i-' i b. z. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Hclenium. 
Jour, and are more white vnderneath , fleightly 
nicked in the edges : the ftalke is a yard and a 
. halfe long , about a finger tbicke, not without 
downe, diuidedat the top into diners- branches 
v P on the top of euery fprig Hand great domes 
broad and round,of which not only the lono- f ma ] 
Ieaues that compaCTe round about are yellow but 
alfo the middle ball or circle, which is .filled vp 
with an infinit number of threds,and at length is 
turned into fine downe ; vnderwbichis (lender 
and long feed: the toot isvneuen, thicke, and as 
much as a man may gripe, not long, oftentimes 
blackifh without, vvhitewithin, and full of fiib- 
ftance,(\veet of fthell, and bitter of tafte. 
*|| The Place. 
Itgrowerh in rnedowes that are fat and fruit- 
full : it is alfb oftentimes found vpon mountains 
fhadowie places, that be not altogether dric : it 
groweth plentifully in the fields on the left hand 
as you go from Dunftable to Puddle hill :alfo in 
- an orchard as you go from Coibrook ro Ditton 
ferry, which is the way to Windfor,and in fundry 
other places, as at Lidde,and Folkeftone,necre to 
Douer by the fea fide. 
f ThcTime. 
The floures are in their brauerie in Iune & In. 
ly : che roots be gathered in Autumne,and often- 
times in Aprill and May. 
The Names. 
That which the Grecians name the La- 
tines call Inula and Enula ■ in (hops Enula cam. 
!■ r high Dutch^lanttowmsin low Dutch, 
aianDttoOJtde . in Italian \Enoa, and Enola .••n*6pani(h, Ra,\delalla: in French , EmUCampane • in 
Englnh Elecampane and Scab-woorc, and Horfe-healc: feme report that this plant tooke the 
into Phry mT” ° HCCm t0 Mmeldu< > wb o had her hands full of it when Pans Hole her away 
The Temperature. 
in EIe r cam f a . ne ’ i . s raa . ruel lo " s g° r od things, being of nature hot and drie 
tn the third degree, especially when it is dne: for beemg greene and as yet full ofiuice, it is 
full of fuperfluous moifture, which fomewhat abateth the hot and drie qualitie thereof. 
% The Vertues. 
hold thlwnccks vp°right ffe ° fbreadliand an ° Id colI §M nd for fuch as cannot breathe vnlefle they A 
It is of great vet tue both giuen in a Iooch,which is a medicine to be licked on, and likewife pre- B 
krued, as alfo othenvife giueh to purge and void out thicke, tough, and clammietmmours, which 
Ittcke in the elicit and lungs. 
The root preferued is good and wholefome for the ftomaekibeing taken after fupper it doth not C 
onely hdpedigeftion,but alfo keepeth the belly foluble. ' FF ^ 
The mice of the fame boiled, driueth forth all kinde of wormes of the belly, as Pliny teacheth : 
the°eeth Writeth hlS tiVcntie bookc =‘ J n d 6ft chapter, the fame being chewed falling, doth fallen 
r 30 /' 0 ? E I ec ampan e is with good fuccelTe mixed with counterpoifons : it is a remedie a- V 
C 1 lc bltin § s ol ferpents,it reliftethpoifon : it is good for them that are burden, and troubled 
witn cramps and convullions. 
mil 0 r a , lf ? affirme3thaCthe decoaion thereof, and likewife the fame beaten into powder and E 
mixed with home in manner ofan ointment, doth clenfe and heale vp old vLcers. 
a e J*. herewith the parts are to be made red, which be vexed with long & cold griefs : p 
Mnr^n .r s c pafll0ns ° f tbe buc lfi e b°nes, called the Sciatica, and little and continual bunnies and 
i lcnelle ofcertaineioints,by reafonofouermueh moifture. 
The' 
