Of the H iftorie of Plants 



the nerue, that you cannot fee betweene them, with maruellous foiliT -7 ! — =- - 



their round tops : each leafe hath alfo tworowes of duftv feed fr a W Tc by their fi ^s,ad^ 

 Taken, and Gerard, vnder the title of FiUtc mat. do well refemhlt S i c gUres fet for * by l2 

 fully in mod places in fhadowie woods and copfes F " ne ' Thl$ §"»es pk£ 



3 



ffifimmlk anguji^ra rhjrofunde dent at is . U H*~ 



h^iTT^ 



betwixt tbcta.deeply indented by the G^^^^S^S *¥»> fa " 

 hath alfo tworovves of dufty feed fcales. l/haue not Kfi^ffi? %rpe*«chfcS 

 This groweth alfo in many places in the fliade. y gK Wcl1 refemb I«g this p^ 



4 FilixmasmnramofafimulUUtkAuriculatU^wfu, fai«*J~ 



The Ieaues are of a deeper greene than either of the two laft defcribed nlu^ t 



very clofe together^but that you may plainely fee betwecne them «** i2£7r ° n f , V Uf «* 

 the aalk)hauing on that fide "fartheft off the Sal". S^^J^J^SS*"? ?°5 ,,,,r 

 pricke like a hairc, as doth alfo the top of the leafe : fo£ T^SSSiS!^'^^ 

 ending with the like pricke or haire.Each leafe hatl 



btFilixmat actileatamaior Bduhitii.KIphhpr han« T f. 



uUuLZ 



two rowes of dufty f ee d fcales. This hi J 



ene any figure refembling this plant. It a» 



ple.durham neere Peters- field in HamnL 



or toe maie f erne,out leuer : the root is long and blacke,and creepeth in the groundling nowagd 



then an inch thicke,or fomewhat thinner. This is alfo of a ftrong fmell,as is the male. 



%The Place. 



Both the Femes are delighted to grow in barren dry and defart places : and as Hmcdc&M; 



T^eglectts vrenda Filix inn aft 



portcth). it withercth away. 



i 



if it be dunged (as Theophraji 



ofunk 



aces 



and in ihodowie woods 



% The Time. 



Both thefe Femes wither away in Winter : in the Spring there grow forth nenr Ieaues, vrbict 

 continue grccne all Summer long. 



^ The Thames. 



The former is called in Greeke, n^r .• Nicander in his difcourfe of Treacle namctb it « n J-* 

 tine, Filix m<u : in Italian, Felce ; in Spanifli, Btlecho^ Falguero, and J7j« : in high Dutch, OMltt 



ifatne : in Fxcnch 9 FoMgere,ot Fcnchicre majle : in low Dutch, OttOI j^atliKfe S ifl Eog ,,rtl ' mac 

 Feme. . 



The fecond kinde iscalled in Greeke, **«««: that is, Filix famimpx female Fcrnc:inL 2,L 

 Diofcoridcs noteth among the baftard names } Li#gua ceruina r in high Dutch, IWWf *! cn *,L 

 <E$0(j f atnfetaue : in low Dutch, ffcren lieWtal t in French, Fottgcreftmh : in tog ■ 



Brake,common Ferne 3 and female Fe 



5f 7 he Temperature. 



Both the Femes are hot,bicter and dry,and fomething binding. 



a 



root 



f 



The Venues. . .l ion? 6* 



.. 6 ™„ .J the weight of balfe an ounce, driueth lortn j&^ 



Diofcorides writetb, being drunke in Mede or honied water ^ 



,/W« faith the Ferne ^*^% bi d, ft 

 thifitbeecompafledwithFerne. 



pathy 



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'/r?£»« 



efpe 



!Iy to women 5 and that it caufeth women .to * an(J ^ 



pouder hereof finely beaten is laid v P on old vice ^ 



