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Show 1262 OF the Hiftory ofPlants: i. Ofthe Hittorie of Plants. 6 The Holland or Prouince Rofe hath diners fhoots proceeding from a wooddieroor, full of tharpe prickles, diuiding it felfe into diuers branches ,w hereon do grow leaues confifting of five a ane fetvpon a rough middle tib,and thofe {nipt about the edges: the flour 1263 : " | The Names, TheRofe is called in Latine Rofa: in Greeke paw: and the plant it felfe inhine: (whichin Latine fen it is called Rodon (as Plutarch faith) becaufeit ps of teepeth the fame name that the floure hath)and es growonthe tops ; the branches,in fhape and colour like the Damaske Rofe, but greater and more double. ; : ehforth plenty offmell, and typs, is called Anthos, and feeds that the yellow chivesin the middle are hard tobe feene,ofa realonulfe sed{mel or chiues, yellow isthe that Rofes, the of part l aa Themiddle fiveet as the common Damaske Rofe thefruit is like the other of his kinde. of the rofe. a ristufe,the floure of the Rofe: in fhops, Asthera,or the blowing 6 Rofa Hollandica,five Bataua. The great Holland Rofe, commonlycalled the great Prouince Rofe, Thewhite parts of the Ieaues of the floureit felfe, by whichtheyarefaftened to the cups,be nathe nelques or nails. Thatis called Calix,or the cup,whichcontaineth and holdethin together yellorpart and leaues of the flloure. Aldifiri,are thofe parts of the cup which are deeply cut,& that compaffe the floure clot teforeit be opened which be innumber fiue,two haue beards and twohauenone, andthefift hat buthalfeone :moft docall them Cortices Rofarum,orthe husks of the rofes: the fhoots of the plan oftolessStrabo Gallus in his little garden doth call Viburna, Tiewhite Rofeis called Rofa alba : in Englifh,the white Rofe: in high Dutcl inlov Dutch, witte IRoofen ¢ in French, Rofe Blanche : of Plinic, Spincola Rofa,or Theted Rofe is called in Latine, 8o/arubra: the Frenchmen, Rofe Franche,Rofa de Pro inCampaigne: ofPlinie, Trachinia,or Preneftina, TheDamaske Rofe is called of the Italians Rofaiacaraata: inhigh Dutch ,Letbfavbiqe 8oofen: nlow Dutch, Bzouencie 1300fe: of fome, Rofa' Provincialis,or Rofe ofProvence: in French of fome, otdifax the Rofe of Melaxo,acitiein A fia, from whence fome haue thought it was firft brought intothofe parts of Europe. ‘ The great Rofe,which is generallycalled thegreat Prouencerofe which the Dutch men cannot cadine,for fay they,it came firft out of Holland, and therefore tob e called the Holland Rofe : but yalllikelihood it came from the Damaskerofe,as a kinde thereof, made better and fairer by art, which feemeth to agree with truth. Thetofewithout prickles is called in Latine, Rofa finepint, and maybe called in Englith, the without thornes,or the rofe of Auftrich,becaufeit was firft brought from Vienna, the Metro- politan citic of A uftrich,andgiue nto that famous Herbarift Carolus Clufivs. | The Temperature. _ The leaues ofthe floures of rofes,becaufe they doeconfift of diuers parts, haue alfo diuers and undtyfaculties:for there be in themcertainthat are earthy and binding, others moift and watery, cd fndtie that are {pirituall andairie parts,which notwithftanding are notall after one fort, for in wekindethefe excel ],in another thofe,all of them haue a predominant or ouerruling cold tempe- ‘iurewhich is neereft to a meane,that is to fay,of fuchas are cold in the fitft degree, moift, airie, ‘0d Dpititual] parts are predominant in the White rofes, Damaske and Muske. sat The Vertues.. elpliled waterofrofes is good forthe ftrengthning of the heart,& refrefhin g ofthefpirits, A kewife for all things that require a gentle cooling. ; B ame being put into iunketting difhes,cakes,fauces,and many other pleafant things,giueth B LaureaeS nes —s oneofthe red Rofes,whofe floures in quantitie and beauty 0 cheeacta ut Of greatereftimationofa perfe& red colourware herein efpeciallyitdifft- easy ¢ Prouince Rofe;in ftalks,ftature,and manner of growing itagreeth with ourcommm G Te Place. } Allthefe forts ofRofes we haue in our on gardens,except that Rofe withoutprikles,which asyet isa ftranger in England. The doubleLond white Rofe doth grow wilde inmany hedges of Lancéfhirein great abundance,euena s Brier B s dowith v s inthefe Southerly parts,efpecially ina place the ie count reycall Gal o: ed Le yland,and ina place called aoe cine Roughford, notfar from Latham, a nes doth grow our garden Rofe wilde,in the plowed fieldsamongMoreove!, thecome reba : z St at there may be gathered daily,during the time,many bufhels of Rofes, ¢q4*" oe ett garden Rofe in each refpe& : the thing that giueth great caufe ofwonderis,thati™ € esthe placeaforefaid,called Glouers field,euery yeare thatthefi eld is plowed for cosne,™#* Sg the field will be fpred ouer with Rofes,and when it lyeth as they ley, and not plov® then fhall there be but few: Rofesto be gathered,by therelationof acallit curious Gentleman there dwelling fo often remembred in our Hiftorie. . +. Ihaue heard thatthe Rofeswhich grow infuch plenty in Glouers field,euery yeare the x 1s plowed,are no other than corne Rofe,that is,red Poppies, howeuer our Authorwas informed: # ee | The Time. font tops and aa pee - oa a = a eo diuers timesafter, a : flou reeuen vntillO Gober,and tee e e ee = woe a™ Head dele@able tafte . whetiBateth the paine ofthe cies proceeding of a hot caufe,bringethfleep,whichalf6 the freth Cc 0 7 emfelues prouoke through their fiveet and pleafant fmell. ie ofthefe rofes,efpecially of Damask,doth moue to the ftoole,and maketh the belly fo- D a cffe Stually that ofthe Musk rofes:next to themis the iuice ofthe Damask,which is , mmonty vfed. ig ngtlionofthem doth the fame,and alfo thefyrrup made thereof,called in Latine Drofitum, E te om : the Apothecariescall it Syrrupof rofes folutiue,which muft be madeof the infufion bi sgieat number ofthe leaues ofthefe freth rofes are diuers and fundrytimes ftceped. ; Ro to make the belly loofe & foluble,whenas either there is no need of other ftron- FE "Othe ORM that it is not fit and expedient to vie it: for befides thofe excrements which ee ‘ho icke “ls, orthatin the firftand neereft veines remaine raw, flegmaticke, and now and een tes itpurgeth nootherexcrements,vnleffe it be mixed with certaine otherftronger medi- a doth moiften and coole sand therefore it alaycth the extremitie of heat in hot Dag G teaknd aar the inflammations of the intrails,and quencheththirftsit is {carce ood tor ssconiia want ; ( i eomachie for it leaueth it more flacke and weake. ; itch, : lealfoaré the leaues of thefe preferued in Sugar,efpecially if they be onely tuite H ius,and diligently tempered with Sugar,and fo heat at thefire rather than boiled: ‘@] The Temperature of Red Rofes. «theres inth of adeep'pur- I néred Rofes,which arecommon euery where,andin the other that be “fille Ounce rofes, amore earthie fubftance, alfoa drying and binding qualitie, yet not a withour |