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Hedge-hogge Licorice. ae 3 [isij «Of the Hiftoric of Plants. 1303 i the infirmities of the liuer and cheft, feabs or £ fame is drunkew1 thwine of Raifons againwt kidneyes. ofthe difeafes uotthebladder, and p it q uencheth thirft: it is good for greenewounds being layed Being melted vnder the tongue chewed. be it * G therettpon, and for the ftomacke if for the fame purpofes. it H Thedecoétion ofthe frefh roots ferueth eye,if the webin a pinand a for remedie is a fingular t 2-Giyryrhizavulyares, Common Licorice, Batthe dried root moft finely poudered teftrewed thereupon. {fo reportsthat Liquorice is goodfor the ftomack and vicers ofthe mouth, Disforides and Pliny a ingcaft vpon them. net steele : . pleurifie, . inflammation ‘ice: difficultie of breathing, eteofthe lungs,the Sp ; Mp odcpaint hoarfeneffe,ens es ruggedn and ies infirmit all lungs, the Of es fpitting ofbloud or matter, conftumptionor rottenn echelt.away inflammations, mitigateth : ee and tempereth the fharpneffe andfaltnes of humors, ng. {pitti eafie reth procu and encosteth raw humors, be d. erthat are exulcerate Thedecoctionis goodfor the kidnies and bladd ed of fharpe,falt,and biting huItcureth the ftrangurie, and generally all infirmities that proce thalfo Theophraftus : viX, that with this and with cheefe Thefe things concerning Liquorice ha to liue eleuen or twelue dayes. nadeof Mares milke the Scythians were reported to beable for all infir° MOIS. ° . (fe of breath, foradry cough, and The Scythian root is good for fhortne mitiesofthe cheft. f ne eee generally s mouth: for honey Moteouer,with ; 1oneyithealethvicers, it alfo quencheththirft ifit be held in the which nhich caufe they fay that the Scythians doliue cleuen or twelue dayes with it and Aippace, : res i milke.as Hippocrates witneffeth. : than truth, that H7ppace isan : fifth booke, ao. g. hath thought otherwife tebe focalled. 4 Boththe ignres formerlywere of the ficit defcribedSemen ie eS Cuare. 13. © The Names. @ The Kindes. The firft is called in Greeke janie: in Latine, Dulcs radix, or {weet Root: this Licorice is 0 knowne either tothe Apothecaries orto the vulgar people : we call it in Englith, Diofcorides his Licorice. OfMaitlke Trefoile or Shrub Trefoile. Bs It is moft evident that the other is Glycyrrhizaor Licorice :the Apothecaries call itbyacor ruptword,Lrquiritia : the Italians,Regalitia : the Spaniards, RegeliXaand Regalitia : in his h Dutch, Spulshots, Sulstourtsel + in French, Rigoli{fe,Raizaliffe,and Rea liffe:in low Dutch, Calttffrehout, fuethout: in Englith, commonLicorice : P/ay callethit Scythica herba > it is namedScpthice ot the countrey Scythia,where it groweth. | The Temperature, The Nature ofDiofcorides his Licorice,as Galen faith, is familiar to the temperature of ourbodies,and feeing it hath acertaine binding quality adioined, the temperature thereoffo muchass hot and binding,is {pecially ofa warme buality, comming neereft ofall to ameane temperature; befides, for thatitis alfo fweer,it ‘is likewife meanely moift. = For as muchas the root of rhe commonLicoriceis fweet,it is alfo temperately hot and moi! notwithftanding the barke thereofis fomething bitter and hor, but this mutt be feraped aways freth root whenitis full of juice doth moiften more than the dry. @] The Vertues. fe! Theroot of Licorice is good againft the roughharfhneffe of the throat and breft toe the pipes of the lungs whenthey be ftuffed or ftopped,and tipeneththe cough,and bringet®™" flegme. : a called oa Theivice of Licorice madeaccording to Art,andhardned intoa lumpe, whichis Liguiritia, ferueth well for the purpofes aforefaid, being holden vnder the tongue, and there Ine red tome!e. : e brea Moreouerwith the juice of Licorice ,Ginger,and other. fpices,there is made a certaine” of cakes, called Ginger-bread,which is very good againft the cough, and all the infirmitic lungs and brett : which is caft into moulds,fome of one fafhion, and fome of another. *; rhe Theiuice of Licoriceis profitable againft the heate ofthe ftomacke, and ofthemout A 5 paffed. Eee diuets kindes or forts of the fhrubby Trefoile, thewhichmightvery well haue t amonthe three leaued Graffes, had it not beene for my promife in the proeme ofourfirf eforth,eu fet be fhould plants wooddy or e fhrubbi he Hiftoryt ofour utt, That in the lat booke licoheas neere as might be in kindred and neighbourhood. q The Defcription. o the forme of afmall fhrub_ re y He firlt kinde ofCytifus or fhrubby Trefoile growest ing into fundry pare pa or wooddybuthtwoorthree cubits high, branch greene, an ae ze orarmes,fet full ofleaues like the fmall Trefoile,darke floures likethem of French yellow {mal rth comefo thefe among : r togethe alwaies ihe growing tome, which doe turne into long andflat cods, containing{mall feed of a blackifh eee the manner of the for2 The fecond kinde ofCyti/us is likewife a {mall fhrub,in fhape after mer,but that the whole plantis altogether {maller, and the leaues rounder, fet together by cou+ The leaues ofthis dles, and the {mall codshairy at theends, which fets forth the difference. are {mooth,ofa frefh a tealmoftround, and growthree together clofe to the ftalke:inthey 0 moft leafe of the threeis the largeft, and ends a fharpe point: the floures are middle atdthe ap liatiea Nebigneffe and colour of the Trifolium corniculatum : it floures in May. $ fmoothbrittle raat! i3. Therootof this third kinde is fingle, from whencefpring vp many than thofeo aa ow fmaller leaues greene grow on ,where anches and-br Héed into many wings Trefoile :the floutes are yellow, leffer than Broome floures, otherwife very like, Berea ee hetops of the twiggie branches,diuided into fpoky tufts :which being a aa ~'phatrow cods, leffer than thofe of the Broome, wherein is contained fintall : ees and fometimes waxeth crooked ye ake “otis long, deeply growing into the ground, ittle (ifany thingar all) from thefirft Seen oe anddiffersl {hath fmoothgreen leaues, fore] thoughtit needleffe to giuea figure. Our Authorcalled it cifligualres oO : e aes nantbecaute one ofthe branches was fairely in the figure expreft withcods; know on, for all the ytifi are coddedas wellas this. es FEES 2 + The |