I_yl B.2. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



1089 



4 The yellow Fumitorichath many crambling tbreddy roots, fomwhat thicke,groffc, and fat, 

 like thofe oiA^AtAgm : from which rife diuers vpright ftalkes a cubit high, diuiding tbemfelues 

 toward the top inco other fmaller branches 3 whereon are confufedly placed Jeaues like thofe of 

 Thilulmmsx Englifh Rubarbjbut lelTerand thinnenalongft the tops of the branches grow yellow 

 floures 3 re(embling thofe of Sage : which being pad, there followeth fmall feed like vnto duft. 





^ The Place. 



The Fumitories grow in corne fields among Barley and other graine ; in vineyards,gardens, and 

 fuch like nunurcd places. 1 found the fecond and third growing in a corne field be tweene a fmall 



village called Charleton and Greenwhich. 



flou 



m The Time. 



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Fumitorie is called in Greekc **»»"• and K^H^and often *««•»"* *. inLatine, Turn 



fid : in Spani.h, tdomdha . in French and Englifh, Fumitrfrre. 



\ f[ ThcTemperaturc. 



CttwaUc^ : in low Dutcb^tftfef om,»upuro,lwr 





Futnitoric is not hot, as f< 



t Ml 



andclenfethbyvrine. 



^ % The Vcrtues. 



It is good for all them that hauc either fcabs or any oth 

 thcmalfb that baue the French difeafe. 



cold and fomething dry 



1 1 remoueth ftoppings from the liner and fpleene : it putrifieth the bload,and is oft times good B 

 for them that hauc a quartanc ague. 



The dcco&ion of the hcrbe is vfed to be giucO, or elfe the fyrrup that is made of the juyce : the C 

 diftilled water thereof is profitable againft the purpoles aforcfaid. 



It is oftentimes boy led in whay, and in this manner it hfelpeth in the end of the Spring and in D 

 Summer time thofe that are troubled with fcabs. * 



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ftomacke 



D^r/^afiirmeth, that the juice of Fumitorie,of that which growetb among Barley,as^fi- F 

 pcMaddeth, with gum Arabicke, doth takeaway vnprofitablehaires that pricke the eyes, grow. 

 ing vpon the eye Iids,the haires that pricke being firft plucked away,(br itwill not fuffer others to 

 grow in their places. 



£Hoft of Fumitorie drunken driueth 



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and hurtfull humors,and 



pituitous 



in* 



rs. 



t Thercwereformcrlr fix figures and defcriptions in ihh chapter ; whereof the two firft figures were of the common Fumir©ric,tbe one wthpuf pie the other 



* *whitt four es> and the two Utcr were ofthf Fumsj;* Uufdnclu.culau, differing Oniv m tbalargenefe and fmallQtfleof the Uafe. Taedefcipoon in rhc fc. 



«* place belong to the Fumsru dauieuUu&KMh alTo wai agamc deferred »n ibe fifth and fixth placesjec lot to much Purpofe:whererorcI haue put the fv- 

 ptttoche fecond, and omitted the other ai fuperfluou* 





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. 446. 



Of bulbous Fumitorie^ or Hollow-root* 



1 



rrce iea' 

 der, of 



i[J The Deftriftien. 



m 



-toot are jagged and cut in (under, as be thofe 



1 light grcenifti colour, that is to fay, Tike the gray colour of the leauesof Co- 

 . n 'Miuuiiie, thereunto they bealfoinformelikc^but lefler : the ftalks be fmooth, round, 

 d Hcnder , an handfirfl long . about which on the vpper part ftand little floures orderly placed 



i0n g, vvuh a little home at rhe end like rhe flours nf TnH^.flav of a WohtmA r^A;^ «./„«. 1 ' 



h 



jwo U4L na^couered ouer wi 

 andofa hitter and aufteretaft. 



bulbqufe^hollow withinrand on the vpper part preff< 

 rk yellow skin or barke. with certaine firmer* 'r*ftr%*A 



2 



The fecond is like vnto the firft in each refped , failing that it btinseth floures of a white 



^ou^and the other not fo. 



derr JH fmaI1 P ur P ,e Hol i° w - r °ot natn roots, leaues, ftalkes, floures, and feeds like 

 ™ Vne efpeciall difference is,that this plant is fomwhat leffe. 



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