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Show ; « 258 Cuap. 47. a Theatrum ‘Botanicum. Trise 2 times more, notabovehalfe a foote high, bearing at their toppes one flower a peeces and feldome more, fomewhatlike untoa Fowerdeluce, confifting of nine leaves, whereof thofe three that{tand upright are fhorter, and more clofed rogether than in others,the three that falldown turne up their endsalittle, and thofe three that in others doe cover thefalls at their bottomes,{tand like the upright leaves in other Flowdeluces, and are partedinto two endslike untotwo eares; the colour of the flowers is blew,cither paler or deeper, or white, which is more rare, {melling very fweete; the roote is round and white under the blackifh coates that cover it, having fundry long white rootes in fteede of fibres like unto an A/phodill, 7 Fris bulbofa major Anglica, The greater bulbed Flowerdeluce. This hathfive orfixe long hollowith or guttured whitith gteene leaves, broader than in any ofthe leffer forts; among which rifeth up aftifferound ftalketwo foote high fometimes,at the toppe whereof,out ofa skinnie huske breaketh forth one or two flowers confifting ofnineleaves likewife, ftanding in the fame manner that the formerforts doe,but each ofthe falling leaves havea yellow {pot neere their bottomes, and the’ three upright leaves are {mall, and narrow attheir bottomes but broad upwards ; the colour whereof is all blew, purple, or white, or mixed very variably,as is in my booke exprefled: the headsfor feede are {maller than the former, and fo isthe feede, and not foflat ; the roote of this is ufually greater thanin the other fmaller bulbous forts with long haires or threds, in the outer browne coates whichare notin the others, 8. Iris bulbofaminorfive anguftifolia Hifpanica, The lefler bulbed Flowerdeluce, This lefler fort growethin the fame mannerthat the greater doth, but hath narrower long leaves: the flowers likewife are {maller,(horter and rounder than inthe other, butof the fame fafhion,pointed and vary much more inthe diverfitie of their colours thanit: the {eedes are {maller, and the pods longerand flenderer, and the roote alfo fmaller,but more encreafing in bulbes. 3 r The Place. The Flagges or Flowerdeluces here mentionéd as well as the bulbous kindes grow in diverfe Countries ag Africa, Greece, Italy, and France, and {ome in Germanie, and in our owne Countrie, but their gardensthat are lovers offuch delights; the Gladwin groweth as well upon the are chiefely nurfed up.in upland gronnds, yer in moytt places, as in woods and fhaddowie places by thefea fides in many fed up in gardens;yet in paticular you mayfinde it growing, by a footeplacesof this land,and is continually nurpath,not far from the hither end ofDart ford townein Kentzas alfoneere to Kentifo towne, whichis hard by London, if itbe not digged up and carryed away; for I doe verily thinke,it is not naturallin that place, but fome feede by chance, hath beene broy e mongthe foyle, whereby it grew there. — ; The Time, _ The dwarfe kinds of Flagge Flowerdeluces flowerin Aprill,che greater in May, and the bulbous forts not una till Pune, the Gladwin flowrethlater than any doth, that is to fay not untill #/y, and the feedeis ripe in theend of Auguft, or in September, yeeFlowerdeluce the huskes after they are ripe opening of themf{elves, will hold their feedes within them for 2 ér 3 moneths, and notfhed them. The Names. ; 7 The greokescall it Pet; asalfo rch, Ire and Hierts,quafi facra, which made Gaza 4 finding it fo written in fomé coppies of Theophraftys, to tranflateit Confecratrixs butit was called ris acalef he tis arcus fimilitudine, quamflores 7er, i? the eeeew whofevarious colours the Aower ther eofdo made a difference betweeneJr and Ireos, according tothe Lati th imitate,the old ignorant agé ich is thi y puresnsflovem gerit Ireos album, The Iris tuberofa, whichis a vane ai ne ine booke,is called of AZatthiolus Hermodatlylus verus,, io a becaufe the rootes arelike unto fingers,and fi hin di roe did {0 call it, but moft erronionfly: for a while Dodoneus tooke itto bea kind of wildE lowerd 1 ena ly: yet fomedid takeit to be Lonchitis prior of Diofcorides: the Arabians call it Afmenijuni or “Aierh a ee Tride e Giglioazurro c> celefte, the S,paniards Lirii cardeno,the French Flambe the eee Gilpoa i. ied {chwertol, but why Lobel fhould call the Iris bulbofa Anglica by the name of Hyacinthus oct, aoTk eet for ithath none of thofe mourning markes are inthe Jris, norisit of the forme ofa ui “Claa cae ain Cueke Evers, pri.'s ob