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Show 62 Cuar.2b y Theatram Botantcum. hafcum laciniatum, 0sgget Mallein Trine t 8. Perba/cum Salvifolivm exoticum Ciffoides, Sage leafed Mullein. Tribe. ~— Lhe Fheater ofPlants. Cu ar.22 it) florealbo,inEnglith Sweet white Mullein. The fift is called Verbafcum nigrm ofall others. The fixt is not fet forth by any other Authorthat J canfinde than by Bauhinus, who onely remembrethit, as a kind of his firft yellow Blattaria,or peradventuré that Blattaria of Pliny with many branches: for the common blacke wilde Mullein ig not this, but anotherplant,and therefore the namein thetitle 1s fufficient for it, The feventh is called by Afatthiolus Verbaftum alind,and Lobel {o faith dlfo,andiay be his £ruta folivm,or Salvi olinm laciniatum as \ {aid in the defcription. Lugdunen/is calleth it Verbafcxm laciniatum Maithioli, and Cameravius Verbafcum folio papaveris\cornusi. The eighth Lobel calleth Verbaftum[ylvefire falvifolium exotitum, and Bauhinus Verbafe uta (ubrotundefalvia folio, and faith he hadit out of Corrarenus his garden, by the name of Verba/cwm Ciftioides = in Englifh I have called té Sage, leafed Mullein,becaufe I fudge it maybe a Mullein, in regard the flowers are Ciftzs faflhion whichisan{werable to the reft ofthe right Mulleins. The laft ts called by Lobel Phlomos Lychnitis alterd Syriaca,Lugdunenfis & Bauhinus Vera bafcumfolioSalvie tenuifolia, It is calledbythe Italians Verbafco, and Taff barbaffo : by the Spantards Verbafco : bythe French Bovillon i by the Getmanes Walkraut : by the Dutch Woollecruadf : and we in Englifh Mollein, ac, as is abovefaid, The Vertues, . : Miillein iscommended by Dio/covides againtt laskes and fluxes of the belly, ifa {mall quantity ofthe root be given in wine: the decoction thereofdrunkeis profitable for thofe that areburlten, and for thofe that ‘have crampes and convulfions ; and like wife for thofe are troubled with anold cough : the deco¢tion thereof gatgled, eafeth the paines ofthetoothache. Ifthe feed and flowers hereof, together with the flowers of Camomill; and the powder of dryed Venice Turpentine, be calt upona few quick coales ina chafing-difh, or fachlike other thing fer intoa Clofe+ftoole, and the party fitting bare over the fumes, that is troubled with rhe piles or falling downe of the fundament, ot any the paines of that place, doth give muchcafe and helpe : as alfo for thofe thar havea teat defire to goe often to'theftoole and can doe nothing, eipeciallyto fuch as have the bloody Flixe, An oyle made by the often infufion of the flowers, is of very good eftéct forthepiles.alfo. The decoaion of the roote inred wine,or in water, ifthere bean ague, wherein red hot fteele hath beene often quenched, doth ftay the bloody flixe. “The fame alfa openeththe obftructions of the bladder and reines when one cannot make water. A deco@ian of the leaves hereof, and of Sage, Marjerome, and Camomill fowers, and the places bathed therewith, that have their veines and finewes {tarke with cold, or with crampes, doth bring them much eafeand comfort. It is faid that thére isnot 2 better remedy found outfor the hot gowtthento drinke three ouncesofthe diftilled water of the fowers every morning and evening for fome dayes together. Arnaldus faith, that if two drams of the juyce.of the rootes of Mullein beforeit beare {talke, be takenina draught of Mutcadine at every time, for three or foure times.one after ano< ther, an houre beforethe fitt ofthe quartane ague commeth uponany;it fhall farely helpe them, The juyce ofthe leaves and Aowers being laid upon rough warts,as alfo the powder ofthe dryed rootes rubbed on, doth eafily take them away, a8 Matrhiolus faith, although it will doe no good to thofe that are {mooth: and that the powder of 9: Verba/culure folijs Salvie tensifolie Syrigcuns. Smal] Sage leafed Syrian. Mullein- yer {carfely to be met with,andindeed unleffe one well exercifed inthe knowledge ofplants, doelight upon it, and knowit, it will {carfe beregarded ofa greatmany others. The feventh Lobe/ faith he found neare the ruines ofan old Church, by the Bathes at Bathe in England. The eight isa ftranger tous, we have onely the knowledge that it groweth at Padoa , or thereabouts, in a garden ofa Signor Clariffimo ofVenicecalled Contarens.And thelatt isa greater ftranger thanit. The Time. All thefe Mulleins doe fower aboutIuly, except the eighth and the laft ofwhofe time we areasyet ignorant, but hope fhortly to be fo well ihformed that we may informe others, The Names, Verbafcum is called in Greek