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fcom ti^ etice it to as calleli in ftmd) ^ ^ tgl^ 5^ o ucft^ affmn : in b afe 3ainai(me 

 l&offeraemantiittCnsUfl; Saffron. 



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Saffron toaj8?nameD Crocus, after tljenameof acertapneiaamrell caUeD 

 .Crocus, (as Ouidujiitetl^)from totjence Galen botouJcD ti^is^ittotie, vd^o 



reCltCti^ tl^e fame in nono dcmedicaiBentis fecundiimloca^lubereaS it 10 \Oli 



' 3pdn8tPencl^ec3UeI>Crocus;ti)entfo?tl)intotl|cfielDe0t»ir]& 



S^emirieto t^toVD tl^e (leDge,^ tuljiles ftie tooKe no l)ceDe,a)e tuas \)naa)ates 

 ttrofecnmt^ei&eaSbpS^emme;ant) greeuduap i^utte.of U)l)ic]^e l^urteftee 

 !:>tet> incontinent: tl^an ofi^ir bloulifo CfieDDebpon t^egroanUe,tl)e Saffron 



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saffron is l^oateintl^efecdnSbisree.anDDjtp in tl^e firft 



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S^affcon is gooti to beput into menicineS, iul>ic!j are taken againft tbe tJif* % 

 feafes of tl^e :s5iean:;t^e?LungeS;t]^e'jlitter,anU tlje )5laDDer: it is gooD alCo f oi 

 tl)e flontafee to be tafeen ixi meates, fo.i it comfozteti^ tlje ftomacfee , anH cauretl^ 



gooS) tiigeftion, anD Dzonfeen infoMen toineitp^eferuetljicom D^ionUenneiTe 

 anD p^ouDfeeti) botiilpUift* 



'g>aSron taKen in ftPeeteiDinecattfet^ one to belong UJinDeD,^ to fetcb bis j4 

 bieati^ earilp,ant> it i$ gooU fo^ ti^em t^at are (l^ojtte ioinlieD,anD ^(ll^maticitte. 



Saffron mengleDU)itl|U)omanSmilfee#laptie to tbeepes,pjeferuetb t^em ^ 

 from tl^e fioiuing tiotpne of ^iimo^s,anD fromtlje a?afel0, mh tinall}^of fees 

 anD ftoppetl^ t^efiuriono^blouUflioting of ti^erame.beinglapDetljerebpom 



Itisalfogooti to belapDet)p6ninfiammations> cljolericfeeiinpoftems^anD a 

 toilHefire^anD it is berp gooti to be mengleD uiitb all mebicines fo^^ tbe eares* 



3lCo it i0 berp gooD to moUifie, anU (often all ^arbnelTe, ^ to rrpen all ratoe e 



tnino,zs,o? ftuellings* - - 



Cberoote of Saffron Dzonfeen in tutnepjtottol^etli bune,^ itts gootJ fo^ti^e f 



tl^atliauetbeftoneotgraucU^anbtl^atcannotpiirebutbioppcafterDioppe 



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TJ^erearcDiaerSfo.itesof ^tanbergralTecalleb ind^ieeUe Orchis,ant> in 

 5©oucb S)tanDelcrnpt,iP!ierof tbere \uere but ttoo fortes Oeftribeti of tbe 



oltJ ^3iuncient\uiiters: but toe baue iopneD totbemcertapneotber ^not 

 fenotwe no: Deftribeti of anp otljer tbat bane traueleb befote bs in tbe fearc^ing 

 out(oi &n6ujlebge)of berbeStCo tl^atnoto tuel^aue tbongbt goob to copzebenH 



tbem all in fine feinbeS*t;^i^eroftbefirn: is Cynoforchin, fiue canistcfliculum: 

 tl^l^efeconb i^ Tefticulum M ononis: tbe tbirb i^ Tiagorchin : tbefourtl) iS Or- 



chin Serapian:tbefifti^ is Tcfticulum odoratum,ot reticulum pumilioacm. 



J^The frif Kynde. 



i^erebefiuefojteSGfti^efiraei^inDeof Orchios,tul)icl}e tl)e (Bj^eefeeS call 



Cynoforchin. 



nai^ereof tbe firft l^atl^ foure o.t fiue great bzoabe leaues^anb tbicfee.al 

 moa lifee to tbe leaues of )iillies,bttt fomti^batfmatier: tbe (talfee is of a foote $ 

 ftalf long:at tul^icl^ grotuetb a great (bjtt of floures tuffetiDife,fapie ^ fujcete.ge 



of a carnation otfleftlp colour lifee tl^e colour of mans bot>p,but fpecfeleb fullof 

 purpleQjotS,ti^efloureSalonearebtttrmal^lifeetoanopenboobozbelmet,o*^t 



of ^ infibe tDberof,tbere bagetb foit^ a certapne raggeb tbing,falbioneb abnoft 

 lifeef ptopoztio of a litle fourrfooteb beafttCl^e rooteSCouer ^ bpCiB cs certain^ 



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