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Show 109 oe Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lis.2. wood. Some haue termed this plant 46fizthinmfantonicum,but thcyhadflender rcafon foto doxfor ifitwasfo called becaufe it was imagined to giowin the Prouircc of Saintoir ge;it may very me! appeare to the contrarie ; for in the Alpes of Galatia,a counucy ip Afia miner it gicwethin gicat plenty,and therefore may rather becalled Galatinm Sardonicum , ard rot § aaereing m:but leauirg controuerfies impertinent to the Hi ftory,it is the Ponticke W ormwcodofGalens defeription,and foholden ofthe learned Paludane(whofor his fingular knowledgein plants is worthy triple honor) and likewife many others. Abjinthiam latifolinm five Pontichm. ry if f Broadleafed Wormwood. $2 Abfinthinw tenuifolium Ponticnm Galtni, : Small Ponticke VVormwood, andl 4 Of the Hiftory of Plants: orpefants VVormewood : wehaue namedit Adfinthinm latifolium, broad leafed Wormetood, that itmay differ from the reft: the Interpretors of the Arabians call the berterfort,which D ofcorides namethPonticke VVormwood, Romanum Abjinthium,Roman Wormwood : and after thefe, the bar- barous Phyfitions of thedater age: the Italians name Wormwood: Affems the Spaniards, Axcn- sias,A(fenfios, moft of them Donzell : the Portiagales, Alofna: in high Dutch, neeronmut,uoermut: in French, A/yve: in Englifh, common V Vormwood, VidTrincanilla, a fingular Phyfition,in his practife tooke it for Abfinthium Ponticum. 2 This is commonlycalled Abfinthium Romanum:andin low Dutch,oontiche Mifene:by which nameitis knowne to very many Phyfitions and Apothecariés, whovfe this in, ftead ofPonticke wormwood:furthermoreit hath a leafe and flourefar leffe rhan the other wormwoods:likewife the finell ofthis isnot onelypleafant,but it yeeldeth alfoa fpiciefent,wheras all the reft hauea ftrong and lothfome {mell : and this Ponticke VWVermwood doth differ from that which Dioftorides com- mendeth: for Diofcorides his Pontick wormwoodis accounted among themofthe firft kinde,or of broadleafed wormwoodwhich thing alfo Ga/en affirmeth in his fixt booke ofthe Faculties ofmedicines,in the chapter of Sothernwood. Therebe three kinds of Wormw ood (faith he)wherofthey vetacall one by the generallname,andthat is efpecially Pontick:wherebyit is manifeft that Ga-* lminthis place hath referred Ponticke to noother than tothe firft wormwood ;andtherefore manynotwithout caufe maruell,that Galen hath written in his booke of the Method of curing, how Pontickwormwoodis leffe in floure and Jeafe : many excufe him, andlay the fault vpon the corruption of the booke,andin his 9.booke of Method, the leffer they would haue the longer: therefoethiswormivood withtheleffer leafe is not the right Pontick wormewood, neitheragaine the Anbians Romane wormewood,who haue no other Romane than Ponticke ofthe Grecians. Alfo manybeleeue that this is called Santonicum, but this is not to be fought for in Myfia, Thracia, or atler countries Eaftward,but in France beyond the Alps, ifwe may beleeue Diofforides his copies theebe that would haue it grow not beyondthe A Ips ofItaly,bur in Galatia acountrie in A fia, 8 intheregion ofthe Sardines,which‘is in the lefler Afia,whereupon itwas called in Greeke xapssior, whichwas changed intothe name Santonicum through the errour of the tranflators : Diofcorides his copies keep the word Sardonium, & Galenscopies Santonicumwhich cameto pofterity as it feemeth. wit in Englifh,Romane WVormewood, garden or Cypres Wormewood, and French Worm- Woo ‘ @| The