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Show eTre SEE PS = OR ARTO saan thnnsanermmencnsantienita ® Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 36 @ Thenature andvertues. i Thefe Ru thes are ofa dry nature. The feed of Ruthes driedar thefire, and drunke with wine alayed with water,ftaycth the laske t and theouermuch flowing of womens termes. eth of an earthyef Galen yeeldeththis reafon thereof, becaufe that their temperature confift B ly drie v P moreeafi the fence,;moderately cold and watery, andmeanly hot , andtherefore doth the lower parts, and bylittle andlittle fend vp the cold humouts to the head, wherebyit prouoketh drow/ineffe and defixe to fleepe,but caufeth the head-ache ; whercofGalen yeeldeth the rea ; i fonas before. of the The tender leaves that be next the root make a conuenient ointment againtt the bitings ‘ Spidercalled: Phalanginm. care muft be hadin The feed of the Bull-_Ruth is moft foporiferous, and therefore the greater or dead fleepe. neffe drow/fi a induce you fleepe ing prouok in , left on thereof ftrati the admini A wherbyit doth greatly incteafe, + Bauhinus reports, That he receiued from D.Cargill a, Scettithmana Reed whofe leaues were a cubit long, and two or three inches broad, with fome-netues ap parantly runnimg alongft the leafe'; thefe leaues at the top werediuided into twe,thiree, or fouire pointsor parts ; as yet I haue not obferued it. Bavhine termes it Arunda Anglica fol4s. im [wmmisate . dsffectis. + ie The Cypreffe Reed is a great Reed hauingftalkes exceeding long, fometimes twenty or thirty foor high,ofa woody fubftance, fet with very great leaues like thofe of Turky. wheate. It carrieth at the top the like downie tuft that the formerdoth. Thefe Reeds Lobelins hath feene inthe Low coun- 3 Arundofaréta, Stuffed Canes. 4 Calamus (agittalis Lobelij. Small ftutfed Reed. tries brought from Conftantinople, where, as it is faid, the people of that countrey haue procured them from the parts ofthe Adriaticke fea fide where they de grow. Turky walking ftaues. there is no hollowneffe in the fame,as in Canes 8 other Theyare full ftuft with a {pongeous fubftance, fo that 5 Naftos Clufij. Reeds,except here and there certaine {mall pores or pat 6 ArundoI[criptoria. Cuap. 30. fages ofthe bigneffe ofa pinnes point ; in manner ich Turky writing Reeds. Of Reeds. a pith as is to be found in the Bull-Ruth,but mote firme and folid. 4 Thefeconddiffereth in fmalneffe,and that itwall winde openin fleakes, otherwife they are very like, and are vfed for darts, arrowes, and fuchlike. q Thekindes. F Reeds the Ancients haue fet downe manyforts. Theophraftus hath brought themall firft into two principal kindes, and thofe hath he diuided againe into moeforts. The two principallare thefe, Auletice, or Tibiales Arundines, and Arundo vallatoria, Of thefeand thé reft we will {peake in their proper places. 1 Arundo vallatoria. CommonReed. 39 Of the Hiftorte of Plants. Dipset 5 This great fort of Reeds or Canes hath no particular defcription to anfwer your expectation,for iat as yet there is not any man which hath written thereof, efpecially of the manner ofgrowing of them,either of his owne knowledge or report from others: fothatit fhall fuffice that yee know that that great cane is vied efpecially in Conftantinople and thereabout, of aged 2 Arundo Cypria, Cypreffe Canes. and wealthy Citifens,and.alfo Noblemenand fuch great perfonages,to make them walking ftanes of, caruing them at the top with fundry Scutchions, and pret toyes ofimageric for the beautifying of them; and fo theyofthebetter fort do garniffrthem borh with filuerand gold,as thefigure doth moft littely fet forth vnto you. Ce / YEG : e a N 6 In like manner the fmallerfort hath not as yer beeie feene growing ofany that haue beene curious in herbarifme, whereby they mightfet downe anycertain- A tie thereof; onely it hath beene vfed in Conftantitople and thereabout, cuen tothis day, to make writing pens withall, for the yghichit doth very fitly ferne, as alfo to make pipés, and fch like things. ofpleafire, ¥ G The place. é. ; ThecommonReed groweth in ftanding waters and in theedges aad. borders of tiuers aloft suety where :and the other being the’angling Canefor Fifhers groweth in Spaine and thofe hor , i egions, Thetime. Theyflourith aud flowetfrom:Aprilto tes end of September, at what timethey are ent down for the vfe of man;as-alfdoknow. The names. Thecommon Reedis called Arundo and Harundo vallatoria ; in French Rofeaw: in Dutch sitet i in Italian Canne afarfiepo : OfDiofc. Phragmitis: in Englifh,Reed.. = eatian, in Spanifh\Gane: in. = Canne French in : Donax Arunds Lobelius, Arsndo Cypria,, ox after Cilami afar Connochia’: In Englith, Pole reed,and.Cane, or Canes, . qj] The defcription, ; : a Reed 0 long’ ftrawie ftalkes full of knotty joints or knees like vnto >» whereupon do growveryj Jong er g roughflage rough aggy flagey leaues. e - Th The tuft 1 cy eare fi or fpoky ; dosh vais aaae ne top ofthe ftalkes, browne ofcolour, barren and veithiciead and wishehewindc = —vere pris into fine downeor cotton whichis cattied away . The is thicke, > long, long, anand full of ftrings, i difperfing ifpe themfelués é farse abroad, ' whereby Thewature. Reedsare hot and dry in the fecotid degreesas Galen faith. Thevvertues. { not Theroots of reed ftamped fmaldraw forth thorns and fplinters fixed an any partofmans body, ; Thefameftamped with vinegereafe all luxations and members out ofioynt..., Andlikewife ftamped they héale hot and 'fharpe inflamfsations. ‘The athes. of them mixed of with yjnegerhelpeth the fegles and feurfeofthe head, and helpeth the falling of the haire, : Ep Ss ‘ ‘ : ic |