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Show THE SECOND BOOKE Of Sowbreade. HISTORIE ‘OF PLANT s. OF THE Chap.r96. % The kindes. eeter finelland more pléafant coldur. The feedis alo wrappedvp itt the ftalke for his fur. thetdefenceagainit the initrie of winter. The root is fomwhat greater‘and ofmoré vertue,asfhall Herebediuers forts orkindes of Sowbreade, differing very notably aswell in forme orfigue, as intheir time of fowring,foutifhing,fading and appropriate vertues, 1 Cyclanenorbicalatofolie, Round Sowbread. 655 9 Thefecond kinde ofSowbread,hath broad leaues {pred vponthe ground, fharpe pointed,fomwhatinderited abour the edges,of a durke greene colour with fome little lines or akes ofwhite on thevpper fide, 8¢ of a darke reddit hice lonr onthat fidenext the stound } which rife der footeftalks oftwoorthree inches long; at the tops wherof ftandfii ch flowers'as the preceden butofafiv bececlared, Thereisa thirde kind of Sowbread that hath rotmd leaues without peaked corners, as the lat before mentioned j»:yer-fomewha r fnipt: about the edges and fpeckled with: white about the brims of theleaues , and of ablackifh colour'in the middle? the flowets are like vntothereft; but 2 ide Cyclamenfolio Sowktead.Hedera, ofadeeper purple: the roote alfolike, but {maller; Thereis‘aplant which I hauefér-foorth it: this place that may very wel be calledinto queftion,&z hisplacealfo,confidering thatthere hathbeene gteat contention about the fatrie,and not filly des temined oh either part; which hathymooued me to placehi mwith thofe-planits:thae moftdoe rex fmble oneanother;both in thapeand'name: this plant hath greene corriered léaties like vnto Iuie, longaidimall gaping: Aowers like the finalt Snapdr agon: more hath not been {aid ofthis plant, etter offtalke or roote;babisleft vnto theconfideration ofthé learned, ; % Theplace. Sowbread groeth plentifully about Artois,8, Verman dois in Fraunce,&in the forreft ofArde n, andinBrabane: but the fecond gtowethplentifully in manie places ofIralie,being the beft ofall. Itisteported vrito me by menof goodcredite, that Cyclame n or Sowbte ad growet h vpon the mountaines of Wales on the hils of Lincolnfhire, andin Somerfetthire bythe houfe of-a genHeiman called Matter Hales ;vpon afoxe burroughalfo not farre fron Mafter Bawfields neerve toa townecalled Hatdington, ‘The firft two kinds do growin mygarden,where they profper well. % Thetime, Sonbread flowreth in September when the plant is without leafe , which doafterwards {pring YP;Continuing preene all the winter > couering and keeping warme thefeede. vntill mi r Hextatwhat time the feedeis tipeasaforefaid. The third fowrethin the fring, for wh Nascalled Cyclamen vermin. % The names. 4 ; Son teadis called in Greeke wuaduve s: in Latine Tuber terreand Terre rapui: 0§ Marcell us Ori.ehApalcis Palalia, rapura Porcinum,and Terra malum:in {hops Cyclame n, Pants Porcis Pe : De oatalian Pan Porcino in Spanith Mazan de Puerco: inbigh Dutch Schweiit calle owe Dutch Ceteking beagtt in French Paiz de Porceag: in Englith Sowbre ad, Piinje Ue colour ofthis flower in Latine Colofiinus color : Sonbread; 5; vhs Vat Tihe nature. aashotand drie in the third % The deferiprion: rae ca He firft being the common kinde of SOeh cated in fhops Panis porniApthe [ » hath many greene and round leaues like vnto Afarabacca sfauingt atader pat the leas degree. XS % Thevertues. . Tc woread dried into powder, and taken inwardly in the quantit ieof adramand 2 A smuthimeade orhonied waren rgeth downwarde burnotes honied waterspu } toughand groffe flegme,ai nd other fharpe Ththefame take n ii nw ine as aforefaid,is very Molubeatts profitable againft al poifon,and the bitings of vene- B and ‘ Th al h I Bair. of Sowbs in Englith Murrey colour, i spaurrardly applied vnto the hurt place. f ; at has aforefaide.cureth the iaundies and ftopping s of theliuer , taketh away the C Theleaues tar Nig iftie patient after the taking thereof be caufed to fweat. ; of the leaues are mixed heere and there confufedly wich white {pots, an fualkes of violets, next the ptound ofa purple colour: among which rife-vp little ftemslike vnto theblow 3 Pots and welbe knoppess:or heades which conteine {lender brownefeedes : thele att hi after a fewedaies in the {mall ftalkes, as thredde about a bottome, where it Oe of tedincontinent ira about women in theirextreme trauell with childe, canferh themto delineE he ai 7 fromthe iniurie of winter clofe vponthe ground,coti¢red alfo with the greene ve in Sete Biers omer Putinto the place hath thelike effect, as my wife hath proouedfundrie times ypon F Theiyi MEMllice 2) of MY aduife and comimandement,with goodficceffe. Lie ; Ithiro9 ait doth open thehemorrhoides and caufeth themto flowe being applied’ G Toc! cS. bearing atthe top{mall purple fowers which turne themfelues backward (being ferhere fucce Turkes cap,or Tolepan, of a {mall fent or fauour, or none atall: which being Lae gatere wtaPy wiapee littlerounde which meanes itis kept fiomthe froft, evenfrom the timeof his feeding. which is are varill Tune sat what time the leaue’s dofade awaie; the ftalkes andfeede ponent oii andaidiehs wherebyit enioieth the funne(whereofit was long depriued) the fooner to een ritie: theroote is:toundelike a Turnep; blackewithout and white within, with annexed thereto. ecm iF with honie,andthe iuice put into the eies,cleereththe fee: awaya D Meat called eet eor hawe,and all impediments in the fight,andis putinto that excellenroineTheroote hs,Peeee i é Sagas taketh away much of their paine. } ; ete ye Mit Xed with y thatconfumeor wafte away) knors,the kingseuill,& other hard fwel- H ~Morey; SOUCr Itc. paedicines enfeth the head by the noftrils,i t purgeththe belly being annointed therewith, Xx 4 and |