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Show —— Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, 75 Li oa @ The Names. and alfo Leucanphe. Cammomill is called Chamemelum : of fome, Anthemis and Lencanthemis, name is taken from the whitenes mon,c{pecially that doublefloured C ammomill 2 hich Greeke ofhis foure : in Englith,Cammomill: it is called C ammomil, becaufe the floures hauethe {mel ofpw, anapple, whichis plainly perceiued in common Cammomill. | The Temperature. : Cammomill, faith Galen, is hot and dryinthefirft degree, andis of thinnepartssit is offorce rodigeft, flacken, and rarifie ; alfo its thought to be like the Rofe in thinneffe ofparts, com. ming to the operation ofoyle in heate, which are toman familiar andte mperate : whereforeitis a fpeciall helpe againft wearifomeneffe it eafeth and mitigateth paine, itmollifieth andfuppleth, andall thefe operations are in ourvulgar Cammomill, as common experience teacheth, forit hea. teth moderately, and driethlittle, q: The Vertues. Pl hpitk * ~ OF the Hiftory of Plants, 757 + This herbe vaties, in that it is found fometimes with narrower, and otherwhiles with broadet leaues ; as alfo witha ftrong vnpléafant finell, or without any f{avellat all: the fioures alfo are fingle, or elfe (which is feldome found) very double, + 2 The yellow May-weedhath a {mall and tender root, from whichrifeth vp a feebleftalkediuiding it felfe into many other branches, whereupon dogrowleaties not vnlike to Cammomill} but thinner, andfewer in number. The floures growat therop of the ftalkes,ofa gold yellowcolour, + This I take tobe noother than the Buphthalmum verum of our Author, formerly defcribed inthe fecond place of the 257. chapter. ‘ 3 This mountaiffe Cammomill hath.leaues fomewhat deepelycut in almoft to the middlé rib, thicke alfo andiuycie, ofa bitterith tafte, and of no pleafant fell : the ftalkes areweake,and fome foothigh,carrying at their tops fingle floures,bigger,yet like thofe of Carmmiomill; yellow inthe middle, with a border oftwenty or more long white leaues, encompaffing it. It incteafeth much, as Cammomil! doth, and hath creepingroots. It is found vponthe Stirian Alpes,andfloutethinIuly and Auguft, Gluing hathfet this forth by the name of Leacanthemum Alpinum. & Cammomill is good againft the collickeandftone; it prouokethvrine, and is moft fingulat in Clyfters which are made againft the forefaid difeafes. Oileof Cammomill is exceeding good againft all manner of ache andpaine, bruifings, fhrin. king offinewes, hardneffe, and cold fwellings. Thedecogion of Cammomill made inwine and drunke, is good againft coldneffe in the flomacke, foure belchings, voideth winde, and mightily bringeth downethe monethly courfes, The Egyptians haueviedit for a remedie againft all cold agues ; andtheydid therefore confecrateit (as Galen faith) to their Deities. The deco@ion made in white wine anddrunk,expelleth the deadchild and fecondine orafter birth,{peedily, and clenfeth thofe parts. The herbe boyled in poffet Ale, and giuentodrinke, eafeth thepaineofthe cheft comming © ofwinde, and expelleth rough and clammyflegme, and helpeth children ofthe Ague. The herbe vfed in baths prouokethfweat, rarifieth the skinne, and openeththe pores :briefely, it mitigateth gripings and gnawings of the belly, italayeth the paines ofthe fides,mollifiespard & fvellings,and wafteth awayrawand vndigefted humors. The oyle compounded ofthe floures performeththe fame, and is a remedie againft all weatt- $3 Leucanthemum Aloinum Clufij. 1 Cotulafatida, May-weed, Wilde Mountaine Cammomill fomeneffe, and iswith good fucceffe mixed withall thofe things that are applied to mitigate paine. Cuar. 262. Of May-weed,or wilde Cammomill. © The Kindes. Here be threekindes ofwilde Cammomill,whichare generally called in Laine cotule one ftinking, andtwo other not ftinking : the one hathhis floure all white throughout the com - pafle, and alfo in the middle ; and the other yellow. Befides thefe thereis another with tic fairedouble floures voyd of fmell, which a Kentifh Gentleman called M*. Bartholmw - Pe growing wildeinafield in the Ifle of Thanet, ncere vntoa houfe called Queakes, ae of the houfe ofSir Henry Crifpe. Likewife M'. Hesketh, before remembred,foundit in the gat am his Inneat Barnet, ifmy memoriefaile me not, at the figne ofthe red Lyon,or neere vate a ina poore womans garden as he was riding into Lancafhire. ith M‘ $ The double floured May-weed, thelaft yeare, being 1632.1 (being in company with oe et Ae Sars.and fome other London ME Tames Clarke William ofthe the Ifleo Thanet) foun A pothecariesin ‘Broad,» M®. } he ; ; Ava s it growing wild vpon the cliffe fide,clofe by the towne of Margate,and in fome other places Ifland., + The ; ' Thee floure in Iuly and Auguft. May-weed is cal] din ft a The Time. sa ae iis not truly be oxi 2 ed in thops Cotilafertid. a: of Leo whartus Fuchfins, Parthenium, and Virginea,but: Fieach Eber CIS, Kuradrate : in high-Dutch, &rotendill : in low-Dutch, qpaddebloenten sin @| The Defcription. Ay-weed bringeth forth round ftalkes, greene, brittle, and full ofiuyce, arted into 2like many branches thicker and higher than thofe of Cammomil , the leaues forme 4% ner are broader, and ofa blackith greene colours Thefloures ate like in d perifheth colour, yet commonly larger,and of aranke and naughty fmell : the root iswooddy, an when the feed is ripe. The wholeplant ftinketh, and giuethasanke finelli @] The Place. ¥ $row in Cone fields neere vnto path wayes, and in the borders offields. t This > ElPargoutte : in Englith, May-weed, wilde Cammomill,and ftinkine Mathes : =) qq The Temperature and Vertnes, os Mayaveed isnoty fed for meate nor medicine, and thereforethe faculties are vnknowne; yetall 4 _ tem are thought NOE at all ue tobehorand dry,andlike aftera fort in operation to Cammomill, but nodoofeing yea] with mans nature ; notwithftanding it is commended againft the infirmities Memorh er, {eeing all ftinking things ate good againit thofe difeafes. Iris |