Li b. z. 
I j T abacum minimum, 
DwarfeTabaco. 
t 3 Thisthirdisanherbefomefpanneor 
better long, not in face vnlike the precedent, nei- 
tlier defe&iue in the hot and burning talk. The 
fioures are much leffe than thofe of the yellow 
Henbane, & of a greenifh yellow. The leaues are 
fmall, and narrower thofe of Sage of Ierufale'm. 
The root is fmall and fibrous. J • 
The V lace. 
Thefe were firft brought into Europe out of 
America, which is called the Weft Indies , in 
which is the prouince or countrey of Peru : but 
being now planted in the gardens of Eiirope it 
profpereth very well, and commcth from feed in 
oneyearetobeareboth fioures and feed. The 
which I take to be better for the cbnftitution of 
our bodies than that which is brought from In- 
dia ; and that growing in the Indies better for 
the people of the fame Countrey : notwithftan- 
ding it is not fo thought, nor receiued of our Ta- 
baconifts ; for according to the Englifh Pro- 
uerbe. Far fetcht and deare bought is beft for 
Ladies. 
The 7 imt. 
Tabacomuft be fowen in themoft fruitfull 
ground that may be found, car lefty caft abroad 
in the fowing, without raking it into the ground 
or any fuch paine or induftrie taken as is requi- 
fite in the fowing of other feeds,as my felf bane 
found by proofe, who bane experimented euery 
way to caufe it quickly to grow:for I haue com- 
mitted fome to the earth in the end of March, 
fome in Aprill , and fome in the beginning of 
May, became I durft not hafatd all my feed at one time, left fome vnkindely blaft fhould happen 
after the fowing, which might be a great enemie thereunto. 
The Names, 
T he people of America call it Petun Some,asTofc/and Pena, haue giuen it thefe Latine names, 
Sacra he>ba,Simclakerbx, and Sana fanch Indorum : and other, as Dodonxus, call it Hyofcyamus Peruvi- 
anus, or Henbane of Peru : Nicolaus Monardus names it T abacum. That it is Hyofcyxmi fpecics, or a kind 
of Henbane, not onely the forme being like to yellow Henbane, but the qualitie alfo doth de- 
clare ; for it bringeth drowfinefle, troubleth the fences, and maketh a man as it were drunkeby ta- 
king of the fume |onely ; as Andrew Theuet reftifietb, (and common experience fheweth:) of fome 
it is called Nicotian a ; the which I refer to the yellow Henbane, for diftindions hike. 
7 he Temperature. 
Jfy’DSntl that in the feccnd degree, as ’JMonardis thinketh, and is withallof power 
to difeufleor refolue, and to cleanfe away filthy humors, hailing alfo a fmall aftridion, and a ftu- 
P 1 tying or benumming qualitie, and it purgeth by the ftoole : and Monardis writeth that it hath a 
certaine power torcfiftpoylon. And to prone it tobe ofanhot temperatute, the biting qualitie 
of the leaues doth fhew, which is eafily perceiued by talk : alfo thegreenc leaues laid vponvlcers 
m finewie parts may ferue for a proofe ofheate in this plant ; becaule they do draw out filth and 
corrupted matter, which a cold Simpie would neucr do. The leaues likewife being chewed draw 
forth flegmc and water, as doth alfo the fume taken when the leaues are dried iwh'ich things de- 
clare that this is not alittlehot ; forwbat things foeuer,that being chewed or held in the mouth 
bring forth flegmc and water, the (lime be all accounted hot ; as the root of Pellitorie of Spaine, 
ot Saxifrage, and other things of like power. Moreouer,thc benumming qualitie hereof is not 
hard tobe perceiued, forvpon the taking of the fume at the mouth there followeth an infirmitie 
like vntodrimkennelle, and many times ileepe ^ as after the taking of Opium : which alfo Chew- 
ed! in the talk a biting qualitie, and therefore is not without heate which when it is chewed 
and 