ea3u@- from oneyo uro const ASAD flamma, forthat it ferved asa weeke to putinto lampes to burnes and ofthe Latines Candela regia and Candelaria, becaufe the elder age ufed the ftalkes dipped in Suet toburne, whether at Funerals or otherwife, and fo likewife the Englith name Higtaper, for Hightaper, the h beinglefr out, wfed in the fame manner, as a Tae per or Torch. It hath alfo fome other namesin Latine, as Thap/us Thlapfies,and Tapfus barbatus, and Lanaria, in Englith alfo fome call it Torches, fome Bullockes longwort, fome Hares beard, and fome Iupiters ftaffe : The firft is called Verbafcxm mas, and Verbaf~ cum mas latifolinm of moft Writers. The fecond hath no other name thanis in the title, The thirdis called by fome Verbafcuns mas and by fome Femina & econverfo, Lobel calieth it in his ob{erva- tions Verbafcumfaminaand in his Iconesshe calleth it Phtomosalter, Verbafcum Lychnite Matthiolj : of Fauchfius it is called Verbafcum candidum mas : of Dodonens in French, of Turner and Gefner, in bort.it is called Verbafcum albumfamina : and of Dodoneus in La- tine Verbafcum anguftins ; in Englith, white Mullein with long leaves. The fourthiscalled by Lobel Tapfus barbatus maximus odoratus meridionalinms (and net Septentronalinm as Bauhinsy Be it the dryed flowetsis an efpeciall remedyfor thofe are troubled with bellyaches, collick. The decottionof the root htreof,and fo likewife the leaves is 6f great or the paines and torments. ofthe eficct to diffolve the tumors or fwel= lings, as alfo the inflammations ofthé throat. The feed and leaves*boyled in wine, prickt witha thorn, hatha fplinter,orfitch like thing got into the flefh,draweth andafter laid to anyplace that is and healeth them alfo.The leaves being bruifed wrapped in double papers,and thé forth {peedily,eafeth the paines, covered with hotafhes and embers, to bake a while,and thentaken forth and laid warme uponany botchor boyle that filthineffe or otherwife, doth diffolve and heale them. The {eed hereof bruifed, hapnethin the groine or fhare,by memberout of joynt afterit is fet in againe, taketh awayall {wellings arid painesboyled in wine, and laid upon any thereof. The Jeayes and toppes ofthe leffer white Milllein boyled in water, andlaid upon the places pained with the gowt, doth wondroufly eafe them. ‘The'diftilled water ofthe fowers hereof dropped intothe eyes, taketh awaythe watering! of them, asalfo taketh awaythat redneffe ofthe face,is called in Latine Gutta Rofacea, and in Englith, the Rofe, ifit bee wathed therewith often, havinga little Camphite diffolved init... The wateris likewife ufed againft running or creéping fores, or any other deformity of the skin. The flowers bruifed and made up into an an egee, a few ‘crummesofbread, and the juyce of leekes laid uponthe painefull oyntment with the yolke of piles whenthey {well, doth eafe the paines exceedingly, and helpe to bring them into their rightplace. Country men doeoften give their Cattell that are troubled with coughes, the brotl ofthe hearbe to drinke with good fucceffe, asalfo tothofe that by cafiralty, or through loofeneffe and weakenefle, voyd out their guts behind them, Theleaves alfo little brnifed; and laid or bound to a Horfe foote thar is gtievonfly prickt with fhooing, doth wonderfully heale it in a fhort {pace Diofcorides faithit was.a report in his time, that if dryed figges were lapped in the leaves of fernale Mullein. whichis that withlarge and white flowers, they will not putrificatall. The golden flowersofthe blacke Mullein boyledin lye, dyeth the haires ofthe head yellow, and maketh themfaire {mooth, The leaves boyled in wine anda ttle honey put toit, is fit to wath and clenfefoule ulcers, and boyledand in vineger, doth helpe greene wounds, Takenalfo with Rueit isa remedy againft the ftinging of Scorpions, Cuar, Blzttaria, XX El, Moth Mullein, PAN tariis certainely a kind ofblack Mullein, and therefore to follow next, whereof there are fandry ja varieties as fhall be fhewed. ARDY Fs i 1. Blattaria lutea odorata. Sweet yellow Moth Mullein. This fweet Moth Mullein ‘hath fundry grayifh greene leaves lying on the ground, fomewhat long and broad, and little or nothing {hipt about the edges, but pointed at the ends : the ftalkes are twoor three foote high, with fome {maller leaves on them, branching forth fromthe middle upwardsi ny imall pale yellow flowers; ‘ofa {mall fWweete fcent, yet {tronger thaninnto many Jong branches, ftored with mathe others,and feldome giveth feed, but: @racth in the roore, which fewornone ofthe other doe. G's a, Blata |