Lib. 2,. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. ' 



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'fofonething binding, which by reafon that itisadjoyned with the two former qualities, that ii 

 *o fry biting a'nd bitter^ it is made in like manner a Angular medicine of very great efficacy. 



^J The Vertues. 



Tfceroo: of Dragons doth clenfc and fcoure all the entrailes, making thinne, efpecially thicke 

 and tough humours s and it is a Angular remedy for vlccrs that are haril to be cured, named in 



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Greeke,^"* 5 *- 



Itfcourcthand cleanfeth mightily, afwell fuch things as haueneed of fcouring,as alfo white ** 



and blackc morphew, being tempered with vincgre. 



The leauesalfo by reafon that they are of like quality are good for vlcers and greene wounds: 

 anJ the IclTc dry they are, the fitter they be to heale • for tne dryer ones are of a more fharpc or bi- 

 ting quality than is conuenient for wounds. 



The fruit is of greater operation than either the leaues or the root: and therefore it is thought 

 to be of force to con fume and take away cankers and proud fleft growing in thenofthriIs,ca!Ied in 



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Grcckc,/W#«* •" alfo th e J u y ce doth cleanfe away webs and fpots in the eies. 



1 urthermorc, Diofceridcs writeth, that it is reported that they who haue rubbed the leaues or E 

 root vpon their hands, are not bitten of the viper. 



fbm faichjthat ferpents will not come neere vnto him that beareth dragons about him>and thefe F 

 things arc read concerning both the Dragons, in the two chapters o£Diofc$rides m 



Gdlen alfo hath made mention of Dragon inhis bookeof the faculties ofnourifliments ; where 

 he faitbjthat the root of Dragon being twice or thrice fod,to the end it may lofc all his acrimony 

 or (harpene(Te,is fomtimes giueh as Aron, or wake- Robin is, when it is needfull to expell the more 

 forccable thicke and clammic humors that are troublefome to the cheft and lungs. 



And Dhfcoridcs write tb,that the root of the leffer Dragon being both fodde and roft with hony, H 

 or taken of it felfe in meate,caufeth the humors which fticke faft in the cheft to be eafily voided , 



The juyce of the Garden Dragons, as faith Diofcorides^bting dropped into the eies, doth clenfe I 

 rhem,and greatly amend the dimnelle of the fight. 



Thediftilled water hath vertueagainft the peftilence or any peftilentiall feuer or poyfon,being K 

 drunkebloud warrae with the b'eft treacle or mithridate. 

 The fmell of the floUres is hurtful! to Women newly concerned with child. "Hi 



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on finty 6r rpa^e ~%obitU 







^J The Defcription. 



fmodth, fhining^fharpe pointed 



ts, mixed with lome blewnelfe: 



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leaues, befpot- 



T-t „„ . . * * among which 



t t k r V P a " a ^e nine inches long, befpeckled in many places with certaine purple 



mid\'\ f ea / eth alfo a certaine long hofe or hood, in proportion like the eare of an hare :in the 

 wKH k° h h °° d cotnmetn forch a P eftIe or dapper of a darke murry or pale purple colour : 



bunSr n§ paftj there deeded! in place thereof a bunch or clufter of berries in manner of a 

 mvS. *l §ra?e f2 g [ eenc at the firft > but aftcr thc y be »pe of a yellowiflj red like coralUnd full of 



o£5 K CrCm ! ehld oneor two IittIe hard feeds - The root is tuberous, of the bigneffe of a lame 

 u^wnite and fucculent,with fome threddy additaments annexed thereto. 



cesof T r " II V E SyP c a kinde ofs^tram which alfo is to be feene in Africa, and in certaine pla- 

 nter narr a ? r' 3 riuers and fiouds ' which differetn from that which growcth in England and 

 °f the wli?r ?° P t* This pIant is Iarge and S reat ' and the leaucs thereof are greater than thofe 

 and mav h : r °° tls thlcke and tuberous ' and toward the lower end thicker and broader 



thefibiM Tv Z t n ' lt " re P orted to be without floure and feed, but the increafe that it hath is by 

 berries ^ ru «neandfpread from the roots. * This plant hath alfo peftels and clutters of 

 ^ bdorll C ? mmon Aron,but fomewhat difference leaues are not cut into the ftalke, but joy. 



P^U^H^T g ' t ^ I ?? St,U! J O0t aIf ° iS / er u y 1 f^; Thofe tha tdef,retofeemoreoftbis 

 tbe Antienr« q i t *? ch fome haUe mooued > vvh ether this be the Cetocafaor Fda Jfryptitof 

 fi'V'm J,V u em haue recourfe to the firft chapter of Fdm CohmvaMis <JKinu* ( «*ii*r*» 



' "> P«s 4ltera t znd there they (hall findc fatisfaaion. t 



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