Temperature. ,. WVotmewoodis of temperature hotand drie, hotin thefecond degree,and drie in the thirdsit is oltetand clenfing, and likewife hath power tobindeor ftrengthen, : q The Vertues. Itisvery profitable toa weake {tomackethat is troubled with choler, for it clenfeth irthrough & ®oittemneffe,purgzech by fiege andvrine ; byreafonofthe binding qualitie, it ftrengthneth and scat ftomacke,but helpeth nothingat all to remoue flegme contained inthe flamacke, G The Place: : dinvntlled _ This broad leafed Wormewood delighteth to grow on rocks and mountaines, 4 bellfaith places; it groweth much vpondry bankes,it is common euery where in allcountries ‘th¢ Porticke Didfcorides,is found in Pontus, Cappadocia, and on mount Taurus": Pliny writeth ,that Worm Wormwoodis better than that of Italie: Owid in thefe words doth declare that Ponticke| wood is extreme bitter. Turpia deformesgignunt Abfinthiacampi, Terraque defructu,quamfit amaradacet. Yntilled barren ground the lothfome VWWormwood yeelds, And knowne it’s by the fruit how bitter are the fields. Ural y fenethenthe ftomacke and make an appetite to meat,but it yeeldeth ftrengthto the li- Sand riddeth it of ob ftrugtions or ftoppings, clenfing by vrine naughtie humours, e bhMore,VVormewoodisexcellent goodfor themthat vomite bloud fromthefpleene, the D infeljesrueth whenthe fpleene being overchargedand filled vpwith groffe bloud doth vnburden oftentim ae and¢ onrupt bloud mixed with excrements paffech downewarc s by the ftoole,and it «tan toned leafed Wormwoodlike vntoours, growing inthe Prouinces of Pontus, and isvfed _ which by nopleby the Phyfitionsthere;it is likewife found in certain cold places of Switzerlane,‘ders eal reafon ofthe chilneffe ofthe aire rifeth not vp,but creepeth vpon the ground,whereupo? itcteeping Wormwood, 2 > The Time. Thelittle flours and feeds are perfected in Iuly and Auguft,thenmay Wormw' ood begather! and laied vp for profitable vies. The Names. toe onattinnes agoodtemedie againtt long and lingring agues,e{pecially tertians : for iedoth Cc lorof 2 great plenty ofbloud is oftentimes caft vp by vomite. It happeneth likewife that And Bellosivse in his fir booke of Singularities,chap.7 6.doth thew,that there!en § 7G adeth, it ieebettkenbefore a furfeit it keepethitoff, and remoueth lorbfamene llesaith Diofiorides.and eu Peth not only before a furfeit, but alfo it quickly refrefheth the ftomackandbelly afterlarge Nand drinking, Iris called in Greckeiswr itis named ofApuliins, Abjinthinm ruflicum, counttey yormiroos Wheahe i. apneth thatwith violentand large vomiting the ficke manfaintethor fwouneth,or ifs bdttiued dothfall into a difficnle and almoft incureable tympanie, efpecially when the icthe afees Oren happen;but fromthefe dangers Wormewood can deliuer him, ifwhen he isre- Ut foger f Vomite,andhis ftrength anyway recoucred,he {halla good while vfe it, inwhat man- Ao behimfelfe thall thinke good. oie>Wormewoodvoideth away the swormes ofthe guts,notonely taken inwardly , butap- E “Atwardly : it withfandethall putrifactions ; it is goodagainf a ftinking breath;it keepeth 3 ~ allo ftom the Mothes ; it driueth away gnats, the bodie being annointed with the oile Tees : : : : ‘ : 's fingular goodin pulteffes and fomentations to binde and todrie. EF 1, ils Déofcorides declareth,that it is good alfoagaing windine ffeand griping ofa G : Teg pains a a: 8 a it} <C and dics Or the e nd bellywith Sefeli and French Spikenard: the decoction cureth the yeliowiaun “tntution,ific be drunke thrife aday fometen or twelue fpoonfuls at a tine, Lizz |
