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434 



Of the Hiftorie of PJants. 



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IB. 2,. 



fharpe 



angeth many times his celour 



according to the foileand climate ; now and then purple or blew, fometimeswhitifti, and oft t 

 an afh colour. The root and feed is like the precedent. ' °* 



4 CrofTe-woort Gentian bath many ribbed Ieaues fpred vpon the ground, like vnto the lea 



of Sopcwoort, but of a blacker greene colour : among which rife vp weake joynted ftalkes trail "^ 



or leaning toward the ground. The floures grow at the top in bundles thicke thruft together r! 8 



>fe of (weet Williams, ot a light blew colour. The root is thicke,and creepeth in theground If 



abroad, whereby it greatly increafeth. 



5 Carolitt Clufi, 



ie rccei- 



Mote 



the feuetufi of Clufim, wherein he greatly deceiued himfelfe, and hath with a falfo'Lf!?-.!-^ 



wronged others. 





foi 



i ins twelfth lor tor kmde of Gentian after Clufim^ hath a round ftiffe ftalke, firmeand follide 

 luvhatreddidiatthebottomejointedorkneed like vnto Croflewoort Gentian. Theleauei 

 are broad, fmootb, full of ribbes or finewes, fet about the ftalkes by couples, one oppofite aeainft 

 another. The floures grow vpon fmall tender ftalkes, compad of flue flender blewim Ieaues "foot 

 ted very curioufly with many blacke fpots and little lines jhauing in the middle fiue yeJteir 

 chmes. Thee feed is fmall like fand : the root is little, garnifhed with a few firings of a velfarirti 

 colour. ° ' 



i£ qr The Place. 



Gentian groweth in fhadowie woods, and the mountaines of Italy^clauonia.GermanyjFrance, 



'fi 



the Weft 



on the North fide of theway leading from Braintree to Much-Dunmow 5 and in the horfe way by 

 the fame clofe. 



(Land 



% The Time. 







Wj 



Gcntiu* King of Illyria was the firft finder of this herbe, and the firft that vfed it in medicioe/or 

 which caufe it was called Gentian after his owne name : in Greeke, **™* •• which name alfo the 

 A pothecaries reraine vnto this day ; and call it Gentiana : it is named in Endifh.Felwoort Gentian: 



itccrwoort 



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3 



4 



W 



Gefvercals this Gentianapunicea • Clufiusfientianamaior flore purpurea 



This is Gentianafolijs hirundinarU of Gefner : and Gentiana tldjclepiadit folio ofCluft 



Gentiana minor of Matthiolas* 



bfi 



5 Clufim calls this, Gentiana major pallidapunB is diftincta* 



«JJ 7 he Temperature. 



The root of Felwoort is hot,as Diofcoridcs faith, clenfing or fcouring : diucrs copies haue,thatJi 

 is likewife binding,and of a bitter tafte. 



^TheVertues. 



It is excellent good as Galen faith, when there is need of attenuating, purging, clenfiflg> w^ 

 mouing ofobftruftions,which quality it taketh of his extreme bitterneffe. , tf 



It is reported to be good for thofe that are troubled with crampes and convulfions • forfacj 1 

 are bur ft,or haue fallen from fome high place : for fuch as haue euill liuers and bad ftoroacke*. r ^ 

 put into Counterpoyfons^as into the compofition named Tberiacadiatejfaron : which %&tim^ 



*^yV?m«?w,amy{teryorhidfecret. y^| 



This is of fuch force and vertue, faith Pliny > that it helpeth cattell which are not onely tr* 



3 dberbc 



wirh the cough, but are alfo broken winded. 



The root of Gentian giuen in pouder the quantitieofadramme, with a little pepper* 

 Grace mixed therewith, is profitable for them that are bitten or flung with any manner 

 mous beaft or mad dog : or for any that hath taken poy fon. rtomacto 



Thedecoftion drunke is good againft ehe ftoppings of the liuer,and cruditie of the t ^ 



hf*1nf*th A i o t* (I i c\r\ AtfTf\]ii^rh -anA f^4ff A rofli sinner *»*]*> A MrmrJ *nA ic onnd SfTainft allCOlO 



of the inward parts. 



gealed 





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Pi 



