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Trips 4. reines andbacke; it is very, good to be givento fuch as are troubled with the janndife, and taken in wine, helpeth thofe that are bittenby the Phalanginm, of great poyfonons fpider, and other Serpents ; being boyled in wineor vinegar,it is good for thofe that havetheir arteries loofened, and are troubled with the hippe-gout, or Sciatica: the rootes boyled in wine and taken,are faid to helpe the frenfy, and the falling ficknefle, and to eafe the paines of the mother in women ; the decoction thereof likewife is good to cleare the fight that is dimme and mifty, and being held in the mouth warme,eafeth the tooth-ache ;_the famealfo healeth the painesof the breait, ftomacke, and bowels, and taken every morning falting for certaine daies together ; ftirreth up bodily luft in manor woman, although fomehave written the contrary, that it hindereth conception and caufeth barrennefie, Chryfippus faith that three fcruples of the feed of Afparagus, Smallage and Cummin, being given inthree or foure ounces of wine, for five dayes continually, to them that make abloody water, it will helpe them ; andhefaith alfo thatit is not good for any that hath adropfie totake thereof, butrather isan enemy and will doe them harme, although it be powerfull to provoke urine. Avicen faith, thatir caufeth the body to havea fweete favour, to take the buds as meate, but itdoth render the urine ftincking : it diffolyeth the wind in the ftomacke,liver, and guts, and the paines of the chollicke, whichrife of pituitous and thicke flegmaticke hu- mours: the Garden Afparegus nourifheth more then the wilde kindes, yet hath it alfo his effets, both in the urine, reines, and bladder, in opening the body gently, and many other the forenamed difeafes, but this incon- venience happeneth byall medicinesthat {trongly provoke urine, ifthey be too frequently ufed, they doe ex- ulcerate the bladder: many doeufe the feede of Afparagus, for all the purpofes before written, and hold them as effectuall as the rootes ; the decoction ofthe rootes or feede made in wine, and the backe and belly bathed therewith,or to fit therein asin a bath,but kneeling or lying low that they may fit the deepertherein, hath beene foundto be effectual againft the paines of the reines kidneys and bladder, the paines ofthe mother and of the chollicke, and generally all thofe paines and torments that happen tothe lower members of the body, it is no leffe effectual)alfo againft ftiffe and,benummedfinewes, or thofe thatare fhrunke by crampes, or convulfrons and the paines of the hippescalled Sciatica ; it is faid that whofoever hall moiften their hands, face, necke or anyother part of the skinne, withthe decoétionor juice of Afparagus,, there fhall no Bee, Watpe, Hornet, or other fuch like flye (ting them, Dio/corides faith, that divers did affirme inhis time, that ifthe decotion of it be given to a dogge todrinke it will kill him, divers fabulousthings haye beene obtruded for truth, in the writings ofthe ancient, and the moderne writersalfo, if they either follow the traditionsoftheirelders, without confideration of the probability, or examination of the verity, orelfe are led by vulgar teports, whereof. this is one in the text ofDiofcorides, which himfelfe holdeth tobefalfe, and untrue, hecaufe it is fo alike in reafon and nature, that if Rammes horne be beatenor bruifed, -and buried in the ground, from thence fhall rife Afpiragus ; fome have affirmedalfo,that ifyou fowthe feede of Afparagusin canes ftuckein the ground, they will grow the fweeter and morepleafantin tafte, becauferhey fay the Afparagus, and the Caneor Reede,have a greatfimpathy one unto another, which howtrueorlikely itis, I leave to every one to beleeve as they lilt ; but the practife of many Gardiners that nurfe