Lit, 3. Of the Hifiory of Plants. 1557 
The DcfcriptioM. 
1 CVn-Dew is a little herb, and groweth very low, it hath a few Ieaues (landing vpon (lender 
ftems,very fmal],foniething round, a little hollow, and 1 ike an eare picker, hairy and red- 
difhasbealfothe(lerns,hauingdewandmoi(hire vpon them at the dried time of the 
yeare,and when the Sun fhineth hotted euen at high noone 5 and a moncth after there fpringvp lit- 
tle ftalks.ahand breadth high, on which (land finallwhitifh floures : the roots are very (lender, and 
likevntohaires. 
2 The fecond kinde is like vnto the former, in dalks and floures, but larger, and the Ieaues are 
longer, and not fo round, wherein confifteth the difference, 
«y The Place. 
They grow in defart,fandic and funny places, but yet waterie, and feldomeother-where than a- 
mong the white uiarifh mode which groweth on the ground and alfo vpon bogs. 
The Time. 
Sun-Dew flourifheth in Sommer,ic floureth in May or lime : it is to be gathered when the wea« 
thcr is mod dry and calme.The .didilled water hereof that is I'ravvne forth with a glade (til], is of 4 
glittering yellow colour like gold, and coloureth (Hirer put therein like gold. 
4] The Names. 
It is called, in Latinc,5oi Solis : of diners, Korc/U: it is named ofother,^//? Soft, of the dew which 
hangeth vpon it, when the Sun is at the hotted.-it is called in high Dutch, jSDOttlhlbhand i&UtbatB- 
in low Dutch, )Loopicl)ettlUt, which in Englilb fignifieth Ludwoort, becaufe ihccpe and other cat- 
tell, if they do but onely tadcof it, are prouoked to lull. It is called in Englilb, Sun Dew,Ros Solis, 
Youth-woort: in the Northern parts, Red Rot,becaufeitrotteth(heepe ; andin Yorfcefhire, Moore 
grade. 
^ The T emferature. 
It is a fearing or caudickc herbe,and very much biting-, being hot and drie in the fourth degree. 
*[f The Vertues. 
Theleaues being damped with fait doexulcerateand raife bliders,towhat part of the body fo- A 
cuer they be applied . 
The later Phy iitions haue thought this herbe to be a rare and lingular remedie for all rhofe that B 
be in a confumprionofthe lungs, and efpecially the didilled water thereof : for as the herbe doth 
keepand bold fad the moillure and dew, aridfofad, that cheextreme drying heateof the Sun can. 
not confumeand wadeaway the(ame:fo likewifemen thought that herewith the natural 1 and ra- 
dical Ini midi ty in mens bodies is preferued and cberifhed.Bur thevfetbcrofdoth ochervifereach s 
and reafon fliewerh the contrarie : for feeing ir is an extreme biting herb, and that the di ftil led wa- 
ter is not altogether without this biting qualitie, it cannot be taken with fafetyrfor ir hath alfo bin 
obferued,tbat they haue (ooncr peri (lied that v(ed thediilii led water hereof, than thofe that abdaj- 
ned from it, and haue followed the right and ordinariecourfe of diet. 
Cat tell of the female kinde ate dirredvp to lull by eating euen of a fmall quantity, which thing C 
hath greatly inercafed their vain opinion, without fence or reafon ; for it doth notmoue norprouokc 
cattcll to hid, for that it increafeth the dibdanceofthe feed, but becaufe through his fliarp and bi- 
ting qualitie it dirreth vpa dclire to lud, which before was dulled ,and as it were afleepe. 
It drengthneth and nourifheth thebody, efpecially if it be didilled with wine, and that liqueur D 
made thereof which the common people do call Rofa Solis. 
Ifanybedefiroiistohauethefaiddrinkeeffe&iiall for the purpofes aforefaid, let them Iayfhe E 
Ieaues of Rofa Solis in the fpiritofivine, adding thereto Cinnamon, Clones, Maces, Ginger, Nut- 
megs, Sugar, and a few graines ofMuske, differing it fo to dand in a glade clofe dopt from the airej 
and let in the S un by the fpace of ten daies,then ftraine the fame, and keep it for your vfe. 
Chap. i5i. Of <S\doJfe of trees. 
<tj ThcDcfcription, 
*T’ Ree Mode hath certaine things like liaires, made vp as it were of a multitude of (lender Ieaues, 
now and then ali to be iaggcd,hackr,and finely earned, tividedand interlaced one in another, 
which cleaiie fad to the barkes of trees, hanging downe from the bodies : one of this kinde is more 
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