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C 

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86 



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Of the Hiftorie of PI 



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large veines running about them : in the middle fta^rTttoTr^n — "— 



threds,and feme 7 .ox 8. littlegaping biewifh floures at tL bottomed TSfT^ v 



floures rWn\Mn<r r h_ V.»>.^ K», nm „, k:-~_. u. • . ""iiumes Of them . .U. 



homes growing.in a (tar fafhion ; the in'fidc'is parted into cehlnnl^ 1 

 hlarWiew r^A ft ;. r^fnrri, ; n rul u r-..nJ. * 5 c 7 ,nc .° ceIS conteining 



(p» it is called Sv^-f//,, Hi (panic a /lore ft 



b!ad 

 *j/fc««tfr by the namVof ^Z'fc 1 ? 8««w3 



7 



num 



Hi* 



ifol.ajloremawe fimpUcietruleo. linnw^CrtlF^ 

 ound in the gardens of our Florifts p J and flou rcs i D u7 



it is fometimes to be found in the gardens of our Florifts. 



% 1 'he Place. 



graine,indiuers countries beyond the feas. 



doegrov.ofthemfeluesamongcorneando.u 



% The Time. 



The feed muft be fowhe in Aprill : it floureth in Iuly and Auguft. 



% The Names. 



' 



Gith iscalled in Greeke, &**» , in Latine alfo MeUrthiam.m ihops Wdfc and m , 

 of d iiiers.G// A.and Satufandrta, and fome among the former baftard ffi« J* V""*' 



Durch^toatt^mmtCl, : m low Dutch,^IWfa" 



-*//;/««; in French^/eZ/e oft**;; , in Englim,Gith,and Nigella Romana In rJKV-"* 

 mops wort : and alfo Di„ Catherines' Katharine! Tfllure ' C^ndgeflw^ 



_., _ , _ . , IT Tfj * temperature. 



The feed of the garden Nigella is hot and dry in the third degree, and of thin parts 



_.,-,..„ If The Fertues. 



The feed of Nigdla Roman* drunke with wine,is a remedy againft the mortne/Te of breath diffoL 

 ueth and putteth forth wind,nefle,prouoketh vrine, themenf^increafeth milke in the bSB 

 nurfes if it be drunke moderately . othenvifc it is not oncly hurtfull to thera.but to any that take 



thereof roo nfrrn or in rr»« or**t <, «Mm M . ' ' ' »« w« 



The feed kil leth and driueth forth wormes, whether it be taken with wine o'r <vater,or laid totbe 

 nauell in manner of a plaifter. 



The oyle that is drawne forth thereof hath the fame property. * 



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lavrnc 



r _._,__ _._. „, JV , lilv _ w ,. WU g. i _ IM |- M ,pu UU i. 1 , rtUU wjdj.ipcu in a piece ur naci-wnc 



or farcenet, cureth all rours, catarrhes, theumes, and thepofe, drieth the braine,and reftoreth the 

 fence or fmelling vnto thofe which haue loft it,being often fmelled vnto from day today.aodmack 

 warme at the fire when it is vfed. 



It takes away freckles, fcurfs,and hard fwcllings,being laid on mixed with vineger. Tobebiicfc, 

 as Galen faith, it is a moft excellent remedy where there is need of clenfing,drying,and hearing. 



It feructh well among other fweets to put into fweet watcrSjbagges^and odoriferous pouJcrr 



t The figures of the third and fourth of the former edition were tranfpofed. 



c 



HAP. 



444 



Of CocUt 



efi 



Ockle is a common and hurtfull weed in our Corne, and very well knowne by the name* 



CockIe,wbich Pen* calleth Pfeudomelanthium s and TlsgtUapum^ by which came P | ; w f*T 

 Fnchfim do alfo terme it ; (JMutontts calleth it Leliumpnd Tragus calleth it ^E 

 is plant hath ftraight, {lender and hairy ftems, garnimed with long bairyand gTayitb^*^ 

 ich grow together by couples, inclofing the ftalkc round about : the floures arc of a m 

 lour 5 declim ng to redneffe, confifting of fiue fmall leaues 3 in proportion very like to ffy*v 

 ons .when the floures be vaded there follow round knobs or heads full of blackiih feed, iik 

 the ieed of NigelUfrut without any fraell or fauour at all. 



Th 

 vvh 



% The Place and! tme. 



i of his flourin_.are better k 



Cockle is ca 



Hum : of Mouton, 



<f «»«» M«r.« ^ • J _ — •~v t x«» - ' • or i rarw. \jiinavo : in men _ 



tVlMG%" V r ch >"" Se <<" M--» Englifh, CcSkle 

 t^Xrirnh ti whcrcu P° n ™>ft Hcrbarifts being moued w 

 thought e robe he tme Gith xxittUmhim* . hnr hL &« rh 



ththe 



Nific'a,orwiiuv- P 



better 



other properries,and yet it is called Gith 

 >ct not properly, but with a ccrraine arM 



doth notonelv differ in leauesfrom the true ■ r. H [$b 



OKcL 





oftbeblackeoe'ic" - ;fbl 

 m the tiue U%p. 





