2 . i 6 ‘/he (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
'Bulb of Hi vnifolius Batrachtides, Aconitum Ellebtr aceum , and Raman dm Mo- 
nopbfllos, and fomeby other names. Mod Herbarifts call it '-Acomtum bye- 
male, and we in Engliih thereafter, Winters Wolfesbanc; and ot fome Yel- 
low Aconite. 
The fccoitd is called by moft Writers, Aconitum luteum Pont, cum . s otJle 
alfo Lupicida, Luparia , and Canicida , of the cffcfl in killing Wolues and 
Dogs: And fome, becaufe the flower is more white then yellow, doc call 
it Aconitum florc albido.vteczW it in Engliih, The whitifn yellow Aconite 
or Wolfesbane,but fome after the Latine name,Theyellow Wolfcshanc’ 
The third is called generally Ntpellta, and Verm , becaufc it is them:- 
NapeUuc of the ancient Writers, which they fo termed from the forme ofa 
Turnep, called Naptts in Latine. 
The fourth is called Aconitum Salutiferum, Napelluj Mojfis, ^Antora and 
Antbora, quafi Antithoru , that is, the remedy againft the poifonfull herbe 
Thors, in Engliih according to the title , eyther wholfome Helmet flower 
or counterpoifon Monkcs hood. • 5 
TheVertues. 
Although the firrt three forts of plants be very poifonfull and deadly yet 
there may bee very good vfe made of them for fore eyes (being carefully 
applyed,yetnottoallfortsof fore eyes neither without difererion; if the 
diftilled water be dropped therein. 
Therootesof the counterpoifon Monkes hood arecffeauallnotondy 
againft the poifon of the poifonfull Helmet flower, and all others of that 
’ kinde, but alfo againft the poifon of all venemousbeafts, the plague or pe- 
ftilence, and other infectious difeafes, which raife fpots, pockes, or markes 
in the outward skinne, by expelling the poifon from within, and defending 
the heart as a moft foueraigne Cordiall. It is vfed alfo with good fuccefle 
againft the wormes of the belly, and againft the paines of the Wind collick 
Chap. XXVII. 
Rtnunculm. TheCrowfoote. 
N Extvnro the Aconites, of right are to follow the Ranunculi, or Crowfeete for 
the nearenefle both of fofme, of leaues, and nature of the plants, although leffe 
hurtfull, yet all of them for the moft part being iharpe and exulcerating and 
not without fome danger, if any would be too bold with them. The whole Family of 
the Ranunculi is ofa very large extent, and I am conftrained within the limits ofa Gar- 
den of Pleafure ; I mnft therefore felea out onelyfuch as are fit for this purpofe and 
fet them here downefor your knowledge, leauing the reft for that other generali 
worke, which tune may perfetft and bring to light, if the couetous mindes offome 
that mould be tnoft affetfed towards it, doe not hinder it : or if the helpe of generous 
fpints would forward it. v 6 
I . Ranuncultu montanm albm humilior. The Iowe white mountaine Crowfoot. 
This lowe Crowfoote hath three or foure broad and thicke leaues . almoft round 
yeta little cut inandnotchedabout the edges, of a finegreene and fiiining colour on 
rhevpperlide, and not fo green vnderneath, among which rifethafmall fliortftalke 
bearing one fnow white flower on thetoppe, made of fine round pointed leaues, with 
diuers yellow threads in the middle, ftandingabout a greene head, which in time 
groweth to be full of feede, in forme like vnto a fmall greene Strawberry : the roote is 
compofed of many white firings. 
Dstjfic ifitre. . There is another of this lowe kinde, whofe leaues are fomewhat more deeply cut 
in on the edges, and the flower larger, and fometimes a little double, as it were with 
two rowes of leaues, in other things not differing from the former. 
a. Rtnunctilw 
