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A mountAtlas)fophifticat it with Goats milk. Howbeit, fire will foon deteé this impofure of theirs, 
for that which is not right but corrupt,when it burneth,doth yeeld a lothfome fume and {tink og 
fent, The juice or liquor which in Fraunce is drawne out the hearbe Chamzlea (the famethac 
beareth thered graine, named by the Latines Coccum)conmeth farre fhort of this Euphorbi- 
um.Thefame being growne thicke and hard, if aman breakeit, refembleth gum Ammoniacke, 
Taft it never fo little at the tongues end, it fetreth all the mouth ona fire,andfo continueth it a 
Jong time hote, but more by fits, untill in the end it parcheth and drieth the chawesand shroat 
alfo farre within. — ; : Lak 
Cusp vir 
2& Of Plantain Buglof[e,and Borrage.Of Cynogloffa or Hounds tongue, Of Buphthalmu 3.0% eye 
or Many-weed.Of Scythica,Hippice,and ifchamon.Of Vettonica and Cantabrica.Of *Confilizo® Serrerwort 
and Hiberis,0f Celendine the great Canaria and Elapbobofcos Of Dictamnum ,Ariflolockie or 7 Bears fed. 
Hert-wort : That filh are delighted [o much therwith,that they will make haft unto it,and be foow * °° pepe 
taken. Allo the medicinable vertues of thofe hearbes abovenamed. 
Hemuifon,a famous Phyfician fet forth awholebooke ofthe hearbe Waibread or Plantain, 
wherein he highly praifeth it:and challengeth to himfelfe the honour of firft finding it our, 
notwithftanding it bea triviall and common hearbe, trodden under every mans foot. Two 
kinds of it bee found: The one whichis the leffer,hath alfo narrower leaves,and enclining more 
to a blackifh greene,refembling for all the world fheepe *or lambes tongues, the flalke is corne: Whereuyon it 
red bending downeward to the ground, & it groweth ordinarily in meddowes, The orher is grea- fecmeth to be 
ter, with leaves enclofed(as it were)within certaine ribs refembling the fides of our body:which pee 
being in number feven, gave occafion tofome HerBarifts for to call it Heptapleuton, as aman 
would fay,the feven ribbed hearbe, The {tem of this Plantaine rifeth to acubit in height; much 
like to that of the Naphew. That which groweth in moift and waterie places, is of greater vertue — 
than the other.Of wonderfull power and efficacie itis by the aftringent qualitic that it hath, for 
to drieand condenféte any part of the bodie, and ferveth many times in ftead of a cauterie or 
fearing yron. And there is nothing in the world comparable untoit, in ftaying of fluxes andde- 
ftillations,which the Greckes call Rheumatif{mes. . 
To Plantaine may he joined the hearbe*Bugloffos,fo called, for that the leafeis like an Oxe Our Borage, 
tongue. [his hearbe hath one {peciall propertie above the reft,that if it be put into a cup of wine 
itcheareth the heart,and maketh themthat drinke it,pleafant and merrie;whereupon itis called 
Euphtofynon, ; 
Vato this for affinitie of name,it were good to annex Cynogloffos,/, Hounds tongue, for the 
refemblance that the leaves have toa dogs tongue: a proper hearbe for vinet-workes and knots 
in gardens. Itis commonly faid, That the root of that Cynogloffos which putteth foorth three 
ftems or ftalkes, and thofe bearing feed, if it bee given to drinke,cureth Tertianagues: but the 
root of that which harh foure,is as good for the Quartanes. Another*Cynogloflos there is like This is our 
unto it,which carieth {mall burres : the root whereof being drunke in water,is a {ingular countre- baat ser 
E_poyfon againft the venome of toads andferpents, little burs. 
An hearbe there is with flowers like unto Oxe eyes, whereupon it tooke the name in Greeke 
*Buphthalmos :the Jeaves relemble Fennell : & it groweth about towne fides : it fhutteth forth Somecal them 
ftalkes from the root plentifully which being boiled,are good to be eaten, Some there bee wha Moores. 
call it Cachla. This hearbe made into afalve with wax,refolveth all*{chirrhous & hard {wellings. Schirhomara, 
Other plants there bee, which beare the names not of men but of whole nations,which firtt cher" S- 
Maple’ z aS a comazra, which 
found them andtheir vertues out. Andto begin withall, beholden weeare to Scythia forthat bebunches of 
which is called Scythica. It groweth notwithftanding in Boeotia, and isexceeding {weet in taft. naa yas 
Alfo there is an other of that name, fingular good for the crampes, called by the Greekes Spaf- oF 5 arcafe 
mata,An excellent propertie it hath befides,for that whofoever holds it in their mouth, {hall for mater. 
the time be neither hungrie nor thirftie. Of the fame operation there is another hearbe among *7hephrains 
the Scythians or Tartars,called *Hippice, becaufe it worketh the like effect in horfes, keeping like ot the 
them from hunger and thirft.Andit it bee truc that is reported, the Scythians with thefe hearbs fveet toot = 
will endure without meat or drinke for twelve daies together. Boa eekieh 
; ; .__ Hippaceswhi 
Touching the hearbe I{chamon, the Theacians firftfound out the rarevertue thatithath in is chee made 
: of Mares milk: 
ftanching butnotof any 
heard Hippice 
