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A> dtawajuice in manaet of Lycium.Of fuch efficacie it is to incarnat wounds,that (by report) if 
it be putiato the pot tofeeth among many gobbets or peeces of fleth, it will caufe them to grow 
togither and unite, The root only isto be given inwardly,and namely ta drinke,to the weighr of 
two drams, in fuch cafes as I will fhew hereafter: with this charge, That if the Paticnt have an 
ague hanging upon him, itbe ftamped and taken inwater: others may drinke icwell enough ja 
wine-Alfo'the juice drawne forth of it when itis boiled,is good for the difeafes or sot of fheepe: 
- .. Another Centaurie there is, furnamed alfo.in Greeke Lepton,[7, Small | for, that it hath lite 
tle leaves in.compatifon of the other: fome name it Libadion, for thatit loveihto grow, nearg 
unto {prings or fountaines :it isfomewhatlike unto, Origan , fave that theleayes bee narrowgy * 
and longer: the ftalkeis cornered, rifing upto a finall heigth; towit,ahand-breadth orafpanae 
B moft:thefame alfo putteth forth little braunches: the floure hath fore refemblance of the*sed, *Lychnidis, 
rofecampion : therootis {mall,8¢needlefle for any Phyfick ufe: but the juice of. che herb it felizy 
is of fingular operation. This herb would be gathered in Autumne,whentis frcth,fuil of leaves 
and flours, for thenit yee!deth beft juice, Some take the ftalks and braunches, fared them {mall, 
let them lie infufed in water eighteen: daies, and then prefle forththe juice, This igthas,* Ceutau- 
tie, which we herein Italie call Fel Terra, #.the Gall of the earth, by reafon of theexceediag bit- 
terneffe which ic hath :the Gauls tearmeit Exacos,becanfeif inbadrunke itfendera downward 
byfeege out of the bodie, any hurtful! poifon whatfoever., 5...) . tibat 
Thereis a third Centauriesnamed Centrauris, knowne by the addition Triorches: whofoever 
sme 
¥*Our comms 
Centaufie. © 
encounter and figiit with them that come to gather ics wherupon it tooke the forgf2id name Li. (2 ey 
; thiketns 
Bib x Cuar Vu. it 
| BS Of Clhmenos Gentian, Lyfimachia, Partheniga cr Artemifia, Ambrofia, Nymphaa, 
etthd Heraclinum, and Enphorbinwe, with their operations | 
D in ee wi . | 
He hearbe Clymenos beareth the name of K. Clymenus, the ifirft inventor and finder.out 
~# thereof: Leated it is like unto Ivie, full of braunches :the ftalkes or {tems bee hollow.and 
- ~~ emptie within,divided by joynts and partitions: of aftrong.and unpleafantfineil: the feed 
. refemblerh the grains or berries of Iviesand it taketh pleafure to grow in wild woods and among 
* mountains, As touching the operations which it hath, and namely what difeafes itcureth being 
taken in drinke, I will thew hereafter: meane while,] will not put off any longer,butadverule the 
reader evenin this place, That this hearbe as it doth good one way, {o it hurteth another ;forif 
they be men that drinkeit, well may it cure them of the maladies tor which it is given, but furely 
it killeth their naturall {eed and difableth them for getting children, fo longas theyufe it, The 
E Grecian writers defcribed itto be like in leafe unto Plantaine :in fem four fguare,bringing forth 
certaine little cods full of feed, enfoldedand enterlaced one within another aiter the manner of 
the tufted and curled hairs about the Pourcurtle fithes called Polypi. But bee it what it will, che 
juice of the hearbeis refrigerative, and of great ufé in Phyficke, Lien 
As for the hearbe Gentian, wee muft acknowledge Genti K. of the Illyrians for the authour 
and patron thereof, for he broughtitfirft into name and credit:and howfoever it growin.all pla- 
ces, yet the belt is that whichis found in Illyricum or Sclavonia, The leaves come negr¢ ja. fas 
fhion and forme to thofe of the Ath tree, but chat they be fmall in manner of Lettuce: tbe ftem 
is teader,ofa thumbe thicknefle hollow as akex and void within: leafed hereandthere with cer- 
taine {paces between, growing up otherwhile three cubits high. ihe rootis pliable and will wind 
F every way, fomewhat blacke or duskith, without any {mell at all: it groweth in great plentie upon 
watetith hillocks that lie at the foot of great mountaines, fuchasthe alps be. The juice of the 
hearbe is medicinable, like as the rootit felfe alfo,which is very hot of nacure and not to be given 
in drinketo women with child, 
Lylimachia, the hearbe fo much commended by Erafistratus, beareth the name of K. Lyfin 
V ij machUs.y 
