Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
t 5 Cynoforchis m <nor Pannnonica. 
The leffer Auftrian Dogs ftones. 
C>ixAu 4 u^jiktXorhx. ■ 
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*(1 The Names. 
The firft and fecond are of that kinde which Dtofcondes calleth Cynoforckos . thatis- in Enelifh 
Dogs ftones, after the common or vulgar fpeech • the one the greater, the other the lefier. 8 * * 
4 : I This is Cynoforchis prior oi Dodonaics •, Cynoforchis no fra major of Lobei. 
2 Dodonaus names this Cynoforchis altera. Label, Cynoforchis majoris fcunda fpecics, 
3 This Lobei calls Cynoforchis Delphiniafyc . Taberti. Cynoforchis maudata. 
4 Dodon&m calls this, Cynoforchis tertia : Lobei, Cynoforchis major altera no(lr,ts : Tabtrnam Cmr 
fore his major quarts. ^ 
5 This is Cliifms his Orchis Pannonica quartet, 
TheTemperature, 
Thefe kindes of Dogs ftones be of temperature hot and moift-but the greater or fuller ftone 
feemeth tohaue much fuperfluous vvindineflej and therefore being drunke it ftirreth vp flefhly 
luft * _ The fecond, which is leffer, is quite contrarie 
in nature, tending to a hot and dry temperature - 
therefore his root is fo far from moiling venerie’ 
that contrariivife it ftaicth and keepeth it backe’ 
as Gdlen teacheth. ' 5 
He alfoaffirmeth,that Serapia’s ftones are ofa 
more dry facultie,anddoenot fo much preuaile 
to ftirre vp the Juft of the flefh. 
The Vertues, 
Ttiof :orides vvriteth that it is reported , That if A 
men doe eate of the great full or fat ’roots of 
thefe kindes of Dogs ftones, they caufe them to 
beget male children ; and if women eate of the 
leffer dry or barren root which is withered or 
fhriueled, they {ball bring forth females. Thefe 
are fome Doctors opinions onely. 
It is further reported , That in ThefTalia the T , 
vyomengiue the tender full root to be drunke in W 
Goats milke, to rnoue bodily luft,and the dry to 
reftraine the fame. 
The Choice. 
Our age vfeth all the kindes of ftones to ftirre 
vp venery,and the Apothecaries mix any of them 
indifferently with compofitions feruing for that 
purpofe. But the beft and moft effetfuall are 
thefe Dogs ftones, as moft haue deemed.-yet both 
the bulbes or ftones are not to be taken indiffe- 
rently, but the harder and fuller, and that which 
containes moft quantity ofiuyce ,for that which 
is wrinkled is Ic-fle profitable, or notfitatallto 
be vied in medicine. And the fuller root is not 
alwaies the greater, but often the leffer, efpccial- 
ly if the roots be gathered before the pfant hath 
fhed his floure,or when the ftalke firft commetli ■ 
f r „- ra nu r , , . _ . V P ;f" or that which is fuller of iuyee is not the 
reared before the feed be perfeaiy ripe. For feeing that euery other yeare by cour'fe one done or 
ulbewaxethfun, the other empty and penfheth, it cannot be that the harder and fuller of iuyee 
Ihoiud be alwaies the greater , for at fuch time as the leaucs come forth, the fuller then beginns to 
encreafe andwhilftthe fame by little & little encreafeth, the other doth decreafe and wither till 
tne leed be ripe : then the whole plant, together with the leaues and ftalkes doth forthwith fall 
away and perifh, and that which inthemeanetimeencreafed, remaineth ftill frcfli and full vnto 
tne next yeare. 
f The fijites of As firS and fceond were trani - ; nfed in the forme. 
Etfli-on ; the third wit of the C]tnfoxh'S mom tuo, fellotvingio the next chapter. 
Chap, 
