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fundrv hard, round ftalkeshalfe a yard high.fomewhat thicke let unorderly with narrow, long greene leaves 
up to the toppes where they branch forth into divers fmall fprigs. with fmaller and {hotter, leaves thereon then 
below and bearing round heads of flower s compofed of gold yellowthredds rifing from the middle of a few 
greene leaves which are as ahusketo each of them, and abiding a long time in flower, and in their beauty, but 
Column* faith not a moneth till in the end they turne into downe, which with the lmall yellow feede, grayilh 
ijfaith Column* flycth away in the winde ; the’roote is hard and wooddy at the head (hooting therehence many, 
blackifh fibres into the ground; theftalkes die downe yearcly, and new ones rife agame in the Spring. 
I The figures 0 f t hele three following were overflipped to be lnlerted in their due place,which is the 23.Chap.0F 
'the iirfl Claflis in this booke.and therefore I thought it fitter to give you them here.and referre each of them by 
i( their number where into they doe belong then quite to negleft them and leave them oup 
8. Chryfocome jive Stechat CitrinaCretica. Candy golden LaJJidony or Uoldilocks. 
I' The figure of this pertaineth to the eighth defeription and number inthefaid 23. Chapter of Stachas Citrina 
in the fitft Tribe of this Booke, , 
9. Chryfocome peregtina feemda Cltefti,jive Cretica altera. Spanijh or Candy Caflidony or Tufts; 
The figure of this belongeth to the ninth nnmbet in the laid Chapter.for the ninth there is miffet for the tenth 
land eleventh. ' , „ , ,, „ . 
I a, Stechas Citrina fyheftrior. Wilde yellow Calhdome. 
Let this be referred alfo to the fame place,and to be the twelfth in Number. - 
, The Place and Time. ' 
This firfl groweth in divers places of Germany, in the moift fandy borders of unmanured fields as Trapse faith, 
1 in Narbonet&h as Lobel faith, and in Naples as (folumna faith,and fio wreth in /«/> and AuguJf or later, 
' .. r ' " The NAmes . - 
T raavs maketh it his third kind of Linaria and fuppofeth it to be the Hcllccryfos oSDiofcerides, calling it in his 
1 ovjne\me,uae,e GrojfTbcinhlum'nydeJl, Amaranthm Intern major, and is called by many other writers fince 
Linar,a aurea Trap, by CameranM Linaria Auflriaca , by Clufius Ofyrit AnUriaca: by Label Linofyri, nnpermtm, 
but Guilandinus and Colnmna take it to be Chryfoccme of Dhfcorides and Pliny, as you fee I do here,for comparing 
all the parts,I cannot finde any other authors plant to come fo neare to the right as this,& two fo famous & wor¬ 
thy judicious Herbarifts being my.guides,make me the more confident in my opinion. Let who will compare 
Diofcorides his Text and the delineaments thereof, with folumna hisAuimadverfaria and amend it if he can : Gm- 
landinus alfo tooke it to be the H y fope of Diofcorides, and therefore called it Hyjjopits nmbellifera, but erfonioufly, 
for he faith the leafe of Origanum is like unto Hyffope, but Origanum leaves are fmall and round like Marjerome, 
and not long and narrow as this, 
, The Verities, 
This faith Lobel is fharpe in fade, gluttinous or clammy, and fomewhat bitter like unto Sena and neare unto 
ThymeUa. Tragus wriceththus of it: the hetbe with the flowers boiled in wine and drunkeexpelleth loves en- 
chantments and all other poifons,and helpeth Crampes and Ruptures, as alfo to difeuffe congealed blood in the 
body : it procureth womens courfes and expelleth the afterbirth : two drams of the dryed flowers in pouder ta¬ 
ken in wine falling,ftayeth the cold Catarrhes or Diftillations from the head : a bathe made of the flowers to 
fweate therewith, or to fit over the warme fumes,giveth much eafe to thofe that are troubled with theftone in 
the Kidneis,with paines of the mother,or the Sciatica: it is alfo layd in Chefts and W ardrobes to preferve Veil” 
ments,&c, fromMoaths. 
Chap. CI. 
Pilofella Jive Auricula tMnris. Moufeare.’ 
Have alfo in my former booke given you the knowledge of fome of the ftloufeares, as they may be 
moff properly called,under the name of Cynaphaliummontanum album and purpureum, white & pnrple 
Catsfoote, miGnaphallumRofuim, the Cotton Rofe, both which {hall not againe beedeferibed 
here,althoughlwilllhew youthefignresofthem. 
1. Pilofella minor vulgaris repens, The common {mall creeping Monfeare. 
The common Moufeare that is more hairy then theothtr, is a low herbe creeping upon the ground by (mall 
firings like the Strawberry plant, whereby it (hooteth forth fmall rootes, whereat grow upon the gronnd ma¬ 
ny fmall and fomewhat {hort leaves {et in a round forme together, hollo wifh in the middle,where they are broa-* 
deft, of a hoary colour all overas well aboveasbelow, and very hairy, which being broken doc give a white 
inilke : from among thefe leaves fpring up two or three fmall hoary flalkes about a fpanne high, with a few 
fmaller leaves thereon : at the toppes whereof ftandeth ufually but one flower, confiding of many pale yellow 
leaves, broad at the points, and a little dented in, fet in three or fourerowes, the greater outermofi, and the 
fmaller inward,very like a Dandelion flower,and a little reddilh underneath about the edges,efpecially if it grow 
In a dry and not moift ground, which after they have flood long in flower, doe cume into downe, which with 
the feede is carried away with the winde. 
2. VUofdlalndica odorata Sweete MiVoiMonfcare. 
This Moufeare hath a flelhy roote creeping under ground, not growing deepe, with many fibres thereto, from 
whence (hoote divers fomewhat long leaves, fet with very longhaires; the hairy ftalke that rifeth from them, 
groweth to be half'e a foote high, at the toppe whereof (land 7,or Skfaire flowtirs like the ordinary Moufeare,but 
of a deeper yellow or Orcnge colour,fmeliing very fweete like Mnske. 
3. Pilofella media vulgaris ereSla, Comtnon upright Monfeare. 
This other Moufeare is very like thfc former, the difference betweene them confifieth in this, that the leaves 
ate longer and greener qn the upperfidc, and fomewhat hoary underneath, fofter in handling, and not fo much 
Mnn 1 ~ " hairy,' 
