Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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Likevvife yirgill hath written hereof in the third Eclog of his Bucolicks. 
Et me Phoebus arnitt, Phcebo fuafemper apudme 
Mttnerafunt , lours & fuaue rubens Hyacinth no. 
Phoebus lottes me, his gifts I alwayes haue. 
The e’re greene Laurel, and the Iacinfh braue. 
In like manner alfo Nemefianus inhis fecond Eclog ofhis Bucolicks : 
T e fine me , mifero mihi Lilia nigra i uidentur , 
Pa/lcntefque Rofst , nec dulce rubens Hyacinthus : 
At ft tu ve/iias, & Candida Lilia fient 
Purpur toque Rofe, fr dulce rubens Hyacinthus. 
Without thee, Loue, the Lillies blackedo feemc ; 
The Rofes pale, and Hyacinths I deeme 
Not lonely red. But if thou corn'll tome, 
Lillies are vvhite, red Rofe and Iacinths be. 
The Hyacinths are faid to be red which Ouid calleth purple ; for the red colour is fomtimes ter- 
med purple. Now it is thought this Hyacinthus is called Ferrurineus, for that it is red ofa rufty iron 
colour : for as the putrifadion of braffe is named Aerugo ■ fo the corruption of iron is called Ter 
rugo, which from the reddifh colour is Ailed alfo Rubigo. And certainly they are not a few that 
would haue Color ferruginous to be fo called from the ruft which they thinke Ferrwro. Yet this opi- 
n * on dS noc allowed of by all men j for fome iudge, that Color ferruginous is inclining to a blew for 
that when the belt iron is heated and wrought, when as it is cold againe it is ofa colour neere vnto 
Dlew, which from Ferrum (or iron) is called Ferruginous. Thefe latter ground themfelues vnon 
^Vm s authorise, who in the fixth of his <Aineides defcribeth Cbnrons ferrugineous barge or boar 
and prefcntly calleththe fame blew. His words are thefe : ° 5 
Ipfsrat cm conto fubigtt vdifque mini fir at } 
Et fcrruginea fubueftat corpora Cymba, 
He thru fling with a pole, and letting fades at lar<re 
Bodies tranfports in ferrugineous barge. 
And then a little after he ad ties ; 
Carulcam aduertitpuppim, ripaque propinquat. 
He then turnes in his blew Barge, and the (Lore 
Approches nigh to. 
And Claudius alfo, in his fecond booke of the carrying away of Proferpina, doth not a little con-' 
'olour 1Clr °P lm0ns J w h° writeth, T hat the Violets are painted ferrugmc dulei , with a fweet iron 
S anguineo flcndorc rofas^uaccinea nigro 
lnduit,& aalci vioLts ferrugine pingit. 
He trimmes the Rofe with bloudy bright. 
And Prime-tree berries blacke he makes, 
And decks the Violet with a tweet 
Darke iron colour which it takes. 
m l j C£ y, S ^ etU ™ e t0 P ro P er names from which we haue digreffed. Moll of the later Herhi 
bis r ° caP tllls Plant Hyacinthus Poeticus , or the Poets Hyacinth .Paufmias in his fecond booke of 
his Corinthiackes hath made mention of Hyacinthus called of the Hermonians ComoCandtlos fer. 
nil* tT'p th ® c ^ mo " les donc b y ^em on their feftiuall dayes,in honour of the gockJelTe chtho- 
ma. The Pnefts (faith he) and the Magiftrates for that yeare being, doe leadethf^ troune of^ 
pompe; the women and men follow after • the boyes folemnly leade forth the goddelfewith a 
"t***** «*•«> 
-ru a ,v. A The Tfiture. 
nr3, h yy 1CfC nu ll,y ^ as r,dm faith ) is Ofamixt temperature, partly of thinne and partly 
confumc away. LI1CC ' 1 * roocandleai,es do dry and cleanfe, and moderately digefl,or walk and 
Tl i r u i. i %The Vertues. 
The Ieaucs of the herbe applied are good againft the flinging of Serpents. 
and T v'c“ b0, ' d “ dte,nF ” Jwi,h ' ,1 ” g ' , "' s " J “ s " n “ bl,tni ”S ! .™' i I'«kgteenrand s 
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