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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. — Liaeee statistan d after a few daies in the {mall ftalkes,as thred aboura botrome,where it remaineth & de endeh he iniurie ofWinter clofe vpon the ground,coueredalfowith the greene leauesq. from the froft,euenfrom the time of his feeding,which isin sshates och ‘ore’ 5 -ie. till Tune : at itiskept which time the leaues dofade away, the ftalkes andfeed remaining bare eroi 3; whee it inioyeth the Sun(whereofitwas long depriued) the fooner tobring them sabaiastticie: hnrootis roundlike a Turnep,blacke without and white within,with manyfmal ftrings annexed thereto. £5Piacplentas <n Cyclaminos altera , hederaccis + 4 Cyclamen ernum album, Whitefloured Sowbread Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ie rei 2. long and fall gapingfloures like the {mall Snapdragon : more hath not been {aid of this plant eitherofftalke or toot,butis left vnto the confideratio n of the learned. ; ¢ The plantwhich our Author here would acquaint youwith ,is that which Lobel fioures with thistitle whichI here giue,and faith it was gathered among ft other plants on thehils of Italy,but inwhat past or place,or how growing he’ knewno r; and he onely queftions whether it mayno t be the Cjelamin os altera Of Diofcorides,lib.2.caplos. £ The Place, Soi. bread growethplentifully about Artoies and Vermandoisi Arden,and in Brabant : but the fecond groweth plentifully in manyt France, and in the Foreft of places ofItalie. Itis reported vnto mee by men of goodcredit, that Cyclame n or Sow-br ead gtoweth vpon the mountaines of Wales ; on the hils of Lincolnfhire,and in Somerfetthire by the houfe ofa gentle- man called M'. Hales; vpona Fox-borough alfo not far from M'. Bamfields,necte toa towne called Hardington. The firft two kindes do growin mygarden,whete theyprofperwell.¢ thatthis grqyes wilde in tngland., ¢ Icannot learne @ The Time. Sow-bread floureth in September when the plant is without leafe,which dothafterwards {pring ‘ ® oF * ° ¥p,continuing 4 ereene all the Ww inter, couering i oD and keeping warme the feede yntil] Midfommer fext.atwhat time the {eedis ripeas aforefaid. The third floureth in the fpring, for which caufe it was called Cyclamen wiraam:and fo dothalfo the fourth. q The Names, j Sow bread is called in Greeke wasn - in Latine,Txber terre,and Terra rapum : of Marcellus, Orporate of Apul iat Palalia, Rapum os hee malum.in thops,Cyclamen, Panis porcinus, ova: in \talian,Pan Porcino : in Spanith, and Mazande Puerco: in High Dutch, Schwweinbzot in Low Dutch tietcking Hz00t 3 in French,Paiz de Porceau vin Englith, Sowbread. Pliny calleth thecolour of this foure in Latine, Colofinus color: in Englith,Murreycolour, @ The Nature. Sov-breadis hot anddrie in the third degree. | The Vertues, proce of Sow. bread dried into pouderand taken inwardly in the quantitie of adram ae meador honied Water, purgeth anda 4 downeward tough and grofle flegme, and other fharpe “HOUrS , we fame taken in wine as aforefaid, is very profitableagainft all poifon, and the bitings “hous of ve. B applied ro the hurtplace. 2 beafts,and to be outwardly : , hespouder taken as aforefaid, ; : cureth the iaundife f and the ftoppi ngs of the liver} take th away Cc i =elev colour of the bodie,ifthe patient after the taking hereof The leaues ftamped with honie,and the iuice be caufed to {wear, ment citeos2Peatle orhaw, andall impedimentsput into the eies, cleereth the fight,taketh awayal of the fight,and is put into thar excellent oint. t 7 called Vaguentum Arthanite. D 1 oothanged about women in their extreame trauell with childe, caufeth ~_ outinent,and raketh away much themto be deli. E of their paine. » © ‘Ces put into the place haththe like effed, as my wife hath prooued fundrie times “UCTS wome si Pe Ypon F , nen,by my aduife * . and cammandement, with goodfucceffe. j tute Of Sow-bread doth open the Hemorrhoids,and Wth D wwwool caufeth them to flow beeing applied oll] or or fl F ocks. G u 2 The :fecond kinde of Sowbread, hath broad leaues fred vpon the ground, fharpePls i ines OF fomewhat indented about the edges, ofadarke greene colour,wit h fome i among! white on the vpperfide,an ofa darke reddith colour on thatfide next the Boch ounes d rife vp flender foot-ftalks oftwoorthree inches long: at the tops whereof _ dee precedent,butofa fiveeter fmell,and more pleafant colour. Thefeedis alfo wre Pe neal for his further defence againft theiniurie ofwinter.The root is fomewhatgreater; tue,as fhall bedeclared. ! : ors.asthe # 3, There is athird kinde of Sowbread that hath round leaues without i aked ; Tecomers, about tl before mentioned, yct fomewhat {niptabout the ed ges,and fpeckledwith w zs : the middle:the “ ae to the> reft, reft, but of 4 Or of the leaues,and of a blackith colour in floures are like purplesthe rootalfo like,but {maller,and this commonlyflouresin the Spring. # 4 Thisinleauesand roots is muchlike the laf defcribed, but the —5 are fmaller® aad ch mune white,and fweer {melling. There arediuers other varieties of iefe plants,¥ ob floures fe* neceflarie for me to infift vpon: wherefore I referre the curious to the Garden by M°. Zohn Parkinfon where they fhall finde {atisfaction. + 5 Thereisaplant + well becalled gato which I haue fet forth in this place that mayvery we ; : 7 entionion about t he fame, ae oi that there hath been great coptent ftion,and his place alfo,confidering : : +7 with thofe fully determined plants charm. © tie on cither partwhich hath mouedc meto place him p with thot {leaves like ieee tefemble one another,bothin fhape and name:this plant hath greene corncrce f aiggtisedwithmedicines that confume or wafte away Eats the Kings oe » and other hard H Withardl ia ae it clenfeth the head by the noftrils, ir purgeth the belly being annointed therlt ars ae iechilde. It is a {trong medicineto deftr oy the birth, being putvpasa peflarie, rand marke san taketh away Sun-burning,andal] blemi fhes of the face, pilling of the 1 ksalfo that remaineafter the “4 2 man drunke , fmall pocks and mefels sand giuen inwinetro drinke,it 100thereofferueth as a good andeffe Quail bathfor members out ofioint,the gout, K se io amd sere with oile; clofed whee little wax,and rofted inthehor L etlent ointment forthe griefes laft rehearfed. fa dics,t eBand madevp into trochifches,or little flat cakes,it is reported tobeagood amorous M _ ©makeone in loueif it be inwardly taken. % R © The Danger. a3 MOC So) for women with childeto touch or take this herbe,or to come neere Werthefa, itor ee where it groweth - for thenaturall attiaGiue vertue therein containedynto is fuch, ~With Sut contr, touerfie theythat attempt it in maner abouefaid, thal] be deliuered before thei time: Bbbb |
