Lib. 2. 
Of he Hiftory of Plants. 
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•f The Place. 
Blacke Henbane grows almofteuerie where 
by high-wayes, in the borders of fields, about 
dung-bills and vnroiled places 5 the white Hen- 
bane isnot found but in thegardens of thole 
thatloue phyficall plants the which groweth 
in my garden, and doth fow it felfe from yeare 
to yeare. 
•f The Time * 
They fpring out of the ground in May, bring 
forth their floures in Auguft, and the feed is 
ripe in October. 
*[f The Names. 
Henbane is called of the Grecians, 
oftheLatines, AfoUtnaris , and Faba fat //a of 
the Arabians, as Pliny faith, Altercum : of lome. 
Fabi lottis , or luf iters beame : of Pythagoras, Zo- 
roafies, and Apuleius Infants, Aherculnm,Sympho. 
nine a, and C alicularis : of the Tufcanes, Fabtilo. 
nia, and Faba Infirm : of c Matthaus fyluaticus. 
Dens Caballinus , tMtlinmndrum,Cafdago : of la. 
cobus a Manlijs, Herbapinnula : in (Tops it is cal- 
led hifquiamus, and Hyofcyamus.- in Engli(h,Hen- 
bane in Italian, Hyofquiamo : in Spanifh ,Velcn. 
no.- in high Dutch, 23ilfett fctaittjin French, 
U mine bane, Endormie : the other is called Hyof 
cyamtts albns, orwhite Henbane. 
i 5 Hyofcyamus fore rube Ho. 
Henbane with a reddifh floure. 
, The Temperature. 
Thefe kindes of Henbane are cold in the fourth degree, 
TheVertncs. 
fl,S a ft ? n CaUfeth tr fineffe ’f d miti § ateth a!1 kinde of P aine : is good again ft hot and a 
fl ln ° ns ° • the % es , and otlier Pf cs : 1C % eth bleeding and the difeafe in women : it is A 
applied to inflammations of the ftones and other fecret parts. 
The leaues ftamped with the ointment Poptdeon , made of poplar buds,afrvva^eth the paine of the w 
.obe p« 
cli »" k "■ "« c 
iu r, c taken cai,feth an vnquiet fleepe like vnto the deep of drun- Ty 
Kenndlcyvhich continueth long, and is deadly to the party. F D 
eyes or ^ Cnbanc ,^ S ood a § a f ft the cou g>b die falling ofwaterie humours into the E 
the u-e ah nfb g ft inordinate flux ofwomens iffues, and all other ifTues ofbloud , taken in E 
tbe weight of ten gra.nes, with water wherein honey hath beene fodden 
teeth C TbS;? run V \ n f gCr ’ a , nd C , he fame holdcn hoc in the mouth, cafe th the paine of the v 
ciufewo rm c vked b y Mountibanke Tooth-drawers which runne about the countrie , for to F 
iTh l” v th r° f “ e f teeth ’ b y bl,rnin § « “ a chafing-difh with coles, the party hob 
lutfftrin 1 ■ ' 'b ™ tht d’ere 0 *' ; hut fome crafty companions to gaine mony conuey fmall 
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