9 00 Of the Hiftoric of PlanttT" J~T ^ 



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cerraine fpacesgrow by couples Jeaues fome balfefoorlonZand^ — - 



on their vpper (ides, morewhitifh below, and full of large^ "and en^twS^A^P^ 

 ftalke and branches it carries rood commonly an hundred or moreflourw Zl' e *?P of the 

 fome inch long,alI clofe rhruft together after the manner of the H vac m&^Tf f< ? tftaIk » 

 rin g; each floure is thus compofed . fir ft it hath Hue fmall greene leaues bendingback^ r^ 

 for the cup:then hath it other flue leaues foure times larger than the former whkhbe^l ''"* 

 couer them , and thefe are green on the vnder fide, and of a pale colour with fome redneft " nd 

 thenare there hue little grames(as I may fotermc theml of a nleatontT-A -Li , ne,le a bouc: 



each oi them.-thefe fiue mgirta fmall head likea button, greenifl, vnderLath and wM, I ^^ 

 I haue giuen you the figure of one floure bv the fide *Fn„ A „rf£!£^!ffi whi ufli abo*. 



of th is plant are very full of a milky juice. $ 



m ThePtace. 



^fl ' r^Q whilst, 



h grojyetb as before is rehearfed, in the countries of Norembega, now called Virginia bv A 

 honourable Knight Sir WW*, zdeigh, who hath beftowed great fums of bcmct foES 

 thereof; where are dwelling at this prefentEnglifli men. * lfc0uei,e 



, , ■ , n 1T The Time. 



It fpnngeth vp, floureth, and flourifheth both Winter and Summer, as do many or moftofrh, 

 plants of that countrey . * It dies down with vs euery winter and comes 'vp in the SnrS 

 in Auguft, but neuer bnngeth forth the cods wirh vs.hv ™fnn nfrh, J^ij ™??Sr.T 



cods with 



^[ The Names. 



^ 



prouinces 



Virginia to couer the fecret parts of maidens that neuer tafted man , as in other places they vfe i 

 whitekinde ofmofle Vvifanck : we haue thought AfilefiasVirgmiana. or V mcetoicumlndiLmi 

 and proper names for it:in Englifli, Virginia Swallow-wort,or the Silke-wort of Norembega. 



*fi The Temperature and Vermes. 



A We finde nothing by report, or otherwife of our owne knowledge,ofhis phyficall vertucs , but 

 only report of the abundance of raoft pure filke, wherewith the whole plant is pofleffed. 



B r *„ • The leaues beaten either crude » or boiIed « water, and applied as a pultefle,are good agaiort 

 fwellings and paines proceeding of a cold caufe. 



C The milkie juice, which is very hot, purges violently 5 and outwardly applied is good againft 



tettars, to fetch haire off skins,if they be fteeped in it,and the like. Alpinut. % 



HAP. 335. 



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Of the "Bombafte or Qotton-T lant . 



^J T he D efcription . 



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He Cotton bufli is a low and bafe Plant,hauing fmall ftalkes of a cubit high, and fometiroej 

 A higher ; diuided from the loweft part to the top into fundry fmall branches, whereupon arc 



fet confufedly or without order a few broad leaues, cut for the raoft part into three fedions , 

 and fometimes more,as Nature lift to beftow,fomwhat indented about the edges, not vnlike to tie 

 leafc of the Vine.or rather the Vcruaine MalIow,but le(Ter,foftcr, and of a grayifh colour : amor 

 which come forth the flourcs, ftanding vpon {lender foot-ftalks,the brims or edges whereof areot 

 a yellow colour 3 the middle part purple : after which appeareth the fruit,round,and of the bigM» 

 of a Tennife ball, wherein is thruft together a great quantity of fine white Cotton wooll ; among 

 which is wrapped vp blacke feed of thebignefTeofpeafe^in rtiape like the trettles or dung ot a co- 

 ny .The fruit being come to maturity or ripeneue,the husk or cod opens it felfe into foure fax 

 diuifions, and cafteth forth his wooll and feed vpon the ground, if it bee not gathered in fl»" 

 and feaf on.The root is fmall and fingle,with lew threds anexed thcrto,and of a wooddy M>u» ' 

 as is all the reft of the plant. 



It groweth in India.in Arabia,Egypt, Id in certaTne Iflands of the Mediterranean fe* . « <* 

 prus,Candy, Malta, Sicilia, and in other prouinces of the continent adiacent. K.S' ^ M a- 

 Trrpohs and Aleppo in Syria, from whence the factor ofa worfhipfull me rchan V "hro'ftbe 

 fter Titcholat Lcte before remembred, did fend vnto his faid mafter diuers pounus | 

 feed ; whereof fome were committed to the earth ar rhe imoremonhereofthe fuccci 



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