7 ’> 6 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants 
The Names. 
Cammomill is called Chamamelum : of fome, Amhemis, and Leitcanthemis, and a\Co Leuunthc 
mon,e fpecially that double floured Cammomill : which Greeke name is taken from the whitenes 
of his floure : in Englifh, Cammomill : it is called Cammomil, becaufe the floures liaue the fmel 
anappkj which is plainly perceiued in common Cammomill. 
Cammomill, faith Galen, is hot and dry in the firft degree, and is of thinne parts ■ it is of force 
to digeft, flacken, and ranfie ; alfo it is thought to be like the Rofe in thinnefTe of parts 
ming to the operation of oyle in heate, which are to man familiar and temperate • wherefore it is a 
fpeciall helpe againft weanfomenefTe . it eafeth and mitigateth paine, it mollifieth and funuleth 
and all thefe operations are in our vulgar Cammomill, as common experience teachetb for ir 
teth moderately, and dricth little. 5 
macke, fourc belchings, voideth windc 3 and mightily bringeth downe the monethly courfes 
D The Egyptians haue vfed it for a remedie againft all cold agues • and they did thereiore confe- 
crate it (as Galen faith) to their Deities. 
E u • The decojftion made in white wine and drunk, expelleth the dead child, and fecondine or after- 
birth 3 lpeedily 5 and clenfeth thofe parts. 
F The herbe boyled in poiTet Ale, and giuen to drinke, eafeth the paine of the cheft commina 
ofwmde, and expelleth tough and clammy flegme, and helpeth children of the A<nie. 
G The herbe vfed in baths prouoketh fweat, rarifieth the skinne, and openeth the pores • briefelv 
it mitigateth gripings and gnawings of the belly - it alayeth the paines of the fides, mollifies hard 
lwelhngs,andwafteth away raw and vndigefted humors. 
H The oyle compounded of the floures performeth the fame, and is a remedie againft. all vveari 
fomeneffe, and is with good fuccefle mixed with all thofe things that are applied to mitigate 
f rtf Temperature. 
7 he Vert ms. 
C Thedecoftion of Cammomill made in wine and drunke,is good againft coldnefle in the fto- 
fll T Clro 1 Anrfl Kolcninrrp nciidr.rh urlf-, J ‘ ' T I 1 i . 
Chap. z6z. 
Of eSMayAveed^or mlde QammomiU. 
«f The K hides. 
t Tile double floured May-weed, the’laftveare. heino- r/t-,, T : 
•f The Vefiriptiosi. 
when the feed is ripe.The whole plant ftinketh, and giuetha ranke fmell. 
f This 
