Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
«[ T he Names. 
This herbe is called in Greeke«'i»V>W' . and alfop«c-'m. Tn Latine,^/?er Aitict/s, Unionism, and In- 
guinalis : of fom criterion, Aftcnfcon, and Hjofhtbalrr.cn : in high Dutch, <JgfgCtfetatlt : in Spa- 
nilli ,BobtU : in French, Eftrille, and After goutte menne : in EngliIb,Sraiwcort and Sbartwcorr. 
The Nature. 
It is of a meane temperature in cooling and drying. Galen faith it doth moderately wafte and 
confume, efpecially while it is yet foft and new gathered. 
That with the blew floureor purple, is thought to be that,wbich is of J-’/W/ciilIed ftosAtnellus .• 
ofwhich he rnaketh mention in the fourth booke o( his Georgickes. 
Eft etiamflos inpratis, cui nomen Amelto 
Fecere agricola .-facilis qiurentibus herba ; 
Namque vno wgentcmtolUt de ceftiteftlvam : 
Aureus ipfeftfedinfolijs , qua flurima circum 
Funduntvr, viola Jubiucet fttrfura nigra. 
InEnglifhthus. 
In Meades there is a floure Amello nam’d. 
By him that feekes it eafie to be found. 
For that it feemes by many branches fram'd 
Into a little Wood : like gold theground 
Thereofappeares,but leaues that it befet 
Shine in the colour of the Violet. 
A 
B 
C 
The Vtrtuts. 
The leaues of After or Inguinalis ftamped,and applied vnto botches, impofthumes,and venereous 
bubones(which for the moil part happen in Inguinc, that is, the flanke or fhare) doth mightily ma- 
turate and fuppurate them, whereof this herbe After tooke the name Inguinalis. 
Ithelpethand preuaileth againft the inflammation of the fundament, and the falling forth of 
the gut called Saccus ventris. _ 
The floures are good to be giuen vnto children againft the Squinancie,and the falling ncknes. 
t Th* figure which furmeity was in the fecund place vndcr the title of -s/lcr-SlficwJ, wa. of .h< leigh* hert dcfcnbcdljiro in .he ,1,1,0 [place iTramrly 
were there two figures which wc here -iueyou, whevcofrhe torir.er is o ijflct mOTitsnw.an.t the Utter of -cflci btrjulw , and that which was violet the title of wtfltr 
birfutus in the fourth place, belongs to the ninth deftription . 
Chap. 133. Of Jfoade. 
The Dcfcription. 
j Laftum or Garden Woad hath long leaues of a blcwifh greene colour. The ftalk grow- 
'^-*eth two cubits high, fet about with a great number offuch leaues as come vp firft,but 
fmaller, branching it felfe at the top into many little twigs, whereupon do grow many final! yellow 
floures: which being paft, the feed commeth forth like little blackifh tongues : the root is white 
and fingle. _ 
2 Thereisawilde kindeofVVoad very like vnto the former in ftalks, leaues, and fafhion,fa- 
uing that the ftalke is tenderer, fmallcr,and browner, and the leaues and litt le tongues narrower ; 
otherwife there is no difference betwixt them. 
«y The Place. 
The tame or garden Woad groweth in fertile fields, where it is fowne : the wilde kind growes 
where the tame kinde hath been fowne. 
^ The Time. 
They floure from Iune to September. 
The Names. 
VVoad is called in Greeke : in Latine, 7 /k«>, and Glaftnm .• Csfar in bis fifth booke of the 
French wars faith, chat all the Brittons do colour themfelues with Woad, which giueth ablew co- 
lour : the which thing alfoP//»y in his 22. booke.chap. 1 . doth teftifie . in France they call it Gla- 
jhim which is like vnto Plantaine, wherewith the Brittifh wiues and their daughters are co- 
loured all oner, and go naked in fome kinde offacrifices. Iris likewife called ofdiucrs Guadum . of 
the Italians, Guado -.'avvord as it feemeth,wrungour of the word Glastum . in Spanifh and French, 
Paft cl : inDutch,naC£t:mEnglifh, VVoad, and Wade. 
