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Show 818 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE OF PLANTS: % The defeription. 3 Aconitum hyemale. Woolfes bane of the mount Baldus hath one ftalke,finooth andplaine, in the middle whereof ji Toolfes bane. bs Winter WVoolfes come foorth twoleaues and no more,wherein it differeth from the other of the Valdens , hauing likewife three or fowerfharpe pointedleaues, narrowe and fomewhat jagged atthe place where the ftalke diudeth it felfe into {maller branches ; whereon do gtowe final] yeilowe flowers like the precedent,but much lefier, 4 It groweth vpon the moutttaines of Germanie we haue great quantitie ofitin our London gar- dens. Thatof Sauoic hathlikewife an ypright {talke, fmooth, andofa greene colotir, in the middle %& Thetime. It flowreth in Tanuarie; the feede is éndof March, % The names, whereofgrowe two leaues, of an ouerworne blewifh colour: the flowersare fomerwhatbigoet then the precedent,and ofthe fame colour, winter Aconite: thatitis a kindeof / Woolfes bane, both the forme of th ey eT e aye cods,and allo the dangerous : faculties of{ the herbe itfelfe do declare, H ismuch like to Aconitum Theophraftz, which he defcribeth in his 9. booke f, Thefe venemous plants do growon the Alpes, andthe méuntaines cfSauoie andSwitzerland: Thefirft growplentifullyin the countreyofthe Valders, who inhabite partof thofe mountaines towards Italie. The other is found on Baldus,a mountaineofItaly, Theyare ftrangersin England, % The time. They flower in March and Aprill,their fede is ripe in Iune. herbe, hauing noz wing on it, andiswithoutb % The names. is: the rootefaith heis like to » elfe to xapuxz, » Onely the » > . 4 tomakeagainftic, which is nothi This kinde ofAconite ot Woolfes bane is called Thora, Tanra sand Tura,it is furnamedFallen. Ssthatit maydiffer from Wepellus,or Munckes hoode,whichis likewife named Thora, C4aicen maketh mentionof acertaine deadlyherbe in his fourth booke, fixt Fen, called Fat. frmsitis harde to affirme this fame to be Thora Valden/is,or Munkes hoode ofValdenfiasin Engl wemaycall itround leafed Munkes hood,and foof the reft,as is fet downein their feuerall tides. that of Succory,which he compareth I % The temperatureandvertues. This herbeiscountedto be verydang deadly: hot & drie in the fourth depree & The temperature and vertues. B Theforce of thefe Woolfes banes, intplaine wordes doth teftifieconcern Watonite ;for which he faith tl founde his antidote or temedi nicious and poifonfome, and (as itisreport) exceedeththe malice of 2Yapelivs,or any of er Woolfes banesyas we haue faid. ae theyfaythatitis offuchforce,thar if amancfpecially , and then next fowerfoote s «of any other wilde beaft be wounded with anarrowe or other inftrament dipped in the inicehet doth die within halfe an howerafter remedilefle. Ouid fai Quie guia ; ze Nidto Laie | afcuntur diya vinaciacaute: notwithftanding it isnot without his pe ‘Loachimis Ca hit in Se hada how. living in Noremberg faith, the water droppedinto the ‘ aidisof Since! 4 en teported to preuai le mightily againft the bitings of fcorp ecomméth ntly déliueredfrom his drowfines. % The defeription. OfMitridate Woolfes bane. sage : ay ltt His kinde of Aconiteis called Waconitum hyemale Belgarum, ofDodonens Acoition ae Chap.358. ¢ he dead time of winter, manytimes bearingthe ne heades of his leaues and flowers; yea the colder the weather is, and the deepet a ; the fairer and larger is the flower ; and the warmer thatthe weatheris, thelefler ist ! news and Theopomprs write, that thi mott poifoneft herbe ofall others a sw if t ¢fcorpion pafle by where it growe bor ieprepete gee > and fenceleffe, and if the fame th andtouch the fame, pref f {corpion by chance touch thewhite SPtete Ofwinter Woolfes bane. Chap.357- minus, in Englifh Woolfes bane, or fmall yellowe VVoolfe s bane, rae a foorth of the groundeint i Ttis called teonitum hyemale, oxEte % Theplace. A % The place. and woorfe coloured : thefe leaues I faie come foorth ofthe grounde immediate excecal! withanaked, foft, and flender ftemme, deepely cut oriagged on theleanes, oF 4 Fathi greenecolour, in the midft of which commethfoorth a yellow flower, inthew tothe commonfielde Crowfoote , after which followe fundtie cods full 4 ye feeces ™ sroteath kinde the otherkindes of Aconites : the rooteis thicke, tuberous , and knows, like @ Anemone. % Thedefeription. His p} Were calledhash 4ithora being fesbaue. f bei the antidote a gaint the poifonof Thora, Atonite , ot 17? By ati ilender hollowe ftalkes very brittle, a cubite high, garnifhed withfine Sverylike to Nigella Romana,orthe common Larkes {purre, called Confolj= talkes do growefaire dowers.fathionedlike.little helmet,ofan ouer: Outs after which come finall blackifh cods, wherein is conteined blackthining hon: the roote confifteth of diuers knobs ot tuberous lumps,of the bignefie Eff 2 Anthora |