JLlB. I. 



OfcheHiftorie of Plants. 



51 



Water Floure de-luce : and 





^ 7 b: Nature. 

 i The roots of the Floure de luce being as yet frefli and grcene,and full of jtiyce, are hot aU 

 moft in the fourth degree. The dried roots arc hot and dry in the third degrcc,burning the throat 

 and mouth of fucb astaftethem. 



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The root of the common Floure de-luce cleane w afhed, and ftamped with a few drops of Rote- 



llcrwife voon th 



which 



#Yl , ■ * ^ Drop 



„ fie, ifitbedruukein whayorfome other liquor that may (omewhat temper and alav the heate. 



T he dry roots ai 

 difficultie purged 



They are good 

 firmiries of the cheft which rife hereupon. 





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fome would perfuade vs) to be ncgle&ed • for as Pe»a and Lobel affirme, though it hath no dm 1 1, 

 nor great hear, yet by reafon of other faculties it is much to be preferred before the GaUwa major, 



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planted 



b loudy flixes,, and ftaics the courfes . $ 





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h a p. 4 1. 0/ Floure deduce of Florence. 



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.. , . " V' *** *"^f* """ 6 v..w H Mjr. Mt »^ tvucit: arc 



called /r»r, or Ortct (whereof fweet waters, fweet pouders, and fuch like are made) is 



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. jjv— v» *.«v .t.vwiijwvvy.uuivyu nwuiLUL-iutc,iiiuiii^iu4L uic flourcs or ru 



is of a white coloured the roots exceeding fweet of fmcll, and the other of no fmell at all. 



2 The white Floure de-luce is like vnto the Florentine Floure de-luce in roots, "flaggy 

 Jeaues 3 and ftalkes ; but they differ in that, that this Iris hath his floure of a bfeake white colour 

 rWlimncr t o yellownefle j and the roots haue not any fmell at all . but the other is very fweet as 



declining 

 we haue fa id . 



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much broader, thicker, and 



clofe- 



mpacl together than any of the other, and fer in order like wings or the fins of a Whale fid 

 le toward the top^and of attuning purple colour toward thebottomc, euen to the ground: 

 amongft which rifeth vp a ftalkeof foure foot high, as my felfe did meafure oft times in m gar- 

 den : whereupon doth grow fairc large Houres of a light blew, or as we terrne it a watchet colour. 



Thf* flourp<! An Crr\f>\\ p\ccppAir\fT Cwpct miirli lit-*> thr* rVnur. fl~ TL^r^i - i » 



stall. 



„ flo 



packed together many fiat feeds like the former 







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away the blackneile or blewncfle ofany ftroke or brufe : (6 that if the skinne of the fame woman 

 or any other perfon be very tender and delicate, it lhall benecdfull that ye lay a piece of fxlkc^Ciu- 

 da!I,orapieceoffinelaunc betweene the plailter and the skinne ; for othcrwife in fuch tender 

 bodies it often caufeth heat and inflammation. 



The juyce of the fame doth not onely mightily and vehemently draw forth choler.but mod B 



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breath, an old cough and all in- D 



They remedicthofe that haue euill fplecnes, and thofe that are troubled with convulsions or E 

 cramps, biting of fcrpents,and the running of the reines,being drunke with vinegre, as faith Dbfco- 



a* m ri A * A 1 1 s~l *\ Mi.r^U/v • « • • ^ I*« • « v « r-« 4-« « •■ 1^ ft* ft •-» #-« -» fc (ftk J 4"v » ft ft *-* *-v fr V% — » ^ ^ — ft. 1~ II - a -^ «-v * •. — i ^ -^ -h. I _ _ ^ -^ _ 



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Thedeco£tion is good in womens baths,for it mollifieth and openeth the matrix. 

 Being boy led very foft,and laid to plaifter- wife it mollifieth or fofeneth the kings euill,and old G 

 hard fwcllings. 



X The roots of our ordinarie flags are not(as before is deliuered) cold and dry in the third do H 





