Lib. i. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants; 







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ftones, after the common or vulgar fpeech 



ofccrides calletb Cymforcbfs j that is in Eneli& 



$ i This is 



5 IhisLokU 

 4. Dodon&us ca 



**/#? quart a. 



5 This is C////Z 



tforcbis prior oxDodon&us j Cynoforchis nojlra maior ofLoM. 

 tbis,Cynoforcbis altera : Lobel .Cynoforchis maiorisfecundafpcies. 

 Cynoforcbis D elpbima,&c m Tabern. Cynoforcbis macuLta. 

 isfynofirehistcrtU: LdMfiynoforcbis maior altera nopas^Tahm.Cym for ch 



£ 5 Cjnoforchts minor Pannorrica. 



The kflcr Auftrian Dogs ftones. 



*ft The temperature: 





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9" 



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rature hot and moift,but the greater or fuller 

 ftone feetnes to haue much fupertf uous win- 

 dinefle,and therefore being drunk it ftirreth 

 vp flefhly Iuft; 



The fecond, which is lefTer, is quite con- 

 trary in nature^ tending to a hot and dry tem- 

 perature ; therefore his root is fo farre from 

 mouing venerie, thatcontrariwife it ftayeth 

 and keepeth it back,as Galen teacheth: 



He alfo affirmeth, that Serapiasftones arc 

 of a more dry faculty,& do not fo much pre- 

 uaile to ftif vp the luft of the fleih. 





f TheVertuei. 



Vio forties writes,that it is reported,That k 

 if men do eat of the great full or fat roots of 

 tnde kinds of Dogs ftones, they caufe them 

 to beget male children 5 and if women eat of 

 the lefTer dry or barren root which is withe- 

 red or mnueled , they fhall bring forth fe- 

 males. Thefe are fome Doftours opinions 

 only. r 



It is further reported , That in ThefTalia R 

 the women giue the ful and tender root to be 



drunk 





y to refirain the fame 





ir 



Dof a emly w " h «^P^om fe" S"^ Vp ven %y. »^ *<= Apothecaries mfx any G f them 



out the harder and fulU- ,« j u \ yet Doth the bulbs or ftoncs are not to be ralc^n inA;# a , V 



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feeni " im iU1J vnco we next yeare. 



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