714 Chap.iii 
Tbeatrum Botanicum, 
Tr!be.^ 
dented leaves up to thetoppes of them.wherethey arc bare of leaves and beare long fpikesof eapm<> and h n 1 
ded yellow flowers, which yeeld afterwards fmall long hnskes like thofc of Snapdragon with fmall ' 
thcnvthe roote is made of divers long blackilh fibrous firings. P g lma11 leedc m 
6 . CrifiagaUilutea umbe/lata. Yellow Rattle with flowers in tufts. 
This hath but few and narrrow leaves ofan inch long a peece,riling from a (lender fmall roote and a flalke f 
among them little more then an handbreadth high, having many yellow flowers fet together at the cod^ tr ° m ’ 
were in anumbell ortuft.fafhioned like the other,but three times longer then thofe of the common fort E? : 
great broad huskes conteining the feede after them. ‘ naWlt “ t 
7. Crifia Gain aagujHfolia montana. Mountaine narrow leafed yellow Rattle. 
This yellow Rattle hath two long and narrow pointed greene leaves dented about the edoes" fet one • n 1 
another upon the flalke, which is a cubit high, from betweene which rife other (mailer leaves and a fmalMMU ! 
likewife an inch or two long, with very fmall leaves thereon, and fmall pale vellow flowers like !■ e : 
lort but fmaller.with flat (cede in fmall huskes following them. e ordln!lr y / 
The Place and Time. 
Some of both thefe kinds grow in our medowes and Woods generally through the Iarrd where thev a 
ther a plague or annoyance to it .then of any good ufe for the cattle, but the reft in Germany extent -he iL 
is of Spaine • and are in flower from Midfomer untill Augufl be pad (ometimes. ’ ' : which 1 
The Names. 
The later writers (Tor none of the ancients have remembred any of them as farre as can her r,nrl,rn „„a , 
them Pedicular,, and Pedicu/aria, bccaufc that (heepc feeding thereon will breede lice it is called f a 
of the hollownefle of the ftalkes and CriftaGaUi or Gallmacca, bccaufethe flowers as (on e ihinkr n, 
Cockes Combe at thetoppes of the ftalkes .-others thinke it to be focalled of the leavesefpe'ciallv of th » 3 
whofc dentings on the edges referable the Combe or creft of a Cocke: fome alfocall xhtmAUal’clophmJipTl 
whole delcriptioncommethnearelt unto this, above any other herbe that is knowne : fomr air f r . 
the iMimmulwhcrbaof Pliny Jib.iZ.cap.ii. which as he faith is the word herbe in a field hut fnmrddH “ u° 
word of THmj Ihould rather be Ntmmalus for Nummularia. The firft is called by all thefe’ names bv r j 
authors chat have written thereof, and Lugdunenfe, befidescallerh it Crifia gait, altera Eve Phtbirion • Vh 
is called by Lugdunenfi, as I doe in the title Fed,a,lari, major Alpha, and Baahinm Pedicular.u A bin} F I -f r 
major as he doth the third Filici, folio minor, and is the AleStrolophu, minor of Clafu, : the fourth it rfll lad j" 
cularh pratenfis luteavelCroftagalliby Baubinm ; and fampefiriiby Tracu, or Cri/la oalli nr r*ir calIed7 £“'- 
donam,LobelClufui,&c. the fife is called by Lugdanenfi, Filbendula Alpha, end Pedicel ,ri, Ah' P°- 
The Vertues . 
The red Rattle is accounted profitable to hcale np Fiftulaes and hollow VIcers, and to ftav thr cu 
to them, and alfo the abundance of womens courfes, or any other flux of blood,to be boiled in harfh ° f hu ! nours 
and drunke. The yellow Rattle or Cocks Combe is like wile held to bee good forKhar are W !" e 
cough or Withdimneffe of fight, if the herbe being boiled with beanes and fome honey put thereto bee dmZo? 
dropped into the eyes: the whole feede being put into the eyes doth draw forth anv skinne film, kc 2. r 
from the fight without trouble or pame, Some hold it to be of a cold and drying propertie. ’ ° r dlmneffe 
Chap. CXI, 
Balfamina mas. The Male Balfame Apple 
pfave,n my former booke given you the knowledge of the female Balfame, it reftethinthis to (hew 
f you male,which for the excellent hea mg properties of this as well as the other, defervedly have Z 
F ceived the name of a Balfame and therefore I thinke it not amide to give you the figure affo of the 
female and male altogether: the male may either be reckoned among the dimers for the manner of tte 
growing or for a kind of Co weumbet as fome authors doe, for the forme of the flowers and finite. It fpring- 
f th “P wi* d >^ Render reddith ftalkes and branches,(hooting forth many clafping tendrells like a Vine.wherf- 
by !t raketh hold of any poale or other thing that ftandeth neare it (yet had neede of fome binding thereto eaft the 
winds blow it dome) having leaves thereon cut in on the edges into fundry divifions, like unto a Vine leafe, or 
Snfo fr y ° ny H f Uch - faa f ’u w andmorcdi '' iddd ^ flowers are yellowifh white, like unto 
hofeofCowcumber, cummmg forth ,n the fame manner, at the Joints with the leaves ; after which come 
he fruite which isfomewhatbng and round, pointed at both ends, and bunched forth on the outfide in rowes 
the skin it felfe being fmooth and very red, almoltblackc when it is ripe havinu a reddifh nulne within 
The Place. 
4. w i, 
jssatssE' 4 •**** **«. 
The Time. 
beforeft fede‘them. ith “ ^ ° r " CVer §:veth ripC ftuit ’ our cold ni g hts bcin S ora «Iy, far it to ripen 
, The Names. 
PuT(Rlr n ftnmr f hrni a p ny r fs“ ke n P ^f ati0ntha 5 Icanh “ reof,but iscalied in Urne Balfamina mac, to diftin- 
guilh it from the other that is called famma, and tooke the name from the Balfamine or healing properties are ir 
