icpz Of the Hif.oty of Pkints. Lib. 2. 
which fend forth roots after roots. Whereby it is c indent that this root n hereof we intreat is not 
thiskindeof£r^fo»w. Concerning Thefium the old Writers bane w ritten but little.: Thcophra fins 
faith, that the root thereof is bitter, and being fkimped purgeth the belly, Plipy in his 21. booke, 
chap. 1 y.fheweth, that the root which is called Thtftum is like the bulbed plants, and is rough in 
tafte : At hen sms citing Timachida for an Authour, faith, that Thcfwm is called a fioure,of which Ari- 
acfocrgarland was made.Thefe things feeme well to agree with Hollow root ; for it is bumped or 
bulbous, of tafte bitter and auftere.or fomething rough, which is alfo thought to purge ; but what 
certaintiecanbeaffirmed/eeingtheold writers are fobriefe ?what manner of herb eCapxts Cheli- 
donu is, which groweth by hedges, and hereupon is furnamed Aetius doth not expound, onely 
the name thereof is found in his fecond Tetrab.the third booke, chap. 1 10. in Maritanu i his Colly J. 
aw, and in his Tetrab. 3. booke,2. chap. among fuch things as ftrengthen the liner. But ilCapnosChe- 
lidonia be that which Pliny in his 2 5.booke,chap. 1 ;.doth cali Prirna Capnos, or the firft Capnos, and 
commendeth it for the dimndfe of the fight, it is plain enough that Radix canape the Hollow root, 
is not Capnos Chelidonuviot Plinies firft Capnos is branched, and folded) it felfe vpon hedgesibut Hol- 
low root hath no fuch branches growing on it, and is a low herbe, ar.d is r.ot held vpwitb props, nor 
needeth them. But if Aetius his Capnos Chelidoniabc another herb differing from that of Pliny (which 
thing perchance was the caufe why it fhould bee furnamed Chclidonia ) there is fome reafon why it 
fbould be called Capnos Chelidoniafiox it is fomewhat like Pumitoric in Ieaues, though greater, and 
commeth vp at the firft fpring, which is about the time when the Swallowcs docome in ; neuerthe- 
leffe it doth not follow,that it is true and right Capnos cfe/tAwaJortberebealfootherherbscom- 
mingvpatthefamefeafon.andperifhinfhorttime after, which not with Handing arc not called 
Chclidonia. 
^The Temperature. 
"Hollow root is hot and drie : yet more drie than hot, that is to fay, dry in the third degree, and hot 
In the fecond j it bindeth,clenfeth,and fomewhat wafteth. 
A 
B 
f 7"fe Vertuesi 
Hollow root is good againft old and long lading fwellings of the Almonds in the throat, and 
of the iawes : it likewife preuaileth againft the paines of the hemorrhoides, which are fwolne and 
painefulfbeing mixed with the ointment of Poplar buds, called Vng. Popiileon. 
It is reported that a dram weight hereof being taken inwardly, doth purge by fiege,and draweth 
forth flegme. 
t I hsue reduced the cighr figure' which were formerly hcreputtothe firft 8 . defcriprions, heirgall < f oneardthe fame plant to iwo yet hare IJefnbe 
defc-iptions, which in my opinion mighthauc been as wcllfpared a' the figures, for excepting the various colour of the Dimes ihcicaicbut two diflinfi differences 
of thcFumana bulbof a maior, theonchauing ahollownelfe in ihc botrome of the root, and iheoiher wanutgif, snii thu whch baiKthc (oll;d root bfub alfo the 
*>rccnc Ieaues benvccnc the Homes cut in or diuidcd, the floures slfo arc lefle, more in Miirbcr, and of an elegant red purple colour i ar.d fddfcstc loind olar.y 
other colour, whereas the other vanes much iu the colour ot the flout c$. 
Chap, 44.7. Of Qolumbine. 
The Defcriptiort. 
1 HpHe blew Columbine hath Ieaues like the great Celandine, but fomewhat rounder, In- 
1 dented on the edges, parted into diners fedions,of a blewifh greene colour, which be- 
ing broken yeeld forth little iuice or none at all : the ftalke is a cubit and a halfe high, , 
flender,reddi(h,and fleightly haired: the (lender fprigs whereof bring forth euerie one onefloure 
with fiiit 1 ittle hollow hornes,as it were hanging forth, with fmall Ieaues ftandingvpright, of the 
ihape of litr’e birds. thefefloures are ot colour fomtimes blew, at other times ot a ted or purple, of- 
tenwhite,orofmixt colors, which todiftinguifli feuerally would be to fmal purpofe, being things 
fo familiarly knowne to all: after the floures grow vpcods, in which is contained little blackeand I 
glittering feed : the roots are thicke, with fome firings thereto belonging, which continue manie 
yeares. 
2 The fecond doth not differ failing in the colour of the floures; for like as the others arede- 
feribed to be blew, fo thefeareofa purple red,or horfe-flefh colour, which maketh the difference. 
3 Thedouble Columbine hath ftalks, Ieaues, androots, like theforrner.rhefloureshereofare 
vet" d.ouble.that is tofay,many of thofe little floures (bailing the forme ofbirds)are thruftonem- 
tot! e belly of another, fometimes bleWjOften white , and other whiles of mixt colours, as nature 1 
: 'l to play with her little ones, differing fo infinitely, that to diftinguifh them apartnould require 1 
mor 
