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Lib. 3 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



*557 





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f T& D efcriftiott 



f 



Vn-Dew is a little herbe,and groweth very 





1 4 



hath a few leaues {landing vpon (lender 



ftems very fmal),fometbing round,a little hollow, and like an eare picker, hair v and red- 

 difaasbeaifotheftems,hauingdewandmoifture vpon them at the dneft timeot the 



vc «re,and when the Sun teeth hotteft euen at high noone 5 and a moneth after there fo 

 I flalks ahand u — 4 ' kT,, '" K «« -ii"* a«m. fmall whitifla floures : the roots are very iJ 



which 



and 



CV Thefecond 1 "' n ^'*«*« I:t '» vntot b e former.in ftalkes and floures, but larger, and the 



2 l ne lecona Kinac is hkc vihu wc i^i .uviji»«»«v- 

 longer,and not fo round,wherein confifteth the difference 





IT 



They grow in de fart, Fafldze,flndu 

 >ng the white raarifti moffe which 



fandiaandfunnie places, but yettfatery, and feldome other where than 



j 



^J The Time, 



Sun-Dew flouriflieth in Summer,ic floureth in May and lunerit is to be gathered when the wea- 

 ther is moft dry, and calnae. The diftiiled water hereof that is drawnc forth with a gJafle ftill,is of 

 a glittering yellow colour like goId,and coloureth filuer put therein like gold. 



«T 7 he Names, 



It is called in Latine, Ais Sofa : of diuer s y RoreRa: it is named of others,?*^? Rofipt the dew which 



hangeth vpon it,wben theSun is at the hotteftrit is called in highDutch^onfialO^nd ^UtlDctot 



in low DutchjjLoopiCljCCtUit^which in Englifh fignifieth Luftwoort,becaule(heepe and other cat- 



tcll,if they do but only taft of it.areprouoked toluftJtis called in Englifb, Sun-Dew s Ros Soli$ 5 





graffe 



Moore 





% the Temp 





fearing or caufticke herbe, and very much biting, being hot and dry in the fourth deg 







f 



The leaues being (lamped with fait do exulcerate and raife bIifters,to what part of the body 



euer they be applied. T 



an 



fume and wafte 



e Iun^andefpecially the diftiiled water thereof: for as the herbe doth 

 lfture and dew, and fofaft, that the extreme drying heate of the Sun can- 



dical humidity m mens bodies is preferued and cherifhed.But the vfe thcrof doth otherwife teach 



£ ?h! f^wlTr? the ? m V : u f ? r . fcein g jf is * e « rem e biting herbe,and that the diftiiled wa! 

 £i£S S g ? h "u Wlth r° UC thlS bltin S q^lity,it cannot be taken with fafety ;lor it hath al fo been 



£i f™ • A y ^f 000 ? P er i fted tbat vfed the d ^ iIled »"<* hereof,than thofe that ab fbS 

 nedl from it,and haue followed the rightand ordinary courfe of diet tnataoitai- 



V-* tte " oft be female kind are ftirredvp to luftbveatinjreupnnflrmaT! „„-,„♦;,.., . ».• u l- 



wteil to luft.for that tt ineteafeth the fiibftanee ofthe feed but beeaufe *™£h 

 tin* quahty .« Hindi vp a defire to !„ft w hich before ^ d,ffiKS 



made thereof which the common peopl 



body, efpecially if it be diftiiled with 



afleep 



and that 



^X t ^i?^rr M 'F' "^ M i' c «.Ginget,Nat. 



A 



B 





c 



D 



E 



fuffering 



to ftandina glalTedofe ftoptfrom th 

 lame and keep it for your vfe. 





Chap, ifu 







Of the £Moj[ e of Trees. 





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ReeMolTehathcertainethin 



% TbeDefcripiM* 





so 







**««*»M»lfccbrtiS tSSE?£'&22!!<* , » ed ?."<) interred one i- another. 





o the barkes Tof tr^t w« T j 7 v * r " ca » w »itedandi 

 . , c u«r K es ot tree*, hanging downe from the bodies • 



Pppppp j 



f.i 



e of this kinde is more 



flende* 









