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Orchis. ?. (h, d. \.) 



It hath gotten almost as many several names attributed io 

 the several sorts of it, as would almost till a sheet of paper; 

 as dog-stoneSj goat-stones, fool-stoues, fox-stones, satiri- 

 con, cullians, together with many others too tedious to 

 rehearse. 



Dcscript.'] To describe all (he several sorts of it were an 

 endless piece of work ; therefore I shall only describe the 

 roots, because they are to be used with some discretion. 

 They have each of them a double root within, some of 

 them arc round, in others like a hand ; these alter every 

 year by course, when the one riseth and waxcth full, tho 

 other waxeth lank and perisheth ; now, it is that which is 

 full which is to be used in medicines, the other being 

 either of no use, or else according to the humour of.some 

 it destroys and disannuls the virtue of the other quite un- 

 doing what that doth. 



Time.'\ One or other of them may be found in flower, 

 from the beginning of April to the latter end of August. 



Govermuent and Virtues.~\ They are hot and moist m 

 operation, under the dominion of Dame Venus, and pro- 

 voke lust exceedingly, which they say, the dried and 

 Avithered roots do restrain. They are held to kill worms 

 in children ; as also, being bruised and applied to the 

 placCj to heal the king's evil. 



Onions, c?. (/?. d. 4.) 



Th-ey are so well known, that I need not spend time about 

 writing a description of them. 



Government and Virtues.'] INIars owns them and they 

 have this quality, to draw any corruption to them, for if 

 you peel one, and lay it upon a dunghill, you shall find 

 him rotten in half a day, by drawing putrcfaftion to it; 

 then being bruised and applied to a plague sore, it is very 

 probable it will do the like. Onions are flatulent, or 

 ■windy, yet they do somewhat provoke appetite, increase 

 thirst, ease the belly and bowels, provoke women's cour- 

 ses, help the biting of a mad dog, and of other veno- 

 mous creatures, to be us^d with honey and rue, increase 



