Lib. 2. Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
2 Wehauc receiued another fort hereof from the parrs of Italy, hauing leaues IikeWoade 
fomewhar rough, and without any manifeft fmell, wherein it diffeteth from, the common kinde ’ 
the feed hereof ^^ H^effhetitleCj»^/^»;cm;^w,HoLin(}s-t 6 riguc of Candy. ' £ jhe 
floures are leffer and ofa lighter colour than thofe of the former; the feeds alfo are rou°li and 
grow foure together, with a point comming out of the middle of them as in the common kind but 
yet ldfer ; the root is long and whitifh. Clufius hath this by the name ofCynogloJfum Creticum l 
3 This fecond Cynoglofum Creticum of C lupus hath leaues fome handfull tong, and fome inch 
and better broad : among which, the next yeare after the fowing, comes vp a ftalke fome cubit of 
more high, creftcd, ftiffe,and ftraight, and fomewhat downy as are alfo the leaues, which °-row vp- 
on the fame, being fomwhat broad at their fettingon,and ofa yellovvilh greene colour. The top of 
the ftalke is diuided into fundry branches, which twine or turne in their tops like as the Scorpion 
■grade, and carry fhorter yet larger floures than theordinaric kinde, and thofe of a whitifh colour 
at the firft, with many fmall purplifh veines, which after a few dayes become blew. The feeds are 
like the former in their growing,fhape,and roughnefle. ^ 
4 We haue another fort of Hounds-tonghe like vnto the common kinde, fauing it is altoge- 
ther Idler ; the leaues are ofa ftiining greene colour. 6 
t 4 Cynoglcffum minus folio virente . ^ jf je p[ ace 
Small greene leaued Houndf-tongue. 
The great Hounds-tongue growes almoft 
euery where by high-wayes and,vntoiled 
ground : the lmall Hounds-tongue groweth 
very plentifully by the vvaies fide as you ride 
Colchefter Highway from Londonward, be- 
tweene Efterford and Wittam in Elfex. 
The Time. 
They flourein Iuneand Inly, 
The Names. 
Hounds-tongue is called in Greeke, 
KwijA.m, , in Latine , Lingua canis : of flings 
Cynogloffos ; and he fheweth two kinds there- 
of: in Englifh, Hounds-tongue, or Dogs- 
tongue, but rather Hounds-pifle, for in the 
world there is not any thing fmelleth fo like 
vntoDogs-pifleas the leaues of this Plain; 
doe. 
The Nature. 
Hounds-tongue, but elpecially his root, is 
cold and dry. 
The Virtues. 
The roots of Hounds-tongue rolled in the A 
embers and layd to the fundament , healeth 
the hemorrhoides, and the difeafecalled ig- 
nis /ifWjOrwiide-fire. 
The iuyee boiled with honey of rofes and g 
Turpentine, to the formeofanvnguent, is 
mofl lingular in wounds and deepe vlcers. 
Diofcondes faith, That the leaues boyled ^ 
wine and drunk, do mollifie the belly, and ' 
againft the falling away of the haire of the 
lings, and againft the b iting of dogs, as the D 
that the leaues ftampedwith old lwines greafeare good 
head, which proceedeth ofhotfliarpe humors. 
Likevvife they are a remedie againft fealdings or burr 
fame Author addeth. 
Chap. 287. Of Qomfrey, or great Qonfound. 
TheDefcription. 
1 He ftalke of this Comfrey is cornered, thicke, and hollow like that of Sow-thiftle : iH 
groweth two cubits or a yard high : the leaues that fpring from the root, and thofe that 
grow 
