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Show eebh 84 THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE SoThetime. They fowerin lune and uly. s& The names. and er flower; Melampyrum iscalled of fome Triticum vaccinium : inEnglifh Cow wheate, Cowwheate, yellow Englifh 10 : lutewm ALelampyrum called fecondis The in Greeke eaduzvew. . % The danger. c takenin whichbeing nature, of The feede of Cow wheate raifeth vp fumes, and is hot and drie andheadach, meatesor drinks in the manerof Darnell,troubleth the braine,caufech drunkennes OfWilde Cow wheate, 2 Redleaféd wilde Cowwheateis very like vntothe former, fauing that thé leaves be narrower, and the tuft ofleaues'more iigeed, The {talks and leaues are of a reddifh horfefefh'celour. The flowersin formearelike the other, butin colour differing ; for that the hollowpart of the flower a withthe heeleorfpurreis of a purple colour,the reft of the flowet yellow, Thefeede and veflels are likethe precedent. 3, Crateogonon Exuphrofine. o& The defeription. Eiebright Cowwheate. 3 Thiskinde of wilde Cowwheate Taber AZontanus hath fet foorth vader thetitle of o others hautaken itto be a kinde of Euph Chap.62. Eiebright, bicaufe it dothin fome fortrefenil 2 Crateogonon rubrum. Redleafed Cow wheate. efpecially in his flowers. Theftalks ofthis plant are finall,tender, and'weake, not able to ftandalone, sh and fquare. Theleaues are indented about the edges, fhatpe pointed, andin moft points refembling che former Cowwheate: fo that of neceffitie itmuftbe of the famekinde, and not a kinde of Eiebright, as hath beene fet downebyfome. ee oe Sn 1 Crateogonon album. Wilde Cow wheate, 85 HISTORIFE- OF PEAN'TS,! * Theplace. Thefe wilde kindes of Cowwheate do growe commonlyin fertill paftures, and buthie copies, or low woods,and among buthes vpon barren hearths andfirchlike places, ~ The two firft dogrowe vpon Hampfted heath neere London, among the Iuniper buthes , and Bilberrie buthes in all the parts ofthe faid heath, andin euery part of Englande where I hauetrauelled, we The time. Theyflower from the beginning of Maytothe end of Auguft. % The vames. ‘ 1 Thefirftis called of L’Obelzus Crateogonon: of Taber Montanus Milium fyluaticum;or Wood Millet;and Adjine /yluaticum, or VVood Chickweed., The fecondhath the fame titles: in Englifh Wilde Cow wheate. The laft is called by: Taber Afontanus, Odontites ; of D eeus, Euphrafiaatteraand Euphrofine: lde ce a vherein I thinke he, miftooke it. Hippocrates callec 1 the wilde Cow. wheate Polycarpum and r Polyerilum, se The nature and verties. - is not much fet downe either ofthe nature or vertues of thefe plants: onelyit is reported feedes do caufe giddines and drunkennes as Darnell doth, f : % The defeript; ! He firtt kinde ofwilde Cow wheate clip thisPNWwihiteary calleth parieraris weStrésor wilde Pellitorie + which name According this owne wordsif it. donotmt y* the plant,heknowethnot what to calll it. for chat the Latins haueriotgiuen any™ thereuntofwer syet bicaufe fome haue fo called it,he retaineth thefame name. Notwithftanding ferreth it vnto the kinds of Melimpyrim or Cowwheat.or a a wm the wilde Cow wheal whichitdothverywell anfiver in diuers points T¢ hath ais hairie dorebloaita {talk,very rendetve & eafie to break.not &es ak,notaab]eto ftand vpti: ht with ti about his Mt : outth chelpeof his <et foorehigh mote,wherupor eg neighbors that d welabo! 4 h uleor cri ien oka ndo 8grow meee thin i leaues, fharpe poin ted and {nip i i t about tne" et ' ol= purplith colour, fomtimes greeni as th, fetby couples, on¢ OPEwoe foorth two come which ing like Ii . eo Wo : tow ne joint, long & bellow 5 ping : the flowers of a dead nettle,at the firfto 0 Soshies Jours icaby yellow, > andafter ies whict ch doflowre by degrees firlt'a few a thenapale i Serenof alsabright fd ingo". flows: which being paft theie fucceede final] 2 naa Mores by means wherof it 1s Long ena avis cups or fee, ; vnlike to 2 wheate, The whole plantis fii Reeee rey eeonrelnd Dip Not differin g fromth e plant Stichwoort. ovata eet f Crateogonum made in fine flower, andgiuen in broth or otherwile, mightily prouo- A Oo veneric, Somewrite that it will likewife caufe womento bring foorth male children, . ' * > ~ . Of White oAfphodull. J Ch, 1p.03. % The kindes. Auing finifhed the kinc les of Corne, it followeth to thewvnto yourthefimdryforts of Afphodils whereof fome haue bulbous rootes, other tuberous or knobbie rootes; fome of yellow and fomeof mixt colours, notwithftanding Di4/corides maketh mention bit of one 7 ise Letter wne two, which Diony/ius confirmeth faying, that thereis the male Thelatter age hath obferued many more befides. the bulbedone; of which P 3 I A fphod: lis 2 |