The firftBooke of 



Chap, 



i i.Of Reeds^of Paper canejof EbenCjof Ole- 

 ander, ofRhusorSumachj of Madder, of 

 Alyfium, of Sopeweed, of Apaynum, of 

 Rofcmaric and the feed thereof^of Sclago, 

 ofSamulus, of Gumsj and the medinable 

 vertues of them all, 



t2.0fthe Arabian thorneor thiftlc,of Bedcg- 

 natjof Acanthium and Acacia. 



1 3. Of the common and wild ihyftlCjOfEryfi- 

 fcept cum, of the ihorne or thymic Appen- 

 dix, of Pyxacanthum or the Barbaric tree : 

 of Paliurus, of the Holly, of the E ugh tree 

 and other bufhes,with their vertues in Phy- 

 ficke. 



J4.0f the fweet Brier or EgIantine,of the Rc- 

 Ipife bufhj of the white bramble Rhamnus, 

 of Lycium^of Sarcocolla, of the compofi* 

 tion named Oporicc , and all their raedi* 

 cines, 



25.0f Gcrmander,ofPerwinke orLowrie, of 

 Cham^elaea or Olivcll, of Chamaefycc, of 

 ground yvie,of Lavandcr Cotton,of Am- 

 pelopralbs or Vine Porret, of Stachys or 

 wild Sauge, of Clinopodium orHotfe- 



Chap, 



time, of Gudweedjof Perwinke ofi^lgyptj 

 and their properties, 



16. Of Wake Robin, of Dragonwort or Ser- 

 pentine of the garclen,the greater Dragon- 

 wort,of Arifaron,of Yarrow^and Millefbik: 

 of baftard NavcWjOf Myrrhi$,and Onobry- 

 chis,with their vertues. 



17. OfCoriacefia, Callicia,andMenais,wich 

 three and twentieoiher hearbes, and their 

 properties, which are held by fome to fervc 

 in Magicke.Of Confidia and Aproxis:with 

 others that reduce and revive love againe. 



18. OfEriphia, Lanaria, and water Yarrow, 

 with their vertues. 



ip.Of the hcarbs that growcth upon the head 

 of ftatuesand images, of the hearbes that 

 come out of rivers, of the hearb called Lin- 

 gua fimply/the toung: of hearbes growing 

 within fievesjand upon dungbils,of Rhodo- 

 ra,of the hearb Impia,f .the child before the 

 parentSjof the hearbPc^len vcnerisjof No- 

 dia, of Cleivers or Goole Erithj of Burs, of 

 Tordile, of Dent de chien or Quiches, of 

 Da(5tylus and Fenigreek, with their vertueso 



In fumme,herein are comprifed medicines, ftories, and obfervations, a thouland foure hun- 

 dred and eightecne : colle£led out of 



Latine Authois. 



Cyolgms^Pompeim Ltnatis^Sextm Niger ^and lulim Bajfus^who mate both in Cteeki Antonim 

 Cajlory M. Varrofiornelim Celfmyiind Fabianm, 



Forrcine Writers. 



Theophrajlm^ApollodormyDemocritusprphem^ Pythagoras^ Mago^ Menandcif the author of the 

 booke Biochrejia^Nicandery^HomeryBefiodm^Miifixm ^Sophocles J and AnaxiUui, 



Phyficians. 



Mnejlhemfallmachus^Vhmas the naturallPhilofophefy SimOy^mari^m^ Hippocrates^ Chry- 

 fipptfs^DiocleSjOphion^Heraclides^Hicefiw^ Vionyfm^^pollodorm of CiitiayJpollodorm theTa^ 

 rentine^ PraxagoraSj PlifloriicmyMedimJ)ieuchesfleophantm^PhiltHio^ Afckpkiesf ratevas^ Pe^ 

 tronim Diodotus^ lolla^ Erafflratu^-^ Diagoras^Andreas^Mneficles^Epicharmmpamion^ Sofmenes^ 

 rheopolemm^Solon^Lycm^Metredormy Olympias themidmfe of Thebes ^ PhyllmtPs^Petreim^ Miciu 

 cn^Glaucia^andXenocrates, 



5^ IN THE XXV, BOOKE ARE CONTAINED 

 the natures of hcarbes and weeds that come up of themfclves. 

 The reputation that hearbes have been of. When 

 they began firf to be ufed, 



Chdp, chap, 



I .The properties and natures of wild hcarbes ; the nature and ufe of hearbes. When the 

 growing of their owne accord. knowledge of fimples began fitft to be pra- 



%, What Authours have written in Latinc of dlifcd at Rome , What Greeks Authours 



firft 



