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Show 1342 Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants. Of the Hiftorie of Plants, Hee Crbciaeba; 2 Ni tf si y Sy)m sf Vig a! t eye yermillon, and Graine d? efcamlate: in Englith, after the Dutch, Scarlet Berry,or Scarlet gtaine,and afterthe Apothecaries word;Coccus Baphicus : the maggotwithin is thatwhieh is named Gutche- make a gaine ofthem) doe watch» the time of theirflying, euen as we doe Bees, which the then take and: put intoa linnen bag, whereih theyfhake.and boult them vp and downeviti Theophraflus faith the Acorne orftuit hereofis called ofdiners,"swin, Acylum. | The Temperature and Vertues, Thisgraine is aftringentand fomwhat bitter, and alfo dry without fharpneffe andbiti ng, there. AL fore, faith Galen, it is good for-great wounds andfinewes thatbe hurt, if itbe layd thereon: fome tempet it with Vineger. othcrs with Oxymel or fyrrup ofvineger. Itiscommended and ginenby the later Phyfitiansto ftay the Menfes tit is al{o counted among B thofeSimple which be cordials, and goodto ftrengthen the heart, Ofthis gtaine that noble and famous confection Alkermes, made by,the-Arabians, hath taken his name, which many doe highly commend againit the infirmities of the heart:notwithftanding it was ch iefly denifed in the begin. ning for purging ofmelancholy ; whichthing is plainly perceiued by the great quantitieof Lapis way. But the people of the countrey (which The Searlet Oke: BY eS f f YE FERS "\) 1343 ro bewithout life vntill theyfecleth ¢ hear of the fun,and then they creep, and feeke tofliva. they bedead, which they make Vp into great lumpes oftentimes, and likewife fell them to diers apart,euenas they were takenforth ofthe bag, whereofis made the moft perfect Scarler, @ The Place. This Oke groweth in Languedocke, and it the countries thereabout,and alfoin Spainbut rele, as molt dodeeme. ; Ltulys added thereto: and therefore feeing that this ftone hath in ita venomous quality,andlike- itbeareth notthe fcarlet grain inall places,but inthofe efpecially,which lie towards the Mid: wile a property to purge melancholy, itcanotof it felfe be good for the heart,but the othetthi degoad, which be therefore added, rhat they might defendthe heart ftom the hurts ofthis ftone, not there alwaies, for when the tree waxethold it growes tobe barren. Thendothe peoplecut and lopitdowne, thar after the young fhoots aethe minde,and to make a man merty-and ioyfull. land fea,and which be fubieé to the {corching heat of the:Sun,as Carols Clufins witneffeth,& haueattained to two or three yeares growth, it may becomefruitful againe. Petras Bellonins in his books of Singularities fheweth, that Coccus Baphicus or the Scarlet gtaine doth grow in the Holyland , and neere to the lakewhich is called the Seaof Tibia, and that vpoii little trees, whereby the; ifthabitants get grep ftore ofwealth, who feperacthe husks from the pulpe or Magots, ‘and fell this being mhadevp‘into balls or Jumpes,muchdea > DUP In} fle : rerthan the emptie fhels-or husks. Ofthis gtaine alfo Paufanias hath made mention in his tenth booke, and/fheweth, thar the tiee which bringeth forth this-graine isnot great, andialfo groweth in Phociswhichisa countryiN Macedonia necte tothe Boetians,notfarfrom the mountain Parnaflus. : Theophraftus writeth;thatet, or the Scarlet Oke,isa great treejandrifech vpto the height ofthe common Oke: amongitwhich writers there are fome contrarietie. Petras Bellomius reporteth itis @ * little tree,and Theophraftusa great onewhich may chance accordingtothe foyle andclimate ; fot thar vpon the tonic mountaines cannot grow to that greatnefleas thofe in the fertill grounds. q The Time. = can eee The little eraines or berrieswhich grow about the boughes begin to appeare efpeciallyin ie Springwhen the Southweft windes do blow the flouresfall and are ripe in Tune,together with fn Maggotsgrowing in themswhichreceiuinglife by the heat of the Sun,do forthwithflie ne manner ofa Mothor Butterflic) vnleffe by the careand diligenceof the keepers, theybekilled) much and often fhaking themtogether,as aforefaid, Mere The tree or fhrub hathhis leaues alwaies greene: the Acornes be verylate before they 0°] feldome before new comevpintheir place: aid correct the malice thereof. Thiscompofition is