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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 1106 3 Abrotanum humile, Dwarfe Sothernwood. Lisa, 1107 Ofthe Hiftroy ofPlants. L 1B. 2 quer with a {ealy barke like thefcaly backe of an adder, and of the fame colour: fromm which rife among which grow {mall verymany leaues like thofe of Fennell, of an oucrworne greene colour: f brane hes on the tops, andalong ft theftalkes dogrow {mall cluftering floures ofa yellow awiggy 4. Abrotanum inodorum, Vafauorie Sothernwood, colour: the w hole plant is of adarke colout, as well ledues as ftalkes, and of a {trong vnfauourie fell; q The Place. Thephrafts faith that Sothertiwood delighteth to growin places open to the Sun : Diofcorides afirmeth that icgrowethin Cappadocia, and Galatiaa countrey in Afia, and in Hierapolts acity commenin Syria: itis planted in gardensalmoft euery where:that of Sicilia and Galatia is moft dedofPliay. q The Time. and then in Thebuttons of Sothern wood'do Aourith and be intheir prime in Auguft, and now September. @ The Names. . Itiscalled in Grecke ‘s¢mrr = the Latine and Apothecaries keepe the fame name 4brotanum: the Italians and diuers Spaniards call it Abrorano : and other Spaniards,Verna lombriguera - inhiz Datch, Stabwonrts ¢ in low-Dutch,Aucroone,and Bucreruist ; the French, Aurgne,and Auroc[me: the Eiglifh men, Sothernwood:it hath diucrs baftard names in D.ofcor des » the greater bindeis Disfarides his Femina, or female Sothernwood,andPliny his Montanwm,or mountaine Sorhernewoodsthe mountaine Sothernwood we take for the female, andthe chamaionfor the male. There benotwithftanding fome that take Lauander Cotton to be the female Sotherawood , grounding thereupon, becaufe it bringethforth yellow floures in the top of the fprigs like clutter buttons: butifthey had more diligently pondered Diofcorides his words, they wo ild not hauebeen ofthis opinions the leer Sothernwood is “zs, the male, andis alfo Plinies champion Sothernwood ; in Latine,Campelfre. The third, as wehauefaid,is likewile the female, and is commonly ca! edfiveet Sothemvood, becaufeit is ofa fweeter fent than the reft. Dzofcorides feemeth to call this kind S7- tilwm, Sicilian Sothernwood. @| The Temperature. Sothetnwood is hot and dryin the end of the third degree ‘it hath alfo force todittribute and IRS torarifie, Ss @ The Vertues. catnortake their breaths without holding their neckes ftraight vp Wilde Sothernwood. 2 The leffer Sothernwood growethlow,ful the tops ofthe ftalks : the root is made of many 32 f and isa temedie for the cramp, aidforfinewes fhranke and drawne together ; for the feiatica alfo, and for them that can hardly oflittlefprigs of a woody fubftance: the leaues are long, and finaller than thofe ofthe former, not fowhite: it beareth cluftering buttons vpon eB55 Za ‘ Thetops, floures, or feed boy!ed,and ftamped raw with water and drunke, he!peth then that 5 Abrotanum campefire. firings, 3 Thethird kinde is.alfo fhorter:the leaues hereofare iageed and deeply cutaftet the manet are not {o ofthe greater Sothernwood, butthey white, yet more fwect,wherein they are likevnto offeed : Lauander cotton, This kinde is veryfull the buttons ftand along ft on the fprigs, euen he thevery top, and be ofa glittering yellow. rootis like to the reft. 4 flat 4° Thevnfauorie Sothe rnwood groiWetd cut vpon the ground, with broad Jeaues deepely commen or iaggedin the edges like thofe oft he andfee : vp wea ke Mugwort : among which rife ble ftalkestrailing likewife vponthe ground, fet Ch like leans confufedly here andthere with the that grow next the ground, ofa erayith oF hoary floures colour, altogether without fmell. The co1ous yellowith ofa ftalkes, growalong ft the {mall andchaffie: the rootis tough and Ww with fome ftrings anexedthereto. 5 This wilde Sothernwood hath a ; Jong thicke root, tough and wooddy, couers makewater ; and it is cood to bring downe the termes, ‘ nage wormes, and driueth them out: ifit be drunkewith wine it isaremedic againft dead? Poyions, Alloithelpeth againft the ftinging offeorpions andfield fpiders, but it hurts the tamacke aignee! and mixed with oyleittaketha waythe fhinering co!d that commethby the aguefits, Itheateth the body1f it be anointed therewithbefore the fits da come. tthe pouned with barley meale andlaid to puthes it taketh themaway. Us ond for inflammationsof che eyes,with the pulpeof a rofted Quince,or with crummesof 5 Tead,ad applicd pultis wile, ‘ T Caihes of burnt Sothernwpod,with fomekinde ofoyle thatis of thin parts,as of Palma Chri- off the head, Aig oyle, oyle of feet Maticrome, or Organie,cureth the pilling of the haire hor co the beard to grow quickly being ftrewed about the bed, ora fume made ofit vpon oka ets itdriueth away ferpents : ifbuta branch be layd vnder the beds head they fay it pro- “cthyeneric. tsled ofSorhe owond made into pouder, or boyled inwineand drunke,is good againft the 12 of vrine ; it expelleth,wafteth, confumeth, and digeftechall cold humors, shaeflimé and & ame, which do viually flop the {pleene, kidneyes, and bladder. herhwooddrunke inwine is goodagain ftall venomeand.poyfoa. they be foft,and ftamped with barley meale vntill : plates of Sothernwood boyledinwater 4 adh nd fivellings, i paBowes greafe vnto the formeofa plaifter,diffolue and wafte all cold tumors a! *4ppliedorlaid thereto. Tote and flor en. of Abfinthin and the plant is the bower ref figure which our Au. t of the Abrotanum Femina arbore(cens ofDodoneus, being the very fi rft in his Pemptades- Theput here was put te next chapter faue ones Now the figure that he he fhoold have eichhere, becante here was the boxer by which name Zobel alfo calls is: out Khaue thoughtit fister so putit ich fhould haue beene Kinde, Cuar, |