Plinies Nattirall Hiftorie, 



chap, I 

 firft wrote of hearbs^ the invention arid fin- 

 ding out of fundrie bcarbes, the Phyfickc 

 ©f old time. What is the caufethat Sim- 

 ples are not fo much in requeft and ufefor 

 Phyfickc as in old time. The medicinable 

 vcrtues of the Eglantine and Scrpentarie or 

 Dragon. 



3. Of a ccrtainc venomous fountaine in Al- 

 maine ^ the vertues and properties of the 

 heatbcBritannica, whatdifeafcscaufe the 

 greateftpaines. 



4* Of Moly, of DodccatheoSj of Pseonium, 

 named othcrwifePentorobuSj and Glycy- 

 iidcjof Panace or Afclepios,of Heraclium, 

 of Panacc Chironeumjof Panace Centau- 

 reumorPhatnaceum_, of Heraclium Side- 

 riumjOfHenbane. 



5,Of thehearbe Mercurie female, of Parthe- 

 nium, of Hermu-Poea, or rathciMcrcurie : 

 ofYarow, of Panace Heraclcum, of Si- 

 deritis, of Millcfoile, of Scopa regia, of 

 Hemionium, Teucrium, Splenium, Me- 

 lampodium or blackc ElleborCj and how 

 many kinds there be of them. The medici- 

 liable vertues of blacke and white Ellebore: 

 when Ellebore is to be given jhow it is to be 

 takenj towhomitis not to bee given, alfo 

 that it killeth Mice and Rats, 



<^.0f Mithridatium,, of Scordotis or Scordi- 

 unijof Polemonia, otherwife called Phile- 

 tssria or Chiliodynama, of Eupatorie or 

 Agrimonie, of great Centauricj otherwife 

 called Chironiunij of the IclTe Centaurie 

 orLibadium, called FelTcrr^e^ /« the gall 

 of the Earth. Of Triorches^ and their ver- 

 tues. 



7. Of Cly men usj Gentian, Lyfimachia, and 

 Parthenius or Motherwort, Mugwort, Am- 

 btofe,Nenuphar,Heraclium, and Euphor- 



I c hap . 



bia,with all ihei'r vertues medicinable. . 

 8. Of Plantaine, Bugloilc, Hounds tongtiV^ 

 Oxp eye or May weed, of Scythica, Hip- 

 pice and Ifchaenioojof Beconie,Cantabri- 

 cajSectarv^ortjof DittanderorHiberis, of 

 Celendinc the greater, Celendine the leife 

 orPiicwort,of Canaria^ot Elaphobofcos, 

 of Didamnum, of Ariftolochia or Hart- 

 wort, how fillies will come to it fbr love of 

 bait,and fo are foone caught. The counter- 

 poyfons againft flinging of ferpents , by 

 thefe hearbes abovenamed. 

 p. Of Argemonia, of Agaricke, Echium,- 

 Henbane, Vervaine^ Blattaria, Lemon ia, 

 Cinquefoile, Carotj Perfalata, the CloE 

 Burre, S wines bread or Cyclaminus,Har* 

 ftrang : all verie good for the fling offer- 

 pent s.- 



10. Of Danewort or Walwort, of Mullin, of 

 Thelyphonon. Remedies againit the fting 

 of Scorpions^ the biting of Toadcs and 

 mad Dogs, and generally againft allpoy- 

 fons, 



11. Rcceits and remedies againft headach and 

 dileafesof iheheadi 



12. Of Centaurie, Celendinc, f^anace, and 

 HenbanCjandEuphorbiumjallfoveraigne 

 med icines for the eyes. 



13. Of Pimpernell or Corchorus, of Man- 

 dragoras or Circeium , of Henbane, of 

 Crethmoagrion , of Molybdarna, of Fu- 

 miterre, of Gaiangale, of Flouredelis,of 

 Cotyledon , or Vmbilicus Veneris , of 

 Houfleeke or Sengreene, of Pourcellane, 

 of Groundfwell, of Ephemcium,of greac 

 Tazill, of Crow-foot : which affourd me- 

 dicines againft the infirmities and difeafes 

 of the eyes, eares, nofthrils^ teeth 5 and 

 mouth* 



In fumme,this bookedoth yeeldof medicines^ ftories,and obfervations, a thoufand two 

 hundred ninetie and two. 



Latine Authors ci£c 



MiVarro^CtVolgitfs ^Pomfeim LenamySextim Niger^anii lulm Bn^m^ho both wrot in Greeke^ 



Forraine Writers. 



Jheophrajitis^ Apollodorm^ Deffioctitm^kifigluha^Orphem^ PytfjAgoras^ ^ago^ Menandcr whs 

 wrote Bioehrcftap^candcr^Homer^Hefwdt^^Mufdtis^ophocles^Xmthus^andAn 



Phyficians. 



Mmj%em^CdltmMhfiSyPhantasthendturdlPhHofopher^mari^ 

 fippuiy Diodes^ ophion^ Hcradides^ Hicefms^ Dionyfius^Apollodorm the Tmntine^ Praxagoras^ 



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