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wrireth againft all truth,rhat it neither beareth floures nor feed : after Tbeopbraffut rWwlT^L 

 that it doth beare floures in the twelfth of his ^neidos. " - ^W^/f wineflak 



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Diftamnumgemtrix Creua carpi t ab Ida, 

 Pubcribu* caulemf$li]s } & ficre comAntem 



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mother from the Cret*an Ida crops 



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And purple floures vpon the bending tops,&& 



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y houreand flounih in Summer Moneths,their feed is ripe in September 



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called in Greeke ft** * inLatine,D*V?4w»/** and Di ff annum: of fotnc Pulerium Mart 





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F^eudodiBamnum^ or baftard Dittany, of the likenefle 





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peflary, or vfed in a fume, bringeth away dead chil 



B The juyce taken with wine is a remedy againft the ftinging of ferpents. 

 C The fame is thought to be of fo ftrong an operation,that with the very fmell alfo it driucs my 

 venomous beafts, and doth aftonifh them. 



D It is reported likewife that the wilde Goats or Deere in Candy when they be wounded with ar- 

 rowes,do rtiake them out by eating of this plant, and heale their wounds. 



fpecially thofemade with invenomed weapons, ar- 

 rowes (hot out of guns, or fuch like, and is very profitable for Chirurgians that vfe the fea and land 

 wars,to carry wirh them and haue in readineffe : it draweth forth al/o/plinters of wood, banes, or 

 fuch like. 



The baftard Dittany or Pjw^/'#4«»«;»,isfomewhat1ike in' 

 great force,yet it ferueth exceeding well for the purpofes aforcfaid 



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h a p . 2 8 z. Of 'Borage. 



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BOrage hathbroad Ieaues,rough,lying fiat vpon the ground,ofa blacke or fwarrgreenco- 

 lour : among which rifeth vpa ftalke two cubits high, diuided into diuers brancno, 



•~mi . .tuuug \)ru»,ij iiitiu vy A name iwu kuuiu iji^u,uiuiui.u «»« «•" — -i 



wherupon do grow gallant blew floures,compofed of Hue leaues apiece^out of tic bm* 

 die of which grow forth blacke threds joined in the top,and pointed like a broch or pyramide : «* 

 root is threddy,and cannot away with the cold of W inter. , hnko f 



a Borage with white floures is like vnto the precedenr,but differerh in the floures,for tn« 

 this plant are white,and other of a perfect blew colour,wherein is thedifference. . kc 



f 3 Neuer dying Borage hath many very broad leaues, rough and hairy, of a 1 W*« ° 

 greene colour : among which rife vp ftiffe hairy ftalkes, whereupon doe grow fane b ew i. 

 fomewhat rounder pointed than the former : the root is blacke and lafting, baumg lcwc* ^ 

 Winter and Summer,and hereupon is was called Semper virent i and that very properly, to 



guifli itfromth« reft ofthiskinde,which are but annuall.* .. a Th CTC 





