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Show 270 Cuap, 53. Theatrum Botamcum. Tribe 2, 4 Braffica marina monoppermos, Sea Colewort, fine crumpling forme ofthe leaves,and of the variable mixture ofcoloursin them,as greene, white, red and yellow, which maketh them to be beheld with the more ad- T nine 2. The Theater of Plants. ; Cuar.s4: ; broth, and eaten doe’open the body,‘but being twice boyled or the fecond decottion of them doth binde: the nitrous quality therein,being quite confuimed and fpent by the twice boyling : the juice thereof drunken in wine, helpeth thofe that are bitten by Adders or Vipers, and the decoction of the flowers bringeth downe womens courfes, and hindreth conception as itis faid, ifit beufed as a peffary : being taken with hony it recoveteth the hoarfeneffe orloffe of the voyce: it helpeth thofe that are entring into a Confiimprtion, iftheygafe to eate them miration : ofall which Ihave fpoken in my former book, well boyled and often: the pulpe of the middle ribbes of Coleworts boyled in Almond milke; arid made ap into an Eletuary with hony;is very profitably ufed by thofe that are fhortwinded and are purfie, ifthey often take thereof; being alfo boyled twice and an old Cocke boyled in the broth,this beingdrunke helpeth thofe that are unto thefe] mufl joyne'the wildeforts. 2. Braffica fyloeftris, Wilde Coleworts. The wild Colewort groweth with manylong grayifh troubled with gtiping paines in thcir ftomacke,or belly: the fame brothor decoétion is very good, forthofe that round leavés,much gafhed ortorne on the edges, among are troubled with the painesand obftructionsof the liver and {pleene, and the ftone in the backe andkidnies ; the whichrife the ftalkes bearing fuch like but {maller leaves on them,and yellowith Howers at the toppes,fucceded by {mall rough. pods with {mall round feede in them : the juycethereofboyled with hony,and dropped into the corner of the eye cleareth thefight.by confaming any filme or cloud beginning to dimmeit, as alfo confuming the kanker growen therein the juyce is fafely given to thofé that have eaten» Mufhroomes, if they prove offenfive unto them : they are much commended being eaten before meate, to keepe one from furfetting, asalfo from being drunke with much wine, byreftraining roote is white, hard and fomewhat woddy. 3. Braffica[pinofa, Thorny Coleworts. the vapoursthat elfe wouldintoxicate the braine,or being drunke, will difperfe the vapours and make ae quickly rife fober againe ; and even Galen himfelfe applied the juyce thereof, to the temples ot them that ha painesin their heads caufed by drunkenneffe; for as they fay there is fuch an antipathy or enmity betweene the Vine and the Colewort,that the one will die where the otherjgroweth {wollen and gouty legges and knees, where into manygroffe or watery humorsarefallen, being bathed warme with the decoction of Aadse have The whitifh woddyftalke of this thorny Colewott ri. feth to be more then two foote high, branchingforthinto fandryftriped or creited branches, and they againeinto other lefler flender twigges, each of them endingin {mall fharp white thornes,and on each ofthém underthe thornes groweth one flower, in formé like unto an Hiacinthe of found eafe thereby, for ictaketh away the paine and ach, allayeth the {welling and wafteth and Ee e humots: it helpeth alfoold and filthy fores, being wafhed therewith, it healeth all {mall ranning fores and ! cabbes, a pale redde or bluth colour, from which rife {mall round peafclike heads pointed, wherein lyeth the feede: the leaves that grow withoutorder on the branches are fomeé= what long and narrow, a little dented or waved about the edges, and with other {maller fometimesfet together, of a grayith greene colour, 4. Brafficamarina monofpermos, SeaColewort. puftules or wheales that breake out in the skinne$ yea it clenfeth fo ftrongly faith Galen, that it will we the lepry ; the afhes of Colewortftalkes, are of {ach a drying quality, that they become almoft caulticke, or burning; and being mixed with old greafe,are very effeétuall to anointthe fides of thofe, that havehad long