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Of the Hiftorie of Plants* L i B . 2. 



and Italy : from whence we haue receiued feed for our Englifh gardens, where they come to far 



come to that bright red colour which naturally it is poiTeffed with 

 mofthefevnindelyyeeres thatare paft: but we expeft better whe 



bearing : but the cod doth not 



which hath happened by reafon 



God (hall fend vs a hot and temperate yeere 



^f The Time. 



The feeds hereof muft be fowne in a bed of hot horfe-dung>as muske-Melons are,and remoou A 

 into a por when they haue gotten three or foure Ieaues, that it may the more conueniently be ca 

 ed from place to place toreceiue theheateofthe Snnne rand are toward Autumne to be caried *" 



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Aciamw calleth it in Greeke w+«f » in Latine,C4£/fow*:and it is thought to be that which Am ' 

 (W/nameth Zinzikr cmn«m t ot dogs Ginger : and Plwj y Siliqttajtrum 9 which is more like in taftc to 

 pepper than is Paaaxjmd it is therefore called Piperitisps. he hath written in his ip.booke 12 chan. 

 tcr. Panax (faith he) hath the tafteof Pepper and Sthqtufinmfat which caufe it is called hteri 

 tis. The later Herbarifts doe oftentimes call it P. per Indiannm, or /»<//<ww,fometimes Piper Olid 

 thium,or p/pcr Hifpanicum : In Englifh it is called, Ginnie Pepper, and Indian Pepper : in the G«r 

 mane Tongue^nDtamCc^ac ^feffCKin low Dutch 3 25jC0Ue #epet: in French, Poiure <?In<k m 

 well knownc in the fhops at Billinglgatcby the nameot Ginnie Pepper, where it is vfually to be 

 bought. 



% The Temperature. 



Ginnie Pepper is extreame hot and dry euen in the fourth degree : that is to fay, far hottet and 

 drier than Auicen fheweth dogs Ginger to be. 



% Tkerertucs. 





A G innie Pepper hath the tafte of Pepper,but not the power or vertue, notwithftanding in Spaioe 



and fundry parts of the Indies they do vfe to drefle their meate therewith, as we do with Calccutc 



Pepper : but (faith my Author) it hath in it a raalitious quality,whereby it is an enemy to the liucr 



and other of the entrails. Auicen writeth that it killeth dogs. 

 B It is faid to die or colour like Saffronjand being receiued in fuch fort as Saffron is vfually ca- 



ken,it warmeth the ftomacke 3 and helpeth greatly the digeftion of meats. 

 C It diflolueth the fwellings about the throat,callcd the Kings euill,as kernels and cold fuelling*; 



and take th away fpots and lentiles from the f ace,being applied thereto with hony , 



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Chap; 72. Of homed Voffi 



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^ The Description. 



1 T"He yellow horned Poppie hath whitifti Ieaues very much cut or jagged,fomevrbat lure 



the Ieaues of Garden Poppie, but rougher and more hairy. The ftalkes be \oto%P u " t 

 and brittle. The floures be large and yellow,confifting of foure Ieaues j wbicb being 



paft, there come long huskes or cods, crooked like an home or cornet, wherein is conteined Inoa 

 blacke feed. The root is great, thicke, fcaly, and rough, continuing long ■ 



2 The fecond kinde of horned Poppie is much flenderer and lefler than the P reee ^l n ^j7 

 hath Ieaues with likedeepe cuts as Rocket hath, and fomething hairy .The ftalkes be very flew* » 

 brittle,and branched into diuers armes or wings $ the floures fmall, made of foure little i Ie * i y 



nail ftrake of blacke toward 

 crooked cods full of black; 



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euery yeere. 



* ? This is much like the Iaft defcribed,and according to Clufwsjz ther a variety than « 

 It is diftingui(hed from the laft mentioned by the fmoothnefle of the Ieaues, and the coi 

 of the floures, which are of a pale yellowifli red, both which accidents C/#j7**affirmcshappe» 

 theformer,toward the later enHnf<:Mfrifr. P r • . 



rent 



4 There is another fort of horned Poppie altogether 



the 



little parcels : the floure is likewife lefler; 

 the double Violets, ;- 



