L I B. I. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
m 
9[ The Time. 
They floure from May to the end of July, and their feed is ripe in the end of Auguft. 
«f[ 7 he Names . 
The firft is called of the Grecians, : and of the Latines alfo ScilU ■ the Apothecaries name 
hSqui/la : Diners, Cepa mttris the Germanes, jtebcl : the Spaniards, Cebolla albarrana : the 
Trench-men, oigmndemer : in Englifh, Squill, and Sea Onion. 
t The fecond is called Fu^to., and S cilia rubra major . 
3 , 4 , y. Thefe are all figures ofthe fame plant, but the lead (which is the word) is the 
figure o(the Aduerfaria, where it is called P ancr atiurn marinum . D odonxus calls it N arciffus marimes : 
and Clufuts, Hemerocalhs Valentina • and it is iudged to be the h wwj ; c of Theophraflus, Lib. 6. H,fi. 
cap. r. The Spaniards call this Amorcs mios : theTurkes ^Conzambach ■ the Italians fiigliomarino, 
Thefe three (as I faid) differ no otherwife than in the colour of their floures. 
The fixth is Narciffies tertittspr Conftantinopolitanu , of Mattlnolus : flufttu calls it. Lilienarcitfus 
Hemerocallidis facie. t 
4 Pancratium floribus rubra. 
Red floured lea Daffodil!, 
t 6 Narcifuc ter tins M atthioh , 
The white fea Daffodill, 
U The Temperature. 
The fea Onion is hot in the fecond degree, and cutteth very much, as Galen faith. It is bed when 
it is taken baked or rafted, for fo the vehemeneie of it is taken away. 
. _ % The Vert ues of Squills. 
r i ] , C r , O 0 l 1S t 0 ,y. e 5 ° u . er f d w ' t ' 1 P a ^ e or cIa Y, ( as Thofcondes teacheth)and then put into an oiien 
to be baked, or elfe buried in hot embers till fuch time as it be throughly rafted : for not being fo 
baked or rafted it is very hurtful! to the inner parts. b 
It is likevvife baked in an earthen pot clofe couered and fet in an ouen. That is to be taken 
elpeciahy which is in the midft, which being cut in pieces mult bcboyled, but the water is ftill to 
thre O t V ! ? ch ] tl '? e “ 1C ‘5 ne i th e r bic K r nor flrarpe: then muft the pieces be hanged on a 
the ftmnmh r rh d e '’ v<> ° "l 1 - 10 t0l,ch another - * Thus vfed it lofetFi mod of 
; therefoie it is better to vfe it lightly dried, without any other preparation ± 
P ' " Thefe 
A 
