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Show M44 Dienst Lisi, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. herbsalthough c%atthiolus and Diofcorides him{elfe hath made this wall Rue to bea kinde ofPay. wenn Lin, 2. om Behan Ofthe Hiftroy of Plants. Si Se le Sinn - > ——_—_- = - = = [riscalled Adianton becaufe the leafe,as T heophraftus faith, is neuer wet, for it cafteth off water nychéiasor Nailewoort:notwithftanding the Germanes wil not leaue the vfe thereof, but receiueitas the true Adianth,efteeming it equal, if notfar better,than either Ceterach, Capillus Veneris verus..of that falleth thereon, or being drowned or couered in water, it remaineth ftill as if ir were dry, as Tricomanescalled al{o Polytrichow : it bringeth forth very manyleaues, roundandflender, cut into and maketh it to grow thicke. two orthreeparts,veryhard in handling,{mooth and greene on the outfide,ofanill fauoured dead Vall Rue is commonly called in Latine, Ruta muraria,or Rutamuralis:of fome, Saluia vite but wherefore I know not, neither themfelues, if they wefe lining : of the Apothcearies of the LowCountries Capillus Venerss,or Maidenhaite, and they haue vfedira long time for the right Maiden haire;it is that kinde of Adiantum which Theophrajtus termed Adiantum Candidum,ot white Maiden haire,for he maketh two,one blacke, and the other white, as wehaue faid. Pliny doth likewife {et downetwokindes,one he calleth Polytrzcon;the other, T7icomanes,or Eng lith Maiden-baire,whercof colour vnderneath,fet withlittlefine {pots,which euidently fheweth it tobe akinde ofFeme:the rootis blacke andfull offtrings. : 2 Capillus Veneris Syriaca. 3 Ruta muraria, five Saluiavite, Affyrian Maiden-haire. Wall Rue,or Rue Maiden-haire, Play likewife writeth ; and is termed Callitricon and Polytricon, of the effetit hath in dying haire, wewill intreate in the chapter following, whichhe hathfalfelyfet downe for akinde of adsantwm, fot Tricomanes dothdiffer from! Adrantam. ) Somethere be that thinke,Wall-Rueis Paronychia Diofcoridis,or Dfofcorides his Whitlow-wore; wherein they haue been greatly deceived ; it is called in high Duteh, $haurcanienzin lov Dutch, Sheencviipe sin’ Frerich, Awe de Wareille: in Englith, Wall-Ruc, and white Maiden-haire, @ The Temperature and Vertues. Thettte Maiden-huire, as Galen teftifieth,doth dry, make thin,wafte away,and isinameane be. A iweeneheateaud coldneffe : Méfnes fheweth that it confitteth of vnlikeer difagreeing parts, and tharfomeare watery and earthy, and the fame binding,and another fuperficially hor and thinne: Andthatby this at taketh away obftru ionsor ftoppings, maketh things thinne that aye thicke, loofeneth the belly, efpecially when it is freth and greene: foras this part is thin, fo is ir quickly refolued,and that byréafon of his binding and earthyparts: it Loppeth the belly, and ftayeth the liskeand other Guxes. Being drunke it breaketh the ftone, and expelleth not onely the ftones in the kidnies, but alfo B tholewhich fticke in. the paflages of the vrine. Itraifeth vp groffe and flimie humors out ofthe cheft and lungs, and alfo thofe which ftickein C thetonduits ofthewinde pipe,it breaketh and raifech them out byfpetting, ifa loch orlicking medicinebe made thereof. Moreouer, it confumeth and wafteth away the Kings-euill, and other hard fwellings, as the D ae affirmeth, and it maketh the haire of the head or beard to grow thatis fallen and Pulled off, Disfiorides reckoneth vp many vertues and opetations ofthis Maiden-haire, which do hor ohely E iferbut are alfo contrary one to another, Amongothers hefaith, that the fame ftancheth blouds and alittle before, that it draweth away the fecondines, and bringeth downe the defired fickenes ; Wh ichwords do confound one another with contrarieties ; for whatfoeuer things do ftanch bloud, Uefamedoalfo {tay the termes. Headdeth alfoia’ the end, that it is fowne about fheepe-folds for the benefit of the fheepe, bur B ™iatthat benefit fhould be, he-fhewethnot. @ The Place. : The tight Maiden-haire groweth vponwalls,in ftonie, fhadowie,and moitt places, wees fountainesand where water droppeth: it is a ftrangerin England: notwithftanding Thauehear ae by fome ofgood credit, that it groweth in diuers places of the Weft countiey or bts and, anget in - The Affyrian Maiden-haire taketh his furname of his natiue countrey A ffyti ayic isa ftr urope. ; See et Stone Rue groweth ypon cld walls neere vnto waters,wells,and fountaines :1 found icepin wall ofthe churchyard of Dartford in Kent, hard by theriuer fidewhere people ride Cttibe alfo vpon the walls of the Churchyardof Sittingburne in the fame Countie,in the ie : ; ; remeresthatit cannotbefowne, by reafonit is without feed,it is euident, neither canit fitly be. G ne au Therefore in this place it feemeth that many things are tranfjpofed from other places, ~ eon lyadded to this chapter: and peraduenture fome things are brought hitherout ofdifz MTC Om Ojtifus,or Milke Trefoile ;whereof here towrite were to {mall purpofe. i -Rue is not muchvnliketo blacke Maiden-haire in temperature andfaculpie. Re zee isood for theni that haueacough,thatate fhort winded, and that betroubled with I BeiPaine intheir fides, : Toh : the Re oe it caufeth concoction of raw humors which fticke in the lungs; ittaketh away K ae the kidnies and bladder, it gently prouoketh vrine,and driuveth forth ftones. ifthe towne hard by a greatlake ofwater,and alfo vpon the Churchwallsof Railey in Effex, am otherplaces. nmended'againft ruptures in young children, and fome affirme it to be excellent good, & Powder thercofbetaken continually for forty daies together. } q| The Time. d Thefe plants are greene both winter and fommer,and yet haueneither floures 00° fects OE : | The Names. Cu ar. 474. OfEnglifh; or common eMaiden-haires : Maiden-haire is called in Greek anim: Theophrastus and Pliny nameit Adia atum nigramsoroe king Maiden-haire: for they fet downe two Maiden-haires, the blackeand the white, ma at) q The Defcription: blacke,and the Rue of the wall the white:it is called in Latine Polytrichums,Callitrichum, © 1 Terre Capillus,Supercilinmterra:0f Apuleius,Capillus Veneris,Capillaris,Crimta: gc ofdinereget Venus poset : the Italians kecpe the name Capillus Peneris ; in Englifh, blacke Maiden batt haire, and it may be called our Ladies haire. E I Noli ; z . : glith Maiden-haire hath long leaues ofa darke eteen colour, confifting ofvery many fmall round leaues fet vpari a middlerib, ofa fhining blacke colour, dafhed on the nei fide with fmal] rough markes or {peckes, of an ouerworne.colour : the roors are frat ang th teddy Ddddd 4 The |