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Show B BOOKE. OF THE SECOND 462 HISTORVE ‘THE yvertue with Time. clenfeth the paffages,to be briefe,itis altogither oflike des, more fit Sommer Sauorieis notfull fo hot as Winter Sauoric, and therefore faith Droftori preuaile againft winde : therefore Hi loufly maruel doth and , ththin itmake : ne medici vfedin be e pulfes, yeaifitbe appl. with goodfiuccefle boiled and eaten with beanes, peafon,andother windi ding ofwinde, procee r mothe e pethth withhel foorth edtothebelly ina fomentation,it Of Dodder. ue cafia ha. Chap.166. % The defeription. Vfeuta,or Dodder,is aftrange hetbe, togither withoutleaues or rote, likew- SNUG a f CY o Ke os NIE. 6A WH NG gNene BA Nia WS WD AT ESI : IS, m () g PLANTS. ofcuting,doth atlarge declare that {uch medicines are fitteft of all forthe liuer andmilte, to threds very muchfnarled or wrapped r oO Fa it aswehauefaidea binding qualitic, which alfo by reafon ofthis facultie ioyned by curgother infirmities ofthe liner andmilt: for feeing that ithath botha purging andbinding facultie vnited coit, itis moft fingular goodforthe entrals : for Gaven in hisa 3. booke of the methode togither, confufedly windingit felfeabourbuihis and hedges, and fundric kindes of herbes, The threds are fomewhat red: vponwhich growhecie and therelittle rounde headsor knops,bringing foorth atthefirft flender white flowers,afterwad a fnall feed. a oT heplace. This herbe groweth vponfundrie kinds o herbes,as vpon Time,Winter Sauoric, Gen der, and fuchlike, taking his name fromthe whereupon it doth growe, as that ypon Time is called Epithymun , vpon Lineorflaxe Epilinm and fo ofothers , as Dodonews ferteth forts large: yet hath he forgotten one among the mt, which groweth very plentifully in Sommets: fhire vpon nettles:neitheris it the leaft amor nic, cither in beautie or operation,but comp to the belt Epithymum :following therefore ample ofDioftorides,1 haue thought good te %& The vertnes. Thiskinde ofDodder remooueththe {toppings ofthe liner and ofthe milt or fpleene deneth the veines of flegmatike, cholericke , corrupt andfuperfluous humours: prou gently,andin ameane openeththe kidneies, cureth the yellowe iaundife which are ioinec ftopping oftheliuer and gall: itis a remedieagainft lingring agues,corrupt and longtertians ninsalfo, andproperly agues in infants and yoong children , as Afe/ues faithin Serapio: who teacheth,that the nature of Dodder is to purge cholerby the ftoole, and that moreeffectuallyif ic hale Wormewoodeioined withits but too muchviing ofit,is hurcfull to the ftomacke: yet Auicen writeththatitdoth not hure it, bur {trengtheneth a weake or feeble ftomacke ; which opinion alfo wedo better alloweof, s Epithymum, ox the Dodder which groweth vpon Time, is hotter and drier then the Dodderthat gtowethvpon flaxe,thatis to faie, cuen inthe thirde degree, as Ga/ex faith. Irhelpethall the infirmities of the milte:it is a remedie again{t obftruétions and hard wennie {wellings : it taketh awaie oldehead aches,the falling ficknefle, madneffe thatcommethofmelancholie, and efpecially thar which proceedethftomthe fpleene andparts thereabout; itis good for thofe that haue the Fsench diftafeandfuch as be troubled with contagious vicers,the leprofie,and the {cabbie euill. Itpurgeth downwards blacke and melancholicke humours, as _Aétius, -AGuarivsand Mefues C witeandalfo flegme as Déo/corzdes noteth : thatlikewife purgeth byftoole which groweth vpon Sauorieand Scabious,but more weakely,as Adtwarius faith, Cifeutasor Dodderthat growethvponflaxe,boiled in water or wine and drunk,openeththe ftop- D Pingsofthe liner, the bladder, the gall,the milt,the kidneies and veines, and purgeth both byfiege and vrine cholericke humours. : : ‘ i sgood againft the ague which hath continued a long time,and againft the iaundife, Imeane B that Dodder efpecially that groweth vponbrambles. Epiurtica or Dodder growing vponnettles, is a moft fingular and effe&tual medicine to prouoke F Mhesand to loofe the obftruétions ofthe body,andis prooued oftentimesin the weft parts to have Good luccefic again{t manymaladies, Epiurtica,and fo of the reft according tothe whereonthey do growe. % The names. , Thegreateft is called in fhops eucty whereOy OfHyffope. cuta: and ofdiuers bicaufe it groweth vp Chap.167. Lyne, Podagra Lini;the betterlearned do nameitCa/futhz, ot Caffjtha: and Gefnerus NPE Arabians Keffath,and Chafuth : in Dutch Schgatte, and Waangyhe sin high Dutch filam: French Goute d' Lin,and Tigne de Lin:in Englith Dodder, Thatleffer and flendererwhich wrappethit felfe vpon Timeand Sauorie,is called ofDs é7iSuyor, the apothecaries keepe the name Epithymum: others, among whomis Aduarinssam” Epithy Epithymumwhich groweth vpon Time onely, and that which groweth on Sauoricapeculass t giving andthat alfo which hangeth vponstebe,or Scabious,they terme Episteben to cuery kinde, oh % The kindes. H . $ : : ; ; T Pie bediuers fortes of Hyffope, fome greater,others lefler,fome with white flowers; others *apurplith blew colour,as fhall be declared inthis prefent chapter. % The nature. The nature ofthis herbe changeth and altereth , according to thenature and qu herbes wheruponit groweth: focharbyfearching ofthe nature ofthe plant you may out the tem} erament of the laces growing vpon the fame. But more particularly : itis oft | ture fomewhatmore drie then hot , and thatin the feconde degree : it alfoclenfech v1! alt neue ot binding qualitie, and efpecially that whichis fannie growing vpon the italfo receiueth a certaine nature from his parents on which it groweth ; for when it gr° the hotter herbes,as ‘Time and Sauorie,it becommethhotter anddrier, and ofthinnet P Ww hich commeth of Brome prouoketh yvrine more forcibly, and maketh the bellie more thatismoifter which groweth vponflaxe ; that whichisfounde,yponthe bramble hath ios a % The defeription. 3 : los togiRD nt widesthat gaue fo many rules for the knowledgeoffimples, hathleft Hyffopeal a plant fo well knowen, that; itneeded none: whofe exfcription, as st withoutde ample] f ; being ; ; tedionfiest Pie I follow not onely in this plant, but in many others which be common,. to auoide . . lines othe reader The fe ; *tecondk C> + 4. BE . mth eee of Hyfopeis like the former, whichis our common Hyflope, and differeth - Hyflope hath his {mall and flender branches decked withfaire red flowers. 1 Hyfopus |