Of the Hiilorie of Plants. 
L 
1 B. 2. 
\66 
~ and Italy : from whence we haue receiued feed for our Englifh gardens, where they come to fruit- 
bearing : but the cod doth not come to that bright red colour which naturally it is poffeffed 
with, which hath happened by reafon.of thefe vnkmdly yeeres that are paft : but we expedt better 
when God (hall fend vs a hot and temperate yeere. 
«(J The Time. 
The feeds hereof muft be fowen in abed of hot horfe-dung, as muske- Melons are, and re moo- 
ned into a pot when they haue gotten three or foure leaues, that it may the more conuenient-ly be 
caried from place to place to receiue the heate of the funne :and are toward Autumns; to be caried 
into forne houfe, to auoide the iniurie of the cold nights of that time of the yeere, when it is to 
beare his fruite. 
«| The Names. 
Achtatim calleth it in Greekc in Latin e,Capficim : and it is thought to be that which Aui- 
C tn nameth ZinZiber atni»m,os dogs Ginger; and phny, Siliquajtrum, which is more like in tafte 
to pepper than is Pamx, and it is therefore called Ptpentis, as he hath written in his 19. booke, 
n.chap .Panax (faith he) hath the tall of pepper and Siliquaftrum, for which caufe it is called Pipe- 
ritis The later Herbarifts do oftentimes call it Piper Jndumum , or Indicum , fometimes Piper Cali- 
ait hmm or Piper Hifpanicim : in Englifh it is called Ginnie pepper,and Indian pepper ; in the Ger- 
mane tongue Jnbtantfcbcr ^fetfer : m low Dutch, ©wftlic^epei : in French joiure d'inde ^- 
rie well knownl in the iliops at JBillingfgate by the name of Ginnie pepper, where it is viually to 
be bought. 
• 7 he Temperature . 
Ginnie pepper is extreamehot anddrieeuen in the fourth-degree : that is to fay, far hotter and 
drier then t^iuictn fheweth dogs ginger to be. 
The Virtues. 
A Ginnie pepper hath the tafte of pepper, but not the powers venue, notwithftanding in Spaine 
and fundrie parts of the indies they do vfe to dreffe their meate therewith, as be doe with Gale- 
cute pepper : but (faith my Autbour) it hath in it a malicious subtle, whereby it is an enemy to 
the liuer and other of the entrails. Autcen writeth that it killeth dogs. . v ,,’ v 
B It is (aid to die or colour like Saffron ; and being receiued in fuch fort as Saffron is vfually ta- 
ken, 1 1 warmeth the ftomackc, and helpeth greatly the digeftron of rneates 
C Itdiffolueth the fwellings- about the throat called the Kings Euil!,as kernels and cold fuel- 
lings ; and taketh away fpots and lentiles from the face, being applied thereto with home. 
C H A P. 72. Of horned Toppie. 
The Dcfcription. 
1 rpHc yellow horned Poppie hathwhitifh leaues very much cut or jagged, fomewhat 
I like the leaues of garden Poppie, but rougher and more hairie. The ftalks be long, 
A round, and brittle. The floures be large and yellow, confifting of foure leaues ; 
which being paft, there come long huskes or cods, crooked like an borne or cornet, wherein 
is conteined fraall blacke feede. The roote is great, thicke, fcalie, and rough, continuing 
2 The fecond kinde of horned Poppie jsmuch {tenderer and leffer than the precedent, and 
hath leaues with likedeepe cuts as Rocket hath, and fomething hairie. The ftalks be very Render, 
brittle and branched into diuers armes or wings , the floures (mall,madeoffoure little leaues, 
of a red colour, with a fmall ftrake of blacke toward the bottome,after which commeth the feed, 
inclofed in flender,long, crooked cods full of black jfh feed. The root is fmall and fmgle,anddieth 
± J \ This is much like the laft defcribed,and according roC/«j?»/,tathar a variety than diffe- 
rence. It is diftingmfhed from the laft mentioned by the.fmoothncs of the leaues, and the colour 
of the floures, which are of a pale yellowifh red, both which accidents Ctufims alfirmes happen to 
the former, towards the later end of fommer. £ , . . 
4 There is another fort of horned Poppie altogether leffer than the laft de.cribed, hailing 
tenderer leaues, cut into fine little parcels ; the floure is likewife leffer,of a blew purple colour 
like the double Violets , 
