io86 Of the Hiftory o( Plants. L i b. 2 , 
f large veines running about them : in the middle (hands vp the head, eneompafled with bjackilh 
' / threds,and f 0 me 7 .pt 8 . little gaping blc-wifh fionres af the bottomtsof them ; the leaues of the 
Homes decaying the head becomes bigger, hailing at tke tops thereof 6. 7 . or S. Longilh twined 
homes grow ing,in a liar falT>ion ; thc inlide is pitted into cels conteyniug a yellovvilTo green, or cl fe 
blackifh feed.lt is fet forth in the Hortm Eyflettcnjis by the name oiMelanthium Hifpamcum maim ; 
by M r . Parkinfm it is qallcd Nigella Hifpamcaflw fmpliei • and Batibine ill his Prodrmus hath it by 
the name of Nigella lati folia flare maiore fimffici czritlco. It i? an annuall plant, arid femes in Inly ; 
it is fometimes to be found in the gardens ofour Florifts, $ 
The Place. 
The tame are fownc in gardens : the wilde ones do grow of themfelues among come and other 
gtaine,in diners countries beyond the feas. 
, The Time. 
The feed mull be fowne in Aprill : it floureth in Inly and Auguft. 
B| The Names. 
Gith is called in Greeke uu’vs™, in Latine al fo Melanthium.-in fhops , 'Nigella, and TJjaella Romana 
of diners, Gith, and Saiufandria, and fomeamong the former baftard names, Papaucrngrum • in high 
Dutch, : in low Dutch, /iarDuSfact : in Italian,2y7j !■//,!. in S pani 
Altpiure : in French, WM? odorante .- in Eng! ill), Gith, and Nigella Romana, in Canibridgefhire,Bi- 
fho'ps vvoort : and alfo Dw.e Catharine: flos , Saint Katharines floure. 
«! The T emperatnre. 
The feed of the garden Nigella is hot and dry in the third degree, and of thin parts. 
The Vertucs . 
A. The feed of Nflgclla Romana drunke with wine, is a remedy again!! the fhortnes of breath, d iffo!- 
ueth and putteth forth windindfe,prouoketh vrine, the menfes,jncreafeth milkein thebrefts of 
nurfes if it bedriuike moJeratelyjOtherwife it is not onely hmtfttll to them, but fb any that take 
thereof too often, or in too great a quantity. 
B The feed killeth and driueth forth wormes, whether it betaken with wine or water, or laid to 
thenauell in manner ofa plaifter. 
C Theoile that isdrawne forth thereof hath the fame property. 
D The feed parched or dried ar the fire, brought into ponder, and wrapped in a piece of fine lawne 
or farcenet, cureth all nmrs, cararrhes, rhenmes, and the pofe, drietli thebraine,and relioreth the 
fence of fmelling vnro thofe which liaue loll it, being often fine-lied vnto from day to day, and 
madewarmeatthe fire when it is vied. 
js It takes away freckles, feurfs, and hard fwellings, being laid on mixed with vineger. To be briefe, 
as Galen faith, it isa inof! excellent remedy where there is need of clenfing, drying, and heating. 
p It ferueth well among other fweets to put into Iweet waters, bagges, and odoriferous powders. 
■j- The figurcsof the ih'rdand fourth of the former edition were tranfpbfcd. 
Chap. 444 . Of Cockle. 
^y The Uefcription. 
Ockle is a common and hurtfull weed in our Come, and very well knowneby the name of 
' s - y Cockle, which PenacaWeth PfeedameUmhiatn,it\d?{igellaJlrum, by which names Hodov am and 
Fvchflusd oalfoterme it ; TAutonw callethir Lolium-, and Twryajcalleth it Lychnoi ties fege turn. This 
plant hath ftraiglu, (lender, and hairy Items, garnifhed with long hairy and grayifh leaues, which 
.grow together by couples, inclofing the ftalke round about : the femes are of a purple colour, de- 
clining to rednelfe, confillingoffiue fmall leaues, in proportion very like to wilde Campions; 
when the Homes be vaded there follow round knobs or heads full of blackifh feed, like v^to the : 
feed of Nigella, but without any fmell or iauout at all. 
The Place and Time. 
The place of his growing, and time of his flouring,are better knowne thendefired. 
qy The Names. 
Cockle is called PfcttdomcLntbiiim , and ’NjgtlLfcrum, wilde or baftard Nigella ; of Fuchflm , 
Calwm.-oi Momon, Lychmidesfegetnm-.of T *a%m, Gitbago in high Dutch, feojHJlJflCtin low Dutch, 
Courts CQOfSti: in french, Nie/kefes. Bledz : in En liih, Cockle, field Nigella, or wilde Nigella : 
in Italian, <7)f/jDw-whereupon mod Herbarift's being mooned with the likcnelFe of the word, 
Jwue thought it to be the true Gith or tMtla nthivm-, but how farre they are dcceiued it is better i 
knowne, than needful! to be confuted : for it doth notonely differ in leaues from the true Gith, but 
alio in other properties, and yet it is called G ith or M elmhium, and that is of the blackenesof the ; 
pee i,yct not properly, but with a certain /addition, that it may differ from the true Melanthiatn.-fnt 
Hippocrates 
