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Show Cuar.26. Theatrum Botanicum. Trise 3 The I heater of ‘Plants. Trts Rao bu few can taken from it in purifying, the which theycall refining ; and becaufe the good is bitter, —oy a Jury, and many condemne¢ away with it: yet in London it hath beene upon oceafion, both cenfared and doores that fold it, as a juft hundred weights thereof, beene publikely burned in the open ftreetes _ before their Cuap, XXVIII, qwitneffe to all (if they would underftand their owne good, and be per{waded by reafon, truc judgement and exin erience) thatit is not a thingtollerable in a Common- wealth. I have thus -farre digre fled trom the matter and, and yet I hope not without good and juft caufe, to informe all of our countrie to fubmit their wills and opinions, affeAions unto thofeoflearning and judgementin Phificke, and not be obftinate in their felfe willed and ignorance ; for affuredlyif that kind of Ieane Treakle were wholfomeoreffectual to any good purpofe,it were as eafie for the Phifitians to give wayto the ufe thereof; as for any othertollerated medicine » but the faying is molt true, Nitimur invetitum femper,, cupimnlque negathm, the more a thingis fort vidden the more it is de- fired ; for the wrong opinion of manyts to thinke, that it is for the privateprofit of fome that thething is forbid~ den, and therefore {tollen bread is fweeteft: But to the matter now in hand, The powder of the dried rootes taken in wine, either of themfelves or with other things, a8 Mirrhe,Rue, Pepper, andthe like, is a certaine remedy aand Againft the bitings of gaint the ftingins or bitings of Serpents, Scorpions, or any othervenemous bealts, the wo undwith Vinegar or keepe open a madde dog, being takenthree orfoure dayes together,and care takento {alt water, and to cleanfe and dreffe it in order as.it fhould be ; the fame rootes alfo taken in Wine helpeth thofe that have obftruGions in their livers, or are liver growne as they call it, or have paines in their ftomackes; thofe alfo that cannot keepeor rellifh their meate, or have dejected appetites to their meate, forher ebythey fhall finde prefent eafe and remedy: being {teeped in wine and drunke, it refrefheth thofe that are overwearied with travell, and are bycold and ill lodging abroad, growen ftarke or lame in their joynts : thefealfo that have anygriping paines in their fides, as prickings, ftitches or thelike: it helpeth thofe that are bruifed by blowesor falls, by diffolving the congealed blond, and eafing the paines : the fame alfo is held veryeft Guall againftall agues, to take of the roote not in wine, but fome other drinke, or the water diftilled ofthe herbe: the frefh roote, or the dried made into a peffary, and put into the mattice; expelleth the deadchild, and the afterbirth, forit throughly worketh uponthofe parts, andtherefore not tobe given to women that are with child, and being taken inward- ly, procureththeir courfes being ftopped, and the urine when itis ftaied : the deco€tion of the roote is mervele lous effe@tuall to helpe thofe that are pained with the ftone: the fame alfo taken in wine doth mervellous CuarP.27. Scorfonera. Vipers Graffe, Lthough J have fet forth in my former Booké two forts of Scorfonera or Vipers Grafle which aré the Spanni/h kinde and the low purple kinde, yet becaufe there are fome others that C/ufius and others have made mention of, and fomealfo not yet publifhedby any, 1 thinke it meeté to declare all chofe not {pokenof before,in this place and Chapter, 1, Scorfonera major P annonica latifoliae The greater Hungarian broad leafed Vipers Graffe. This greater Hungarian Vipers graffe is very like unto the Spanifo kinde, in all things almoft, the leaves heréof are more in number, that rife from the head of the roote, as broad ard long as they, but not crumpled abour the edges, nor of that grayifh greené colour, but {mooth, and ofa darke or evill greene colour ; this hath rwoor three {talkes rifing up among the leaves,and fometimes but one, according as the roote hath encreafed into feve- rall heads,having fomeleffer leaves tipon them,andat the top,a fealy {omewhatlong greene head, from the mid= le whereof groweththelike double yellow floweras the Spani/i kinde hath,and thelike feede alfo,lying in {uch downyfubftance, neither of themtobe well difcernedthe one from the other, after they have growne anytime in the garden together: the roote alfo is long and great, {preading into many branches; and fhooting forth into divers heads, from the upper part thereof, blackifh on the outfide, and white and pleafant within as the other, yéelding milkein everypart in the fame manner alfo, abiding many yeates and not perifhing after {cedetime, as thé Goates beards doe, whereofall thefe aré accoiinted as kindes. 