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Of the Hiitorie of Plants. 



We haue receiued another fort hereof from the parts of Italy, hauing leaues like Woade 



i r mi? ah and WlthOLltany tV^niffft fm*»ll tvr-i/»r/»in if ritflE»r/»rfi fmm thf* rnmmnn I'tnAa +U 



\gloffitm Ovi/V/itf0, Hounds tongue of Candy. $ 



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vgloffttm Creticum ofclufi 



lojfumCreticHm x. 



kinde.but yet lefle:the 



0I Setter broad: among which the next yeare after thefowing, comes vp a ftalke (bme ciibit or 



morehi°b,crefted,ftiffe,ftraightjand fomewhat downy,as arealfo the leaues which grow vponthe 

 ume being fomwhat broad at their fetring on,and of a yellovvifh green colounthe top of the ftalk 

 isdiuiJed into fundrybranches,which twine or turne on their tops like as the fcorpion graiTe 5 and 

 carry ltortcr yet larger floures than the ordinarie kinde, and thofe of a whitifti colour at the firft, 

 with many fmall purplifh veins,which after a kw daies become blew. The feeds are like the for- 

 mer in their growing,(hape,and roughneffe. $ 



a We bane another lort ot Hounds tongue III 

 ther leffe : the leaues are of a fliining green colour. 



t 4 Cjnogloffum minus folio vi rente. 



Small grceneleaued Hounds tongue 



«[f The Place. 



The great Hounds tongue growes almoft e- 

 uery where by highwayes and vntoiled ground : 

 the fmall Hounds tongue groweth very plenti- 

 fully by the vvayes fide as you ride Colchefter 

 highway from Londonward, between Efterford 



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<fi 7 he Time. 



They flourein Iune and Iuly. 



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>e Names. 





o>X*«re? 



fheweth two kinds thereof:in Engliith, Hounds 

 tongue, orDogges tongue, but rather Hounds 

 pif*e,for in the world there is not any thing that 



plant doe; 



Dog 



U The Nature. 



Hounds tongue , but efpecially his root , is 



cold and dry. 



^ The Vert ues. 



Likewife they are a remedy againft fcalding 

 flme Author addeth. 



The roots of Hounds tongue rofted in the em- A 

 bers and laid to the fundamcnt,heal the hemor- 

 rhoids,and the difeafe called Ignis facer ,ofr vvilde 

 fire. 



The juice boiled with hony of rofes and tur- B 

 pentine to the forme of an vngueht, is moft lin- 

 gular in wounds and deep vlcers. 



Diofcorides faith , That the leaues boiled in C 

 wine and drunk,doth mollifie the belly s and be- 

 ing (lamped with old fwines greafe, are good a- 

 gainft the falling away of the haire,proteeding 

 of hot humors. 



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P. 287. 



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Of Comfrey or gnat Confound '. 



T % 1 be Z> efcriftion ; 



He (bike of this Comfrey is cornered, thicke, and hollow tike that of Sow- thiak. It 

 groweth two cubits or a yard high : the leaues that fpring from the :o6t t md rhofe that 



