.by vs,Cyperur and Eng. in - V _ _ T ET T56 Nzzmesiu particular. a’a.r:”.o;I‘l1i1§ callleltnl, Cyperu: lougus, and Cyyverm lougu: 0- , ,- n ' 2 ms:c;rr:;“;“::,€”;:'“:r“"‘ Wt “ta Engmh Gavin I 2 yp r rm us rrzu guru, oun gym” 8 r_ ga e. 3 Cyptrus rotuudu: Syrmcus, or -213. mm” C:;t.yrran,or Egyptian round Cyperus. 4. Cypcru: 9 “#5. Candy round Cyperur. 5 Cyperu: rotumlu:

iuodorz ‘ r . gale. 1]: Lmoreus, Round {alt marfh C yperus, or Galin.

5 Cyperu: rotumlur littoreur. Round Salnmarfh Cyperur.

D. _ _ {I The Nature. tie G"?lf€0m{’€s faith, That Cyperu: hath an heating quali- am-1 3:1 en faith,the_ roots are molt ef’r'e<9cuall in medicine, reek 6 of an heating and drying qualitic : and lome doe — W 1t to be hot and dry in the fecond degree. hm _ qr ‘Tue Vertuer. PC“ aketh a molt profitable drinke to breake and ex- L girtaggltihhlehlzelpi the ‘i§‘2l’“‘i ' k h ' d ' hf ll 11 R a b inwine,an run e,it rouo et vrme, riuer ort t e one an rin eth down ‘C nfilturall fickneffe of women. P . 3 g F€:;£?iK':1:Cf;é;:<1eI}l':‘lIS1afOl‘Cfald,lS a remedie againli the (‘ringing and poy {on of Serpents. trir,:i:;1[P,O%O1i:{th Eehzotigijgerus vfed in Baths helpeth the coldnefle and fioppin g of the ma. net :1 o,t at itincreafeth blond b inc th b cl d n lc th o d div {Yo - we _ __ ‘ywarm g_e_oy,an iae go ein, mgfirefilil rifre (hing th€.fp1l'1tS,and exhilerating the mind e, comforting the fenfes, andencrea— e 3‘: lnefresrefioring the colour decayed, and making a fweet breath . berg andpfwdel OFCJPWS doth not onely dry vp all moi{tvlcers,either of the mouth , priuy m<§m- jem acco udl! amefltabut fiareth the humor and healeth them, though they be maligne and VIII}- = Y mg to the iudgement of Femelzur.

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