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Of the Hiftoric of Plants. 



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Hippo* h(f*m Matthioli. 



Italian Hoifctonguc. 





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«J[ The Place. 



They are found on the Alps of Liguria, and on 

 the mountaines of Auftria. Betlonitu wnreth, 

 that they do grow very plentifully about the hil 



Atbos. iB 



Thefirft of theHorfe-tofcguesgrowesirtmy 

 garden very plentifully. 



U The time. 

 That which groweth in my Garden floured 

 in the beginning of May : the fruit is ripe in the 

 falloftheleafe. 



^ The Names. 



Horfe- tongue is called in Greeke,«WM*-™ ■ of 

 the later Herbarifts, Bonifacia, Vvularia* Btflm- 

 gua, Lingua Pagana^n<& Vifforhla. The fame is 

 alfo named <faV» '•*?*, of Ida a mountaineof Troy, 

 which is called Alexanders Ttoy : of fome, Lau+ 

 tm ^ilexandrina % or the Bay of Alexandria, and 



Laurus idxd. 



This Hippoploffumpx Bonifacia is called in high 



Butch Zapflinftratlt : in low Dutch, %m% 

 IjCtlblaDc : in Spaniih, Le^guadeCauallo.in Eng- 



liih, Hoiie-tongue, Tongue-blade, Double- 

 tongue, and Laurel of Alexandria, 



iff The Temperature. 



Horfe-tongueiseuidently hot in thefecond 

 degree, and dry in the fir ft. 



m ThcVertues. 



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The roots of Double-tongue boiled in wine, A 

 andthedeco3iondrunke 3 helpeth the ftrangury, ptouoketh vrine, eafeth women that haue bard 

 traucllinchilde-bearing. It expelleththefecondine or afterbirth. The root beaten to pouder, 

 whereof fix drams giuen in fweet wine,do helpe the difeafes aforefaid :it bringeth down the termes, 

 as Djtfcorides teacheth. The like wr iteth Pliny alfo : adding further,That it caufeth women to hauc 

 fpeedy deliuerance, efpecially if balfe an ounce of the pouder of the root be giuen to drinke in a 

 draught of fweet wine. 



BaptiJlaSardus doth notably commend this herbe for the difeafesof the mother jby giuing,faith 

 he,a little fpoonfull of the pouder tithrrof theherbe,the fruir,orof the root 5 tohcr that is troubled 

 with the mother, (he is thereby forthwith rccoucred. He alfo writeth, that the fame is a fingular 

 good medicine for thofe that be burden, if a fpoonefull of the pouder of the root be drunkein the 

 broth of flefh certaine daies together. 



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Chap. 34 o. Of Cucumbers 



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thers lefTer • fome of the eard 



tome of one fa(hion,and fome of another, as (hall be declared in the following chapter. 



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He Cucumber creepes alongft vpon the ground all about, with long rough branches $ 



grow 

 forth 



es : from the bofome 

 eVine. The fioares 



Yellow l DetweeQ e the ftalkes and *«*, itaH^j^i^ii ivuwci luui-uaiKes compoica or nuen»o" 



bum -r ' # Which bcing P aft ' thc fwic fuccecdech 3 '°ng, cornered, rough, and fct with certaioe 



andf P? ( s ? rnfin gSgreene at thefirft, and yellov when they be ripe, wherein is conrained * drmc 

 1 litel kf pe ° r ful>ftance tranfparent or thorow- fhining, which together with che feed is eaten 



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