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Show 606. Crap.6 5: T ripe, 5. Theatrum Botanicum. as nor truly an{wering unto Dis/corides his defcription, for Icanfinde no Authorhath given a’ true figure hereof 4. Laminmfolio oblongoflore rubro, Long leafed red Archangel. andhathnoill fent. F : 5» Laminm folits maculatis, Archangelwith {potted teaves: The {potted Archangell is alfo very like the former, inthe forme of the leaves and\flowérs, but fomewhat larger; in che manner of growingitis lowet and morecreeping : the chiefe difference hereiri «is; that in all the leaves; there are certaine matkesor fpots, and fome {mall fhortlines-to be feenein them whereby itis diftinguifhed from the former, : e 6. Lamium P lini montanum Columne, Archangell with white lines i This ArchangelColumna hath well obfervedto differ from che laft, firft inthe hensCeethine: and dented about with rounder dents, and then in the white lines therein, which in this. ranne ftraight forth, and fomewhatlarge on eachfide the middle ribbe, and notfpotred orftraked asin thelaft, which white lines they will hold con{picuots many yeares, after they have beene dryed, whereas the other, either fade altogether or are hardly tobe difcerned , withina yeere after they are dryed : and la(tly inthe flowers which in this, are of a paAlteur ler red, tending toa blufh colour, Co/#mmafetteth forth another fort hereof, with-maller and deeper spaced monta m ejuf- leaves, whofe white lines inthe middle: of the leaves, are not fobroad,nor differing ina i i _ 7. Laminm luteum. Yellow Archangel, A ae The yellow Archangell, in the fquareftalkes, and large greene dented leaves, is like the white Archangell, but that the ftalkesare more ftraight andupright, not bending downewards, and the joynts with leaves ate =e a in topes ae pts oT than theformer : the flowersalfo are a little larger ,and more gain fome more faint: Strange Archangell. This ftrange gaping Archangell, fhooteth forth in the beginning of the Spring, afquate hayrieftraight ftalke, abouta cubit high, at the joynts whereof, are fet the leaves bycouples, which are fomewhat long and deepely indented : FaeNese eee ayefourto SESE 7+ Lanium Luteum. ‘Yellow Archangell. next we had notakinde,that fimelleth trong, with leaves more like unto the Nettle, as you {hall heare in the very like the white Chaprer.And I would rather thinkealfo,that the other red Archangell'that hath longerleaves thereft, ifit hada trong {ent which ic werethe Galeopfis of Didfcorides, with AMacebiotu, Lacuna, Cordys'and hath not, fo that feeing both thefe are defective eyther in theone onthe other quality, I cannot deeme eyther of theanto be right, efpectally feeing I can produce one that hathboththefe properties more anfwerable to Dia/eo~ vides his detcription. ‘The fecond ts remembred onely by Cornutws in his hiltory of Canada plants; and there cal- led Laminm Aftragaloides.The third is the firlt Laminm of Dodonews, called by Lobel eArchangelica flore albo; from whence canje our Exglifs word Archangell,as I takeit,. The forirth isas t fayd, the Galeopfis of (Matthio. lus, Lugdwnenfis and others that follow him, 7:abermontanus called both thefe forts Laminm parpareum & album, al. Cefalpinus callech them Lescas,and are his fecond and third 5 Barchinus calleth them Laminm purpurenm vel bum,non fetensfalia oblongo, The fifth -Tbalivs calleth Urticafatua rdnesul, and is Tabermontanus firtt Galeopfis, which Colmma calleth Urtica mortua matulis albis re{perfayand of Bashinus Laminm maculatum, The Gixt is the have Lamium' Plinij of Anguillara,Camerariw and Matthiolus,-and by himealled Yrtica latea, who would fainé made it the Ga/opfis of Diofcorides, but that he found P/iny to make mention of the: white in the leaves of Zamium, vobe efpecially ufedfor inflammations, S. Anthonies fire and thelike, which made him defift from that opinion,, and conelude it P linies Laminm. (olumoacallethit Lamium lini montanum, and Bauhinia Lamitum alba linea