2. 



Oi the Hiftorie of Plants. 



ib. 2. 



A 



B 



Vx. 



v rich containe an vnequall red feed like that of Primrofes, but biggerTthe root islind^Tir 

 dcr,and dies as foone as the feed is perfected. Jt grovves naturally in diuers places of AiiftrU . 



araongft the coine about the Bathes of Baden . whereas it Houres in Aprill,and ripens the feed 



May and Iune. % 



in 



\^4ndt 



^J The Place. 



pellicrinLanguedoc,vvhereeueryfimer-mandothknowit. y nt " 



The '.ccoad grovveth vpon old ftoneand mud walls : notwith (landing I haue (the more to © 

 Mattbtottts great jewel!) planted it in my garden. • &racc 





AndroU 



% 



t 



if* 



n 





«Jf The Temperature. 



Andrrfti 



The fea Nauell is of a diureticke quah'tie, and more dry than Galen thought it tobe, and left 

 hot than others haue deemed it : there can no moifture be found in it. 



% The Venues. 

 SeaNauel-wooit prouokethvrine 3 anddigefteththe filthineffeand flimineffe gathered in tfc 



joynts 



>/; 



bodies that haue the dropfi Cj aud it maketh a good plaifter to eafe the paine of the gout. 





hap. 153. OfTZpfe-rootjr %ofimort. 



Rhodia Radix. 



Roofc-root* 





«J The Defer ipion. 



Ofewoort hath many fmall,thicke,and far 

 ftemSjgrowing from a thicke and knobby 

 root:the vpper end of it for the moft pair 

 ftandethon the ground, and is thereof apur- 

 plifh colour, bunched & knobbed like the rot* 

 of Orpin,with many hairy firings banging dw* 

 at, of a pleafant fmel when it is brokcx^liketbe 

 damaske rofe,whereof it tooke his name. Tk 

 leaues are fet round about the ftalks,euen fton 

 the bottome to the top, like thofe of the fieW 

 Orpin>but narrower, and morefniptabourrfee 

 edges. The floures grow at the top, of a ft* 

 yellow colour. 



% The Place. 

 It growetb very plentifully in the North p|« 

 of England, efpecially in a place called Ingj 

 borough Fels^necre vnto the brookes fi^ 5 ^ 

 not elfewhere that I can as yet findeour,fn* 

 whence I haue had plants for my garden* 



«D The Time. 



J* 



Itflourethand flouri(hethinIune,a 



feed is ripe in Auguft. 



% The Names. ^ 



Some haue thought it hath taken then 

 Rhodia of the Ifland in the Mediterrf 



called Rhodes:but doubtlefle ic took hjs 

 Rhodu radix, oii\\e root which fmcH rtD 

 rofe: in EngIifli,Rofe-roor>and Kok *<*> 



f 



fR 



root be ftamped with oile of Rofes and laid to the tempks' oTihe h7ad 3 ' S eafeth the pair 



of 



C* 



Af 



