Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Li B. 2. 
, and Scorpturum : of Rucllius , Herba Canon : it is named Heliotropium, not becaufe is is turned about I 
a . at the daily motion of the fun, but by reafon it flovvreth in the fommerfolftice, at which time the 1 
fun being fartheft gone from the ?£quino£tiall circle, returneth to the fame:and Scorpturum of the d 
twiggie tops, that bow backeward like a fcorpions taile : of the Italians,? - ornefde bobo • in French, ,] 
Tournfd : fome thinke it to be Herba ClytU, into which the Poets fcigne clytia to be metamorpho- J 
fed j whence one hath thefeverfes : 
A A good handfullof great Tornfole boyled in wine, anddrunke, doth gently purge the body j 
of hot cholericke humours and tough clammie or flimie flegme. 
B The fame boyled in wine and drunke is good againft the ftingings of Scorpions,or other veno- I 
mous beads, and is very good to be applyed outwardly vpon the griefe or wound. 
C The feed damped and layd vpon warts and fitch like excrefcences,or fuperfluous out-growings, I 
caufeth them to fall away. 
iD The fmall Tornefole and his feed boyled with HylTope, Crelfes, and falt-peter and drunke, dri- I 
ucth forth flat and round wormes. 
E With the fmall Tornfole they in France doedielinnen rags and clouts intoaperfeft purple I 
colour, wherewith cookes and confectioners doe colour iellies, wines, meates, and fundry con- I 
fe&ures : which clouts in (hops be called T ornfole, after the name of the herbe. 
f The fccond and child figures were formerly craoPpofed.-thefoimhms the figure of thchairy Scorpion-graflc.dcfcribcd in thefourth place, in thefol I 
|otving Chapter- 
1 O Cofpion grade hath many fmooth, plaine, euen leaues, of a darke greene colour ; ftalks i 
fmall, feeble and vvekke, trailing vpon the ground, and occupying a great circuit in re- I 
fpedt of the plant. The floures grow vpon long and (lender foot-ftalks,of colour yellow, 
in fhapelikcto the floures of broome ; after which fucceed long, crooked, rough cods, infhape : 
and colour like vnto a Caterpiller ; wherein is contained yellovvifh feed like vnto a kidney in 
forme. Theroote is fmall and tender - the whole plant perifheth when the feed is ripe. 
2 There is another Scorpion gralTe, found among(or rather refembling ) peafe and tares, and 
thereupon called Scorpioidcs Leguminofa, which hath fmall and tender rOpts like fmall threds : 
branches many, weake and tender, trailing vpon the ground, if there be nothing to take hold vp- 
on with his clafping and crooked feed velfelsj othervyife it rampeth vpon vvhatfoeuer is neere vnto 
it. The leaues be fewe and fmall : the floures very little and yellow of colourithe feed-followeth, 
little and blackilh, conteined in little cods, like vnto the taile of a Scorpion. 
3 There is another fort alinoft in euery fhallow grauelly running ftreame, hauing leaues like 
to Recabunga or'Brooklime. The floures grow at the top of tender fat greene ftalkes, blew of co- 
lour, and fometimes with a fpot of yellow among the blew j the whole branch of floures doe | 
turne themfelues likewi fe round like the fcorpions taile. 
There is alfo another growing in vvatrie places, with leaues like innto ^Anagallis aquatic*, , 
or water Chickweed, hauing like (lender ftalkes and branches as the former, and the floures not : 
vnlike, fauing that the floures of this are of a light blew or watched colour, fomewhat bigger,and 
layd more open, whereby the yellow (pot is better feene. 
4 There is likewife another fort growing vpon mod dry grauelly and barren ditch bankes,vvith 
leaues like thofe of or Mou(e-eare:this is called Myo(otisfcorpioides dithuth rough and hairy leaues, 
of anouerworne ruflet colour : the floures doe grow vpon weake, feeble, and rough branches, as is 
all the reft of the plant. They likewife grow for the moftpart vpon one fide of the ftalke, blew of 
co!our,\vith alike little fpot of yellow as the others,turning themfelues backe againe like the taile 
of a Scorpion. 
Herba vclnt Clytix femper petit obitia (ohm. 
Sic phi mens Cbnjlum- i qiwprecefpectct,kabet. ' 
f Tfe Nature . 
Tornfole, as Pauhis iMginetaw ritetb,is hot and dry, and of a binding faculty. 
The Vertuet. 
The Vefcription. 
Corpion grafle hath many fmooth, plaine, euen leaues, of a darke greene colour ; ftalks 
There 
