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Show DNR sca Care Sea 1556 Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lins 3. Las, 33 “Ofthe Hittory ofPlants. at the vpper end:in this skin was contained a kernell,or rather nut,blacke,ha rd, and vety Wrinckle d not muchviilike to that of Faufell whereto I refer it 2s a kinde thereof, Thefe twoare treated of by Clufins ; Exot.126.2.0.23% The firft of the fecond table(wherein are containedfoure figures) was ofa round forme, y little faton onefide, diftinguithed vnder the blackeand fhining coat wherewithit was fhe with furrowes running every way,not vnlike to the Nut Fanfeli taken forth of his couer: the iis pulpewashard andwhitith, firft ofa falr, and then of anaftringent tafte. a The fecond of thefe was an inch long,but rather the kernel! ofa fruit,thana fruicit felfe s it was round except at the one end,andall over knobby(thoughthe pi@ure expreffe not fo much) he was alfo fomefhewofa triangular forme at each end. ; i The third was two inches and a halfe long,andin the broadeft part fome inch and morebroad:it was fomewhatcrooked, the backe high and rifing,the top narrow,and the lower part fharp pointed ofan ath colourwith thicke and eminent nerues running along tt the back from the top tothe low. er part,expreft with fuch art as ifthey had beendone by fomecurious hand: it feemed to have bid ae ouer with another rinde, but it was worneoff by the beating of thewaues ofthe fea vpon the fhore. The fruit Cunanefigured in the fourthplace of this table,was two inches long and aninchbroad at the head,andfo fmaller by little 8¢ little,with a back ftanding out{mooth black,and fhining ha. uing three holes at the top, one aboue, & two below:they faid ir grew vpon a {mal tree called Mor. remor,and was yet vnripe,but when itwasripe it would be as big again,and that the natiues where itgrew(which wasas I take itabout Wiapock) roft irvpon thecoles, and eate it again theheadache. Clufius {ets forth thefe fouré inhis Exor.t,2.c.22,.he defcribes Cunane Cap .2%. + Cuar. 160. OfSun-Dew,Youth woort,Ros Solis ¥ Ros Solisfolio rotunda. 2 Ros Solis folio oblongo. Sun-Dewwith round leaues? > Sun-Dew with longith leaucs, cy Ny 1557 @ The Defcription, VineDewis a little herb,and groweth very low,it hath a few leaves ftanding vponflendet ftems,yery fmall,fomething round,a little hollow,andlikeaneare picker, hairy andred= dith as be alfo the ftems,hauing dewand moifture vpon them at the driefttime of the yeare,and when the Sun fhineth horteft euen at high noone;and amonethafter there {pring vp lit- tle ftalks,a hand breadth high, on which ftand {mall whitithfloures :the roots are very flendet,and, likevnto haires. 2 The fecond kindeis like vnto the former, in ftalks and floures, butlarger, and theleauies aré longer, and not foround,) wherein confifteth the difference, ( @] The Place. They. grow. in defart,fandie and funny places,but yet waterie, and feldome other-where than 4- mong the white \marith mofle which growetlron the ground and alfo vpon bogs. ; @ The Time. Sun-Dew flouritheth in Sommer,it foureth in Mayor Iune: it is to be gathered when the wea-« theris moft dry and calme. The diftilled water hereofthat is drawne forth witha glaffe ftill, is of glittering yellow colourlike gold,and colourethfiluer put therein like gold, ; q The Names. rt Itis called in Latine,Ros Salis: ofdiuers, Rorella: it is named of other,Sal/ Rofi,of the dew which hangeth vponit,when the Sun is at the hotteft:itis called in high Dutch, Sondatw,and Suidabo: inlow Dutch,Loopichecruit,which in Englith fignifieth Lufiwoort, becaufe theepe and other cat. tellifthey do but onely tafte of it,are prouokedto luft.It is called in Englith, Sun-Dew,RosSolis; Youth-woort: in the Northernparts,Red Rot, becaufeit rotteth fheepe,and in Yorkefhire, Moore graffe. The Temperature. ie Itis.a fearing or caufticke herbe,and very muchbiting, being hotanddrie in the fourth degree, The Vertues. The leauesbeing ftamped withfale do cxulcerate and raife blifters,towhat part of the body fo- A ever they be applied. 4 The ae Phy fitions haue thought this herbe to be a rare and fingular remedieforall thofe that B bein a confumption ofthe lungs,and efpecially the diftilled water thereof : foras the herbe doth keep and hold faft the moifture and dew, and fo faft, that the extreme drying heate of the Sun cans not confume and wafteaway the fame:{o likewife men thought that herew ith the naturall and ra- dical hu midity in mens bodies is.preferued and cherifhed But the vfe therofdoth otherwife teach, and reafon fheweththe contrarie : for feeing ir isan extreme biting herb,and that the diftilled wa. ter isnot altogether without this biting qualitie,it cannot be taken w ith fafety:for it hathalfobin obferued,that they haue fooner perithed that vied the diftilled water hereof,than.thofe that abftai- ! ~; ned ftomit,and haue followed the right and ordinarie courfe of diet. Cattell of the female kinde are ftitred vp to luft by eating eucn of a {mall quantity: which thing C hath steatly increafed their vain opinion,without fence or reafon; for it doth not moue nor prouoke cattell ro luft;for that it increafeththe fub daoegons oa5 fer die cosen and bitine qualirie it ftirreth vp 2 defire to luft,which before was dul'ed, were afleepe. — it Pe fourithech shchedysinesially a be diftilled with wine, and that liquour D people do call Rofa Solis, { “hich the common th chemlay the E Reeneae the faid ph effectual for the purpofes aforefaid, let Gingehne leaues of Rofa Solis in the {pirit of wine,adding thereto Cinnamon, Cloues,Maces, made Megs, Sugar,and a few graines of Muske,fuffering itfo ro ftand ina glatic clofe ftopt a the aire, and fet in the Sun by the {pace of cendaies,then ftraine the fame,and keepit for yourvie. Cuap. 161. Of Moff of trees. q The Defcription. Tee Moffhathcertaine things like haires, made vpas itwere ofa mulrirude gf Dendet eat t,and finely carued, aie and inter wun ~ now and thenall tobe iagged,hack 2 Is this downe from the bodies: one of ine ; = which eleaue faft tothe barkes oftrees,hanging downe fromthe bodies: one PpPPPP 3 of this flend eaider |