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Show Lise, Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 774. I ; ; q The Time. gvengoae ds Theyare found with their floure from Iuly to September, an bring forth theirfeed the fe: condyeare after the feed’ is fowne. Tea 8. 1 Verbafcumalbum. Bafe white Mullein,z 975 Of the Hiftorie of Plants; 2 Verbafcum nigrum blacke 'M Mullein, Bafe¢ black I i @ The Names. R egia,Candelariaand Mullein is called in Greeke exeerin fhops,T.apfus Barbatws :ofdivers, Candelaand Taff Barbafo : in Italian,Verbafco, Lanaria: Dioftorides,Pliny,and Galen,do call it Verbafcum :in Zovéllon : in Englith, Mullein, orra. French, 10 ¢ wouBraue Dutch, inHigh : Goraolebo Spanith, ther Woollen,Higtaper,T orches,Long-w oort,and Bullockes Long-woort ; and of fome Hares. beard. gy, The Temperature. as Gal Mulleinis oftemperature drie: the leaues hauealfo a digefting andclenfing qualitic, affirmeth. A B C D Q The Vertues. Theleaues of Mullein being boiled in water,and laid vpon hard fwellings and inflammations oftheeies,cureth and ceafeth the paine. Therootboiled in redwine and drunke, ftoppeth the laske and blondyflix: The fame boiledin waterand drunke,is good for themthatare broken and hurt inwardly, and preuaileth much againft the old cough. Atittle fine treacle {pred vpona leafe of Mullein,and laied to the piles or Hemorhoides,curett the fame : an ointment alfo madewiththe leaues thereof and old hogs greafe worketh thefame é effea. down E. The leanesworne vnderthe feet day and night,in manner ofa fhooefole or fock,bringeth or otherthing in yong maidenstheir defired ficknefle,being kept vuder their feet with fomefocks for falling away. cattell the leauest The Countrey people, efpecially the husbandmenin Kent, doe giue their F the fame,whetedrinke againft the coughof the lungs,being an excellent approued medicinefor uponthey doecall it Bullocks Lung-woort. G_ Ho Mafticke burned ina chafing difh ofcoles,and fer withina clofe ftoole, and Frankenfenceand , and all diftales the fume thereoftaken vnderneath,dothperfeatly cure the piles , hemotrhoids bee twiceeueri¢ muft (which fuming, fuch euery at be there happening in thofe lowerparts,ifalfo ‘ dreffing. next the vntill kept day)a leafe oftheherbebound to theplace, and there one,dothhelpe the falling There be fome whothinke that this herbe being but carried about fickneffe,e{pecially, the leaues of that plant which hath notas yet borne floures,and that 1s gate: = aa Sunis in Virgo,and the Moonein Aries ; which thing notwithftanding 15 ¥aine an uper I ic10us. fteeped in Oile and fer in wa Thelater Phyfitions commend the yellow floures, beeing bee a remedieagaint the one vatill they bee wafted into the Oile and confumed away, to pues. K thele anes ot Thereport goeth, faith P/imy,that figges do not putrifieatall that are wrapped in Mullein: which thing Déofcorides alfomaketh mention of. Cuar. 270. Of bafe Mullem. G The Defcription. 1 fife ane She . e wooddie root,from which rifeth vpaft i hath a thick Hebafe whit i e Mullein with faire grayith of foure cubites,garnifhed of the height fer:t taper < ftalks tap hairie ftalke, ampa he floures grow A round about thea ftalks ne, butlef 3 fathion ee of Elec ‘ C sof awhite colour,withcertaine golden thrumsinthe middle:the feed followet! of the colour of duft. s 2 ser Mullein hath long leaues,not downie at all,large and fharp pointed;¢ queria ackith green colour, fomewhat rough, andftrongly {melling : the floures stow a ftalks,of a goldenyellow colour,with certainethreds in the middle thereof. The r00F fromthe precedent. > Melle& Sena large,broad,and woollic leaues, like vonois like leaues,cucn ee pntin dics ds aon buak me Balke Souered withthe ’ er andlefler by degrees. The ftalke diuideth it aos : :into diuerfebranches , whereon is fet round Ehoue mane yellowfloures, which change intowhite, varying according vnto the foile and clymate. The rootis thicx@® & Verbafeum Lychnite minus, Small Candle-weeke Mulleinj 7 |