LtB. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
Satrin,and among our women it is called Honeftie : it leemethto be the old Herbarifts Thlatbi 
alterum pi fecond T reacle muftard, and that which Cratetua deferibeth, called of diners Sinapi Per- 
ficum ; for as Dtofcorides hix\\Crateuas maketh mention of a certaine Thlafpi or Treacle Muftard 
with broad leaues and bigge roots, and fuch this Violet hath, which we furname Lutifolia or broad 
leafed : generally taken of all to be the great Lunaria , or Moonwoort. 
Their Temperature and Virtues. 
ThefeedofBolbonac is of Temperature hot and drie, and iharpe oftafte,andis likeintafteand A 
force to the feed of Treacle Muftard; the roots likewifeare fomewhat of a biting qualitie, but not 
much : they are eaten with fallads as certaine other roots are. 
A certaine Chirurgianofrhe Heluetians compofedamoft fmgularvnguent for wounds of the B 
leaues ofBolbonacand Sanicle ftamped together, adding thereto oile and wax. Thefeed is great- 
ly commended againft the falling ficknefle. 
Chap. 124. Of Galen and Diofcorides Adoonrroorts or Madmorts. 
X Ldlyfiim Galenh 
Ga/wr Madwoort. 
t 2 Ldlyjpim Diofcoridis. 
Diofcorides Moonwoort or Madwoort. 
The Description 
1 r-pHis might be one of the number of the Horehounds,but thatGa/ewvfed it not fora kind 
thereof,but for Jlyjfon , or Madwoort : it is like in forme and fhew vnto Horehound, and 
alio in the number of the ftalks,but the leaues thereofare lefler,more curled, more hoary, & whiter, 
without any manifeft fmellatall. The little coronets or fpokiewhurles that compafle the ftalkes 
round about are full offharpe prickles :outofwhichgrowflouresof a blewilh purple colourlike 
to thofe of Horehound. The root is hard, woody, and diuerfly parted. 
2 I haue one growing in my garden, which is thought to be the true & right Lunary or Moon- 
woorxot Diofcorides defeription, hauing his firffe leaues fomewhat round, and afterward more long, 
w ttiih, and rough, or fomewhat woolly in handling : among which rifevp rough brittle ftalkes, 
ionic cubite high, diuided into many branches, whereupon doe growe many little yellow 
Q.q 3 floures: 
