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Theatrum Botamam. 
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The Names. 
There is not any Grceke name knowne to be given unto it. Pliny maketh mention of it in his,, booke and 
refe"«h it to the Geui/ajinttorum Greeneweede. “fo 
f r , -v.v .vu.H urccncwceae. rttruvius alio 
sSS""’ “ * 4 ’ P ' Ca lCth “ andF ^ CaUeth 1C '»* 4 . Wot hid 
lpfefcdin pratis, aries jamfuaverubexti 
(JA'turice, jam creceo, mutabit vellere Luto. 
. . 1S calIecl al fo by iome Lrneola- and by home alio thought to be the Refcia of Pliny, becaufe they a^ree fo 
indiversparts. in hts ninth booke, and chap, maketh it to be the Myagrum or Melampyrum r,f 
Diofconde, and cal leth it according to the peoples terme in htstime, Guadarella: Ittooke the name of 
notonely of the yellow eolour of thcherbe and flowers, when it is dry, bntchiefely from the yellow colour i’i 
the dye Tragm tookc It to be Antirrhinum, becaufe the feede veffels thereof have as it were holes therein. W 
hav e taken it alfo to be Pbyteumaof Djofcondes, and force to be his Struthium, among whom are Lacuna 
Gefner in hortit Cjnmanie : but Matthiolm calieth it Pfeudoftrutkium ■ Dodontm calleth it HerbaLuten T t !, 
LutcoU Lomccrm and Tabermonum,, Catamnce. The Second isthought by Honor,u, Rellm i n his fecond vT 
file to Cl»fu«, to be the true Struthtum of <D,ofcorides, and faith that it is called Cumene throughout all GreeS" 
bwCameranu, mherto .feemeth to make it and the common fort all one, the third and fourth are rememb«d 
by P°na, the one in his Laune, and both in his Italian Edition more cxaftly. emembred 
7 he Vert net. 
LMattkolu, faith, that the roote hereof, is hot and dry in the third degree and that it rnrrerh ro„„u n 
maketh groffe humours th.nne, it doth refolve hard tumours,it digefteth^aw flegme, and open cthobfimflfom ’ 
IvTrh w “ TV~ nd a g a,n ? the biting, of any venemot.s creatures' to be applyed as well outward I 
ly to the wound or hurt place as to be taken inwardly, to expell the poyfon therhence: but alfo much com™ 
ded ,t to be ufed againft the Plague or Peft.lencer the people in home Countries of this Land.doe ufe to bruT he' 
herbe.andlay it tothe cuts or wounds, they chance to make m their hands, or legges, fee the chiefeft ufe nrl^' 
Wife they have thereof, is to dye cloth either wollen orlinnen, or hike, raw o? woven nto a yellow coknr' 
and alfo to give a greene colour to ihofeclothes or hikes, have firfl beene dyed with Woade into a blue S ' 
which V,truv.ut ,t feemeth was not ignorant of in his time, lor he fpeaketh the, eof in the aforeftyd ph c e horh 
booke and chapter, that a yellow colour upon a blue, ischaneed into ereene and for r^rTfr.. ,i, P • both 
fiore of this herbe fpent in all Countries, a£d thereof many fields fowen for th’c purpofe. ’ ^ ^ 
Chip. LXV. 
Lamium. The Dead Nettle or Archangell. 
|He vrotdCamtim which wc call dead Nettle or blind Nettle, isdiverfly taken by divers, for fome 
2 doe makeic a Settle, and number it among their kind -jothers make it a kinde of Cn/eoefi’ fbefide. 
1 others -Baubrnm who confoundeth them together, maketh thole herbes to be Lamia that CluL 
feverall herbes, and to be handled feverally i for which purpofe I will endeav ’ U lc . iar ^ a "? my judgement 
flinnuifh them! that each fliall have rheir L.1JZ. . .I?:??. C ? deavour what inme lyeth, foto di- 
(linguifh them, that each fliall have their ownc due: audit I ITialTnof herefrTn T ‘, n ’’'elyeth, <oto di- 
guothotuinet, tot fementu yeti toll fatisfie my felfe, who I am perfwaded fliall nor U^m^n^paSer” 
with any of them to be mifplaced, let them amend it bv fault 
fooneZfcri?'“nm th™^’^ *** M “ d *^“K^not worth/oHanit'fading!andl foal[ 
a S'd d'fta d NCttle f° r ArC ‘ 1 | 8Cb ’ ha ^ ^versgft^e'fhlLfomewLdiaJti^ landing 
a good d,Ranee one from another, grow two fad greene leaves, dented about the edges oppof.te thr one to he 
yn pointccU^fo^nds^a^ ^lTde^rumpled as^t'yvere'and^hayrie^^oiind 0 ^^ 5 ' ^e* ^ C *? mew ^r™^ 
leaves which there grow dole together, grow fundry gaping flower’s, of » d p&diih B ™ta 1 rXmwtaMte 
untoBetony flow'ers, after which come the feedcs, three or fourc fee together in ahnsle- rl„ , j 
ihreddy perifhingevery yeere: the whoteplanih^.ftron^fo^wlM,^- roote 15 fma “ «* 
*• Cam,urn< Htlfameum. Sp*m(b Archangell. 
thickefct with flowers, fpike fafhion.withcut any leaves amon» them & which before tbe^ Iks and branches are 
clofc, helmet like, bur afterwards growing long and Render towarcDhe bnrrnnie^^ 6 Y ° P£n fi ’° rt md 
flooded and gaping of a purplifo red colour } in the bottom ^Z k. afieS; a T ° f f nd , bcc ? mmin S 
roote is thicke at the head with fundry final fibres, tatSeepeth not r7 white feedes: the 
Whole plant fmelleth like the ordinary Archangell P d ° C ' abldln S “ ai 7yeares ; the 
3- Lamium vulgare album five Arcbangelica Pore albo. White Archangell 
The white Archangell hath diverfc fquare ffalkes,not'ftanding ftraight uprinhr hur le° ' ’ p , , 
downe- 
