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Show “38 sOtheHiftorie ofPlants. ; Lina Ri, | Of the Hiftory of Plants. ; is Heksesbetter leaied 26 name ns it € palfuthaor Cafsytha: and Gefnerusaninan Saxe or Lyne, Podagra Lini;the learned do y Ws aidan Sehorfte,anc Dutch, in Chafuih: thand — keh wees nozangyes in | ligh Durch,Fitkraut theA : rabians. on Pein and Tienede L in Frencp, Gese & meryaiie OS Lin: in Englith,Dodder : . <a . e1 oa > “9 +h it lhe vnc mean ~ a {fi The leffer'andflenderc r which wrappeth itfelfevpon lime and serie ie, is called of Diofcorides me FE Ly pain S new [ f aries athe Aporhecaries keep the nanie thymum :ot cr amo 1g W 10 n 18 _Adtwariwspame that Epithymam vpon Tyme onely, on Sauorie Epithymbrm, “pithymn which groweth gt f ) } and that which groweth ‘ y aatiait peket" pa urait ste 1 Hy (fopus iArabum. Sep Hyflopewith blewfloures. / ae 2 Hyffopus Arabum florerubro. Hy {lope with reddith floutes; 4 oi BNW 5 We WT. GAT Yi) NS) oot AE, SA) and that alfo which hangeth vponStede,they terme Epiftebe,giuinga peculiar name toeuerykind, i q The Nature, a The nature ofthis herb changethand altereth,according to the nature and qualitie of the herds a by fearching of thenature of the plant you may eafilyfindeoutthe AW W te speramient of the Jaces growing vpon the fame. But more particularly itis of temperature ; Uy Wy “uponit groweth: fo rea WS Xi A SRS and that inthe fecond degree: ital{o clenfeth with a certainealti {omewhat moredrictha Giue or binding tie, and efpecially thatwhichis found growing vpon the bramble: for ital. fo receiueth a certaine nature from his parents on which it groweth ; for when it groweth vponthe hotterherbes,as Tyme'and Sauory,it becommeth hotter anddrier,and of thinnerparts:that which commeth of Broomeprouoketh vrine more forcibly, and maketh the belly more foluble : and tht is moifter which growet vponflaxe : that which is found vpon the bramble hath ioined with it aswe inding qualitie, which by reafonofthis facultie ioynedwith it is goodto cure the infi ed cultie f toitit is i iuer and Milt : for feeing that it hath both a purging and binding ffingular goodfor the entrals : for Galen in his thirteenth Bookeotte Methode of curing, dorhat largedeclare that fuch Medicines arefitteft ofall forthe Liuerand Mile. @ TheVertues. A Dodderremooueth the toppings of the liuer and ofthe milt or f{pleene, it disburdeneththe veines of flegmaticke,cholericke,c andfuperfluous humours : prouokethvrine gently, an in a meane openeth the kidneies,cureth the yellowiaundife which are ioynedwith the flopping theliuer and gall: it isa remedie againft lingring agues,baftardand long tertians, quartains alfo, and properly agues in infants and young children, as «Mefues faith in Scrapio ; who alforcacheth, that the nature of Dodder 1s to. purge choler by the ftoole, and that more effe dtually if ithae ‘Wormewoodioined withit , but too muchviing of it is hurtfull to the ftomacke: yettan® writeththat it dothnot hurt it, but ftrengtheneth a weake orfeeble ftomacke, which opinion Li we dobetter allowof. B Epithymum or the Dodderwhich growethvpon Tyme, is hotterand drier thanthe Doddetthit growethvponflax, that is to fay euen in the third degree,as Galen faith. It helpethall the infirmltiesiof the milt:it isa remedy againft obftruétions and hard fwellings. It taketh away ald head- aches,thefalling ficknefle,madneffe that commethof Melancholy,andefpecially that whichptoceedeth fromthe fplecne and parts thereabout : it is goodfor thofe that haue the French difeale C and fuchas be troubled with contagious vicers, the leprofie,andthe feabbie euill. % Sa purgeth downewards blacke and Melancholicke humours, as Aetius, Adiuarins, and i“ writegand alfo flegme, as Diofcorides noteth: thatlikewife purgethbyftoole which growell Yh onSauorieand Scabious,but more weakly,as A@uarius faith. fon: Cufinta,or Dodder that groweth vponflax,boiled in water or wine and drunke,openeththe pings of the liuer,the bladder,the gall,the milt,the kidneies and veines,and purgeth both by #6 and vrine cholericke huniours. ‘ ane Eu seas good againft the ague whichhath continuedya lohg time,and againft the iaundife,tm that Dodder efpecially that groweth vpon brambles, ae yoke F Epiurticaox Dodder growing vpon nettles,is a mot fingtlar andeffe@uall medicine rot vtine,and to loofe the obftru étions ofthe body,andis prouedoftentimes in the Welt pars goodfucceffe again{t many maladies. Cuar. 177. OfHyffope. | The Defeription, Fake la % eal Tofcorides that gauefo manytules for the knowledgeoffimples;hathleft Hyflop : together without defcription, as beeing a plant fo well knownethat it neccee” thofe ex: 5 3 - * 1, hee COM w hofe example I follownot onelyin this plant, but in manyothers which bee mon,to auoid tedioufneffe to the Reader. rhe j mY i NS MT 3 Hy[opus albisflaribus. VVhite floured! Hyffope, , 4 Hy(fopustenuifolia. Thinneleafed Hyffope. : |
