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* The Place . 
The firft is faid by T) iofcorides to grow in Font us, it is found in the wet grounds of Mountaines, and in other 
moift places, it is generally kept in our gardens. The fecond grew in Candy, and was fent by Honorius Hello* from 
thence unto Clupus. The third groweth on the Mountaines o i Auflria and -Syria - and lo doth the fourth alfo, as 
Qof us faith he had from Plateau, but recordeth not from whence he had it. The fixth is laid to come from Mexico 
a Province in the Weft-Indies, it came into thefe parts firft from Italy , and as Bauhinus faith, that which beareth 
purple Bowers, groweth (as he was given to undcrftand) in the Country of Latium, or of the Latines in a place 
there called Siculus, and from thence was called of (omc Valeriana Sicuh, and that with the white flower in the 
Country of the Sabines. The feventh was gathered on CMons Baldus. The eighth Fabius Columna found on the 
Mountaines in the Kingdome of Naples. The ninth groweth in garden onely with thofe that are curious, the natu- 
rall place being not knowne. The tenth Lobel faith groweth about Mompelier in France . The eleventh and twelfth 
in our gardens chiefly, for we know not the naturall places of them. The laft two forts grow in many Marfhes and 
wet Medowes by Rivers and water (ides in our owne Country. 
The Time. 
They doe all flower in the Summer moneths of Iune and Iuly,& the Indian kinds if they be fet early,will flower 
berime^, and continue flowring untill the frofts pull it downc, and fo doth the Summer or annuall kind alfo. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke *5 Phu, and v*?F©- ay ft a, Nardos agrejlis, or fylvejlris, becaufe it is in fmell and faculty 
like unto TJardus, in Latine Valeriana, a mult is cjuibus valet facultatibus. Some alfo call it Thericana, becauie it is 
an efpeciall ingredient into Treaklc, and herb a Bencditta, of Paracelfus it is called Terdina. The firft is generally 
tailed, both in lhops and of all other, Phu majus, and Valeriana major hortenjis: in Englifh the great garden Valeri¬ 
an, and of fome Capons tayle, and Setwall: but Set wall properly is Zedoaria, an Out-landifh rootein the Apothe¬ 
caries fhops, which never was knowne to grow in any of thefc Chriftian Countries. The fecond is called by Bellus, 
Nardos ( retica, becaufe the rootes have the fmell of Nardos, (but the whole face of the hearbe, as hee faith him- 
felfe, is moft properly like a Valerian) as all the fweet Valerians are more or iefle. The third is called by C lupus Va¬ 
leriana fylvejlris Alpina prima latifolia, and is the Valeriana Alpina prima , and alfo the Valeriana Alpina Scropholariee 
folio of Bauhinus, deferibed in his Prodromal both which as hee himfelfe faith, are comprehended under this of 
(flufiks : and is alio the fame that Pilleterius fent from CMompelier, unto Lobel h\ his life time, under the name of 
Valeriana montana , which I doe here publifh, and it is probable to’be the Valeriana montana of Lugduncnjis, although 
Baohinsufecmeth to make it an other peculiar fort. The fourth is called by Clujius Valeriana fylvejlris Al¬ 
pina fecunda fax at ilis , which Bauhinus calleth Valeriana Alpina TJardo Celtica fimilis. The fifth is called by Clufos 
Valeriana annua five ts£jliva, and Bauhinus calleth it Valerianafolijs Calcitrapa. The fixth is generally now called 
Valeriana Mextcana, and Indie a : notwithftanding as is before faid, they have beene both found growing naturally 
in Italy ; and as Bauhinus faith Fafchalss Cjalius lent him that with the white flower, from padoa many yeares agoe, 
under the name of Valeriana Indica Imperati ; and againe from Cafabon under the name of Nardos Cretica : (form- 
pis did judge it to be Tripolium of Diofcorides, and was chiefly led thereunto, by the figure of Tripolitim, which he 
faw in a Manufcript of T>iofcorides, which Tinellus kept in his Library. The feventh Bauhinus onely hath fet forth 
the defeription thereof,under the fame name is exprefted in the titlc.1 he eighth Fabius Columna, calleth Valerianella 
altera tenuifoliafemine fcabioft fellato. Tabermontanns calleth it Phu minus pet return, and Bauhinus Valerianella fe¬ 
rn inefle Hat o % The ninth hath no other than is fetdownein the title. The tenth Lobel calleth Thu minimum, and 
Bauhinus Valeriana fylvejlris folijs tenuijpme divifis. The eleventh is taken to be Polemonij altera Jpecics by Gefnerin 
horiis , and faith it is the Limonium (JMonJpelienfmm, but Todonaus contrarieth that opinion, Lobel calleth it Ocima- 
Jlrum p'alerianthou: D odoneus, Camcrarius ^znd others Valeriana rubra, and ufually with us, Valeriana rubra Do- 
don&i, yet Camcrarius in his Epitome calleth it Thu peregrinum. The twelfth is called Valeriana Graca by Dodo-nans, 
and fo generally with us and others, Lobel and Camcrarius Valeriana peregrin a, and Bauhinus Valeriana carulea. 
