Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
171 
The iuyce of Onions mixed witli thedeco&ion of Penniriall, and annointed vporrthe goucfe H 
member with a feather, or a cloath wet therein, and applied, eafeth the fame very much . & 
The iuice annointed vpon a pild or bald head in the funne, bringing agame the haire very fpee- I 
dily. 0 ; 1 1 
The iuyce t-aketh away theheate of fcalding with water or oyle, as alfo burning with fire and jr 
gun-pouder,as is fet forth by a very skilfull C hirurgion named Mafter William clones , one of the 
Queens Chirurgions ; and before him by ^ imbrofe Pare], in his Treatife of wounds made by gun 
Onions diced, and dipped in the iuyce of Sorrell, and giuen vnto the ficke of a tertian A ^ ue,to L 
eate, take away the fit in once or twice fo taking them. 3 
The Hurts. 
The Onion being eaten, yea though it be boyled, caufeth head-ache, hurteth the eyes, and ma- 
keth a mandimme lighted, dulleth the fences, ingendreth windineffe, and prouoketh ouermuch 
fleepc, efpecially being eaten raw. 
C h a p. 94 .. Of Squill, or Sea- Onions. 
$ 1 S cilia H ijjsanicd vulgar is. The common Spanifh Squill. 
The T>efcription\ 
1 , "J'^^ e ° r ^ manC ^ c l u ^ orfea Onion hath a 
pretty large root, compofed of fundrie 
white coats filled with a certain vifeous 
humiditie,and at the bottome thereof grow forth fundry 
white and thicke fibres. The Jeaues are like thofe of Lil- 
lies, broad, thicke, and very greene, lying fpred vpon the 
ground, and turned vpon the fides. The flalke groweth 
, fome cubit or more high,ftraight, naked without leaues, 
^ op many fl arre-fafhioned floures, very like thofe of the bigger Ormtfml 
and'rhiffii Trfl COnCai . ne ^ chaffie three cornered ieed-veffels, being it felfe alfo black, fmooth, 
forint i'*"? ln Auguftand September, and the feed is ripe in OAober. The leaues 
Ipring vp in Nouember and December, after that the feed is ripe, and ftalke decayed. * 
'sinf1hrrxa^^ &reat ea ^ n j on, , w Clufius hath fet forth in his Spanifh hiftoric, hath very great 
?„a r ? ad le ? l,es ’ as Diofcondss faith, longer than thofe of the Lilly, but narrower. The bulbe or 
“ d f 00t 15 v f. r - y confiding of many coats or fcaly filmes of a reddifh colour. The floure 
Jha?ofrh m f 7 llo 7^?™ et ™cs purple, and fometimes of a light blew. $ Clufuv fiiith it is like 
that of the former, I thinke he meanes both in fhape and colour. $ 
I, ica-Onion ofValentia, or rather the fea Daffodil!, hath many long and fin leaues, and 
•V lk ' I, e o/Narciffus, but fmootherand weaker, lying vpon the ground - among which 
nicth \ p a ftalke a foot high, bare and naked, bearing at the top a tuft ofwhite floures, in fhape like 
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