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more whitifhgrcenevnderncath |7mongft thefeleaues rifeth vp one or two naked ~ 
round ftalkes fiue or fix inches high, bearing at the toppes diuers fmall flowers fome- 
what fweete, like vnto the firft purple Beares eare, hanging downe their heads confi 
fling of hue fmall pointed leaues a peece, of a darke reddilh purple colour with a 
white circleor bottomein thcmiddle,andfomefmall threads therein : afterthe flow 
ers are pad, there come fmall round heads , fomewhat longer then any of the Beares 
cares {landing vpright vpon their fmall foot-ftalkes, wherein is contained fmall round 
and blackilh feedc : the roote confifteth of a thicketuftof fmali whitilh threads ra- 
ther then rootes, much enterlaced one among another: the leaues of this plant dve 
downe euery ycare, and fpring vp a new in the beginning of the yeare, whereas all the 
Beares earesdoe hold their leaues greeneaU the VVinter, cfpecially the middlemoft 
Which Hand like aclofe head, the outermoft for the moft part periling after feed time! 
The Place. 
This groweth in many lhadowie Woodsbothef Italy and Germany 
for both Clufius bathdcfcribcdit, findingit in the Woods of Auflria and 
Stiria ; and Matthiolusfetteth it downc,hauing receiucd it from Anthonius 
Cortufus, who was Prelldentofthe Garden at Padua, and found it in the 
woody mountaines of Vicenza, neare vnto V illeftagna , whereon (asMat- 
thiolus faith)there is found both with white flowers as well as with blew 
but fuch with white flowers or blew we ncucr could fee or hcare further of! 
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The Time. 
It flowreth much about the time of the Beares cares , or rather a little la- 
ter, and the feede is ripe with them. 
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The Names. 
Clufius calleth it Stnictth mouuao, and StnicuU Alpini , and referreth it 
to the AuricuU Krfi, or Beareseare, which it doth moft nearly referable- 
but Matthiolus referreth it to the C*riofbyU*u or Autns , making it to be of 
that tribe or family, and calleth it Corfu/* of him that firft fent it him. Wee 
may call it ey ther Corfu/, as for the moft part all Herbarifts doe , or Beares 
eare Sanicle as Gerrard doth. 
ThcVertues. 
All the forts of Beares cares are Cephalicall, that is, conducing helpe for 
the paints in the head , andforthegiddinefle thereof, which may happen 
eyther by the fight of fteepe places fubieift to danger, oretherwife. They 
are accounted alfo to be helping for the Palfey , and fluking of the ioynts . 
and alio as a Sanicle or wound- herbe. The leaues of the Corfu ft rafte a lit- 
tie hot 3 and if one of them bee laide whole , without bruifing . on the 
cbeekeof any tender skind woman, it will raife an orient red colour as if 
fome fucui had becne laide thereon, which will paffe away without any 
manner of harme, or marke where it lay : This is Cortufus hisobferua- 
tion. Camerariusin hisHortu Ucdkm faith, thwaaoyle is made thereof, 
that is admirable for to cure wounds# 
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