Tk I B E 15, 
The Theater of T fonts* 
Ch a p.26, 1377 
& [r,d ^ S ,‘, eCd r- b “ c glides tbcfeac the^oynting of the brtnchc^mc forth other forts offeede'clu- 
fcould ffi e ie h . Cr llk£abunchof S ra P cs -whi ch are whitilh, nature thus providing it with a double iflue, leaf! it 
Nigetta Citrina florcalbofimpiici. Single White Nigella with yellowifh feede 
WeehavcaUe in our gardens, another finglc fort of Nigella, that hath conie among other feedes that hath 
^ ^° mc ou . r f rl£ nds beyond Sea, that drffereth io little from the other uluall forts that it can 
dafeerned,except nbe in the frelher greenenefle of the leaves before it come to flower which then^ 
fmall like the third wild fort here let downe.but white: the heads alio are fmall but formed alike havine fmaller 
Acdo/btwhS a " d With ° at fmt ’ ant * herein it is fomewhat like unto 
ThcT’lace tmdT'xWe, 
The firft is ufually fowen in Gardens even in Italy or clfc where,cbe other forts grow wilde and in the fields of 
Cotncm Italy,Candy,g e rmany,&c. they areall annuall tobe (owne inthe Spring, iftheydocnot fowthem 
fclvcs,and flower in lane ini July, giving ripe feede in F 8 ’ Ocnoclowth ™ 
1 he Names. 
ItlScallcdinSrCckc wtA«t!^»i»and^['£iv«r 5 P</w MeUnthium alfoin Taring ,, M j at• 
f'TtrtrifltA anciently called Gith, divers otter baftarde 
yrum from the Grecke word : all late Authours call them either CMclmthium or Nigella onely Fuchfim and c”r 
dm tooke it to be the Cumtuumfylvrftre alttrum of Diofcorid,,. The Arabian, call irxJL f J? * ■ T, 
Italians iV^&.the Spaniard and Niguillia, the French ZnrZZd NullteJZZ. * 7 
Katari/mcu blumeu, chat is, St .Katherines flower, the wilde for UZIZ Ka',’ Tu i“ f °" 
Dutch Nardus fair, becaufe they and others had a perfwafion that the oyle made out of th^tecde^aTr),'^ 
^ Wc n* U t n ^'f,, C1 ; her Ni S dla Jftcr the Lad “> OT Fennell flower,as I doe fo the underflaT 
d.ngofthe feverall Authours ofthefe : the hrft.lecond, and third, are mentioned by ohr hut W iters bv thnfr 
titles they have,or very neere them. The fourth is called by Hauhimt Niael/a CmL fimolv and 
lanthium Creucum : The fifth is mentioned by Ton* in his ItalUn TSald m ^the feven h bv AM^ilhiit\ ^ 
Ejcocicke plants. Thefixtby iWinfcfa ^-^TheWl as I 
The fweete fmelling feedes are effefluall to many difeafes, but the firft kinde is onely ufed in medicines rhe nd 
ther that doe not fmell well, are 111 a manner refuted. Galea fai-h it is hoc and drv in rhe rh;, u, ,’ r, ^ 
parts,and thereby it: helpeth to dry up rheumes and deflations from the heading tyed in 1 c lo th’a^d (meted 
unto,but being put into a cappe among other thing, for that purpofe.it doth much good: bein» taken inwardlv 
it eapelleth wmde, the wormea, and women, couries ; ithelpech alto the fticttneffeofbrtaihandcleanftthfhe 
kidneyesof gravell,and the ftone.and provoke* urine.be,ng taken with honey, and is, .em»dy aeainft noVfote 
and the biting of the Sptder Pbahn & m m , m i the Scorpion,and as it is fa.d encreafeth miike in womens "reft/ be 
ingboyled in Vinegar, it helptth the tooth ache to be held in the mouth : thefameufed 
feurfe, freckles,fpot,,&c. in the sKinne, and hard fwellings allb,and cleanfcth the eyes • bein/bumnd /d ^ 
away flies,gnats,and the like, the feede was familiarly eaten in former times, beinfft awedon 
put therein as Poppy feede was. A/pitm faith, that the ufe of the fifth fort is ver y effeftuafl bmh ^ r/rf d ’ 
S/wT/csX" ^ ^ hereof be teylcd widi Vinegar'afld fo tAe„™nd k". 
Chap, XX Vf. 
Tifum cord,,mm vificari urn. The bladder heartlite (potted Pea it. 
Hfe® ^.h»vedjverfly thought of Ah plant,fome referring it to the kinde of tiatiUcabm of 
: ^ Winter Chcrry } others to ochetplifirsiycC feting icagrccth with none of them all buc 
in fome one thing or other, in others wanting fome one thing or other. And becaufe fTou d not 
findc-af.mny whereintof might chruft it, I have kept it for this place, Untill fome fellow may be 
found to match it with. Take therefore the defeription thereof thus, ft rifeth up and fpteadeth 
muchjif ic have good ground to grow in,havir><7 fiindry (lender wcakeftalkes u/hirh i«iii iL a CtD 
(enh lamelon’ ?h" d '"""f ^ fdfe ^1' thc cla ‘P, crs ic »«*, unleife ic be fuftained whfi fome flake fendte" 
o/five nm h i C ’ r’ Cry l r£Cne kavCS 011 a " fides ‘ u P° n >™S footeftalkes, being divided cither in o th/e? 
,C ; te0 ^f CUUn0 ? thecd R CS; a?thc i°y |lts with the leaves from the a ddc 
or the italkcoalmoft, upwards, and at rhe coppesofthem likewife, come forth divers fmall whirl c 
togeth.-r upon a foofeftalke.cach eonfifling of fi ve fmall leaves apee e, wtech paffeTnto fm fluite^n d • ‘ 
round greene bladders, growing more whitilb as it ripeneth, havine fi*“Seo wteeSihreS m T ™ m 
minent, and open into three parts.m each whereof lyech one round hard.blackdh’feede of the bi-neffe nf^° rC '* 
Pcafe, (potted on the fide with a markc.of the forme of a white Hart a, it i‘s uLf? fo rte Sd f g - reat 
compare it to the (haven ctowne of Monckes and Fryers, Z^roote is tefhy^««KS aSZ%, “ t ‘° me 
yet periftung every yeare.at die firft approach of a Winters day,whether i/be ripe 0 8 r no and indeede I'did^^’ 
fee it beare ripe friute with us,no not in the hotteft yeare that I have fowne it. ? ’ did never 
1 « , The F lace andTime. 
it hath come : from Italy, and other parts beyond Sea, but furely even they have received fr from t 
k pencxh thereafter/" ® rovVeth natura *ly any part o( Europe, itflowfetha/sfaid ver/latc, 
The Names. 
Some as I faid have referred ic to the Solatium veScarium, or Halicacabum of DiafcaAA* . . _■ 
C Halkacaiumy,r eS r\num^r,y,^Tra l „,Fu s hf lm ,G.(J, M Ludm'l^Z 
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