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Show like the flowers ofOnions. When they beripe there appeeretha aa ra 7 2 : oe skinne or huske. The roote is Ore and Rabi couered with a blackith skinne on the outfide, an eee eee white within,and ofthe bigne le i — “ P p _ — nin 4 Indian Moly hath very thicke fat ort leaules ) a % The defeription. Hefirltkinde of Molyhath for his roote a little whitith bulbe formew hat k pny trot valk to the rooteofthe valet Lecke , which fendeth foorth leaues like the blades of corey raflesamongwhichdoth rife vpa {lender weake ftalke, fat, and full of iuice ; at the i) : is great,bulbofe fafhion,andfull ofiuice, themfelues toward thepointlike the taile of a Serpent, wherof it tooke his name. The ftalkistaig, thicke, andfull ofiuice : at the top whereof ftandeth a clufter of fmall red bulbes, like vntothein oe = ithering Moly. from which rife vp weake graffie leaues, ofa fhining greene colour, crookedlyw inding and tum “A ’ theroote doth caft off:all the whole plant doth {mell and taft of Garlick whereof itis alfo akind : j ithered alwaies at the pointe, wherein confifteth ac diftsverice actceneWek Sas ald Boor ‘\S 4 ad E ro f Homers Molyswhich are not fo,In the middle ofthe . Breteany \ WENN NN VW Ww Gar a eee on ze srere Moly , and fuller; ofa flimie juice :from which doe arife three or fower great thicke and broad leaues Seeeabadsecladbcinoa, “helaiedocal de sasiea craenal we aia Hele dotake hold and roote,and thereby greatly increafe,as alfo by the infinite bulbestha Ay SL pr i deta ineiinek aesehata eae WS lefticloues ofGarlick, before theybepilled fromtheir skinne. And among thofe bulbesthered WWF Sy LF:AYib like dent,bearing at the top a clufterof{calic bulbes included in a large thinneskin, dr filme. ‘The roote aalpine ole hth ikewifea fnall bulbusroote with fome fibres faftened to the bortony Homers Moly. The ftalke isalfo commeth foorth athicke knobbie bulbe like that of HomersMo y+ th foorth of askinnie filme a bundell of milke white flowers , not vnliketothoti Stateswhile lant haththe finell and tafte of Garlick whereof no doubt itis akinde, | paagaeNatn 144 HISTORIE) OF PLANTS. THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE “dy ( \ IN \ Vie J . y Ss ANY A: —, ing SN : \ ] g leaues riley bunch of fmooth greenith bulbes fet vpona tenderfooteftalke, in fhape and bignefle ' like toa great garden worme, which beingripeand planted in the earth , doth alfo growevntoa faire P f lantlike vnto the mother. %& Theplace. Thefe plants do grow in my ogarden,asalfoin the gardens of Mafter James Garret Apothecarie, and Mafter Garths,a. worfhipfull gentleman and expert \ Wi Wig in theknowlege ofplants. % the time. They {pring foorth of the grounde in February, andbring foorth their flowers, ftuit,and feed,in the end of Augutft, %& The names. ; Some of the Greeke writers haue deritied the S -\ ‘ Tr namesofthefe plants Moly, from the Greeke word ( a ) Ais Zp) fh Ny ~ y) i Jj > ‘i YL Vp (f-” YI}; Morvely rs voots, that is , to driue away difeafes, It may profitablie be argued, tobelong to acertaine bulbofe plant, moft like to Garlick, by the woord SN Mdaulz, which Hippocrates and Galen doe expound and call a Garlickhead, giuing that interpretati- on to the Greeke word, Asfor repeating of foolith and vainefigments, the coniuring ofwitches, & magicians inchantments, which haue beeneattributed vnto thofe herbes , Ileaue them to fuch as hadratherplaice with fhadowes,than beftow their wits about profitable andferious matters. i, % The temperature andvertues. % The defeription, ‘ Homers Moly hath very thicke leaues, broad toward the bottome, fharpe at the point,a! "i ed like a trough or gutter:in the bofome of which leaues neerevnto the bottome 6” y foorth acertaine round bulbeor ball of a fe : : ing ri oie et 3 Brodindsromethand becommetha faire plants Gieie,oe faire : ‘ Thefe Molyes are very hot, approching to the nature ofGarlick, not doubting but in time fome excellent manor otherwill finde out as many good vertues of them, astheir ftately and comely Proportion fhould feeme to be pofleffed with. Butfor mypart,I haue neither prooued,nor heard of others, nor foundin the writings ofthe ancients any thing touching their factilties. Onely Dio/éovides reporteth,that they are ofmaruellousefficacie to bring downe the tearmes ; ifone of thembe ftamped withoile of the Flower-deluce accordingto art, and vfed in manerofa peflarie or mother fuppofitorie, Ifany be defirous to heare oftheir charmingqualities, wherewith the Circes andmagicians haue vied to bringto paffe their diabolical] incantations,let them read: Homer touching that matterin the twentice chapter ofhis Ody(es,andthere fhall they finde matter {carce woorth the reading, cha ; 6 aca : : whit its high,as {trong as afmall walking ftaffe tatthe ye of faire whitith flowers,datht ouer witha wath ofpurple colout, iy K1 0if |