S 16 ^ Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 2 . 
■•ft The T arpcrature and Vertiies^out of the i^Antients. 
The root of Cacalia is void of any biting qualitie, and moderately dries, and it is ofa groffe and ! 
emplaifticke fubftancc, wherefore deeped in wine and fo taken it helpes the cough,the roughnefle 
ofthe Arterieor hoarfnes, like'as Tragacanth: neither ifyon chew it and fwallow downe the iuice 
doth it lefle auaile againd thofe effedb than the iuice of Liquorice. $ 
C h a p. 293. Of [mall Celandine or Tileaypoort. 
TheKindes . 
; 
'"T’Here be two kindes of Celandine, according to the old writers, much differing in forme and t 
figure ; the one greater, the other lefler, which I intende to diuide into twodiftm<a chapters, j 
marfhalling them as neere as may be with their like, in forme and figure, and fird ofthe fmall Cel ! 
landinc. 
«J The Dcfcription. 
T He lefler Celandine hath greerie round I 
leaues, Imootb, flipperie,and (Lining, 
lefle than the leaues of the line : the J 
ftalks are (lender, (hort, and for the mod part 
creeping vpon the ground : they bring forth 
little yellow flours like] thofe of Crow-foot - j 
and after the floures there fpringethvpalitl 
tie fine knop or head full of (cede : the root i 
confideth of (lender firings, on which doe 
hang as it were certaine gra'lnes,of the bignes j 
ofvvheat cornes,or bigger. 
Vf The Place. 
Itgroweth in medows, by common vvaici I 
by ditches and trenches, and it is common e- I 
uery where, in moift and dankifli places. J 
«([ The Tune. 
It commeth forth about the Calends of I 
March, and flourcth a little afrer : ir begin- 
neth to fade away in April!, it is quite gone i| 
in May, afterwards it is hard to -be found, yfca | 
fcarcely the root. 
sy The Names. 
It is called in Grceke^wtut,: ofthe Latines J 
Chelidonium minus^z\\&. Himndinarta minor .of lii 
diners, Scrophularia miner^Ficaria minor: o fSe- I 
rapio, Memirtn • in ltz\\zn,Fauofce!lo : in High Dutch, jfdglwurtjenfecaut J in French, Ffclere and l:i 
Petit dafinet : in Englifii, little Celandine, Fig-woort,and Pile-woott. 
51 The 'Temper attire. 
It is hot and drie,alfo more biting and hotter than the greaterrit commeth neerefi in facultie 1 
to the Crowfoot. 
t This which is here, and by mod A urhours fet forth for Chelidonium minus ,hath no fuch <weac ; 
heat and Acrimonie as Diofcorides and G«/«salfirme to be in theirs ; making it hot in the fourth \ 
degree, when as this of ours fcarce exceedes thefirft,as farre as wee may coniedture by the 1 
tafte. t 1 
M\The Vert ties. 
B It prefently,as Galen and Diofcorides affirme.exulcerateth or bliftereth the skin : it maketh rough < < 
and corrupt nailes to fall away. 
B The iuice ofthe roots mixed with honie, and drawne vp into the nofthrils, purgeth the head of i 
foule and filth ie humours. 
• The j 
Chelidonium minus. 
