Of Dragaunce.
DRagaunce is an Herbe so called for that it is bespotted and is specked in his colour
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DRagaunce is an Herbe so called for that it is bespotted and is specked in his colour
much like to a Snake: representing the verie Uiper or Dragon, which Herbe the Uiper it selfe standeth in dreade of. Of some it is called Colubyne, for it hath hys flower Purple coloured: it is also clouen and sharpe as the Serpents tongue is. It is blacke in the midst of his flower. This sayth Diascorides, hauing his roote dried and beaten all to pou∣der & confect also with water of Roses beau∣tifieth and cleareth the foule face, as being with other things handled helpeth otherwise.