JL I 8. %. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
toaccept of this for the true Sophia,') ntil fome difciple or other of his do fh'ew or fet forth t*'e o' r t 
wherewith their mailer Fsiractijm^A'iA fuch great matters : in Englifh Wecall it f lixweed of his f.i- 
cultieagainft the flix. 
ijj The Temperature, 
Sophia drieth without any manifeft fharpeneffe or heate. 
The Vertues. 
The feed ofS^Aor Flixweed drunke with wine, or Smithes water, ftoppeth thebloudy flix, the A 
laske, and all other ilfues of blond. 
The herbe bruifed or put into vnguents, clofeth and healeth vlcers, or old fores and wounds, as B 
taracelfus faith, and thatbecaufe it drieth without acrimonieor iharpncffe. 
C h a p. 435. Of the great Qelandine ,or Srpalluyv-yvoort. 
TheDefcription, 
I 'T'Hegreat Celandine hath a tender brittle ftalke, round, hairie, and full of branehcs,each 
A whereof hath diners knees orknottieioints, fet with leauesnot vnlike to thofeof Co- 
lumbine,but tenderer and deeper cut or iagged, of a grayilhgreenevnder, and greeneon the other 
fide tending to blewneffe ■ the floures dogrovv at the top of the ftalkes,of a gold yellow colour, in 
fhape like thofe of the Wall-floure: after which come long cods,fullofbleake or pale feeds: the 
whole plant is ofa ftrong fmell, nothing pleafant,and yeeldeth a thicke iuice of a milkie fubftance 
of the colour of Saffron : the root is thicke and knobbie, with fome threds annexed thereto,which 
being broken or bruifed, yeeldeth a fap or iuice of the colour of gold . 
I C htlidonium ma t us ^ 2 chetidonium mu] us folio mttpis dijjlffo. 
Great Celandine. • . Great Celandine with more cut leaues. 
t i This other doth not in forme and magnitude differ from the former, but in the leaues,’ 
which are finelier cut and iagged,and fomewhat hr their fhape referable an Oken Ieafe : the floures 
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