prince therein; or anyother place pained by the acceffe of melancholike and windie humours, helping many ie digelt Jour; from among which arifethup a ftrong thicke ftalke two foote high and better,with Chryfiopus wrote a volume ofthe vertues, applyingit to every part of the body: and the old Orie expelled Phyfitionsout of their territories, did for fixe hundred yeares maintaine their health, and he fee t se inatmities, by uling and applyingit, for their onely medicinein every difeafe, The broth or firlk decottionof the fea Colewortlikewife doth by the fhape nitrous andbitter qualities therein, open the belly and purgeth The Sea Coleworthath divers fomewhatbroad and large thicke wrinckled leaves, or as the edges, growing each upona feverall thicke foot{talke and very eafy tobe broken, of it were curled about a gtayifh greene co- fomeleaves thereon to the toppe ; whereit brancheth forth much,and on every branch ftandeth a large buth of pale whitifh fowers coniifting offoure leayes a peece ; after which come {mall thicke and fhort pods, conteining but one roundifh grayithfeede a peece, muchgreater then So/danclla or Sea Bindweedefeede the roote is fomewhat great and fhootethforth many branches underground, keeping the greeneleaves all the ;winter. them Itis thought to be effe@uall forall the difeafes of thebody, either inward or outward, an : t ee The Place, thebody, ( bur the fecond decoétion is faid to bind the body, ) yet as Galen thinketh ‘not eee Seas hurt thereto, becaufe it much varieth as he faith from the temperature of ourbodies, being hotter an asoo the earden kindes, and therefore as all other wild herbes, are ftronger in operation, and fo this clenfeth and ge groweth wilde on manyditch bankes; as well in the uplands as neare the fea fides : the third is nour(ed in the curious Gardens ofItaly : the lat rate corides, but in faire water, is moft ufuall with as in thefe dayes) are eaten as other Coleworts ns pas The manured edible forts are onely nurfed up in Gardens : the fecond eth in many places upon our owne coafts, as well the Kentifoas Effex thore, as at Liddein Kent and Calebeper in Effex,and in otherplaces alfo, and in other countries li wife, The Time, Their flowring timeis towards the middle or endof/ly i ges. Meh cenetaty : fe more powerfullythan they : the leaves while they are young,although bitter, being boyled (in lye oa poore people nearethefea, the boyling,taking away much of the bitterneffe thereof: the feede very pais and dranke killeth wormes; the leaves or the juyce of them appliedto fortes or ulcers clenfeth and healeth them, and diffolveth tumors or {wellings, and taketh away the inflammations. and the feedeis ripe in the énd of Auguft. Tee Name if heaight a cea Attice wedy oof Koedp es fo calledas it is {uppofed by fome,quod weds,3,¢, oculoyg Pp @& beberet, becaufe it dulleth and dimmeth the eyefight, which Colwmella fignifieth b his Di Stichon,Oculis inimica coramble but he doth contrary him({elfe:for both he and other good putin fay th Ni in. 4 for dim eyes, as alfo totake awaythe cankerin the eyes; others fay guodzéxap™ dui vel alle Sa gs GuaP. Centaurinm minus. The leffer Centory. pile faticratique adverfatur. Theophraftws and other Grecke Authors before him doe call it idea ©Reps pie ob mutuam(as {ome thinke)quondam amicitiam & affinitatemutriufvis [eminis, vetuftioris prefertins Gh apranuss tamgenerand: sbecaufe ofthe likeneffe of the feed, they fuppofingthat ifit were old, the one headae nes into the other ; which errorin this asin manyother things, is fatall to the old world,and I would toG iite not {0 allo to onrs for the opinionis almoft hereditary, atthe leaft g growne {o old br ft ee ere hope | tovnackQote ait ont ofRien the mindes of'a great many, that the feeds doe often change y cultome,thatthereis {mall into otherherb: as they weretaken from, whichis quite contrary tothe Text of the Scripture. Genefis 29. th: eee then fuch appoint every herbe and tree to have the feede of his owne kind withinit felfe, and not of a che a Ponca would faine have any man of judgement, totell me ifhee thinke it poffible that