A nievve herball, or historie of plantes wherin is contayned the vvhole discourse and perfect description of all sortes of herbes and plantes: their diuers [and] sundry kindes: their straunge figures, fashions, and shapes: their names, natures, operations, and vertues: and that not onely of those whiche are here growyng in this our countrie of Englande, but of all others also of forrayne realmes, commonly vsed in physicke. First set foorth in the Doutche or Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. Rembert Dodoens, physition to the Emperour: and nowe first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte Esquyer.

Of sioyall Standergrasse / or Palma Christi. Chap. lix.

❀ The Kyndes.

BYsides the two Satyrions, described of the auncient wryters, there is also at this day, an other sorte found out of learned men.

❀ The Description.

[ 1] THe greate Royall Sa∣tyrion which is also the male kinde, hath long thicke smooth leaues, smaller than Lillie leaues, without a∣ny apparant or manifest spots, and stalkes of a foote long or more, not without smal leaues growing by it: y^e floures grow in a spiky bushe or tuffet, at the top of the stalke of a light pur∣ple colour, and sweete sauour: speckled with smal speckes of a deeper purple, like to Cuckow Orchis, or fooles ballockes, sa∣uing they lacke suche a come or coppe: vnder euery one of the sayde floures, there groweth a small sharpe poynted leafe: the rootes be double, like to a payre of handes, and eache par∣ted into iiij. or fiue small rootes like fingers: whereof one is more withered, light, & spōgie: the other is full and sounde, or firme, with a few small rootes or strings growing out, or fast∣ned thereto.

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Satyrion Basilicō mas. Satyrion Royall.

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Satyrion Basilicon foem. Satyrion Royall.

Of this sorte there is also a kinde founde whiche is very small, and it hath very narrow leaues, like to Saffron, or Leeke blades, and a russhie stalke of nine inches long, with a sharp pointed tufte, or spikie eare, at the top of y^e stalke like the tuft, or spikie bushe of floure Gentill, or Veluet floure, & of such a bright crimson, or purple colour. Of a very sweete & fragrant sauour like vnto muske, whan they are fresh & new gathered: the rootes are like to the others, but not so large & greene.

[ 2] The other great kinde whiche is the female of this royall Satyrion, hath leaues like to the leaues of y^e male kind of royall Satyrion, sauing they be smal∣ler, & dasshed full of blacke spottes: the floures be like vnto gaping hoodes or Cockescomes, & like to the floures of Fooles ballockes or Cuckowes Orchis: of colour sometimes white, & sometimes purple, or redde, or a light skie colour, alwayes speckled and garnished with more small spottes or speckes.

❀ The Place.

The royall Satyrions are found in certayne medowes and moyst woodes of England and Germanie. But that kinde whiche beareth the sweete spikie tufte or eare, is found vpon the high hilles and mountaynes of Sauoy.

❀ The Tyme.

Royall Satyrion floureth in May and Iune.

❀ The Names.

These plantes are now called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: in Latine Satyria Basilica si∣ue regia, also Palmas Christi: we may call it in English Satyrion Royall, Pal∣mas Christi, or noble Satyrion: in French Satyrion royall: in Douch Cruszblum: in base Almaigne Handekens cruyt.

❀ The Nature.

The rootes of Royall Satyrion, are in sent and tast like to Orchies, & ther∣fore they are thought to be of the same complexion, whiche is hoate and moyst.

❀ The Vertues.

[ A] The roote of Royall Satyrion brused or stamped, & giuen to drinke in wine prouoketh vomit, & purgeth both the stomacke and bealy, by meanes wherof it cureth the old feuer Quartayne, after cōuenient purgation, if an inch or asmuch as ones thumbe of this roote be pounde, & ministred in wine before the accesse or com∣ming of the fit: As Nicholas Nycols wri∣teth Sermone secundo.