Lib. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants; uoy 
the iuyce of blacke Poppy. Many other fantafticall deuices inuentedbyPoetsareto be feene in 
the Works of the antient Writers, tending to witchcraft and forcerie, and the great di (honour of 
God ; wherefore I do of purpofe omit them, as things vnworthie of my recording, or your review- 
in £ * 
Mugwort pound with oyle of fweet almonds, and laid to the ftomackeas a plaifter,cureth all p 
the paines and griefes of the fame. a 
Itcureth the fhakings of the ioynts, inclining to the palfie, and helpeth the contraftion or draw- p 
mg together of the nerues and finevves. . L 
t There were formerly two defcriptions of the Artemifu marina j wherefore I omitted the former, being the more vnpcifcft. 
Chap. 454. Of Sothernwood. 
«[ TheKindes. 
D lofcorides a ffirme th that Sothernwood is of two kindes, the female and the male which are 
cuery where knovvne by the names of the greater and of the lefler : befides thefe there is a 
third kmde, which is of a Tweeter ftnell, and leffer than the others, and alfo others of a ba- ». 
i 1 Alrotamimfiemintt (irbercfccns. 
Female Sothernwood. 
a. 
2 Abrotanummas. 
Male Sothernwood. 
^•tCuvtJ i ft 
TheDefcription. 
He greater Sothernwood by carefull manuring doth oftentimes grow vp in manner of a 
■mo r „ „ r n , lb ’ f T commeth to be a? high as a man, bringing forth ftalkes an inch thicke, or 
r,’ , U .J wI , *P nn S y er y man y Iprigs or branches, fet about with leaues diuerfly iagged 
i In e, y indented, fomewhat white, and ofacertaineftrong fmell : in dead offloures, little final 
thr Inntfl bl ' Ct0nS d ° ha ?S °n the fprigs, from the middle to the very top, of colour yellow, and at 
the length turne into feed . The root hath diners firings, r 7 
2 Ther 
