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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Liza, Lis.2. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 5 Thereisalfo another kinde of Poppiewhichoft times is found wilde ;the Ltalkes, Jeanes floures,and headsare like,butleffe thanthofe of the precedent:the floures are ofan ouerwom ble. Theleaues, knops andfeed ftamped with vineger, womansmilke, and faffron, cureth an Ery(ipe -K tas, (another kinde of S. Anthonies fire, and eaferh the gout mightily, andput in the fundament and open not of themfelues. Thereis alfo a double oneof this kinde. + : @ The Place. Thefekinde ofPoppiesare fo wne in gardens,& do afterward come of the fallings oftheir feed, ing ofwomensfickneffe. ifh purple color;after which follow heads fhortand round,which vader their coueror crownerhaye little holes by which the feed mayfall out;contrarie to the heads of the former,which are clof , : q The Time. They floure moft commonlyin Iune.The {eed is perfectedin Iuly and Auguft. F 5 Papauer (ylueftre. Wilde Poppie, - @ The Names, Poppieis called of the Grecians ‘ey: of theLs tines,Papaver : the {hops keepe the Latine namesitis asa clifter caufethfleepe. Thefeed ofblack Poppy drunke in wine foppeththe flux ofthe belly,and theouermuchflow. L A Caudlemadeofthe feeds ofwhite poppy, or made into. Almond milk, and fo giuencaufeth M fleepe. t It is manifeft that this wilde Poppy (which I haue deferibed in the fifth place ) is that of N which the compofition Déscodinm is tobe made, as Galen hath at large treated in his fenenth booke of Medicines, according tothe places affe&ted. Critoalfo,and after him Themifon and Democrates do appoint%««, or the wilde Poppy,tobe in the fame compofition ; and euen that fame Democritus addeth,that it fhould be that whichis not fowen : and fuch an oneis this, which growethwithoutfowing. Dod, called in high Dutch,gp agfamensin low Dutch Due él and DM ancopsin Englith, Poppie & Cheefebowls: in French,Pavot,and oliette,by the Wallons, The garden Poppie whichhathblackefeeds,is ir named Of; Dié/corides én, or wilde, andis as heekith called jv’, becaufe Opium flowes from it : ofPlingand ofthe Latines, Papayer nigrum : whereofthere bem: ny variable colours,and ofgreat beautie, althoughof euill fell, whereupon our gentlewomen doccallit Cuar. 743 Of (orne-Rofe, or wilde Poppy. i Papaner Rhews, $ 4 Papauerfpinofnm, Red Poppy, or Corne-rofe, Prickly Poppy. Ione Siluer pin. © & The Temperature. Allthe Poppies are cold,as Galen tcftifiethin bis Laysdasa bookeofthe Faculties of fimple medicines, q The Vertues. Tn i « This feed, as Galen faith in his booke of the Facul- ties ofnourifhments,is goodto feafonbread with;but the whiteis better than the black Healfo addeth,that the fame is coldand caufeth fleepe, and yeeldeth 10 commendable nourifhment to the body,itisoftet v- fedincomfits, ferued at the table with other ium kerting difhes. The oile whichis preffed out ofit is pleafantand delightful to be eaten, and is taken with bread orally other waies in meat,without anyfenceof coolin A greaterforce is in the knobs or heads,whi¢ {pecially preuaile to mooue fleepe,andto flayand preffe diftillations or rheums,and comenectein forte to Opium,but moregentle,opinm,or the condenfed iuice of Poppie heads is ftrongeft ofall: Mé conium (whichis the inice ofthe heads and leaues) is weaker.Both ofthemany waies takeneltbet inwardly,or outwardlyapplied to the head,prouoke {leepe.opivm fomewhat too plentifully doth alfo bring death,as Plinie truely writeth, Tt mitigatethall kinde ofpaines : but it leaucth behindeit oftentimes a mifchiefe worletan the difeafe ir felfe,and that hard to becured,as a dead palfie and fuchlike. i The vfe ofit, as Galen in his 11.booke ofmedicines according to theplaces affected, faiths offenfiue to the firme and folide parts ofthe body,as that they had fieed afterwards tobe reltoree iecece e medicines made with Opium hauebeene hurtfullto many; inf I ed the eies and dulled the fight ofthofe that haueviedit:what/oeuer is com pounded of Opinmto mittigate the extreeme paines ofthe eares bringeth hardneffe ofhearig W herefore all thofe medicines and compounds areto bee fhunned chee are to be made ofOp/#% andare notto be vfed butin extreme neceffitie; and that ir is;when no other mitigater or all ofPipaine any ything thi aa? Red doth Gavk Bie toc prenaile,as Galen inhis third h booke ofMedicine ae s,according : to thee p? places aftected, doth euidently declare a, ‘ r 7 boiled . ; poe of Poppic < a in waterwit- h a little fugar and drunke,caufethfleep:orifit c be obbat Th h " sare ANC the head,fect,and temples bathed therewith, it doth effe@ thefame- ¥. os a pak ee boiled ‘water with fugar pie : spt ae ay & fal downe fromtoa firrup caufeth fleepe, and is good thebrain into the Inngs, & eafeth the egrecne ps of Oppie amped wi < " oe ar ie 1 eafe helpe a ith barley mealé.a nd: 3 le barrowes greafe,h el} Anthoniesfire,cailed Ignis facer, ' ; uteri _ | The Defcription. t aan ftalkes of red Poppy be blacke, tender, andbrittle,fomiewhat hairy : the leauies are cutround about with deepe gathes like thofe of Succory or wilde Rocket:the floures ee grow forth at the tops ofthe ftalks, being ofa beautifull and gallant red colour,withi blackith threds compafiing about the middle part ofthe head : whichbein g fully growne,is leffer than that Of the garden Poppy ¥ 2 the feed is {mall and blacke, Thereis alfoa kinde hereof in all points agreeing with the former, fauing that the Houres of this are very double and beautifull, and therein only confifts the difference. 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