The laft is ufually with moft called Valeriana palujlris^nd fylvejlris, The Arabians call it Fu : the Italians Valeriana : 
the Spaniards Yervx benedict a fthe Freneh Valeriane: thcGermancs Baldrian i and Theriacki krant: the Dutch 
Speercrudt,and we in Englifh as is before faid. 
The Vcrtucs. 
Diofcorides faith that the garden Valerian hath a warming faculty, and that being dryed and given to drinke, it 
provoketh urine, and helpeth theftrangury, and the decoftion thereof taken doth the like alfo, and doth take away 
paines of the fides, procureth womens courfes, and is nfed in Antidotes. Cjalen faith that the rootes of Phu or Va¬ 
lerian are fweet, and like unto Nardos in quality, but much weaker to all purpofes almoft, yet it provoketh urine 
more plentifully, than either the Indian or Syrian Nardos, and is like unto Celtick Nardos therein. Tliny faith that 
the powder of the roote given in drinke, or the decoftion thereof taken, doth helpe all ftranglings or choakings in 
any part, whether they be becaufe of paines in the cheft,or fides, and takeththem away. The roote of Valerian boy- 
led with Liquorice, Raifins, ond Anifeed, is fingular good for thofe that are fhort-winded, and for thofe that are 
troubled with the cough, and helpeth to open the paflages, and to expettorate fiegme eafily. It is given to thofe 
that are bitten or ftung by any venemous creature, being taken in wine: it is of efpeciall vertue and property againft 
the plague, the decoflion thereof drunke, and the roote being ufed to fmell unto : it helpeth alfo to expell the wind 
in the belly. The greene hearbe with the roote taken frefh, being bruifed and applyed to the head, taketh away the 
paines and prickings therein, ftayeth rheumes and thin diftillations, and being boyled in white wine, andadrope 
thereof put into the eye, taketh away the dimnefle of the fight, or any pinne,haw,or webbe therein.lt is of excellent 
property to heale any inward fores or wounds, as alfo for outward hurts or wounds, and draweth any fplinter or 
thorne out of theflefb. The deco&ionofthe roote of the letter Valerian, is ftronger torefift poifonsand infections 
than the greater, as Matthiolus faith. It is very profitably applyed to attwage the fwellings of the cods, caufed of 
cold or ofwinde, if the fumes or vapours of the decoCtion thereof, made with wine, be applyed warme unto them. 
The water diftilled from the greater Valerian both hearbe and roote, in the moncth of May, is fingular good to be 
taken fading for all the purpofes aforefaid,and is a good and fafe medicine in the time of the plague ; it killeth alfo 
the vvormes in the belly, and is fingular good to wafti either greene wounds, or old ulcers. 1 1 is generally called in 
the Countries of this Land, the poore mans remedy, to take the decodion of this root and drinke!:, when by taking 
cold 
