C i b. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
d leafe with foure or flue blackifli purple lines, wherein it differeth from the other wilde kinde ■ and~~ 
it this hath beene taken of fome yong Herbarids to be the yellow Violet. 
51 ThePlace. • 
j . The Hearts-eafegroweth in fields in many places, and in gardens alfo, and that oftentimes of 
| it ielfe : it is more gallant and beautifull than any of the wilde ones. 
; Matthioliu reporteth, that the vpright Palinfie is found on mount Baidits in Italy. Label faith 
1 that rt groweth in Languedocke in France, and on the tops of fome hills in England -but as vec 
I I haue not (eene the fame. ’ 1 
Thofe with yellow floures haue been found by a village in Lancafhire called Latha'b foure 
r miles from Kyrckham, by M \Thofn<ts Heskcth before remembred. 
The time. 
They floure not onely in the Spring, but for the mod part all Sommer thorow, euen vntill Au- 
j turrine. 
5f The Names, 
Hearts-eafe is named in Latine viola tricolor , or the three coloured Violet ; and of diners, Tafia ■ 
I (yet there is another l acta fyrnamed Nigra : in Englifh,Kfiap-weed, Bull-weed, and Matfel'on) of 
J others, HcrlaTrinitatii, or herbe Trinitie, by reafon of the triple colour of the floures : of o \,e 
} others, HerbaClauellata ■ in French, Pcnfees : by which name they became knowne to the Braban- 
5 ders and others of the Low-countries that are next adioyning. It feemeth to be Viola. flam» e.i, 
r which Theophrastus calleth which is alfo called «•»>. = in English, Hearts-eafe, Paunfies L iue 
r in idlenelfe, Cull me to you, and Three faces ina hood. 
. _ The vpright Panfie is called not vnproperly Viola af urgent, or Snrrecla,m& withall Tricolor, that 
? is to fay, flraight or vpright Violet three coloured: of fome, Viola arhorefeens, or Tree Violet’ ior 
i that in the multitude of branches and manner of growing it refembks a little tree, 
«J The Temperature. 
I It isoftemperature obfeurely cold, but more euidently moid, ofa tough and flimie iuyee, like 
i that of the Mallow ^ for which caufc it moiftneth and fuppleth, but not fo much as the Mallow 
> doth. 
5f The t'ertues. 
It is good, as the later Phyfitions write, for fuch as are ficke of an ague, cfpecially children and A 
n infants, vvhofe convulfio'ns and fits of the falling ficknefle it is thought to cure. 
Itiscomrnendedagaindinflammationsofthelungsattdcheft,andagainfl fcabs and itchin^s b 
H of the whole body, and healerh vlcers. & 
The diftilled water of the herbe or floures giuen to drinke for ten or more dayes together, three C 
n ounces in the morning, and the like cjuantitie at night, doth wonderfully eale the paines of the 
: French difeafe, and cureth the fame, if the Patient be caufed to fweat fundry times , as Cojlaus re- 
portetb, inhisbooke denaturaVmuerf. fiirp. 
Chap. 314. Of (jround-fuy , or <iA le^hoofe. 
Sf The Description , 
1 ^ 0lin< i % is a l°w or bafe herbe ; it creepeth and fpreads vpon theground hither and 
Vj thither all about, with many (hikes of an vneertaine length, (lender, and like thofe of 
j. „ . foe Vine, fomething cornered, and fometimes reddifh : whereupon grow leaues 
i Something broad and round, wrinkled, hairy, nicked in the edges, for the mod parttwooucofeue- 
( rie ioynt : amongft which come forth the floures gaping like little hoods, not vnlike tothoieof 
j' G ermander, ofa purpliihblew colour : the roots are very threddy .-the whole plant is ofa dron^ 
jifmell and bitter fade. 0 
: . ? 2 Vpon the rockie and mountainous places of Prouince and Daulphine growes this other 
j- kinde of Ale-hoofe, which hath leaues, datkes, floures, and roots like in (hape to thofe ofthefor- 
’ me fj fo e floures and leaues are ofa light purple colour, and alfo larger and longer. This by Lo . 
bel is called farina, jiue Saxatilis bedera. f 
51 The Place. 
It is found as well in tilled as in vntilled places, but mod commonly in obfeure and darkepla- 
j 1 ' Ces, vpon banks vnder hedges, and by the fides of houfes. 
51 The Time. 
It remaineth greene not onely in Sommer, but alfo in Winter at any time of the yeare : it flou 
'eth from Aprill till Sommer be far fpent. 
The 
