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Show 1B, Of the Hiftorie of Plants 359 The other fort with the white Amara-dulcis, Bitter-{weet. Lis.2. floures J foundinaditch fide againft the right honora. ble the Earle of Suffex his garden wall at his Ofhe Hiftory of Plants. Circea Lutetiana. bullets , rough and very haity. Thé roots are tough,and many in number, thrufting them. Inchanters N ight-fhade, felues deep into the ground, and difperting far houfe in Bermontey ftreet by London, asyou go from the court which is fullof trees, vntoa abroad; whereby it doth Gipatly increafe , in. fomuch that whenit hath Oncetaken faftrooting,it can hardly with great labour be rooted farmehoufe neere thereunto, © The Time, out or deftroyed, q The Plice, It growethin obfcure and darke places , a= bout dung-hills, and in vatoiled grounds, by path-wayes andfichlike. The leaues come forth in the Spring, the floures in Iuly, the berries are ripe in Augut, @ The Names. e later Herbarifts haue named this plant Dulcamara, Amarodulcis, and Amaradalciss that q The Time. It flourifheth from Iune to the end of September, | The Names. they call it allo Solanum is in Greeke, pau licnofum,and Siliguaftrum Pliny calleth itm. lortnm : Theophraftus, V it s(jlueftris:in Englith we call it Bitter-fweet, and VW ooddy Night- It is called of Lobel,Circea Lutetiana vin En- glith, Inchanters Night-fhade,or Binde-weed ‘Nightthade, @) The Nature andVertues, Thereis no vie ofthis herbeeither in phys fickeor Surgerie that I can reade of; which hath happened by the corruptionoftime and the errour offome who haue taken Mandracovas for Crrcea sin which errourthey haue ftill perfifted vnto this day, attributing vnto (ices the vertues of Atandragoras ; by which means there hath not any thing been {aidofthe trye Circea, by reafon, as I hauefaid, that Mandragoras hath beenecalled-Circea : but doubtleffe it hath the vertue of Garden Night-fhade,and fhade., But euery Author muft forhis credit fay fomthing, although tof{inall purpofe; for Vitis fylueftris is that which W ecall our Lagi Seale, which is no kinde of N ghefhade TamusandVitis fjlueftris are both one; as lke wife Solanumlignofumor Fruticifum, and alfo Solasum rubrum : whereas indeed it is no fich plant, norany ofthe Nightfhades,although! haue followedothers in placingit here. Ther. fore thofe that vfe to mixe the berries thereot incompofitions ofdiuers cooling ointments, in ftead ofthe berries of Nightfhade have committed the greater errour; for thefiuitot this isnorcoldatall, but hor, gs forthwith fhall be thewed. Diofcorides fai ee mayferue in ftead thereofwithout error, nus alteras deferibing it by the de Be thofe with white floures aforefaid, whereunto it dothvery well agree. + Diofcorides eer his Mufcofaflorewith a moflyfloure,thatis, fuc ‘bh an one as confifts of fall chives or threds,w can by no meanes be agreeableto the floure of this plant. + _ &| The Temperature. me The leaues and fruit ofBitter-fweet are in temperature hot and dry,clenfing andwafting av A G The Vertues. re : - The deco@ionof the leaues is reported to remoue the {toppingsof the liuer and gall ;a be drunke with goodfucceffe againft the yellowjaundice. bn B Theiuyce is goodfor thofethat hauefallen fromhighplaces, and haue beene he we ordrybeaten: forit is thoughtto diffolue bloud congealed or cluttered any wherein the and to heale the hurt places. ; ; Aseronymus Gotenet tomake a decoétion of Wine with the woodfinely tle into {mall pieces ; which he reportethto purge gently both by vrine and fiege thofe tnat dropfie Or jaundice. . a Diofcorides doth afcribe vnro Cyclaminus altera, or Bitter-Gwvect with white floures as ue Thefruit (faith he) being dtunke in the weight ofone dram, with three ounces of f wwhitewine ee for forty dayes together helpeththe fpleeng. It is drunke againtt difficultie of breathing : it throughly cleanfeth women tlnat are new!) broughta bed. Cuap, 64. Of Binde-weed Nightfhade. q The Defcription. ° 23 ’ to Peti-morel : ‘ar like likeyntovato Spinag Nchanters Night-fha de hath , leaues like , fharpeat the point 2p!oe ; : 2 : white ten renaing i© / the ftalke is traight and vpright, very brittle, twofoot high : the floures~ areare white : ‘ a ae in {mall rou™ carnation,with certaine {mall browne chiues inthe midft: the feed is, contained in fea Cuar. 65. Of eMandrake. Gq The Defeription. He male Mandrake hatli great broad Jong fmoothleauies ofa darke greene c@four, flat fpred vponthe ground: among which come vp the floures ofa pale whitith colour,ftanding euery Onevpona fingle fmall andweake foot-ftalke of 2 whitith greene colour: in their places stow round Apples ofa yellowifh colour, fmooth,foft,andglittering, ofa ftrong {mell ; inwhich ate contained flat and {moothfeeds in fathionofalittle kidney,like thofe of the Thorne-apple; Therootis long,thicke,whitith, diuided many times into twoor three parts refembling the legs ° Sraman, with ocherparts of his body adioyning thereto,as the priuy part, as ic hath beene reported whereas in truthit is no otherwife than in theroots ofcarrots, parfeneps,and fuchlike, forked ordiuidedinto twoor more parts, which Nature takethno account of, There hath been manyri“iculous tales brought vpof this plant,whether ofold wiues,or fome runnagate Surgeonsor phyticke-mongers I knownot, (atitle bad cnough for them) but fure fome one or moe that fought to makethemfelues famous andskilful aboue othets, were the firft brochers of thaterrour I {peake ot. Theyaddefurther, That it is neuer or very feldome tobefound growing naturally but vndera 82lloives, wherethe matter that hath fallen fromthe dead bodyhath giuentt the thape of4 fiian ; and the matter ofa woman,thefubftanceof a female plant, with many other fuch doltith dreams. They fablefurther and affirme, That he who wouldtake vpa plant thereofm uft tie a dog therunto i all 'tvp, which will giueagreat fhreekeat the digging vp ; otherwife ifa man fhould doit, he _ aus frely die in tho ceafter. Befides many fables oflouing matters,toofull offeurtilitié tet forth in print, which I forbeare to fpeakeof. All which dreames and old wiues tales you us OM henceforth caft out of your books and memory ; knowing this,that they are all and eueNe artof them fal fe; 4 ks f alfea d moft vntrue: for I myfelfe and ]myferuants benfacet alfo haue diggedvp,planted, e veryj mar 1a ry, and yet neuer couldeither perceiue fhape of ee"fePlanted “es One ftrais man orwoman,, but fome- Face te i ma iixortenen Ge : aight root,: fometimes two, andoftenfix or feuen branches commingfr omthe> maine pene S |