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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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pbofis , where hee defcribeth the transformation of rhe faire boy N arcijfa into a floure of his own 
name ; faying;, n 
Nufqum corpus erat, croceum fro cerporeflorm 
Jmieitium,filijs medium cingentibus Mis. 
But as for body none remain’d ; in Bead whereof they found 
A yellow floure, with milke white leaues ingirting ofit round. 
Plim and Plutarch a&ttne, as partly hath been touched before, that their narcoticke quality was 
the very caufe of tlx name Narcif us, that is, a qualitie caufing fleepinellc ; which in Greekes is 
, or of the fifli Torpedo, called in Greeke *». which benu names the hands of them that touch 
him, as being hurtfull to the linewes ; and bringeth dulnefl'e to the head ? v\ htch properly belon- 
geth to the Narcifles,whofe fmell caufeth drowfinefle. 
sj The Nature. 
The roots of Narcififus are hot and dry in the fecond degree. 
^ the Virtues . 
Gden frith That the roots of Narcifus haue fuch wonderfull qualities in drying, that they con- 
A found and slew together very great wounds, yea and fuch gaflies or cuts as happen about the veins, 
finewes,and tendons . They haue alfo a certaine cleanfing and attrafihng faculne 
B The roots of Narcifus (lamped with honey, and applied plaifterwife,helpeth them that are bur- 
ned with fire, and ioyneth together (inewes that are cut in funder. 
£ Beingvfed in manner afore(aid,it helpeth the great wrenches of the ankles, the aches ana pains 
°^The fame applied with hony and nettle feedhelpeth Sun burning and the morphew. _ 
The fame (tamped with barrowes greafe and leuen ofrie bread, hadneth to maturation hard im- 
poftumes, which are not chilly brought to ripenefle. i .. , r 
Being (lamped with the meale of Darnell and honey,itdraweth forth thomes and nubs out of 
* 11 The root, by 'the 'experiment of e^puleius, (lamped and drained, and giuen in drinke, helpeth the 
G coiiehandcollicke.andthofethatbeentredintoaptificke. 
The roots whether they be eaten or drunken, do moue vomit , and being mingled with Vineger 
^ and nettle feed,taketh away lentiles and fpots in the face. 
Chap. 85. Of the Bafiard Daffodill. 
The Description. 
1 HP He double yellow Daffodill hath fmallfmooth narrow leaues, of a darke greeneco- 
I lour • amaiF which rifothvp a naked hollow flalkeof tvvohands high, bearing at the 
1 top l f a i re a nd beautifull yellow floure, of a pleafant fweet fmell : it flieddeth his 
floure but there followeth no feed at all, as it hapneth in many other double floures . Theroot is 
fmall bulbous, or onion fafhion, like vnto the other Daffodils, but much fmallcr. 
2 5 The common yellow Daffodill or Daffodowndilly is fo well knowne to all that it needeth 
110 7 V/e haue in our London gardens another fort of this common kind, which naturally growr- 
ethin Spaine,very like vnto our bed knowne Daffodill in fliape and proportion, but altogether 
fairer,greater, and ladeth longer before the floure doth fall or fade 
± 4 This hath leaues and roots like the laft deferibed, but fomewhat leue • the floure alio 
is in drape not vnlike that of the precedent, but IefTe, growing vpon a weake (lender greene dalke, 
offome fingers length : the feed is contained in three cornered,yet almoft round heads. The root 
is finall,bulbous,andblackeon theoutfide. . 
s This hath a lonmfh bulbous root,fomwhat blacke on the outfide,From which rife vp leaues 
not fo long norbroad as thofe of the laddefcribed : in themidd of thefe leaues fpnngs vp a da lk, 
(lender and Come halfe foot in height ; at the top ofwhich, forth of a whitifh filme,breakes forth 
a floure like in fliape to the common Daffodill, but lefle,and wholly white, with the bran of the 
cup Welted about. It floures in Aprill,and ripens the feeds in Iune. t 
r The Place. 
The double yellow Daffodill I receiued from Robinus of Paris, which he procured by meanes of 
friends from Orleance and other parts of France. 
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