ici8 
Li b.: 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
and diuiding themfelues into very many 
branches, at eucry joynt groweth one kale 
fmaller than the former , which together 
with the lovvermoft peril'll, fo that there is 
feldomeone grecneleafe tobefecnon this 
herbe when the feed is ripe s the floures are 
white, and grow moil commonly at the tops 
of the branches, fometimes at moil of the 
joynts euen from the earth, in vneuenorvn- 
orderly vmbells, eucry floure hatting hue ex- 
ceeding fmall leaues, flat, and broad at the 
toppe, and in themiddle very fmall cheiues 
with purple tops, the whole floure not much 
exceeding the bigneffe of a fmall pins head, 
which being pail there commeth vp in the 
place of euery floure two fmall gray crooked 
ilraked feeds, like Parfley feeds, but bigger, 
in tafte hot and aromaticall. The rooc is 
fmall and whitiCb,with many threds not fo 
big as Parfley roots. It beginneth to floure 
about the beginning of Inly, & fo continues 
flouring a long time ; part of the feed is ripe 
in Augull, and fome fcarfe in the beginning 
of October, mean while fome fallcth ,wherby 
it renueth it , felfe, and groweth with flouri- 
fhing greene leaues all the winter. 
I tooke thedefeription of this herbe the 
yeere, t 620. but obfertted it long before, nor 
knowing any name for it : firft I refered it 
to Sium, calling it, Sium tem/lrc, and Siam fe. 
getitm & agrorum-, afterwards vpon fight of.SV- 
linum peregrinum prtmum Clufii , which in 
fome refpe£ls refembleth this herbe, I named it Selinum Sijfolijs-, yet wanting an Englifh name, 
at length about the yeere 1625 .1 faw Miilris Vrful* Br/^(thenfieruantto Miilris Bilfon of Maple- 
durham in Hamp(liire,and now ( 5. CMarcij wife to Mailer William Mooring Schoole- 
mafter of Petersheld,a Towne neerethefaid Maplcdurham) gather it inthewheate erfhes about 
Mapledurham aforefaid (where in fuch like grounds it ftillgrowcth.efpecially in clay grounds) 
who told me it was called Honewort,and that her Mother miilris Charitie Leigh late of Brading in 
the I fle of Wight deceafed, taught her to vfe it after the manner heere exprefled, fora fwelling 
which fhee had in her left cheeke, which for many yeeres would once a yere at the leaft arife there, 
and (well with great heat, rednefle, and itching, vntil by the vfe of this herbe it was perfectly cured, 
and rofe no more nor fwelled, being now ( 5 . Martij 1632) about twenty yeeres fince,onIy the fear 
remainethtothisday. This fwelling her mother cal led by the name of a Hone, but asking whe- 
ther fuch tumors werein the faid Iflcvfually called Hones ihe could not tell, by reafon fhee was 
brought from Brading aforefaid young, and not being aboue twelue yeeres old when fhee vfed 
this medicine. 
The Vertues. 
A Take one handfull of the greene leaues of this Honew'orr, andftampetbem,purtoit about 
halfeapinteormoteofbeere,ilraineit,anddrinke it, and fo continue to drinke the like quantity 
euery morning failing till the fwelling doth abate, which with or in her was performed in the 
fpaceof two weekes at the moft. Augull, 18. 1 610. lohnGoodjer: f 
Chap. 40k Of ^Alexander. 
«f The Vefcription. 
T He leaues of Alexander are cu t into many pareellsIikethofeofSmal}age,but they be much 
greater and broader, fmooth alfo, and of a deepe greene colour : theftalkc is thicke, often- 
times a cubithigh: the ftoures be white, and grow vpon fpokie tufts : the feed is thicke, 
long. 
$ Selinum Sij folijs. 
Honcwoort. 
