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Show € 294 CaP 63. Theatrum Botanicum, 2 te Trise,2, alimentori that Andromachus junior, Adromachusfenior his fon,in fetting downehis fathers Z/heriaca in profe,doth explaine divers things, that were doubtful in his verfe, as for the (Me/ Gecropinm he exprefleth it Adel Atticum: for Centaurivm withoutdifference either of greater of lefler, he fetteth downe theleffer, and for Ariftotochin which wasleft indefinite, he fetteth downe/epte renmis,the fmall. Now here lyech the doubt, what Ariffolo~ chia Andromachus and Galen {hould meane,bythis lepte tenuis: Matthiolus feemeth to anfwerthis doubt,in fhewing that they would not meane any other Ari/folochia,then the Clematitis, becaufethey mention but three forts; and this Céematitis is the finalleft roote ofthe other, and that the tenis Ariftolochia, isnot the Long of Diofco. rides, whofe rootes he faith were of the thicknefle ofa finger; when as of the trne Long none are found fo The Theater ofPlants. T Riper incredible des ith incre e would with ithi a great waythereof all the Fifhes within Sed, Tineineinane il —.itipentpehret Lime and ee upon thetaking thereofbecome as dead;wheteby they might Gop a b ie ons noteth it as an errourin P4zy, who referreth that quality to the roote of Arifie a6 bia venenuns beaceribucell to Cyclamen,which hefaithis called by the Greekes ixvopees1,64 eft, pifcinm ek Vv becaufe it killeth them. PeeTie Cuap, LXIIII, {mall unleffe theybe very youngrootes, nor yet any otherdifferent kind from the Clematitis, as divers did thinke ; and yet Galenin Lib, 6. femp. med. in fetting downe the properties of all the three forts of Ariffolochia, commendeth the round as moftexcellent, and of moft fubtill parts, andtoall purpofes more effe@uall then both the other : the Long he faith is nothing fo fabtill, or of fothin parts, but is more hot and clenfing 3and ofthe Clematitis hefaith onely thatit is {weeter in {mell thenthe other two, and therefore is more ufedin fweete oyntments then otherwife, and is more weake for medicines, or the cure ofany difeafe; whytherefore the Clemzrites fhouldbe taken for Andromachys Treacle with our Apothecaries I doe fomewhat admire, feeing Galen faith that the other are more effetuall for all purpofes : The feverall appellations of authors of thefe Avifpolochia’s, are not fo divers that they neede any long repetition, for they all as it were agree together, the vari ation being fofmall, thatitis not worthythe reciting ; onely I will thew you how Bashinus in his Pizax doth them feverally differing fromthetitles I give them ; the firft here fet forth, he calleth 4riftolochia r diftingnith otnnda flore expurpura nigro: the fecond he callethe 4riftolochia rotunda flore ex albo purpurafcente : the third hee calleth Ariffelochia longa vera:the fourth Ariftolochia longa Hifpanica: the fift Ariftolochia Clemarite rea : the fixe Arsftolochia Clematités (erpens The feaventh Ariftolochia Piftolochia dj fla (and is Ariftolochia Polyrrhizos of Lobeland Pliny ) the laft he calleth Piftolochia Cretica, The Arabians call it Zaranud Mafmocraand Zaraved :the Italians Ariffologia: the Spaniards Aftronomia, the French Sarafine and Foxerne,; the Germans Ofterlucey and Foltwortz ; the Dutchmen Ofterlucye and Sarafincrnidt, The Vertues, Galen,Lib 6 fimp!, med, as I {hewed you beforé fheweth the feverall properties of thefe Aristolochia’s, thé roote faith he of Ariftolochia is ofmoft ufe for medicines, being bitter and fomewhat fharpe, the round is the moft fubtill of them all,and ofmoreeffect for all difeafes ; that whichis called Clensatitig is fweeter in fent then the other two, and therefore thofe that make fweete ointments, doe ufeit in their ointments, but it is of leffe force and yertue in the curing of anydifeafe ; the Long hathleffe tennity of parts in it, thencheround, but yet is not without efficacy, for it hatha clenfing and heating power therein, yetit clenfeth and digeftethleffe then the round, but healethnoleffe, yea peradventure more, and therefore the have neede ofa meane clenfing in the tuberous {wellings ofthe fleth, and long is of more ufe, for thofe that in fomentations of the mother, but wherethere isneede of a {tronger extenuating faculty, there theround is of more ufe : and therefore the round Birthwort,doth more helpe to cure thofe greefes and difeafes,that gtofienefle of raw and windy humors: itdrawethforth thornes, rife from the obfiruétion or aboundance, and and{plinters, &c, out of the flefh, it healeth all putrefactions, it clenfeth and makethfound fonle and filthy maketh them white ; itis profitable for thofe thatare troubled VIcers, it clenfeth the gums, andtheteeth, and with the fhortneffe of breath, withthe hickocke, with the Falling ficknefle, or with the Gout, : if itbe drur nke with water, (or wine rather ) as alfo for thofe that are burftenor are troubled with Crampes or Convul fions, or fhrinkings of the finewes and veines, and isas pro fitable as any other medicine whatfoever : and thus Mefues ,P aulus Agineta and e&tius do thewthe farre are the wordsof Galen, in the place before recited purging qualitie therein, which Diofcorides and Galen either knew not (as in Rubarbe) or pat it over in filence ,who faith, that the roote either of the round orfrun wort,doth purge downeward flegmaticke and choler ning Birthicke humor s alfo : it clenfet h the lunges and the parts of the breaft, fromthe toughnefle and rottennefle of humors ; where ofa plaine demonft ration is, that it helpeth thofe that are flegmaticke or fhortwinded very much: mightily draweth downe womenscourfes, expelleifit be taken inwardly or applyed outwardly to the part, ic th the dead child and afterbi rth,and in the hath verygood effect to caufe the more {peedy cafe and delivery,and te cleare the parts, of whatpaines of delivery roots in pouder taken with Mirrhe & is acceffary : the Pepper in wine, is ufed alfo for the fame purpofes,it refifteth poyfon of all forts,the longrefifteth the venome of Serpent s, and other living creatures, the round poyfon : but Péinyinverteth this order refifteth all other forts of : the roote of the roundbeing takenin water, helpeth thofe that are bruifed by falls,blowes,&c, as alfo the paines of mother, being eyther applyed in peffarie or the fides; the running Birthwort helpeth the falling downe of the in fume, and theplace bathed with the decoét Se vers co ion ; itis faid that di« in Spaine n the rootes doenfe ps ofth Naga e Spanif ees OL oarfaparilla, to all the ufes where h running mek with no leffe good faccefle,then they doe the Itisin flower is profitable for all the difeafunto the Sar/a ferveth: the diftilled water ofthe greene herbe,when efpeciall good remedy for the winde collic es aforefaid, andin efpeciall preferveth fromthe Placue ee is ann ke: the Piftolochia or bufhyrooted Birthwort, for all the aforefaid womens difeafes, is commended by Pliny : tobe as effe@tuall as the other, and that it is i very ota lyed t s and Crampes, or thofe that have beene bruife if it be drunke with water, the feede worke ckar ence fedPee byftroakesorfalles, th more ftrongly : the thofe that are troubled with Convulfion roote of drawforth broken bones, or anyother hurtfull thing lying in the flefh,ifthe the roun d Birthwort helpeth to thereto : the ponder of the dryedrooteis frethroote bee applyed and bound of fingulargoodufe in all eating, or runni asalfo thatare hollew and Fiftulous, by ng, foule and clenf ing andfil ling them up, or caufing the fleth to grow rotten Vicers, cially for Fiftulaes, if alittle Hony, and the rooteo fIri s or the F lowerdeluce bee ufed with foundly, efpeall woundsin the head : the fumes thereof, it : icheaferh or the ponderina quilted cap, ftaye th all Fluxes anddiftillationsalfo thinne rhenmefrom the head? anditis of any great cure : the long Birthwort isnf anufnall faying, that without Birthwort no Chirurgion can perfo rme ed as well asthe round,in moft of thofe difeafes either inward or oute ward, and fome alfo doe hold that the Clematiti¢‘or running kind is no leffe effe@tuall, but you: héard before the 7ca of Galen concerningit. ‘Pliny Sali the roote ofthe round Birthwort the inhis as, Bookeand8. Chap.faith chat the fifhermen in Campania did venume of theearth, and that havin g bruifed it and minced it with Lime Cuar.64. tMercaralis, Metcurie. for 4 heophraftus and Diafcorides, Ilo of Theophrafts hy i Phyllox alfo the uft comprehend