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Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



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IB.1. 





^ The Time, 



They are found with their floure from Iuly to September,and bring forth their fi. a 



^rf» J*r tf*r if ir /sv»nr» O Uv.ll ICtQ 



yeare after ic is fowne. 





^ Tie Names. 



the fecofid 



Mullein iscalled in Greeke *\fa* : in (hops^Tdpfis Barhatus : of diu 



ers c **U* Regit, CmdtUri* 



and &«wm •• Ditfcrides.PUny^nd Gden call itFerbifeum : in Italian FerLfr, anH t ? » , *^ 

 Spani^cW^inhigh-Dutch,*^^ 



Woollen, Higra pC r,Torches,Longwort,and Bullocks Longwort , aJrfK , S2SbSri tho 



f The Temperature. 



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JMaUcin is of temperature dry : the leaues are alfo of a digefting and clenfing quali 



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f The Vert ues. 



B Tfc< 



root 



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dbdfor 



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preuaileth much againft the old cough. 



A little fine treacle fpred vpon a leafe of Mullein, and Iayd to the piles or hemorrhoids, curcth 

 the fame : an ointment alfo made of the leaues thereof and old hogs greafe worketh the Cf 



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fock 



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yong maidens their defined fickeneiTcbeing fo kept vnder their feet that they fall not my. 

 fl » S5 T Utty P co P , ^ f P ecia I 1 ty the husbandmen in Kent,do giue their cattel the leaues to, 



Sm fn M C °; ig t ° hc lun g s > bein S an excellent approued medicine for the farae,wherupon 

 can it Uuliocks Lungwort. 



Frankinccnfe and Maftick burned in a charing dim of coles,and fet within a clofe fioole,and the 



:fcey 



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r l i. 7 r ai ">" " JClclJ c auuaicuery men turning (wftich mull 



ol the herb bound to the place,and there kept vntill the next drefline. 



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There be tome : who think that this herb being but carried about one,doth help the falling lick- 

 nefie,efpecially the leaues of that plant which hath not as yet born floures.and gathered when the 



OUn lSin Vinrn.anrl fhpVfnnnin A.im.mh;^ »l,:„™*.~»._:»U/i ._ j- _ ? • ° i i» „n:-:_... 



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The later Phy fitions commend the yellow floures, being fteeped in oile and fet in warmedung 

 ri II they be wafhed into the oile and confumed away,to be a remedie againft the piles. 

 The report goeth (faith Pliny) that figs do not putrifie at all that are wrapped in the leaues of 

 illein : which Dhftorides alfo mentioneth. 





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h a p . z j Oi Of bafe Mullein. 



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% The Defcriftio*. 



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ftiffe&hai; 



Elecampane,but Ieflenthe floures grow round about the ftalks taper or torch fafhio . 



ot a whxtecoftu^with certain golden thrums in the middle : the feed followetkfmall, and of t» 

 colour of du ft. 



2 Blacke Mullein hath long leaues not downy at all,large and fharppointed,of an ouenvorne 



Diac kl (h green colour.fomewhat rough,and ftrongly fmelline : the floures grow at the top ol t.e 



ftalks.of a golden yellow colour,vvith certain threds in" " " " *' ^" 



lrom the precedent. 



root 



Candleweek Mullein hath large broad and woolly leaues, likevntothofeof tbecornm " 

 MuUcin : among which rifcth vp a fttlke couered with the like leaues, euen to the branches fte 

 on the flouresdogrow,butle{Terandlefrer by degrees. The ftalkediuidetb it felfe toward the top 

 into diners branches , whereon is fet round about many yellow floures, which oftentimes ^ 

 change into wh ite , varying according vnto the foile and clyraat.The root is thicke and w<**c 



