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Show 1139 OftheHittorie ofPlants. | Lane bel, Tabern. and Gerard,vndcr the title of Filix mas,do well refemble this Ferne. This growes plen. tifully in moft placesin fhadowie woods andcopies. 3 Filix mas nonramofa pinnulis angaftis, raris, profunde dentatis. — Theroot ofthe male Ferne fodden in Wineis good againft the hardneffe and flopping of the milt:and being boyled inwater, ftayeth the laske in yong, children, ifthey befet ouer the deco. Gionthereofto eafe their bodies by aclofeftoole. 5 ending with the like pricke orhaire. Each leafe hath two rowes of dutty feed {cales. This I take to be Filix mas aculeata maior Bauhini. Neither haue Ifeene any figure refembling this plant. It grow- eth abundantly on the thadowie moift rockes by Maple-durhamneere Peters-field in Hampthite. John Geodyer.’ Tuly 4. 1633. + 2 Thefemale Ferne hath neither floures nor feed, but.one only ftalke, chamfered; fomething edged,hauing a pith within of divers colours,the which being cut aflope,there appearetha certain formeofa fpred-Eagle : aboutthis ftand very many léaues which are winged,and like to the leaues of the male Ferne, but leffer : the root is long and blacke, and creepethin the ground, being now and thenaninch thicke, or fomewhatthinner. This isalfo ofa {trong {mell,as is the male. q) The Place. Boththe Fernes are delighted to grow in barrendry and defart places :and as Horace teftifieth , aI a a of ell : it is alfreported, that the root Fernecaft into an rogthead ofiwine keepethit from fouring. Cuar. 466. 4 Filix mas non ramofapinnulis latis auriculatis fpinofis. The leaues are of a deeper greene thaneither of the two laft defcribed, placed on the nerue not veryclofe togethef, but that you mayplainly fee between them; eachleafe (efpeciallythofe next theftalké) hauing on that fide fartheft off the ftalk a large eare or outgrowing endingwitha fharp pticke like a haire,as doth alfo the top of the leafe: fomeofthe fides of the leaues are alfo nicked, ee she galled neckes ofoxen andother catt The leaues are of a deepe greene,not clofely fet together on the the nerue, but youmay farof fee berwixt them,deeply indented by the fides, ending witha point not altogether fharpe : each leafe hath alfo two rowes of duftyfeed fcales, I haue nor feene any figure well refembling this plant. This growethalfo in manyplacesinthe fhade. Of the Hiftory of Plants; Lis. 2. the nerue, that youcannotfee betweene them, with matuellous fall nickes bytheir fides, and og their roundtops : each leafe hath al{o two rowes of dufty feed feales ;thefigures fet forth by zi. Of Water-Ferne, or Ofmund the water-man. G The Defcription. V AterFernehath.a great triangled ftalke twocubits high, befet vpon each fide withlarge leaues {pred abroad like wings,and dented or cut like Polypodie: thefé leauesare likethe largeleaues ofthe Athtree; for doubtleffe when firft faw themafaroffit caufed me to wonder thereat, thinking thar I hadfeene yong A thes growing vpona bog’; but beholdingit alittle nee: set,[might eafily diftinguith it from the Ath, by the browne roughand roundgrainés that grew onthetopofthe branches, whichyetare notthe feed thereof, but are very like vnto the feed. The toot is great and thicke, folded and couered ouer with many feales and interlacing, roots, hauing inthemiddle ofthe great and hard wooddy part thereof fomefimall whiteneffe, which hath béene calledthe heart of0(msund the water-man. i : Filixflorida,fine Ofwunda Recalis. WaterFerne, or Ofmund Royall. Negleétis vrenda Filix innafcitur agris. Tteomes not vp inmanured and‘dunged places,for if it be dunged (as Theophraftus,lib.8, cap.8, teeae porteth) itwithereth away. The male ioyeth in open and championplaces, on mountaines and ftony erounds,as Diofeorides faith. + It growes commonly in fhadowie places vnderhedges. + i Thefemale is often found about the borders of fields vnder thornes andin fhadowie woods. ; G| The Time. leaues;which conBoth thefe Fernes wither away inwinter : inthe {pring there grow forth new tinue greene all Sommerlong. q The Names. sere. Zi The former is called in Greeke nxipe : Nicander in his difcourfe of Treacle nameth ee = rot high-Dute eb tine Félix mas : in Italian, Felce: in Spanith, Helecho, Falenero, and Feyto-: in Farne: in French, Fougere,or Feuchzere mafle - in low-Dutch, Waren Manneben + i 2 male Ferne. a . Latines z ae as] The fecond kindeis called in Greeke smo, that is, Filix feemina, Ot female Ferme: Diofcorides noteth among the baftard names, Lingua ceraina : in high-Dutch; goalot fae Engblin, and Grofs Farnbraut ¢ in low-Dutch, Waren voijfken 3 in French, Foxgere femelle: an" lifh, Brake, common Ferne, and female Ferne. The Temperature. j Boththe Fernes are hot, bitter;and dry; and fomething binding. @ The Vertues. A : forthlong fat The roots ofthe male Ferne being taken to the weight ofhalfe an ounce, drineth me a a being drunke in Medeor honied water, ofblacke wormes out ofthe belly, as Diofcorides writeth, of Seamonic, oF ee effeGually, if it be given with twoferuples or two third parts of a dram tor Hellebor : they that will vfeit, faith he, mutt firft ate Garlicke. After the fame manners’ addeth, it killeth the childe in the mothers wombe.: The root hereof is reported tO " sic a themthat haueill fpleenes : and being ampedwithfwines greafeand applied, it re Reed be gain the pricking ofthe reed’: for proofe-hereof, Diofcorides faith the Ferne stat ; 46 which 45 planted about it ; and contrariwife, that the Reed dieth if irbe compaffed with eae this Ferme vaine to thinke, that it hapneth by any antipathie or naturall hatred, and not by rea profperethnor in moift places, nor the Reed in dry. t Cee oatbee The female Ferne is oflike operation with the former, as Galen faith. ned liuerc¢ this bringeth barrenneffe,efpecially towomien, and thatit caufeth womento be de Diafeorides repr cers, ane laid vpon old viccts, he addeth,that the pouderhercoffinely beaten isscitai theirir time: ti lot Behe b The Place. i It tin ‘Sroweth in the mid f ofa bog at the further end of Hampfted heath from London,at the born aie bull adioyning toa {mall cottage, and indiuers otherplaces, as alfo vpon diuers bogges beh. Common Neere vnto-Bruntwoodin Effex, efpecially neere vnto 4 place there ‘that fon ong digged, tothe end to finde aneftor mineofgold ; but the birds were ouet fledge and but way before theirwings could beclipped. + Itdid grow plentifully in both thefe places, ~ Steitisall deftroyed inthe former. + ; q The |