notatum ; and this he faith the 7ralzans call Milzadellaor Mailzatella; whichis fo highly commended by them againtt the fpleene + but Lobel taketh the ordinary white, or the yellow Archangellto bee it, and fo doth Luadunen(s alfo, and both erronioully : The feaventhis called Laminm lutewm by Lobel, Dodonaus and others 5Galeopfis fore lateo by. Camerariis, and Dalechampius, Cafalpinus calleth it Leuccinm montanum : the laltis called Caffidaby Golumna, and Scutellariaby Cortufus, and thofe of Italy, as well ar Padoa asat Naples, Banbinus callethit Laminm peregrinum five Scutellaria, and faith that itis the Scordotis (ecunda Plinij of Pona, in accorhis Italian defcription of Mount Baldus, which! hardly beleeve, becanfe the flowers are not equal, ding totheir figures ; asalfo that Betonica /plveftris of Paulus e£gineta, thatis like Pennyroyall and without Taub Neffell, and Binfang, the Detch Doove Nettlen; and wee in Englifo, Dead Netile, Blind Nettle, and Archangel. The Vertues. The Archangells are fornéwhathotter and drier thenthe ftinging Nettles, and até more appropriaté,and with better fucceffle ufed for the ob{trnétionsand hardneffe ofthe {pleene then they, to be ufed inwardly by drinking thedecoétion ofthe herbe in wine, and afterwards applying the herbe hot, or the decoction unto the region of the fpleene, asa cataplafmeor fomentation with {punges, The flowers of the white Archangells are preferved hayrie withall, ftanding upon long hayrie footeftalkes : about the middle of the {talke come forth divers branches on all fides, about an hand breadthlong, fet with narrower and longer pointed leaves, not dented at all; atthe toppes whereof and the ftalkes ftand long {piked heads of purplifh al- flowets, like untothe Archangells, before defcribed, and in fome white, butlonger and more open, two fometimes ftanding in one huske, and with ahood or helmetat the the red to fay, or conferved daily tobe ufed, or the diftiled watet of them is ufed to flay the whites, and thofe of the redsin women, and is thought good to make the heart merry,to drive away melancholly, and to quicken the {pirits, It is commended alfo againft quartaineagues. It ftancheth bleedings aifo at the mouth or nofe; if the herbebe ftamped and applyed tothenape ofthe necke the herbe alfobi uifed and with fome falt and vinegar, or with Avangia that is, Hogs Lard laid upon any hard tumouror {welling,and that in the neek or throate,whichis called the Kings Evill doth helpe to diffolve, or difcuffethem: in the like manner applyed tothe Goute, Sciatica or other joynt aches or ef the finewes, doth very much allay the paines,and give eafe. It is alfo very effectual \linflammations, asarepercuffive, and to heale all greene wounds, by drying and clofing up the lippes of unds, and for old Vicers alfoto {tay their malignitie of fretting, and corroding or {preading, thereby to heale the more fpeedily : it draweth forth fplinters, or other fuich like things gotten into the caufing highly commendethit for manyother things, as for bruifes and burnings: but the Archangell with fieth, Pay yellowflowers is moft commended, for old filthy and corrupt forés or corrupt Vicers, yea although they grow, tobefiftulous or hollow,and to diffolve tumors. head ofthem; wherein after they arefallen, are fet foure rough feedes, roundand flat, very hayrie, clammie, ‘and f{weete, fticking to the fingers, while they are frefh: at thetoppes of every one whereof, there is aclefe likea mouth, and about that acrownelike untoan Helmet: the roote is yellowifh and {tringienot perifhing, The Place; All thefe Archangels grow wilde, fomeof the firft forts by wall fides, and the borders ef fieldes, and wayfides, almoft every where withus+ the yellow moft nfually in the wet grounds of Woods, and fometimes in the dryer,in divers Countries of this Land: thofe with white {pots and lines, are very rare to meete within ourKingdome, but the Cuar, LXVI. fiftin Germany as Thalins faith, and in Italy as AMatthiolys