Afparagusfor their profit, is to have canes cutof feverall lengths, fome fhorter fome longer; which theyfticke over the headsor fhootesof the Afparagus, whereby they fay the buds are made the tenderer, and more delicate to be eaten; which peradventure maybelikely infome part, as all other fallet herbes that are whitedby covering them, or keeping them from the ayre, and. are thereby caufed tobe thetenderer, onely by concosting the fuperfluous moifture in them, but I cannotbeleeve that it commeth fromany vertueor fimpathyofthe cane thereunto ; ifthis benot true and.probable, let others bring more probability, and I willyeeld untoit ‘ Tripe.4, The Theaterof‘Plants. together,on a {mall footeftalke, on ny branches, whereon are {et {othetimes two and formietimes three leaves no order, each whereof is larger oeadeOFrel fometimes one againft another, and othet times keeping inevery one of thems at former, and Of a grayith Sréene colotir,‘withthree veints orribbes and loncerthenthe she topsaf the branches grow flowers,madefor the'formie like the ‘other kinds;but of a differing colour, for the h, with @ pale or blewifh, and fometimes gaping miouith is ofa pale blew colout,'and mote yéllow underneatkinde; the rooteishard and white, bigger at wild the like feedeaté and heads more parplith {puitre behind,the thereat. es fomefibr the head and {mall belaw with 2, Linaria Amerivana parvofore? "The yellow Flaxeweede of America, into many branches, whereon This Indian kinde fhootethforth divers (lender fimall reddify ttalkes, fpread not much fhor= gteerit leaves, much narrower but grow on both fides of them, yet without order, many darke 4. _Ofyris five Linariaalba. ter then the former, ending alfo'in a fharpe point 5 "the flowers White fowred Flaxeweede, grow atthe toppes ofthe falkes, ‘in the fame manneér'that’ the common wilde kinde doth; atid of a gold ‘yellow°colonr, but much léeffer then they. 4. Linaria five Ofjris alba, “white flowred Flaxeweede. ; The white Flaxeweede rifeth up with many’ totigh pliant Ae ftalkes with long narrow leaves {et thereon; fomewhat like AY fundry WwW thofe ofthe comttion fort, at the toppes wherecf flatid "ah ic pale whitifii fowers refembling the ordinary kinde, but with 4 7 wider and more open mouth ® the feede is not unlikethe other therootés are white, long, thicke and great, ‘abiding divers 4 yeares and notperifhing. 5. Linaria triphylla caerulea Apulas The blew Flaxeweede of Naples. This blew Flaxeweedé of Naples, Hath at the 'joynts ofthé A white (talks which are fometimes but one; ‘and fometimes’ more, three leaves fettogether, divided almoft like Rue leaves but greater, deeper cutin, and pointed at the ends, of a gray* ih greene’orafh-colour ;’ the toppeof the ftalkes ate fiirnifhed withduchlike flowers, but fmallerahd of a blew’ colour wholly, except the mouth which is yellow, after which come fmall round heads, conteining large flatand blackifh feed) the roote . is {mall and white. The Place; Thefirk accordingto the title*you' may Know came from Dalmatia, but from whatplace there, is not fignified. The fecond from (andy. Thethird from America, The fourth, in gardens; the laft from Naples. The Times They doe all fower in the Sommer moneths,yet fome fooner or later then others, for thofe of America flowrethverylate; Cuar. XXII. The Names. F the Linaria or Todeflaxe, there are rhany forts, fome whereof (that is the moft beautifill) Thave ¥ fet forthin my former booke, which are thefe. Linaria purpurea five carulea, Purple or blew. Linaria purpurea odorata, Sweete purple Todeflaxe. w and fcarfe give ripe feede any yeare. Linaria. Tode Flaxe,or Flaxeweede. Todeflaxe, Cuar.at.457 Lixaria Valentina, Todeflaxe of Valentia. And Linariamagua five Scoparia Belvidere ditta Iralorum, Broome Todeflaxe, which “WJ fhall not neede againe todefcribe