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Show HISTORIE THE RIRIST (RO OKEOOF' THE alia etaecatatientsnat Sa eee eenS as x Oftheflowring Reede. Harundoflorida. apyrus Nilotica. st Reede. Chap.26. Ee Lourifiing Reede hath athick arid fat ftalke, of fowerorfiuc foote high, great belowneere ‘I-14 the ground and fmaller towardthe top; taper wife: whereupondo growveryfaire brodeleaues, full of ribs‘or freedike ynto Plantaine,hthape refembling the leaues of white Hellebor,orthe p great Gentian, but muchbroder andlarger etiery way. Acthe top ofwhich falks do growfantattike flowers, of a greene or herbie colour; whichbeing eSOTE— - eet = nedin the fecond. chapter of Exodus : wher¢ofwas made that basket ot cradle ,. which was dawbed within and withoutwithflime of that country, called Bitumen Iudatcum, wherein Mofes was put being committed to thewater, when Pharaoh gauc comimandement that all the male children ofthe Hebrues fhould be drowned. knobs three fimall leaues» The feede containedin thofe knobsiis exceeding black, ofa perfect round. nes, ofthe bignes ofthe finalleft peafe. Theroote is thicke, knobby and tuberous,with certaine fnall threds fixed thereto. % The place. #: The nature; vertues akdvfe. The rootes of Paper reede doth nourifh :as may A appeere by the people of Egypt., which do vie to chewthemin their mouthes,and {wallow downthe . Irgroweth in Italie,in the gardenofPadua,and manyotherplaces of thofe hor regions, My felfe climate. %& The time. It muft bee fet or fowen in che beginning of Aprill, in,a,pot with fine earth, orina bed made of horfe dung, and fome car thftrawed thereon, im fuch manner as Cucumbers and muske Me lonsate. pees eee % The natureand vertues, There isnot any-thingfet down ¢ as touching the temperature and vertuesof this Flourifhing reedé,cither of the ancjents,oroftha¢ new or later-writers, aaaneiaes part ofthe bodie,bur chieflyin the mouth, ‘ The burnt paper made heerofdoth performe thofe effects more forcibly. : C The ftalks heerof haue a fingularv{e andpriuilege in opening the chanell or hollowpaflages of D the Fiftula,being put therein: for theydofwel,as doththe pith ofElder,or atent made ofa fponge. The people about Nilus do vfeto burne the leauesand {talks, but efpecially the rootes. Thefrailes wherein they put raifons andfigs, are fomtimes made heerof ; but generally withthe F OfeMatWeede. y : (Chap.28. %& The kindes. There be diuers kindes of Mat Weedes,as fhall be declared in theit feueral! defcriptions. % The defcription. | Hei herbe Spartum, as Plinyfaith, growethofit foorth fromthe ie ; : felfe, and fendeth ) roote a multitude of flenderruthie leaues, of a cubit high orhigher, tough andpliable,ofa hoarie colour, which in time draw narrowtogither, making the flat leafe to : becomeround, as is therufh. The ftubor ftalke thereof beargth, at the top certaine tained the feede,long and chafhie. The roote confifteth of many ftrings,folding onésvithin another by meanes whereof it commethtothe forme ofaturfe or haflocke. 2 The fecond likewife P/énie defcribeth to haue a long ftalke,not ynlike to reede,but lefler:whereupondo growmanygraffie leaues,rough andplianc, hard inhandliagas are theruthes, A {pokie % The dejeription. ee EE juice: finding therein great delight and comfort. rather tufts comming foorth ofa fheath orhuske, among the which chaffie hitsks is con- Chap.27. 2 Of‘Paper ‘Reede. ow f The afhes burned, |afiwage and confume hardapoftumes, tumors and corrafiue vicers in any B herbe Spartwm,defcribed in the next chapter. % The names. Thename «4rundo Indica is dinertl attributed to fundrieof thereedes,but principally vnto this: y called of 2:Obelins Cannacorus: ofortnets Arundoflorida,and Harundoflorida: in Englifh the Flowe let ‘ for truth, that this plant is the fame reedementio- faded , there followe rotind , rough , andprickly khobsylikechofe of Spargamium ot Water burre,of a browne colour, and trom the middle of thof rhaue planted it inmy garden divers times; butit eer came-to flowring or feeding, for that_itds very impatient to endure’ the iniurie of our colde %& The place. Thiskinde ofreede doth growein the borders of riuersabout Babylon neere the citie Alcaite, inthe borders oftheriuer Nilus,andfuchotherplaces. of thofe countries. % The time. Thetime of {pringing and flourifhing,anfwereth that of the common reede. % The names. This kinde of reede, which I haue englifhed Paperreedeé,or Paperplant,is the fame,(as I do reade,) that paper was madeofin Egypt, before the intention of paper madeoflinnen clouts,was found out. It is thought by men of great learning and vnderftanding in the Scriptures, and fet downe by them ty % Thedefeription. ,Flowring Recde. PLANTS. OF AperReede hath man ny large flage: [mediately fiom atuft ofrootes meimicleaues, rough in handling, and likewife toughsifing im ftalks (quate and rough: atthe to pactofmanyftrings, amongthe which fhooteth vpn comly order,tefembling atuftofflowe Pwheteof doth ftand a euft orbundle ofchaffic threds fet ts,butbatten'and void offeede, Papyt™ chaflie tuft growethat the topof the ftalke, comming foorth of 4 hoodor fitiewietheath, fich as inclofeth the flowers of Onions,leckes,Narcifliis, andfach likeefore they come to Anwring with feede androotes like the precedent, ‘ C 3 = t Sp AV LIB |