Of the Hittoi ie of Plants. 
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• *f[ The Time • 
They are tobe gathered in their flouring time, that is in Inly and Auguft : of fome that gather 
them fuperftitioufly they are gathered betvveene the two Lady da yes. 
The Names. 
The Greekes call thisR,,™*™ .• in Latine it is called Centautium minus • yet P/wy namcth it 
Libadion, andby reafon of his great bitternefle, Fel terra. The Italians in Hetruria call it Biondcl. 
<a ; in .SpaniIh,Ce»f ««4 .• in lovv-Dutch, CciltOfpe : in Engliih, Small, little, or common Cento- 
tie : in French f.entoire. 
TheTemperature. 
The fmall Centorie is ofa bitter qualitie,and of temperature hot and dry in rhe (econd degree- 
and the yellow Centorie is hot and dry in the third degree. 
The Virtues. 
A Being boy led in water and drunke it openeth the ftoppings of the liner, gall, and fpleene,it hel- 
peth the yellow jaundice, and likewife long and lingering agues : it killeth thewormes in thebel- 
lie ; tobebriefe, itcleanfeth, fcoureth,and maketh thinne.humors that are thicke and doth effe- 
ctually perfornre whatfoeuer bitter things can. 
B Dio/corides, and Galen after him report, that the decoAion draweth downe by fiege choler and 
thicke humors, and helpeth the Sciatica . but though wee haue vfed this often and luckily yet 
could we not perceiue euidently that it purges by the ftoole any thing at all, and yet it hath perfor- 
med the efredts afore laid. ' 1 * * * 
C This Centorie being (lamped and laid on whiled it is frefh and greene, doth heale and clofe vp 
greene wounds, cleanfeth old vlcers, and perfectly cureththem. 
D The iuyee is good in medicines for the eyes • mixed with honey it cleanfeth away fuch things 
as hinder the fight ; and being drunke it hath a peculiar vertue againft the infirmities of the finues 
as Diofeoridcs teacheth . 5 
H _ The Italian Phyfirions do giue the ponder oftheleaues of yellow Centorie once in three daies 
in the quantitieof a dram, with annife or caraway feeds, in wine or other liquor, which preuaileth 
againft the dropfie and greene fickneflc. Of the red floured, loannes PdJHus hath thus written : 
Flos mihi f unite rtibet, fedinejl quoqueftccus amarus i 
Jguijuvat objeffum 6iie,apcritqucjecur. 
M v floure is fweet in ftnell, bitter my iuyee in tafte, 
Which purge choler, and helps liner, that elfe would wafte. 
Chap, ltftj.. Of falues fnout } or Snapdragon. 
The Defcription. 
1 T Pl ! ff ? lc Sna P dra g° n hath g reat and battle ftalks, which diuideth it felfe into many 
err rg'lcb^ ranches, whereupon do grow long leaues lharpe pointed, very greene, like vnto 
tholcoiwi.de nax, but much greater, fet by couples one oppofite againft another. Thefloures 
grow at the top ot the ftalkes, ofa purple colour, falhioned like a frogs mouth, or rather a dragons 
mouth, from whence the women haue taken the name Snapdragon. The feed is blacke,contamed 
in round huskes falhioned like a cables fnout, (whereupon fome haue called it Calues fiiout ) or 
in mine opinion it is more like vnto the bones ofa Cheeps head that hath beene long; in the water 
the flefh confirmed cleane away. ° * 
2 The fecond agreeth with the precedent in euery part, except in the colour of the fioures,for 
this plant oringeth forth white floures,and the other purple, wherein confifts the difference. 
3 Tbe yellow Snapdragon hatha long thicke wooddy root, with certain firings faftned there- 
to ; from which rifeth vpa brittle ftalkeof two cubits and ahalfehigh,diuided from thebottome 
to the tpp into diuers branches, whereupon doe grow long greene leaues like thofe of the former 
bu t greater and longer. The floures grow at the cop of the roaine branches, of a pldafant yellow 
colour, in Chape like vnto the precedent. 
i <r ^l K> dna h or wilde Snapdragon differcth not from the others but in ftature : the leaues are 
lefier and narrower : the floures purple, but altogether finaller : the heads or feed-vefll-ls are alfo 
like thofe of the former. 
-t 5 1 here : is another kinde hereof which hath many (lender branches lying oft times vpon 
the ground : the leaues are much fmallerthan thefeofthelaftdefcribed .-thefloures and f.-ed-vef- 
lcis areal.o like, but much lefier, and herein confifts the onely difference. % 
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