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40 Autumne, which abide greene all the Winter, the ftalke fpringing vp betweene the lower leaues in the Spring.

It is called Lilium Album, the White Lilly, by mot Writers; but by Poets Roa Iunonis, Iuno's Roe. The other hath his name in his title.

This Lilly aboue all the ret, yea, and I thinke this onely, and none of the ret is ved in medicines now adayes, although in former times Empericks ved the red; and therefore I haue poken nothing of them in the end of their Chapters, reeruing what is to be aid in this. This hath a mollifying, digeting, and cleaning quality, helping to uppurate tumours, and to diget them, for which purpoe the roote is much ved. The water of the flowers ditilled, is of excellent vertue for women in trauell of childe bearing, to procure an eaie deliuery, as Matthiolus and Camerarius report. It is ved alo of diuers women outwardly, for their faces to cleane the skin, and make it white and freh. DiuesDiuers [sic] other properties there are in thee Lillies, which my purpoe is not to declare in this place. Nor is it the cope of this worke; this that hath been aid is ufficient: for were it not, that I would giue you ome tate of the qualities of plants (as I aid in my Preface) as I goe along with them, a generall worke were fitter to declare them then this.

Lthough diuers learned men do by the name giuen vnto this delightfull plant, thinke it doth in ome things partake with a Tulipa or Daffodill, and haue therefore placed it betweene them; yet I, finding it mot like vnto a little Lilly, both in roote, talke, leafe, flower, and eede, haue (as you ee here) placed it next vnto the Lillies, and before them. Hereof there are many orts found out of late, as white, red, blacke, and yellow, beides the purple, which was firft knowne ; and of each of them there are alo diuers orts: and firt of that which is mot frequent, and then of the ret, euery one in his place and order.

The ordinary checkerd Daffodill (as it is vually called, but might more properly be called the mall checkerd Lilly) hath a mall round white roote, and omewhat flat, made as it were of two cloues, and diuided in a maner into two parts, yet ioyning together at the bottome or eate of the roote, which holdeth them both together: from betweene this cleft or diuiion, the budde for the talke &c. appeareth, which in time rieth vp a foote, or a foote and a halfe high, being round and of a brownih greene colour, epecially neere vnto the ground, whereon there tandeth diperedly foure or fiue narrow long and greene leaues, being a little hollow: at the toppe of the talke, betweene the vpper leaues (which are maller then the lowet) the flower heweth it elfe, hanging or turning downe the head, but not turning vp againe any of his leaues, as ome of the Lillies before decribed doe; (ometimes this talke beareth two flowers, and very eldome three) coniting of ixe leaues, of a reddih purple colour, potted diuerly with great pots, appearing like vnto quare checkers, of a deeper colour; the inide of the flower is of a brighter colour then the outide, which hath ome greennee at the bottome of euery leafe: within the flower there appeare Rh