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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, Lisa, lstessl 47 ie A and cramps,taTheroor of this Plant (faith Dio/corides) is a remedie for ruptures, convulfions, into and feuer, withouta are thofethat to wine with ken inthe weight oftwo seine to ee giuen thofe that haue,with water. Galen faith, thatthe iuyce of the leaues thereof performeth thofe things that the root doth; p whichis alfo vied in ftead ofLycinme, a kinde ofhard tnyce ofa fharpetafte. £ 2 Centaurinm mains alterum, 1 Centaurinm magnum, i aANT Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. . a Wibele leaned gat a Cuap. 163 Of Small (entorie. q The Defcription. Heleffer Centorieis little herbe : it groweth yp with a cornered ftalke halfe a foot high, with leauesin forme and bignefle of S, Johns wort ; the flonres grow at the top ina {poky bufhor sundle, ofa red colour tending to purple; which in the day rime and after the Sunis vpdo open themfelues, but towards euening fhut vp againe: after them come forth {mall feed-veffels, of the fhape ofwheat cornes, in whichate containedverylittle feeds. The rootis flendet, hard, and foonefading. 2 The yellow Centoric hathleaues,ftalkes, and feed like the other, and is in eachrefped alike, fauing thatthe doures hereofare of a perfec yellow colour, whichfetteth forth the diffc- rence. + This is oftwo forts; the one with broad leaues through whichtheftalkespaffe ; and the other hathnarrowleauies like thofe of the common Centarie, + 2 Centanrium parvum luteum Lobely. ¥ Centaurinm parvum, " Small Centorie; Yellow Centorie. t = ee J \ ae Va 7 ny = : | The Place. yD, A The great Centorie ioyeth ina fat and fruitfull foile,and in Sunny bankesfullof Grafle and T VS i) : Vao€r herbes, It growethvery plentifully,faith Diofcorides, in Lycia, Peloponnefus, Arcadia, and Motea : and it is alfo tobe found vpon Baldusa mi ountainein theterritories ofVerona,and likewileia my garden. : @ The Time, Irfloureth in Sommer,andthe roots may be gathered in Autumne, | The Names. It is called in Greeke Kirresfeu usa: OfTheophraftus alfo Centauris « in divers {hops falfly Rishi titum : for Rha Pontitum is ReEOUN in the countries of Pontus 52 plant differing from ee Centorie. Theophraftus and Pliny fetdowne among the kindes ofPanaces or Allheales, this ge Centorie, and alfo theleffer, whereofwe will write in the next chapter following. Pliny recite the words ofrheophraftus, dothin his twentyfifth booke and fourth chapterwrite, that they wo found out by Chiron the Centaure, and fyrnamed Centauria. Alfo affirming the famething 9°” fixth chapter (where he more lar2cly expoundethboththe Centauries) hee repeateth them " F found out by Chiron: and theret eaddeth, that bothofthem are named Chironia. offen is reported, That the faid ¢/iren was cured therewith of a woundin his foot, that was made 2 s vponie eute cs it was C# anatrow that fell it when heSeacie was entertaining Hercales into his: houfe; whereupon+7.1" mower < . . cin, Chironium led the which purpofe it s™ fouldiers,for of the woundsofhis curinghaat mum :: or oftheLeen ealcne ; : | The Temperature. sit Itis hot and dry inthe third degree. Galen faith; by the tafte of the rootit fhewethcont qualities,fo in the vie it performeth contrarie effets: : TheVertues. The root taken in the quantitie oftwo Uae is ahaa for them that be burften, orfpit bh . ; @ The Place. againft the crampeand thrinkingof finewes,the fhortneffe ofwindor difficultie ofbreathing cough and etipings ofthebelly. . There is not anypart ofthe herbe but it rather worketh miracles than ordinarie cures iP) rs wounds ; forit ioyneth together thelipsoffimple woundsin the flefh,accordingtothe firft the tention;thatis, glewing the lips together, nor drawing to the place any matteratall. ead elds, 3 The firft is growing in great plenty throughout all England, in moft paftures and grafic “p ¥8 The yellowdoth crow vponthe chalkiecliffes of Greenhithe in Kest,andfuch like places. gq The 724.2 |
