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Show 836 2 THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE Anthora fue Aconitum falutiferum, Holfome Woofes bane. OF PLANTS, & Theplace. poilons: but their writings do declare that they did not wellknowe Aathora, This plant whichthe Graccians terme Arete, Ofyellow Woolfes bane gtoweth abundantly in the Alpes, called rhetiejin Sauoie,& in Liguria. The Ligurians ofTautinum, and thofé that dwell neere the lake Lemanus, have . Chap.359. : % Thekindes, 7 inden 3 i st be diuers forts of Woolfe s bane, moft of them bring foorth flowers ofa yellowe colour, founde this herbe to be aprefent remedie againt the deadlypoifon ofthe herbe Thora, and theref others blew,ortending to purple: amongthe yellowe ones there ofthe Aconites , prouidedthat whenitis brougtit intothe garden, there to be kept for Phifickesyk, it muft not be plantedneere vito any of the Aco- | Aconitumluteumponticum, Yellow Woolfes bane, is one greater, another lefler, % The defcription, nites: for throughhis attractiue quality, iewil draw He yellowe kinde of Woolfes bane called vnto it felfe the maligne and venemous poitonof the Aconite , whereby ‘it will become ofthelike qualitie,that is, to become poifonouslikewife; bu being kept farre off, itretaineth his owne natural qualitieftill, %& The time. Atonitin luteumponticum, or according to Dodoneus; ‘Aconitum Lysoonon Litewn waa ius: in Englith yellowe Woolfes bane, (whereof this our age'hath foundé out fundrie forts not known to D s, although fomeof the forts feeme tofta It fowreth in Augutt,the feed is ripe in the end different betweene the kindes Of Ranunculis,Helleborus, and DNapellus:) this yel - ofSeptember. st The names, 821 Simon Lannenfishath alfo made mention of Anthorg and traeld1 Villano uanwsin his treatie of D lowekinde I {aie hatt : re {I ng greene leaues fafhioned like a vine, andof thefame bigneffe, The inhabitantscfthe lake ofGeneua, andthe Piemontoife do call it Amthora, and the common people U4athoro. Asicen callech a certaine whichis like to Munkes hoode, as arcinedyag deepely indented or cut, nor much vnlike the leaues ofGeranium Fufcumor blacke Cranes bill, the ftalks are bare or naked,not bearing his leaues vponthe fame ftalkes , on ther, as in the otherofhis ki to the hight ofthree cubits, bea lowflowers, fantattically fathi the poifon therof,by the name of Napelia. Ma : in the 500. chapterof his fecond booke, and 4 ‘ 745. chapter, hefaith, that Zedsaria doth gun with ZYapelis ot Mnnks hoode,and tharby ee oftheneerenes ofthe fame.the forceand {trengththerofis dulled and made weaker, and pe Treaclethatis, a counterpoifonagainft the viper Munks hood, and all other poifons:and Nee ed, thatIcan ve are fomew! ag ethem like vntothe hel- it followeth,thatit is not onely AZoy/is Napellws, butalfo Zedoaria Anicenne, noonee¢ hollowat one end, apothecaries dofellanother Zedoarza dittering from. Anthora, whichis a roote er a) that not withoutcaufe is thought tobe Auscens and Serapios Zerumbeth,or — andi Itis called Amthora,as though they fhould faie_Antithora, bicaufe itis an enimie to T 7, bt ot s rootes are maer of threddie or blacke connterpoifonto thefame, Thora and Anthora, ox Tura and Antura,fecme tabe newe ie yet they are vféd in Adaycellus Empericus,an oldwriter, who teacheth a medicine pe a eo . raand Antura,againftthe pin andwebbein the eies: in Englith yellowe Munkes hooa®; ) Helmetflower,and Aconites mithridate, % The vertues. A Theroote of Anthorais woonderfull bitter, it is an enimie to all poifons : itis good for pup? ons ; for it voideth bythe ftoole both waterie and flimy humours, killethan ddriueth foorthat™ nerofwormes ofthe belly. , he {too B Hugo Solerivs{aith,thatthe rootes of Anthora dolargely purge not onely by pen ig Col by vomite: and tharthe meafure thereof is taken to the quantitie of Fa/é/ss, (which1s called a beane)inbroth or wine , andis giuento ftrong bodies. oe f C Antonius Guanzrius doth thew, that Anthorgisof great force,yeaa nd that : againftthep inhis treatie of the plague; the feconde difference,the thirde chapter : anctthe roote!so! fai eh,it 1s tues,piuen with Dittanie,which I haue feene faithhe by experience:and further” that growethhard by thatherbe T'fora,of which there ismadea poifon, psy ei and thofe parts adiacent,do enuenome their arrowes, the more {pecdily $97 : pe and otherwildebeaftsof the Alpith mountaines, And this roote _#thorass i tem res We terpoifon to that Thora,whichis of fo great a venome,asthatitkilleth all living creat poifonfome qualitiejand thus much Guanerius. nted by aT ispoifoy utby wilde beafts, ation i and fauage Woe : andis : bi puialticsofall thereft ofthe HOWers chewedin chewed ; themouth,and i Aconite isWegands {pet foor T yellow colour,fpreadi e euery g thenifelues vithin another ver} roweth naturz in the ¢ owle woods whic! en ; i itto bethe ftro 5 ; prefe yet tc leh eating them tofwell, and ma fi - Oty remembrance an hiftorie ofa certain gentlema Ye,the trie dnext vnto Therain oN uchthatif'a feive ofi ith ; eth the bya ‘ ; it nereor my very good {riend maf e,bachdeliuered vnton 8 occafion to ride through the Fennes of Lin ing before the jon i hfeemed vnto him veryftra ps thatitcanfed a were out: this roote heta € lente e coulde ng —- to {well very extremely i fothat before he coulde oeeao4 lervidies. Seg 3 ons no doubthad loft hislife, iftha : oe ttefotrmoeiofet be procured andvied: tenes ie ¢xpre wtMay be Botdhed cs ees firfkis, thar 1h Cape iPetbivaded thar me eehe foorth that venemous plant, oF pre oF on ted Ohta-ceroe “atit is either the Thora aldenfiuns,or Aconitumlutewm,whercot this gent pl FFF3 talted, |