284. i The feven andtwentieth Booke : : 
Cc HAP, XI. : ¢ 
e& Of Aypozlolfa and Hypecoon, Idea, Yopyron, Lathyris, Leontopetalon ,Lycop its, 
Lithof[permon, The vulgar flone. Of Limeum,Leuce, 
and Leucographis, 
BislinguaHort- fF “¥ Ypoglofig hath leavesfafhioned like unto Butchers broome, and thofe turning hollow, 
peas H and prickie ; within which concavities there come forth certaine little leaves refembling 
gue. : : 
tongues, A guirland or chaplet made of thefe leaves,and fet upon the head; eafeth the 
paine thereof, — ig Were aul gs ino-wrla 
Hypecoon proweth amongftcorne, and is leafed like unto Rue. It hath the famenatureand fy 
properties that Opium or the juice of Poppie. 22 pCO. 1p ssowyonage 
Asforthehearbe Idza, the leaves thereof refemble thofe of ground: Myrtle or Butchers 
broome : unto which there growclofe certaine tendrils, and thofe cartie flowers. It ftoppeth a 
jaske, {taieth the immoderat flux of womens moneths, and ftauncheth all unmeafurable blee- 
ding: for by nature aftringent it is and repercuffive. 9: ®. 
lfopyron,fome there be who call it Phafiolum,becaufe the leafe (otherwife like unto Annife) 
dooth turne and wryth like untothe tendrils of Phafils Inthe top of the {tem itbeareth {mall 
heads or buttons full of feed, refembling NigellaRomana. A fovesaigne hearbe,takeneither in 
honey or mead, againft the cough and other infirmities‘of the breaft : likewife forthe accidents 4 
of the liver, F tp 
+L athyri¢, *Spurge hath many leaves refembling *Ledtuce:belides which it putceth forth as many-cther i 
ees ine mil- {lender and {mall braunches, containing in little eunicles or huskes certaine feeds in:manner of 
al ale capers : which beeing dried and taken foorth, refemble for bignefle cornes af Pepper, white in 
faith emygdale, Colout,fweet in taft,and eafie*to be cleanfed from their huske, Twenty of thefe feeds drunk either 
Zot the Alméd jn ¢leare water or mead,do cure the dropfie:befides waterifhhumots,they evacuat choller. They 
tree, . ‘ 
* Durgata faci- THA defire to be throughly purged and would nave them to work ftrongly ,ufe to take them husk 
lia Some chink and.all; but certainely fo taken,they hurt the ftomack : and therfore chere isa devife oflate found 
eur e'8*" outto give them either with filh,or elsin fome broth of acocke or capon. 19% 
Leontopetalon, which fome call Rhapeion, carieth leaves like unto Coleworts, anda ftalke 
halfe a foot high, garnifhed with many braunches refembling wings :andfeeditbeateth inthe «| 
head contained within cods,after the manner.of ciches. Fhe root is made much after thefafhion K 
of arape orturnep, bigand blacke withall, This hearbe groweth in corne grounds. The rootis 
a fingular counterpoyfon to be given in wine againft the fting or vemin of any ferpents; and ve- 
rely there is not in the world amore foeedie remedie. Very good alfo it is for the Sciatica, | 
*Sometakeit — * Lycopfis hath leaves like unto Lectuce, but that they bee longer andthicker : itrifethup” 
eee with a long ftem,and the fame hairie,with many branches growing thereto of a cubitin length ; 
othersfor and dearech little flowers of purple colour.[tloveth to grow upon champion plaines.A liniment 
Hounds-toung made with itand Barley meale,is good for the fhingles and S. Anthonies fice, In agues it procus 
reth {weat,fo that the patient drinke the juice thereof mingled with hot water. cree 
~ Burof all hearbs that be,there is none more wonderfull than Greimile : fome callitin Greek [L 
: Lithofpermon,others Zgonychon, fome Diofpyron,and others Heracleos.[t groweth ordina- 
* Quincuncialis tily “five inches high:and the leaves betwice as big asthofe of Rue. The forefaid ftalkes or ftems 
fer’: others be nothicker than bents orrufhes,and the fame garnithed with finall and flender braunches. It’ 
| aos bringeth forth clofe joining to the leaves, certain little beards one by one,andin the top of them 
icommonly it little {tones white and round in manner of pearls,as big ascich peafe,but as hard as very ftoness 
| ae fve Toward that fide where they hang to their fteles or tailes,they have cerraine holes or * concavie - 
—-¥Thisfome is Containing feed within. This hearb groweth in Itahie : but the beft in the Ifland Candie,And 
_ take to bee ‘ verely of all the plants that ever I {aw, I never wondered atany more: So fightly it groweth; asif 
| ede fome artificiall goldfmith had fet in an alcernative courfe & order, thefe pretie beads like orient 
led Jobsteares, pearles among the leaves: andfo rare a thing itisand difficult co bee conceived.that avery hard M 
1 {tone {hould grow out of an hearbe. The Herbarifts who have written thereof,doe fay that it hi- 
eth along and creepeth by the ground: for mine owne part, I never {awit growing in the plant: , 
bur fhewed it was unto me plucked out of the ground. This is for certaine knowne,that thefe lic- 
estones called Gremil feed drunke to the weight of one dram in white wine, breake the ftone, 
expel] 
