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Of the Hiftorie of PJants. 



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OfViuels bit. 



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ierfus Didoi 



Diuelsbit. 



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"«.« ui t nam imaii vprieht rounJ 



long leaues fomwhat broad,rerv !ir 

 tleor nothing fnipt about the edges L 

 what hairie and euen.The rWalfo ln 

 of a dark purple colour,fafruoned like the 

 floures oft cabious:the feeds are fmal and 

 downy, which being ripe are carried away 

 with the wmde. The root is blackc.thick 

 hard and fhort,with many threddie flrino j 

 faftned thereto.The great part of thcroi 

 leemeth to be bitten away:old fantafheke 

 charmers report, that the diuel did hire it 

 for enuie, becaufe it is an herbe that hath 

 fo many good vertues,and is fo beneficial 

 to mankinde. 



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f Tie Place. 

 Diuels bit groweth in dry medows and 



woods, & about waies fides. I bauefourJ 

 great ftore of it growing in Hampflcad 

 wood neer London, at Lee in E (Tex and it 



wood 





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It flourcth in Auguft, and is hard tobc 

 knovvnc from Scabious , fauing when it 

 flourcth. • c 



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forth 



q Tie Names. 



only called Morfus DiM % 

 Df the rootfas it ieemOfiuc 



nankmde,bit it oft 3 becaufe it would beotherwife good for many vfesrit is called of Fnchfi 

 ifa: inhigh-Dutch 3 ^euffel£ abblfj:inlow-Dutch 3 ^upacHe0beet:in French, UHorsdu 



defcribedby him/^.4.^.176. $ 



pndts, 



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^f The Temper at ure, 



fomthing bitter, and of a hot and drie temperature,and 



^ The Vermes. 



the later end of the 



fecond degree. 



^f iDcrertues. ** 



There is no better thing againft old fuellings of the AImonds,and vpper parts of the throat that 



n*» fViaf Ai/>V/»«>n In i-no iiuwr Jtrlirrefl-oi-Vi ->nrl rnnflimPth it .* and It 



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be hard ly ripened . 



It clenfeth away ilimie flegme that fticketh in the jawes, itdigef 

 quickelytakethaway the fwellingsin thofe parts, if the deco&ion 

 mouth and gargarized,efpecially ifa little quantitie of Mel Refarum, or honic of Rofes be put mr° 



It is reported to be good for the infirmities that Scabious ferueth for ,and to be of no left ■f° r " 

 agawft the ftingings of venomous beaiis,poifons,and peftilent difeafes, and to confurne and ir» 

 away plague foreseeing ftamped and laid vpon them. . j .. , . c0 . 



^ a • u alfo l ° mitl g«e the paines of the matrix or mother, and to driue forth made, if tW 

 "ion thereof be drunke. 



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