Lib. z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
long and fmall gaping floures like the fmall Snapdragon : more hath not been faid of thi< olarr 
either of ftalke or root,but is left vnto the conlideration of the learned. " F > 
■ f The plant which our Author here would acquaint you with, is that which Tobel Retires with 
this title which I here giue,and faith it was gathered amongft other plants on thehils of Italy but 
in what part or place, or how growing he knew not 5 and hconely queftions whether it nhv not be 
theCyclaminos altcraofDiofcoridesJib.z.cap.iy^. f 
5J The Place. 
Sow. bread groweth plentifully about Artoies and Vermandois in France, and in the Ford! of 
Arden, and in Brabant : but the fecond groweth plentifully in many places of i tah'e 
It is reported vnto mee by men of good credit, that Cyclamen or Sow-bread groweth vpo n the 
mountaincs of Wales ; on the hils of LincoInfhire,and in Somerfetihire by the houfe ofa^entle 
man called Ml. Hales-, vpon a Fox-borough alfonot far from M r . Bamfields^ntat-to a tbivne cal led 
Hardingcon.The firft two kindes do grow in my garden,where they prolper well.* I cannot learne 
that this growcswilde in England. $ 
^ The Time. 
Sow-bread floureth in September when the plant is without leafe, which dorhaftenvards forint 
vp, continuing greeneall the Winter, couering and keeping warms the feede Will Midfommer 
next,atwhat time the feed is ripe as aforefaid. The third floureth in the forms for which c ,,/F 
was called Cyclamen virmm:and fo doth alfo the fourth. 1 . 
The 2{ames. 
Sow- bread is called in Greeke »»«»«.• in Latine,7/;Ar terra, and Terra ra/mm .-of A itifcellm Or- 
bicularis : of Apuleius,Palalia,Rapum Porcmum, and Terra malum, in {ho^,Cycl„men,Panu pure, nut and 
Arthamta : in Italian , Pan Porcino : in Spanifh,it/asa» de Puerco in High' Dutch fecbhJftnhVftt » 
in Low Dutch, Bctcfeinst b?00t : in French fdndePorcem ; in Engliih.Sow- breach Pltm cilieth 
the colour of this floure in Latine, Colopnus color : in Englith, Murrey colour, 1 
The Nature. 
Sow-bread is hot and drie in the third degree. 
«[ The Virtues. 
The root of Sow. bread dried into ponder and taken inwardly in the quantitie of a dram and a A 
hu o lth mCad ° r h ° nied water >P ur § ech downeward tough and groffe flegme , and other Iharpe 
The fame taken in wine as aforefaid, is very profitabIeagainftaIlpoifon,and the bitinss of ve B 
nomoiis beafts^and to be outwardly applied to the hurt place. 
The pouder taken as aforefaid, curcth the iaundife and the Hoppings of the liuer taketh awav C 
the yellow colour of the bodie.if the patient after the taking hereof be caufed to fweac 
The Ieaues ftamped with honie,and the iuice put into the eies,cleereth the fight.taketh awav al D 
fpots and webs,pearle or haw, and all impediments of the fight, and is put into that excellent omr 
ment called Vnguentum ^Arthamt a. 
The root hanged about women in their extreame trauell with childe, caufeth them to be deli E 
uered incontinent, and taketh away much of their paine. 
The Ieaues put into the place hath the like effcA, as my wife hath prooued fundrie times vpon F 
diuers women, by my aduife and commandement, with good fuccefle. F 
The iuice ofSow-bread doth open the Hemorrhoids,and caufeth them to flow beein^ applied ® 
with wooll or flocks. & 11 
It is mixedwith medicines that confume or wafte away knots, the Kings euill, andotherhsrd H 
iwellings.-moreouer it clenfeth the head by the noftrils.it purgeth the belly being annointed thcr 
with, and killeth the childe.lt is a ftrong medicine to deftroy the birth, being put vp as a peffirie. " 
It feourcth the skin, and taketh away Sun-burning, andall blemifhes of the face, pilli'n^of the F 
haire,and marks alfo that remaineafter the fmall pocks and mefels : and giuen in wine to drinkp it 
makethamandrunke. 
The decoction thereof ferueth as a good and effcdluall bath for members out ofioinr theuoiir K 
aud kibed heeles. ’ - s 
The root being made hollow and filled with oile, clofed with a little wax, and rolled in the hot L 
1 embers, maketh an excellent ointment for the griefes Iaft rehearfed. 
Being beaten and madevp into trochifches, or little flat cakes, it is reported to be a good amorous M 
medicine to make one in loue if it be inwardly taken. 
*[ The Danger. 
It is not good for women with childe to touch or take this herbe, or to come neere vnto it, or 
i ride ouer the fame where it groweth : for the naturall attra&jue vertue therein contained is fuch, 
( that without controuerfie they that attempt it in maner aboiiefaid,(haH be deliuered before their 
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