214, 
*Ody/Jio, 
*Bzeon,who 
was equall in 
time to Herens 
des,and lived 
15g before the 
Troan war, 
The five and twentieth Booke 
*afcribeth unto Mercurie: and fheweth that it is fingular againft the mightieft witchcraft and G 
enchauntments that bee, Some fay,that this hearbe Moly even according to Homers defcrip- 
tion,with a round and blacke bulbous roorto the bignefle of an onion, and with aleafe or blade 
like that of Squilla,groweth at this day about the river or lake Peneus and upon the mountaine 
Cylleum in Arcadia: alfo that it is hard to be digged out of the ground. The Grecian Simplifts 
defcribe this Moly witha yellow flower, whereas Homer hath written, that itis white, Imerwith — 
one Phyfician,a skilful] Herbarift, who affirmed untome, That this Moly grewin Italie alfo: and 
in very truth he brought and fhewed mea plant whichcame out of Campain,aboutshe digging 
up whereof among hard and ftonie rocks, be had been certaine daies : but get heecould northe 
entire root whole and found, but was forced to breake it off,and yer the root which hefhewedme — 
was thirtie footlong. orp te | 
Nexcunto Moly in account and reputation, is that plant which they call Dodecatheos, for 
that itdoth reprefent and comprehend the majeftie of all the cheefe gods. They fay if itbe drunk 
in water,it is a foveraigne medicine for all maladies. Seven leaves it hath,refembling very mugh 
thofe of Lectuce,and the fame {pring from a yellow root, 3 4 
As touching Pzonie,itis one of the firft hearbes that were ever known and brought rolight, 
as may appeare by the author or inventor thereof,whofe name it beareth ftil]. Somecall irPen- 
torobos: others Glycyfide. { Where by the way lam to advertife the reader of the difficultie in 
the knowledge of hearbes by their names,confidering that the fame hearbe Hiath in fundrie pla- 
ces diver{e appellations, |Butto proceed forward with our Peonie:it groweth among bleake and 
* Sefquipedali. {hadie mountaines,tifing up with a {tem betweene the leaves, *foure fingers high,andbearingin 4 ~ 
Diofcos.a foot 
and haife. 
*Tfoppole he 
Meaneththe 
dileafes called 
Ephialtes or Jie 
etsbus,i.the 
nights Mare, 
* rdvand axer, 
3.[a medicine 
forall grecfs ; 
as one would 
fay, All-heale. 
the top foure or five heads, fafhioned fomewhat like to Filberds,within which there is plentie of 
feed both red and blacke. This hearb is good againtt the fantafticall illufions of the*Fauni which 
appeare in fleepe.It is faid,that this hearbe muftbe gathezed in the night feafon:for if the Rain- 
bird, Woodpeck or Hickway,called Picus Martius,fhould chaunce to {pie it gathered he would 
flic in the face,and be readie to pecke out the eyes ofhimorherthathadit. 
The hearbe*Panaties,progpifeth by the very name a remedie ofall difeafes. A number there 
be of hearbes focalled : andall afcribed to fome god or other for the invention of them:for one 
of them hath the addition of A/clepion, for that Ai/cwlapivs had a daughter named alfo Panacea. 
As touching the concrete juice named Opopanox,it is drawne from the root of this plant(bee- 
-f 
1 
ing of the Ferula or Fennell kind,fuch as | have heretofore fhewed)by'way of incifion,hewhich _ . 
root hath a thicke rind,and of a faltifh favour. When the root is pulled out of the ground,there 
is a religious ceremonie obferved to fill up the hole againe with all forts of corwe,as it were in fa- 
tisfaction to the earth for the violence offered in tearingitup. As forthe {aid juice Opopanax, 
where and how it fhould be made,and which is the beft kind thereof and notfophitticat, I have 
declared alreadie in my Treatife of forraine and ftraunge plants. That whichis brought out of 
Macedonie, they call Bucolicum, becaufe the Neat-heards of the countrey marke when the 
liquour breaketh fodrth and runneth out of itfelfe, and fo receive and gather itfrom the plant: 
This will not laft,but of all thereft fooneft loofeth the force. Moreover, in all forts of it,thatis re- 
jected principally, which is blacke and foft, for thefe be markes toknow that itis corrupted and 
foohifticat with wax,A fecond kind there is of Panaces,which they call Heraclium:theinvention y 
of the vertues and properties whereof is attributed unto Hercules,Some there be who call it Ort- 
ganum Heracleaticum the wild,becaufe itis like unto Origan,wherof I have heretofore written: 
butthe root of this Panaces is good for nothing, A third kind of Panaces took the name of Chz-. 
von the Centaur, whowas the firft that gave intelligence of the hearbe and the vertues thereof. 
The leafe is like unto the Docke, but that it isbiggerand more hairie: the flower is of a golden 
yellow colour :the root but {mall:it lovethto grow in rich, fat,and battle grounds. The flower of 
this Panaces is moft effeCtuall in Phyficke : in which regard there is more ufe and profit thereof 
than of all the former kinds.A fourth Panaces ther is befides,found out alfo by the fame Chiron, 
whereupon it hath the denomination of Centaureum:called alfo itis Pharnaceum : The occa - 
fion of this two-fold name is this: becaufe there is fome controverfie in the firft invention ther- M_ 
of;whiles {ome attribute icto the Centaur Chiron,others toK.Pharnaces. This Panaces is ufually 
{et and planted, bearing leaves indented in the edges likea faw, and thofe longer than any of the 
teft, The rootis odoriterous, which they ufe to dre in the {haddow, and therewith to aromatize 
their wine, for a pleafantand delectable taft it giveth unto it. Hereof they have madetwo ic 
a kinds: 
