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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



I Cent aurittm mamnm 



Great Ccntorie. 



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Whole Jcaucd great Ccntorie. 







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^f The Place. 



The great Centorie ioyeth in a fat and fruitful! foile, and in Sunny bankes full of Graflc and 

 herbcs.lt groweth very plentifully/aith Diofcorides, in Lycia, Pcloponnefus, Arcadia.and Morca: 

 and it is alfo to be found vpon Bafdus a Mountaine in the territories of Verona^and likewife in my 

 Garden. 



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€r The Time. 



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Itfloureth in Summer^and the roots m&y be gathered in Autumne. 



^J The Names. 



It is called in Grecke,*!**^*,? •*» .• ofTheophraftas alfo Ccntauris . in diuers Chops f My Rha P*»* 

 ticum ; for Rha Pontkum is Rha growing in the countries of Pontus • a plant differing from great 

 Centorie. Theophraflus and Pliny fetdowne among ihckindc* of Panaces ox AH-healcs, this great 

 Centorie 3 and alfo the leffer, whereofwe will write in the next chapter following, Phny reciting 

 the words o[Theopbraftus,doth in his twenty fifth booke, and fourth chapter write, that they were 

 found out by Chiron the Centaure, and furnamed Centmria. Alfo affirming the lame thing in his 

 lixth chapter (where he more largely expounded! both the Centauries) heerepeateth them to be 

 found out by Chiron : and thereupon he addeth, that both of them are named ch> ; onia. Of forac k 

 is reported, That the faid Chiron was cured therewith of a wound in his foot /that was made vritb 

 an arrow that fell vpon it when he was entertaining Hercules into his houfe^whereuponlt was cal- 

 led Chironium : or of thecuring of the wounds of his fouldiers, for the which purpofc it is molt ex- 



cellent. 



^ The Temperature, 





It is hot and dry in the third degree. Galen foitb,by the tafte of the root it tfieweth contrane 











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quaIities,fo in the vfe it performeth contrary efFefts 



^[ The Vert ties. 1 



The root taken in the quantitie of two drams is good for them that be burflcn, or (pit DiQ^t 

 againft the crampe and flirinkingof finewres, the fliorrnefTe ofwinde or difficulty of breatliii'*- 



' cough and gripings of the belly. •„<,«*!* 



» There is not any part of the herbe but it rather worketh miracles than ordinary cures ; ic \R 

 woundsjforitjoyneth togethcrtbelipsoffimplewounds intbcnWl),accordjngtort>chritii 

 tion.thatis,glewing thelips together,not drawing totheplaceany matteratall. ^ 



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