OCR Text |
Show HISTORIE THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE OfeA lkanet or wildeBugloffe. Chap.27%. % The kindes. i Jed orcontei at euerie of: themcomprehended orconteined : a Here be findrie plants diuerfly called , and yet ,3 whofe figures to fetfoorth particularly wouldboth re. al A 5S thekindes 2 of wilde Buglofles Oo among thepic. ; fothat it thal fuffice rofer forth quire coft and alfo muchlabour,and yet to {mall purpofe Diofcorédesthtee of the ret: whereof there be according tosat tures of fome and the bare defcriptions 13 ; aeicenete teh i a 7 Alcibiadjon,andthe Lindes (befides the commonBuglofle and Landebeuf) thatis tolay, Onoclia, Anchufa 2 Axchufa later. Alcibiadion PLANTS. colout fomewhat long and flender having the tafte of Bugloffe, Theteis alfoanothet kinde of Alkanet,which is as the others beforé mentioned, akindof wilde Biglofle,notwithftanding for diftinctionfake,I haue feparated and feuered chem: This laft Anchufa hathnatrowe leaues,much like ynto.our common fommer Sauorie. The ftalkes are two handfuls highbearing very {inall flowers,and ofa blewifh or skie colour : the roote is of a darke brownifh redcoloutr,dying the hands little or nothing at all,and of a woodie fubftance, t of, third without a name which we make to be Ovo/ima. Andfirk Yellow Alkanet. awa Red Alkanet. OF ssofwoodie fub{tance, dying the hands or whatfoeuer toucheth the fame, of abloodie colour : vA \ se’ . ofthe colour of faunders, » Thefecondkinde of Anchu/aor A'kanet,is of greater beautie and eftimation branches arelefte and more bufhie in the top: it hath alfo greaterplentie.of leques,an 3 woolly or hairiesthe ftalke groweth to the height of two.cubitssjat-the top growe flow lovecolour,farre different trom the other: the roote is more fhining, of an excellent delicate pure Jhcolourjand more full ofiuice then the firft, Thereisa {mall kinde of Alkanet, whofe roote is greaterand morefull of inice and fubftaunce thentherootes ofthe other kinds ; inall otherrefpects itis lefle for the leaues are narrower, finaller, senderer , andin number more, very greene like vnto Borage, yeelding foorth manylittle tenderftalkss the flowersare leffe then of the {mall Buglofle,andred of colour : the feede is of an afhe ft ek % The place. Theleplants do grow in the fieldes of Narbone,andabout Montpelier,and many other parts of Fraunce: [found thefe plants growing in the Ile of Thanet neere vito thefea, betwixtthe houfe fometimebelonging to Sir Henrée Cri/fe,and Margate: where I founde fomeintheir natural ripenes,yetfoatcely any that were come to that beautifull colour of Alkanet :but fuchas is folde for Very good in our Apothecaries fhops,I foundthere in great plenties % Thetime. _TheAlkanets fower and flourifh in the fommer moneths*: the rootes doyeelde their bloody inicein haruefk time,as Diofcorides writeth, %& The names. ’ Alkanetis called in Greekedyouze: in Latine alfo #achufa, ofdiuers Fucusherbz, and Onosleia, Bach Hifpanjca, or Spanith Bugloffe: in Spanith Soagem: in French Orchavett : andin Englith *kewile Orchanet,and Alkanet. 4 se The temperature. Therootes of Alkanetare coldanddrie as Galen writeth, and binding, and bicaufe itis bitter it = tthawaie choleticke humours, the leaues benot fo forceable , yet dothey likewife binde and Diofeorides ait} i | - ; a The verluese : eae fae Hth that the roote being made vpintoa cerote,ot ferecloth withoile>is very good a tat with patched barley mealeit is good for the leprie,& for tetters or ring wormes, 2 arts: peflarie it bringeth foorth the dead birch 3 ae Osg Tg B dikes ofthe wa eing inwardly taken with meade or honied water , cureth the yellowe iaundife, C tisvedin lash7 c th word syouen: .illinere acco velpigmentis,thatis to colouror paint any ryching:whetp 0 ich is int plants were called Anchufa ofthat lourifhing and bright xed colour ee j gies Aa w marke or note onely the thatis for blood: pureandcleere redas euenas thefe herbes fromthofe which be called Echy, Lycop/is, and Bugh/Ja, Wack One veFThanet efore exprefled fower differences of this plant Anchufeor Aid : ret hath many leaueslike Echium,or{mall Bu olofie,co' 1 one ftalk which isround,rough,&2 ¢ ecolout tending to purple notynlike g,andofa pale colour:therooteis a finger ¢ nne ke, the pith ori } Das inft the -) eee Phifitions doboile with theroote of Alkanet and wine, {weete butter, fuch & Botonely 40 altatall vntill fichtimeasit becommeth redywhichtheycall red butter,8¢ giue ir es 10fe thathauefallen from fome high place., but alfo report it to bee goudto drive Th rr aps {inalpoxe,ifit be drunke inthe beginningwith hot beere. ons,asF Tinley, > tte Plants are vied to colourfirups, waters, gellies,and {uch like con % The deferiptic Ca" were 10 called of the lefe herbes comprehended vnder the name of Azchufa sflowers,andbignefle, oj Neies,the fpleene and agues. ointments for womens paintings: andthe leaues drunke in wine is good Moleis, AeaG oS tebnof Stepe p, saceme hath fee downe,a compofitioncalled Sanguisvenerss, which is moft fingular in'G teranbe stineepie , the rootes : thrufts,as followeth: orTake of5 oile Oliuea pint ty€s ot wounds made with fAlkanetey ie prand eos ‘ ' a Ctw; 2aces,earth woormes purged,in number twentic,boile then togither and keepe it Dtheya weve yea Orefaid, Pr The Sua, : , theirf faces withtheferootes,a “*Bent s itis faid, S*atlewomenofFraunce do paint Tr 4 Of |