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The firft Booke of 



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Echion Cue Alcibiacum 



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It flotttet^ almofte all tl^e^omet 



long, at oftentimes 01 atfunliipfearonfi? 

 it bitngetlj fottl) feeUe aj8? tlje btljer asu^ 

 gloiTeisr* 



jj^' The Names, 



3i|t i^ callei) in <i5reelteCxioi/K2a«\»«(» 



^tacTioj; : in ^Latine Echium Alcibiacum. 



Apuicius calletlj it flHi»{o^{jop \x^viqii in 



<15reefee: VipcrlnaanlJ Serpentariainlda^ 

 tine: in ^pm^tTeruaJelUhmora: in 



:ftCnt\} I' Her be aux Fibers , anD l*Herk aux 



serpem • \x\ bafe ^tlmaigne ^lanjl^en^ 

 cmp t : it is calleU in C nglift; to ilt) e B ti* 

 g^o (Te tl|.e lefTer :it ?na?> beaUbcalleD Ui^ 

 pers i^erbe; ot vipers ^SnglolTe^ 



^ The occafton of the ndmejlkjbiacum, 



%W IjerbeUJaScalfetl Alcibiacum, 



i^t Alcibiadion of one Alclbiades.tl^efitft 



finDerottt of tftebertues of tljiS^ecbe^ 

 apiefentteineUieagainftt^e bitingsof 

 ^'erpets ♦ f o^aS t^eaucient Nicandcr 

 tDiitetij, A icibiad es(being atleepe)\Das 



l^uttimtli aS>erpent: ttJ$erefoietx»l)an 

 l^eaxnofeeann fatoti^iS^eatbe^^etoolie 

 of it into l)is moutl^ anD ci^etueU it^fuja* 

 lotjaing liovrjne tljeiupce tljeteof: after 

 ti)ati^elapetiti^ei^erbebeing03 cl^e\DeU 

 bpontljefoie,anD vuaS^ealeD*€)ti^erS 



nameit £chion,Echidnion,vip€rina,&c.li0]^icljeisafmttc]^to fapaSyliiperj^ 

 l)erbe,U3i^tcl) names i^auebenegiuen to tl)isplante,bt?caureit iSberpgooD a* 

 gainft tljebitings of Serpents anH ^EipetS^anD bi^caufealfo IjiSfeeUe isiifee 

 tljei^eaD of an^iutier o^ ^iper* 



^The Nature, 



3[t is of tl)e fame nature tl^at ^sugloffe i% of:bttt ti^at it is fomtofjat boater 



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<-' 



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anBmoiefttbtile 



1^ The Vertues 



i:i^erootebopleti mtumeanD D;tonfee,tiotljnotonelpi^elpeCtKl^ asarefiurt a 

 l)?>^erpentS;btttal(b,aftertl)atamanl)atl?tafeen it in manner afotefaibe^it 



luillpzefeniei^imfrombeiiigfoi^ttrte^Cljelifeebertttei^attjtl^eleattes^reetie* 

 Jtfiuage^tijepapneoftljerapnesotlopneS. ;© 



3ilfo being bjtonfeen tciti^tuine oj oti^ertX3ife,it caufetl^plenti' of mflP^e vn<^ 



XuomenS bzeafteS 



HjtTheDefcriftio 



C^dp-t) 



l^ecommonl^ounbes tongue, iftatti al^arUe^rougi^, b^toiDue ftafte, of 

 ttuo oitl)?eefooteftig!):t^eleaue;Sbelongmuc]^lifee tl^e leauesof t^ie 

 great garben lauglolle, but narotuer, fmaller, anb not rougl^, but l^a* 

 mng a iutmt fine ^l^otenelTe bpon tl^e lifee beluet. Uti^t toppe of t^e bzaun* 

 t\^z% it bearetlj manp Joures, of a barfee purple colour ♦ %\^t feebe i^ flat anb 

 rougft , tl^?ee o j foure together Ififee to a trueloue , o j foure leaueb graffe, ti^e 



tDhicbe 