the feed of Cat pas and bring forth Raddifhes,or Raddith feede Cabbages ; but P/ xy and others alfo before him, waiiskine enon wordof Theophra/tis and others;which is underftood byall of good judgement to be Braffceeransker nth aii properties of Braffica to Raphanus ,that iss to Raddith :Itis called alfo in Latin Braffica quod bujus Seapns minutatim prefecatur ; or as others GHAprefecaas Varro faith, thinke of Paffica, quod ex caule minutati on orasfome ti ri CegFev, ideff a vorando,becaufe poore alfo in Latinof many Caslis quia pre ceteris grandi,v people did moft ofall call for them to thea pillars alidoque turge/cit caule. And from the: re eee alled Englith word Cole, wherebyanciently the Colewort was called:the fecond is ufuall idee all, or Arvenfis as Baubinus hathir-but that it fhould be that ofthe aee ega called Braffica [pino/a bothby Alpinus and Baubinus, who onel auncients I make. er : salfo l : thought by fome, as Turner, Moria: and Cafalpinss to bee ie pee LIV. a Here was formerly but one kinde of {mall Centory knowne, but there hath beenefincé found ont di+ fe other forts, referred thereunto, both for forme and qualities. 1. Centanridm minys vulgareflore rubente , The red ordinary {mall CentoryThe commonfmall Centory groweth up moftufually but with one round and fomewhat crefted = flaike about a foote high orbetter, branching forth at the toppe into many fprigges, and fome alfo fromthe joyntsof the {talkes below, the flowers that ftand atthe tops as it were inan umbell or tuft; are ofa pale red, tending to'a Carnation colour, confittingof five, orfixe fometimes{mallleaves, verylike unto thofe of Saint Johns wort, opening themfelves in the day time andclofing at night : after which come feedein little fhort huskes, in forme like unto wheate cornes : the leaves are {mall and fomewhatround, verylikeunto Hypericum, but withont any holes thereinas it hath : the rooteis {mall and hard, perifhing every yeare the whole plant is ofan exceedingbitter tafte. 2. Centauritim minysflore albo, Whitéflowred Centory, uve t This {mall Centorydiffereth not from the former,neitherin ftalke or leafe, neither in forme or height; but one= ly inthe colour ofthe flower, which is white, as the otheris red. : 3. Centaurinm minus fpicatum album, Small fpikéd Centory. f : The {piked Centory hath his crefted{talke divided at the bottome,intotwo or three branches, and they againe into others, having his loweft leaves next the ground, f{omewhatbroad and round, yet pointed at the énds ; but thofe which are uponthe ftalke, and are for the moft part two'at a joynt, are {maller, long and narrow : at the joints with the leavesall along theftalkes up tothe toppe, moft on the one fide come forththe flowers, one on- De shereks The it " out good'reafon, the face theteof fo well refembling a Colewort,and the bitterneffe anfwe yi “teara calleth it Baffica marina[yluefirjs multiflora monofpermos but Bauhinus Braffica maritima. €, an "rlikewife. Lobel ca marina Anglica,asit it were leaves, and after theyare paft, come fach like {mall feedes asis in the former. the Tealians Cavolo and Verza,the Spaniards Colbes and Couses, the French Choule Me a rum and Karumb, Cabuifchoolen, and wee in Englifh Cabbige and Colewort. 2 Re terrmans Koll, the Dutch and broader, and broad at the bottome, yet not compaffing itasthenext : the flowers likewife are fomewhat onely proper to our coalts, The Arabians call Cabbiecs om. calleth ic Br ffiThe Vertues, The Cabbiges or Coleworts (for they are ina manne r of one opération) themfelyes being boy led gently in broth, ly ata place, whichfand in {mall huskes, madeas it were of fmall leaves divided, which confift of five white . Centaurium minus luteum. Small yellow Centory. 2 The {mall yellow Centory, is fomewhatlike unto the former, but fomewhat greater, the leaves being larger greater and yellow, wherein it differeth from the other, and is not fo bitter. "5, Centasrinm minus latenm, perfoliatum ramo{um. Small yellow thorough leafed, branched Centory. This yellow Centory hath fome {mall leaves next the groundlike unto the former Centorics, but vane |