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Show ats.SC Plants. Oftlie Hifterie ofPl = 858 = 2 Hedera Helix, ie 1Hceri corymbofa. Barren orcreeping Juy, Clymbing orberried Iuy. "OftheHiftoryofPlans. bri % ———————, : Tg NWlig cettaine wateri(h liquor congealed ofrhofe gummie drops. Thus farre Galen. Thevery fame almolt hath Diofeorides, but yet alfo fomewhat mote : for oucr and befidés hee faith, that five of the berries beaten fimall, and madehor in a Pomegranat rinde,with oyle ofrofes, and dropped irtto the contraric earé, doth eafe the tooth-ache ; and that the berries make the haire blacke.’ ea Tuy inour timeis very feldomie vfed, faue that the leaues ate layd vponlittle vicers madein the thighes, legs, or other parts of the body, which are called Iffues ; for they draw humors and wa , that isto fay, sith fubftance to thofé parts, and keepe them from hot fwellings or inflammations Y theleaues newly gacheted, and not as yet witheredordried. Somelikewife affirme that the betries areeffeCtuall to procute vrine ; and are giuén vhto thofe G that be troubled with the ftone and difeafes of the kidneyes. Theleaves laid in fteepe in water foraday anda nights fpace, helpe foreand {marting wate- H rifh eyes,ifthey be bathedand wathed with thewater wherein they haue beene infufed. a Cuar. 316. 1 Smilax Peruviana,Salfa parilla, Rough Binde-weed of Peru. : r Of rough Binde-meed. 2 Smilax afpera. 3 Common rough Binde-weed. @ The Time. Tuy flourifheth in Autumne. the berries are ripe after the Winter Solftice. : ; @ The Names, Tuy is called in Latine Hedera : in Greeke,xt,and tie-in high-Dutch,€pheusi Low-Dutch, Gievles in Spanith, Yedra : in French, Liarre. ‘i ° The greater Iuy is called of Theophraftus cxcxion : in Latine, Hedera attollens, ot Hederaalfirger Gata interpreteth it Aeaeraexcelfa, The later Herbarifts would haue it to be Hedera arborea, or tree luy, becaufe it groweth vpontrees, and Hedera muralis, which hangeth vpon walls. J Creepingor barren Iuy is called in Greeke aie kieee -in Englith Ground-luy yet dothi much differ ftom Hederaterreffris,or Ground-luy before deferibed + of fomeit is called San Bore delighteth, according tol" fetes and Hederafferilis ; and is that herbe wherein the Ole § @| The Temperature. a ft 5 aaed“ni faith, .ee ofcontrarie faculties 3 forit hath a certainebitiv cee oo la oa fu “ores fomewhat biting, which euen the very rae bftancean duces : is et weoo uird facultie, as being of a certainewarme wath’ cold bil Fi ed.ga : forwhileft it is in drying,this watery fubftance being eatt Ny e way, and that whichis hot and biting remaineth. @ The Vertues. heale old vicers, and pate isoe do pie— of uy me and greene boyled in wine, Na venomou ici say oa { ody likewile*a*” ® burnings and fedldings. Beee eet flours “put the fo cea Moreoue ane with vineger are good for fuch as hauebad {pleenssoit vied B = Henet e force, being veryfinely beaten and tempered with vineger, ¢!P°° fre runing : cae je runt tiesba commended againft burnings. Cc Poke eeae ne or {nift vp into the nofe doth effeually purge the head,ftayeth a gndall of the eares that hathbeene of long continuance, and healeth old vicers bothin the ea ‘le in the nofthrils : but ifit be too harpe, it isto be mixed with oyle ofRoles, oF fallad.oy and lite ftocke of Iuy, killeth a jewere ° ofthe old or body that trunke gum that is found and Psi takethawayhaire : it vponthe isof fo hota qualitie,as it doth obfeurely bute: #6 a certaite : i @] The Deftription. Lthoughwe hauegreatplenty ofthe roots of this Binde-weed of Peru, which we vip ally cally Zarza, or Sarfa Parilla, wherewith diuers griefes and maladiesare cured,an fall pro get thefe roots are very well knowne to all, yet fuch hath beene the carelefnefle = it as haue trauelled into the Indiés, that hitherto not any haire pou fen, of furch fuétion iefiufficient, either concerning the leaues,flouires, or fruit: onely Monardus faith , ad sa tell the f toots deepe thruft into the ground: whichis asmuchas ifagreat lool peuinde ceik nt our commoncarrion Crow wete ofablackecolour. For whois yeas Meccie Fe Toorit felfe, but can eafily affirme the roots to be very long ? Nocwithiat Aion heen. thatie aes of fuch as fay they hauefeenethe plantit felfe growing, fome contre HBindiieds: aitlers tie: fome report chat it isa kind ofBind-weed,and efpecially one of theferoug ae Cece 2 |