folitfimilitudinem quaft raforium Spathula fatida,for Spatha is taken fora {word cultrum, aut novaculum dixeris an ; in ee . Se ar as Gladium ig, and for that the leaves being bruifed Gallery {trong his denomination in Latine and Englifo, hath cal Eyes. | rifen futabl e thereunto: Theoph; ; > Dies ; Tragus in miftakingit, did takeit to be Gladiolus,’ the Arabians call it Caforas he spa te it irAle:a French Glarent puant, the Germanes Wendelenfkrant : wien ree e folic de : The Vertues, owerdeluces elpecially the Flagge kindes are very neereof ore uality I finde no Author to write, patola fetida, the i or experienceto teach orthe decoction ofthe greene rootesofthe Fla whether cep be of the Fanie or aiken ie: ee ane ranked Byres bis ftomack of groffe & rough flegme andcholle: ieee ght be the cuteofdite o oui ees ere Far by evacuating thofe humors both downwards and a ada omew hat hurt the itomack,it is not to be given but with honey & Spik d: dothI eafe the paines and torments, in ‘ or wringging i ofthe belly, and fides, theei thakines bd the liverand{pleene, the wormes ofthe of in i e belly, the ftone in tt rai : Pe es humors, by warming them and comfortin si arts : : Ifohelpech thole whole Ga va or unwill illsingly »yetas one faith, les come of cold wares ic a cdatih 1 is onl erery S much a alfon bitings and ftingings of venemous creatures, ; andia s arempe ed era i n. bein g boyl edin wate r and Vinegar and arunke : Goes being boyled in wine ; A and drunke provoketh urine, i helpeth the collick i e, bring i eth dow. a fle, “ pade ekehe 4 peffar with honey, and put up into the body, deamon forth edenoneai commended againft the cough, ytocau e fe rough fleeme to be the more eafily extenu ate, and to be expedtorate and licking EleQuary,is effeGuall for the fines acs neue ame purpof nthe Boece much toeafe hartered paines Serc i oe eefoe ie : being applyed with tofewa e; it conduceth ter rofecake and vinegar, to hep amine ene moykt —: agli tharpe humors, and drying them up : being put up into the Noftrils, it procureth necfings, ee thereby alfo TriBe 2 - Lhe Theater ofPlantes. Crap. 48. alfo purgeth the head very much of flegme:the juice of the rootapplyedto thePiles or the Hemorrhoides, giveth much eafe : and forthe Dropfie, an EleCtuary made of the juice thereof, withother things in this manner, is held very effectuall : Take of Galanga, and of Zedoarie, ofeach two drams, of Cinatnon and Clovesof each one dram and ahalfe, ofthe leaves of Sea Bindweedecalled Soldanella in the Apothecaries fhoppes, halfe ant otmces makethefe into pouder, and with{o much hony, wherein three drams of the juice of the rootesof Flowerdeluces hath beene boyled, and is fufficient, make them up into an Eleéthary ; whereof halfe anounce taken in the morningfafting, for divers dayes will doe much good : it doth alfo wonderfully helpe the paines and f{wellings ofthe cods in this manner, Take foure dramsofthe ponder of the rootes thereof, of Cinamon and of Dill,of cach rwo drams,of Saffron one fcruple, mix thefe well together and apply them to the cods,being firft laid tpona fcarletcloth, moiftned in whitewine, and warmed ina difh, over a Chafing difh with quick coales there in : the deco¢tion ofthe rootes gargled in the mouth eafeth the toothach, and a ftrongor ftinking breath: thé oyle called Olewm Iriaum, ifit be rightly and truly made ofthe flowersof the great broad Flagge F lowerdelice, of what colour thinke it greatly mattereth not (but not of the flowers of the greater blew Englith bulbous Flowerdeluce, asI know fome Apothecaries have and doe ufe) and rootes of the fameforts of Flowerdeluces, is very effectuall to warme and comfortall cold joyntsandfinewes, as alfo the Gout andSciatica,and mollifieth; diffolveth and confumeth tumours or {wellings, although they be ferophulous.in any part of the body; asalfo ofthe matrix : It helpeth the Crampe and Convulfion of the finewes, warming them, and helping to extend them; the head. and temples armointed therewith, helpeth the Catarrhe or thin Rheumediftilling from thence; andufed upon the brealt or ftomack helpeth toextennate the tough cold flegme, makingit eafie to be {pit ont 4 it helpeth alfo the paines and noyfe in the cares, andthe ftench or evill favour of the nofthrills ; it giveth alfa much eafe unto the painefull Piles : The rooteit felfe either greene or in pouder, helpeth to clenfe,heale and incarnate wounds, and to cover with flefh the naked bones, that ulcers have made bare, andis alfo very good to clenfe and heale up Fiftulaes and Cankers, that are