-244 The fecond Booke of 



OfSafFron. Chap.lv. 



0ffron f)atl) long tiarolo bIaDc0 like graire> t^e Gonres groto 



tjpon nafe0U (temmp0, anDareofatDafcl)eto.:paIeWelD «*> 



lour, DcuttieD into Hre Cmall teaues (but fometol^at long) 



front out of t^e mt'DDle W^txt^t i)ang ootone tl^e Saffron bXma 



0^ tl)?&ii0 of a reD colo^ . SD1)0 rtote 10 rouni} like an ^mon^ lia^ 



utng fomttmes foure 0; ftue fmall rioter aoto^ntng* 



^The place. 



^affron,a0 Diofcorides anD otijer f Ije auncient0 Jaue tojtt^ 

 ten,grolDctt) tn t^e mount Coatcu0 of CUtcta,anD t^af ti7a0 tftii^ 

 meofo.: t^t bett^ano in tlje mount ^l^mpc of Ji^ria, mere about 

 jaeg!0 a totone of ;aetoIia : it grotoetfj nolo in (mti^v place0 of 

 |Dutct)lanD,efpedaU^ about misnntin ^iiUtic% t^e toljtcl) noitr 

 10 focmtco foj t^t bell : it grotuetlj plentifuUs aWo i« fomeplacc0 



of C^nglanD ano Bjrelano* 



i$. The time. 



9 



l&aff ron flouretl) (before lji0 leaue0 are fpjong out off grounD) 

 m September: ano after t^t ii b^tngett) fo^tl) f)i0 gralTte leauetf 

 fD^tcf) so laflt bntl ^a^ t but in ^ommer a man l^al not ftnD net' 

 t()er Ieaue0 no; floure0. snf)e roite onelp rematnetii altue^grolo^ 

 ing DnDer gronnti^anD bringing foi^ti; otf)er fmatl x^Us, 



^Thenames, 



Saffron 10 ralleo in €5rafte « e/^f. in llafine Crocus, of ftme 



tDttnelTet^ Diofcorides} Caftor,Cynomorphos, 0; Hercu- 



lis ran^uis,in tl^e Arabian fpeec^ Zahafaram, from tj^enr e it toa0 

 called in if rencb anD ^igf) xmtt^ ^am-an^in ba(e 0lmaign ^offe 

 raen : ano in d^ngtil^ Saffron. 



^Thecaufeofthename, 



Saffron i]ia0 nameu Crocus after f ^e name of a rertaine fia^ 



mofel rallcD Crocus, (a0 Quid to^itett)) from toljcnce Gaien bo^ 



rotueD iW l)ittojie,tti^o retitetli tbe fame, In nono de medica- 



mentis fecundum loca,tD^erea0 ifts twjitten in i\\& ^ii3, ^ons 



tuenclj callcD Crocus,ti)cnf fbjtb into t^e fielD0 \siii\ spercurie X^ 

 tb^otu ti?e fleDge, f tD^iIc0 fl^e tofee no ^aeO, l^e tDa0 tjnatoaretf 



itri;&entnt^e!)eatibi?^erct<rte> ano gr^uouQr Nrt? of lobic^ 



' r Ijurt 



