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A feription thereof;to the end that aman may know it, and by knowing, take heed and beware. 
This hearb hath leaves,tefembling Cyclamin or the Cucumber, in numberno more than four, 
and thofe toward the root in fomefort rough and hairie, Theroor but fmall, and the fame like 
unto a fea crabfith: And therefore fome have named it Cammaron : wheras others,for the rea- | 
fon before fhewed, call it*Thelyphonon, And for thatthe root doth turne and crooke inward in “/Femalebane 
manner of a Scorpions taile, there be that give it the name Scorpion, There wanted not others 
who chofe rather to call ir *Myo€tonon, becaufe with the very fent itis ableto kill miceand rats *or xivophonon 
a greatway off, It groweth naturally upon bare and naked rockes,which the Greckes call*Aco- *-4°*/ a 
nas: which is the reafon (as fome have faid) why itwas named Aconitum , And for chat in the oe ae 
place where it groweth.or neare unto it, there isno mould, nor fo muchas any duft found for.to mherupe O 
B. give it nonrifhment,fome have thought it tooke the name thereupon. Yet there bee others who sagan pe: 
affigne another caule of thatdenomination,to wit, for that it isas forcible and as {peedie inwor- them, be allo 
king the death of thofe whome ittoncheth, asthe hard ftone or ragg in turning or wearing the (ed inGree’k 
edge of any yron toole ; fornofooner commethitnear untothe bode and is applied untoit, but bad anes a 
the quicke:operationisfenfibly tound. , yb ftoneslikew:fes 
=. Tad: ee: te Yet Fheophraffe 
} NOME! Hts 10 \ is of opinion, 
2 ihisicevnes 3 oo Crap rn tO ; That it tooke 
"Pe Faas. Sean ‘ the name A- 
# . OS Of Hithiopis; Ageraton, Alvé, A.cea, Atypon, Alfina, Androface, Ab trofamon, i coniris of Acos 
+o Ambrofia, Anonis, Anagyron,and Anonymon, “ry aaa 
sity 3M i 2 > / {i town, ncar uns 
C "Fy" Heleaves of Athiopisare great and many in number, hairie alfo neate unto the root, and eel bud 
_ otherwife correfpondent to thofe of Mullen.Ir rifeth up with a toure-cornereditem,tongh dantly. 
in handling,and after the manner of the maine ftalke of the Clot-Bur, having many con- | 
cavities or holes like arme-pitsinthe grafting of the braunches tothe faid ftem.Itbeareth feeds 
like unto Ervile,which ordinarily grow double two by two,and are white. The roots be many,and 
thofe long full and well nourifhed,foft,and clammie in taft ::being dried, they wax blacke.and 
grow hard withall,in {uch fort,as.a man would takethem for horns. They grow ordinarily in E- 
__ thyopia,alfo upon the mountaine Ida in the region of Troas,and in Meflenia. The righticafon: 
to gather thefe roots, isin Autimnne; and then they ought to beelaida drying in the Sun for cer- 
taine daies together, to keepe them trom moulding, being taken in white wine, they helpe the 
D infirmities of the matrice:And the decoction thereof drunke,is good for the Sciatica,the pleuri- 
fic,arid the hoarfenefle in the throat.But that which commeth out of Ethyopiais coumed bef 
and hath no fellow,for it worketh prefently. ; 
As for Ageraton,it is an hearbe of the Ferula kind growing up to the height of two fpans,like 
unto Ouganum, butthatthe flowers refemble buttons ot ‘nan | gold. The fume of this 
hearbe when it burneth, provoketh urine and mundifieth the matrice, efpecially if a woman fic Et 
in a bath chereof,and do foment the natural parts therewith. Thereafon of thename Ageraton, ae a hee 
is this,becaufe the flowers continue very long before they feeme to fade and wither. st acer 
Aloé is an hearbe which hath the refemblance ofthe fea-oinion,butthat itis bigger and the 
leaves be more grofle and fat,chamfered or channelled biaisall along : theftem thatit beareth, 
E is tender, red in che middeft, not unliketo Anthericon ; one root it hathandnomore, which 
runneth direétly deepe into the ground in mannet of abig flake: ftong itis tofmell unto, and 
bitter in taft. The belt Aloe is brought out of India: butthere groweth good ftore thereof in A- 
fia,howbeit of no ufe, but that they lay the leaves frefh unto greene wounds; for they doe incar- 
nat and healewonderfully, like as their juice alfo. And for that itis {uch an excellentwoundhearb, 
folke ufe to fet and fow it in barrels or pipes pointed beneath and broad above, like as they do the 
greater Houfleeke. Some there bee who for todrawa juice or liquor out of it, ftay noruoull the 
feed beripe,buc cut the ftem for that purpofe:others make incifion alfo in the leaves. Moreover; 
thereis otherwhiles found in Aloéa cerraine liguid gun ifluing of it felfe, and {ticking faft to * Peroni us 
; gery ,as Dsofcorie 
the ftem thereof :andtherefore they holdit goodto pave orram the ground hard allabout the 2., pith is his 
F placewhere Aloe groweth, that the earth fhould not drinke up the liquor which diftilleth from prefaces 
it.*Some have written that in Iurie above lerufalem,higher into the countrey,there is acertaine Ras 
mineral] Alocto be found, growing in manner of a mettall within the ground: butthere is none here the con- 
worlethan it, ~either is rhereanyblacker or moifter. If youwould knowthe *bett, chute that creted nies 3 
which isfatand cleare,of a red colour, brittle and apt to crumble, clofe compact in manner of a see 
a liver, Aloe, 
b 
