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Show eR TOROS THE SECOND BOOKE’ 652 OF ‘THE HISTORIE OF ‘PLANTS. writeth againall eruch jthat it neither bearethflowers nor feede: after Theophriitim, Virgilwite 5 s AEneidos: ne(feth that itdoth beare flowers in the r2ofhi 2 Bordgofloralba, 1 Borage horten/is. Garden Borage. Vhite flowred Borage, DithimnumCenitrix Cretea Carpit ab Ida; puberibuscanlem folijs,e>flore comantem Purpureo. in Virgil. rthiepaine, But Venus huchappaldat this hir fonnes vnwoo brings, Creta in mount facred a ftomId ie Dittan e Green The ftalke with tender leaues, and bloffome purple freth that {prings, e Anherbeto Roe buckswilde,and beafts not tame right well be known Their backs whenfull of darts do fticke which hungers thicke haue throwne, se The time. ber. They flowet ‘and dourith in the fommer moneths,their feedis ripe in Septem sy The nanies. nm fylueftre,or wildePenniItis called in Greeke Yxuvs:in Latine Dictamnum, of fome Palegi doread Déptamnnm withp:but yoiall: the apothecaries for Diéfamnum with c in the firftfyllable , Dittanie, they did not vfe the of leaues che of inftead if ance, import finall of be this errour might t e,andDi rootes of Fraxinelle fox Dittanie,whichtheyfalfely call Dictamnwm :in Englith Dittani tanie of Candie. fe ithath with Ditrani¢, Theotheriscalled P(éadodittamnum , or baftard Dittariie, ofthe likenef it skillech not,though the fhops know it not: the reafon why,letthe Reader geffe. A % The temperature. Thefe plants are hot and drie ofnature, % The vertues. h awaydead Dittanie being taken in drinke, or put vp inapeflarie, or viedina fume, it bringet children: it procureth the monethly termes, and driueth foorth the {econdine or afterbirth. Theiuicetakenwith wine,isa remedy againft the ftingings of ferpents. Thefameis thoughttobee of fo trong an operation , that with the veriefmell alfo it driveth awaie venetnous beafts sand doth aftonifh them. theybe wounded withatD__ltisreported likewife chat the wilde goates and deere in Candie when rowes,do {hake themout by eating ofthis plant,and healeth their wounds. . > Itprevaileth muchagainft allwounds,and efpecially thofe made with inuenomed weapons, a — that vfethe fea andlence rowes fhot out ofguns or fuch like,andis very profitable for Chirurgians -B C wats,tocartie with them and hauein readines; it draweth foorth alfo fplinters ofwood, bones, fuchlike. F ve Thebaftard Ditcanie, or P/éudodictamnum, is fomewhatlike in.vertuesto the firft, butnot 0” great force,yerit ferueth exceeding well for the purpofes aforefaid. *The defcription. 3 Neuer dying Borage hath manyverie broz leaues,roughand hairie, of ab colour ; among whichrife vp ftiff Jarke whereupon do growe faire blewf and budsfor newe flowers, all itwascalled Semper viren bicaufe itis not tobefee mer, but alwaies at onet OfBorage. Chap..69. : t x» Thekindes. ‘Thereis found atthis day fowerfotts of Borage,as fhall be declaredin this prefent Chaptet % Thedeféription. Orage hathbroad Jeaues,tough;lying flat vpon the ground,ofa blacke ot {wart greene lout :among whichrifeth vp.aftalke two cubits high, ‘diuided into diuets branches,)"® _ Upondo growegallant blewe flowers,compofedoffiue leaues a peece,outoft “J which growefoorthblacke threds.ioinedin the top,and pointedlike a brochot pyramide: 5 is threddie,and cannot awaywith the'colde of winter. y thal 2 Borage with white flowers is like vnto theprecedent,but differeth in the flowers, £0 difference. the s colour,whereini blewe perfeét ofa others the this plant are white,and faire Bowers, buds,ripe andv greatlyincreafeth. The rootei There is afourth fort of Bo like the precedent, but thi hairie,diuidingit felfe into bra! of the plant , whereupon a wers, wherein is the cl this and the laft deferil se Theplace. Thefe grow inmyga den,and in others alfo, st Therime. Borage flowreth and flourifheth moft part of all fommer,and till Aurumnebe far fj 3 The names. Borageis calledin fhops Borego: of the old wris ters Gov'yawerey, whichis calledin Latine Leygud BisHAS |