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Show ~~Of the Hiftorie ef Plants. Of the Hittory of Planta.’ Wiz! pover’and force ; fo be they likewife of nature and temperature cold and dry: they are withal] ofdivers thin parts, by reafon whereof thete colour doth eafily pierce: yet haue they at the firft certain little {weetnes, with an harfh binding qualityprefently follow ing it ;which not one] f Synanchica Lug .pt185. § 1b18) 2. La Hat Therootis crooked,blackifh without,yellow vnderneaththe skinne, white within thatand wooddie ; aboutfiue orfix inches long,with manyhaity ftrings: from the rootarife manyfoure. fquare branchestrailing vpon the ground, fometimes reddifh towards the root : the leaues are fimall and fharpe pointed,like thofe ofGallium , and grow along the ftalke,oncertaine knees op our felues haue obferued, but alfo _4uscen the prince of Phyfitions, hoin his 58. Cha bet hath written,that the root of Madder hatha roughatidharth tafte snow M’. Doéor, whetheea binde oropen I haue an{wered,attending your cenfure : but if | haue erred, it is not with the multitude butwith thofe ofthe beft and beft learhed. white,fometimesofa fleth colour,and euery leafe ofthefe flefh coloured leauesis artificially ftra. ked in the middle,andneere thefides with three lines of a deeper red, of no pleafant finell: after The decodtion of the roots of Madder is euery where commendedforthofe that are burften brufedwounded,and that are fallen from highplaces. 2 oe bleeding, mitigateth inflammations, and helpeth thofe parts that be hurt and mufed, Forthefe caufes they be mixed with potions,whichthelater Phyfitians call wound drinkes: in which commeththe feed fomething round,growingtwo togetherlike ftones. It floureth all the Sommerlong , and growethin drie Chalkie grounds aboundantly. Augut 13. 1619, lon Goodyer. $ : qi The Vertues, ioints,foure orfiue together, fometimes fewer:fromthofe ioints the ftalk diuidethit felfe towards the top into many parts, whereon grow many floures, eachfloure hauing foure leaues, fometimes which there is fuch force and vertue, as Matthiolws al{o reporteth, that thereis likew ife great Hoge ofcuting ofdeadly wounds in thecheft andintrails. + $ 6 Rubia minima, 6 Lobel thus defcribes this Dwarfe Madder: there is another(faith hee) which I Dwarfe Madder. gathered, growing vpon Saint Vincentsrocks not farre from Briftow: the leauesare of the bigneffe of thofe of Rupture-woort, fharpe pointed,and growingafter the manner ofthole of Madder, vponlittle creeping ftalkes, fome inchandhalfe high; whereon grow yellowith fmall floures. The rootis {mall,and ofthecolour of Corall. + q the Place. iow? Madder is planted in gardens, and is verie commoninmoft places of England. Matter George Bowles foundit growing wilde on Saint Vincents tocke; and out ofthe Cliffes of the rockes at Aberdovie in Merioneth fhiree The fecond growethin moiftmedowes, in moorith grounds,and vnder buthes almoft euery where. o Sees 3. This growsby thefea fide inmoltp $ The fourth growes onely in fome gardens with vs, butthe fifth may bee a : wilde in many places: I found it in ae ty on the hill beyond Chattam in the way © a Canturburie. ¢ é Time. ised c They flourith from M ay vnto the end ofAbout : the roots are gathered and dried in Autumne; and foldtothe vfeof Dietsand Medicine. The Names. Ua ag: _ Madderis called in Greeke ijipstem, DiyAlenies : in Latine, Rwbia,and Rubeia :in mere Roaia: iD bia tinttorum : Paulus e#¢ineta fheweththat it is named Thapfon which the Diers vfe,an aeecal it Herba Soi: in Italian Ruébia,and Robbia : in Spanith, pe Roya < a h, Mat: Tench, Garance : inhigh Dutch. der,and ted Madder. : +i ciaaiante sin low Dutch, Sp ee,and 29ce rappers! Englit S480 } erature. ] The Temp otcenit= Of the temperature ofMaddet,it