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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. » Lie. 2° Cuar.248. Afor{us Diaboli. Diuels bit. Of theHiftorie of Plants: Lr, 2. ——_. OfDinels bit. Guar. 249. OfMatfellon or Knapweed. q The Defcription, Iuels bit hath fmall vpright round ftalks of cubite high, befer with long leaues fomewhat broad, verylittle or nothing fnipt about the edges,fomewhat hairie andeuen. The floures alfo a The Defiription, 1 are of a darke purplecolour, fafhionedlikethe floures of Scabious, which being ripe are cartied awaywith the winde. Theroot is blacke,thicke, hard and hort, with manythreddie ftringsfale. ned thereto. Thegreat part of the root feemeth tobe bitten away: old fantafticke charmersteport,that thediuell didbiteit for enuie, becaufe it isan herbethat hath fo many goodvertucs,and is {o beneficiall to mankinde. @ The Place. Diuels bit growethin drie medows andwoods, and aboutwaies fides. I haue found great ftore of itgrowing in Hampftcad woodneere London,t Lee in Effex , and at Raleigh in Effex, ina Knapweed arid Matfellon,or Materfilon. It hath long andnarrowleaues,ofa blackith greencolour, in fhape like Diuels bit, but longer,fet vpon ftalks two cubits high,fomewhat blunt] y cut = Inipe about the edges : the floures do growat the top of the ftalks,being firft {mall fcaly kav s, like to the knops of Corne floure, or blewbottles, but greater;out of the midft thereof groweth a purple thtummie or threddie floure. The root is thicke andfhort. Pd a 2 The great Knapweedis very like vnto the former, but that the wholeplan es m uchgrea ter, theleaues bigger and more deeply cut,euen to the middle rib : the flonres come forthof fuch like {caly headsofan excellent faire purple colour,and much greater. - 3 Thethird kinde of Matfellon, or Knapweedis very likevnto the former great Knapweed laft efore mentioned,fauing that the flores ofthis plant are of an excellent faire yellow colour,proceeding forth ofa {caly head or knop,befet with moft fharppricks,not to be touchedwithout burt: the floure is ofa pleafing {mel,and very fweet;the root is long andlafting,and creepethfar abroad, Y means whereofit greatly increafeth. woodcalled Hammerell, andfundrie other ple. Ces. q The Time, _ Itfloureth in Auguft,andis hatd tobeknowne from Scabious,fauing whenit floureth, q The Names, Atfellon or blacke Knapweedis doubtleffe a kinde of Scabious,as all the others aresiniMiicites with the name of Jacea, yet for diftinGion I haue thought good to fet them downe ina feuerall Chapter, beginning with that kinde which is called in Englith I laceanigra. +.2 lacea maior, Blacke Matfellon, Great Matfelion, ieee: It is commonly called Mor/vs Diebelisot Dinels bit,oftheroot(as it feemeth) chat isbitten off:fot the fuperftitious people holdopinion thatthediuell for enuie that he beareth to mankinde bitit * offjbecaufe it would be otherwife good for oa vfes:it is called ofFuchfius,Succi(a:in High Dutch CTeukels abbitssin Low Dutchgoupualegit in French Mors z Diable:in ee a fe : the Pycnocomon of Diofiorides,defcribed b yhim eee , 4 na 1 aaaont oe r > | The Temperature, Diuels bit is fomething bitter, andof a hot anddrie temperature, and that in the larerel dof the fecond degree, A G The Vertues. There is nobetter thing againftold fwellingsof ; behardlyripened. 548 1Ngso; ths Almonds,and vpper pa tts ofthe throat that ; B__Itclenfeth awayflimie flegme that fticke it:andit quickely taketh away the fwellings3S ini tho thin the iawes,it digefteth and confumethit {e parts, if thedeco@ion thereof beoft mouthand en b uit ls Sargarized,efpecially if alittle quantitie of cate! Rofarum,or honie ofRof to it. es Pep 3 It is reporte f i iti i walle that Scabious ferueth for,and to be aaa theinfir g00dfor f again mitie 7 ft ‘te eOf s ons,a : $1ngs venomous beafts »poif peftil nd ent difea fes,a nd toconfum 4 ae Sie «ing ftampedandlai d vpon them. mitiggate the paincs de, ifthedec™ : of the the ines of Ix matrix o tion thereofbe drunke. iue forth ue torr WiNe™ winds,, * ee. norieanng i CHa @ fiok c ‘dis The~ Mountaine _ See Knapweéede of Narbouein Hirs highs France, hatha ftrong ftemofpx, two copies Be I very <m ; o edt OL ios ed's. plentiful about Couentric among the hedges and buthes; the leauesate ad ee i IN forme OfLonchitssor Spleenewoort; the floures are like the reft ofthe Knapweee> Purple colour, 2 Ppp2 t< The rh |