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Show THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE 638 HISTORIE: to tht exswcre, calledin Latin Ver ba/cu/a,ot pettic Mulleinssbut feeing the leauesare neitherw defcribed byleaties, as Pini norrounde , theybe hardly drawne vnto them : for Phlomides ate 4 Primulaverisflorealho. 1 Primula vertsflore rubro. White Bird eine, ~ Red Bird eine, hath interpreted it, Hirfutisand Rotundis hairic aud round, which Péniein his 25.booke; 10, chap, tranflateth thus; Sant @Phlomides due OF: PLANTS. Hirfuta, rotundisf oljjs,oumiles, whichis as muchto fiein hairie,counde leafed lowe,orfhort, Englith,as there be alfotwo pettie Mulleins, %& The temperature. a little or nothing hot. The Cowllips and Primrofes are in temperature dric,and %& The vertues. A gout; &flackesofth The Cowllipsare commended againft the paine ofthe ioints, calledtheprofitablie ginem again! nis the palfic.) Thedeco@ion ofthe rootsis thought to be sidneies and bladder: the iuice of the leaunes for members that are loole an broken. out ofioint,or inwardparts that are hurt,rent,or offield Primrofe gathered in Autumne;giuen roots dried ofthe powder the of &ahalfe am rcibly, (but fafely)waterifh humours, choler ale or wine,purgeth by vomit flegme,i ch maneras 4zarumdot ented by alearned andskilfull Apothecar ige of fimples, Colchefter,matter Thomas Buck/tone,and fingular in thekn railech woonderfully againf the ¢ ofCov flowers the with made Aconferue C s i f e h t of difeafes the all amps,and palfic, conuulfions,cr ofa greatlaske orblow Gowllips or Paigles dogreatly reftraine and {topthe bellie in the time die flixe,ifthe decoétionthereof be drunkewarme, , afterthat he ha Apradtitioner in London,who was famous forcuring the frenfie inthe moneth of Maj his cure by the due obferuation of Phificke, accuftomed eueryyeere thema licele in founta ile ofPrimrofe,bo flowers & s JF.Fheleaue fort this his patients after faltandbutter,which pepper, , fiigar thereto waters,adding Betonie ter; and in fome Rofe & firained he gaue themtodrinke thereoffirft andlaft. fhiffed into the nofe with aquillot The rootes of Primrofe ftamped and ftrained, andthe inice fuchlike,purgeth thebraine,and qualifieth the painc ofthe migrime. curethall {caldingsorbu. of Linfeede, Anvaguent made withthe iuice of Cowllips, and oile nings withfire, water or otherw ife. euil hrealeth flowers of Primrofes fodden in vineger,and applied,do healethekings alforhe ‘The ; thereof. almondsof the throteand vuula, ifyou gargarife the partie with the decoétion all difeafes ot is good againtt The leaues and flowersof Primrofes boiled in wine anddrunke, thorne or ff linter,or bone fixed therein. the breft and lungs,and di awethfoorth ofthe flefh any Theplace. Thefe pl Of Birds eine. Chap.261. : andsas aia do grow very plentifully in moift and {quallie grounds, in the north parts of Engtdleslion Grete sat toBlackburnein Lancafhire, and ten miles from Prefton in Aunder- » Theylikewife ss peatwvaltiand Cragee clofein Weftmerland, % The defcription. atwood cS i “4 . he medowes belonging to 4 village in Lancafhire neere Maudiley calarog, Onihis fide Trent a : eth notfarre from thence,and many other places ofLancafhire,but not oor Pengji (af atl coulde éuer haue any certaine knowledge of L'Obelias reporteth that afamous Phifition of our London Colledge) did finde themin thefe Southerne Parts, td thett Ome Herbarifts call this-plant by thenameof Sanicula anguftifolia, making ibythefe termes, mator, & minor, fie media : others kinds,anddiftinguithi , agreeing Paralytica alpina,which without controuerfie are kindes of Cowllips vnto Cowllips bt nfhape as in their nature and vertues, hauing leaves much like inde,of a faint greenifhcolour , on the vpperfide andvndernea growing flatvpon the e among whichrife vp fmall andtender ftalks ot a foote high, hauit white or mealie colour: common Oxelip, fauing thattl top ofeuetie ftalke a buth of{mall flowers, in fhape likethe of afaire ftammell colourtending to purple: in the middle of euery (inal flower appecre™ Noe yellowefpor,refembling the cic ofa bird,which hath moouedthe people of the north parts, duft,and the roote whiteand ee de it aboundeth)to call it Birds cine,The feedeis fmall like 2 Thefecondis like the firft fauing that the whole plantis greater,in echerefpetts andes ‘ flowers are ofa whitifh colour. , prime They flow, ¢ % The time. 5 Tand flourifh from Aprill to the end ofMay. Thefittig called Pri Birds cing : % The names. timrofe with the redde flower: the fecond Primrofe with the white flower & The nature andvertnes. | The na tar ouenamed. and vertues ofthéfe red and white Primrofes , mut be fought out amongft thofe of |