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Show 279 OF THE THE SECOND BOOKE x Theplace. HISTORIE ae yerir Englande, [hauereceiued feedes thereof fromsay x as yerin This plant is rare ane ft arifts whichdid growe andbeareflowers, | sut perished beforerhe binofParis, anex : ST ae eee yee E {ruite came to tipenefle. The Thome applelatt deferibed was brought in feede from ¢ eee , by the t 5 riuerssand hedges,almoft every ; The other fort with white flowers I found ir ditch fide againft the garden wall of the ric norablethie Earle of Suffex his houfe in Bern fey{treete by London, as you go from'thec which is fulloftrees , vnto a farme hont thereunto. % The time. The leaues come foor-hit | wersin Luly; the berries are ripe in Augutt. % 7 he names. offome Corona regia & Melofpiniz-the Grecians ofour time name it mecuinxancrorrathe as thoughtheyfhould faie a nut ftuffing and caufing drowfinefle and troublefome fleepe : the lul- ans Paracoculs: it feemeth to Valerias Cordusto be Hyofcyamus Perumanus , or Henbane ofPeni: Cardanus doubteth whetherit fhould be inferted'among the Nightfhades as a kindthereoftofy. rapio&othersit is thought to be Aux methel: Serapis in his 3-75.chapterfaith,that Wax melds| like ynto wx vornea : the feede whereofis like that of Mandrake, the ‘huske is roe orfill f The later Herbarifts haue named this ¢ Dulcamsara, Amarodulcis; and Amaradu Greekes yarudamesv ,Solansym Lignofimn and Sil; trum. Phinie calleth it A¢eloytum : Theoph prickles: which defcription agreeth heerewith except in the forme or fhapeit fhoulde haue wi Nx vornica:Anguillara fufpectethit to’ be Hippomanes whichT.heocritus mentioneth, ce inhisEglog of chatmes he fheweththat horfes are made madde: for Cratenas whom Theotrit tranflator doth cite; writeth that the plant of Hippomanes , hatha fruite full of prickles as hathte Vitis fyluestris : in Englith wecall ir Bitter fweete and Woodnight fhade; but euery authormutt for hiscredite faie fomthing, althoughto finall purpoles for /14is fjluestris is thatwhich wecall our Ladies feale, whichisnokinde ofNightfhade:for finite ofwilde Cucumbers: in Englithit maybe called Thorne apple or the apple ofPeru. % The nature. a Tamus and Vittsfylueftris are both one, as likewife Solanum lignofiem,or Fruticofum :and allo Solanum The wholeplant is coldein the foorth degree,and ofa drowfie and numming qualitie,not int riour to Mandrake, rubrum -wheteas indeedeitisno fuch plant, nor anyof the Nightfhades , although Ihaue followed others in placing itheere, Therefore thofe that vfe to mixe the berries thereofin compofitionsof diuers cooling ointments in fteede ofthe berties ofNightfhade, hau e committedthe greater errour: forthe fruite ofthis is not colde at all, asis the Ni ghtfhade » but hot,as foorthwith (hall befhewed. Diofcorides{aith itis Cyclaminus alte6, delcribing ith y the defcription ofthofe with white flowers aforefaide,whereunto it dothvery ia wellaptce, : A Theiuice of Thorne apples boiled with hogges greafe to the forme ofan vnguent or falue,cit all inflammations whatfoeuer,allmaner of burnings or {caldings,as wel offire,water,boilinglas gunpowder, as that which comes by lightning,and thatinveryfhort time,as myfelfe haue fou bymydaily practife to mygreat credite and profite. The firft experience came from Colche where miftrefle Z’Obe/, a marchants wife there,being moft ereeuoutly burnedwithlightin notfinding eafe or cure in anyother thing, bythis founde helpe whenall hope was palt, by report ofmafter William Ramme,publike notatie ofthe faidetowrie Was perfectlycured. = Theleaues ftampedfimall and boiled withoile oline votill che herbes be as it were bumt, 0 % The temperature. rof Bitterfweete ate in remperature hot, and dri¢,clenfing The] “aules and frui {trained andfet tothe fire againe with fome waxe,tofin,anda little turpentine,€made intoa . doth moft {peedilycure olde vicers newe and freth wounds, vicers yponthe glandulous partol™ | yarde,andother fores ofhard curation, if | Of Bitterfiveete orwoode Naghtifhade. (Chap.58- ( | % The defiription areas bringeth tasty foorth wooddie : {talks cine Itterif fweete S suvfender of as doth the Vine , partedint o many tradet | ping braunches, by which it climeth and taketh holdeof hedges’and fhrubbes next The barke ccof iia are rough and whitith, of the oldeft ftalkes of ao colotit 2 ith t ofthe of afhes; with? ¥wood net . abright greene colours bur the yoonger braunchesare gréeneasare thee brittle in j afpungiep Set ofthe bihauing jenithsiti . long ppinie wre Wa iths itisccl: inted,le clad with leaues,{mooth,fhar p Po a hole of eS sindeweede, At the lower part ofthe fame leaues doth growe on either tide orlefferleafe like vntotwo eares: The flowers be finall and fomewhat cluftered rogither,co" of fine of ine little tlelea leanes nes a peece peece.o ,offa a perfec pect t blewe colour with : acefraine : prick i e or owpo inte middle :which being ; w poin t sinhbcan:, eed : SK in place faire berries, morelongthenyello route : Frond ae ie eebeof ce tafteatthe firft, but abe : ee = and full of fttings, $ Thane foundan ther fogitherin fort which clufters like burnifhedcorall. The roote is of am bri % i with ye vellowePY fowers< with sin the middle jn Serpeoe moft pleafant white agreeiny’y the former, ; % The plice. 3icter {weet doth grow inmoitt places a I % The time. The firft is to be fowenin a bed ofhorfedung,as we do Cucumber: and Muske Melons, The other maybe fowen in Marchor Aprill as other feedes are. . % The names. The firft ofthefe Thorne apples maybecalled in Latine Stramonia ,& Pomumor A talon finofin B PANTS. Bicterfivete, norable the Lorde Edwarde Zouch andgiuen vnto me,and beareth fruite and ripe fede, % The vertues. OF) Amara Daleis. and wafting z way. % The veriues. Th ; y soo drunkLeWith edecodtion oftheleaues is re ponedto remooue the {toppings oftheliuer and gallzandrobe A age” Od fuccefle againft the yellow iatindife. ; : ; » .c€ 18 Sood for thofe that hauefallen from highplaces, and thereby bruféd,or dry béa- B CO for jt; Ses “ 3 reale ts thought to diffolue bloud congealed.orclu ttered any where in the entrailes, 2 and to Cale the hurt } 5 places, Hyeron,“a Tragus teacheth: to make a decoGion whan f : : . ; a+ PEECCEs | whi of wine with the woode finely fliced & cut in--C . that haue the “optic and igundife ch he reportethto purge.gently both. by vrine and fiege, thofe Dn cor; i * ittheike a = afcribe vnio. Cyclamminus dltera,ox Bittér fweete with (e Cities AC Eruite {a7 ; - white flowets,as Iconceaué D ° * 5 ee : j . its tooie faithhe, being drunkeinthe waight ofonedramiwithiij.oun ces ofwhite wine; for 40. E tog: rerhelpéth the fpleent, ; “sdrunke a Sainft difficultie ofbreathing: *Dedde, it throughly .clenféch womenthat are newly brought F 54 |