T r i b e .5. The Theater of Plants, 
which oftentimes turne reddifh; at the toppes of the ftalke come forth divers flowers,made of five leaves, much 
larger then the Muske Crapes bill or Doves tootef Lobel maketh a diflerence in theflowers fome to be larger then 
othersJ and of a more reddifh colour: alter which come beake heads as in others, which are not fmall nor 
ivery great : thetoote is fmall and threddy, and ftnelleth as the whole plant elle doth, very fttong almoft 
It Sinking. 
p. Geranium Robertianummapu. The greater herbe Robert. 
' This herbe Robert rifeth up with divers fender hairy reddifh tlalkes three foote high, at the Joynts whereof 
iftand leaves upon Ihorter yetreddilh footftalkes, divided at the ends mold ufually but into three parts, as larpe 
or rather more then the former, and turning red likewife : the flowers are pnrplifh red, and of the fame bigneife 
: and fo are the feede and beake heads, the roote is wholly red both within and without, not fmelling fo fttong 
has the former. 
The Place, 
The two firft grow wilde in many places of this Land,as well in medowes as waft grounds,the firfl is chcrifhed 
1 for the fent in Gardens,more then the other, which is found fometimes upon Heaths, and dry gravelly placcs.but 
a much fmatler then in the better grounds uhe third was found by Columna in X after upon the hills there: the 
i fourth at the North fide of Mons lupus by Alompelier : the fift in the Indies : the fixt by ’JMampelier alfo : the fe¬ 
ll venth on mount Baldus : the eighth is frequent every where by wayfides, upon ditch banks and wafle grounds 
I wherefoever one goeth, but the laft is noc fo frequent as the other, yet often feene and found. 
The Time, 
’ They flower in Ime and Iulj chiefely,and their feede is foope ripe after. 
The Names, 
1 This is called Cjcranium Mofchatum,Acm mofehtta , and Acm pajloris of fome,although the Scandix or Pc Ben Ve. 
neris,h fo called alfo, of fome alfo Roftritm Ciconia, and taken to be the Myrrhida Pimp ; CMatthioltu maketh it his 
third Geranium in his laft Edition,but the firfl in his former ty the name of Cicutafolto.T'odonens Geraniu fupirmm, 
and Baukinus Geranium Ctcutafolio Mofch:ituw:thc (ccond isicallcd Geranium grtsinum by Todonaus, and minus 
byTragus and Tabermontanus , and by others vulgattim inodarttm ,and 'JMofchmurn inodorum : the third is called by 
Columna Geranium ApulumCoriandri folio alterum odorum : the fourth is called by thofeof Mompclier as it is in the 
title : the fift Cornntus calleth Geranium triple : thefixt is called by Bauhinm, Geranium Cicutafolia acnlongijfmai 
the feventh is called by Pona Geranium Alpinumfonguu radicatum-.pnt eighth is generally called Geranium Rober. 
tianum and "Rupertlanit,and htrba Roberti or Ruperti,A,nguiIlara calleth it PanaxHcracleum: it is certainely taken 
of many thebeft of our moderne writers to be the Sideritis tenia PDiofcoridts. which Cratevas he faith called He. 
rsc/MjWhofe leaves are like thole of Coriander,ytz Columna taketh the Diapinfia Sanicle to be it: the laft is cal¬ 
led by Lobcl Gcranij Robertiani altera fpccics, by DoCtonaw Geranium gruinale, and is tile Cjcraniitm Violate nm of 
Gerardyand Tabermontanus whomhefolloweth, the Germane: call this Bludmtrtejdeft, Sanguinaria radix. 
The Vertues. 
Thefe kinds of Granes bills are neare the temprature of the former, and may performe all the properties found 
in them, but the two firfl: forts here expreffed ate held more available for the mother to fettle it in the place 
when it is fallen downe. Herbe Robert is not onely commended againft the Clone, but to flay blood, where or 
howfoever flowing, and fo is the laft alfo, as alfo fpeedily to heale all greene wounds, and is effeduall alfo in 
old ulcers,in the fecret as well as in the other parts. 
Gh 4 P. CIX. 
Tabacco Anglictm. Englifi Tabacco.' 
Have in m yformer book given you the knowledge of divers forts of Tabacco/uch as for their flow: 
ers fake might befit to be nourfed up in gardens: there remaineth one fort more, which is planted 
more for the life of Phificke and Chirurgery then for any other refpeft whereof I meane to fpeake 
in this Chapter. It rifeth up with a thicke round ftalke, about two foote high, whereon doe grow 
thicke, fat and flefhy greene leaves, nothing fo large as the other Indian kinds, neither for breadth 
ar length, fomewhat round pointed alfo and nothing dented about the edges: the ftalke brancheth forth, and 
acareth at the toppes divers flowers,let in greene huskes like the other, but they are nothing fo large, fcarfe ftan- 
ling above the brims of the huskes, round pointed alfo,and of a greenifh yellow colour: the feede that followeth 
s not fo bright but larger then it, conteined in the like, and as great heads: the rootes are neither fo great or 
vooddy,and perifh every yeate, with the deepeftofts in winter, but rifeth generally of the feede that is fuffred 
:o fhed it ielfe. 
The Place, 
This cameras it is thought from fome part of Brafile,and is more familiar to our countrey then the other Indian 
orts,early giving ripe feede when as the others feldome doe. 
The Time, 
, It flowreth from June fometimes unto the end of t^iugufi or later, and the feede ripeneth irt the meane 
ime. 
The Names, 
The name Pcr*»> whereby it iscalled.is properly from 'Bra/fill.as I ani given to underhand, and yet fome have 
(firmed that this herbe is not the right herbe, the Indians there lo called, wee received it by that name which is 
> continued . It is thought alfo by fome that lohn Nicot the French man, being agent in Portugali for the French 
ing.fent this fort of Tabacco and not any other to the French Queene,and is called thereupon herba Regina, and 
•om himfelfe Nicotiana, which is probable becaule the Tartu galls and not the Spaniards were mailers of Bras file 
PPP * 
