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Lib. 2. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plant 



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^[ 7 he Names. 

 I t is Mm**, or without a name among the later writers : the old and antient Phy fitions doe call it 



Diofcorides 



ifcorides 



ger . a ftalk a fpan high j a crimlon floure ; a little root : it groweth in moift and vntilled places : and 

 pliny in like manner • Onokychis hath the Ieaues ofa Lcntill, fomewhat longer,a red floure 5 a fmall 

 and (lender root : it groweth about fprings or fountaines of waters. 

 All which things and euery particular are in this ^ or namelefie berbe,asic is manifeft: 



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itmay be called inEnglifh,redFetchling,oras fomefuppofe,Medick Fetch,orCockcs-head. 



% The Temper Mure. 



Thefeherbes as Gden hath written in his books of the Faculties of GmpleMedicines,doerarifTe 



or make thinne and waft away. 



^ the Venues. 



Therefore the Ieaues thereof when it is greene, being yet laicd vpon hard fwellinas, or waxen A 

 kernels, in manner ofa falue,do waft and confume them away, but being dryed and drunke in wine 

 they cure the ftrangurie;and laied on with oile it procureth fweat. 



Which things alfo concerning Onobrychu^ Diofcorides hath in thefe words fct downe : the herbe B 

 ftamped and applied waOeth away hard fwellings of the kernels s but being drunke with wine it 

 helpeth the ftangury,and rubbed on with oile it caufeth fwegtings. 



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OfTSaJlard Dittanies 



Fraxinella. 



BaftardDittanie. 



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Aftard Dittanie is a very rare and gallant 



plant, hauing many browne ftalks,fomwhac 



rough, diuided into fundry fmall branches, 



garnifhed with Ieaues like Liquorice, or rather 



like the Ieaues of the A(h tree.butblacker,thic« 



ker,and more ful of juice,of an vnpleafant fauor: 



among which grow flourcs, con fitting of fiue 



whitiih Ieaues itripped with redd?, whereof one 



which groweth vndermoft hangeth downe low 4 



but the foure which grow vppermoft grow more 



ftiffe and vpright:out of the mid ft of this flourc 



commeth forth a taflell, which is like a beard, 



hanging alfo downwards,and fomewhat turaing 



vp at the lower end : which beeing vaded, there 



come in place foure huskes joyned together, 



much like the husks or coddes of Columbines, 



fomewhat rough without, flimie to handle, and 



of a lotbfomefauour,almoft like thefmellofa 



goat- whereupon fome Herbarifts haue called it 



Tragiunt: in the cods are contained fmall blacke 



fhining feeds like Peonie feeds in colour: the 



roots are white, a finger thicke, one twifting or 



knotting within another,in taft fomwhat bitter. 



There is another kinde hereof growing in my 



garden, not very much differing : the Ieaues of 



the one are greater, greener, harder, and (harper 



pointed : of the other blacker,not fohard,nor lo 



(harpe pointed : the floures alfo hereof be fom- 



thing more bright coloured, and of the other a 



little redder. 



% The Place. 



h ^ aftard Dittan y groweth wilde in the raountaines of Italy and Germany,and I haue it growing 



'^garden. 



Minniram j 



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