here, but of the reftnor there expreffed, And becanfe of the great variety I wouldufe this methodin fetting them forth, firft to place thofe that grow upright,and have broaer leaves, thofe that have narrower leaves, 2 and yet yer grow ¢ ig G ‘3 sla cae then seknext, cca. upright, andlaltly ofthe the {malleft kinds, ; It hath no Greeke name that Ican finde mentioned by any author, butin Latine itis called P/ewdo Linum, and Linaria, for therefemblance that the leaves of the wilde common kinde have with Line or Elaxe, and Vrinaljs and Vrinaria from the effe&ts. Some have called it B/wla lulterina, forthe refemblance it hath with thelittle E/#/4 ; whereupon camethis verfe, Efulalatle/cit, five la&te Linariacrefcit, Divers have takenit to be the Axtirrhinum of Pliny, it may be Ofyris both of Plizy, Diofco~ rides, and Galen, whereunto in moft mens judgements it doth in manythingsagree ; and fomeas Matthiolus faith, would make Belvidere tobe Ofyris, whichis called by fome Herba ftudioforsm the Schollers herbe; but becaufe they make their O/yr# to have foureorfive leaves onely on the ftalkes , and that theyferve for broomes > withall; for the Greéke word xopiuare(but xtxo¢inares as {ome copies have tt 1s falfe, ) doth as well ws broomes,asCo/metica,{uchthings as beautifie the skin,] cannotfee well howit fhould agree theree Italians and Spaniards callit Linaria,the French Lin Sauvage; the Germanes Lin kraut,Horn kraut, and kraut, The Dutch wilt Vlas, In Englifh we callit Wildeflaxe, Todeflaxeand Flaxeweede. Baxhinys i Linarie erecte Latifolie. Vpright broad leafed E laxeweedes. 1. Linaria latifolia Dalwatica, The great Dalmatian Flaxeweede, TiHe great Flaxeweed 4 e of Dalmatia, 5 hath div ivers faire i large greene leaves, {preading i upon the eround, be= me about et inches long, andone broad; ending very tharpe pointed, ‘wilnakiky footettaliveat vt ut riling up with the ftalke, which is firme hard and roundyabout two or three foote high, hath the like leaves fet thereon; withoutany orderup to the toppe, butlefferasthey grow higher : the ftalke atthe toppe having ig at every y oneofthe branches, fuch like ; {pikes ite of deepeor : gold yellow flowers, as is branched : are inthecommon wild Kin Kinde, with1 {purres i behind t them 3; but bu each of themare thre ¢ or foure times i larger then tk no ; _ likePin — kind, and enclofed in the like heads, but larger alfo, the esate Mitendianae ranches under ground, andperifhe th not as the wild kinde doth, but abideth inthe winter, with both mie andftalke; —— freth leaves every Spring, : may aie 2, Linaria Latifotia Creticawsajors: "The oreat broadleated Blax xeweede of Candy, ‘ ‘ This Flaxeweede of Candy (endeth fromthe rdote a round thicke ftalke,two or three Roce his h, {pread into many tromus maketh mention of the third,but calleth it himfelfe in his Prodromus and Pinax Linaria latifolia triitreferreth the fecond tothe Cretica Latifolia of (lufius, The fourthis called O/yris alba by Lobel iy 4 Herball. ‘The lalt Fabis Colwmna mentioneth. Linarieerette anguftifolie Vpright and narrow leafed Flaxeweedes. 1, Linaria vulgaris noftras. Our common wilde Flaxeweede, Vr common Flaxeweede that groweth wild in all countries ofthis Land as wellas beyond Sea, is fo well knowne unto all, that are never fo little converfant in herbes, that it were almoltneedeleffe to deferibeit to have divers ftalkes, full fraught with long and narrow,blew or afhcoloured leaves; and from the middle of them almoft upwards, ftored with a number of pale yellow flowers, ofa ftrong unpleafant fent, with deeper yellow monthes, and blakifh flat feedes in round heads, the roote is fomewhat wooddy and white, efpecially the maine downeright one, with many fibres, abiding many yeates, hooting forth rootes every way round about, andnewbranches every yeare. Re 2, Linaria |