hard to be cured : divers doeufe to beate the greene rootes; and fo apply them to the face or otherparts, but it is better tyedin a fairelinnen cloth, and laid for a day anda nigh infaire or Rofe water, with which water you may wetor moiften the skin of the face, hands or neck, that are {unburned or deformed with the Morphew, black or blew markes or {cartes, or any other difcoloiiring of theskinne, but they that ufe it had neede to take heede that they ufe it not too ftrong, norlet it lie on too longs but rather wafh it offagaine with faire water, within twoor three houresafter it hath beene ufed : The dryed rootescalled Orris, being beaten either alone ofthemfelves into pouder, or with other fweete things, are ufed to be layd in preffes,chefts and wardrops, to {weeten and perfume garmentsoflinnen,andfilke efpecially, and all things that you will putit to, and thus muchof the Flowerdeluce. But thereare but few that have written of the Gladwin,or that have remembred the purging qualitie therein, yet many of our country people in many places,doe with the deco@tion of the rootes purge themfelves, and thereby avoyd much corrupt totigh flegmé and choller : yet fome that will not have it worke fo ftrongly, doe but infufethe fliced rootes in Ale, and fome take the leaves which ferveth well for the weaker and render ftomacks: the juice hereofprocureth {neézing,bes ing putup orfiuffed up intothe nofe, and draweth downe from the head much corruption, and the ponder thereof doth the fame; the pouder alfo drunke in wine helpeth thofe that are troubled with €rampes and Cone vulfions, or withthe Sciatica or Goute,and giveth eafe to thofe that have anygriging paines in their body or belly : and helpeth thofe that have the Strangurie, that is, that cannot make their water, but by drops: it is with muchprofit alfo given to thofe that have had long Fluxesby the fharpe andevillqualities of humors, which i€ ftayeth havingfirlt clenfed and purged them, by the drying and binding propertie therein, evenas Rubarbe and fome other fuch like things doe; the roote procureth womens monethlycourfes very effe@ually, ifit bee drunk after it hath beene boyled in wine, and fome of them fhred and boyled in wine and vinegar, in equall parts, that fhee may fit over the hot fumes, being clofe covered untill it grow neare cold: the roote ufed as a peflarie, workeththe fameeffect, but in womenwith child it caufech Abortion, thatis,the delivery afore the due time? the feed beaten to pouderand taken to the quantity of halfe a dram in wine,helpeth thofe that cannot make water veryeffeCtually:the fame taken with vinegar difolveth both the hardneffe & the tumorsofthe {pleene:the root ig very effectual in all wounds,and{pecially ofthe head,as alfo to draw forth any {plinters,thornes, broken bones,or anyotherthingftickingin the flefh withont caufing any paine, ufed with alittle Verdigreafe and hony,’ and the great centory roote : the fame alfo boyled in vinegar and layd upon any hard tumors, doth very effectually dliffolve and confume them, yeaeven thofe {wellings of the throate, called the Kings Evill ¢ the juice ofthe leaves and rootesis profitably ufed to heale the itch,and all runningor {preading feabs or fores, and blemithesor {carresin the skinne : fomedoe fuppofe by the fharpeneffe ofthe tafte in the roote (efpecially more thenin the feede, whichis more drying) thatit hathas well a corrofive as opening quality therein: fome alfo doe appro- priate it to the effeéts of the chefts and lungs;for which the Iris or Flowerdeluce is more proper and effectuall : fomealfo to ftay the inyoluntary paffageofthe {perme,following Pliny therein: and fome alfo toheale the hee morthoides, and others the difeafes ofthe fundament it is thought alfo to bee effectuall againft the poy fon of Serpents;and thus muchforthe ftinking Gladwin. Cuarp. XLVITI, Cuicusfive Certhamys, Baftard or Spanith Saffron. sq Lthough thefe forts of Cuicus might well be placed among the Thiftles, as other Authors doe,and with thefe that other wilde kind, called Astraétyla, but becaufe thefe onely have putging qualie ties ; 1 thought it beft thus-to feparate them,andintreate ofthefe in this place, 1. {(sicwsfive Carthamus fativus. The manuredbaftard Saffron, es The manured baftard Saffron hath fundry large leaves lying next the ground, withoutany pricks, or with very few white onesat the cornersof the leaves and divifions,among which rifetha {trong hard round ftalke three or foure foote high, branchingit {lfe wp to the top, bearing fhorter leaves, fharpe iy ? ted, |