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Show STATOee THE 273 SECOND BOOKE % Thetemperature, OF THE HISTORIE The red winter Chertic is thought to be colde and drie and of fubtile parts. The leavesdiffer not from the temperature of the garden N ightfhade as Galew faith, & The vertucs. The finite brufed and put toinfufe or ftiepe in white wine twoor three howers, and after bo. led twoor three bublings, ftraining it and putting tothe decoction a little fug at and cinamome, anddrunkes preuaileth very mightily againtt the {topping of vrine, the ftone and grauell, thedif cultic and fharpenes ofmaking water and fuchlike difeafes : ifthe greete be olde tl l€ greater quan itie mutt be taken, ifnewe andnot great, theleffe :ic{coureth away the yellowe iaundife allo a fome write, % Tle defcription. His admirable plant called the maruelot Peru,or the maruel of the World,(pringet foorth of the groundelike vnto Battlin leaues; among whichit fendeth outa ftalketno cubits and ahalfe high , ofthe thicknefleofati ger, full ofinice , very firme , and of ayellowift greene colour,knotted ot kneed with joints fom what bunching foorth, of purplifh colour, asia the female Balfamina : which ftalke dinidethit felfe into fiindrie braunches or boughes, Stik alfo knottie like the ftalke : his braunches at bedecked with leaues growingby couples ,att™ iointes like the leaues of wildePeafcods, tee fiefhie,andfull ofiuice, which being rubbeddt yeelde the like ynpleafant finell aswilde Peal : do and are intafte alfo veri vnfauotie,yetinh Jatter end they Jeauea tafte and fharpefmaae® Tabaco, Theftalkes towards the topate St" thed with long hollowfingle flowets, foul a it were intofiue parts before they be open,bt being ‘fully blowen do refemble the flows® Tabaco , not ending into fharpe come blunt and rounde as the flowers of Binawetl and larger thenthe flowers of Tabaco, 5) oftentimes witha fine purple or a many times of an horfeflefhs out i 1 fometime pale; andfometime refembinge red oryellowe colour; fometime whitifhs and moft Sendak eee pone occupying halfeu™ flower, og orintercourfi reitreakesand orderly ftreames, nowe yellowe,! 1owe fl = utlingthe whole flower with frigNCKiCd ie eee whole; hauing fometime great, fometime little {pots ofa purple f and icattered jn 2mofe am oa “he aval te 5 ae 1, ss Of variable order,andipbraue mixture. The grounde ot oo 4 tis either pale v7 " eat se A ey i > hollownt** pricke orpointell fe a races yellowe 5 or white, containing in the middle of the hollo fue nae. me een withfixe fmall ftrings or chiues. ‘The flowersare veri a MAlaNt celembling the Narciffe or white Pyne C yr ate theyate eae eee Daffodill, ney a flowred and are very; fodainlyfain ved wide wide open, an dfo ori vntill wane e; cor tinue -rrmorning?? morning at ntl 23 the ; clocke the next ofet ee inue tas votill eight time they begin to clof Ese : > Corthut vp (after themaner ofthe Bindweede) wealt efpecially if the Wet ; veryhot; t Sut the aire be more t night,& {0 perifhone ¢ :‘ower they remaine open the'whole day, & are oe ah lof >emperate So) SR lafting but onely one day,like : the it. Forifthe flowe piel I > at that will pring and flourihiche ne atdaic, youthalleafily perceiue that one is m colour, though you fhoulde compare one hundreih which flower oned ay, and anothe whichyoii gathered theiext day; and fo from daie to day during the time of their lowrii cupsand huskes which containe and ¢ vers, are divided inrofiae pointed f whichare greene, andas it wete confifting skins rein is conteined one feede and coueted witha blackith skin, hauing | he dower groweths but onthe e: nextthe Cup or huske,itts adotneéd with a little fiue cornered crowné. Thi e feed is ned; petcomne,which of ic felfe fadeth with any lig t motions y kemnéll,which Being briifed, refolueth into a verie white pulpelike ttarch. ‘Phe rooteis thicke at lke vito'a great rad ith) outwardly blacke,and within white,(barpe in tafte, wherewith Ofthe maruaile ofthe World. Chap.53. Mirabilia Peruniana. The maruaile of Peru. OF mx 3 true Ephemerum or ‘Heme 1 is afupetfi¢iall fweetenes.It'bringech hewe dowets from Iuly vato OGober in infinite nun ber, chen vad thefrofts'dé'caufe the whole plantto perifh:notwithftanding itmaybe referued in p and{etin chambers and CeHlers that ate wartne). and fodefend ie of t colde-climate? probided alwaies that there benot any water caft vt flute inthe dite vat March following s at which'time tedinthégauden, By chi¥ means Thatie prefertied many (thot loweilleedsthathaue borne flowers in as athple manerézin as goodti fe referuedplar ; Ofthis Woondetfultherbe there be dther forts; but not fo amiable or fo c 4 thentiohtpait their owers are all ofone ColourBut I haue fince bypra&tife founde out another tokeepetiie tootes forthe yeére following with Verylittle difficultie, which neuer faileth. firltfroft digge vp thetootes 8 purvpor rather hidethe rootes inva butter ferkin; orfuch vef= fellfilled with the fande'ofa titer, thewhich J fuffer ftill to ftaride in fome corer of ahouflewhere itneulerréceitieth moifttire vntill Aiptill or the middeft of March:if the weather be warmeé;ariwhich hina oe and platit tin the garden , where it doth flourith exceeding well and leblanchacwes Mi at t doth. not which was cither fawenof feede the fame yeere 5 nor Nat were preterucd.after the other maner. & The place. Thefe ‘ firange plant } BN al: aly ftom . a was brought fitftinto Spaine, Peru,wherof it tooke his name kno Ot Peruntana and fince difperfedinto all the parts of Europe: the which my Cul UN % isn. ¥ = + ate pean eplantedmY many yeeres, and havein {ome temperate yeeres receiued both flowers and ripe %: The time. Itisfowen; Sp redooe ; ; 2 themiddeft of Aprill, andbringeth foorthhis variable dowers in September; and petihethiwvithin th the firft froft, except itbekept as aforelaide. % The names. hg in Peruof thof Indians thhere Hachal : of others after cheir name Huchal Indi: of wgnand lowe Dute h Solanum odoriferim : of fome Infininum mexicanum: and ofCarolus CleSts Sirs bilj's Per agiazy Hin Englifh}tatherthe martell ofthe World,then of Peru alone; Wel} The vaturé and vertues. Gass eeNot yer any infiructic ofthis paris heasWhite n. a. from the people ofIndia concerning thenature of vertues lowetsthenfor a aa ¢ sin as yet rather for his rareneffe, ete andfivecteneffe of his Lon cltzicdbue a lesknownes - itisa’pleafant plant to decke the gardens of the curious. toote thereoftaken we Cortufits off adua hath by experience foundout, that two dramis of the €ninwatdly doth very notably purge waterith humonirs, Of madae eApples. Chap.$4. R , % The defcription, BiInngg ApAnplnles ac hath 1 atounde ftalke of two foote high 5 deuided into findrie braunches, fee Witt“0to ade le bane, of a da anes fomewhatin dented aboutthe edges, not vnlike the leaues of white Henrke br owne Steene colour fomewhat . rough; among the which come the flowets . Six of |