L i u. il Of the Hiltorie of Plants. 



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oucr tvich a fcaly btrke like the fcaly backeofan Adder, and of the fame colour i from which rife 



cryminy leaoci like thofcof Fenne!I,of an ouenvorne grecne colour: among which grow final! 



twiggy branches on the tops, and alongft the ftalkesdoe grow fraall cluttering Routes of a yellow 



o^kyr- the whole plan: is of a darke colour,as well leaues as ftalkes.and of a Itrongvnfauo 



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Ut ^ The Place. 



Tbc*fbrsft*sU\{.\ :hac Sothernwood delighteth to grow in places open to the Sun : Diofcoridcs 

 aiUrmcth that it grovvefli in Cappadocia, and Galatia a counncy in Afia, and in Hfcrapolisa city 

 inSvr a : it is planted in gardens almoft euery where:that of Sicilia and Galatia is moil commen- 



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} €J The Time. 



en in 



Tiic buttons of Sothernwood doc flourifliand be in their priire in Auguft,and now and th 

 September. 



4 The Names. 



It is called in Grcekc, fli w.-thcLatinesand Apothecaries kcepe the fame name ^Abrctamim- 

 the Italians anil diuers Spaniards call it Abrotan$ : and other Spaniards, T erk* Umkhrucr* : in high 

 I) Kch,^tab\MUtt0 : in low Dutch^uetOOnCand 3UeCCrui|t : the French, Aunne^nA Awcfme: 

 thcEngh:', net), Sothernwood : it bach diuers baftardnames in Dkfaruteti the greater kindc it 

 . ;.crjcus his bxmwa, or female Sothernewood j and P//*J bisMMM*9m<cn mountain* Sotlherne- 

 wood : the mounraine Sothernwood we take for the female,and rhe champion for the male. There 

 benonvirhltandingiomc that take Lanander Cotton tobe the female Sothernwood ; grounding 

 thereupon, became it bringcth forth yellow floures in the ton of the forieslikr rln^rhnr^,. 

 bufiftht) laJmorediligeni 

 opinion • the leflcr Sotherne 



].dtii\c,C.ir»f>eftre. The third,as we haue faid, is likewife the female,' and is commonly caile^fvveet 

 Sothtrnwood,bccaufeit is of a fweeter fentthan the reft. Drofctridcs fecmcth to call this kindc Si- 

 cnkm^ictiian Sotherwood. 





i #f The Temperature. 



Sothernewood is hot and dry in the end of the third degree : it hath alfo force to diftributc and 

 torarifie. 





q The Venues. 



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The rops.flourcs/tf feed boyled, and ftamped raw with water and drunkc, belpc them that cai 

 •Tottakc their breaths without holding their neckes ftrai:;btvp,and isarcmedfe for rhe cramp arid 

 tor hr.civcs fhrunke and drawnc together; for the fciatica alfo, and for them that can hardly make 

 water ; and it is good to bring dovvne the tcrmes. ^"- u 



It killcch wormes,and driueth them oat : if it be drunkc with wine it is a remedy againft deadly B 



poyfons. 



Alforchelpcth againft the ftinging of Scorpions and field fpiders,btit it hurts the ftomacke. C 

 Stamped and mixed with oyleittakcthaway the rtiiuering cold tbatcommeth by the ague fits D 

 and Jthcattth thebody it it be annointed therewith before the fits docome. ' 



jfit be pouned with barley mealc and laid to pufhes it takcth them away. E 



u ts good for inflammations oftheeies,with the pulpe of a rofted Quince, or with crummesof F 

 orcad.and applied pultis wife. 



TLeaHies of burnt Sothernwood,with fotne kindc of oyle that is of thin parts,as of Ptlnuchri- G 

 Mvaddifh oyle,oyle of fivcet Marjctorac, or Organie, cure the pilling of the haire of the head 

 «am akc rile bcar(J tQ grow quickelyrbeingftrewed about the bed,orafumcmadcofitvpon hoc 

 cmnets.u driueth away ferpents : if but a branch be laid vnder the beds head they fay it nrouokerh 



"eocrit. 



,1^^ ^Sothernwood made into poudcr, or boyled in wine and drunkc, is good againft the H 

 »meu^tie and flopping of vrine ; it expelleth,wafteth,confumetb,and digefteth al 1 cold humours f 

 •""Rn flimeand flegmc.whichdo vfually ftopthe fplecne,kidnies,and bladder. ' 



Sothernwood drunke in wine is good againft all venomeand poifon. j 



anJk C leauCs of s °t hernwood b °yled in water vntill they be foft, and ftamped with barlev meale K 

 jnd barr owes greafe vnto the forme of a plaifter, diflbluc and wafte all cold tumors and fwellinTs 

 ^•ngapphed or laid thereto. «» u b*> 



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