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Show THE ‘FIRST’ BOOKE’ OF THE “9: ‘Colchicum ma/culinum Germanicum. i Germanic Saffron, : ‘The male inedow HISTORTED OF PLAN TS. 13f monly called ofthe Apothecaries Hermodactylis: but notwithftandingthat Hermodattyle which we 10 Colchicum famininum Germanican, The female medow Germanic Safftor do vfe incompound medicines differeth fromthis in many notable points, for that the true Hermo- daityle hatha bulbe or rounde roote, which being dried continueth very white within and wi thout, notwrinckled at all,but full and {mooth, ofa meanehardnes. Yalerins Cordws writeth that there is found a eertaine wilde Saffron like vnto the commonkinde , but with white flowers, and with a bulbe ,whenit is dried fomwhat white onthe out fide, and within very white,the powder of which being beatenis like wheate flower,with a fweete and pleafane tafte, This doth not growfaith hein Germanie,butis brought from fome other countrey :and itis very like ro be the rootes ofthe white andftrange wilde Saffron whichare folde in fhops by the name of Hermodattylus: and Hermodattyle to be nothing elfe, but wilde Saffron with the white roote. Andfo fhall thete be two of onekinde: that is to faic, the right Hermodactyle with a roote white both within andwithout: and a baftarde Hermodattyle or deadly Colchicum, ox wilde Saffron, with aroote blackith or reddith both without and within, And that Awicen was ofthis opinion thofe things declare which he hath writtenin his 352.chapter, for he faith that Hermodaé#yle is the roote of a plant bearing, rofes ( thatisflowers) whichare white or yellow (rather purple) andthat the white is the better, the red and blacke be naught,and ate pernicious and deadly poifons, Soto conclude, it may appeere by that that hath been faid,that the white medowfaffron which we hauein the weft parts of England, growing efpe- cially about Shepton Mallet, are the Hermodaétyles ved in thops. Itwas called Colchicum ofanlle called Colchis whereit wasfirft found,as alfo the vie ofit. . Ivis called of fome, Filiws ante Patrem, although there isakinde of Lyfamachia or Loueftrife fo called , bicaufeit frft bringeth foorth his long cods with feede,and then flower after,or at the fametimeat the end ofthe faid cod. But inthis meade Saffronitis far otherwife,bicaufe it bringeth foorthhis leaues in Februarie, the feedin May, and the flowers in September, whichis a thing cleane contrary to all other plants whatfoeuer, for that they do firft flower and after feede: but this Saffronfeedethfirft, and fower moneths after bringethfoorth flowers : and therefore the Latins thoughtthis a fit name forit Filius ante Patrem: and we accordingly maycall it, the Sonnebefore the Father. Of Plinyitis called Narciffies purpu- reus, &Bulbus Agrestis,of {ome P(éndo-Hermodaétylus :in Dutch Dermiavactilen atte Chatonten, %& The temperature. i Medowfaffron is hotanddrie in the fecond degree. % The vertues. The rootesofmeade faffronis offorce to purge. Itis properly giuen faith Paslwsto thofe that % The defeription. 9 Themalemedow Saffron of Germanyhath manythickele aties, broade,andfull of inice, a flowerslike to thofe ofthe Englith medo : w Saffton, aswellin : 2 SN ter 3 i colour, as proportion i ; and differ inthat,that thiskinde is batraine, and bringeth foorth no feede atall ; Seine to all there ftofts Colchickes which maketh the difference , 10 Thefemaleis like vnto th i H : : : : inet foorth white flowersand the oe tefpect,but differeth in that,that this plant bung Medowfaff . % Thepl PAE ‘ins + eookehi waren Thwhee anoa,2 growethin Meffinia and in the Ile Colchis., whereof ittooktli e fet foorth their natj i : ; Native ¢ /i ndi ng our Lo don gardens are poffefl:ed with the moft partofthem ountries , notwithftandi 6 The Twofirftd i ; % The correction. ‘The powder ofGinger,long Pepper,Annife feede,or Commin feed,anda little Matticke, correðthe churlifh working ofthat Hermodaé#sle,or meadefaffton, whichis vfed in fhops. Butthofe whichhaue eatenof the common medowSaffron mutt drinke the milke ofa cow,or els death prefently enfueth. ; fordand Bathe, eee in great abundance, infat andfertill medowes, 35 aboutVI medowes neere t fi ; . land call Sh . ‘te toa {mallvillage in the Wert partie of England¢ eae,l ie medowes about Briftow 5 in Kingftroppe e\Mdow i awatermil ahah in Noises Holmeby houfevpon the righthand of the way,and likewifeiag places, hauethe goute,euen then whenthe humours are in flowing, The fameftamped and mixed with the whites of egges , barly meale, andcrumsofbread, and appliedplaifterwife,eafeth the paine ofthe goute,fwellings and aches aboutthe joints. The fameftrengtheneth nourifheth,and maketh goodinice, increafeth {perme or naturall feede, andis alfo good toclenfe vicers and rottenfores. » twomiles fromthe faide towne of Northampton, and many! The leaves of all the kin ds of mead faffr % The time. Istipein Tune, The leaues ,{talks and feed d, on-do begin to fhew themfeluesin February. The i" of the ground in September © perith in Iuly, andtheir pleafant Aowers do. comé , aDio efea a i rides c call i eth med “ieefl or owfa e fom *enume affro aE e co sesv :notwithftanding there is another r at ep : i i it is called Jetttofen: in low n Latin Bulbus agrestis, or wilde Bulbe:i in high 7 e Dutch 5p sey Punighe Citeloaien + in French Adortan Chich ol : %& The danger. Therootesof al the forts of meadefaffrons, the white excepted,are very hurtfull to the ftomacke, and being eaten,theykill by choking as muftomesdo, accotding vnto Déofcorides, wheruponf ome haue called it Colchicum ftrangulatorium, Of Star of Bethlehem. Chap.83. % The kindes. Gy Here be finndrie forts of wildefield-onions called Star ofBethlehem, differingin ftature,taft e, and {mell,as thal] be declared, Ia & Ornithogalum. |