i 
68__-Adamin Eden, Or, 
are nurfed up im the Gardens of thofe who are Jovers of {uch varieties, Glad- 
win croweth wild in many places, as in woods: and fhaddowy places, near the 
Sea here in England, and {o doth the Water Flowerdeluce in moift meddows . 
and in the borders and brinks of rivets, ponds, and fianding Lakes ; bur 
though it be natural to fuch places, yer being planted in Gardens it profpereth 
well. The dwarte kind of Flag Flowerdeluces, 
May, and the bulbous forts ‘nor until Fwxe, the Gladwin not till july ; The 
Seed is ripe in the end of Auguft, or beginning of Seprember - yet the husks af- 
ter they are ripe,will hold theirfeeds wich rhem two or three moneths,and not 
fied them. mega OF | | = 
The Temperature 
~ The Roots of the Flowerdeluce, when they are green and full of Juyce, are 
hot almoft inthe fourth «deeree ; but when it is dry ; it is hot only in che third; 
yet then it burneth the throat and mouth of fuch'as’ caft thereof, ~ Ir’ offendeth 
the ftomach and caufeth blood to be voided, if given in too great a Dofe, and to 
weak perfons, © It is notfafe to be taken by Women with child, becaufe ic 
bringeth down the courfes: yea. a Peflary made of the Juyce with Honey , and 
puc up intothe body, bringeth away the birth ; therefore iris not fafe to give it 
alone but with good Correstives. - In eripings ofthe bowels give ic with Ma- 
fsck in the Joynt our with Caftor, inthe Drophe with Honey of Rofes in di- 
feafes of the Liver with Rubarbe, Juyce of Agrimony, &c. SoS 
’ ‘ : . ; *. 
5 <The Signatare and Vertues. 
a “ At 2S —s sae ad, ee ae ‘é 
_ The Juyce'of che Root of the Common Fowerdehice, being firk exerasedaf- 
terwards feta whileto clear, and then: put up into the Nofrills, provokerh 
at thoush forme one 
itmay be appropri- 
rit eafech the pain of 
Cake and Vinegar: ir 
esbycleanfing them. The 
paz 
di : the head and being ridinred on the brea it 
ch to extent or rake thin, totigh and told phlegm making « more cay 
“it heiperhthe flench of he Nofttils, the pdin and noi in ‘the'Ears, 
it felf,green or in powder,doth 
ts with flefh the naked bones 
= se nee Fiftulaes | 
S : . _ Ae helper the ‘pains and fwellinos of 
the Cods,if it be thus uted ; Take of thé roots in powder halfan ounce, Gina- 
she’ i t 0'€ 
ro {pie oli? 
oo 
x4 
wine, shy 1 warm co the 
ter fo apply it wich red Rofe water, anda little 
manner of  Puitis. Moreover a decottion 
feth the Tooth-ach, and helpeth a flrong or 
ttle Honey, and drunk, it purgeth and 
h phleeme and choler therein ; it like- 
and 1, By evacHating thofe humours both 
wards :iteafech alfp the paines of the y and fides, ‘rhe fha- ~ 
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flower in April, the greater in , | 
