1^1 B. 2. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plant 



s. 



I 



057 



* 



K^Amv) ptr tin fill 





Small Bifhops- weed. 



^f TheTime. 



Theyflotirein Iune and Iuly, and yeeld 

 their feed in the end of Auguft. 



<fi 7 he Names. 



The Grecians call it a>/* .• the Latines alfo 



x^immi : diuers call it Cmmnum %/E.thiopicum : 

 othciSyCuminum Regtum.ox Comin Ro all ; in 

 iTiops, Ammiospx Ameos in the Genuine caie: 



the Gcrmanes 3 3toiep: in Englifh, Ameos, or 



Atnmi : of fomc, Herbc- William, Bullworc, 

 and Bifhops- weed. 



^f The Temperature. 



The feed of Ameos is hoc and dry in the la- 

 ter end of the third degree. 



5[ The Vertues. 



Itauailech againft gripings of the belly in 

 making o£Vrine,agaitlft the biting of ferpents 



A 



taken in wine, and alfo it bringeth downe the 

 floures f bceing applied with honey it taketh 

 away blacke and blewfpots which come of 

 ftripes : the feed of si fin doth alfo the like, for 

 it is hot and dry, and that in the third degree ; 

 likewife of thin parts, prouokingvrinc, and 

 bringing downe the dcfired GcknciTe. 



The feed of Ameos is good tobee drunken B 

 in wine againft the biting ofall manner of ve- 

 nomous beafts,and hath power againfl all ma- 

 ner of poy fon & peftilent feuers,or the plague, 

 and is vfed in the corre&ing of Cantharides' 

 jvhereby thofc flies are made medicinablc to - 

 be applied to the body without danger. 



bid 



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f The 6gure which was for mcrly in the fecond place was of the Hi^omtithrum album of laktrnammmHs. 



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Chap. 416. Of Cberuili, 





^ TheDefcriftioa. 



THe Ieaues of Cheruill are flender 5 and diuerny cut,fomething hairy,ofa whitirti greene: 

 tje talkes be iWOcnder, round, and hollow within, which at the firft together with 

 ^ white and am * "T * ^J"^ 8 ree "' b r ut tendin g to a red ™ h ™ 'he feeds are ripe:the floures 

 » full of Prints VP ° n Cr * ThC fcCd " i0ng ' narr ™> fl ^er 3 <harpe pointed : the root 



There is found in June and July, almoa in euery hedge, a certaine plant which TaBerna- 



id Bauhmt fitly ca Cbxrovhvlum nr c,r,f„h,.J u„,aJ „„a *u. c„„ ,- , - 



b v nnr 1 u BA r him fit, y cal1 cf >*"?h U * m * <* Cerefoltum M m (t, 



joynts InTi bUS ? lgh ' r ° metIrt, es more, and oft times fomewhat big and fwolne about thl 

 f eeds.The le " P 7 T beh °f fmaI1 ? me whitc 1,Ctle floures > which ^ Acceded by longifh 



0fa very go d C a h n T l n \l h ;; n h r W eau . e$ ****? cuc °JJ ffg^d, in Phew very like vnto Hemlocks, 



C * "ed ILc^t^CU U^t Ufte 'f cT Chm,il '« and fomethin * hairy, which faach 



r °Mof thehci^r nr r k ^T* thc \ Xe *™ * lie * vp a (kike fomewhat crcfted or ft*- 



' "nencightof two cubits, at the top whereof grow fpokie tufts or rundles with white 



Siff lourcs, 



