Tribe 2. 
The Theater of Tfonts. 
CHAP.50. 
( ulcers, that arc already clenfed, left they confume the quicke flelh alfo; it taketh away alfo by thellrength and 
1; force of the clenftng qualitie, even thofe crufts that ulcers many times doc get by fufferance or ill looking unto; 
I the leaves and flowers faith Diofcorides, being ufed with oyle, cleanfe the eyes of cattle, chat have fpots or filmes 
1: in them. 
Ch*j. L 
Papaver SpumcttmJive Ben album vulgo. Spading Poppied 
His fmal! low herbe hath dlverfe weake tender [Hikes, full of jo ynts, about halfe a yeard or two 
foote long, ufually lying on the ground, whereon grow many pale whicifh greene leaves, two 
al wayes fet together at the joynts, one againft another; having many times upon the leaves, blit 
more often about the joynts of the (Hikes a certaine white frothy fubftance, like unto that is cal- 
led Cucko w fpittle: at the toppes of the (Hikes (land many flowers together, every one on a 
pretty long foot ftalke.hanging down their heads, which are white, compoled of five (mall white 
leaves a peece, with a deepe notch in the middle of every 
one of them, making it feeme to confift of more than five, Papaver Jpameum: 
Handing in a large loofe huske flriped, the flower fcarfe ap- Spatl ins Poppk. 
pearing above it, wherein afterwards is contained blackc 
feede : the roote is white and fpreadeth in the ground 
abiding fundry yeares. 
The Place. 
It is found generally through England, in many places 
andpaltures, and by the hedges Tides, yet it is much defined 
to be planted in gardens. 
The Time. 
It flowreth from June unrill the end of July or later, 
and the feede ripeneth in the meanetime, the roote abi- 
deth all the Winter, and fo doe fome greene leaves 
with it. 
The Names, 
It is generally called Papaver Sputneum, and of fome 
Ben album, as a difference both from the Valeriana rubra 
Dodonei , red Valerian , and c JWufcipula Lobelij , each of 
them called Ben rttbrum , yet neither of them is the true 
Benalbum or rubrsem of the Arabians. Dodonecus taketh it, 
as others doe alfo, to be the Polemonium of Diofcorides, but 
he is therein more miftaken in my judgement, than thofe 
he thinketh arc, that take it to be the Papaver Spumeurh or 
ticracleum of Theophraslus, Diofcorides, and Galen ; blit 
Pliny fherweth his miftaking the Greeke words s-fJSwin 
the defeription thereof wonderfully, comparing the leaves 
to the wings of Sparrowes or birds, when as Diofcorides 
intendcrh the herbe Struthiiim, called Radicula or Lanaria 
herba, (which fome with us take to be Saponaria;) becaule 
in ancient times they ufed to whiten linnen clothes with 
the rootes thereof, and Theophrajlw , if Pliny had regarded 
the place, lib.g.cap.l^. (fpeaking of Papaver Hcracleum , 
faith it hath leaves like Struthium, called Radicula, where* 
with they ufe to whiten linnen) might have eichewed that 
errour. It is accounted a kinde of Lychnis by moft of the 
bed Hcrbarifts, and therefore B auhinus namSrh it Lychnis JylveJlrU qua 'Ben alt urn vulgo ; fome with us call it 
Knapbottie, and others Spading of Frothy Poppy. 
_ . The Vertues. 
. The teede of fpatling Poppie purgeth fiegme faith Galen, and caufcth vomitings faith Diofcorides, being taken 
inmeadcor honied water, and isefpecially good for thole .that are troubled with the falling fickneffe. 
Chap. Li.. 
Thaliflrumfive Rutapratenfis. Medow Rue. 
Here are fundry forts of Medow Rue, fome growing in our oWne Land, others is fcverall coun¬ 
tries abroad as (hall be deferibed in this Chapter. 
I. Thalidrutn majrn vulgare. The greater common Medow Rue, 
This Medow Rue rifeth up from a yellow ftringie roote, much fpreading in the,ground, 
.. 1 an ° mooting forth new fpronts round about,with many herby greens {Hikes, two foote high, 
,- , crelfetfor cornered all the length of them, fet wich joynts here and there, and many large 
V j^Cson them, as well as below, being divided into fmaller leaves, nicked or dented in the forepart of them, of 
1 lad gteeac colour an theupperfidcjand pale green? underneath: toward the coppcof theftalke there fhooteth 
forth 
