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Show ~ Ofthe Hiftoryof Plants. a@, FAUOric LiAistia-of, Plaac Of £iants. The Defcription, I Hs Allochathleaues like thofe of fea Onion, very long broad,{mooth, thick,be. ding backewards, notchedin the edges, fet with certainelittle bluntprickles, fill ¢ rough and clammieinice like the leaues of Houflecke. The ftalke,as Ca faith,ts like tothe ftalke of Affodill: the floure is whitith; the feed like that of Affodill; the rootis fing feof the, fhion ofa thicke pile thruft into the ground. The whole herbeis extremebitter,(o is theiuicey). fo that is: gathered thereof. t+ 2 Thereisanother herbe Aloe that growethlikewife in diners prouinces of Americaithe Teaues are two cubits long,al{o thicker, broader,greater, and fharper pointed than the former and it hath on the edgesfar harder prickles. The ftalke is three cubits high, anda finger thicke, the whichin long cups beares violet coloured floures. + q The Place. This plant groweth veryplentifully in India,and in Arabia,C celofyria,& Egypt,from whene the iuice put intoskins is brought into Europe. It growethalfo, as Diofcorides writeth,in Afign the fea coafts,and in Andros, but notveriefit for iuice to be drawne ont. Itis likewife founding. pulia,and in divers places of Granadoand Andalufia,in Spaine, but not far from thefea :theitice ofthisis alfo vnprofitable. @ The Time, Theherbeis alwaies greene, and likewife fendeth forth branches, though it remaine outoftte earth,e{pecially if the root becouered with lome,and now and then watered : for fo being hanged on the feelings and vpper pofts ofdining roomes, it doth not onely continue a long time green, but italfo groweth and bringeth forth new leaues: for it muft haue a warme place inwintertime, by reafonit pineth awayifit be frozen. q The Names, The herbeis called in Greeke <u: in Latine,and in fhopsalfo, Aloe : and fo is likewife theiuiee The plant alfo is named cueitin, iphiner, tuomreneniee : but they are baftard words: it is called sutrbe caufe it liueth noronely intheearth, butalfoourof theearth. Iris named in French, Port: in Spanith,A%ewar,and Yeruabauofa : in Englith, Alves ; herbe WAlees, Sea Houfelecke, Sa At grene. The heatbe is called of the latter Herbarifts oftentimes Semperviuum,and SempervinumMati. num, becaufeitlafterh long after the manner of Houfe-lecke. Tt feemethalfo that Colimelain = tenth booke nameth it Sedum, where he fetteth downe remedies againft the canker-wormts!!! ees, : Profit & plantis latices infundere amares Marrubygaultoque Sedi contingerefucco, 509 againfta ftinking breath It is good Of thebelly manner ofwormes handpurg , < 5 ‘ ; o et 2}eth awayall q g from the imperfedtion of the ftomacke : iropeneth thepiles or hemosrthoides of the proceedin oe i atin a * . r Db re c 2 down the monthlyy courfe:it isthoughe taken ina {mall quantity,i eine take ; ; and being iE 2 > bringeth | fundament pping: in there ftof the inctals» Yet fome acaint obftructions and ftoppings profitable agai hesood good and and profitable tobe there be whothinke,that it is not conuetiient for the liuer. more dramme oror little halfe Now andthen little mor. aa dre alfe an purge «Now {uflicie to purge is {ufficient Nrisctiate giuen;is thereof el drammenierneneor One isenough. Ithealeth vp greenew ounds and deepeé fores, clenfeth vicers,and curethfuchfores as are ed with yinthe fundamentandfecret parts.Itis with good fucceffe Iped,efpe and. withplaifters that be applied to oulnds; ke qualitie and fubftance.. It is ably putinto t helpeth them bygeafon of his emy eies forafmuchas it ck eth and drieth without biting. icines fe red hot 'y | 1, that irmutt be torrifi | dwith/a Spatula,or Iron Ladle, till ie bee torrifiedin 1p andthat it muft alfo bee wafhed, to the end that the vnprofitable and { { Ff f ~ slp na : Thefame Authouralfoteacheth, that mixed with honie it taketh away blacke andblewfpots, which comeof ftripes : that. it helpeth the inward ruggedn ffe ofthe eye-lids,and itching in the corners ofthe eies ; it remedieth'the head-ache,if the temples and foreheadbee annointedthere with,being mixed with vineger and oile of Rofes : being tempered.with wine,it ftaicth the fa offof thehaire, ifthe head bewathedtherewith: and mixed with wine andhonie, it is a remedie forthe fwelli g of the Vuula and fwelling of the Almonds of thethrote,for the gums &all vicers of the mouth. Theiuice of t hereof is madethat excellent and moft familiar purger, called Aloe Succotrina, tt 1at which is cleere are furch hum«< ter {upper irit moming, 1sam 1 fhini abrowne vellowith colour) it Ope- imours,e{pecially in thofe bodies that flegmaticke,and choler neth the bellie, pv , either of meator drinke,and whofe bodies anting exercife, g are fully repleat with This Walves I fay,taken in a fmall quantitie af- ne, or inwater the quantitic oftwodrammes in the {oue all fuperfluous humours . Some vfe to mixethe fame with Cinnamon,Ginger,and Mace, for | urpofe aboue faid; and forthe Iayndies, {pitting of bloud, and all extraordinarieiffues of na. , The fanie vfedin vicers, efpecially thofe of the fecret parts or fundament,or madeinto pouder, H and ftrawedon fretl inds, ftaieth the bloud,and healeth the fame, as thofe vicers before {po1 al y caufeth the Her orrhoidsto bleed, and beinglaid thereon it caufeth I In Englith thus : Liquouts of Horehoundprofit much b’ing pour'd on trees : The fameeffe& Sea Houflecke works as ate thefe.For he reciteth the iuice ofSedum or Houfelecke amongthebitter iuices, and thete!s none the Hoafleekes bitter but this. . 52 . se s A f The Temperature. Alsé,thatis to fay, the ivice which is vfed in Phyficke, is good for manythings. ] It is hot,an that in the firft or fecond degree,butdrie in the third, extremebitter,yet without iting, It's allo of anemplaifticke or clammie qualitie, and fomething binding,externally applied. A The Vertues, aif Itpuitgeththe belly,and is withall a nattfome and conuenient medicinefor the ft oma any atall bee wholefome. Foras Paulus Aegineta writeth,whenall purging medicines are hurt, be notwalhe noe ftomacke, Aleés onely is comfortable. Andit purgeth more effetuallyifit and ifit be, it then ftrengtheneth the ftomacke the more. she but efpecially it, purgeth fuch excrementsas be in the ftomacke,| - fiar acbringe® veines,and forth in thecholer, Neereft affages. Forit is ofthe numberof thofe medicines‘ hich the : OF ga Call txmexmt,of the voi ing away ofthe Ordure,and offuch whofe purging force P?") at beyondthe ftomacke.Furthermore Aleés is anenemie to all kindes of putrefadiions;an* deththe bodyfromall manner of corruption. Ir alfo preferueth dead carkafes from puau 5 owne vnt6 the bottome, and that which is fmooth and moft periea bee taken and te- riteth,is of threeforts, the one is great,the other fmall,ahd the third > ebra, biting Stone-crop, or V Vall peppet | The Defcription. ine is commonlycalled g tothe s Barba,lupiters beard, ground and root,thicke, fat, full of t hard together, fet ina circlein fafhionot it felfe out allabroad: it oftentimesa! ertand maketh newcircles,thererifethvp about a foot high,couered withleaues growing into certaine wings or branches,about hich plith colour: the rootis all offiri Vu |