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Thefccondebooke of 



1^ 7 he Tyme. 



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C^epbeginto(i)tmginf eb;uarie,anl» peelt)eftetrfeeDcm3[ptiU,anD in 

 ^ap t^e ftalfee tuit^i W \tmz^ Uotl) bantfl) cleane ataapjbut tfte too tc remap 

 net^ in t^e grounbe UHe to pellotDe Ccoti^e belleiJ o.i baftarbe il^tarcilTu^. 



23ut tbe t^irbe feinbe flotpjetb not U)itb tb^ otbcr tiDapne^but loagaftet in 

 3lp?ttU 



J ^The Names, 



Cbefe pleadant flo\»erg? atenome accounteb foi a fembe of bioletteiBf, iDbicb 

 Cbeopbjaftecalletb m €>t^z ^t</KO'op,t^at i^ to fap m jLatine, viola alba cber- 



foze it i0novucaUebLeucoion,oi Viola alba Thcophrafti: tut map call it in€n 

 glia)e,t©bite 2&ulbui9( biolct,^atcifl"uj8: biolet, anb Cbeopt)zaftu;s^ tjabite ^its 

 let: in fitntl^Zyyiolette bUmhe, in bigb 5© oncb ,«^ eif? bo^umgis blnmen: in bafe 

 3lmaigne,t©itte^p:ocHelbrocmen,^oomecfotteUen;e?,anb rE>itte Cifbe 



looten^ 



Xf The Nature. 



Cbe temperament anD bettue^'of tj^efefloiiiecs; arenotfetiinoVDen 



^f tiaffroti 



CtjapJU. 



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^ T he D efcriftien > 



3(ffronbatblong narrotueblabeis: 

 UHegraCre,tbe(lovpcr^groii)bpon 



^ nakeb Ctcmme^ anb ate of a u^at* 

 cbetb oipaleble\Decolonr,btutbcb 

 into fijce Cmal leaueiG^ (but fomeu^b^t long) 

 from out of tbe \mXs^\z uibrreof b^nge 

 l)otDuetbeS)afi^ronblabe0oi tbiebbe$ of 

 arebbcolour.Cbetootei^rounbelpkean 



ji)npon> bauing fometimc^ foure o: fine 

 fmail rooted abiopntng* 



C The FlacK^. 



^afron>S0 l^iofcoztbeja^anbotbertbe 



3unciente0 baue to;iitten , grotuetbin t^e 



mount Co^iicujs; of Ctltcta,anb tbat \Da$ 

 efteemeb fo^ tbe beft , anb in tbe mount £) 

 Ipmpe of ilpcia>neart about Begig a totcne 

 of 3letolia : it grotuetb no)}J in tanitit pla 

 f 00 of J^oucblanb, etpcciallp about micnne 

 in 3uftricbe, tbe tubicb notp i^counteb fb^ 

 tbe bcft: it grotuetb plentifuUp alfo in fome 

 placed of Cnglanb anb Jrelanbe/ 



i!§*TheTyme. 



^affronflotpmb(befo2ebi0ieaue0 are 



Crocus. 



%ongoutoftbegrounbc)in^eptember: 

 anb after tbat it bzingetb foo;tbbi0gra(fie 

 leaaeB, U)bicb^ ^o l^<^ bntill ^ape: but in 



fommeramanftall notfinbe neither leaue^noi fiotuer^* ^berooteottelp rr^ 

 mapnetb aliue , grotwing bnber grounbe , anb bringing foo^tJ^otfterfmatt 



roote^f 



•5* The Names. 



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^affro f ^ calleb in mm H^^^'in latine,Crocus,of fome(a0 twitneffetb laiot 



COitibC;gf)Cal^oi^>Cynomorphos,OJ Herculisianguis: in ^ Arabia ftiecft Zahafara, 



from 



