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Show : Of the Hiftorie of Plants, Lis.a, ‘glen sh. and, I haue {ene only fomebranches ofit brought from Leiden by myfriend M' William Pari he other of mydefcription I hauediuers times found grow ing amongthe corn in Chelfey eld and alfo haue hadit brought mefrom other places by M - George Bowls, &M*. LeonardBuckner, + e © The Time. 444 towards the top full of little ftarre-like floures, of an herbi@ereen colour tending to whiteneffé, which being paft there come fmall huskes containing the feed. The root is great and thitke,with many {mall threds hanging thereat, 2 Thefecondkinde is very like the firft, anddiffereth in that, that this hath blacke reddimh t Tt floureth in Tune and Iuly,andthe feedis ripe in the end of Auguft. @ OFthe Hiftory ofPlants. floures, and.commethto flouring before the other kinde, and feldomein my garden commetht o feeding. The Names. Itis called Campana Aruenfis,and of fomeOnobrych: Dut vaproperly, ofother Cariophylluslige. tum;or corne Gillofloure, or Cornepinke, andSpeculum Venerss, or Ladies glaffe The Brabandes in their tongue call it Wrotwen Spiecel. i @ The Place. The white Hellebor growethonthe Alps, and fuchlike mountains where Gentian doth grow. Itwas reported ynto meby the bifhop of Norwich,that white Hellebor growethina wood ofhis owne neere tohishoufe at Norwich. Some fay likewife that itdoth grow vpon the Mountaines of Wales. I fpeake this vpon report, yet I thinke nor, but that it may betrue. Howbeit I dare + Tabernamontamus hath two figures thereof,the one vnderthe name of Viola arwenfisand theother bythe titleof Viola Pentagonia, becaufethe floure hath fiue folds or corners, 2 This ofmy defcription is not mentioned byany Authour; wherefore I am content tofollow that namewhich isgiuento the former,andterme it in Latine Speculum Veneris minus : and from the colour ofthe affure you, thatthey grow. in my garden at London,where the firft kinde flourethand feedeth very we floure and coddedfeed veffell,to call it in Englith, Codded Corne Violet. I. © The Time, © The Temperature andVertues. The firft ourethin Iune,andthe fecond in May. We haue not found anything writteneither of his vertue or temperature,ofthe antient orlate Writers. G The Names, Neefewoort is called in Grecke tnicome sate: in Latine, Veratrum Album,Helleborus albus,and San- guis Herculens. The Germans call it u2eifs nief~ourt: the Dutchmen, Hiefoostels the Italians, Elleboro bianco : The Spaniards, verde gambre blanco : the French,EMebore blanche: andweofE ng- land call it white Hellebor,Niefwoort,Lingwoort,and the root Neefing pouder, Cuar. io, OfNeefing root,or Ncefewoort. © The Temperature, 1 Helleborus albus. Theroot ofwhite Hellebor,is hotand dric inthe third degree. 2 Helleborus albus precox, Timely white Hellgbor White Hellebor. @ TheVertues. The root of white Helleber procureth vomite mightily , wherein confifteth his chiefe vertue, an d bythat means voidethall fuperfluous flime and naughtie humors. It is good againft the fallir ig fickneffe,phrenfies,{ciatica,drop fies, poifon,and againft all cold difeafes that bee of hard cu- ration,andwill not yeeld to any gentle medicine. This ftrong medicine made ofwhite Hellebor, ought not to be giuen inwardly vnto delicate bodies without great corre@tion,but it may morefafely be giuen vnto Country people whichfeed groffely,andhaue hard,tough,andftrong bodies. TherootofHellebor cut in {mall pieces, fuch as mayaptly andconueniently be conueied into C the Fiftulaes doth mundifie them, and taketh away the callous matter which hindereth curation, an d afterward they may behealed vpwith fome incarnatiue vnguent,fit for the purpofe. ¢ This facultic by Dioftorides is attributed to the blacke Hellebor,and nottothi s. + Thepouder drawnevpinto the nofe caufeth {neefing, and purgeth the braine from grofleand D fli mie humours. B Theroot giuen todrinkein the weight oftwo penice, taketh awaythefi ts ofagues,killeth Mice E an d rats being made vp with honie and floure of wheat : Play addeththat th ¢ Lonfie euill, it is a medicine againft Cuar. 111. Of Wilde white Hellebor. | The Defcription. I ! v¢ is like vnto white Hellebor,andfor that caufe we haue giuen it the name of & Helleéorine. It hath a ftraight ftalke of a foot high, fet fromthe bottome Houres,withfaireleaues, ribbed and chamferedlike thofe ofwhite to the tuft of Hellebor,but nosung neere fo large, of adarke greene colour. Thefloures bee orderly G] The Defcription; x f a pees ofwhite Hellebor hathleaueslike ynto great Gentian,but much oe tedted to €r, and notvnlike the leaues ofthe great Plantaine,folded into pleats likea a, Pleated’ to bee laied vp in a chet ; amongtt thefe leaues sifeth vp a ftalke a cubite longsis — = : 7 toware placedftom the middleto the top of theftalke,hollowwithin,and white ofcolour, ftraked here and there with a dathof pur} fhapelike the floures of Satyrion. The feed is fmall like duit or motes in the Sun, Thefoot ',tull ofinice, andbitter in tafte. : ture € fecond is like vntothe firft, but altogether greater,and the floures white, without any al wherein confifteth the difference. 3 The third kind o fHelleborine,being the 6.after Clufius account,hathleaueslike the firft defcriOo 3 bed, |