Ljib.z. Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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Mcon . is hot in the third decree, and 



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andbelchings o! the ftomacke. 

 The fame taken with hon v doth aoDeafe 



confume 









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C h a p . 4.1 6. Of Hore/lrange, or &ttfhtr»ort. 





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i\ The Defer iptio*. ^ M 



hard ftalke full of knees or knots 





with Ieaues like vnto Fennell, but greater,comming neerer vnto Ferula,or rather like the 

 leaues ofwilde Pine-tree, and at the top of the ftalkes round fpokie tufts full of littfc 



-> — ---. — .*»wi,.«»iwviHfcwu, 4 ijciuut ib uncKe ana ions: inaue dig- 

 ged vp roots thereof as big as a mans thigh, blacke without, and white within,of a drone and grit- 

 ynhkebrimftone, called Sulphur -which hath induced fometocall it Sulphurwort • hauinealfoat 



Z ^£$S2Z$££g?* c * ttinc bu{h of ^ a browne «*«*4 which 



roots 



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far exceed the other in grcacneflc. 



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There is another kinde of Ak; <Ji**»» or Hogs- Fennell, which Pena found vpon Saint Vin- 

 ock by Briftow.whofe Didure he hath frr fmrh in hi* AA„~c,i. ,«h;~u *u~* L c__t-r. 



Aduerfa 



PW»; /, t-C f*r*" w ««-««»" •tnv«iuiuuis-a«»crj«rw ) wnicncnac famous fcng ifh 



2?fi»on of late memory,D'. 7W found there alfo, fuppofing it to be the right and true fcucc- 

 <unm '.whereof no doubt it is a kinde : it groweth not abouea foot high, and is in IW and Ieaues. 

 of S. 8 u P Tt Mw i but the y be ^°»er and leflcr, growing fomwhat like the writhed Fennell 

 ch« wJ, T Ut c branches are more largely writhed, and the leaues are of the colour of the bran- 

 feed iTi nn u ?u P3le S rce ^ co ! our - At the top of the branches grow fmall white tufts, hauing 

 the m\ n^i ' r U /A° r T and fle " d * rer > ofa § ood *&*, fomewhac fharpe. The root is thicker than 

 fiSrES flZ fthch f rbe will well beare. Among the people about Briftow, and therocke afore- 

 ^.tnis hat h bcene though t good to eat. 



^ h o C 3/ re ° fthiS ° ur , A " th, ? r fotmerly gaue (yetvnfitly, it not agreeing with that defcrip- 

 he found VS m Z 'r m3y - b , ebe th °, U§h: * tbe fame wi£h th " of *>^ his defection, becaufe 



SSlri . S hC fa - me "ft, *T*™~«*«m. This is the Sehnum monunum plmUum of Si 



J ,and the PeHcedamfmepufilUfltnu of ft*, and Z^e/. where fore *«&* was mirtaken in his ft 



StlwiZ K C *£" lh3t ° f Z r ' 10 h u is third FmcedJum •• the root of this » blacke wftnout and 

 'nitcwuhin,butfl,orr,yetat^^ 



g^commonly diuided into fiueoarts.and rnefeawin fnhH .n-M^L \EL .^ r ?. fma, ! and 



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(hoot 



Jp^comraonly diuide 

 »x «nches or hal fe a foot h 



'Cfom^f lhfc "? , ?P l ; n * '' floure u ! '"May.and ripen, the feed in 1„1 -ImS !f 

 *& »h^ P T °J ?" ^ B «ft°".'')''l>em«ne S ofn.yof c mentioned ftiend Maftet clrZ 



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all Catarthes.rheLimcs.and aches of the joynts, as alfo any phlegme which falls vpon the lungs. 

 If the fame be laicd plaifterwife vpon the bellies of children, it maketh them to piflc well. ' c 

 They elenfe the cntrals, and deliuer them of obftrutfions or ftoppings : they prouoke vrine D 



dritic forth the ftonc,and bring downe the floures : but if they be taken more than is requifite, they 



caufe the headache j (or feeing rhey haue in them more heat than drinelTe, they carry ro the head 



raw moifture and windic hcar,as CMen faith. 



