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Show a Laps % fcheHiforyof Plants.) voniferum inh f Plants. or flecping 344 Nightfhade ; and Solanum lathale,or deadly Nightthade , and Solanum mz. lying of thefe remedies, than of the difeate it ielfe:for as Hippocrates w riteth in the 6.baok ot his ames4 Night fhade ¢ of fome, Apollinaris minir vlticana,and Herba Opfaco : in Englith,Dwa le, Aphorifmes, the 25.particular, that it isnot good, that S.Antl onics fre fhouldbe driven from or fleeping Nightfhade: the Venetians and. Italians call itBella dona : the Germancs,Dolltouttss the low Dutch, zauule bettets in French, Morelle mortelle : itcommethvery neere vato Theophra. the outward parts to the inward. Andlikewife in his Prognofticks hefaith,that it is neceflary thar S. Anthonies fire fhouldbreake forth, and that it is death to haue it driven in; whichis tobe, derftood noronely of S$. Anthonies fire, but alfo of otherlike burftings out procured. bynature, Forbyvfing ofthefe kindes of cooling andrepelling medicine s, the bad, cortupt,and tharpehu. 1 CS, mors are driuen backe vardly tothe chiefe andprincipall patts, which cannot bedonewithout dly itly,or rafhlyminifter vnaduife not mutt we fore Andthere life. of great dangerahdhazard the fhingles,orfuch hot fuch kinde of medicines vpon the comming out of Saint Anthonies fi as pimples and blemithes ofthe skinne. The iuice ofthe greeneIcaues of Garden Nig ; thade mixed with Barley meale,is veryprof: gee tably applied vato.Saint Anthonies fire, andto all hot inflammations. The iuice mixed with oile of Rofes,Cerufe, and Littarge of gold, and applied,is more proper ; andeffectual! to the purpofes beforefer downe. + WNeitherthe iuice hecreof, noranyother part is vfually giveninwardly,yetit maywithout any danger. ’ "The leaues ftampedare profitably put into the ointment of Popler buds, called ¥nguentump puleon,andit is goodin all other ointments made for the fame purpofe. | + 2. Thebarke ofthe root of Sleepie Nightthade,taken in theweight of 3 r.bath afom EF fius his Mandragoras,(whichdiffereth from Diofcorides his Mandragoras.) q The Nature. It is cold even ifthe fourth degree. The Vertues. This kinde of Nightfhade caufeth fleep,troubleth the minde, bringeth madneffe ifa few ofthe berries be inwardly taken,but if moc be giuen they alfo kill and bring prefent death. Theophraftus inhis 6. booke dothlikewife write ofMandrake in this manner, Mandrake caufeth fleepe,and if alfo muchofit be taken it bringeth death. The greene leaues ofdeadly Nightfhade may with great aduice be vfed in fuch cafes at Pettimortell: but if you will follow my counfell, deale not with the fame in any cafe, and banith ir fromyourgardens and the vfe of it alfo,being a plant fo furious and deadly : for it bringeth fuch as haue eaten thereofinto a deadfleepe wherein many hauedied,as hath been often feen and prooued by experience both in England andelfewhere. But togiue youanexample heereofit thall not be amiffe : It cameto paffé that three boyes of Wisbich in the Ile of Ely did eate of ferous qualitie; yet is it milder then Opiwm,andthefruit thereof vehemently prouokes vrine.Bat the pleafant & beautifull fruite hereof, twowhereofdied in leffe than eight houresafter that they hadeaten ofthem. The third child hada quantitie of hony and water mixed together giuen him todrinke, caufing him to vomit often : Godbleffed this meanés and the child recouered. Banith efpecially feeing wee are furnifhed with fuchftore of medicines leffeharmefull, yet feruing ia children or womenwithchild do refort, whichdo oftentimes long and luft after things moft vile (as Plinyfaith) the remedies hereof are not of fuch efteeme that we fhould long infift vpon then the fame purpofe. ¢ t 4. The Figurein the fecond place was ofthe Solanum