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Show 922 THE SECOND BOOKEOOF THE HISTORTE ‘OF PLANTS. 2 Thewilde blacke Bryonie refemibleth the fortrier’ as welkin {léfider Viniie Ralkesas Keatiess bu: clafping tendrels hathit none,ncviertheleffe by téafonofthe infinite brautiches,and the teidernes of the fame.it takech holde of thofe thitigs thar (tand next vito itsalthougheafiero be looted) coi trarie to the other of hiskinde, The’ berries heetreof are Blacke of colour when they be ripe, The roote alfo is blackwithout,atid withiri of 'apale yellowe colouit like boxe, %& Theplace. The fir ofthefe plants doth gtowin hedges ahd buthes alfoft etiery where, The fecond growetliin Heflia,Saxonie Wet phalia,Pomerlatid ,& Miftiia,where white Bryony OfBryonie of “Mexico. tMethore Methoacan. Chap.308, 2 Mechoacan Pernujana, Bryonie of Peri, doth not growe,as Valerius Cordus hath written who faith thatit groweth vndet Halellitees:necr ynto acitie of Germanie called Argentine,or Strawsborough. % The time. Theyfpringin March,bring foorth their lowers in Maie,and their ripe finite in September, % The names. Blacke Bryonic is called in. Grecke dumres dyeie: in Latine Bryomia nigra, and Vitis/plycltrixor wilde Vines notwith{tasiding itdoth nota little differ ftom Labru/ca or Vite viniferafulucstristhat is to faie, fromthe wilde Vine.whichbringeth foorth wine, which is likewifecalled Ampelosagrs: why boththefe were called by one name, P/smie was the caufe,who could not {ufficiently expounde themin his 23.bookefirft chapter; but confoundedthem,and made themall one,in whichenttt are alfothe Arabians. This wilde Vinealfois called in Latine;Tamus,andthe fruit thereof we Taminis, Plinenameh it alfo Salicaftrum.Rueliius faith thatincertaine fhopsitis called Sigéllm B. Maria: itis alfo called A. Cyclaminus altera but not properly: in Englifh blacke Bryonie,wilde Vine,and our Ladies Seale, % The temperature. The rootes ofthe wilde Vine are hot anddric in the third degree: thefruite is oflike rempetture,but yet not fo forceable: bothofthem{cower and waft awaie, %& The vertues. Dioftorides faith thatthe rootes do purge waterifh humours, andare goodforfichas havethe dropfies if tlieybe boiled in wine, addingvntothe wine litcle.fea water, and be drunke in three ounces of faire freth water : he faith furthermore, that the fruit or berries dothtakeaway the! wane burne and other blemithes ofthe skinne. oe y walle B Theberriesdo not onelyclenfe andremoouefurch kinde offpots,but do alfo very quick! and confume away. blacke and blewe marks that come of brufes and drie beatings , which ts Cc alfo the roots performe being laid vpon them. 3 ‘ Theyoong andtender fproutings are keptinpickle, and referued to be eaten with meateas?” ofcorides teacheth, A4athiolws writeth that theyare ferued atmens tables alfo in ouragein Tukcam™ others report, the like alfo tobe done in Andalofia,one ofthe kingdomesof Granado, D Ge tis faid that {wine fecke after the rootes heerof, whichthey digge vp and eare with nold i light then they do the rootes of Cyclaminus, or Pants porcinus , whereuponit was called Cypiaee altera, ot Sowebread ;if this reafon ftande for good, then may we in like manet 1o1n¢ hee many otherrootes, and likewife call themCyc/zmnus altera ,otSowe bread: fot fwine don after the rootes ofthis onely , digge them vp and greedily devoure them , butthe rootes® other plants alfo,ofwhich none are ofthekinds ofSowbtead.It wouldtherfore beapont fat ~~» nefle to affirme 7 amus or our Ladies Seale to be a kind of Sowbread,bicaule the rooresthereo* pleafantmeate to Swine. «cee felam I Hatplant which; % The defeription. ' thelinds Biinincet netAenean Bryonie of Mexico, commerth verié neere thete hooteth f . ip caues & trailing branches,but in rootes liké the Bryonjes 3 for Babeandclafpe ab Ru; the roote thereof manylong flender tendrels }'which do infinitely Toad eaues (har et uch things a§ growe orftatide next vnto them:wheretipon do prowgteéat Mattoushand feesot a darke greene colour,in fhape like thole of our Ladies Seale.fome Neleas Horasdi fe,and alittle biting the reongsamong the leaues come foorth the flowers (as Loweconfifting sesh) ot vnlike to thofe ofthe Orenge tree, butrather of che golden apple lin maner g Bees ae leaues; out of the midft wherofedmmethfo orth 4 little clapper of “mbrane, that acai, bigge as a Hafell Nutywhichbeing diuided with athinne skin, Theroote {pred vpowi a peece of fheepes leather,in manerofa plaifter whileftitis yet rf ate Ales. as bio as De ; “th thoroughit, openeth into two pattes,in each whereofare contained pia aé;in colour blacke and fhining. The roote is thicke and long,very likevnto apottemes, draweth foorth fplinters and broken béries,diflolueth congealed bloud sane i toote of white Bryonie hatha bitter rafte, and this hathlittle or no greene;taketh away blacke or blewetatkes,all {cartes and defortiities ofthe skin, a onand vied vpon the hippe or hucklebones , fhoulders, armes , or any other part where ® great paineandach; it takethit away in fhort fpace,and workethvery effectually. : BeeNe makethis a kinde,although in the tafte of therootes there ritt dinetss VVianrie 4nof Peru groweth vp with many long trailing flexible branches;inters n drels, which take hold of{uch thingsas are next or neere vito them i, Manner etet of ¢} afping and climing as doth the blacke Bryonie,or wine V: sheretinto t in ect le refpec, faving that his moffie flowers do {mell very The fruic A ey emame, Not obfertie d, byreafon that the plant which doth growein m len, did not per~ 159696. bup | fori ingood -Y oO OCcafig . of the great raine andintemperate weather, ened in ~4uno Ope; tofecit in his perfection , then we fhall eafily iudge whether it be Les that Ser] tkealmof |
