Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L 



IB. 2. 



2 RucHtHs Bucks-home or S wines CrefTes hath many fmall and weakeltraglh^iirb^rr 

 ling here and there vpon the ground, fet with many fmall cut or jagged IcauesffoiL^n 

 former but fmaller,and nothing at allhairyasis theocher. Thefloures growarn 0n T ' ] 



in lruall roU gh dufters,ofa whitifh colourrwhich being paft,therecome in place lirrl^ 

 broad an^ r^.trri-, ;n,.,\>;~u*u~c»aA ;.~ m ...~:...j T t.„J:.. i- . r. w, - IItc| e 



?,trai. 

 tethe 



in miaii r0U gh dutters,ofa whitifh colourrwhich being paft,there come in place little fl Uc$ - 

 broad and rough, in which the feed is contained. The root is white, threddy and in m P ,°" cI, « 

 garden CrefTes. '' xnra »ehJc et ^ 



f The Place. 

 They grow in barren plaines, and vntilled places, and fandy grounds . as in Touthill ff tj 

 toWeftminfter,at Waltham twelue miles from London, and vpon Blackeheath atf 



London. 



«H* The Time. 

 when the PlantafnesfW t 





kindes. 



. 





^f TheWjmes. 

 Bucks-home is called in LatineC^c^/w/^or Harts-horne rdfuersname it HerL n n 

 StelUria although there be another herbe fo called : in low Durch, fcembOOlflt • in w£ * 

 *fc , in French, Cornede Cerf.lt U thought to be Diofcorides his ^^Tdo&t^ 

 ftdem,* Crowes foot. It is called alfo by certaine battard names, as Ha,enaria y SanJZT^Z 

 many,Herbe Iuy,or herbe Eue. ' s * mt • and of 



% The Temperature. 



Bucks-horne is like in temperature to the common PIantaine,in that it bindetb,cooleth,and 



drieth. 





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A The leaues of Buckes-horne boyled in drinke, and giuen morning and euening for certaine 

 da les together, helpe mod wonderfully thofe that haue fore eies,watery orblafted and mod of 

 thegnefes that happen vnto the eyes- experimented by a learned Phyfition of Colc'hefter called 

 Matter Buke^ and the like bv an excellent Another*™ of *h* fj m « t«.„« n.j ... n . , 



ft 



t 



B The leaues and roots ft amped with Bay fait, and tied to the wrefts of the armes, take away fits 

 of the Ague : and it is reported to worke the like effec* being hanged about the necke of the Pa- 

 tient in a certaine number j as vnto men nine plants, roots and all 5 and vnto women and children 

 feuen. 



HAP, 102. 



* 



Of Saracens Confound. 



«|[ TheVefcriftion. 



which rife vp faire brownc hollow ftalkes of the height of foure cubits, along which eucn 

 from the bottome to the top it is fet with long and pretty large leaues like'them of the Peach 



tree : at the top of the ftalkes grow faire ftarre-Iike yellow floures,which turne into dewne, and arc 



carriedaway with the winde. The root is very fibrous or threddy. 



If The Place. 



Saracens Confound groweth by a wood as ye ride from great Dunmow in Eflex ; 

 called Clare in the faid country; from whence I brought fomc plants into my garden. 



$ 1 formerly in the twenty fourth Chapter of this fecond booke told vnn what c 

 thor took for Saracens Confound, and (as I haue beenecredibl 

 it. Now the true Solida^ohext defcribed and figured was found 

 M r George Bowles and M* William Cm An Shronrtiirc in Walcs.ii 



place 



rAu- 



f informed) 



from Dudfon in the parifli of Cherberry to Guarthlow. % 



tff TheTime. 



It floureth inluly,and the feed isripein Auguft. 



fT The Names. ,k 



Saracens Confound is called in LzumSolidago Saracenic*, or Saracens Comfrey, and &*pT 

 Saracenica in Dutch,^eitf>ra«ty IBtttfttlt tflflt \ of fome, Herbafortis : in Englifli, Saracens Co 



founder Saracens Wound-wort. ^ 



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