L,i B . a, Qf the Hiftorie of Plants. 2.61 





ripe 



you pnt but your hand neere them,as profering to touch them , though you doe nor 

 fly out vpon you.and if you expe&no fuch thing, perhaps make you afraid,by reaforl 



incite thereof! Thisherbeis written of only by Projper Alptms, vnder the title of Sium. 



■MM] anJ itmaybecalled in Englifh, Impatient Lady-fmock,or Cuckowfloure. Itisanan- 



nual,and vcarcly fowes it felfe by the falling feeds, t 



% 8 the leaues of this fomewhat refemble thofe of Dailies, but leiTe, and lie fpred vpon the 

 ground,amongft which rifes vp a weake and (lender ftalke fet with three or foure leaues at certain 

 diftances,it being fome handful high:the top is adorned with fmal white flours confifting of foure 

 leaues apicce,after which follow large and long cods,confidering the fmalneiTe of the plant:with- 

 inthefc ma double order is contained a fmal reddifh feed of torn what a biting tail. The root cree- 

 pcth vpon the top of the ground, putting vp new buds indiuers places. Clttfws found this growing 



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it vi 



^ The Place andTime. 



That of the Alpifh mountains is a ftrangcr in thefe cold countries : the reft are to be found eue- 

 rie whereas aforefaid,efpccially in the caftle ditch at Clare in EfTex. $ 7 This grows naturally in 

 feme places of Italy:alfo I found it and the eighth about Bath & other parts of this kingdome ± 



Thcfc fiourc for the moft part in Aprill and May, when the Cuckow begins to fins her pleafant 

 notes uithout ftammering. *> r 



Naff 



xfch 



Ssfymbrtum alter urn otDiofcorides , it is called in the Germane tongue tBilbntTttt 



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ESP**. my natiue « A »?»^3^33ffiS LXX 



tj The Nature and Vertues. 



Theft herbs be hot and dry in the fecond degree : wee haue no certaine proofe or authorise of 



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7 



1 



Lh "->J. Of Treacle Muftard. 



IT 



IF The Defcrhtim. 



niany 



ground, the others 

 ges like thofe of Dandelion. The ftalks be long 



and brittle dirndl in^Z u , §es ilK< L tnole ©* Dandelion. The ftalks be long 



idle Cs Juft S ? ny t^" euen from the g ro ™ d to the top, where grol 

 „ ZCi • tutr - fa ihwn rafter which lucceed lar^e flat rh in ^,flfi« ki^ r-~t ..f£v 



2 



burning the 



«* 6c inclofed »ith faall fnin? I,""' " kau ? like thofc of Woad or rarilCT Co,, B»fil. The 



» t '<hb«»gpa(l >t he c od^™;™" "^^'ntofundryfa^chft^h^on^ fn ^, ta 

 ■* The T ; s , ^^"h-nchaffiehusksdoapp^e, full of ftarpe feed like the fgr. 



andhrVJ? mu ? ard . nar ned Knaues muilard (for that it is too bad for Hon*/* 

 s hke thofe of Qh« p luv y ma 'i toolifh white fpokyfloures. Thefecd kcnnminni ;„ 2 



nien)!: 



3rmsc 

 pouch 



4 Bowyers muftard &I ds , pUrfe3brovvn ^ ar P in tafte > and of a " ill fauor T *• 



r ™'< -3« «* 





=*sr*Wgsates«sa«si^ 



root 



mto 



