L i b. t. Of the Hiftroy of Plants. 1087 
Hippocrates calleth it Melanthiumex Triti- 
co, of wheate •• Oclauius H or at tan us calleth 
that Gith which groweth among Corne s 
and for the fame caufeit is named of the 
learned of this our time NtgeJIaftrum, GL 
gat ho, and PfeudorticUnthium : RucIUm faith 
it is called in French Niele, and Flos c\fi- 
ctincalttSi 
«f T be Temperature . 
The Iced of Cockle is hot and dry in 
the later end of the fecond degree. 
9^ The Verities. 
The feed made in a peflarie or mother A 
fuppofitorie, with honey put vp, bringeth 
dcwne thedelired ficknefte, as Hippocrates 
in his booke of womens difeafes doth vvit- 
nefle. 
Oclauius Horatianus giueth the feed par- £ 
ched and beaten to pouder to be drunke a- 
gajnft the yellow jaundice. 
Some ignorant people bane vfcd the C 
feed hereof for the feed of Darnell, to the 
great danger of thofe who haue receiued 
the fame : what hurt it doth among corne, 
thefpoyle vnto bread, as well in colour, 
tafte,and vnwholefomnes, is better knowa 
than de fired. 
Chap. 445, Of Fumitories 
The Kindes. 
T Here be diners herbes comprehended vnderthe title of Fumitorie; fbme wilde, and others of 
the garden ; fome with bulbous or tuberous roots, and others with fibrous or tbreddy roots : 
and firft of thofe whole roots are nothing but firings. 
The Description. 
1 r^ymitorieis avery tender little herbe :the ftalkes thereof are (lender, hailing as itwere 
f" 1 little knots orioynts full ofbranches, that fcarfe grow vp from the ground without 
proppings.but for themoft part they grow fidelong : the Jeaues round about are fmall, . 
cut on the edges as thofe of Coriander, which as well as the ftalkes are of awhitifh greene.-the 
flouresbemadevpincluftersatthetopsof the finall branches, ofa red purple colour : thenrifevp 
huskes, round and little, in which lieth the fmall feed: the root is (lender, and groweth ftraight 
downe. t This is alfo found with floures ofa purple violet colour, and alfofomtimes with them 
white, t 
• 2 The fecond kinde of Fumitorie hath many fmall long and tenderbranches,wherupon grow 
little leaues, commonly fet together by threes or fines, in colour and talle likevntothe former; 
hailing at the top of the branches many fmall clafping tendrels, with which it taketh bold vpon 
hedges, bullies, and whatfoeuer groweth next vnto it :the floures are filial!, and cindering toge- 
ther ofa white colour, with a little fpot in their middles ; after which fucceedcods containing 
the feed : the root is Angle, and of a fingers length. 
t The third kinde of Fumitorie hath a very finall root, confiding of diners little firings ; from 
which arife fmall and tender branches trailing here and there vpon the ground , befet with many 
fmall and tender leaues mod finely cut and iagged, like the little leaues of Dill, of a deepegreene 
colour tending to bl'ewnefle : the floures (land on the tops of the branches, in bunches or clutters 
thicke thru ft together, like thofe of the medow Clauer, or three leafed grafle, ofa moft bright red 
colour, and very beautifull to behold : the root is very fmall and threddy.- 
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