Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Lib.- z. 
7 Primula flare viridi . 
Greene Primiofe. 
X 8 Primula verts Heskethi , 
M r . Heskeths Primrofe. 
Cowflips and Primrofes ioy in moift and dankifti places, but not altogether couered with wa- 
ter they are found in woods and the borders of fields .-the Primrofe found by M 1 '. Hesketh growes 
in a wood called Clap-dale, three miles from a townern Yorkefhirp called Settle. 
% The Time. 
They fiourifh from Aprill to the end of May, and fome one or other of them do fioure all the* 
Winter long. 
The Names. 
They are commonly called Pnmula vtris , becaufe they are the firft among thofe plants that doe 
floure in the Spring, or becaufe they do fioure with the firft. They are alfo named Arthuticx, and 
tier ha paralyfls, for they are thought to be good againft the paines of the ioynts and finewes. They 
are called in Italian, Brachc cuculi : in Engliih, Petty Mulleins, or Palfie-worts : of moft, Cow- 
flips. 
The greater fort, called for the moft part Oxlips or Paigles, are named of diners Htrha S . Petri. 
InEnglifh, Oxlip,and Paigle. 
The common Primrofe is vfually called Primula verts moft Herbarifts do refer the Primrofes 
tothe<»M^'Ji<, called in Latine Verbafcula, or Petty Mulleins • but feeing the leaues be neither wool- 
lie nor round, they are hardly drawn vnto them : for Pblomides are deferibed by leaues, as Pliny hath 
interpreted it, Hirfutu & Rot units , Hairy and round - which Pliny, lib .25. cap. 10. tranflateth thus : 
Sunt & Phlomides dua Hirfutx, rotundis folijs , hnmiles : which is as much to fay in Englifh as, There 
be alfo two pretty Mulleins, hairy, round leafed, low, or fhort. X Pabius Celumna refers thefe to 
the Alifma oX D iofeor calls the Covvflip Alifmapratorum : and the Primrofe, Alifma fyluarum . X 
The Temperature. 
The Cowflips and Primrofes are in temperature dry,and a little hot. 
•[ TheVcrtues. 
The Cowflips are commended againft the paine of the ioynts called the Gout, and flackenelfe 
ofthe finewes, which is the palfie. The decoction of the roots is thought to be profitably giuen 
againft the ftone in the kidneyes and bladder; and the iuyee of the leaues for members that are 
loofe and out of ioynt, or inward parts that are hurt, rent, or broken. 
A dramme and ahalfe ofthe pouder ofthe dried roots of field Primrofe gathered in Aurumne, 
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