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wine, helpeth the biting ofthe Viper and all other venemous Serpents,and deftroyeth field miie alfo; Pliny writ- 
eth that one D orothem in his verfes fheweth that it is beneficiall to the ftomacke, and helpeth digeftion, and fur¬ 
ther faith that lbme did account ithurtfull to the eyes and to hinder generation both in men and women, and yet 
he numbreth ChondriUa among other fallet herbesthat were ufed to bee eaten •• the juice ofthe herbe but more 
effedfually of the roote dropped from, the point of a needle or other fuch fmall thing, eaketh away by the roores 
thefuperfluoushairesoftheeyebrow.es, the fame alfo ufed with a little niter denfeth the skinne from all frec¬ 
kles, morphew, fpots or any difcolouring thereof. The bulbous Gum Succory is much commpnded againft the 
dwellings and kernells of the throat called the Kings Evill, and fo is the diftilled water thereof; the rootes prefer- 
ved are found to be wonderfulleffefluall, if the ufe be continued for fome time together. 
Chap. XXVIII. 
ChindriUa purpurea. Purple Sum Succory. 
Here are other forts of Gum Succory to be entreated of, differing from the former in many notable 
parts as well as in the flowers which are quite of another hew, as fhail be fhewed in this Chapter, 
i. Qhonirittaciruleafive purpurea. Purple flowred Gum Succory. 
This Gum Succory fhooteth forth in the beginning of the Spring fundry long winged or rather 
jagged leaves, confiding of many long and narrow jagges, cut in on both fides to the middle tibbe, and equally 
almoft let one againft another of a blewifh greene colour very tender and full of milke being broken, among 
which file up weake and tender ftalkes three or foure foote high,fcarfe able to (land upright, very brittle alfo 
andaprto'bebtoken.as fullofmilkeasthe leaves, which divideth it felfe towards the toppesinto a few other 
fmaller branches, with fmaller and leffe jagged leaves upon them, and fmall blewifh purple flowers at the ends 
and lometimes white,confiding often or twelvefmall narrow leaves danding round about the middle, which 
when they are ripe fall away of chemfelves; the rootes grow deepe downe and fpreadinto many corpulent bran¬ 
ches like Dandelion,, blackifh on the outfide and yceldingmuch milke in every part that is broken, which are 
foaptto grow that every little peece in the ground will fpring againe and beare leaves,&e. 
2. Cbtmdrilla cernlealatifo/ia. Purple Gum Succory with broader leaves. 
This other Gum Succory is very like unto the former in all things.but that the leaves are fomewhat fhorter and 
broader,and the gafhes alfo larger whereincheefely confifteth the difference. 
5. ChottdriHa purpHrafccns frtida. Stinking Gum Succory. 
The drinking Gum Succory hath divers long and fomewhat narrow leaves growing next to the ground fome 
being waved or tome fomewhat deepely on the edgeB, the footeftalkes being fometimes reddifh, in the middle 
of whom rifeth up fundry bro wne ftalkes a little hairy, and about a cubit high,having but very few branches and 
