790 Chap^o. 
Tbeatrum ‘Botanicwn. 
Tribe 6.s 
before the X, that fhould have beene fet after, thereby making it XI. when it is fet IX. 
The Venues. 
Hakevveede, faith Diofcorides is cooling, fomewhat drying and binding, and therefore is good for the heate of 
the flomacke, and for inflammations, andthehot fits of agues and gnawings of the flomacke-. thequantitieofa 
fcruple of the dried juice, faith ’Pliny, taken in ?ofa Poffet, thatis vinegar and water mixed purgeth the belly 
yet he faith in another place, that a fmall quancitiebinderh the belly : thefaid juyee taken in wine helpeth dmclfil 
on, difeuffeth winde, and hindereth any crudities to abide in theftomacke,ithelpeth alfo the diffiailcieinma.i 
king water: the fame likewife taken in winehelpcth thebitings of venemous Serpents, and of the Phalangium 
and the fling of the Scorpion, if the herbe alio be outwardly applied to the place ; and helpeth alfo all other poy- 
fons, except that of Cernjfa, or thofe that hurt the bladders or that kill by ftrangling : a fcruple of the dried juyee 
given in wine and vinegar, is profitable for thofe that have the dropfie : the decoftion of the herbe taken with 
hony digefleth thinne flegme in the chefl or lungs, and with Hyfi'ope, doth helpe the cough : the dccorSion 
thereof, andofwilde Succory made in wine and taken, helpeth the wind coll ike, and thofe that are melancholike 
or have hard fpleenes: it procureth reft and fleepe, it hindereth vencry and venereou.- dreames, cooleth Iteates 
purgeth the flomacke, encreafethbloud, and helpeth the difeafes ofthercincs and bladder. Outwardly applied it 
is lingular good for all the defefts and difeafes of the eyesufed with fome womens milke: 'it is alfo uled with 
good fucceffe in fretting or creeping ulcers,efpecially in the beginning: the grecne herbe bi uifed.and with a lit¬ 
tle fait applied to any place burnt with fire before blifters doe arife, doth helpe them, as alfo inflammations, Saint 
slnthomes fire, and all pufhes and eruptions of heate and fait flegme: the fame applied with meale and hire wa¬ 
ter in manner of a pultis to any place affefled with convulfions, and the crampe, or fuch as are out of j'oynt doth 
give helpe andeafe. The diftilled water is ofgood ufein many ofthedilealesaforelaid, and the facewafhed 
therewith clenfeth the skinne, and taketh away freckles or fpots, the morphew and other blemifhcs in the skin, 
and helpeth to take away wrinckles in the face alfo. The fift is by the relation of Mr. lohn Morrice Gentleman 
of Itfcllvmnhbeyond'Brawdford untome by good experiments from others, Angular good to helpe the Pleurifie, 
oneiy by taking the juyee thereofin drinke. 
Chat. XXX. 
Hiemcio 'Deritu leenit folia obmfo. Dandelion-like Hawkeweedc with blunt pointed leaves, 
Orda fecundtu. The fecond ranke. 
I. Hieraciumlonptu mdicatum. Long rooted Hawkewede. 
He leaves of this Hawkewee that lie upon the ground are 
long and narrow much tome and jagged on the edges i. Hkru 
i. Hieracium longtat radio itum. 
Long rooted H’ v\k wcede. 
fomewhat like unco Dandelion, but cut into many fhort 
round pointed peeces, and of a darke greenc colour, the 
flalkes that rife from among the leaves arefmoothand 
blackifh fcarcc a footehigh, bare or without leaves on them unto the 
toppes, but at the upper joint, from whence fpring fundry flowers each 
(landing on a long foote flalke, which are yellow like unto other 
Hawkeweedes and turne into downe as they doe : the roote is white 
fmall and long, running downe as deepe into the ground, faith Lobcl, 
as the flalke is high; that which 1 and many others have taken for it, 
have more and flaorter rootes. 
Small Dandelion-like Hawkeweede with round pointed leaves. 
This fmall Hawkeweede hath fixe or (even thicke rough leaves' 
lying on the ground, about two inches long, and halfe an inch broad, 
round pointed and jagged about the edges, after the fafhion of the 
former, but not with fuch detpejagges, among which rifeth a bare 
hollow fmooth flalke, whereon is fet a large pale yellow flower, 
which turneth into downe, the roote is fmall and fibrous. 
3. Hieracium tomentoftirn Hijpamcf/m. 
Spawijb woolly Hawkeweede. 
T his Hawkeweede hath divers hoary loft woolly leaves lying on the 
ground, cut in on the fides like Dandelion, every one (landing upon a 
fmall long foote flalke, being of three or foure inches long, and hal fe an fxS 
inch broad, the flalke is hoary likewife, and branched about a fpanne 
high having fmaller leaves thereon, with fmaller divifions, at the tops ^ 
fland very yellow flowers on veryfhort foote flalkes, (hooting out of^^J 
very fine hoary huskes pointed at thebrimmes with many points: the 
roote is white on the outfide. 
4. Hieracium dentisleonis folio ftoribtu pxrvii. 
Dandelion Hawkeweede with fmall flowers. 
The roote hereof is fmall, white, wooddy and fibrous, the flalke is 
round,a foote high, and fsmewhat hoary, at the bottomc whereof 
grow a few rough leavca,bitten in,as it were about the edges, about 11^ 
three inches long,and halfe an inch broad,having but few leaves there- 
on and thofe about the middle,which are but only dented and compafle * 
1 " thebottome, bearing many very fmall yellow flowers together, 
fhort flalkes at the toppes thereof. 
5 Hieratittm 
