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Show , ——Ofthe Hiltorie of Plants, ee — a ig t, Helleboras miger veras. xt ne Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. acrete Liz 2. ' ° The true blacke Hellebor, eirieie et a . Helleboraftrum, Wilde blacke Hellebor 3 — = = = — _977 wil The third kinde ofblacke Hellebor, éalled oF Pina, Hellebirafter maximus, with this additi. on,flore ¢yfeminepragnans, that is, full both offloures andfeedhath leaues fomew hat like rhe for. merwilde Hellebor,fate that they be greater; more iagoed, and deepely cut.’ The ftalks stow vp tothe j height oftivo cubits; diuiding themfelues at the top into ‘fundty {mall branches, wheréup- come to perfec maturitieand tipeneffe:. The root confifteth ofmanyfaa ll blacke rings, inuolued of wrapped ‘one within atiother very intricatel ys , 4 Thefourth kinde of blacke Hellebor (called of Pens and Lobel, according tothe defcription ofCordus and Kuellius, Sefamoides magnin, thd Confize :in Englith, Ox-heele > OF Settter-woort; which nates are taken frost his vertues intetring Oke andfuch like cattel],as Thal be théwed af. tetward in the names thereof)is fowell knowne vnto the moft for ofpeople by the name of Beare. foot;that I thallinét haue caufe to {pend ‘much time aboitt the de ion.’ £°Ttideed was nor much need full for our Author to defcribeit,foritwas the laft thing did ; forboth thefetwolak - are Ofone plant, bothfigures and défettptions .' the fofrerof the gures expreffing itih Houre, atid the later in feed’ but the former ofout’Author was with fomewhat broader leaues,and the Jaterwith narrower. + gq The Place. Thefe Hellebors growvpon roughand craggy mountains the laft growes wildein many woods andfhadowic places in England :wehauethem all inour London gardens. @) The Tine. Thefirft floureth about Chriftmaffe, ifthe Winter be milde andwarme: the q The Navies, Itis agreed among the later writers, thatthefe plants are Veratranigra’: otherslater ; in leborsin Greeke, tinseogye eine id Italian, £Weboro nero : in Spanith,Verdegambye Englithjblacke Helnegro : afdiuers,aelampodium, becaufe it was firft found by oMclampos, whowas firft thought to purge therewirh Pretes hismad daughters,and toreftore themto health. Diofiorides wyiterh,chatthis man wasa thepheard others;.a Sooth-fayet; SU y Jigo Rul, c Sefamuides man (indi. 3 Helleborafter maximivs,.. & Gonfi e Thegreat Ox-heele. xr sit : ts rt, or Beare-foot. etter-wort, In high Dutchit is called Cyeitteourts,chat is, Chritts herbe , or Chritmaffe herbe: in low Dutch, Beplich Aertt trupt , and thag becaute ic floureth about the bithof our Lord Iefus Chrift, _ The thitd kindewas called of Fuchfiuss Rfestdohelleborus, atid Veratrum aigrune adulterinum,which sinEnelith, falfe orbaftard blacke Helebor. Moft name it Confiligo, becaufe the husbandmen ie timedo herewithcure their cattelljno otherwife than the old Rarriers or horfe-leeches were ry todo,tharis, they cuta flit orholeath the dew-lap, as they terma@it (whichis an Mdet the throat of the beaft) wherein they put a piece of the root of Setcerwort ior emptic skin Beare-foor, lg it there toremaine for cdrtaine.dayss.cogether : which mannerof curing they do call fufSettepig oftheir cartell;andis a mannerof rowelling, as the faid Horfe-leeches doe their horfes with horfehaire twifted.orfuch like, and as inGurgerié we do vfe withfilkeawhich in ftead ofthe word “im, a.certaine Phyfitian calledit by the name Rowell ;aword very vaproperly {pokenofa learhec'man,becanfe there would belfomedifference betwixt menand beafts. This marnerofferre- ring Ofcattell helpeth thedifeafe of the lungs, the cough, and wheefing. Moreouer,in the time af pettilence Of Mutraine,or anyother difeafes affe Gingcartel, they putthe raor intothe place a- tore ‘aid, which draweth vnto it enomous matter,and voideth it forth ar the wounds The ch Abfyrras and: Hierocles the Giecke Hoi fe-Iceches haue at large fer dawne. Andit is called in glith, Beare-fooi, Setter-wort, and Setter-grafle. “he fecondis namedin the German tongue, Lotofshraut, that is, Pedicularts, or Lowfie graffe: a ht to deftroyand kull lice, aiid fior onelylice but fheepe and other cattell sand may ~Skoned anione the Beare-fcet,as kindes'thercof. Ry |. The Temperature. = acke Hellebior,as Galen holdeth opinion,is hotter in rafte than- the white Hellebor ; in like “tot anddry in the third degree, @ The Vertues. lebor purgeth downwards flegmie;choler, and alfo melancholy efpecially, and allme- A ts,yet not without troubleand difficultiettherforeit is por robe given butto robuodies,as Mefzesteacheth. A purgation ofHellebor is good formad and furious I lull, and heauyperfons, for thofe that are troubled w ith the falling ficknes, hat arefickeof a quarrane Ague, and briefely for all'rhofe that ‘are troubled i atid molefted with melancholy. ee ee ning the firft blacke Hellebor) faith 2auarius in his fit booke,is B vine of raifins ot oxymel;bur for pleafantnes fake fome fweetand odoriferous C Nnan feeds aete on gtowlirtleround and bottle-like hollow greene floures ; after which come forth feeds which |