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Of the Hiftorie of Plsnts. 
Vitlp Mariana. Blew Couentry-Bells. 
*] 7 be Place and Time. 
They grow in woods, mountaines, and darke 
vallies, & vnder hedges among the bullies, clpe- 
daily about Couentry , where they grow* very 
plentifully abroad in the lields,& are there cal- 
led Couentry-beis ; and of home about London 
Canttirbury-bcls, but vnpioperly,'or that there* 
is another kinde ofBell-f:oure growing in Kent 
about Canturbury, which may'mote fitly be 
called Canturbury-bells , becatife they grow; 
there more plentifully than in any other Coun- 
try. Thefe pleafant Bel-floures we haue in our 
London gardens tfpedally for the beauty of 
their flourc, although they be kindes ofRnmpi- 
ons, and the roots eatc-n as Rampions are. 
They floure in lune, Inly, and Auguft ; the 
feedvvaxeth ripe in the meane time j for thefe 
plants bring not forth their floures all at once ; 
but when one floureth another leedeth. 
The Names. 
Couentry bels are called in Latine Viol a Ma- 
riana. : in Englifh, Mercuries violets, or Couen- 
try Rapes ; and of fome,Mariets. It hath bin ta- 
ken to be Afci//«»2,bntvnfitly : offome it is cal- 
led Sapii fyluejfre: which the Greeks cal yfiu «>«■ 
TheTemperatnre and Vertucs. 
The root is cold and fcmewhat binding, and 
notvfed in phy.ficke, but only fora iallet root 
boyled and eaten with oyle,vineger,and pepper. 
C h a p. 1 1 <5. Of ‘Tbroat-'Vrort } or QanturburySBells. 
[I Tracheliummjtu. ■ 3 Trjcbel. mjw t(l £ .fmeCigamnm. Gyant Throatwort 
Blew Canturbury-Bels 
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