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Show —— tae 1256 + 6 RutaCanina, Of the Hifterie of. Plants. La pe. fuch acrimonie,that :C/ufiga fain be hath oft. ner than once obferued it po,«pierce through three paire of gloues to the handofthe gathe. rer, and if any one rub his face with hishand that hath newly gatheredit , forthwithit will mightily inflamehis face.;He tells a hiftory of a Dutch Student of Mompeélier thatwentwith him a fimpling , who putting fome ofit be tweene his hat and his head to keepe himthe cooler, had by that meanes all his face prefent- ly inflamed and bliftred wherefocuerthe fiveat randowne. + 4 There is another wilde Rue growing vp- on the mountaines of Sauoy andother places adioyning, hauing a great thicke rcor, from which doarife great fhoots orftalkes swvheton dogrowleauesvery thicke and far, partedinto diuers longith feGions, otherwife refembling the leaues of the firft deferibed,of a ftrong and ftinking fmell : the floures growonthe topsof the ftalkes , confifting of foure {mal]-yellon leaues: the feeds are like the other. 5 Harmel is one of thewilde Rues:it bringeth forth immediatly fromthe root uiverslittle ftalks of a cubit high; whereupondo grow greene leaues diuerfly cut into long pieces,longer and narrower than thofe of the wild ftrong {melling Rue: the floures be white, compofed of fiue white leaues: the fruit is three fquare, bigger than that ofthe planted Rue,in w J the feed lieth.: the rootis thick, long,andblackifh: this Rue in hot countries hath a maruellousftrong fmell , in cold Countries not fo. fox Buta canina, + 6 Thisjwhich»marthiolws gaue for Sideritis 2. and Zobel, Clufius, andothers hathmatiy twiggybranckes forme cubit and halfe high - whereon growleaues refemblidg thofeot the Papayer Rheas or Argerzont,\efler, thicker, and ofa blackithgreene : the floures are of a wal tith purple colour, fafhioned fomewhat like thofe of Antirrhinum: the feed is {mall,andconté infuch veflels as thofe of Rue,orrather thofe ot Blattaria. Thewhole plant is of a flrong and’ gratefull {mell + it growes in the hor and dry places about Narbonin France, Ravennaand Row inItaly. + q The Place. ‘ ie ground, ans Garden Rue ioyethin funny and open places: it profperethin rough andbrick among afhes: it cannot in nowife away with dung. ; ee ae ocia, Galatia, andinal The wilde are found on mountaines in hot countries, as in Cappad " prouincesof Italy and Spaine, and on the hills of Lancafhireand Yorke, wn Pliny faith that there isfuchfriendfhip betweeneitand the fig tree, that it profpersno fig tes, ® fowell as vnder the fig tree. The beft for phyficks vfe is that which groweth vuderthe acks or Feafts, Sympofi his of booke firft the h in d Plutarc by alledge is caufe the des faith: Diofcori e part © he faith it becommeth morefeet and mildein tafte, by reafon it taketh as it werefom ; vnleffeit bet! allayd thé fweetnesofthe fig tree, whereby the ouer rancke quality ofthe Rueis ranckneHs the fig tree whileft it draweth nourifhmentvntoit felfe,it likewife draweth awaythe the Rue. ih q The Time. countries fooner. other in ; Auguft and Iuly in es countri cold thefe in ure Theyflo + enite’ | The Names. n sin low- Dutch. Raute utch, high-D in Rue: garden Ruta, s Horten/i is Thefirft, which , 4rude : in French, kee # ! the Italians and Apotheearies keepe the Latine name: in Spanith in Englith, Rue, and Herbe- Grace. Rue: 2 e Rue ris, or wilde Wilde Rueis called in Greeke nim, Peganon : in Latine,: Ruta fylueff wild s, darmel : of the Synans,?* tia and Cappadocia, maw: ofdiuers, Harmala ; of the Arabian q The Temperature. 