Lib. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants. ioo> 
inorc time than were requifite to lecfe : and therefore it (hall fuffice what hath bcene faid for their 
Ueferiptions. 
4: 4 There are alfo other varieties of this doublekinde, which bane the floures of diners or 
partieco!otirs ; as blew and white, and white and redvarioufly marked or (ported. 
5 Thiskindehath the floures with their heeles or fpurres turned Outward or in the middle of 
the ttoiir'e, whence itis called Al/uUntainvirfa : the- floures 6f this are commonly teddith, or of a 
light or darke purple colour.and double. 
6 This differs from the lad in the colour of the flotircs which are white, yet double, and inser- 
ted as the former. 
7 The roots, IeaUcs, and ftalks of this are not vnlike thofe bfthe precedent, but the fioure is much 
different in (Tape ; for it hath no heels or fpurs,but is made of fundrie long ieaues lying fiat open, 
being fometimes more fingle,and otherwhiles more double. The colour of the fioure is either red, 
white, b!ew,ot varioufly mixtofthefeas the former. 
8 This though tt be termed degenerate, is a kinde of it felfe,and it differs from the lad deferi- 
bed in that the vtiuoft Ieaues are the largeft, and the colour thereof is commonly greene, or greene 
fomewhat inclining to a purple, t 
^ The Place , 
They are fetand fowne in gardens for the beautie and variable colours of the floures. 
^JThe Time, 
They flourein May, lune, and Inly. 
The Names, 
Columbine is called of the later Hetbarifts Aquilcia , Aquilinafi nd Aqnilerja : of Co(leui,Pothos : 6 £ 
Gcfncr,Lconttflom:an : of D ale fehampiue, louts flos : offome, Hrba Leonis,o r the herbe wherein the Li- 
on dorh delight : in High Dutch, KlgUp • in Low Dutch^feClfPCtl t in French, Ancoilts ■ in Eng- 
liih, Columbine, f Fdbtus Columna nidges it to be the Jfopymmdelesibed by Diofccndes, $ 
The Temperature, 
Columbines are thought to be temperate betiveene heatc and moifture. 
The Vert ues. 
Notvvithftanding what temperature or vertues Columbines hiue is not yet diffidently knoVvn^ A 
for they are vfed efpecially to decke the gardens of the curious, garlands,and houfes.neuerthelefre 
Tri»»-«(\vriteth,that a dram weight of the feed, with halfea fcruple Or ten graines of Saffron giuen 
in vv ine,is a good and efreffuall medicine for the flopping of the iiuer,and the yellow iaundife,buc 
faith he, that who fo hath taken it mart be well couered with clcyathes,and then fweat. 
Mod in thefedaies following others by tradition, do vfe to boile thb Ieaues in milkeagainfl the B 
forenefl’e of the throat, failing and excoriatioTiofthe uvula :but the afitierrt Writers haue faid no- 
thing hereof: Ruellim reported!, that the floures of Columbines are not vfed in medicineiyet fame 
there be that do affirme they are good againft the flopping of the liner, which etfedl the Ieaues doe 
alfoperforme. 
+ ctufius faith, that D r . Francis Kaptird a Phyfition of Bruges in Flanders, told him thru the G 
feed ofthis common Columbine very finelybeaten to ponder, and giuen in wine, was a lingular 
medicine tobe giuen to women toiiaftenand facilitate their labour, and if the firft taking it were 
not fufliciently effeduail,rhat then they fhould repeat it againe. 4 
C h a p . 4 .'j.S. Of )V )rmer»ood . 
The Defcripien. 
I fp He firft kind being our common and beft knowne Wormwood, hath Ieaues ofa grayilli 
A colour, very much cut or iaggetfand very bitter : the ftalkes are ofa vvooddie fub fiance,- 
two cubits high, and full of branches, alongft which doe grow little yellowiih buttons, wherein is 
found final! feed like the feed of Tsnfey,but fmallcr : the root is likeWife of a vvooddie fubftance 
and full of fibres. 
a . The fecond kinde of Wormwood bringeth forth (lender flalkes about a foot high ot.ibme- 
what more, garni (hed with ieaues like the former, buewhiter, much lelTef,and cutor iagged into 
moll fine and f nail cuts ordiuilions : the floures are like the former, hanging vpo'n fault fleinmes 
with their heads downewird : the toots are whit ifla, fm'all and nianv, crawling and crambling one 
ouer another, and thereby infinitely doincreafe,of fatiour jfeSc p’.eafant rhanthe ComVnbil VVor-n - 
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