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Show “w8 Caar. 42, Theatrum Botanicum. Tri 7-Nardus Montana longivri radice. LENORE AO aboutit, with fonte fibres fhooting from them, whereby it is encreafed, and {melleth verylike the roote of the garden Valerian, or Setwall, or not altos gether fo ftrong; being greene, as when itis dry, 7» Nardus Montana longiori radice. Long tubérotis Mountaine Spiknard, This other Mountaine Spiknard or Valerian is verylike the lah, but hath alonger round white roote; fhooting forth manylong knobs, and {mall f- bres underneath, which maybe feparated,and growforincreafe + it hath ma | eo The Theater ofPlants. ; Cuar.43s ug tion he faith, it hath the ftalke and leafe of Evynginm, and therefore could notbe fo forgetfall ; as Within two or threelines to contrary his owne Writing) in laying the errourinthe writers ofhis copy,ini the fame manner as hé fet downe in Dictamnus, and is declared in the Chapter thereof going before: that is, 24 for ouséper, profert for confert it beareth not, for it profiteth not, the roote onely and no part elfé being to be ufed ¢ as alfo that the leaves hereofdoe nat agree with the leaves ofErynginvm, wherein it is moft likely an etrour is committed alfo; in mit writing and yniftaking one wotd for another, for all other things agree fufficiently thereanto, Diofcorides and Gan len fay alfo it was called Thylacitss, becaufe it was brought out of Cilicia in leatherne bagges, which werecalled Quadye and Wires, as it is in Diofcorides copy, but called Pyritz,as it isin Galen, becaufe it was ufed as a perfume in ny {inall long and fomewhat darke greene leaves like it, but fimaller ; the ftalkes are not abovehalfe a yardhigh, in anythat Dhave obferved, bearing fome finer cut and divided leaves thereon than any below, two al wayes (tan. ding together at a joynt ; at the roppes{tand reddifh flowers, thicke throft together inan umbell like the other, which paffing away, leave {inall feed behind them naked upon the flalkes : the whole plant is of a faint weake fcent, but the roote is much {tronger, and much more when it is dry, than theitfacrifices. Banhinus, Camerarins, and others make twoforts thereof, one that hath but one two or three round {mall rootes like unto Olives, which therettponhe calleth Wardus montanaradice olivari, and the other hee calleth Nardus montana radice oblonga, and Camerarius Nardus montana longiusradicata, when as it may be the place onely, where they naturally grow; that caufeth the difference of forme inthe rootes, ay it/hapneth in Aithoya; Mupellus; and manyother things, too long here toretite + for being tran{planted and manured, they grow muchtigreater, and fomewhatalter that formeit formerlyheld in the naturall places, yet I Have given yor the fgures_of both to fee the difference, r The Place, The true Nardusis faid by Gareias to grow onely in Judia, what(oever others have faid thereof. The firft here was found uponthat pleafant high hill in Narbone, called of the French, L’ hort de Dieu, and Dei Paradis, Both for Diofcorides faith eat the true Indian Spiknard isofan heating and drying faculty, and thatit provoketh urine} Tt is ptofitable to {tay the loofenetfe ofthe belly, andallfuxes bothofmen and women, andthin watry himours, being taken indrinke or applyed to the places affected : being drunke yyith cold water, it is proficabléto thofe that havea loathing oftheir meate, or having {wellings or gnawingsattheir ftomacks, as alfo for them that areliver- whenitis frefh and greene. the pleafantneffe of it, and for the excellent hearbes that gtow thereon, as Pena faith, inthe mofly moift places thereof; facing the South and Mediter. ranean Sea, whichis nor farre from a {mall village called Gange, The fecond is found uponthe Alpes in Germany in divers places, as alfo of Livuria in great plenty, and fundryother places. The third is found on the faine hills and onothers alfo, The fourth was found uponthe Hills in Apulia which are inthe Kingdomeof Naples, The fift was feene as is aforefaid dry, but na feene growing greene: but that we may well conje@ure,tharit grey, when the FrenchSpiknard-was gathered, as Dis/corides al{o and Pliny imagined, The fixth was found by Pena as hefaj i onthehills