3 third degree , and wild Rue in thefourth: !t ofthe end later the in dry otand Rueish - Lis.2. Ofthe Hiftoryof Plants: 125 and fubtill parts : it wafts and confumes winde,it cutteth and digefteth grofle and tough humors. a TheVertues. Rueor Herbe- Grace prouokes vrine, brings downe the ficknes, expels the dead child andafter- A finh,being inwardly taken,or the decoction drunke ; And is good for the mother,ifbut fimelled to,+ plin.Jib.20.ca. 3 faith it opens the matrix,andbringsit into the right place,if the belly allouer B andthe fhare(the breft fay the old falfe copies)be anointed therewith : mixedwith hony it isa re- nedicagainft the inflammation andfwelling ofthe ftones,proceedingoflong abftinencefrom ve- nerie,called Of our Englith Mountebanks the Colts euill, if it be boyled with Barrowes greate Baylaues, and the pouders of Fenugreeke and Linfeed be addedthereto, and applied pultis wales Ittekes away crudity and rawnefle of humors,andalfo windines andoldpaines of the ftomack, C Boiled with vineger iteafeth paines,ts good againft the ftitch ofthe fideand cheft,and fhortnes D ofbreath von a cold caufe,andalfo againft the paine in the ioynts and buckle bones. Theoile of it ferties for the purpofes laft recited: it takes away the collickeand pangsin the E oms,notoaly ina clifter, butalfo anointed vpontheplaces affeGed. Butif this oilebe’ made of oilepreffed out of Linefced it will be fo muchthe better,and of fingular force totake away fardfivellings of thefpleene or milt. s Itis vfed with good fucceffe againft the dropfie called in Grecke wipe, being applied tothe f iellyin manner ofa pultis. : i Theherb a little boiled or fcalded,and kept in pickle as Sampicr,and eaten, quickens the fight. G Thefame applied with honeyandthe inyce of Fennell isa remedieazainft dimeyes, H Theiuyce of Rué made hot in the rinde ofa pomegranat and dropped intothe eares,takes away J thepaine thereof. §,Anthonies fire is quenchedtherewith: it killeth the fhingles,and running vicers and foresin teheads ofyong children,ifit be rempered with Cerufe or white Lead,vinteger,and oile of rofés, aimade into the forme of Nutritum or Triapharimacon. Difiwrides faith that Rue putvp in the nofthrils ftayeth bleeding. \ Ofwhofe opinion Pliny alfois ; when notwithftandingit is of power rather to procure bleeding 4 itiough the fharpe and biting qualitie that it hath. Theleaues of Rue beaten and drunkewithwine,are an antidote againft poifons,as Pliny faith. ‘ yj Difiorides writeth that a tweluc pennyweight ofthe feed drunke in wine is acounterpoyfon aPlntkdeadly medicines or the poyion of Wolfs-bane,Ixéa,Mufhroms,or Tode- ftooles,the biting ‘Serpentsftinging of Scorpions, {piders,bees,hornets,and wafps ; andit is reported, that if a man Satointed with the iuyce ofRue thefe will nor hurt him ; andthat the Serpentis driuen away at Heimellthereofwhenit is burned, infomuch that when the Weefell isto fight with the Serpent, ueameth her fel fe by eating Rue againft the might of the Serpent. _ Theleaues of Rue eatenwith the kernels ofwallnuts or figs ftamped together and made intoa P sivorpatte,is good againftall euill aires, the peftilence orplague,refifts poyfon andall venom. ‘ teboiled with Dil, Fennell feed,and fome Sugar, ina fufficient quantitie of wine, fwageth the Q imulSand stiping paines ofthe belly, the paines in thefides and breatft,the difficulty of brea: my lecough,and {topping of the lungs, andhelpethfuch as are declining to a dropfie. 4 eectakenwith Uill,as aforefaid,hel peth the coldfits ofagues,andalters their courfe: it R deine tithe inflammationofthe fundament, and paines ofthe gut called Rectum inteftinum. Ciuyce of Rue drunke with wine purgeth women after their deliuerance, driving forth the §. aidine, the dead childe, and the vanat all birth. _Mewled very oftencither in meate or drinke, quenchethanddrieth vp the naturall feedof ge- T. Tenathe milkeofthofe that giuefucke. Y ‘ *0ilewherein Rue hath b boyled, and infufed many dayes together inthe Sunwarmeth V bafeth all cold members ift > anointed therewith :alfo ic prouoketh vrineif theregion — vith; s itexpells windineffe,andthe torfion or gnawing paines of the guts. 1 aaties of eardcn Ruc boiled inwaterand drunke,caufeth one to make water,prouokeththe y nd ftoppeththe laske. : i'ue/tris or wilde Rue is much more vehement both in fmell and operation, and therefore trulent or pernitious ; for fomtimesit fumethout a vapor oraire fo harcfull chatit fcor- Stace of him that looketh vponit,raifing vp blifters, wheales, and other accidents :it ve~ sit hands that touch it,andwill infeé&tthe face alfo,if it be touched with thembefore -d s wherefore ic is not to be admitted vnto meate or medicine. The endofthefecond Bookes Nnann 3 - |