and Columna fay, very plentifully; the two forts of the fixth in Naples onely as (o/#mmnafaith: and the laft in Candy as Pona faith and in Naples as Columnafaith, The Time, Galeopfis. Stinking Dead Nettle. _ They flower from the béginning of the {pring, all the Sommerlong. taken from from PZ/,Pliny, who iherokiewes RThename ime Lami Lamitm was firft firft taken after 7 : sitp nothurtful, is called Laminw, Tris er hadSee omae etd the Nettle thae mordacibus fed mitiffimis fit, and Archangelica of fome, ab eximijs viribus 2a Thiel 6 tries. Dodoneus calleth it Urtica iners altera,J would incline tothink{chis kindof Laminm to bethe true Galeopfis ofDiofcorides with Lobeland others, ifthe leaves were not fo round, burmore like unto Nettleleayes, and thar of Laminm : fent, whereofI fpeake inthe Chapter of Betony hereafter, by Quadramius judgement is thiskind Ortie morte, the Germanes Todt Neffell, the Italians callit Ortica ssorte, the Spaniards Hertiga muerta, the Freuch about the edges, of a fad greene colour, {mooth,anda little Flore 667 before Lebel and Dodomews; whereby it feemeth that this Lemi#msis more proper to England then to other coun- Ofthis fame kinde there is one foundin fome places of this Land, agreeing with this laft in all things, but in the flowers, which are of a purplith redcolvur; and another whofe flowers are more pale red, and the lippes wich whitifh veines; butare rare to be met withall,but in fome places, where’ thete is almoft no other kinde; under ground, b much asthe white, butelfe verylike hovense 8, Laminm peregrinum Scutellaria difium, Cuar.66, yellow Archangell which they meant;and C/u/ivs asyou fhall heate by & by, mifliked all other fignres of Galeop/is downeward, butlying under the upper cruft of the earth, fpreading and encreafing like unto Couch-graffe, which abideth manyyearesftill encreafing, this hath notfo ftrong afent as the former. Ping; ofa faire yellow colourin moft, and The Theater ofPlants. ortua, guia folijs non Pisestipsciee larvatam lamiam quandam reprefentante, The firltis called by Lobel eee nisaia 0 » an Galeopfis vulgarisfetens purpurea, Lugdunenfis faith, there isno other herbe h; fe, the defcription of Diofcorides his Galeopfis, then this, s : u which Bashinws alloweth of, calliei oo cee ’ fetidumfoliofubrotundo, Galeopfis Diofcoridis, and faith, that Cordus apon Diefcorises Cavalpis ati 1m purpurenm tanus, underftood this Laminm, tobethe Galeepfis of Diofeorides, but I doe not Gadéderghee eens ntothem ; but thatitis the other red Archangell, with longer leaves that is morelike es the woevue Utes yellow p34 Have here to bring to your confideration not onely the Genuine Galeopfis of Diofeorides bothin C/u(S)) feus and my judgement, but fome other plants alfo, which may not unfit'y for their likeneffe thereva Je x oe unto,be referred unto itas I thinke. 1. Galeopfis genuina Diofcorids, The true ftinking Dead Nettle of Diofcorides, DY} \KE This kind of Dead Nettle hath divers {quare,foft, and hairy ftalkes, rifing up tobe thréeor foure fe cs foote high, at the joynts whereof grow two leaves a peece upontong footeftalkes, very like unto Nettle leaves, but thattheyare foft and fomewhat hoary or hairy, butnot(tinging atall, of a very ftrong fent fomewhat unpleafant, efpecially growing in fhadowy places, and nothing fo {trong inthe open fields ; at the toppes of the ftalkes crow the flowers fet in rundles, foure or five at a {pace, and many of them one above another, in mannerofa{pike, every oné ftanding in agreenith huske, like unto thofe ofthe former Dead Nettles, but not fo greatand are of a {ad red or purplifh colour, efpecially the heads or upper parts; but the lowerlabells or lippes, have fome white {pots in them + within thofe huskes after the flowersare fallen, grow {mallround, yet fomewhat roughfeede, foure for the moft part {tanding together : the rooteis compofed of many ftrings, fhooe ting freth headsevery yeare,andincreafing thereby very mush, 2, Galeopfis |