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Show Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lie Saracenica,and Saracens Confound, or foure ounces of honey, whereof I gauc himinthe morn; lorning two fpoonfulls to drinke in a {mall draught ofwine tempered witha little Sugar, In like manner I cured a Shoo-makers feryant in Holburne, who intended to deftroy himfelf for caufes knownevnto manynowliuiug : but I deemedit better to cover the fault, thanto put the Li.2. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: @ The Names. and Magydare: the gut or liquonr It iscalled in Latine Laférpitiue :in Englifh;Laferwoort, that iffaeth out of the fameis called Lafér,but thatwhichis gathered fromthofe plants thar doe grow in Mediaand Syria,is called 4/4fetida, fame in print, which might moue fuchagracelefle fellow to attempt the like ; his attempt was @ The Nature, thus ; Firft, he gaue himfelfe a moft mortall woundinthe throat,in fuch fort, that when I gaye himdrinke it cameforth atthe wound, whichlikewife did blow out the candle :another deep,ied grieuous wound in the breft with the faid dagger, and alfo two others in Abdomine or the nethe: belly, fo that the Zirbus or fat, commonlycalled the caule,iffued forthwith the guts likewifes the which mortall wounds,by Gods permiffion, andthe vertues ofthis herbe,I perfealy cured within twenty dayes : for the which the name of Godbe praifed. 1007 Laferpitiumefpecially the root, is hot and drie in the third degree: Lafér is alfo hot and drie in thethird degreé, but it exceedeth much the heateofthe leautes, ftalkes, and rootes of La erp sium, | The Vertues. Theroot of La/érpitiuewell pounded, or ftampedwithoile, feattereth clotted bloud, taketh awayblacke and blew markes.char comeofbruifesorftripes,cureth and diffolueth the Kings-cuill, and all hard fwellings and botches,the places being annointed orplaifteredtherewith. me root made into@plaifter with the oile of Ireos and wax, doth bothaflwageand cure Cua P.391. + Laferpitium, Lafer-wort. the Sci ica, or gout ofthe hip or huckle bone. OfMagydare, or Lafer-wort. Y Thefame holdenin the mouthand chewed,doth affwage the tooth-ache; for they are fuch roots q The Defcription, T feemeth that neither Disfcoridesnor yet Theophrafius haue euer fecne Laferpitium, Sagapenum , ox any otherof thegummife- asdraifrom the braine a great quantite of humors. The liquour or gum ofLaferpitium, efpecially the Zafer of Cyrene broken anddiffolued in waterand drunken, taketh away the hoarfeneffe that commethfuddenly: and being fupt vp witha a egge, cureth the cough: andtaken with fome goodbrothorfupping, is good againft an old surilie. Zefrcureth the iaundies and dropfie,taken withdriedfigs : alfobeing taken inthe quantitie of E rous roots, but haue barely and nakedly fer aletuplewitha little pepper and Myrthe, is very goodagainit {hrinking of finewes, and members downe their iudgments vponthe fame, eithet ourtot joint. by heare-fay , or by reading of othermeas Workes. Nowthenfeeing theald Writers be vnperfe& herein, irbehooueth vs in this cafe tofearch with morediligence the truth hereof’;andtherather, for that very few haue fet forth the true defcription of that Plant whichis called. Laferpitium,thatis indeed the true Laferpitinm, fromthe roots where! flow that fap or Liquor called Lafér., ‘Thisplatas Penaand Lobel themfelues fay, was fount Nt notfar fromthe Ifles which Dajan alls Stoechades,ouer againft Maffilia,among "0 dry otherrare plants, His flalkeis great thicke like Ferula, or Fennell Span leaues are like vnto the common Sm and ofan vnpleafant fauout.The ey : atthe top ofthe ftalkes, curft-fafhion° fucrula or Fennell: whichbeing pals ceed broad andflatfeeds like Angelica, ofa goodfauour, and ofthe colour ofBok. ee many, comming from one heador chiefe root, and are couered ouerwith a thickeand oe 4 . Theferoots and ftalkes being {carified or cut, there floweth out ofthema frrong liquor? cht ing dried is very medicinable, andis called Lafer, q| The Place. There be fundry forts of Lafer, flowing from the roots and ftalkes of Laferpitinmst er * _ The fametaken with honie andvineger,or the fyrrupof vineger,is very good againft thefalling fickneffe, , Itis goodagainft theflux of the belly commingofthe debilitic and.weakneffe of thé ftomacke (called in Latine Celiacus morbus) ifit be rakenwith ratfons of the Sun, Itdritieth awaythe fhakings and fhiuerings ofagues, being drunke with wine, pepper, & white Fankincenfe, Alfothereis made an eletuarie thereofcalled Aatidotus exfucco Cyrénaico,whichis dingular medicine againft feuer quartaines. Itisexcellent againft the bitings ofall venomous beafts,and venomous fhot ofdarts or arrowes, tot onely raken inwardly,but alfo applied outwardly vpon wounds. It bringeth to maturation,and breaketh all peftilentiall impofthuines,borches and carbuncles, deingapplied thereto with Rue, Salt-peter, and honic: after the fame mannerit taketh away corns haue been {carifiedwitha knife. aied to with Copperasand Verdigreafe, it taketh awayall fuperfluous outgrowings of J h,the Polypus that happencthin the nofe,andall fcuruie mangineffe, itbe appl ied with vineger,pepper and wine, it cureth the naughtie feurfe ofthe head, and falofthe haire. Sum or liquour of Laftrpitiumwhic wweth in Armenia, Lybia,and fundry other places,is zand lothfome gum called of the Arabian Phyfitions 4/a and A/a, as alfowithvs in : but the Laférpitiamgrowing in Cyreneis thebeft,andofa reafonablepleafant fer to diftinguith andmakedifference betweenethetwo inices;though C4/a 2€ ZNOd for al! purpofes aforefaid; yet isit not fo good as Lafer of Cyrene: itis goodalfo to “’ vato,and to be appliedvnto the nauels of women vexed with the choking;or rifing of the mos which formerly was in this placc, was of cly Lovage defe OO or qualitie whereofvarieth according to the countrey or clymate wherein the plant 9M" the beft groweth vponthe high mountaines of Cyrene and Africa, and is of @ eens Cuar. 392. Syria alfo, Media, Armenia, and Lybia , the liquour of which plant growing 1" a ofa moft {trong and deteftablefauour. Zobel reporteth, that Zacobus Rainandus a0 AE Maffilia wasthe firft that madeit knowne,or brought the plants thereofto Moat ; “ voto the learnedRondeletins, who right well beholding the fame, concluded, that © < ; of Fetula that he had euerfeene, there was not anyfo anfirerable vato the true Laferp onely plant. ; | The Time. This Plant fourerh in Montpellier about Midfommer. _— Of common Lonage. The Defcription, dvnro this common kinde of Louage,a fecondfort, yet knowing 1 is the true Si/er montanum, and not Leuifticam, though others haue - Thefe nwo fuppofitions are eafily anfwered,fith they bee furidrie * plants, though theybe very neere in fhape and faculties one vito another. This ae : eing 7 M |