Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
5 ? 7_ 
T he Place. 
Thefe kindes of chamapitys (except the two Iaft)grow very plentifully in Kent, efpecially about 
Grauefend,Cobham, Southfleet,Horton,Dartford,and Sutton, and not in any other (hire in Eng. 
land that euer I could finde. 
$ None of thefe, except the firft, for any thing I knovv,or can learne,grow wilde in England 
the fecond I haue often l'eene in Gardens. ^ 
The Time. 
They floure in Iunc,and often in Auguft. 
The Names. 
Ground Pine is called in Greeke* «wp>w : in Latine,foi>.i,/4fo£4,and Abiga ■ in fhops, lna Arth. 
ritica and Uta mofehata .• in Italian Jua : in Spaniih, Chamap/teos : in High Dutch , iSctCrtPS tnkh 
nicljt : in low Dutchmen Ctip^eiStin French, foe mofchate.ln EngIi(h,Herbe Iuie, Forget m e no , 
Ground Pine,and field Cyprefle. 
4 : i The firft of thefe is the Chamapitys prima,o{ CMatthiolus,Vodonieus and others, and 
which is commonly vfed in fhops and in Phyficke. 
2 This CMa’tbio/us cals Chamxdrys altera : Lobel, Chamadrys Laciniatis folijs : Lowcerus, T 
■vera • Tabcrnamontamujva mofehata , and Do don. (whom in this Chapter we chiefely {olio.-. 
mapitys altera. 
3 Thirdly, this is the Chamapitys i .of Fuchfuts and others ; the Chamxpitys i. Diofcoridisodo atior 
of Lobel ; and the Chamapitys ? .of CMatthtclus and Dodon. 
4 Gefner cals this fhaneapitys fpecies Monjpelliy : Cluftus, Dodon. e^intbyllis altera • and Lobel , An. 
thyllis Chamepityides minor -^and Tahern. lua Mofehata Monjpeltenfium. 
5 This is Chamapitys adulterinaoi Lobel: Pfeudocbamapitys and Aiugaadulterinaoi Cluftus : and 
Chamapilys Jpuria altcraoi Dodon . 
6 This is Chamapitys AuftriacaoiClitfius ; and Cbamapitys caruleaotCameranus .% 
TheT^attire. 
Thefe herbes are hot in the fecond degree, and drie in the third. 
The Vert ties. 
Theleaues of Cbamapytis tunned vp in Ale, or infu fed in wine.or fodden with hony, and drunke A 
by the fpace of eight or ten daies,cureth the iaund ies, the Sciatica, the {toppings of the liner, the 
difficultie of making water, the {toppings of the fpleene,and caufeth women to haue their natural 
ficknelfe. 
Chamxpytis (tamped greenewith honie cureth wounds, malignant and rebellious vlcers, and dif- B 
folueth the hardneffe of womens brefts or paps, and profitably helpeth againft poifon,or biting of 
any venomous beaft. 
The deco£tion drunke, diffolueth congealed blond, and drunke with vineger , driueth forth the C 
deadchilde. 
Itclenfeththe intrals : itlielpeth the infirmities of the liner and kidneies ; it cureth-the yellow D 
iaundies being drunke in wine : it bringeth dovvne the defired ficknefte,and prouoketh vrine.-being 
boiled in Meador honied water and drunke, it helpeth the Sciatica in fortie daies. The people of 
Heraclea in Pontus do vfe i t againft Wolfes bane in ftead of a counterpoifon. 
Thepouderhereoftakeninpilswithafig,mollifieththebellie:it vvafteth away the hardneffe E 
of the papsiit healeth wounds.it curethputrified vlceis being applied w ith heny.-and thefe things 
the firft ground Pine doth performe, fodoth theothertworbutnot foeffe6tuaIly,as witnelfeth 
Diofcorides. ' 
Cltt[ius of whom mention was made, hath not faid any thing of the Vertues of Chamapytis F 
flriaca • but verily I thinke it better by many degrees foi the purpofes aforefaid : my coniedlure 
I take from the tafte, fmell, and comely proportion of this Hearbc, which is more pleafing and 
familiar veto the nature of man, than thofe which wee haue plentifully in our owne Countrey 
growing. 
Chap. 152 . Of ufaiielwoort/jr 'Penniwoort of the Wall. 
9^ The Defcription. 
i r— 1 T ic guvit Nauelwoort hath round and thickfc leaues.fomewhat bluntly indented abouc 
X tiie edges, and fomevvhat hollow in the midft on the vpper part, hailing a fhort tender 
flfeni 
