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.Lib. 2. 



Of- the Hiftorieof Plants. 



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told that there it did grow, I ft ill perfifted it was noc true : but when I did behold this great quari- 



ofVVormc 





dccciucd, h'nv many they baue robbed of their mony, ai 

 tbc better for taking it,l refer it to the iudgemen-t of the 



baue fold many hundreth pounds weight oi it; the more to their flume be it fpoken, and the IciTc 

 wit or skill in the Apothecaries; therefore hauc I fet downc this asacaueat vntQ thofe that buy 

 of tbefe feeds, firft totaftcand trie the fame before they giue it to their chilJrcn,OT commit it to 

 any other vfc. t Certainly our Author was eit # 



thus deceiued now. $ 



Apothecary 



^f The Time. 



Ic flourcth and bringeth forth his feed in Iuly and Auguft. 



^f The Names* 



The FrcDch men call it Bariotinc -the Italians, Semen \ena : whereupon alfo the Latinenamc 

 Sememina came : the feed is called euery where Semen fancfum • Holy feed ; and Semen contra Lu?n« 

 hicos in Englifh, Worm feed s the hcrbeit felfc is alfocalled Wormfccd,or Wormfeed-wort:fome 

 name it Semen ZedoarU, Zcdoaric feed, becaufe it hath a fmcll fomevvhat refcmbling that of Zc- 

 doaric. 





% 7 he Temperature* 



The feed is very bittcr,and for that caufcof nature hot and dry. 



^ TheVertue*. 



Itkgoodagainftwormesofthebel!yandcntrailes,takenany way.and better alfo if a littleRu- A 

 wrbe be mixed withali, for fo the wor^^^^^ 



by Ac ficge 5 which thing rauft alwaies be regarded. 



~ wtrinajnd brought to the forme of a plaiftenand applied to 



cd mixed with a little Atocfi 

 1 of a childe doth the like. 



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hap. 452.. Of famine and ISaJlard Wormeitooods. 



I i^bfinth'tum dbum. 



White Wormwood. 







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2 i^AbftntbtHm %&gipium< 



Wormwood of iEgypt. 



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Zzzz 



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