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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ~ $96 . Ioisad Lis. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants: tthe which come forth fon stow Jeaues like thofeof the Quince.tree, but rounder : among{ : : < read . > ;a \ . ee lkes, whereon do growround knoppes, which doe openor {preadabroadinto faire a foot-{ta Ee une colourwhereinis ansoliue,and of thefame iat ke to an fruit,li | n o l mmeth place hin inplace ya I ouresy afterwhichco die, and couered witha thickbark iswood root The she colour. e a:duski f ‘ feeds,o sh ous Aarrou d cashe :conta 2 whichis much vied in Phyficke. yr ti e a Cuar. 332. Of Beane Capers. Dhulic Capparisfabago. much like the e a pricoskly plant, 1, bramble buth, hauing ae Capereae is likewiltee E ofPeer fecond — rina = kinde ° re traileth vpon the placewhe ayflender branchesfet full of fharpe prickles, The whole plant q The Defcription, Beane Capers. in fhape like thofe of. A ftrabacca, = aweth,befet withroundblackifh leaues diforderly placed, {mall andten‘a me of Fole-foot : among. which: commethforth thefor to hing approc at ox ‘ . 2 . Bre bud, which opencthit felfe toa {mall ftaroe aad i charged at the end with a fall knap or T the HI d like B androun ¥ ; long a {mall fruit, e Acrcorcomes {mell. in n placewhereof fiveet {mell,i t t fiveet a pleafan Seas like floure,of of >oleatan couered with a thickebarke Cotnell berrie,ofa browne colour, The rootis long and wooddie, and yfed in medicine, likewifee vie is likewif which is ade,. which q The His plantwhichthe Germanes cal faz bago,and Dodones fauoring of Dutch, calleth it in his laft Edition Capparss Fabago,andproperly : Lobel calleth it Capparis Leguminofa : between whichthereis no great difference,wholabour torefer this plant vnto i Place. thekindes of Capers, which is but a low and : Regions without manuring, 1a leane foyle, ‘The Caper growethin Italy, Spaine, and other hot Diofe er rats cing ame as walls, in rough places among ft rubbith,and vpon old a ae heop braftus writeth,that it is by nature wild,and refufeth tobe ren aces oY ee ee ae . ftonypl and indry it fet ndto fame,a the diuers vfe to cherith yet do Ipring and Stow greeny of, planted fome feeds inthe bricke walls of my garden,whichas - ’ ee fucceffe lexpet. bafe herbe,and not a fhrubbie buth,a¢arethe true Capers. It bringeth forth fmooth ftalks tenderand branched, whereupon doe grow long thicke leaues, leffer than chofe ofthe true Capers, and notvolike tothe leaues of Purflane, comming out of the branches by couples,of a light greene colour. Thefloures before they be openedare like to thofe of the precedent,but when theybe cometomaturitic andfull ripeneffe they waxe white, with ra q The Time, ne. 7 > knoppes ofa The Caper floureth in Sommer , even vntill Autum re gathered and pre p e thofe Capers or fauce that weecat, whicha they openar fome yellow chiues in the midi: which be- @ The Names. a s : but properly oe batos or Canivub us : Iris called in Greeke xésreen:and in Latine alfo Cappari languages:in Englith, ing paft,there appeare long cods, whereinis contained{mall flat feed. The rootis tender, branchinghither and thither. called Cappers in moft whichis alftaker for the wilde Rofe;it is generally Cappers,Caper,and Capers. © The Temperature. ut ey mey be neparts,rts,ifth rature hot, and ofthin Capers, or the floures no t yet fully growne,be of3 tempe mlred,. And therefore @ The Place, It groweth ofit felfe in cornefields ofthe low Countries,from whence I hauereceiued feeds formy gardenwhere theyflourith, | The Time, It flourethwhen the Caper doth. and much leffe ifthey be f nourifhment, very7 little greene, theyyee eaten p Ea ; ld ee they be rather a fauce and medicine, thana pent. : sathere: q Thevertues. atering the Bon:erpelare ioral A They ftirvpan appetiteto meat they be good for a moift ll fpleencs eedi the open They it. vnto cleaueth of,and clenfethaway the flegme that Fads beanfom: milt,with meat; they ate good tobe taken of thofe that hauea ae vineger,as other They are eaten boiled (thefalt firft wafhed off) with oile and Bes times are boiled with meat. s, it heateth,clenfeth ,purgetbhcutteth The rinde or batke of the root confifteth ofdiuers facultie roinwatde ; . qualitic binding e acertain withall hauing isefteth, fimplles: othet h apwit IY andall being ly applied, {pleencs outward ,being hard fot {pleenes hard remedie for emedic fingular eis of aaie Ber This barke nan aay the fae mise ly taken,and the fame boiledin vineger or oxymel,or being beatena and thepaleo!! 6 forafter this mannerit expelleth thickeand groffe humours, and oR with bloud,byvrine,and alfobyfiege, whereby the milt or ple F "bah and dsawetl { , puts’ buckle bones taken away : moreouer it bringeth downe the defired ficknefle feoureth avy the flegme outof the head,as Galen writeth. fcoure fores, and ie HeRe ¥ each 2 s. teacheth) doth clenfe old eee Thefamebarke (as Diofcoride D : : @ The Names, ate : Latine ofthe later Herbarifts Capparisfabago : of molt, Cappariés Legumminofa: itis vietans t - herbe wh ich Awicen de feribeth in his 2 8.chapter,bythe name of Ardifrigi : wee these Fohchisiedd i @ Theremperature and Vertues. : IN§ the faculties thereofwe have nothingleft in writing worth the remembrance, eee Cuar. 333, and cure thicke lips and crufts about the edges,and being chewedit taket h ae hard fvellings if Sdl ftamped withvineger, it fcoureth away tetters or Ring-wormes, Being SRR «o of the {plecnts theKings-euill. are oppin: 1 : good againft oa thofe ee the2 hardneffee a me } e of theroots of Capers is Thebark EF . E t Sane 2ineinfor profiteth much ifirbe given indrinke to fuch as haue the et burften or bruifed by falling from fomehighplacé: it doth mig ee yeoud tocomewith they! if it be vfed ouermuch,orgiuen in too great a quantity, it procurcth Cul our felues that Capparisfabago retaine that nameftill,andfeeke for none other, valeflé ran Enelith name, by whichit may be called afterthe Latine,Beane Caper, OfSwallow-wort. q The Defcription. ; QWatlon- wore with white floures hath divers vpright branches ofa brownith colour, of the height of two cubits,befet with leaues not vnlike to thofe of Dislcamara ar wooddie frog angeBht-thade, fomewhatlong, broad, fharpe-pointed, of ablackifh greene colour, and littled gh among which comeforth very many fall white flouresftar-fafhion, hanging vpon Paes. ne ftalkes : after which comein place thereof long fharpe pointed cods,ftuffed full Women ia hte white cotton refembling filke,as well in fhew as handling , (our London Gentle- Very many «, amedit Silken Ciflic) among whichis wrapped foft brownith feed. The roots arc seen hite,threddie, and of a ftrong fauour. 2 esas at kinde isoftentimes found with ftalkes much longer,climing vpon PrPfe ae them wir ma heere vntoit,attaining to the height offiue orfix cubites, wrapping 1 7 aie likethofeoe te and fundry foldings : the floures hereofare blacke : the leaues,cods,and roots Ofthe former, ; Ming: FEFE 3 oe |
