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Show THE SECOND BOOKE seastaioleaiet b> ScamontaV alentina. : OF THE HISTORIE - -& Thepl, ce. Iedoth grow in horregions;inafat(oile agin Mifia,Syriaand other like countries oPAfasitis hk Then], likewife found in the Land of Candiayas Reliaiy aflorhafror , 9 fome P witneffeth from whencel had {eedes, of which feed E rec ciued two platits that profpered } . Vi Ane whareat 1 exceeding well, the one whercof'I beftowedyp. n hecariy ie hie Fah ona learned apothecarie of Colchiefter’ which continueth to this daic bearing boli flowersand ripe feede, Buran ignorant weeder of hyearden pluc ked mine vp, and dattic awayin miyablence; in fteede of a weede , by which mifchatice Lam OF PLANTS, beeaten,hauing the Scammonie: and thi outany hurt vntocaft theaway ftomacke, i line as Galen in his , frdowne,and likewife in | rd booke of thefacultie : The apothecaries do vfe Scammonie prepatedinana Disgridiumand do mixe it in divers con pofit yns 2 S 1 ee Theykeepe viually in their fhops two ompofitions, woort,fet down by Mefues : the other of Prunesfatl : ak thetempering andj correction of ~ Scammonie, and | { , j , ‘ ansand for what dieafes {oeuer that proceedof chole AGalenhath taken Mafticke and Bdelliumout of th thema great & {ufficient quant according to the places affeGted where we intend to intreat'at large notable to write heereof fo abfolutelyas Ideten 4 mined: it likewife: groweth: neere ynto the I nas nefea fide about Tripolis in Syria, where the inhabi« tenortwelue:itmay bekept,as the fam tants do calhit Adeudhendi. tertwoyeereslittle woorth : Iris to be vfed faith he: Med hesia a lamestide, It fowredin mygarden abourSaint as I remembers for whend went'to Briltowfaite, foresiotafter,The mixing or otherwife the vic thereof,more dint to fet forthin thePhificall vertues of Scz = t deathinfuéth:myreafons are divers ea Lleftit in lower sbur atmyreturne itwasdelttt ed as aforefaid, i %: The names. ; The Greekes call it <xeozvia:the Latines Sam: moninm ,{o naming not onely the plancit (elf, ake se flomedto be mixed for the corr. t fl On oritro Thequantitie of Scammonie,or of Dize titiethereoflbe taken,or ifirbe Bite Wwithoui bar phifcktionger,quackfaluer, oldwomen eachéscand Cae {ach 5 e Pcie 1¢,1 thinkeit ea ne fers ofPI people:The vfe ofScammonie Icommit to the lcarhe vnto whom itefpecially an sthytiho Vety carefully and curioufly vie the fame, ; Ueto burt alfo thehard and congealed inice: of the apo. ies Scamonea, andwhenitis hoiled ina ce Dragrzdinms as thoughthey fhoulde {aie, »: which fignifiech’alitele teate, boththe OfBrionie,or the white Vine. any hot qu I 5 perceittedinitby tafte: for with wi , % The kindes, {it giveth vntoitnobitterneffe, biting, or other vnplea‘ant talteata", ae beaccounted among the extreme hor medicines, butamong thofe taararent . : 3a be wert % Thevertues,) ‘ahs oo ; ies veth forth efpecally choler:alfo thinne and waterifh humouts i macke then anyother met as Paulusteachet! tothe itor acke,putalfot it . aeth the endsof the vaines;and tht ps 1 Jeo: the reft of the inward andouerti 1 in. time not conuenient,it cau eth {wounings, vomitings, o-4-contial tebe two ki DA as mes aon ; . oon ic 2 ‘peti ofBrionie(befides the wilde one,called Brionia [plueftris,ox wilde Brionie) 1 x o ae pane : Vv ite,the other blacke,of the white Brionie as followeth, & The dcfeription. t gthebloodie fuxe andvices inthe lower guts which bung fes are prever hauea flim D if the Scammonie be boiled in’a xed mil te Quince and m! chings O# 2 OFP(liam,called Fleawoort,,the pappe orpulpe of Prunes; of © 1a little Mafticke added, or fome othereafie binding thing. Se Pliaieaffirmeth that the hurt thereof faith he, ouerthroweth be put vnto ot asetett the taken awayif, Aloés, be tempered with 15 urgeth choler,loofeth the belly vnlefleoct!” hich al{o Orzba/ins alloweth of in the firft bookeot Ms“ icinall ColleGions, a ore sas ions were alfo woont to boile Scammoniei n a Quince,and to oig Chap.306. : UT Hier: W: oh Brioniebringeth foorthdiners long and flender ftalkes , with manyclafping tena ee wherewithit catchethholde ofthofe things that are next vnto it. Riore haitieand . ate toad,five cornered ,and indented like thofe of the Vine; but roug eT Confit inlieele 2 ofcolour, The flowersbe {mall ,white,growing manic togither. The fruire 1 et00teis verie - a berries whereofare atthe firft greene, andred when theyberipe. HOt,ere his great, ong, and thicke, growing deepe inthe earth, of a white yellowith co- Ree; 49 ‘er,and altogitherof an vnpleafant tafte. The Queenes chief¢ Chirurgion, Mabalan, ge Very curious andlearnedgentlemanfhewed mea roote heereof, that waied Waight,and ofthe bignefle of a childe,ofa yeereolde, . Briotia |