hath beene difputed among the learned, a das yern 4o ont (1 on ti yf red, whetherit doc binde or open,fome fay both. diners diuerfly deeme:a great Ph h he bad 0 faythe great learned) called me to accountas touching the faculties hereof, 4 Irhoug at the aa wh t, in commiffion fo to doe,notwithftand ing I was content to beexamined vpon the po fhe be l al tute‘ofMadder was,becaufe I hauewritten that it performeth contrary effects, as fh ne m6 bi e ur the roots ofMadder, which both the Phyfitions and diersdoe vie, as they have an obfe e Cc =e Out opinion and judgement is confirmed by that moft expert man, fometimes Phyfition of D Louaine, Johannes Spiringue,whoinhis Rapfodes hath noted, that the deco@ion of Madder giuen with Triphera,that great compofitionis fingular good to ftay the reds,the hemorrhoides and Bloa: dy flixe,and the fame approoued by diuers experiments: which confirmeth Madder tobe of a altingentand binding qualitie. , Of the fame opinionas it feemethis alfo Eros Iuliaher freed man (commonlycalled Trotu/z) whoinacompofition a gainft vntimely birth doth vfe the fame: for ifhe had thought that Madder weteoffucha qualitic as Diofcorides writethit to be of, he would not in any wife haute added it to thofemedicines which ate good againft an vntimelybirth. For Digfrorides teporteth, that the root of Madder dothplentifully prouokevrine, and that groffe and thicke, and oftentimes bloudalfo,andit is fo great an opener, that being but onely a plied,ie bringeth downe the menfes,the birth,and after-birth: but the extreme rednes of the iste deceiued him, that immed iately followeth the taking of Madder,which redneffe came as he thought, ftom bloud mixed therewith, which notwithitanding commethno otherwife then from , thecolour ofthe Madder. Fortheroot hereof taken any maner ofway doth by & by makethe vrine extremetedéno orherwile than Rubarb doth make the fame yellow, not changing in the meane time the fubftance thereof, nor makingit thicker than it was before, whichis to a vnderftood in thofewhichare in ae health, which thing doth rather fhewthatit doth not open, but binde, no otherwife than ms doth: for by reafon of his binding quality the wateri thhumors do forawhile keepe their 3 =<ad colours mixed with binding things do longer remainein the things coloured, and do bse os vade : this thing they will knowthat gather colours out of the juices of floures and le them they mixe allume, tothe end that the colour may be retained and kept the 4 on otherwife would be quickely loft. By thefe things it manifeftly appeareth that Me eTh nothing vehemently either clenfe or open,and that Diofcorides hath rafhly attributed opined Skinde of qualitie,and after him Galen and the reft that followed, ftanding ftiffely to his Pliny faith, that the falkes withtlic leaues of Madder,are vfed againft ferpents. H ee a of Madder boiled in Meade or honiedwater,and drunkenopeneth the ftepping ofthe I *hemiltand kidnies,and is good againft the jaundife. ¢ Hefame takenin like maner prouokethvrine vehemently, infomuc hthatthe often vfe thereof K : aufeth One to piffe bloud,as fome haue dreamed. wigan other excellent Phyfitions haue experimented the fame to amend the lothfome ve) otthe Kings-ennill, andi helpeth thevicers of the mouth,ifvnto the deco@ion be added a tleal lume and hony ofRofes. 5 The fifth being the Synanchica of Dale{champius, dries without biting, and iris excellent M aaink {, cither taken nancies, "Syuanchica, Hift. Lued. inwardly, or applied outwardly, forwhich caufe they hauie called a Cuar. 461. Of Goofe-graffe, or (linerse q The Defcription. Paring Clie . a ieee ot Goofe-graffe,hath many fmal! fquare branchies,rough and fharpe.full mts,0clet at cueryjoint with {mall Jeaues ftar fathion,and like vnto finall Madder: Bbbbb the ~ |