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call it. The Sonne before the Father. 
t Our Author in this chaptertyai ofmany 
mindes ■ for firft, in the defeription of Colchi- 
cum Lstwglicum^being the fecond , hee reproues 
fuchasmakc that white floured Colchieum the 
true Hermodafly 1 . Then in the defeription of 
the eighth he hath thefe words , which being 
omitted in that place I here fet downe. Of all 
thefe kinder (faith he) of CMcctow Saffrons it hath 
not bccnc certainly knowne which hath been the true 
Htrmodactyll • notwithflanding wee haue ctrtaine 
knowledge that the Illyrian Colchieum is the Phyftcall 
HermodaSyll. Yet when he comes to fpeake of 
the names, after that out ofDodcnxus he had fet 
downe the truth in thefe words • But notwit hftan- 
ding that HermodaByllwhichwe do is fe tn compound 
medicines, differethjromthis (towit, Colchicum)in 
many notable points, for that the true Hermodaclyll 
hath a bulbe or round root, which being dried conti - 
nucth very white within, and without not wrinkled 
at all, but full and fmooth,of a meant hardneff ? j and 
tbathehadoutofthe fame Authour alledgecl 
the words of Valerius Cordus and Auicen, (which 
arc here omitted) he concludes contrarie to the 
truth, his firft admonition, and fecond affer- 
tion, That the white Medow Saffron which we 
liauein the Weft part of England, growing 
efpecially about Shepton Mallet, is the Her- 
modaftyllvfed in fhops. 
Thofe we haue in fhops feeme to be the Her- 
moda&yls off aulus v&ginet/t-, yetnot thofeof 
Nicholausa.nAdHnarius,\shich\\cre cordial, and 
increafers of fperme ^ the which the Authors of the Aduerftria,pag. 5 5 . thinke to be the Behen al- 
bum & rubrum of the Arabians. And to thefe vnknovvne ones are the venues fet downe by our Au- 
thor in the third place vnder C, to be referred. $ 
The Temperature, 
Medow Saffron is hot and dry in the fecond degree. 
TheVertuesofHcrmodatfyls. 
t The roots of Hermodaftyls are of force to purge, and are properly giuen (faith Paulite ) to 
thofe that haue the Gout, euen then when the humors are in flowing. And they are alfo hurtful to 
the ftomacke. 
The fame ftamped, and mixed with the whites ofegges, barley rneale, and crams of bread, and 
applied plaifterwife,eaie the paine of the Gout,fivellings and aches about the ioynts. 
The fame ftrengthneth, noutifheth, and maketh good iuyce,encreafeth fperme or naturall feed, 
and is alfo good to cleanfe vleers or rotten fores . 
The correction. 
The pouder of Ginger, long Pepper, Annife feed or Curnine feed, and a little Maftickc, cor- 
redleth the churlifh working of that Hermoda£fyll which is vfed in Shops. But thofe which 
haue eaten of the common medow Saffron muft drinke the milke of a cow, or elfe death prelently 
enfueth. 0 
The Danger. 
Theroots of all the forts of Mede Saffrons are very hurtful! to the ftomacke , and being eaten 
they kill by choaking,as Mufhromes do,accordingvntoZ)ti)/tt)n</er ; whereupon forne haue called 
it Colchieum ftrangulaterium. 
+ That which was fet forth bv onr Author in the fourth place, vndcr the title of fdcbicum tr.ofitttnum mVw, was nothing but the former ffolchicum minus expreffed 
infeed. The ni^th and tench were the fame wirh the firlt and fecond. Thefixth znAicucnth^hkharc ColchicumlUyricitm and Syriacum I haue left with their fi- 
S res and htftorie, though they be (ufpeaed to be counterfeits ; and Clufitu probably gefles, thac the latter is the Apcnninc Tulip, the Painter making the IcauCs of 
c flourc too round, and thofe of the plant toe bread and fliort. f 
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