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Show THE SECOND BOOKE 318 OF THE HISTORIE OF PLANTS. dkidneies, grit ings andinwatdenay. gtiefes thereof, conuulfions,difeafes of thefpleene, liuer,an of thematry andcheft, {welling about the hart,difeafes ings ofthe guts, infirmities ofthe bladder r; the lou thehicke or h, yexing ie ofbreat hortnef g paine inthe huckle bones, {pittin of bloud,f s 2 Oxalistuberofa, 1 Oxalisfue Aceto/s. Sorrell, KnobbedSorrell: the bitings ofvenemon flixe; the laske proceeding of rawe humours; fits inagues ; and again{t pealts. ormes,fithe Moreouerhefaith,that it taketh awayblacke and blewfpots,andtetters orringwo ; ; with. edthere annoint place the nd vinegera mixed with Galenafhrmethitto be good for burftings,cramps and conuulfions,andfor thofe tharare yetie C {hore winded, andthat {pit bloud. any thing, bicaut hath written D. Burtouching the purgingfacultie,neither Diofcorides not Galen the thinne aérionss pattsdoe that on, ldeopini Galenhe with, purge to daies it was not vied in thofe ft the colde andearthie tubftance, make the binding qualitie ofmore force: not bicaufe it dothrefi therbyto worke the grate butbyreafonthatit carieth the fame, & makethit deeplyto pearce, & B orce and. qualitie to open obeffec, the drie and thinne eflence conteining in it felfe a purgingf parts. Paulus AEginth aérious and fubtile the y facile-b more made and firuGtions, but helped booke,, forin his firft feemethtobe the firlt chat made triall ofthe purging facultie of Rubarbe: among thofe medicines, chapter he maketh mention thereof, where hereckoneth vpturpentine faith he, tomak which madethe bodies offich as are in health foluble. But when we purpofe, s that followed him,brougt turpentine more {trong,we adde vntoit alittle Rubarbe. The Arabian timesflegme. ittoa further vie in phificke,as.chiefly purging downward choler,andoften asare troubledwth {uch all for fit and le profitab s Rubarbei of made whichis The purgation the yellow iauhaue t themtha for uers, tertianfe fid fharpea choler,and for thofe thatare ficke of ders,andbad liuers. e {quinancie or fquint, + Itisagood medicine againft the pleurifie,inflammation ofthe lungs,th inwardeparts,and efpeciale the all and r, ;:bladde kidneies the of tions ,inflamma ,frenfie madnefle i againft Saint Anthonies fire,as well outwardly asinwardly taken. for the liver and infirmities of thegall, bt Rubarbe is vndoubtedly an efpeciall good medicine remoouethftoppings altel befides thatit purgeth foorth cholericke and. naughtie humours , it A. the conduits. pq h as Rubarbeis inftly rearmecd ode alfo mightily ftrengthneth the entrailes them{elues ; infomuc or manner ofcuring,afiumet diners,thelife ofthe linet: fot Ga/ewin his.) 1.booke of themethode , as hauioined witha purge thatfich kinde of medicines are moftfit and profitable for the liuer is to begiuen , is fromom and opening qualitie,an aftringent or binding power. The quantitie that dratto two :andinthe infufion from oneand a halfeto three. : Itis giuen orfteeped,and thatin hot difeafes,withthe infufion or diftilled waterof Cycorief diue,or fomeotherof the like nature 5 & likewife ia Whaie: and ifthere benoheateit maybe? : ven in wine, K part thereofatal x Ivisalfo oftentimes giuenbeing dried at the fire but fo,that the leaft orno burned; and beingfo vied itis atemedie forthie bloudie flixe, and for all kinds oflaskes: fority? purgeth awaynaughtieand corrupt htimours,andlikewife withall {toppeth the bellie. Thefamebeing dried after the farne maner-doth alfo ftaie the ouermuch flowing ofthem® which commeth throught ficknefle,and {toppethblondin anie part of the bodie, efpecially that g thing: otherbindin fome with mixed and quantie, little ina given be ages ® fhoulde it bladder; but and forall e medicine, and goodatall times Mefues faith thatRubarbe is an harmeleff Kikewife for children and womenwithchilde. Of Sorrell’ Chap.80. % The defeription, : ; 3 : Hi OUSH Dio feors | oiighe = fees pas not in all things fufficiencly exprefled the Oxalides, yet none : 7 ’ : ' I ut that they were taken and accounted as the fourth kindeof Lapathum. ; or thouch forme like; ) , feed1, Roodescerdins ©ghfome like it well thatthe fhould be called Divzws,, yet that athy Here be diners kindes ofSorrell differing in manypoittts,fomie ofthe gatdenand others" {ome greatand fomeleffer, 47 to be vnder- tde'o : “if wh is the leafe,but the fauour an reneffe; ahaxs th doth not onely.figniffe “one 741 AT pie erase of kniues edges, is therefore called fharpe : foros at whic ais : “C 5 Fy Pe Orfowerj naybe Called O ys/i, i x hich pearceth the toong like a fharpe knife: whereuponalfoZ, bead. mets dncgedasbavine leaues thinner, tenderer, and more oileous t i Xt to. =m h sd-cr { i : leaked reaidith, the Sramehorned and crefted like Spinage and_Atriplex: 5The ftalke nd thinin: Bt ith and full of iuice : the roote yellowe and fibrous : the feede fharpe corlielecondet ae a in chaffie huskes like the other Dockes iteapis SOF oteest ide'of CieOxalilig or Sorrell rath Jarge leaues like Le Patience,confufedly Dari : togrowing 5 sttalke,at the top whereofgrowetufts ofa chaflie fubftaunce. The roote is ch like rt : the Peonie, Oh ils 1 2 : ed4ke altace. nie, ofr;rather Philipendula,faftnedto the lowerpart of the ftemme with inde of Sorrell or % The kindes. : £to the co; 1nmon phrafe, « . when.eger things i : 3 be thofe which are confounded with pub loners sie a a : : a at We mioht might accufe him ofC fuch ignorance as is ot efimpleft women. ( ; . : uray Sorrell groweth yery{mall, braunching hither and thither, taking holde of ng herebyit difper(ethit felfefarre abroade. The leaues are little and omall Ieaues like cares faftnedthereto, itt fhewe like the herbe Sagittaria. xe the otherof , Otnerof nde : ofSor rs Ins kinde, z ? F The re fl cares th leaues fomew Ga hat round and cornered, hauing two fhort ¢ and rooteintafte is like the other Sorrels. 3 Oxalié |