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disturbeth the wit, and grieveth the head, and changeth 
savour of bread and infecteth bread that it is meddled with, 
and grieveth full soon, and slayeth sometime if it be eaten 
in great quantity. Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xvii. § 194. 
V, Darnel. 
Codling. 
Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a 
squash is before ‘tis a peascod, or a codling when ’tis almost an apple. 
Twetrra Nicut, i. 5, 167. 
[So in Ben Jonson’s “ Alchemist,’ and Brome’s ‘Mad Couple,” 
i. I] 
V. Apple. 
Columbine. 
There’s fennel for you, and columbines. 
Hamuet, v. 4, 180. 
[To the notes in Szeevens’ Shakespeare on this passage may 
be added that the Columbine was also called Herba Leonis, or 
“the herb wherein the lion doth delight,” and that it was “ used 
especially to deck the gardens of the curious, garlands and 
houses” (Gerard’s ‘‘ Herbal,” s.v.). 
Minsheu (Dictionary, s.v.) translates Columbine into the Latin 
Aquilegia (“because in its flowers there is some likeness to the 
eagle”), and Chelidonia (i.e., celandine), which is so called, “ for 
it springeth or bloometh in the coming of swallows.” “By the 
juice of celandine swallows’ eyes turneth again to the first 
state, if they be hurt or put out” (Bartholomew, bk. xvii. § 46). 
So Lupton (“A Thousand Notable Things,” bk. iii. § 89): “The 
eyes of young swallows being in the nest, pricked with a needle 
or a pin, and so made blind, within four or five days after, 
they will see again; which is very true, for I have proved it. 
But how they recover their sight I know not. But divers 
write, if their eyes be hurt, the old swallows restore their 
sight again with the juice of celandine.” And the same author 
states: ‘‘ Celandine with the heart of a wont or a mould-warp 
[z.e., mole], laid under the head of one that is grievously sick 
if he be in danger of death, immediately he will cry with a 
loud voice, or sing: if not, he will weep” (bk. ii. § 4). 
Most probably Minsheu translated “Columbine” wrongly, but 
the virtues of celandine are worthy of record.] i. 