neare Afindenum, and onthe hills of Veganium : (‘ufius faith hee had it trom Ferrantes Im a, f Naples;and gathered fromthehill Virgineo, Thelatt is likely, being a kinde-ofthe other to bee found wePie rs S places with the other, oe The Time, ‘They all flowerand florith in the Summer monethsof Iune, Iuly}and-Aueuft fome earlier or} 5 a! The Names, — ; 7 orfater than others, Nardus is called inGrecke Nd:@-, Naardo urbe Cyriaca forte faith Lobel, Euphrati conterming & vapdusayus #afe Nardus pica, andfo the Indian kinde is generally called Spica Nardi, and offo im > : findion i itand Celtica : "The firlt of thefe Pena ealleth Nardus Cinphels per ‘Soe 1 a li%neffe thercofunto the true Nardus Gangitis of Diofcorides ; and that the Towne of any note u ak ; Hilt whereonit groweth,being about fevenmiles of, is called Gange; and bynext that name of Nardses Narbox $pat ut Wardus ipursa Narbonenfis, it iscalled byall other Writers. aa The fecond is called Nardus Celtica ofDis C <<a ofalkother Writers fince, and Ce/alpiniss following Pliny Nardim Gallicum. isin {hops called 594 os by the moltt andbelt, . is judged his Bucolicks makett Pscalled Spica Celtica, and g to be the Salinnca that Vircilin 6 icks maketh mention ofin thefe Verfes, Puniceis humilis quantum Saliunca Rofetss, fudicio noftro, tantum tibicedit Amyntas ; in Englith thus : tre As the Mountaine Spiknard unto the purple Rofe tree, So (ifl judge) Amyntas yeelds to thee. , The Vertues. growne, that have the yellow jaundife, or the {tone inthe reines or kidneys. The decoction ufedas a bath fotwomentofit in, or over it, taketh away the inflammations of the mothérs Tt helpeth watering eyes by repreffing and ftaying the humour;and thickning it alfo. Galen faiththe fame chings and addeth withall,that it dryeth up the fluxe of humontrs, both in the head andbreaft. It isan efpeciall ingredient into Antidotes, again{t poifon and venothe, as Mithridatum,8 c. There had need be caution taken in the uling of it, for it often provoketh vomitings.b eing either put with Rubarbe,as fometimesitis appointed, or in other cordial! medicines : and therefore our Londen Phyfitians in their Pharzacoped, have appointedit to bee left out of many cordiall medicines: Itis alfo with’ great caution to be forbidden to womenwithchild, becanfe it procureth them much difquiet, and may forcé-their.courfes beyond either theit time or conveniency. The oyle made thereofaccording to art, doth both warme thof places that are cold, maketh the humours morefubtill that were thicke or congealéd before, digefteth thofe that are erndé and raw, and alfo moderately dryech and bindeth thofe that were too loofe or fluxible : and hereby wWorketh powerfully, inall the cold griefes and windineffe of the head and braine, ‘of the ftomacke,liver, fpleene, reynes and bladders and ofthe mother : being fnuffed up into the noftrils, it purgeth the braines of mechrheume gathered thérein, and caufeth botha good colour anda goodfavour to the whole body: Being fteepedin wine forcertaine dayess-and af= ter diftilled in Balneo calido : the waterhereofis offingulareffect, forall cold indifpofitions of the members; ufed either inwardly or outwardly: for it comforteth the braine, helpeth to ftay thin diftillations, arid the cold paines ofthe head,as alfoall thaking andparalitick griefes : ithelpeth alfo in all fudden paffions ofthe heart,as faintings; and {wounings ; and for the collicke, two orthree fpoonefuls thereof taken upon the occafion: The whichis the baftard kinde, being almoft without {mellor tafte, doth declaré it to beé of fmall vertue firft of thefe and but the mountaine French Spiknard, is reckonedto be effe@tuall, forall the purpofesthat the true Spiknardefficacy = ferveth for, but is weakerin operation ; and moreover by reafon it is fomewhat more heating and leffe drying than:it; ic is more pleafing to the ftomacke, and proyoketh urine more effectually ; the decottion thereof with Wormewood being drunke, helpeth thofe that are troubled with the fwellings and windinefle ofthe ftomacke, and being taken in wineis goodfor them, that are {tung or bitten by any venemous creature. It helpeth alfo to diffolve all nodes and hard fwellings, and is profitable for the {pleene,reines, and bladder. It is alfo an ingredient of no’ {mall'effeee tn Mithridatum,andothers ; and isufed outwardly in oyles and oyntments, to warmeand comfort cold griefes: wherefoever they be, The Mountaine Spiknard is weaker than the Celticke or French Spiknard, by the jadgement of Disfcorides, Galen, and others. Andis thonghrby them alfo, that thé name dassyre is corruptl = : boxy i Diofeori Oey y ;des ¢ for y put for cuarésxa in j call icin ps Pas tothis: day Seliga, as favoring of Salinnca, as Pena faith alfo : i Mattbi olusae with Fuch(us an | Leonicends for taking them tobe both one ; and the Germanes alfo, who werereckoned a ate ‘the cael it eek a would haveit called Nardies Liguftica, becaufeit groweth fo plentifiilly ithe eS Of Liguria. i ai Gti > sot ak Gs . ‘ it before tiisites etmathedpublics nr .iy litians of Genna which isa Cityin Liguria, did not know fed many both Phyti ‘ mmentar upon ies ‘Diofcor in ides the Italian eee y th iD a and testelage be moreinquifitive into the knowledge ofhearbetongue, cauthey were s, thanwhich + Somealfo ollowin folldwi g the Arabians i i 5 Ngrdus, NT ead or Spica doétrine oe Romana, becaufe and words call it , they gall ic2 intheir tongue Cambil Runimi, “The third isc ‘Amer arius in hi cone . ; faftigiatoAn ordine, by ChefiadNard Alpigglonsvio bieBi Epone so Matthiolus Spica Celtica whenas Camerarius faith it isnot the fame with Matthiolusand oth 5whic cth this of Claus tobe the former, felfe calleth it Nardus Celticaalrera, The other isremembred by (oi. those . = i herey and Baubiins dromus and Pinazx, and called byhim Nardo Celticefimilis ino2at erehte 2 tofcoridess and Baxhinus in his himPro- Neapolitana, by Tabermontanus Phy miaus Apulum,and by B Wala N ae ourth is called by Lugdunenfis Saliunca was thought by Q/#fixs tobe thé Hirculus of Diofeorides althoughit fj al a th ee fifth as is before faid, taketh itto be the Nardus Samphorivéic of Dio/torides although Matthiolus dette as he faithhis doth: anguillara on ; Gerard calleth t-Veinwort in Englith silhereento ithatinoce i ron 4d ech faule 1 i it cannot have the properties of Nardus Which hak botk Thef wre'pondence : for nothaving {mell or tafte, > ath both. Thefixt is generally called Nardus montana, and alfo thoug byall Hii ase s, Be to beine Nom Dio/coes rides his Nard;4s fault(al a 5 ougat ht by iied, al Writer Writers, ae Dio/co rid 2 i hee faith montana, notwiti hftand ing ith iti hath neithe i r ftalke nor i the forepart in { of hisi owne deferipos 3, tion Cuarp, XLIIE Valeriana, Valerian E | on ¢ eet - ‘ * ‘ gi Here are manyforts ofValeriansto be rémembred inthis Chapter, fome natural, others ftrangéti s te our Country ; and yet have beenefree denizonsin ottr §gardens along time, others buroflate, , 3 : . j 5 1. Phu majus five Valerian d major. The eréat Valerian : | The great Valerian hatha thicke fhort gtayith roote, lying for the moft part above ground, fhooting forth oft all fides other fachlike fimall peeces or rootes ; which haveall of them many long and great {trings or fibres der them, in the ground, whereby it draweth nourifhment: from the headsofthefe rootes {pririg up many unFeaves, whichat the firft are fomewhat broad and long, withoutanydivifion atall in them,or denting on the greene edgéss but thofe that rife up after, ate more and more divided oneach fide, fome to the middle ribbe, being as thade ofmanyleaves togetheron a ftalke, and thofe uponthe ftalké inlike manner, are more divided, winged, but {maller foward the toppe than below the ftalke rifeth to bea yard high, or more, fometimes branched ar the toppe, with, y {mall whitifh flowers, fomeétimes dafht overat the édges witha pale purplifh colour ; of a {mall {cent which Falling away, there followeth {mall brownith whitefeed,that is eafily carried away with the winde ; theroote fmelleth more ftrong than cither leafé or flower, and is likewife of more ufe in medicine, ¢ Here is a Mountaine kinde hereof, as (amerarius faith, found in Savey, whichis more {weete than this, €vén Z here Grrl is ine 3 ki irera ore more faith, thanit, ofCrhethe imell found i. in 5 of a Pomecitron, but iris Ele ich i fof oris gentle soy . bis pjbet gioratler: 2. 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