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Show 390 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. _ + : Lis.., ——— i oe t 5 Lapathumfativum fanguinenm. Bloudwoort, The Monkes The Defeription, r Lisi Ze He Great water Dockehathy. ry long andgreat leaues, ith, andhard, not vnlike to the GardenPat. ence,but much longer. The ftalkerifethy toa great height, oftentimes to theheielp Rubarbe is called in Latine Rumex fativas, and Patientia,or Patience, which word Bloudwoort,or bloudy Patience,is called in Latine Lapathumfanguinewn - Of fome, Sanguis Dras conis,ofthe bloudie colour wherewith the wheleplant is poffeft, and is of pot-herbes the chiefe of ptincipall,hauing the propertie of the baftard Rubarbe; but of leffe force inhis purging quality, a The Temperature, the topof the ftalkein {pokie tufts,brom huskes, three {quare, ofa fhining paleco. Jour. The root is very great,thicke, browne wirhout,and yellowifhwithin, 2 The fmall water Docke haththot narro wleaues,fet vponaftiffe ftalke.The floures grow fromthe middle of the fake vpward in {pokie rundles, fer in {pacesby certaine diftances round about tke fale, as are the floures of Horehound : Which Docke is of all the kindes moft common and of leffe v fe, and takethno pleafure ot delight in any one foile or dwelling place, butis found almoft every where, asnel vpon the landas in. waterie places, butel. pecially in gardens among good andhole fome pot-herbes,being therebetter known than welcome ordefired : wherefore I in- tend not to {pend further timeabout his defcription . 3 The Garden Patience hath very ftrong ftalks, furrowed or cham fered, of eightor nine foot highwhenit growethin fertile ground,fet about withgreat large Jeaues like to thofe of thewate Docke, hauing alongft the ftalkes toward the top flouresofa | ight purple colour declining browneneffe. The feedis three {quare, contained inthin chaffie huskes. like thofe of thecommo pt r0otis verie great,browne without,and yellowwithin, in ealoee andratte likethetne ubarb. 4 _Baftard Rubarb hath great broad round leaues, in fhapelike thofe’of the great Bus-docke, ‘Theftalkeandfeeds arefo like vnto the precedent,that the one cannot be knownefromthe othe, fauing that the feeds of this are fomewhar lefler. The rootis exceeding great and thicke,verylke vato the Rhaof Barbarie, as well in proportionas in colour and tafte. and purgeth after the fame manner,but muft betaken in greater quantitie,as witneffeth that famous learned Phy fition n0W Ie uing,M*. Door Bright, and others,who haue experimented the fame, F 5 This fifthkinde of Dockeisbeft knownevnto all, ofthe ftocke or kindred of Dockes;!t hath long thin leaues, fometimesred in euery part thereofand often {tripped here and chere wi linesandftrakes of adarke red colour: among whichrife vp ftiffe brittle ftalkes of the fame C0 lour :on the top whereofcomeforth fuch floures andfeed as the common wilde docke hath. The t0otis likewife red or ofa bloudie colour. G The Place. They do grow for the moft part in ditches and water-courfes, very commonthrough England. Thetwo laft faue one do grow in gardens; myfelfe and others in Londonand elfivhere have th growingfor our viein Phyfickeandchirurgerie. The laft is fownefor a pot-herbe inmoft gardens, @ The Time, : th ofthe dockes dorife vp in the Spring ofthe yeare, and their feedis ripe in June and At | The Names. - The docke é called in Greeke wma :in Latine,Rumex,and Lapathum;yetPliny in his 19 Books 12. Chapter, feemeth toattribute the name of Rumex oncly to the garden docke. The 391 is borrowed of the French,who call this hetbe Patience : after whom the Dutch mien namethis pot becaufe as it fhould hetbe alfoqpatientiesof fome,Rhabarbarum Monachorum,or Monkes Rubarbe : i feeme fome Monkeorother haue vied the root hereof in ftéad of Rubatbe. of fiue foot or more. The flou € growetha of colour. The {ced is contained in