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Show ’ 906 ‘i @ good for to feale or clofe vp greene wounds, be ingé ttampedand laid thereon ; whereupon itwas: called thar it hath in fealing or healing vp wounds, br 1 ro Luss % a Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, verte SagiMum Salomonis, 01 the {ingular ve gular eh »and fuch like. Some haue thoughe it he & { rookethe namic Sigillum ot the markc Svpon the roots: but the firft reafon {cemes to mie More pro. 2 gutt. Myrtle’; and Mjrtusfylueftris, ot wild Myrtle: in Latine,Rufewm,or Rufcis? in topsBrafcws: ofdiuers , Seopa’ regia as tefifierl Marcellus Enpericus atvold Writer’: in high Dutch, MPueldogn sin low-Dutch ,“Sytekende palin in Italian, Rufco,and Pontogopi : itt Spa~ nith, Gilbarbeyra : in Englifh, Knce-holme, tumbling vpontheir haity husbands fifts, or fuch like, Knee-huluer, Butchers broome,and Pefigree. There be fome Maith Phpy116.2'5 cap. 3.) that call it Oxymyrfine. do giueit in like mannervntotheir cattell,if they chance to haue any bones broken,withgood tie. cefle ; whichtheydoalfo ftampe andapply outwardlyin manner of a pulteffe, as well vnro them- Serapio, cap.288. fuppofeth that Myrtus 4- coction thereofmade in wine, helps any inward brufe,difperfeth the congealed andclotted bloud inveryfhort {pace. gria, or wilde Myrtle, is the fame that Cuéche are : he alledgetha reafon, becaufe Galen hath not defcribed Myrtws Agria, or Knee-holme; neither Diofcorides Cubebe. VVhichas it is a reafon Of no account, fo is it alfo4vithout ° truth: for Galen doth no where make mention ofcubeba , and be it that he had,it fhowld not therefore follow that Knee-holme is Cubebé. would feemevntofome incredible ; but commonexperience teacheth, that in theworldthere is his 137 chapter maketh to be Cubche-andthat felues their cattell. Theroot ftamped and applied in mannerofapulte ff, and layd vpon members that haue been D_ out ofioynt, and newlyreftoredto theit places,driueth away the paine, and knitteth the toynt veryfirme ly,and taketh Thefame ftamped, and E~ y the inflammation, if there chance to be any, he iuyee giuen to,drinkewith ale orwhitewine, as aforefaid,or the de- Thatwhich might be written ofthis herbe as touching the knitting ofbones, and that truely, Galen fpeakethof Carpefinm, which’ 4gicen. in not to be foundanother herbe comparable to it for the purpofes aforefaid: and therefore in bricte, if itbe for bruifes inward the roots mutt be ftamped, fomeale or wine put thereto, ftrained, and gtuentodrinke. orblew marks Itmuft be giuenin the fame manner toknit broken bones, againft bruifes, black vnto gotten byftripes, falls, or fuchlike , againft inflammation, tumors Or fellings that.happen be to therpotsare reftauration: after ofioynt, out members or broken, bonesare whofe members ftamped fmall,and appliedpulteffe orplaifterwife, wherewith manygreat works haue beenepetformed beyondcredit. H Tt is called’in’ Greeke’ simon, as though they thould fay Aewta morte , or pricking Galen faith, that neither herbenor root hereof is to be given inwardly : burnore what experierice 1 found out andof late dayes,efpeciall ng the vulgar fort of people in Hampihire,which torides,oranyother that haue written of plants hauenot fo much as dreamedof, which y of vhat {ex or age foeuer chance to haueany bones broken, in what part of theitbodics focuer ; their refuge is to ftampe the roots hereof,and giucit vnto thepatient inale todrinke; which fodoreth andglues tog¢ ther the bones invery fhort fpace, and very{trangely, yea although the bones be but flenderly and yvnbandfomely placed and wrapped vp. Morcouer, the faid people FE q The Names. Rufius, fine Brufcus. , Knee-holme, or Butchers broome. bable. The root of Solomons feale