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Show SECOND THE 314 THE OF BOOKE se The names. The Dockeis called in Greeke a# in Latine Rumex,and Z apathum,yet Piinieinhis 19 book j2.chapter feemethto attribute thenameof Rwmexonely to the garden Doc ke, The Monkes Rubarbe iscalled in Latine Rumexfatiuns,and Patientia,or Patierrce, whichwort is botrowed ofthe French,whocall this herbe Pacéence : after whomthe Dutch mennamethis pot herbe allo Watienties of fome Rhabarbarum Menachorum,or Monkes Rubarbe: bicaufeas it fhould feemefome Monke or other haue vied the roote heereofin fteede of Rubarbe. Bloudwoort, or bloudy Patience , is called in Latine Za‘pathum fanguineum: Of fome Sang Draconis, ofthe blondie colour wherewith the whole plant is pofieft , and is ofpotherbes the chiefe or principall having thepropertie ofthe baftarde Rubarbe; but of lefle force in his purging qualitic. %& The temperature. Generallyallthe Docks are colde, fomelittle and moderately, and fome more : they doeallof themdrie, bur not all after one maner:notwithftanding, fomeare ofopinionthattheyate die almoft in the third degree, batbe,which myfelfe had among other fimples gi aud ypwarde within one hower boie ouercame the force ofthe phificke, it He callethit afhortherbe,being gathered before the ftalke be growenvp ; at whichtimeitis fire tobeeaten, - Be B Andbeing fodden, itis not fo pleafant to be eatenas either Beetes or Spinage: it ingendet moift blond ofa meane thickneffe, and which nourifheth little, C_ The leaues of the fharpe pointed Docke are colde and drie: but the feede ofPatience, andthe | E water Docke,do coole, witha certaine thinneffe offubftance. The decoétionof the rootes of Monkes Rubatbe is drunke againft the bloudie flixe the lat the wambling of the ftomacke which commethof choler:andalfo 48 Diofcorides writeth, “'Irisalfogood againft the fitting of bloud the dried iuice offloes)as Pliniewriteth. s MonkesRubarbe or Patienceis an excellent againft the ftinging of ferpet 7 being taken with Acacia(or as fome would haut : j didgreeuoufly vexe him, he promifedhim an ashimlelfe confeffed vnto me)he tooke out of his mollifie the bellie,whichthing alfo Horace hath noted inhis fecond booke of Sermons, thefouth Satyre writing thus, ~—--— Si dura morabitur aluns Et lapathé breuts herba. } tke yet ay my | tie learned good: c« chauncehappen vpon fome one thing or other that may notableexperiment I learnedof one Johy Bennet a.chiturgion ob idfte detlyleamed as my{elfe, which he practifed vpona b The leaues of the garden Docke or Patience may be caten, and are fomewhatcolde, but mote moift,and hauewithall a certaine clammjnefles by reafon whereof, theyeafily and quickly pafle through the belly when they be eaten :and Diofcorides writeth that all the Dockes being boiled doe Maugilus,e> viles pellent obstantiaconche, D__ thinkeitgoodto faic thus much more in mine own anddefeétsin me, that were requifite to performe reported ynto me; his practife was this : being % The vertues. A HISTORIE OF PLANTS. : ; : diff me colourboth within and without,with« nut any ng ,.as Kabathe chewed itis when olour yellowe a of spittle the itcoloureth doth onely. Rubarbe he: Hi aie shat mannet gentle fame the geththe belly after quantiti¢ fereth, that this muft be giuen in three ti es the } diferences with the temperature and cuery other citct onsofour London colledge (who areyer myreach,beingno graduate,but a countri¢ {cl declare: but hopemygood meaning will be w haue begun accord eton fomeofgreater learning will perfect that which theicebeing brokenvnto him , andthe wooderough hewed to his har tfor want of ; oneforthe pre soft draught ofale,and gaue it the ladde in the mornt which time (ashe faith) he hath cured with Suet gteat regatde ynto the quantitie, which was ytealon of which accident,that thing hath beene reu hotlomuch as dreamed of, WVhofe blunt attempr, may C clheeretc ich me fharp Pfeateriudgement inthe faculties of plants, to feeke farther intot Glentshaue done :and none fitter thenthe learned phifitions of the Colledg aremany fingularlywell learnedjand experienced in naturall things 1 * tootes fliced and boiledin the water of Carduu iidpart.adding theretoa little honie,of the which deco Pentscureth the ague in twoor three times fotaking itat the moft: v ies tweluefponfuls may be giuen. This experiment was practifedbya worthipfull g dmiftrefle Anne Wylbrabam, v pon diners of hir peore neighbours with good{ucceffe. ho Lfome potherbe; for being put intothe pot infome reafonable quantitie, it doth loofen the belly; helpeth the iaunderss the tympanie and {ue like difeafes,proceeding ofcolde caufes, ifyou take the roots ofMonks Rubarbe,& red gaiadlcrcetcironerSabongnanolee a Madder, ofeche halfe a pound ; Sena fowe' Of Rubarbe. Chap.79. oH ‘ t te put them e eeedbibede and licorice > breake the heatbes We ja harids Sn , and ye bee tnem int:into afton e por called a fteane, with fower gallons of ftrongaleto fheepet nee the ie er L. ceen ne ne of three daies: andthendrinke this liquor as actordliahrie drinke for three we beatediei the longer youta ke it, fo muchthe better’ prouiding inare adne diet: itcureth the dro shed a Hon haue one vader another being alwais careful to oe nefie of the whole bodie ; it uri a rpmada ie pear clea ficknefle very greatly and all on lati =“ — fromall corruptions preusilech oa ie al cherie like, and bringeth Mckee « = 3 stich ae wae Barc a dehefi ne G~ Thefeede of baftarde Rubatbeis “uae ftopping whereof hath ad ; incureth blondie flixe , mixed with the fedeof§ ate 4 aftrin gent nature, infomuch eel H_ Therehauenotbeene anyother facul as ae giuiento drinke in red ent © writers, but generally of allith ath be : ties attributed to this plant eitherSee ofahe baie: e,of number I afliire my felfe thisis t senreferred to the other Docks or Monkes Rubat te reafons induce me {0©toto thinke think i and doth approch neereft vnto the true Rubat 7 : andpelt; faie: firkt this hath the fhape and proportion of Roba %& The defeription. 1 His kinde of Rubarbe hath very great leaues, fomewhat fhipt or indented about the edges ) the leaues ofEnula campana,called by the vulgar fort uke the teeth ofa fawe,not vnlike whichrifeth vp a ftraightftalke of two cubits high, beaamong greater: but €campane Me atther : SOP atcalie headlike thofe of Knappeweede, or Jacea maior: Inthe middie of which knap the. ArtioF tulteth forth afaire flower confifting ofmany purple threddes, like thofe of paft,there followetha greatquantitie ofdowne, wherin iswrapped long feede being ea he grea aD gand tCentorie, which the whole plant doth very well refemble. The roote pokes whi “Ke ynto th r lcke black ith Ww: tllowe ae 3 ithout, and ofapale colour within : which being chewed maketh the fpittle yeri¢ 24s doth the Rubarbe of Barbarie. 1 Kha |