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Show 499 ~ Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. ; i ‘1B. 2, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ax Liv. 2. @ The Names. + 2 Glaftumfilueftre, Wilde. Woade; 1 Glaftumfativum. This herbe is called in Greeke ést'tmce » and alfo eetene sin Latine After Atticus Bul énj 1mard In. cuinalis : of fome,Aserion, Afferi[con, and Hyophihalmon :in high Dutch AM egerbrautsin sr “‘nith,Bobas : in French, Efrille,and 4 fper gonite menne in Ey glifh,Staiwoort and Sh Garden Woade. arewcort, @ The Nature, ft is ofameane temperature in cooling and drying. Gaver {faith it doth m ederatelywatle and confume, efpecially while it is yet foft and newgathered, That with the blewfloureor purple,is thought to be that,which is of 7 “irgil calledflos Amelu s; ofwhich he maketh mention in the fourth bookeof his Geor gickes, Eff etiamflos in pratis, cui nomen Amello Fecere agricola « facslis quarentibus herba 5 Namaue vno ingentemtollit de cefpite filvam : Aureus ipfe, fedin folys,que plurimacircum Funduntur,viole fubluce purpura nigra, In Englith thus. In Meadesthereis a floure Amello nam‘d, Byhimthat feckesit cafie to be found, Forthat it feemes by manybranches fram’d Into little Wood: like gold the ground Thereof appeares,but leaues that it befet Shine in the colour ofthe Violet. A @ The Vertues, The leauts of Affer or Ineuinalisftamped,and applied vnto botches,impofthumes, and veneredts bubones(which for the moft part happenia Inguine,that is, the flanke or fhare) doth mightilym turateand fuppurate them, whercof this herbe After tookethe name I.nguinalts. ; Ithelpeth and preuaileth againft the inflammation of the fundament, andthe falling fonho!b the gut called Saccus ventris. The floures are good to be giuenwnto children 2gainft the $ quinancie,andthe falling ficknes. + That figare which formerly was in the fecond place vnder tere thele two'figures which we here giue you, whereof the. foe Disfutus in the fourth place,belongs the ninth defc pris ‘ to / bedsalfain thethirdplecefomest hich was vader the witli q Fhe Nature. : : i Wioa ieth rmore, and and is more re th th Garden Woadeis dry without fharpeneffeas: the wilde Woade drieth is and biting. : of Woade drunkenis; goodfor fuch asshaueleane any foopindlorharineleiaies Thedecogtion topping or hardneffe in the 4 ; i { Re of coun. assofcoun_ milt orfpleene,andis alfo goodfor woundsotvicers in bodies ofa ftro Cuap, 133. Of Woade. trey people, and fuch as areaccu ftomed to great labour andhard courie fare | The Defcription, It ferueth well to dyeand colour cloath, profitable to fomefew; and hurtful " Git ot Garden Woad hath long leaues ofa blewifh greene colour. The ftalk 0" eth two cubits high, fet about witha great number of{uchleates as come vp firfout finaller,branching it I q The Vertues. felfe at the top into manylittle tw igs,wh floures: which being paft, the feed commethforthlike little ereupondo grow many fmall yell blackifh tongues : the rootis whit and fingle. 2 There isawilde kinde of VVoad verylike ion,f vnto the Cuar. 1343 G The Defcription. former in ftalks, Jeaues, and fashions uing that the ftalke is tenderer, {maller,and browne r, and the leaues and little tongues narrower otherwife there is no difference betwixt them. © The Place. ‘ ves The tame or garden VVoad growethin fertile ficlds,where it is fowne : the wilde kind g7° where the tame kinde hath been fowne. ‘They floure from Iune to September. His kinde of wilde Woadehathfat long feaues like /aleriana rubra Dodoeai,or Behen rubrum : the ftalke is {mall and tender, hauing thereupon little purple floures contifting of foure leaues ; which being paft, there come fquare comems pe oS round blackefeed like Coleworts. The whole plant is couered ouet ¥ itha clammy fabpre ike Bird-lime,fo tharin hot weather i leaues thereofwill take flies by the wings (as Mu/cipula doth) | The Time, in q| The Names, f the VWVoad is called in Greeke intme + in Latine,I/até French wars faith,thatall the Brittons do colour , and Glaflum : Cefar inhis fifth ge oa themfelues with VVoad,whichgiuetha se lour :the which thing alfo Pliny in his 22. booke,chap.1.dothteftifie ; in France he theycall st ie flumwhichis like vnto Plantaine > wherewith the Britti th wiues and their daughters oe loured all ouer,and gonaked in fome kinde offacrifices, It is likewife called ofdive rs Gualen the Italians,Guado ; a word as it feemeth, wrung out of the word Glaiéym. in Spanith ae Paflel : in Dutch, #Beet ¢ in Engli th,VVoad,and VVade. Of Cow-Bafill. gq The i sr that they cannot efcape away. ; i : ae hath oe fat a large leaues like wnto W se oesa i es abiong whichrifeth vp a roundftalke a cubit high, diuiding it felfe into nian ranches at fo top; te whichare fet with many fmall white floures confifting of fiue leaues , which beingpaft, there fol lowlittleround bulletscontaining the feed. The root is fmall and fullof fibress q] The Place. iin ai Cow-Bafill growethin my garden :but Ephemerum is a ftranger as yet in England, q| TheTime, oure in May and Iune. |