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Of the Hiftoric of Plants. 



Sijfolijs 



Hone-wort, 





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felues into very many branches euer* 

 pint growth one leafe fmaller'th 2 2 

 f0 ™ > **«* tether with the wT 



is to be feen on this herb when the id 



fipc.theflouresarewhite,a n dgravnioft 

 commonly at the tops of the branche 



fomtimesat moft of the joints euen from 3 

 the earth, in vneuen or vnorderly vmbellj 

 euery floure hauing fiue exceeding fa*// 

 leaues 5 flat,and broad at the top 5 andin tfcc 

 middle very fmall cheiues with purple 

 tops,the whole flour not much exceeding 

 the bigneffe of a fmall pins head, which 

 being paft there comes vp in the place, of 

 euery floure two fmall gray crooked (Ira. 

 ked feedsjlike parfley feeds 3 butbigger 5 in 

 tafthotandaromaticall. The rot is fmall 

 and whitifli, with many thredsnotfobig 

 as Parfley roots. It begins to floure about 

 the beginning of Iuly, and (o continueth 

 flouring a long time • part of the feedc is 

 ripe in Auguft, and fome fcarfe in the be- 

 ginning of O ftoberjiTiean while fome fals 

 whereby it renues it fclfe 5 and grows with 

 flourifhing greehe leauesall thewinrer. 



I took the defer iption of this herb the 

 yere,t62o.butobferueditlongafore 5 noc 



knowing any name for itifirft I referred it 



ailing ixjShm terrejtrefi Sit»fc- 

 tgrorumiafrawards vpon fightof 



Yreerinumprimm C/ufij ,vvbich in 



Ch- 



rome refpc«5h refemblcth this herbe,I named it Selimm Sijfilijsfltt wanting an Eng 

 length about the yeare 1625. I fw Miftris V rfttla Leigh (then feruant to Miftris Silfi 



( 5 . CMartit 



William UMooriM 



Petersfield,a town ncer the faid Mapledurhamj gather it in the wheat erfhes about Mapledurwo 

 aforefaid (where in fuch like grounds it ftill growetb, efpecially in clay grounds) who told nee it 



was called Hone- worr, and that her Mother miftris Charitie Leigh late of Brading in tJ ? eI J^ : 

 Wight deceafed,taugh t her to vfe it after the manner here exprefTed, for a fwelling which w m 

 in her left cheeke,which for many yeares would once a yeare at the leaf! arife there,aiw ' J eI1 ,*' 



to 



a ,.— -, , _ herbe 



more nor fwelled.,being now(5 . Marty 1 £3 j)about twent 



thisday.This fwellingV'r mother called by the name of a Hone,but asking wbetBer ^7 r omBra 

 tvere in the faid I fie vfually called Hones fhe could not tell, by rcafon fhe was brought . t 

 ding aforefaid young,and not being aboue twelue yeares old when fhe vfed this media . 





hilfi 



A Take one handful 1 of the greene leaues of this Hone-wort,and ftamp them,put toit ^ 



a pint or more of beer,ftraioe it,and drink it,and fo continue to drink the like qiu in £ y f acc f two 

 ningfafting , till the fwelling doth abate,which with or in her was performed m toe y 



weeks at the raoft.Auguft, 18. 1 61 o. lohn Goodyer. $ 



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HAP, 401 



Of ^Alexander. 





^f The Defcrij>tio» 



they be * 



och 



He leaues of Alexander are cut into many parcels like thofe of Smal age, J k)0fKrl n<n c$ 

 greater and broader, fmooth alfb, and of a deep greene colour : the ftalw ■ ' J( J ng) blicK 



a cubic high; the floures be white,and grow vpon fpokie tuftsithe feed is twe* > fofllt bin p 