spoveo2 Nder thetitles reuri itles of Te of . fame kindred : they are in face and forme the one uae % the Mercurialis[yluestris 7 otheree an wih “inven I thinke it nor 1 amifleto rememberin thisplacealfo, : s < 1 2 Steer . . ngere s although Bawbinns place it with the Balfamina, altera of Tragus, called by Lobel, Nols me tangere for althoug P . : ‘ it with the Mercuries. yeratiels rhoe Wriehials vulgaris mas G femina. French Mercury, the male and ieo e lee emia gona, rehe ah on fee, both the male and the female Mercury under one deforibesees fo a ana : orhtit fi m oe {ede of thie one as Hempe doth, andthey botharefolike, t ant up with a hey could not bee diftinguifhed the one from the other: it ri th csp ee diff = bran=ote gh or thereabouts, withtwo leaves at every joynt, joynts, two 4 sorcenenda ; foote high I of Fropnid, 1 eeieewi Toca fid yf the ftalkes, fet with freth greeneleaves, fomewhat broad and long : arse = of Baflill, ey wicide aye 1 of the; leaves c bigneffe u aboutthe e walH. butleflet t ohthe Seas and much h wi Sec ios the leaves of Pebiitony oa a4 oak the flalkes and branches, atevery joynt come for re ~ * ic is ca ie about the edges : towar a a ds, ftanding together upona fhort footeftalke, which gt owing ripe are ° {pike fafhion, an aesbene realty’ tl ld difcerne ; in the female the ftalkeislonger, os copesawhich, flowers made Z like {mall branches of h are the ches,hic Da t ee us cee, vi tae fet round about with . 0 fidfinde bat abide in that manner a great while upon the ftalkes ee fh gee whichperithethevery yeare, at the firft approach of winter, an fince, giveno feede thaéver I could the rootis compofed of many {mall Fibres, fow it felfe, thegroundwill never aifethit felfe upagaine of it owne fowing, for whereitis once fafferedito in anyplace, where cither of them was want it aftetwards,even of both forts, for Tyet never faw it grow ae Iearis, The orditiaty wilde Mercury er Dogs Mercury. :wanting: 2 .Mercnrialis [ylueftris Cynocrambbeh e a Leadtera soapiiek up with many ftalkes, flenderer cag eastelec deinen oi hesat alluponthem; the male is fet with two leaves at every aedale ieee ncegen orcamg iD nt fomewhat greater then the female, bat more pointed, an full of veinés, and fomewhat harder alfo-in handling, of 1. Meredrialas mas t Femina. a darker greene colour,and leffer fnipt or dented Se French Mercury,male and female. ges at the joynts, withthe leaves come forth longerftalkes a inthe former; with two hairy round feedes Aaati me fe as bigge as thofeof the former Mercury : theta te ae = herbie; and the {mell fomewhat ftrong and virulent : ‘ 1¢ fe= male of this kind hath much harder I¢aves, and He pet longerfoeteftalkes, and the italkes alfo are papees § from joyn:s come furch like longor rather longer {pikes, of gre — P flowersas are in the former female Mercury, with many froal dPAS = \ eZ sal ing YK F ‘ threds in them, which give no feede, no more me mo Mercury : therootes of themboth are many, and + 9 fal Fibres, which runne under ground, and eee ary much,not perifhing as the former Mercuties ¢ oeRue, . i ung the winter,and fhoote forth new branches every yeare, for the old dye downeto the ground. ee 3. Cynocrambe lecitima Dio coridis Baybino, Dogs Mercuryby Bauhinus. a The true : Thé true Dogges Mercury is atender {mall and fappie herbe;. andrifeth up like unto the ordinary Mercury, with a round greenecreftedftalke, about a foote high fer with many joynts, branching forth from every joynt ; whereat commeth forth at the firit two fmall leaves, and fomewhat round like unto Chickweede,after which twoother {pringforth from the fame joynt, which are muchlargerand broader, and fi om che fame place alfo afterwards come divers other finaller leaves thenche firft, and this pruportion tt holdeth, not at one joynt alone, but at every one thorough the whole plant: from the loweft joynt almoft of the ftalke and branches, up to the top, where come forth three or fonre {mall whitifh greene flowers, with manythreds in the mid‘ft of them, whichturne into {mall hard roundfeede, like unto thofe of Mercury bat fopewhat er, greene at the firft, but of a blackifh afhcolour when they are ripe : the rooteis white,long and fibrons. 4, Phiy lam, |