chaftie Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Genetally all the Dockes are cold, fome little and moderately,and fome more ithey doe all of them diie,but not all after one manner: notwithftanding fomeare of opinion that they aredryal- moft inthe third degree. gq The V ertues. The feanés of the Garden Docke or Patience maybe eaten, and ate fomewhat colde,but more & moift,and have withall a cettaine clammineffe ; by reafon whereof they eafily and qiiickely paffe throughthe belly when theybe eaten: and Déofcorides writeth,that all the Dockes beeing boiled doe mollifie the bellie:which thing alfo Horace hath notedin his fecond booke of Sermons, the fourth Satyre,writing thus, Si dura morabitur aluus Mugilus cy viles pellent obftantiaconche, Et lapathi breuis herba. He calleth ita thort herbe, being gatheted before the ftalke be growne vp , at whichtime itis ftteftto be eaten. Andbeing fodden,it is not fo pleafant to bee eaten as either Beetes or Spinage; it ingendreth C moiftb loud ofameanethicknefle, and which nourifhethlittle, f ‘ The leaues of the fharpe pointed Dockes arecold and drie: but the feed ofPatience, and the D water Docke doe coole, with acertaine thinneffe offubftance, The decoétionof the roots of Monkes Rubarbe is drunke againft the bloudy flix,the laske,the wambling of the ftomacke which commeth ofcholer : aid alfo againft the ftinging of ferpents, as Diofcorides writeth. It isalfo good againit the fpitting ofbloud; being taken with Acacia(or hisfuccedaneum, the dried iuice of floes)as Plinie writeth. Monkes Ruibarb or Patienceis.anexcellent wholefome pot-herbe; for being put inta the pottage in fomereafonable quantitie, it doth loofen the belly; helpeththe iaunders; the timpany and fuchlike difeafes,proceeding ofcold canfes. If you take the roors ofMonkes Rubarb,and red Maddef, ofeach halfea pound ; Seita foure ounces, annife {eed and licorice,ofeach two ounces; Scabioufe and Agrimonie,ofeach one handfull; flice the roots of the Rubarb, bruife the annife feed andlicorice,breake the herbes with your hands,and put theminto a {tone potcalleda fteane, with foure gallons of ftrong ale to fteepe or infufe the {pace of three daies ; and. then drinke this liquour as your ordidarie drinke for three Weekes togetherat the leaft,though the longer youtakeit,fo much the better ; proulding ina readineffe another fteane fo prepared that you may hauc one vnder another, being alwaies carefull to keepe a gooddict : it curcth the dropfic,the yellow iaunders,all manner of itch,fcabbes; breaking out,and mangineffe of thewhole body: it purifieth the bloud fromall corruption ; preuailethagainit the greenefickneffé very greatly,and all oppilationsor ftoppings :maketh young wenches tolooke faire andcherrie like,andbringeth downetheir tearmes, the topping wheteofhath caufed the fame. : The feed ofbaftard Rubatb is of amanifett aftringent nature,infomuchthat itcureth the blow I dyflix, mixed withthe feed of Sotrell;and giuento drinke infed wine. There have tot beene anyorherfaculties attributed to this planteither of the antient or later K writers,but generally ofall it hath becnereferred:to the other Docks or Monks Rubarb;ofwhich number Taffure my felfethis is the beft, and doth approch heereft vnto the true Rubatb. Manie teafons induce me foro thinke andfay, firft thishath the fhape and proportion of Rubarbe, the famie colour,both within and without,without any difference. They agree as well in'tafte as {tnell: :omen thefpittle ofa yéllow colourwhenit is chewed, as Rubarb doth ; and laftly it purgeth yo Dey atter the fame gentle mannerthat the right Rubarb doth,onelP hereinit differeth, that tiepes begiucnin three times the quantitie ofthe other. ‘Other diftingions and differences, «. i ee and eueryother circumstance, I leaue to the learned Phyfitions ofour Lon- on colledge (who ate verywell able to {earchthis matter) as a thing farre abowe my teach;being Fee 7 ne |
