j$6 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 





The Names 



\jt*$ttmk % and 



*w*,efpecially chat double floured Cammomill » which Greek name is takenfmm %**,£!*"*£ 

 of his flourc : in Engli^Cammomill ; fo called becaufe the floures Im^S^f^^ 

 Dle.which is olainlv perceiued in common Cammomill. ? n *P* 



ple,which is plainly perceiued in common Cammomill. 



CammotnilI,faith C^is hoc and dry in the firh degree,and of thin parts : it is of foro r« a- 

 geft,flacken,and rarifie , alfo it is thought to be like the Rofe in thinneffe of parts comminp ulth 

 operation of oile in hcate,which are to man familiar and temperat : wherefore it is a foecial h I 

 againft wcarifomnefle : it eafcth and raitigateth pain,it mollifieth and fuppleth.aud all thefe Z° 

 rations are in our vulgar CammomiH 3 as common experience teachetb, for it heateth moderated" 



and drieth little. 



A 



m ThtVtrtuts, 



B 



~ „ w , - prouoketh 



Ciy fters made againft the forefaid difcafes. 



/-\!1 Cf>~ Ml • f • • « .. 



C 



gainft all manner of ache and paine, bruifines, flirin 



King oinnucs,Baroneue,ana cold lwellings. e ,MWM1 



Thedecoaionof Cammomill made in wine and difinke, is good againft coldoeffcin the flo- 

 raack,foure belchings.voidetb winde,and mightily bririgeth downe the moqethly courfes 



The Egyptians haue vfed it for a remedic againft all cold agues,aod they did tberfore cooferat 

 it(as<7^» faith) to their Deities. 



E u • T J« dec ?.f ion made in white w »°e and drunke expelleth the dead child, and fecondioe or after- 



D 



P 



birth fpeedily.and clenfeth thole parts. 



G 



the Ague 



of the cheft commiog of triad, 



neth the pores : briefly 



H 



t- j a~u - ~» ,. „ ,v ' «" fidcs.mollifitth hard fircl 



Iings,and waftetnaway raw and vndigefted humors. 



The oile compounded of the flours pcrformeth the famcand is a remedie agaiflft all wearifi 

 nefle,being with good fuccefle mixed with all thofe things that are applied to mitigate paiue 





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Chap.z^z. 



Of s5\fay~T»eed or niide Cammomill. 



% The Kittles. 





lde Cammomil, which are generally called in Latinc Cetul* ; one 

 tftinking,theone hath his floure all white throughout the cona- 



paflc,and alfo in the middle, and the other yellow . Befides thefe there is another with verie fairc 

 double floures void of fmell,which M r Bartholmew Lane a Kentifh gentleman found growing wM 



leere to a hou fecal led Queakes,fomtime belonging to Sir Uinnt 



— » .».« in iijc i uauu ui i cnec,neere to a nouie canec 



Crijpe. Likewife M r Htsketb before remembred, fount 



metnoric faile me not,at the figne of the red Lyon, or 



as be was riding into Lancafhire. " . 



M?r Thcdout>Ie floured May-weed, in the yeare i6$i,l (being in company with M r Wil * r$4 {' 



M ramesCUrk^ni fome other London Apothecaries in the Ifle of Tenet) found it growing* 11 * 



Vpon tne Cllffc fide dole bv the tnarne nf Margate anAin fnmo nther nla/vc nf the Iflafld. t 



X 



M 



ofMarg 

 f TheDcfc 



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reen,brittle,and full of juice, P^ **"£ 



are broader,and ofablackifh 



.mmoniy jarger.ot a ranke and naughty fmell. The root is wooddy,and 



n i*-T h ? wholepiant ftiokgch^nd giueth a ranke fmell. 



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