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The Theater of 'Plants. 
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which it worketh by his undfuous or oylie quality, and therefore the oyle is often ufed fort™ fame purpofa^~ 
I both 7 Tiofcorides and Galen fay that it troubleth and ovcrturneth the ftomack,by realon of hi, undluofity,and doth 
hardly diged with them chat eate it, yeeldeth a groffe nourilhmcnt unto the body, and fiileth it up with fat fleflr 
! quickly : it caufeth a fttnking breath becaufe it often dicketh in the teeth when it is eaten, whereby itisofftn- 
' five : Alfinns faith that the Egyptians ufe the decoblion of the feede, to thofe that are troubled with the cough, 
i the (hortneffc ofbreath, the pleurefie or hard fcirrhous fwellings of the liver, and Mefues faith, it lenifieth the 
1 roughneffe or hoarfeneffe of the throat,and voyce, making it cleare and free of paine: it enreth the bicings of the 
Ihorned ferpent Cerattes, and eafeth the paines of the head, proceeding of the heateof thefunne : the decoftion 
of both herbe and feedes with fome honye, is very profitable for women to fit in whole wombes are hard or 
fwollen, and to bring do wne their courfes when they are flayed, as alfo to Wafh their heads, that are much trou¬ 
bled with dandraffe, or feurfe, or dry fcabbes: the herbe or feede ftayeth vomiting taken in an eg venJMcfues 
faith alfo that the feede or oyle doth fatten the body, and encrealeth fperme- The oyle is of great ule and eflebl 
toanoint the face or hands; or any other part of the body, toclenie the skinne, and to take away funburning, 
morphe w, freckles, fpots or fearres or any other deformities of the skinne, proceeding of melancholy : it is food 
alfo to anoint any pirtfealded or burnt with lire : ithelpcth thofe finewes that are hard or fhrunse, or thole 
veines that are too great. Theleede was in ancient times much ufed in bread for torelifhand make it fweetcr 
as alfo in cakes with honey as Poppie feed was. ’ 
Chap. XLVII. 
Iris, The Flowerdeluce. 
Here are fo many forts of Flowerdeluces.that to (hew you them all here againe (having deferibed 
them all exaftly in my former booke) would make this booke, too voluminous, I mull therefore 
referre you thereunto,and give you here lome deferiptions and figures with the vertues. 
1. frit major latifoUa, The greater broade leafed F lo werdeluce. 
This Flowerdeluce hath many heads of very broad and flat greene leaves endofing or foul- 
ding one another at the bottome, and after divided in funder with thinne edg« on both 
ides like a fword and thickcfl in the middle: from the middle of lome of thefe heads of leaves rifieth 
ip a round [tide [hike two or three foote high bearing at the toppeone two or three large flowers out of 
everall hnskes or skinnes confiding of nine leaves, three whereof fall downe, having a freeze neere the 
lottomes,. three other fmaller than they bowed or arched cover the bottomes or the falling leaves, each of 
:hem divided at the ends and turning up a little, and three other the larged of them all Hand upright but bow 
hemfelvcs a little that they may all for the mod part meete tog ether at their toppes or ends: infome white 
Iru major Utifolia, 
The greater broad leafed Flowerdeluce. 
2. lrit major aiguftifelia. 
The greater narrow leafed Flowerdeluce. 
