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ly the Autumne Gentian, and as it is reported, the Vernali likewife. The 
Angle or ordinary Sopeworte is found wildeinmany places with vs, hut 
the double came to vs from beyond the Sea, and is Icarce known or heard 
ofinEngland. The RofePlantaine hath beenc long in England, butwhe- 
ther naturali thereof or no, lam noc allured. 
The Time. 
They flower for the moft partin Inneandluly, but the finall Gentian of 
the Spiing flowreth fomewhat earlier, and that of the Autumne in Au- 
guft and September. 
The Names. 
Gentiana is thegenerallname giucn to the Gentians. We call them in En- 
glifli Gentian, Fcllworte, Bitter wort, and Baldmoney. SaponariataVeth his 
name from the fcouring qualitie it hath : Wee call it in Englifl) Sopeworr, 
and in fome places Bruifewort. Some haue thought itrobec Struthtumoi 
Diofcorides, orat leaft haue vfed it for the fame caufes, but therein they 
are greatly decciued, as Matthiolus hath very well oblerued thereon, and 
fo is Dodonams, that thought it to be Altjm a. The Rofc Plantaine isfo cal- 
led of the double fpikes it carrieth. 
The VertueS. 
The wonderfull wholfomnelleof Gentian cannot beeeafily knowne to 
vs, by reafon our daintie taltes refufe to take thereof, for the bitternefle 
fake : but otherwife it would vndoubttdly worke admirable cures, both 
for the liuer llomacke and lunges. It is alio a fpeciall counterpoifon againft 
any infedlion, as alfoagainft the violence of a mad dogges tooth : wilde 
Sopewott is vfed in many places, to fcoure the countrey womens treen, and 
pewter veflels, and phyfically fome makegreat boaft to perforrae admira- 
ble cures in Hydropicalldifeafes,becaufe it is diureticall, and in Luc V ent- 
ria, when other Mercuriali medicines haue failed. The Rofe Plantaine no 
doubt hath the fame qualities that the ordinary hath. 
Chap. LXXXVI. 
Campanula. Bell- flowers. 
V Nder the title of Bell-flowers are to bee comprehended in this Chapter, not 
only thofethatare ordinarily called Campanula, but Viola Maruua, and Trachin 
UumaKo, whereof the one is called Coucntry, the other Canterbury Bells. 
1. Campanula Ptrftci folio alia, vclcarulca . 
Peach-leafed Bell-flowers white or blew. 
The Peach-leafed Bell flower hath many tufts, or branches of leaues lying vpon the 
ground, which are long and narrow, fomewhat like vntotheleafeof an Almond or 
Peach tree, being finely nicked about the edges, and of a fad greene colour, from a- 
mong which rife vp diuers ftalkes, two foote high or more, fet with leaues to the mid- 
dle, and from thence vpwards, with many flowers Handing on feucrall fmall foote- 
flaikes, one aboue another, with a fmall leafc at the foote of euery one : the flowers 
ftand in fmall greene huskes, being fmall and round at the bottome,but wider open at 
thebrimme, and ending in fiue corners, with a three forked clapper in the middle, fee 
about with lome fmall threds tipt with yellow, which flowers in fome plants are pure 
G g 3 white 