Pomiferum, or A edhere : andin ftead thereo fanother putin theplace. Cuar. 56. Solanum Lethale. Dwale,or deadly Nightfhade. a, treated ofat large in the 6 1-Chapofthis Booke,and the fore it/sam* Offleepy Night/hade. therefore thefe pernicious plants out ofyour gardens,and allplaces neere to your houfes, where and filthie,and much moreafter a berryofa brightfliining blacke colour,and offuch gteat beay- tie,as it were able to allure any fuchto eate thereof. The leaues heereof laid vnto the templescaufe fleepe, efpecially if they be imbibed or moiftened inwine vineger.It eafeth the intollerable paines of the head-ache proceeditie ofheate in furious agues,caufing reft being applied as aforefaid, | The Defeription. Cua ri57. Ofwinter Cherries. Wale or fleeping Nightthade bath roundblackifh ftalkes fix foothigh, wherupon dogrow great broad leaues ofadarke greene colour ; among W hich gee grow{mall hollow flowers bel fathionia ouerworne purple colour;in the placen her of come forthgreatroundberries ofthe Dips neffe ofthe blacke cherry,greencat tit p but when they be ripe ofthe colorot on iette or burnifhedhorne,foft and full of * ple iuice: among whichiuice lie thee like the berries ofIuy:the rootis vty g@® thicke, and longlafting. The Place. It groweth in yntoiled places n¢* He high waies and the fea marfhes, a like places. tand it Tepe very plentifullyin Hn Lincolnthire,andin theIle of Ely. “ ; called Walfoken,neere vato W isbit i , I found it growing without the "old 0 Higheate neere yntoa pound of pit” the left hand. The Time. i y ane This flourifheth all the Sonne uly Spring, beareth his feed and flower” and Auguft. q The Names. 4 . ; arines, 50 It is called of Diofcorides, epize tor unnac:Of Theophraffiss, srtoreverine: Of the Larines {ont | The Defeription, I Heted winter Cherrie bringethforth ftalkes a cubitlong, round, flender, fmooth, and fomewhatreddifh,reeling this way and that wayby reafon ofhis weakeneffe,not able to ftand vpright without a {uipporter : whereupondo growleaues not vnlike to thofe of common Nighthade,but greater , among which leaues come forth white floures,confifting of fiue final] leaues: in the middle ofwhich leaues ftandeth out aberry, greené atthe firft,and red whenit is tipe,in colour Of our common Cherry and of the fame bigneffe,inclofed ina thinne huskeorlittle bladder, it is ofa pale reddifh colour, in whichberrie is conteined manyfimall flat feeds ofa pale colour, The rootes be long, not vnlike to the rootes of Couch-gtaffe; ramping and creeping within the vpper eruft of the earth farre abroad, whereby it encreafeth greatly, uf 5 Ps _ blacke wintet Cherrie hath weake and flender ftalkes fomewhat crefted, and like vnto the tendre Is of the vine; caftingit felfe all about,ind taketh hold of {uch things as are next vnto -ggaoa ro jagged leaues deepely indented or cut about the edges almoft to the middle ad ee ne be Sieyt white ftanding vpon long foote-ftalkes or ftemmes. The cit we ¢ floures, parted into three fells or chambers, euery of the which Winga meee eet nO more, of the bignefle of a {mall peafe, and blacke of colour, ha§amarke of white colour vponeachberrie, in proportion ofan heart. The rooteis very {mall and threddie. ? The Place, G _ TheGikwis red winter olsen Chetrie pre old broken walls,about the mii borders offieldes, and in and others fe eet a m : gardens, where fome-cherifh it for the beautie of the berries, abt he bestsSoccer e vorthy-vertues thereof. whetice | soneha ae eae Ce out of Spaine and Italy, or other hot regions, from andhaueplanted there — _ s marked with the fhape ofa mans hart,white, as aforefaid: fruit could grow « my garden where they haue borne floures,but haue perifhed before the srw £0 maturitie, by reafon ofthofe vnfeafonableyeeres, 1594. 95+ 96 Fs qj The |
