negligence of Diofcorides and T beophraftus, who in defcribing Donwicum, haue nor or.ely omitted 
the flourcs thereof, but hauc committed that negligence in many and diners other plants, leauin<> 
out in many plants which they haue defcribed,tbe fpecial accidents ; which hath not a little trou- 
bled the ftudy and determination of the beft herbarifts of late yeares,r.ot knowing ccruinely what 
to determine and fet dovvne in fo ambiguous a matter, fome taking it one way, and fome another 
and fome efteeming it to be Acomtnm. But for the better vnderftanding hereof, know that this’ 
word Aconitum , as it is a name attributed to diners plants, fo it is to be confidered, that all plants 
called by this name are malignant and venomous, as with the iuyee and root whereof fuch as hun- 
ted after vvilde and noy fome beads were wont to embrtre and dip their arrowes, the fooner and 
more furely to difpatch and flay the bead in chafe.But for the proofe of thegopdneffe of this Do- 
ronicum and the red of his k ind,know alfo, That Label writeth of one called John de P'roede, who ate 
very many of the roots at fundry times, and found them very pleafant in tad, and very comfortable. 
But to leaue controuerfies, circumdanccs, and objections which here might be brought in and al~ 
1 edged, afllire your fellies that this plant Doromcum minus Officintrum (whole roots Venn reporteth 
to haue found plentifully growing vpon the Pede-mountaine hills and certaine high places in 
France) hath many leaues fpred vpon the ground, fomewhat like Plantaine: among which rifevp 
many tender hairy dalks fome handfull and an halfe high, bearing at the top certain tingle yellow 
floures, which when they fade change into downe, and are caried away with the winde. The roots 
arc thicke and many, very crookedly eroding and tangling one within another, refemblinga Scor- 
pion, and in fome yeares do grow inour Englith gardens into infinite numbers. 
3 Daronicum radice rtf ente. Doronicinn hrnehinta rndice. 
Cray-fifli Wolfes bane. Winged Wolfes bane. 
vvrth many fcaly barks, in colour white, and flrining S Jike whifnJrWe hauSlnn 5 ^ 7 ? °' 
arme or finne, not vnlike to the fea Shrimnen-llcH // • marb le, hailing on each tide c 
ofa Scorpions body, and is tweet in taftef d “ marwa > ox rathcrJlke the ribbes or fca 
3 The third kinde of Doromcum, growing naturally in great aboundance in the mormtair 
