\\f Hen I made mention of Helleherus al- 
* * btu c 5 Id'd alfo fet downe my confute 
concerning Ellebonne ,ot Epipaihs .-but 
this Ellebonne of the Mpes I put in this place, 
becaufe it approcheth neerer vnto Sanicle and 
Ranunculus, as participating of both: it groiv- 
qth in the mountaines and higheft parts oftlje 
Alpifh hills, and is a ftranger as yet in our En- 
glifh gardens. The root is compact of many 
fmall tvviftc-d ftrings like black Hel!ebor:from 
thence anfe fmall tender ftalkes, fmoorh, and 
eafie tobend in whole tops grow leaues with 
fi ue diuifions, fomewhat nickt about the ed- 
ges like vnto Sanicle : the floures confift of fix 
leaues fomewhat fhining,in tafte fharp,yet not 
vnpleafanr.This is the plant which Profound 
in the forreft of Efens, notfarrefrom Iupiters 
mount, and fets forth by the name of Alpina eL 
leborineSanicuU & Ellebori nigri facie. 
The Nat tire and Venues. 
I haue not as yet found any thing of his na- 
ture or vertues. 
* >ii 
Chap. 367. Of from feet. 
qj TheKindes. 
'T^Htre be diners forts or kinds ofthefe pernitious herbes comprehended vnder the name of Ra- 
f nitncuius, or Crowfoot, whereof mod are very dangerous to be taken into the body and there- 
fore they require a very exquifite moderation, with a moft exaftand due manner of tempering not 
any of them are to be taken alone by themfelues, becaufe they are of moft violent force, and there- 
tore haue the greater need of correction. 
The knowledge ofthefe plants is as neceflarie to the Phyfitian as of other herbes , to the end 
they may fhnn the fame, as 5 enhonuu Largm faith, and not take them ignorantly : or alfo ifneccf- 
Ji tieatany time require, that they may vfe them , and that with fome deliberation and fpeciall 
ofrSi Wlt u h cl l«r proper correatues . For theft dangerous Simples are likewife many times 
o them fellies beneficiall, and oftentimes profitable : for fome of them are not fo dangerous , but 
tnar they may m fome fort, and oftentimes in fit and due feafon profit and do good, if temperature 
and moderation be vfed : of which there be fou.re kindes, as Dwfcondes writeth • one with broad 
ft ’ ? n0rhe ” hat '? downy, the third very fmall, and the fourth with a white floure : the later her- 
banfts haue obferued alfo many moe : all theft may be brought into two principal! kindes fo that 
one be a garden or tame one, and the other wilde • and of thefe fome are common, and others rare 
Moreouer, there is- a difference both in the roots and in the leaues ; for one hath a 
Lumped or knobby root, another a long leafeas Speare-wort : and firft of the wilde or field Crovv- 
and vertues 13 ^ Vnt ° the end of the ftocke and kindreci of the fame, for the temperature 
I RantmculM 