ftamped whileit is freth and greene, and applied, taketh awayin ght, or two at the moflt, any bruife, blacke or blew{pots gotten byfalls or womens wilful, ,in 907 in Auplaces,as the ye ng tender flalkes of Afparagus and fuch like herbes, The berries are ripe The Vertacs. Diofcorides writetn,1 hat the roots are excellent A Lip. Ot the Hiftorie of Plants. a cttatthiolus teacheth, Thata wateris drawneout of the roots, wherewith thewon nen ofItaly ities vie to feoure their faces fromfunne-burning, freckles, morphew, oranyfuch deform ofthe skinne. t. Th 7 Abed bY by as that deferibed a 7 defcribedin the fifth place of this chapter, by the name of Polygenstiom ascusin Clef, 3S andaot ly figured vas not fo well expreft. Seah i Cuar. 338 sa, a Of Knee-holme,or Butchers brooms Carpefinm doth muchdiffer from Kneeholme, thofe things do evidently declare which Gilen hath left written hereofin his firfebook of of Counterpoyfons. Carpefium (faith hee) is an herbe like'in kinde to that which is called Phu, or Setwall,but ofgreater force,and more aromaticall or {picié..“Fhis growethvery plentifully in Sida acity of Pamphilia, Alfo he faith further, thar fome ofthe ftickes of Carpefiumarelike to thofeof Cinnamon : there be two kinds thereof onewhicheis named Laértinm; and another that is called Pesticum. They both.take their names of the mountaines on whichthey grow : but Posticnm1s the better,which is put into medi- cines inwhich the herbe P/u ought tobe put. For Carpefinm, as I haue faid, is like-vnto. Phu, or Setwall,yetis it ftronger, and yeeldeth 4 certaine aromaticall qualitie both in tafte and fmell. Thus far Galen, By whichit plainly appeareth, that Knee-holme is not Carpefinm,that is to fay,4: ; wicennabis Cubebe,as {hall be further declaredin the chapter of Cubebe.. Herein Serapiswas likewife deceiued,who fulpectedit to be fuch alike thing ; faying,There be certainefruits of graines called Cubed, not flicks : yet do they neither agree with Knee-holm,nei, ; : j ther yet were they knowne vnto Galen. Jac inthefecond:baoke ofhis: Practife doth number it among the graines : and, likewiffe Auli. abbas.in the feconbbaoke ofhis:Pradilealio;vum.162. The later Grecians,among whomyis Micgs @ The Defcription, Ai Nec-holme is a low wooddy plant, hauing diuers final] branches, or rather fensrie ey mediatelyfrom the ground, of the height ofa foor , whereuponare fet ne int.) TH to thofe ofthe Boxtree, or rather of the Myrtle,but fharpe and pricking at f Senitiere fruit groweth vponthe middlerib of the leafe, greenear the firft, andredas Coral! w rand full like thofe of 4/paragus,but bigger. The roots arewhite, branched, ofa meane chile 7 gftough {prouting fhoots thrufting forch in other places, wherebyit greatly encrear™" sally pon efpeci@?) ae q The Place. grounds, Itgrowethplentifully in moft places in England inrough and b arven Effex, and Bark! pire Hampfted heath foure miles from London, in diuers places of Kent, ie g in every copfeand low wood. ; mee, Thehe TiTim cat whichare The young and tender fprouts come forthat thefirft of the Springg, fo , Lame Meyepfas ; callelioms Gubebe: iota : @), The Temperatures Thetoots of Knee-holmeswhichbe chiefely. vied, are ot temperature hot,and meanly dry,with 4 thinhefleot effence ; ' TheVertues » Thedeco@ioinofthe roots of. Knee-holme made in wine and drunken, prouokethyrine; brea>_ 4 -_ the ftoné,driueth forth gratiell and fandjand eafeth thofe that make theirwater with,great ne, ie writeth'the famethings of the‘leaues and berries, which moreouer(faith yas B cae the defiredfiekneffe, helpé the head-acheand the yellow jaundice. Querand be inet a 0 fernetoraife vp gently:cough andigroffe flegm which fticketh in the lungs and chet,ar coneog the fame: an Gggg2 Car. |