T Rf B S IO. 
TbeThtatsr of Tlantr. 
■ HAP. I' 
firft is called W?*™ by'SWriW and veraby Clufiui, the fecond is called by Lobet Hemiomtis five fienlU, and 
by Lugdanenfis Hemionitu minor Pen* : the third is the Hemiomii, peregrine of Chrfim,LobelDodonmu and others 
fince them: the lad as Lugdunen^s faith growing in the Hand called //i>a,was called ot cettaine Herbarilis Hemi- 
onitii altera r Dalechampij, 
The Vertues, 
It is efpecially good for the Spleene.and may fitly be ufed in the (lead of the Harrs-tongue going before to all 
theufesttfervethfor. ° 
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Chap. XI. 
Adimthum. Maidenhaite. 
‘ Here be divers herbes accounted to be Maidenhairesby divers authors, one whereof I have ipt forth 
ivj unco yon before by the name of Dryopterii candid* Dedonni, which is mod ufuall in the higher and 
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y lower Germany and with us: fomc others I (hall fhew you in this Chapter and the reft in the fol- 
I lowing. 
I. Adiantbum verum fen CafiHtu Venerii verm. The true Maidenhaire. 
The true Maidenhaire according to Viofcoridcs his defeription is a fine fmall low herbe not above a fpan high, 
whole ftalkes are fmalldr, finer, redder and more fhining then thofe of Tnchmanes or our common Snglflf Mai- 
denhaire, whereon are placed delicate fine leaves without order on both fides one above another, fompwhat 
like unto the lower leaves of Coriander, or like the leaves of Anife bat larger, cut in unequally on the edges and 
fpotted on the backe with very fmall browne markes fcarfe to bee difeerned, the roote is a number ot Hackifii 
browne threads. 
a. Adianthum nigrum vulgarc. Common blacke Maidenhaire. 
This Maidenhaire differeth little or nothing from the Dryopteris (or rather Omopterit) candid* r Dodorui fet 
forth in the Chapter of Dryopterii before, but that the ftalkes of this arc blacker,antl the leaves of a fadder greenr, 
whereas that is greener and paler, fo that eyther that might fitly be joyned to this or this or that, the relt of the 
defeription needeth not againe to be repeated. 
3 - Adtantbumfiuticofum eydmericMum. ForraineorftrangeMaidenhaire. 
. 1 his flrange Maiden haire gro weth up like unto a Feme, with a (lender blackifh browne ftalke branched forth 
into others,where abouts on each fide ftand from 12. to ao. f refh giecne leaves, fmall and fomewhae long joyned 
together by their fmall footeftalke, fomewhat like unto the firft true Maidenhaire, but cut in on the ouefide ar 
i verum feu Cap iff us Venerii verut. 
The true Maidenhaire. 
2. Jdtamhum nigrum vulgare. 
Common blacjre Mudtnhaire, 
