Of the Hiftoric of PI 



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IB. 2. 



foot of the hill whereon the 



parts of Kent. ± 



Horfe- fhoo commeth vp in certain vntilled and funny places of Italy and L 

 ethalfo in my garden. -•a-ang 



grow 



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Thefe plants floure in Iune,and their feed is ripe in Auguft. 



If The Names. 



of 



* j j — 



chct Fitch : it is vnknowne to the Apothecaries. 



£ The /econd is the Fcenugr£CHm$jlveft< 

 Gcfoer - y and the Glaux vulgaris oSLobtl X 



^ a ruueur an umrmine among corn, **™, 



Hedyfarum im EngliOi^Axfeed.AxwortAv f 



fjlvtft 



tquinum 



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6 



s 



A 



The feeds of thefe plants are hot and dry of complexion. 



% Tkercrtues. 



Being drunke it is acceptable to the ftomacke, and remoueth ftot 

 of like verrue be the new leaues and tender cropsof the whole plant. 



ing 



B Diofcorides 



C 



D 



counterpoifons. 



ppliedwithhony 



E 



the inward parts. 



the obftru&ion of the fpleen and of ill 



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L 7tu If!!? ^ hich formCrly PI* thc fil { l plac 5 agrccd " ft \ lhc thitd <Wc«>rioa ! ^at which was in the fecond place was of the Jfefcfam mm of r*r. 



wrim >Germa*:c« m fir,qu» xn ftv»mit«te. This growes about Bnh, and mdiuers places of the Weacountrcy, bearing ycUowfloiires like Tttfolim C oLZZ V- 



outthcnvddlcofltmc Thc flourcs of thc mdeated hatchet Fitch ate of a wfaitifh blew colour. B ywiowaoure* ukg I tpim Camtaw 



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Chap, 5ip. Of Teafe Earth-nut 



^ TbeDcfcripi$n, 



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be thin 



growing on flender fteras, with clafping tendrels at the ends, with which it imbracetb 

 and takcth hold of fuch things as ftand ncere it : the flours on the tops of the ftaJks are 

 like thofe of Peafe,but lefTe,of a red purple colour,in fmel not vnpleafant : in their places come vp 

 long cods in which are three or foure round feeds: the roots be thick, long, like after a fort to A- 

 corns,but much greater,black without,gray withhyn tafte like the Chefnut;out of which beneath 

 doth hang a long {lender firing : there grow out of the fame alfo other firings hard to the letting 

 on of the ftalke,vnto which creeping aflope do grow other kernelled roots, whileft the plant doth 



thus multiply it felfe. 



t 2 This,which Thalius in his Sylva harcyn'ta fets forth by the name o( AJhagsbs fftvMUMSjm 

 by our Author taken for and confounded with the Terra ghndes, and therefore I haue put it with it 



it. But 

 geof 



that thediffcrence may the better appeare, which is not a little to fuch as heedfully obferue it 

 our Author in this is to be pardoned, feeing D r Turner y a man more exquifite in the knowled^ 

 plants,and who had feen the true Terra glmdes in Germany,miftooke this for it.as may appeare oy 

 that httle Traft of his of the names of plants id Latine and Englifh,fet forth Arm i 548. * or l J C 'J 



-j j J 1 haue feen this herb of lace in Come P arke raore aftringent than it of Germany .J ^ 

 indeed this growes therc } and is much more aftringent and woody than that of Gcrmany,and . in u 



root 



foot high, fmall below, and fot 

 fomerimes of two.otherwhiles 



nar 



„ - - v. WUI, 1 i]( 



forth fibers:from hence t 



boue:the leaues grow fortn ot the ftalks.confifting lometimcs ot two,otnerwnuo ui ^ — o- - f 

 row leaues faftned to one foot-ftalke } which at the fetting on hath two little leaues or eare*" 

 the boforas of thefe leaues grow ftalks fome two inches long,each of which vfually carry a ^ : F 

 of peafe-fafliioned flours of a purple coIour,which fading.vfually become blew : after tfteic : 1 



cods ftraight,round and blacke, and in each of them are commonly contained me ot tense 





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