Sa The fiveand twentieth Booke 
machns, who firft gave light of the vertues that it hath:greene leaves it beateth like unto thofe G 
of the willow: the flours be purple : given much itis to braunch from the roor, and thofe ftalkes 
* Odoreacri: growupright: a*{harpe {mellitcarrieth with it, and delighteth to live in waterie places. Of fo 
Surely our 
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heb Willow ©Hectuall vertueit is, that if it be laid upon the yoke of two beafts which will not draw gently to- - 
or Lyfimachia_gither, it ftaiecth their {trife and maketh them agree well enough. 
hath akindof - Notmen onely and greatkings,but women alfo and queens have affected thiskind of glorie, 
Bee or une ee give names unto hearbs. Thus queene Artemifia wile to Mau(olus king of Caria, eternized 
pleafanes al- her owne name by adopting (as it were)the hearbe Mugwort unto her felfe, calling it Artemifia; 
though Pi whereas before, it was named Parthemis. Some there be who attribute this denomination unto 
(acri)forhot + Dana (called in Greeke Artemis Ilithyia) becaufe it is of {peciall operation to curethe mala- 
ee, dies incident to women. It brauncheth and butheth thicke much like unto wormwood, but that 
Heccuponit the leaves be bigger, fat and well liking withall. Of this Mugwort there be two kinds: The one ca- 
mighe well be rieth broad leaves ; the other is tender and the leaves fmaller : this groweth no where butalong 
wage eral the fea coafts. There be writers who call by this name Artemifia, another hearb, growing in the 
andnotof K, midland parts of the maine and far from the {ea with one fimple ftem,bearing very {mall leaves 
Tyfimachus. and plentie of flours, which commonly breake forth and blow when grapes begin toripen, and 
“Or rather, thofe caft nounpleafant fmell, which hearbe fome thereupon naine * Botrys,others Ambrofia: 
Borys (i.oke and of this kind thereis great {tore in Cappadocia. 
eo) ft Nes phar is called in Greeke Nymphzea; the originall of which hearb and name alfo, arofe 
led arsemifia, by occafion of a certain maiden nymph or young ladie, who died for jealoufie that fhe had con~ 
pene ceived of prince Hercules whome {he loved: and therefore by fome itis named alfo Heraclion, 
Dioftorides, Of Others K hgpalos, for the refemblance that the root hath to a club or mace, Butto comeagain 
“Water hiliz, to our firft name Nympheea, this qualitie it hath alluding and refpective thereunto, That who- 
foever doe take it in drinke, {hall for twelve daies after find no pricke of the fleth, no difpofition 
([ fay) to the a&t of venerie or companie of women, as being deprived for that time of all naturall 
feed. The belt Nemphar or Nymphza,is found in the lake Orchomenus,and about the plaine 
of Marathon. The people of Boeotia, who alfo ufe to eat the feed therof,commonly call it Ma- 
don. It taketh great contentment to growin waters :theleaves floting poet face of the wa- 
ter,be broad and large,whiles others put foorth from the root, The floure refembleth the Lillie, 
which when itis once thed,there be certain knobs remaining like unto the bolls or heads of Pop- 
pie. The proper feafon to cut the ftems and heads of this plant, is in Autumne. The rootis black, 
which being gathered and dried in the Sunne, is counted a foveraigne remedie for thofe that be 
vexed withthe flux or fretting of the belly. A fecond * Nemphar or Nymphza there is, prow- 
ing in Theflalie, within the river Peneus, with a white root,buta yellow floure inthe head about 
the bigneffe of a rofe. aan 
No longer agoe than in our forefathers daies, J#ba king of Mauritania, found out the hearb 
Euphorbia, which hee fo called afterthe name of his owne Phyfician Evphorbus, brother to that 
learned Mafa Phyficianto Axgu/tus Cafar,whofaved the life of the faid Emperor, as heretofore 
Thave declared. Thefe two brethren Phyficians, joyned togither in counfell,and gave direction 
for to wath the bodie all over in much cold water, after the hote baineor ftouve, thereby to knit 
and bind the pores of the skin: for before their time,the manner was co bathe in hot water onely, 
as we may fee plainely inthe Poét Homer, Butnowto returne unto our hearbe Euphorbia, the 
forefaidking /«ba wrote one entire booke (at this day extant) wherein hee doth nothing elfe but 
expreffely fet forth the commendable vertues and properties of this one hearbe, Hee found the 
fame firftupon the mountain Atlas, where it was to be feene(faith he)bearing leaves refembling 
Branc-urfine : fo ftrong and forcible itis, that thofe who receive the juice or liquor iffuing from 
it,mutt itand a good way off; for che manner is toJaunce or woundit firft,and then prefently to 
retitebacke,and fo at the end of a long pole to put under ita paile or trey made of kids or goats 
Jeather for a receptorie ; into which there runneth forth out of the plant, a white liquor like unto 
milke: which when itis dried and growne togither,refembleth in {hew a lumpe or maffe of fran- 
kincenfe, They that have the gathering of this juice called Euphorbium, find this benefit herby, 
* Water rofe. 
That they fee more clearely than they did before, Anexcelientremedie this is againft the venom 
ee of ferpents, for what part foever is ftung or wounded by them, make a light incifion upon the 
rthe upper x 
 pattofthe,  crowne (ofthe head ] and apply thereto this medicinable liquor, it willfimely cure it, Butinthat — 
—herplace, country, the Getulians(who commonly doe gather Euphorbium,for that they borderuponthe — 
mount 
