L I B. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
429 
J Solidago Saracenica .' 
Saracens Confound. 
5f The 2 'Mature. 
> . t • * ■ 
Saracens Confound is dry in the third 
degree, with fome manifeft hcatc. 
«| The Virtues -. 
Saracens Confound is not inferiour to ^ 
any of thevvound-herbes whatfoeuer,being 
inwardly miniflred, or outwardly applied 
in ointments or oyles. With it I cured 
Mailer Cartwright a Gentleman of Grayes 
Inne,who was grieuoully wounded into the 
lungs, and that by Gods permiffion in fhort 
fpace. 
The leaues boyled in water and drunke, B 
dorhrellraine and flay the wafting of the 
liner, taketh away the oppilation and flop- 
ping of the fame, and profiteth againft the 
Jaundice and Feuers of long continuance. 
The decodion of the leaues made in C 
water is excellent againft the forenefle of 
the throat, if it be therewith gargarifed :it 
increafeth alfo thevertueand force of loti- 
on or wafhingwaters, appropriate for priuy 
maimes,fore mouthes,and fuch like, if it be 
mixed therewith. 
. t Tltc figure that was formerly in this place was of Ctnfolidapalulliu 
ofTabrrnamontantiy and the true figure belonging to this hdtoriewas in 
the next chapter fauc one, vndcr the title of hetba TJotch Lobelii. 
Chap. 103. Of Cj olden %od. 
% The T)cfcrij>tion. 
1 Olden Rod hath long broad leaues fomwhat hoary and fliarpe pOinted ; among which 
V T rife vp browne ftalkes two foot high, diuiding themfelues toward the top into fun- 
dry branches , charged or loden with fmall yellow floures ; which when they be 
ripeturne into downe which is carried away with thewinde. The root is threddy and browne of 
colour, h Lohel makes this with vnfnipt leaues to be that of Arnoldusde ■villa nova, t 
2 The fecond fort of Golden Rod hath finall thin leaues broader than thofe of the firft delcri ■ 
bed, fmooth,with fome few cuts ornickes aboutthe edges, and fliarpe pointed, of a hot and harlh 
tafte in the throat being chewed ^ which leaues are let vpon a faire reddifh (laike. Ittookehis 
name from the floures which grow at the top of a gold yellow colour : which floures turne into 
Downe, which is carried away with thewinde,as is the former. The root is fmall, compad of 
many firings or threds. 
The Place, 
They both grow plentifully in Hampflead Wood, ncere vnto the gate that leadeth out of the 
wood vnto a Village called Kentifh towne, not far from London ; in a wood by Rayleigh in E (lex, 
hard by a Gentlemans houfe called M 1 . Leonard, dwelling vpon Dawes heath • in Southfleet and in 
Swainefcombe wood alfo, neere vnto Grauefend. , 
<[[ The Time. 
They floure and flourifh in the end of Auguft. 
The Names. 
It is called in Englifh Golden Rod : in Latine, Virga arerea,beCM& the branches are like a gol- 
den rod : in Dutch, COCSfJ in French, Verged’ or. 
Nn 3 *11 The 
