

16 OftheHiftorieofPI 



L 



ue rbtaSSSSSm Iaft dercribed is cal ^ ^^^^^ 



cinth. Thi *' H > MiM *" OrientdU cmdd^mus fhrefUno, The milke-whi 



B. I. 



Thedoy. 



14 



Cluftus calls HjAclnthus obfoletior Hifb, 



er 



more or lefle, in Cape much like rhe ordinary ££m^,aZ£ £r, °' u* ioaK °, 

 much ou t) and theorher three little or nothing Vhefe flSiS areo& J",""' ', hrce ftandi »g 



mist with purpie.yelloiv.and greene = they haue no fmeM Til f»^ ™fJ r . dusl <y «*»■'>»» « were 

 gu.ar heads, is fiuoU, blaeke! feaiy, dti"£*ta' """ Ch " ""*" * "^ 



cesl 'jrrvvf^T y f ° m , e . th ' n g' the y hc a ^§ vpon the ground. Thefe ftalkes are at S ?S 



XXnl, ri eaUe r h - C n eDd m * ,a TO 01I f * The t0 ^ S ° f thefe ftalkes are adorned ^ithmiy 

 white floures, fomewhat in ftape refemblmg thofe of the Orientall Jacinth. The roots are know 



or tuberous, with diuers fibres comming out of them ± y 



. 



IF 



Thefe kindes of Iacinths haue beene brought from beyond the Seas, fome out of one countrey 



talis . 



others 





ff The Time. 



They lioure from the end of Ianuarie vnto the end of Aprill 





% The Nature. 



A 



The Hyacinths mentioned in this Chapter do Iighrly cleanfe and binde j the feeds aredry in 

 the third degree j but the roots are dry in the firft, and cold in the fecond. 



5[ TheVertucs. 



The Root of Hyacinth boy led in Wine and drunke, ftoppeth the bellv,Drouokethvrine,and 



B 



field 



c 



1 ne leea is ui cue lame vercue,ana is or greater torce in it< 

 ing drunke in wine ft preuaileth againft the falling fiefcnefle. 



andbloudy 



r ofcorides^ being beaten and applied with white Wine 



a ■ or keepe backe the growth of haires. 



J) t The feed giuen with Southerne-wood in Wine is good againft the Iaundife, $ 



h a p. 80. Of Faire haired lacinth. 



% The Vefcriptw. 





• 1 T He Faire haired lacinth hath long fat Jeaues, hollowed alongft the in fide, trough f* 



I fhion, as are moft of the Hyacinths, of a darke grecne colour tending to rednefle.TIie 

 X ftalkerifethoutofthemiddeft of the Ieaues, bare and naked, fofc and ful offlmiK 

 iuyce which arc befet round about with many fmall floures of an ouerworne purple colour :ine 

 op of the fpike confifteth of a number of faire mining purple r floures in *^**™^ftg 

 of haires whereofittookehisnameCW?*,or faire haired. The feed is contained in fm^bui 

 fcts ofaCS Hyacinths. The roots are bulbousor 



Onio°n I fifcta&II of flimie juice, with fome hairie ^±^S%^^t feed . T he 



2 WbltC L141KZU. A«V**«+»* «**•»**«.»»* ~ 



.,^c h#»r#»rtfarpnfa darke white colour 



. 



^'^oTttilkinT/rece'iued another fort from Conftantinop.e, -remh.ingrheflrftha^- 

 cinth very notably : but differethin thayhat this is altoge.het greater, as tvell .n leaues.toots,..* 



floutes,asalfoitisofgrcateibeautieivithoutallconipanion. t B 



