The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

¶ The Names.

The first is Lycoctoni specics, or a kinde of Wolfes-bane, and is as hurtfull as any of the rest, and called of Lobel, Aconitum flore Delphinij, or Larke-spur Wolses-bare. Auicen speaketh hereof in his second booke, and afterwards in his fourth booke, Fen. 6. the first Treatise: hauing his reasons why and wherefore he hath separated this from Canach adip, that is to say, the Wolses strangler, or the Wolfes-bane.

The later and barbarous Herbarists call the third Wolfes bane in Latine Napellus, of the figure and shape of the roots of Napus, or Nauet, or Nauew gentle: it is likewise 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a kinde of Wolfes-bane: also it may be called Toxicum; sor Toxicum is a deadly medicine where∣with the Hunters poyson their speares, darts, and arrowes, that bring present death: so named 〈◊〉〈◊〉 arrowes which the Barbarians call Toxcumata, and Toxa. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 setting downe the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉

or accidents caused by Toxicum, together with the remedies, reckoneth vp almost the verie same that Auicen doth concerning Napellus: notwithstanding Auicen writes of Napellus and Toxicum se∣uerally; but not knowing what Toxicum is, as he himselfe confesseth: so that it is not to be maruel∣led, that hauing written of Napellus, he should afterward entreat againe of Toxicum.