Lib. 1 . Of theHiftory of Plants. 8oi 
3 There is a (mall kinde of Alkanet, whofe root is greater and more ful of'iuice and fubftance 
than the roots ol the other kindes : in all other refpe&s it is lelfe, for the leaues are narrower, (mai- 
ler, tenderer.and in number more,very greene like vnto Borage, yeelding forth many little tender 
(talks : the tioures are Idle than of theYmall Buglofle, and red of colour : the feed is of an aflie co- 
lour, fomewhat long and l]ender,hauing the fade of Buglolfe. 
4 There is alfo another kinde of alkanetpvhi. his as the others before mentioned, a kinde of 
vvilde Buglofle, notwith (landing for dillinftions fake I bane feparated and fettered them. .This lull 
.Anchuf.i hath narrow leaues, much like vnto our common Sommer Sauorie. The (lalkes are two 
handfuls high, bearing very final floures,and of a blewiili or skie colour ; the root is of a dark broiv- 
niili red colour, dying the hands little or nothing at all, and ofa wooddie fubftance. 
The Time. 
Thefe plants do grow in the fields of Narbone,and about Montpellier and many other parts of 
France : I found thefe plants growing in the Ide of T hanet neere vnto the fea, betwixt the houfe 
fometime belonging to Sir Henrie Cr/Jpe, and Margate ; w here I found fornc in their narurall ripe- 
peflc,yet fcarcely any that were come to that beautifull colour of Alkanet ■ but, fuch as is fold for 
very good in our Apothecaries (hops 1 found there in great plentie. 
f ^ I doubt whether our Authour found any of thefe in the place heere fetdowne, for I haue 
fought it but failed of finding ; yet ifhefoun i any it was onely the firll dcfcribed,for I think the 
otner three are ftrangers .t _ The Time. 
The Alkancts floure and flourifirin the Sommer moneths : the roots doe yeeld their bloudie 
iu ice in hariteft time, as Siofcorides writeth. 
The “Thames. 
Alkanet is called in Greeke „•>*'-”* in Latine alfo tnohufa : ofdiuers,F«c»r berha , and onoclcid , 
tiugioff.i Hiftavica, or Spanifh Buglofle : in SpanitV^ww •• in French, Orchanet : and in Englilh 
likewife Orchanecand Alkanet. 
The Temperature . 
The roots of Alkanet are cold and drie, as Galen writeth, anijbinding,and becaufe it is bitter it 
clenfeth away cholericke humours : the leaues bee not lo forceable, yet doe they likewife binde 
and drie. IT The Venues. 
Diof corides faitb.that the root being made vp in a cerore,or fearecloth with oile, is very good for A 
old vlcersjthat with parched barley rneale it is good for the leprey,and for tetters and ring-worms. 
That being vfed as a p'effarie it bringeth forth the dead birth. 
The decoftion being inwardly taken with Mead or honied water, cureth the yellow iaundife, 
difeafesofthekidneies,thefpleeneandagues< 
It is vfed in ointments for womens paintings: and the leaues drunke in wine is good againll the D 
Iaske. 
Diners of the later Phyfitions doboile with the root of Alkanet and wine,fweet butter, fuch as h 
hath in it no fait atall,vntill fuch time as it becommethred,which they call red butter, and giue 
irnotonely to thofe that haue falne from fo.ne high place, but alfo report it to be good to driue 
forth the meafels and fmall pox, if it be drunke in the beginning with hot bcere. 
The roots of thefe are vfed to color lirrups,waters,gellies,& fuch like confedlions as Turn. olds, F 
John of Ardern hath fetdown a compofition called Sanguis Veneris , which is mod lingular in deep (, 
pundlures or wounds made with thrufts,as follows. 'take of oile oliue a pint, the root of Alkanet two 
ounces, earth worms purged, in number twenty, boile them together & keep it to thevfe aforefaid. 
The Gentlewomen of France do paint their faces with thefe roots, as it is laid. H 
_ + The rw, fi.urfii thatwtec formerly hex were borh oFihe ordinary Bagloffe, whereof the firff mi s h:ive!l enou-hreruc.bat the a.waa much different from tlu c 
it /hould haue been- 
Chap. 185. Of Jfnlland Viper sTdugloffe. 
qj TheDefeription. 
1 T Tcopfis Anglicagx wilde Buglofle, focalled for that it doth not grow fo commonly elfe- 
J .where, bath rough and hairie leaues , fomewhat lefler than the garden Buglofle: the 
floures grow for the mod part vpon the fide of the (lender fta!ke,in falhion hollow like 
a little bell,whereof Ibme be blew, and others ofa purple colour. 
2 There is another kinde (siEchium that hath rough and hairy leaues likewife, much like vnto 
the former; the ftalke is rough, charged full of little branches., which are laden on euery (ide with 
diners fmall narrow leaues, (harp pointed,and ofa brown colour.-among which leaues grow floures, 
each floure being compofed of oneleafe diuidcJ into Hue pa ts at the top, leffe, and not fou r e 
open as that of Ayo^gyet ofa fad blew or purple colour at the firil,but when they are open they 
Brew to be of an azure colour, long and hollow, hairing certaine final blew threds in the mid' la the 
feed is fmall and black, fa Ihioned like the head of a fnake or vipersthe root is longprnd red without. 
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