Lib. 2. Of the Hiflorie of Plants*. 8ol 



j I nere i 

 roots 



root 



lcr tenderer,and in number more, very grcenc like vnco Borage, yeelding forth many little tender 

 ftaikes ; the floures are leiTe than of the fmall BugloiTc, and red of colour : the feed is of an aft co- 

 lour fomewhat long and flender,hauing the tafteof Buglofle. 



i There is alfo another kinde of Alkanet, which is as the others before mentioned, a kinde of 

 wilde Buglo(Te,notwithftanding for diftinftions fake I haue feparated and feuered them. This laft 

 ulnthufa hath narrow leaues, much like vntoour common Surt>mer Sauory. The ftalkes are wo 

 bandfuls high,bearing very fmall flourcs,and ofa blewifh or skie colounthe root is of a dark brow- 

 nifli red colour,dying the hands little or nothing at all, and ofa wooddy fubftance. 



^J The Place. 



Thefe plants do grow in the fields of Narbone, and about Montpellier, and many other parts of 

 France : I found thefe plants growing in the Iflc of Thanet neere >vnto the fea, betwixt the houfe 

 fometime belonging to S ir Henry Crijpe ,and Margate^where I found fome in their naturall ripenes, 



in our Apothecaries fhops I found therein great plenty, 



ygood 



t I doubt whether our Author found any of thefe in the place here fet down,for I haue fought 

 it but failed of finding • yet if he found any it was only the firft defcribed, for I thinke the other 



three are (hangers, t ^f The Time. 



Diofcoridt 



roots doe yeeld their Moudy 



qj The Nantes. 



Alfcmet is called in Greeke *>*«* ? in Latine alfo Anchufa 



tiglcjfa Ht/p 



likwi/^Orchanet and" Alkanet, 



roots 



^f The Temperature. 



clenfeth away cholericke humours : the leaues be not fo forceable, yet doe they hkewife binde and 



dlie. mir _ ^ qhe Venues. 



Viifwides faith,that the root being made vp in a ccrote,or fearecloth with oy Ie f is very good for A 

 old vlcers^that with parched barley meale it is good for the leprey.and for tetters and rinc- worms. 

 That being vfedas a peff * '~ L "- -"--•-■■■•• - r ' * 



The decodion 



difeafes of the kidnies 5 tbe fpleeaeand agues. 



Itisvfedin ointmenrs forwnmens nainrin 



lask 



e. 



B 



i yellow jauadifc, C 



good againft the D 



root 



and 



3 



y to cnoie that naue talne from fome high place,but alfo report it to be good 

 ifels and fmall pox,if it be drunke in the beginning with hot beere. 



F^OtSOr thefe Amu ft* A tr\nr\\r\r firrivrtc uriParc itaI'i'ao ft* Ciy/+U li'Ui* n r A A«V nA « 



nan a fet downacompofition called S&wui* Pener A yrhich ismoft ungular in deep 



PJJttures or wounds madewith thrufts,as folIowsttakeofoileoliueapint.therootofAlkanettwo 



^earthworms purged,in number twenty, boile them together & keep it to the vfe aforcfeid.1 



> n! * ° entIewomcn of France do paint their faces with thefe roots,as it is faid. ' 



* ^ J^Sea!** WCrC ^ >rmer ^ toe were both ©f the ordinary Buglo{fc,whercof the 6rA mi^bc well enough fcruc.but the j.yras much 4tf crca 



G 



franthu 



z8f. OfJValland Vipers "Bughjffe 



«T The D efi 



I TC °fi" A *f Ucs > or wi,dc BugIofle,fo cal led for rhat it doth not grow fo commonly elfe 

 l^i wncrc, hath rough and hairy leaues, fomewhat lcflcr than the garden Buglofr' . th, 



^ a little h, n U lt S gr0 T/ 0r th u e ?P ft P art v P 0n the f,de of theflend er ftalke, in faftio. 

 2 '"' e ^whereof fome be blew, and others of a purple colour. 



* forrner e Sl h " kMc f l'* iim * ?! l ha ? h rOU S h and hair y leaues lik ™te> much like vnto 



hollow 



fmall 



on euery fide with 



■* — r i 



compofed of one 

 ft 



to be of an L" » i . . "* F ur H'cc«Kmr ac cne tirlt, but when they are open ukj 



" ^SS^ K ^V m f^ dhollw * hiam ^ ceniitK fm a' blew thredsin the middle •• the 



black,fi 



or vipenthc root is long,afld red without, 



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