\ 



-:8 . . Of the Hitforie of P] 



ants. T 



IB.Z. 



reaforable good fmell. The feed fblloweth,Iong and ftarpe, like vfltottofcofr^T 

 runt „ rfncke.long.and full ofmilkie juyce,as are the leaues W , f Goates " heard, 



i be narrow leaued Hungary Vipers-grafTe hath long leaues like to thofe of r «,, , 



top « hereof do ftand faire double floures of a faire blew colour tending ™ ? f^ !?°° tb > 0n the 

 Other oi Ins kinde,of a pleafant fwect fmell ,like the fmell of fast baffim^ff * ^* Iiker l* 



sw^y wich the win^e. The roqt 



w mull. It endureth the Winter euen as the others do. *«raewBar ftarpc 



i 5 7 K nis (^°j: e fe ure ^sbyourAuthorpuctothclaftdefcription)hathIeati e sl, t u, 

 o Go«es-beard,bur ftiffer and foorter, amongft which there growesvoa^orr^n i keth ° rc 



^nd^higbJetwirhafewfWeaues^ 

 'a'K-ccmebutlefTe:^^ 



ripe ... c,med away with the leaft jrinde. The root is blacke with a wrinffed £k? and f ? g r 

 V amng -the head hatryasalfo the Jaftdcfcnbed hath; This by Clufm is called Smt^Y 



m.i* AHgujiifolu P Armenia, $ | ' J *-*»ca *ctrjt»en h». 



v ■„ . ' •• „ f The five And Time, 



Mf>:-t of thefeare ftrangersin England.Thetwofirftdefcribed 

 are rouehed in their feuerall titles. 



nnei 



rni/ke 



row in my Garden. Tb 



Tney houreand fiourifh from May to the end of Iuly. 



xt- »> • .. , * . ^ The Names. 



\ ipers grafie is called of the Spaniaids^w^**,, which foundeth in I 



una or Serpent art a,(q called becaufe it is accounted to be of force and effica 



of V ^rsaudferpents for^4oraviperiscalledinSpanifl,^r^;i t ham „u name eiti*nn 

 the high or tow Dutch,nor in any other, more than hauYbeen faid, that I ca« eade ™5h « 

 may call it Scorzoner,a,ter the Spanifh name,or Vipers gralTe. E 



_, . IT T^* Temper Ature. 



They are hot and raoift as are the Goats-beards. 



yagainftthepoyfo* 



.' 



f The Venues, 



A It if reported by thofe of great judgement, that Vipers-graffe is mod excellent againftthc* 

 feS tons of the plague, and all poy fons of venomous beafts, and efpecially to cure thebitings of vi- 

 fcrs, (of which there be very many in S,aine and other hot countries, yet haue I beard tfit they 

 baue beene feene in England) if the juyce or herbe be drunke. 



B - It belpe j h the infirmities of the hcart,and fuch as vfe to fwoune much : it cureth alfo them that 

 haue the falling fickenefTe, and fuch as are troubled with giddineffe in the head 



C "[he root bein g eate^either rotted in embers.fodden^or raw,doth make a man merry, and remo- 



uethallforrow. ' 



D The root 





re familiarly, being thus dreflcd. 



aXJauFZ 1 * ^EaT^J? fc?-& ^il^P^ ^creof the firft and fourth were both of one plant and the fifth which *i, of the StmTmm i****** 

 •W* did not «uch differ fromtfiemiif it differ at all In the title and hifloiy of the third there fhoSd haue been put Pam£ ™ Zm ? ftl. 







Chap. 2,54. Of o!Marigolds 





x 



q TheDefcripion. 



He greateft double Marigold hath many large,fat,broad leaues, fpringing immediatJy 

 from a fibrous or threddy root j the vpper fides of the leaues are of a deepe greeoc, m 

 the lower fide of a more Hehtandfluninsereene: anions which rifevDftalkcs i<M> 



vhat baine,and alfo fomewhat joynted 

 bcautifull, round, very large and doubl 



fjfFron cotour.or like pure gold: from th 

 rheoiumoft. 



are 



ong fmell, of a l'gj« 

 .__jced feeds, cfpecia'ly 



, rr ; — ~+ *~^ *■*•&** «» "'w 4 iw M .c5« uivu uciuf; fowne commonly bring 



forth fingle floures,whereas contrariwife thofe feeds in tbe middle are lefTer, and for the rooft p*< 



f 



pled leaues fet vpon a groflc and 



2 j ne common douoie Mangold hath many fat.thicke^run.,.. 

 fpungeous fta!ke i whereupon do grow faire double yellow floures, hauing for tb 

 riddle a bunch of threddes thicke thruft together: which being paft there fuccf 



feeds as the firil defcribed. The root is thicke and hard.with fome threds annexed thereto. 



