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Absinthium Alcea Allium Aristolochia Artemisia arvensis baume besyde Bonony Brassica Broume Calamintha called in duche called in englishe called in greeke called in latin Cicer Cisthus corne countrey Cresse Dioscorides Dittany diuerse drye duche English Name floure frenche fyrst Germany grasse greke groweth groweth in Italy groweth plentuously growyng hath leaues lyke haue not sene haue sene Herbaries Hordeum hote hote and dry Italy kynde kynde is called Lactuca Latin Heading litle Lordes gardine Lunaria Lysimachia Mallowe Malus maye be called Melilote Mentha middowes Mouseare moyst Mugworte Mynte named in englishe named in greeke neuer sawe officinalis Papauer Perseley Petie Plantago Plinie Polygonum Poticaries cal Rumex Salix sativa Satyrion sauynge saynt Scientific Name seconde degree seconde kynde seede Setwal Spourge Succory syluestris Syon Teucrium Scordium Thlaspi thyrde degree thys herbe thys kynde tonge tree Trifoly Tyme Viola alba vulgaris whyte woddes wormwod wylde Wylowe wyth yealowe
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Page 64 - Plantaginis, the one is called in englishe alone Plantaine or waybread, or great waybread. The other is called Rybwurte, or Rybgrasse, and of some Herbaries Lancea lata. They are cold and dry in the seconde degree. 63 Platanus. Platanus is called in englishe a playne tree, in frech playne. I neuer saw any plaine tree in Englande sauing once in Northumberlande besyde Morpeth, and an other at Barnwel Abbey besyde Cambryge.
Page 58 - ... 57 Orobanche. Orobanche is so rare an herbe in Englande, that I neuer sawe it in al Englande, but in Northumberlande, where as it was called newe chappel floure. It may be of his propertie called Chokeweede, because it destroyeth and choketh the herbes that it tyeth and claspeth wyth his roote.
Page 4 - I had sene those places of Englande, wherein is moste plentie of herbes, that I might in my herbal declare to the greate honoure of our countre what numbre of sovereine and strang herbes were in England, that were not in other nations...
Page 38 - Fenegreke is hbte 1 in the seconde degree and dry in the fyrste. Fragraria. Fragraria is called in english a strawbery leafe, whose fruite is called in englishe a strawbery, in duche Erdeber, in frenche Fraysne. Euery man knoweth wel inough where strawberies growe. Fraxinus. Fraxinus is called in greeke Melia, in english an Ashe tree, in duch an Ashe baume in frenche Fraisne. Asshes growe in euery countrey.
Page 8 - I did sje it in my Lorde Protectours graces gardine at Syon, some erre sore whiche abuse for thys herbe berefote. The rote of brakeursine drieth and cutteth humours lyghtly, and is of subtile partes. the leaues haue power metely to dryue humours to their places. 2 Aconitum. There are .ij. kindes of the herbe called Aconitum, the one kynde is called Pardalianches, whiche we may call in englishe Libardbayne or one bery. It is much in Northumberland in a wodde besyde Morpeth called Cottingwod. It hath...
Page 53 - Colon in the gardines, as any weede is commune in gardines in England. It is hote and dry in the fyrste degre. Mespilus, Mespilus called in greeke mespile, is of two sortes, the one hath three stones in the fruite, and that kynde is not wyth vs. The other kynde hath in the fruite, fyue stones, and thys kynde is commune in Englande, and it is called in englishe a medler tree or an open ars tree.
Page 41 - The best Gramen and moste agreyng with Dioscoridis description, dyd I see in Germany with other maner of rootes, then the commune grasse hath. Halimus. 3 Halimus groweth plentuously in the Ilandes of east Freselande where as the inhabiters make veriuce of the red beries. I haue sene it also in Flaunders by the sea syde. It may be called in englishe sea wyllowe or prickwylowe because it hath the leaues of a wylowe and prickes lyke a thorne. Heliotropium. Heliotropiu called also scorpyuros groweth...
Page vii - VI becoming prominent, and went through a series of vicissitudes which are duly chronicled by Mr. Jackson. He was a prolific writer, many of his works being directed against the Catholic Church, and exhibiting the heated controversial tone characteristic of the period in which he lived. Like many other controversialists, he was not always very particular as to the accuracy of his accusations — an example of this will be found in the note upon "Palm" in the " Dictionary of English Plant-Names.
Page 10 - Alnus is called in greke Clethra, in Englishe an alder tree or an aller tree, in duche erlinbaum, it groweth by water sydes and in marrishe middowes. Aloe. Aloe is so called in greke, latin & english, It groweth not in Englande but by the sea side & in Hands. I haue sene it in 1 A vj, back. 2 A vij.