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Show OF the Hiftorie of Plants. rk E $$, Cuar, 49, Spinacia. Spinach. Of Spinach. I Of the Hittorie of Plants. Parittatia, G The Place. Pellitérie ofthe wall. q The Defcription, : ‘ : ec isa kinde of Blite, after fay. notwithftanding I rathertake it for; kinde of Orach. It bringeth forth {of and tender leaues ofa darke greene colour,fullof juice, fharpe pointed, andinthe largeft part or neather end {quare ; parted oftentimes with, deepegath oneither fide next to the flemmenr foot-ftalke: the ftalke is round, a foot high, bol. 331 k It groweth neere to old walls in the moift cof. ners of Churches and ftone buildings,among rubs bith andfuchlike places. | The Time. It commethvp in May: it feedeth in Iuly and * Augutt : the root Onely continueth and is to be found in Winter. q The Names, It iscommonly called Parietaria,oy byacorrupt word Paritaria, becaule it roweth neere towalls : and for the fame caufe it is named of diuers Mura lis : alfo mMuralinm of Pliny and Gelfas:of the Grecians¢e Thereis alfo another Helxine fyrnamed. lowwithin: onthe tops of the branches ftand lit. Ciffampelos : {ome call it Perdicium , of Partridges prickly feed. The root confifteth ofmany {nll whichfomtimesfeed hereon : fome, /rceolaris,and Vitraria, becaufe it ferueth to fcoureglaffes, pip- tle flouresin clufters,in whofe places doth gTOW a threds. 2 There is another fort found inour gardens like vnto the formerin goodneffe,as alfo in thye, fauing that the leaues are not fo great, nor fo deepely gafht or indented : and the feed hathno prickles atall, for which caufe it is called round Spinach. @ The Time. It may be fowne almoft at any time of the yeere, but being fowne in the {pring it quichly groweth vp, and commeth to perfection | two moneths : but that whichis fowneinthe fall ofthe leafe growethnotfo fooneto perce yet continuethall the winterand feedeth prefently vpon the firft fpring. q The Names. rs A pute Icis called in thefe daies Spinachia:of fome,Spinachenm olus : ofothers,Hifpanicum ols: es nameth it saree: the Arabians and Serapio call it Hifhaue : the Germanes, Spinet > 0 Engi, Spinage.and Spinach: in French, E/pinas. q The Natur te “a. Trisontl Spinach sis enidently cold and moift. almoft in the fecond degree, but rather moift. ; i fs the pot-herbes whofe fubftanceis wateric,and almoft without tafte, andtherefore quickly ¢ deth and loofeth the bellie. q The Vertues. kins, and fuch like zit is called in high-Dutch, Cag ond ache sin Spanith , Yerwa del muro : in Englifh, Pellitorie of thewall: in French’, Parie. taire. G The Temperature, Pellitorie of the wall (as Galen faith)hath force to fcoure,and is fomething cold and moift. G The Place. Tris fowne in gardens without anygreat labor or indoftrie, and forfaketh not any ground being but indifferent fertill, : Lia 2. ; Tie Vertues. Pellitory of the wall boyled, and the decodion ofitdrunken, helpeth fuch as are vexed with an old cough, the gtauell and ftorie, and is good againft the difficultie of making water, and ftopping of the fame, notonely inwardly,but al fo out. wardly applied vponthe regionofthe bladder,in mannerofa fomentationor warme bathing, with {punges or double clouts,orfuchlike. Diofcorides faith,That the iuyce tempered with Cerufe or white leade maketh a good ointment againft Saint Anthonies fire and the Shingles : and mixed with the Cerot of Alcanna,orwith the male Goats tallow,it helpeth the gout in the feet: which Piiny alfoaffirmeth, Lib.22.cap.17. It is applied(faith he) to paines of the feetwith Goats fuet and wax of Cyprus; wherein ftead ofwaxof Cyprus there muft be put the Cerot of Alcanna, Dio{corides addeth, That the iuyce hereofis aremedy for old coughs, afid taketh awayhot fwellings of the almonds in the throat,ifit be vfed ina gargarifme,or otherwife applied ?it mitigateth alfo the paines of the eares, being poured in with oile of Rofes mixed therewith, Itis.affirmed, Thatif three ounces ofthe iuyce be drunkeit prouokethvrine out of hand. The leaues temperedwith oyle of fweetalmonds in manner of a pulteffe,andlaid to the pained parts, is a remedie for them that betroubled with theftonejand thatcan hardly make water, «tea gl Tris eaten boiled, but it yeeldeth little orno nourifhment atall: itis fomething wine! eafilycaufeth a defire to vomit: it is vfedin fallades whenit is youngandtender. te oe of all other pot-herbes andfallade herbes makeththe greateft diuerfitic 0 f meat and fallades, Cuar. 51. Of French Mercurie. | The Kindes, = be two kindes of Mercutyreckonedfor good,andyet both fomtimes wilde ; befides two Cuar.so. Of Pellitorie of the wall. GQ The Defeription, li > se ‘ 20° Ellitorie of the wall hath round tender ftalkes fomewhat browne or reddifh of cosJour te fomewhat fhining : the leaues be roughlike to the leaues of Mereurie, nothing ni theedges. Thefloures be fmall, growing clofe to the ftcmmes :the feed is blac fmall,couered with a tough huske which hangeth faft vpon garments ; the roor is foMC™” teddifh. 1 neuer foundin gardens, vnleffé they be brought thither. @ The Defiription, den Mercurie hath render ftalks full of idints and branches,whereupon do eeneleaues like Pellitorie of the wall, but fnipt about the edges: amongf{t orthtwohairybullets round, and ioyned together like thofe of Goofeontaining init felfe one {mall roundfeed: the root is tender, and fullof : vato the formerin leaues, ftalks,and manner of growing,differing buta8 Et 2 the |
