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fide, andisfirme and heavy full of white veines therein when it is broken ; it is alfo very fharpe,quicke, biting 
and aromaticall in tafte, and therefore faith he, having all the notes of their Doronicum, ic can be no other then 
the true and legitimate Doronicum, from whom the reafons being fo pregnant, I know not well how to dif- 
fent,yet leave it to others to judge as they fhall finde caufe. 
The true rootes of the Doronicum in the Apothecaries (hops are milfet, which fliould have beene in this table, 
: but are exprcffed in the fift figure. 
The ’Place, 
The firft groweth on the hills in Savoy, beyond the lake Lemmm, and in other places, both of France and 
Germany : the fecond groweth not farre from Burdeaux m France,. The third on the wooddy hills about Trent, 
and in AuftriaMoisCluJius faith t the fourth Clufus faith he found on divers hills in Aufria. The fift likewife 
about Newberg in Styria. The fixt is found in many places of fermany, in the medowes and cllewhcre, and 
as it is thought, on the hilly grounds in Northumberland.. The feaventh groweth in many places, both of Au¬ 
fria and Hungary, as C lufim faith the eight upon the Alpei in Switfcrland : the ninth alio on the fame hills 
about Fdlefia, and the Xafb came from the French colony about the river of Canada and nourfed up by Vejfiafian Ro* 
tin the French Kings Herbarifl at Park, who gave M r . Tradefcml fome rootes that hath encrealed well with 
I him and thereof hath imparted fo me alfo. 
The T irr.e. 
They all flower early for the mod part,that is in <JMay, and feme of them in the Autumne againe. 
The Names, 
The name Doronicum which is given to all thefe plants is derived from the Araliar. Doromgi or Dttrmgi, fox 
itisnotremembredbyanyoftheancient Greeke or Latine Authors, except Atluanru who calleth it Carna- 
tadion ; divers have accounted ic among the Aconites, as CMatthioltu (calling it Pardalianches, and referreth ic 
to Pliny and Theophrajlm their Aconites, whofe rootes are like Scorpions, as the outward face or forme of 
thefe arc, which bred the lufpition-, when as the properties of thefe are not like their Aconites, to kill wilde 
beads fpeedily with their Darts, or Arrowes dipped in the juice thereof; ortobeacauftikcherbe, able to eate 
away the flefh of a wound, and caufe it to fall away :) who having received it from C ortufus of Padoa, dcfameth 
it to all the world, to be a poyfon not fit to beufed inwardly in mans body, and that thofe Phyfitians that follow 
the Arabians to put it into Cordiall medicines, doe very ill, and little refpeff the health of man, becaufc both 
ssCortufm writeth unto him, and himfelfe upon tryall made as he faith found to be true, that it will kill dogs, 
the rootes being given them in flefh, which report of theirs how foever be true in dogs, may notwithstanding 
be not true, being given to other beads, and may be fafely given and without danger to men: for divers things 
that are wholfome to man, and which we often ufe without fcruple, or doubt of danger, as Aloes and bitter 
Almonds, yet given to a Pox, either ofthem will quickly kill him, asTlutarch reporteth ; and the Cams Icon 
Thidle as Fabim Columna fetteth it downe, will kill dogs and fwine, &c. and yet is a mod; foveraigne Antidote 
■ againlf the poyfon of Serpents,thc roote being drunk in wine,and befides killeth the wormes in children witlw 
' out any further harme, as alfo even Mtuke, Saffron,and other things being taken in two great a quantity will 
kill any man : others hold them to be wholfome,as it hath beene certainly and often found true by good experi¬ 
ence,that divers of thefe forts ate very cffectuall to helpe many dileafes in men, as you {hall hcare by and by, 
and therefore it is not probable, chat there lyech any venemous quality hid underneath thofe good ones j and be¬ 
fides, faith that he had taken much and often thereof, and had given it to others without any danger or 
harme ■ and Pena and Lobel reporteth that lohannes de Vroede did eate many rootes thereof without any danger, 
or fenfe of paine thereby : and therefore dothadvife others, not to abdicate the plant wholly from mans life, nor 
to diferedit fuch famous Arabian authors , that have appointed it to be put into Elelluarium de gemmis, Eltsina* 
riumex Arons stilus, and 1) iamofehurn dulse, and others, as the moft Cordiall medicines of all other, and where- 
of there was never harme taken wholoever did ufe them, or to fay that any that followed their prefc riptions, 
wereguilty of the death ofany man. Dodonaw was alfo of the fame minde with (Jldatthiolus for a while, but 
afterwards found his owne errour and reclaimed it; but it is much doubted, whether this be the Doronicum of 
the ^Arabians or no; for Francifcus Pona in his Italian delcriptionof tJMont Baidus, as I laid before, refufeth 
it, accounting it anauncient receivederronr,andtbeieforegiveth us thefigure of LobelsAlecbinus, for the true 
Doronicum, the faculties of thefe being quite contrary to their Doronicum, for befides a little Uveetenefle and 
clammy tafte in the roote; it hath little or no other tafle, except that being frefh, fome of them have an aro¬ 
maticall,and fome a bitterilh fweet talfe,like unto juice of Licoristbut the roots of this Adech.mts ate of an aroma, 
ticall ,(harpe& biting taftetthe joynts in the roots of the ordinary Doronicum; very likely might caufe the later age 
of the world to erre,in taking it to be the righttbur leave we thefe controvetfies,and attend the varietie of names 
and properties ofthefe forts of Doronicum, which may better perfwade us of the good to be reaped from them: 
The firft is as [ faid,the moft common, both in the Gardens of our country and others, and is moft ufually called 
Doronicum Romanum of all writers,or with afvveete roote. The fecond Clufus and others call Doronicum minus 
and Anguftifolium, Baulinas caUetb it Doronicum plantaginii folio. The third CMattbio/us calleth A conitstm Par* 
dalianches Plinij,- Dodon&usPardalianchesklterum,VenaandLobelfDoronicum Brachiataradice ; but C lujtus fet- 
teth out the figure more truely,& calleth it his fecond D oronicum Aufiriacum.The fourth is Clufus his firft Do¬ 
ronicum Aufiriacum five minus, and BauhinttsDoronicum longifolium hirfutic afperum.The fift is Clufus his fourth 
Doronicum, which he calleth Stiriacum,and Bauhinus Doronicum latifolium fore magno. The fixt is called diverfly, 
. by divers; tJMatthiolus calleth it hlyfma or Damafonium, and tbinketh ic to be the right hlyfma of Diofcorides , 
and fo doe (famerarius and Gcfnsr, ( vvho calleth it alfo Caltha Alpine) Pena and Lobel call it Nardus Celtica al* 
tera, as Rondeletitts did take ittobe. Lugdunonfis fetteth ic forth under the name oxftarmica montane,. asdivets 
did call it thereabouts,as he faith, andyetfetteth it forth againe under the title of hlyfma Matthioli. Gerard 
likewife hath fet it forth in two feverall places, under two feverall titles, the one under ['alenaula Alpina, the 
other under Chryfanthemism latifolium. Clufus calleth it Doronicum Germantcum , and faith his Pannonicum or 
Doronicum fextum, is the fame or very like, for both he and divers others doe fet ic forth,with finootb,and hai y 
leaves,alfo as it is found fo growing in divers and fundry places. Thefeventhis (flufus\\K Doronicum hufiria- 
cum tertittm, which Bauhinus calleth Doronicum maximum foliis caulem amplexmubtts: The eighth ant) ninth 
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