2, Scorfonera humilis latifolia Pannonica, The dwarfe Hungarian Vipers grafle. This dwarfe or low Scorfonera, fhooteth forth not fo many long leaves but almoft as broad as the aft, fome- what ftifter and fhorter ; and of the fame greene colour ; from among which rifethup oue firme, but hollow and fhortftalke, not above an handbredthhigh, bearing fome few fimall and fhort leaves thereon and a yellow flowér, outof thelike greene {caly head, but fhorter than the other, with the like feede therein alfo: the roote is muchgood to thofe that are troubled, with crampes and conyulfions in anyparts: it doth much good alfo to thofe thar are burften, and haveany ruptures. Diofcorides faith that there is fo great powerand efticacie inthe blacke without, and whitewithin yeelding milke as the other doth. rootes hereof, that irhelpeth not men onely, but beafts alfo that are troubled with coughes, and going This {mall Vipers graffe hath long and very nartow greene leaves, verylike the leaves of Tragopogon or Goates beard, but fhorter and not fo many, theftalkes aré (lenderer and much lower thenthe firft, bearing {mal- to avoid ; and generally it is availeable inall cold difeafes, either inward or outward, and as G aith, is moft their intrails, and that it expelletttrhe wormesof the belly : it breaketh much winde in the body, and caufethit effeGuall, where there is any neede to extenuate or make thinne, thicke flegme or grofle humors, clenfing of corruptand filthy fores or ulcers, purging ofpeccant and offenfive humours, and opening the obftructions of the liver and lungs, gall and fpleene, and freeing the parts affected, with anythe difeafes incident unto them, andalk thefe things, Galeholdethit to worke bythe facultie of bitterneffe therein ; for affuredlyif our omackes could brooke this and other bitter medicines, and were notfo nice and daintie torefufe whatfoever is not pxbafing to the palate, it would worke admirable effects in the curing of many defperate and inveterate difeafes inwardly, and clenfing and healing foule corrupt and defperate fores and ulcers outwardly, and therefore the Italians not 3. Scorfonera minor anguftifolia Pannonica. The {mall Hungarian Vipers graffe, ler and morefingle fowers ipon them thenit, and leffer {eede, but like in all other re{pects; lyingin fiach downes the roote likewife is long and blacke without and white within, but {maller and flenderer, never gtowing to be halfé fo great, neither yeeldeth fich {tore of milke as the other doth, - 1. Scorfontra major Pannonica latifolia, Thegreater Hungarianbroad leafed Vipers graffe. $« Scorfonerg tuberofaradice, The fmalleft Spanifh Vipers grafies 2. 3 Scor/omera bumilis latifolia &@ anguftifolias Thegreater low, and the Jefler tall Hungarian Vipers grafic, undeferyedly, doe call the Gentianacruciata, Petimborfa, quafs mettere in burfa, put it into your purfe,either as Matthiolus faith that it was tobe gathered wherefoeverit was found and fit to be kept in ones purfe, asready to be ufed uponall occafions, or that it did by curing of difeafes, get ftore of crownesto be put into the purfe ; fo excellent they accounted this roote and herbe to be nfed : the decoétion of the leaves, or the juice of them, of the rootes, workeththe fame effects : and fo doth the diftilled water of the leaves, flowers, androotes, artificial“ly made in Glaffe,; and drawen bythe vapours. ofa Balnenm or Hot water ; for this water drunke,hath beene of- ten tried to cure ina wonderfull manner, all thofe forts ofagues that breede by the obf{truction ofhumours ot blood, and killeth the wormes of the belly: the faid water ufed to the face, clenfeth it fromall forts of{potss freckles, morphew, and other defections, or difcolourings of the skinne whatfoever, ifit be often bathed lightly therewith; the powderof the roote, or the juyce thereof healeth all wounds that are frefh ; as alfo is molt foe veraigne and effectualforall forts of foule, putride, or rotten ulcers wherefoever, yea although theybe hollows or fiftulous, cancrousalfo fretting or running, forit mightily clenfeth and drieth and healeth up alfo: the fame alfo or the powder of the dried rootes applied to the ulcers, knots, or kernells of the necke or throate, whichis called the Kingsevill, healeth them certainelyand {peedily,as alfo the painefull fwellings of the hemorrhoidiall veines, whichare called the piles when theyare fallen downe and grow vicerous orfore : the juice either frefh or condenfate, that is, made thicke by extraction and evaporation to his confiftence fit to be kept,is ufed to be infufed into the eyes.to take away inflammations and redneffe in them, and to cleare & clenfe them from skins and Sieqr 408 filmes growing uponthem : the roote or the jaice of them, or the decoétion of the herbe orroote, is given like- wife veryoftento cattell to drinke, to free them from the Bottes, and wormes, and manyother difeafes, asalfo whentheybegin to fwell,being poifoned by any venemous worme orticke, which they often Jicke up with the gtaffe ; as alfo when fuch wormes or other hurtfull yermine have bittten Kine by the uddersor other tender places, which prefently cherenpon fwell, and put thecattle to much paine, making themforbeare their meate s which when the countrey people fee, they bruifing the leaves ofany ofthe Gentians,growing neare unto thems and wringing out thejuice, ftroke therewith the udder,or bitten place, and they by two orthree times fo doing are helped and cured : the roores ofthe fmaller @entian of the Spring, being dried and given in powder to an to drinke, will canfe much venting orfarting,and is given with good fuccefle to helpe the torments ofthe windcollicke; and other fore and grievous panges,or painesin the ftomacke or bowells, it is alfo profitable to helpe the yellow jaundife,as alfo any evill difpofition in the liver ot body, engendred by long fickeneffe or bad diets whereby they pine away by a confumption, CHaPs 4, Seorfomra |