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IB. 7 . 
Of the Hiftory of PJarits. 
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«T The Time. 
^ They begin to bud forth their leaues in the beginning of May, and fhew their Homes in Scptem- 
*(f The Names . 
Dogs-bane is called by the learned of our age PeripUc*: it is euident that they are to be referral 
to the Apocynum o(D,ofcmdcs. The former ol the two hath been likewxfe called a p ,,„ aIK \ Bri f 
fiucwma, or Dogs-Cole : notwitbftandirtg there is another Dogs Colc.which is a kind of wl lit 
Mercune. We may call the firft Creeping Dogs-bane 3 and theSther.Vprigh?^ ^^ 
The Temperature. 
Thefe plants arc of the nature of that peftilent or poyfonous herbe rW wh icb bei 1W eaten Of 
Dogs or any other lining creature doth certainly kill them, except there be in readinefll’an Arti 
doteorpreferuatiueagainftpoyfon,andgiuen, which by probabiheie is the herbe defenbed in 
the former chapter called Vmcetoxtcum, euen as Anther a is the Antidote and remedy aSnfttle 
poyfon of Thom 3 and HerUParis againft ParcUlUnches. remeay a & ain(t the 
*1 The Vert ties. 
Dogs-bane is a deadly and dangerous plant, efpecially to foure footed hearts . for as sifou, 
wnteth the leaues hereof being mixed with bread and ginen,killeth do^s wolues Foxes and leo 
cards, thyvfe of their legs and huckle-bones being prefently taken from them and death it fdfe 
followed! incontinent, and therefore not to be vfed in medicine. 
i Polygonatun). 
Solomons Seale. 
c H ^ P. 337. Of Solomons Seale. 
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IT the Defcription. 
1 T^fifftkfode of Solomons Seale hath long round ftalkes, fetforthe mnft n 'an> ....vr 
. ■ , r long leaues lomewhat furrowed and ribbed not much vnlike Plannine hnrnVr-n ' * 
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