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A MEDTCO-BOTANICAL GLOSSARV. 



Mezereon ' 



uitam ^, 

 duas* 



, anabula maior, rapiens 



leo terre^, faciens ui- 



idem. gallice et anglice, 



gounde ^, anglice 



gall. 



spurge. 

 5 Menelaca^ 



yellebotel '. 

 Meretricaria, herba meretricum idem, 



radix est illi rubea. 

 Mesandus^ amarusca idem, angl. 

 lo maythe^''. 



Melongena " ucl molongenia, fmctus 



sunt oblongi et rotundi inter albe- 



dinem et rubedinem medii. 



Meron '- purum idem. Inde uinum 

 meraticum et meratim. 15 



Melan ", i. nigrum. Lide melanopiper 

 et melancolia^* et melanchiron ^''', 

 i. y^cjtericia^" nigra. 



Melapium uel melachina'", i. mundi- 

 ficatiuum sanguinem prohibens. 20 

 Hiis tamen nominibus autores 

 utuntur quandoque indifferenter. 



Methodus ^^ i. regula uel doctrina, et 

 interprelatur compendium. Inde 

 methodicus ^' super afforismos. 25 



Meson -", i, medium, inde ueniunt uene 



I. malor. 5. geude. 



15. maiaticum et emeratum. 



6. yekbothel. ii. uel melongenia. 



16. melonapiper. 19. melapyn. 



13. ruborem. 

 23. medus. 



' Gerarde, ^.i\o\,'Avicen and Serapio call ChamalcEa or Spnrge Olive, Mezereon^ Matth. 

 Silv. c. cxxvi, ' Camelea gre. vel Chamelea, ara. mezereon, lat. vero cocognidium.' ^ Ib. from 



John Mesues, ' Est planta vocata apud phires rapiens vitam, et a quibusdam faciens viduas et a 

 pluribus leo terre vocatur.' ^ See ante, AnabuUa major. * Hence the name Widow- 



wail. ' E. P. N. p. 65, ' Hec Menoloca, a bothun.' The flower meant is apparently the 



marigold. ^ Gerarde, p. 741, ' in French Sousii and Gotide, in Italian, Fior (T ogni mese.^ 



Cotgrave, ' Goude, a Marigold.' ' E. P. N. p. 5, ' Rosmarinum, J) is Bojien.' Gerarde, 



Supplement, ' White Bothen is great Daisy.' See ante, Consolida Media, ' Whit-bothel.' So 

 \ha.t yellehotel \s ^\oh3.h\y yellow hothen. Coimpa.re Blue-hottle. * See post, Merzandus. 



" The Cotula fetida. See ante, sub Amaracus. '" Gerarde, p. 757, 'Stinking Mathes. 



^' Matth. Silv. c. dxxxviii, ' Melongena, arab. grec. melongia vel melongea, latine melongiana.' 

 Serap. 'Fructus sunt oblongi medii intra rubedinem et nigredinem.' In marg. 'dicuntur marezane 

 vulgo.' Gerarde, p. 345, 'In the dukedome of Millain it is called Melongena, and of some, 

 Melanzana : in Latine, Mala insana ; and in Enghsh, Mad Apples.' '- Meram. Bart. p. 29, 



' Meracum vinum \. pxxTxxm.^ ^^ fieKav. '* ^A.a7xoA(a. " Matth. Silv. c. dxxxvi, 



' Melanthochiroma grec. atramentum peUium.' ib. c. dxxxvii, ' Melantison, Melanchiron id est hyc- 

 teritia nigra.' Possibly /JieXdyxpoia. '* Jaundice : cf. iKTepos, iKTepiKos. *' fiiXayfxa- 



Bart. p. 29, ' Malagma est mollificativum saniem prohibens.' Matth. Silv. c. dxxxvi, ' Melangizum 

 id est mollificativum vel saniem faciens.' ib. c. dxxii, ' Malacticum, i. mollitiuum, saniem faciens.' 

 " Matth. Silv. c. dxliii, ' Methodus id est regula vel do. inde methodicus, id est doctrinalis 

 i. regularis.' neOobos. ^^ Apparently referring to some commentary on the aphorisms 



of Hippocrates by one of the sect of the Meihodici founded by Themison, the disciple of 

 Asclepiades. 20 j^i^tth. Silv. c. dxliii, ' Mesci, i. medium, inde venit miserace 



et misereon jejunum intestinum.' ib. ' Mesenterium, medium intestinum quod vocatur jejunum.' 

 fiiaov. 



