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Show 32 HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE % The vertues. A» Thefeede of rufhes dried at the fire, and drunke with wine alaied with water, ftaicth the laske, and the overmuch flowing ofwomenstermes. B Galewyeeldechthis reafon therof, bicaufe that their temperature confifteth of an earthie effence, moderatelycoldand wateric, and meanlyhot : and therefore doth the more eafily drie vp thelowet parts, and bylittleand little fend vp the cold humors to the head, wherebyit prouoketh drowfings anddefire.tofleepe s but caufeth headach,whereofGalen yeeldeth the reafon as before. C Thetenderleaues that benext the roote, make a conuenient ointmentagaintt the bitingsof the {pider called Phalanginm. r D_ The feede of the Bull rufhis moft foporiferous and therefore the greater care muft be hadinthe adminifiration thereof,leaft in prouoking fleepe,youinducea drow fines,ordeepe {leepe. OfReedes. 33 ‘erfine themfelues far abrode,whereby itdoth greatlyincreafe, long, fometimes of i exceeding nebcoesatl ans is the greatett of all reedes, hauing {talks , like thofe of Turkie twentyor thirty foote high, ofawooddie fubftance, fet with very great leaues wheate. It cariethat the topthe like downie cuft that the former doth, Hae ° pares— ; 4 Calamusfagittalis LObely. Small ftutted Reede. Chap.24.. ee %& The kindes. F Reedes the ancients haue fet downe manyforts. Theophrastushath brought themallfirk into twoprincipall kindes,and thofe hath he diuided againe into moforts. The two principal _, are thele,_Auletice,or Tibsales harundines, and Harundo vallato ria, Of thefe andthe reftwe will fpeake in their properplaces, I HarundoVallatoria. di Common Reede. 2 HarundoCypria. ae Cyprefle Canes. 3 ThefeReedes z'obeliws hath feenein the Low countries brought from Conftantinople,where, asitis{aid, the people ofthat countrie haue procured them from theparts of the Adriatike fea fide where they do grow . They arefull ftuft with a fpongious fubftance, fo that there is no hollownes in the fame, as in Canes and other reedes, excepthere andthere certaine {mall pores or paflages, of the bignes ofa pins point; in manerfich a pith as isto befoundin the Bullrufh, butmore firme andfolide, 4 Thefecond differeth in fmalnes, otherwife they are very like ; which may proceedeofthe fertilitie of the foile where they do grow; and are vfed for darts ,arrowes,andfuchlike, So : 3s He Common Rerde at The defeription, ' ’ ath long ftraw; F S : flalks, full of knottie ioints or knees like Ynto corne,whereupondo — mae Wal 7] wy § | care doth eTow-art { Oey MEE le Byte fede, Andg doth atthe topof the f ereueh faggic leaues.. The tuft or {pokei refemble3a . but h, . fea Esthe ae =< cotton, which rs,ns at Fe asabarery, an js Catied aw ay ee with ; the winde. ao her pat ch tur met aato bacon €rooot oteeis istthi hicchke, long, and full i o {tringss 5 This great fort ofReedes or Canes, hath no particular defcription to anfwer your expectation 5 for that as yet there is notany man which hath writtenthereof, efpecially the manner ofgrowing ofthem, either ofhis owne knowledge or report fromothers : fo thatit fhall {uffice chat yedaknow that that great Cane is vfed efpecially in Conftantinople and thereabout, of agedand wealthie citizens, andalfo noblemen andfuch great perfonages, tomake their walkingftaues of, caruing thematthe top with fundrie fcutchens, and prety toies of imagetie, for the beautifiengofthem: and fotheyof thebetter fortdo garnifh them both with filuer and golde, as the figure doth moft liuelyfet foorth vnto you. 6 Inlikemanerthefmaller fort hath notas yct been feene growing of any that haue been curious in herbarifme, wherebytheymight fet downeanycerraintie thereof: onely it hathbeene yfedin Conftantinople and thereabout,cuentothis day to make writing pens withall,forthe whichit doth veryfitly ferue,as alfo to make pipes,and fuchlike things ofpleafure, 5 Nastos |