commended again{t the trembling and fhaking ofthe heart, and for fwoy. @ aingsand melancholy paflions, and forrow proceeding ofno euidentcaufe : it is reported to recres ; Itis therefore good againft melancholy difeafes, vaine imaginations, fighings, stiefé and for. D tov without manifeft caufe,for that it purgeth away melancholy humors: after this manetit may — becomfortable for the heart, and delightfull to the minde, in taking away the material caufe of forow: neither can it ocherwife ftrengthena weake and feeble heart,vnlefic this ftone called Lapis Giaitus be quite left out. : Therefore he that is purpofed tovfe this compofition againft beatings and throbbings of the & heatt,and fivouriings, and that not asa purging medicine, fhall dowel] and wifely by leauing out theflone Cyanens ; for this being takenina lictle weightor fmall'quantitie, cannot purgeatall,but mayinthe meanefea fon trouble and torment the ftomacke, andwithall thorow his tharpe and ve- fomous qualitie (if ic be oftentimes takes) be very offenfiue to the guts and intrailes,and by this meanes bring more harme than good. Moreouer, it is not neceffarie, no nor expedient,that the briftle died with Cochenele, called # Chafmnes, as the Apothecaries terme it, fhould beadded to this compofition, for this briftleisnor ted without Auripigmentum, called alfo Orpiment, and other pernitious things ioyned therewith, whofe poyfonfomequalities are added to the inyces together with thecolour, if either the briftle ordied filke be boyled in them. The berries ofthe Cochenele muft be taken by themfelues,which alone are fufficient to dy the Wides, and to impart vnto themtheir vertue :neither is it likewife needful] to boile the raw filke together with the graines, as moft Phyfitians thinke: this may be left out, for it maketh nothing tallforthe ftrengthning ofthe heart...” a Cuae,. 34. Ofthegreat Skarlet Oke. q. The Defiription, "Teereat Skarlet Oke;or the great Holme Oke, groweth many times to the full height of 4 q The Names. r Se alee The Scarlet Oke is called:in Grecke «ime:in Latine Mex : the lacer writers, Zex Coccigerch ft he x ich it to good thought fera; it Spanith,Cofcoia:for want ofa fit Englifh name, we haue name of Scarlet Oke,or Scarlet Holme Oke: forJéex isnamed offomein Englifh, Holme, 1 Oke tee, fometimesas big as the Peare'tree, with boughesfar {preadinglike the Acotne or common Maft trees : the timberis firme and found : the leauesare fet with prickles round about ‘the Huluer Oke,or Holly Oke,for difference from the fhrub or hedge tree Agrifolinmwicae i? called Holme,Holly,and Huluer. ; : LAtine, The grainc or berrie that feruethto die with is properly called in Grecke e-n4 counts 4 oeifreade rt, Coccus infectoria,ot Coccum infettorium : Plinyalfo namethit Cufeulivm: or as moft men a Quifquilinm : chefame Authorfaith,thacicis likewifeenamed Scolecion,or Maggot oe fou Wen it is tipe becommeth ofa browne colour, with awhite kernel within oftafte not vnpleafant. fignifieth Holly or Huluer. But this /ex,aswell as thofe that follow, might be calledOr ads tdges, like thofe of the former Skarlet Oke : the leaués when the tree waxeth old haue On them no Pickles at all, but are fomwhatbluntly cut orindented about the edges,greene on the vpper fide, “Ndpray vnderneath: the Acorne ftandeth ina prickly cuplike our common Oke Acorte, which feis foundvponthe branchesofthis tree a certaine kinde of long hairy moffe of the colour of ahes,norvalike to that of our Englith Oke. + This tree is ever greene, and at thetops of rhe fanches about-the end of M ay, bere in England, carrieth diners long catkins of moffie yellow ~uesavhichfall away,andare not {ucceeded by the acornes,for they grow out vponotherftalks, The Arabians and the Apothecaries doe know it by the nameofChe/mes, sooajeeyne in Ite- Cuinsin the yeate 1581 obferued twotreés; the one ina garden aboue the Bridge, and the other ‘the priuat garden at White-Hall,hauingleffer leaues than the former. Thelaterofthefeis yet lian;Granedetinétori : in Spanith,Grana detintoreros : in high Durch, Sebarlachbeet+ 4er)ufjer, vaning, and cuery yearg beares {mall Acornes, whichI could neuer obferue to come to any max titie,. + : Theyare deceitied who thinke that Che/mes dothdiffer fromInfectorium Coccnm: it 1s ca See a TFA ~ |