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Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 



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ftony place 



f The Place, 



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They Home in May and Iune,and fhortly after ripen their feed. 



*f The Names. 



ltliinkenoneoFthefetobcthe^/4»w»W«ofthe Antients. i The fir ft is fet forth bv (ft/?- 

 vnder the name we here giue you : it is the Mufcifula altera mufcefr flore oiLobel : Vifca Z o major ofeZ 



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This alfo clufms and LohelhAue fet forth by the fame name as we eiue you them. 



Matthiolas^Atnerarius^d others haue fet this forth foxSefamoidesfarvum, in the Hill 

 J fed Catanamc quorundam 5 but moft fitly by D odon. Chondrylltjpecies tertia t The third 1 



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it is ca 



Gum Succorie. t 





% The Temperature. 



Galen affirmeth,That the feed contains in it felfe a bitter quality.and faith that it hcateth bm 

 keth a andfcoureth. ' 



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^ The Venues. 



■Diofcmdes affirmctb, that theweight of an halfepenny of the feed drunkc with Mead or he 

 water,purgeth fiegmc and cholerby the ftoole. 



The fame being applied,doth wafte hard knots and fwellings. 



t That ivhich here formerly enioyed the third place,by the title otSefamoidis mmt SaUgeri. was no Othor than the plant that ip hcicafor ddcritel. 

 namcot Tarton ratn g*Bo-pTQumci*, where yoa may findc both the figure and defcription. 



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HAP. 



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OfT>j ers Weed. 



^Luteola 



Dyers vvecd,or Yellow weed. 



«J tbtDtfcriftw, 



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vnlike to Woad, but a 



T^v Yers weed hath long narrow and greenifli yel 



great deale (mailer and narrower; from among 

 which comraeth vp a ftalke two cubits hich, belie 

 with little narrow leauesreuen to the top ofthc Mk 

 come forth fmall pale yellow floures,clofely clufte- 

 ring together one wirhin another, which docturnc 

 into fmall buttons, cut as it were crofle- wife, vvber- 

 in the feed is contained . The root is very long aod 

 fingle, 



^ The Place. 

 Dyers weed groweth of it felfe in moift barren 

 and vn tilled places, in and about villages almolt 



euerie where. 



^ The Time. 



This herb flourifheth in lime and Iuly. 



^f The Names 



of 



Pliny, lih.^.ca^. maketh mention by the *Jf 



this herb,and calleth itLutea :and T'*^%. 



Lutum : it is the Antirrhinum oiTragut : an j. 

 doftruthium of CMatthiolus. Virgil in his Buco j 

 Eclog4.calIsitalfo Lutum: in Englim,^" , 



Dyers weed. 



^j The Nature, 



It is hot and dry of temperature 



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$ ^ The Vertues. s re foi- 



Therootasalfothevvholeherbheatesand dries in the third degree: it cu "> a "!. om0 us crea- 

 te t h op en s digefts. Some alfo commend it againft the punflures and bites or vc. ^ 



