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Of the Hiftorieoi Plants. 





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Helens ton. 



Ek-Minpanc. ^ 



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Jour, and ate more white vndemeath, fleightly 

 nicked in the edges : the fialke is a yard and a 

 halfe long, about a finger thicke , not withost 

 downe,diuidcdat the top intodiuers branches 

 vpon the top of euery fprig ftand great floures 

 broad and round,of which not only the long fmal 

 leaues that compafle round about are yellow, but 

 alfo the middle ball or circle, which is filled vp 

 with an infinite number of threds,and at length is 

 turned into fine downe ; vnder which is flendcr 

 and long feed : the root is vneuen, thicke, and as 

 much as a man may gripe, not long, oftentimes 

 blackifli without, white within, and full offub- 

 ftancc/vveet of rmell,and bitter of tafte. 



*f The Place. 



It groweth in medowes that are fat and fruit- 

 full : it is alfo oftentimes found vpon mountains, 

 fhadowic places, that be not altogether dry: it 

 groweth plentifully in the fields on the left hand 

 as you go from Dunftable to PuddlehilJ.alfo in 

 an orchard as you go from Colbrookc to Ditton 

 ferry,which is the way to Wind for.and in fundry 

 other places,as at Lidde^and Folkeftone, ncere to 

 Douer by the fea fide. 



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% TheTime. 

 The floures are in their brauery in Iune and 

 ily : the roots be gathered in Autumnc, and of- 

 tentimes in Aprill and May. 



% Tbe Names. 



That which the Grecians name !*«««, the La- 



tmes call InuU and EnuU : in rtiops, EmL campa- 



^«1 M • t ,- r • ; • / 4/ ! ahi g hDutcb '3Hanrt»urtj: in low Dutch, 



m M toptfek : in Italian,E«M,and EmU.-in Spini(h,R4t^del alia .- in French, EnuU C amp ane- in 

 tnglifh, Elecampane and Scab-woort, and Horfe-heale : fome report that this plant tooke the 



mm Helemum oi Helena wife to Utfenalaus, who had her hands full of it when Paris ftole her awav 

 mtoPbrygia. * 



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hot and 



greene 



-^ .^ ui iu» ciccampane is maruenous good tc 

 m the third degree,efpecially when it is dry : for being &EWWfci « UM « ,„ 1UU L 

 i«pcr{iiioiismoitture,which foroewrhat abateth the hoc and dry quality thereof, 



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«& The Venue 



hold!j, g00d f ? r fil0rtncfle of breathed an oldcough, and for fuch as cannot breathe vnleffe thev \ 



^u^irneckesvpnght. 7 



feiiaf S^r°* S«eo in alopch, which is a medicine to be licked on,and likewife pre- B 



ffidSt "(& Aeft andTufgr" ™ *** ^ ^ ""&* "* Clammy hUm ° UrS ' which 



rJt ?°u P ref ff ued is S°°i and wholefome for the ffomacke : being taken after fuoner it do* r> 

 r « «*Iy helpcdigeftion,but alfo keepcth the belly foluble. * m * * d ° th C 



»hoairo7 C - °V fe f ame bov,ed ' driueth fortn a11 kinde of worroes of the belly, as Plim teacherh • n 

 ttX 111 m his *«* booke,and fifth chapter, the fame being chewed faft^o* it ^ 



the b.2? C of r E ^ lecam P a ne is with good fucceffe mixed With counterpoifons.it is a renW,, «»rirt n 



"Jpx £52** refifteth poifon : jt is good for them tha£ 3rc P&^^M E 



^S hSrl^ the f deC ? aion thereof and likewife the fame beaten into poudcrand F 



c ^n f™ r?Hi! man "l r °/ an °' nCm ent,doth clenfe and heale vp old vlcers. 

 as a * diuer Sonf 7/ J he , ? a u S afe t0 be made red > which be v «ed w itfa long and cold grids: G 

 ^facile of C ! • - he h ? ckIe bones ^ a »ed the Sciatica,and little and continual/ bunnies and 



'cot certaine joynts,by rcafonof ouermuch moifture. 



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