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TA Buds q The Defcription, He commonCrow-foot hath leaues djuided into many parts, commonly three,fome. times fiue, cut here andthere in the edges, of a deepe greene colour, in which fland diuerswhite fpots : the {talkes be round, fomething hairie, fomeof them bow downe Itisalforeported tobe foundnot only in Illyria and Selavonia,but alfo in the IflandSardinia,3 ftanding inthe Midland,or Mediteéranian fea. towardthe ground, and put forth many little roots, whereby it taketh hold of the ground asitty. q The Names, This Illyrian Crow foot is named in Greeke cansdveu, that is, Apinmfjlueftre,or wilde Smallage: leth along : fome of them ftand vpright, a foot high or higher ;on the tops whereof grow{mnalj ; in the middle part ofthee floures withfue leaues apiece, ofayellowglittering colour like gold being patt, the feeds follow, madevp ina floures ftand certaine {mall threds oflike colour : which ES rough ball: the roots are white andthreddy, » The fecond kinde of Crow-footis like vnto the precedent, fauing that his leaves are fatter, :ofwhichkind thicker, and greener, and his fmalltwiggy ftalkes {tand v pright, otherwife itis like aworhhipitchanced, that walking in the field next to the Theatre by London,in the company of floures, which full merchant named M'. Nicolas Lete, 1 found one of this kinde therewith double before that time I had notféene. q The Place. alfo Herba Sardoa: it may be,faith my Author,that kinde of Crowfoot called Apiamrifis, and yen sand this is'thought tobe that Golotophillis,of which Pliny maketh mention in his 24. booke 17, chap. which being drunke,faith he, with wine and myrrh, caitfeth a manto fee diuers firange fights,andnotto ceafe laughing till he hath drunke Pine apple kernells with Pepperiti wine of the Datetree, (I thinke he would hauefaid vntill he be dead) becaufe the nature oflaughing Crow. footis thought tokill laughing, but without doubt the thing is cleane contrary ; for itcanfeth fuch convulfions, cramps and wringings of the mouth and jawes,thatit hath feemed to fome that the partyes haue dyed laughing,whereasin truth they haue dicd in great torment. q The Place, They growof hemfelues in paftures and medowes almoft euery where. 6 Ranunculus bulbofus. 5 Renunculys Ilhyricus. Crowfoot of Illyria. @| The Time, Roundrooted Crowf oot. They floure in May and many monethsafter. q The Names, Crow-footis called of Lobel, Ranunculus pratenfis : of Dodonans, Ranunculus hortenfis , butvnpraperly : of Pliny, Polyanthemum, which he faith diuers name Batrachion : inhigh-Dutch,@chinalb= blunt: in low Dutch, Boater blocmen sin Englith, King Kob,Gold cups,Gald knobs,Crowfoot, and Butter-floures. q The Deftription, 3 Thethird kinde of Crow-foot, called in Latine Ranunculus arfum, becaule itgrowes commonlyinfallow fields where corne hath beenelately fowne, and may be called Come Crow-foot, into other branches : hathfor the moft part an vprightftalke ofa foot high, whichdiuides it felfeleaues ofSampire,but whereon do growfat thicke leanes very muchcut or iagged,refembling the nothing fo greene, butrather ofan oucrworne colour.Thefloures growat the topof thebranches, clufters ofrough compaé offiue fmall leaues ofa faint yellowcolour : after which comeinplace . and fhatpe pointed feeds. The rootis {mall and threddy. The fourth Crow-footywhichis called Ranunculus Alpinus ,becaule thofe that havefirftwiit ten thereofhaue notfounditelfewhere but vpon the Alpith mountains(notwithftanding itgrowand is planted m eth in Englandplentifully wilde,efpecially in a woodcalled Hamptted Wood, like theeons leaues large ferwith high, cubits two branches fat great diuers hath gardens) Crow-foot, but greater,of a deepe greene colour, muchlike to thofe‘of the yellow Aconite,call fmall yellov chives inthe Aconitum lutenm Ponticum. The floures confit offiue white leaues, with middle, felling like the floures of May or Haw-thorne,but morepleafant. Theroars are grea ter thamany ofthe ftocke of Crow-feet. © The Place andTime, be Their place ofgrowing is touched in their defcription : their time of flouring and feeding @ ig fwereththe other of their kindes. | The Names. Ada Bs is the fourth of DifThe white Crow-foot of the Alps and French mountaines tou’ faid hath notbin defcription , for he deferibeth his fourth to hauea white floure: more the names, yet Tabern, calls it Batrachinm album : in Englifh, white Crow-foot. | The Defcription. Wit flen5s Amongthewilde Crow-feet oon is one i fyrnamedJyricws which brings/ 10 der ftalks, round,and of a meane length : whereupon doe growlong narrow Jeauescut downineffe: the floures be long gafhes, fomthing white, and couered with a certaine it were graihes of come, brought low colour: the root confifteth of many {mall bumpesas eit gor buibes growing clofe togetherlike thofe of Pilewort. It is reported, that itwas ee Bae"? snotwithftanding we ofIllyria into Italy, and from thence intothe Low-Countries ¢ ing very common inEngland. $ But only ingardens that I haue feene. Onion roo’ 6 The fixth kindeof Crow-foot, called Ranunculus bulbofus, otroot, like vnto: round rooted Crow-foot,hath around knobby or onion-fafhioned many leaues fpredv sl and of the bigneffe ofa great Oliue : from the whichrifes vp greene colour 1Aello Jike thofe of the field Crow-foot, but {maller,andof an ouerworne do growfloures ofa feinty rife vp fender ftalkes of the height ofa foot :whercupon ‘E This groweswildeinmoft places, and floures at the beginning ofMay, # colout (IT | The Defiription. he Guenth kinde of Crowfoot, called U¢uricomus of the golden lockes wherewith the ummed, hathfor his root a great buth of blackithhairy ftrings ; from which fhoote leaues,not muchvnlike to Sanicle,but diuided onely into three parts, yet fomefiue ; among whichrife vp branched ftalkes of a foot high, whereon are placed the like floures,fiveet {melt fimaller, fet about the topof the ftalkes, whereon do gtow yellow It chithathbeen called Ranunculus dulcis, Tragi, or Tragus his fweet Crowfoot. ; medowes and about thefides of woods, andflouresin Aprill. + : of Dodonaus, Batrachion Apulei, ogge Crowfoot, called ofPena, Aconitum Batrachioides and the ftalkes deferibedin the fourth place, whereto this is much alike, but that es,which are white : the rootis tough and threddy. t,asalfo the Crowfoote hath manygrafficleaues, of a deepe greene tending to blewnefle, jarrow and fmooth, very like vnto thofe of the {mall Biftort, or Snakeweed: among ‘ Lil |