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Show Cuar. 36. Theatrum Botanicum. Trise, aes boat anne ighfe veryFurey withvery fine cahoary leaves, likeboth for forme and colour ourordinary Romane Worme en a wood: from the middle whereof upwardsto the toppes, at the feverrll joynts with the leaves fhoote forth flenderftalkes, bearing at the ends of them {¢ ily heads, out of wW hich comepale coloure flowers, andafter them{mall blacke feed, {melling d like T antie, the whole plant fmelleth and tafteth like W orme- bi me fetteth fotth anotherfort, which he calleth Abjath / here inferted, but that I thinke it rather a fpecies of the Abjinr inm nmbellife like the Stechas lutea, or citrina, and therefore 1 forbeare torecite it. The andidum bumile, which fhould bee sceanfe hee faith ir beareth heads Place, The firt croweth as plentifully in &%¢/and, in many places wild, asin other Countries, The fecondi s found up on divers high Mountaines, and not clfewhere wild, butis nurfed up in many gardens, both in Italy and Germany and with fomeloversof rare plants withus. The third (“fins faith groweth plentifully in manyplaces of Hy , ryand Auftria, andin other places alfo, as other Writers doe fet downe, it is much efteemed in our therefore found in many Country gatdens of our Land. The fourth C/u/ins faith, he onely foundin Country, and Women gather it and bring it to Vienna, Aufty ia,where for the ufe of the Apothecaries, o: anyelfe , promifcuoufly with the other Ponticke or Romane Wormewood, The fifthis not knowne whence his otiginal l was, but is onely kept in gardens as ararity, and variety among others. The fixt Clufiusfaith he firkt found, onely on the highcliffes of Aujftria and Stiria, and afterwards on the Mountaines. The feventh groweth on Mount Baldus, and on Serva one of the Belluni Mountaines,. ‘The eighth growethonth ehills, among the Valefians, as the laft doth alfo. The Time, They doeall for zhemoft part ower in Augutt, yer fome catlier, or later thanot hers. i The Names, Wormewood is called in Greeke « LivStose quali coiySroy impctabile ob amar itudinem,vel inguStabile, tangunt animalia in depafcendis quia illad non herbi: Diofcorides calleth it alfo faSvmzcov a profundo amar re, The firltis generally called Abjiathium vulgare, and of fome /atifolinm, yet Ruellins calleth it Pontic um,and Bauhinus faith it isthe Pon. ticumfive Romanum officinarum, meanin g his owne Country; for I amfure it is not focalled by any of our A pothe. cariesin their fhops. The fecond is fearce knowne to anyinour Land, Gefyer minisfive Alpinum . Camerarius upon Marthi in hortis callethit 44 fxthiny ¢ ommune olus Abjfiathium ma num, and {fo doth Tabermontanss whocalleth it alfo Remanum, Baubiaus calleth it Abfiuthium Ponticum Montanum, and Gerard Abjizth cunt Galeni, The third is more frequenras ium tennifolinm Pontj.. moft Writers, judging jt to bee the true I {aid before, and ufuallycalled Abjiathium Ponticam, 5 OFor Romanu m, of Abjinth ium of Pontus, that Diofcorides and Galen doe Gefner and Lacuna call it Abrotanum commend : et femina, and{o doth Fuchfius, for thiols taxeth himof an error. whichas I {aid inthe C}napter ‘J;rages calleth it Abrotanum before, 7 ; minus, and Cordus y pon Ruellius Diolcorides Abroranym albu, and Cafalpinwtrake it tobe Abfinth ium Santonicum : and Lobeland for the e4bfinthinm Gallatium Sardou inm of Diofcorides, in Englith every Penain their Adverfaria {et it downe Cyprefle. The fourth is where almoft,; Romane Wormewood, called by Clafius Abfiath or inm tenuifolium Axftriacuman thinm Ponticum Trident inuta herbariorum, d by Lobel and Lugdun en hs by Dodoneus Abfinthinm Seripbizm, but his figure isthe fame, withAbjin. fushis Auftriacum, Lobel his Tri tinum, @/y. wood of Azria. The fift Gefner and Gerardhis tenuifolium feu Romanuim, in hort. and Lobelin his obferya in Englithfine leafed Wormetions call finthiu Abjinthium infipidum,and Banhin u s Abn m infipidum Abfinthio vulgar fimile,in Englifh Vnfavory Wormewood. thium Alpinum umbelliferum, Camerar Thefixth Clufz izs Abjinthinm Pannonicum flore albo, and Lobeland others in Englith white tufted Wormewood. The 7.is another kind hereof growin “thisise Nie, g in other places, as Banhinus hath e his Prodromus for Pong well fetteth fortha 3. (Pecies in his nothing butthe fmalnes ofleavesinand ¢ Ttalian Booke.differine in flowers , Lobel calleth ic Vinbelli in bortis, Abfinthium Seriphiz fe rum alt It erum Italic#, The 8.is femina,& in his Appendix 2,ey called by Ge/ Abfinthiz album Valefia:for Valefiaivis called herba alba, Weifskraut: Camera he faith in the faid Coug rins it is called by fome Ab finthin m Santonicums, & thinkethar maybetter be called Santonich famina Vallefianathan faith it Seripniumas Gefner doth, Bashinus¢ ayhiebie i i phitms montanum candidum. The laft Baxhinus calleth Abfinthium Alpin um incanu m, Pona,inhis Italian Baldus,becaule Pona he ‘Alpin aa OF therefaithit is verylike that of Gefner & Camerarius, which is the ht b f re this,but Ieannot fo thinke,for that of Porai s a fpecies learned menand Writers, as umbelliferous kinds. There is a controverfy you may here well perceiofthe amon ; = ve, by are extant : Which fhould be the true Abjfinthinm P onticum their names they give to the feverall W Giopaak, that Diofcorides preferreth, deth and preferreth before all and Galen {o much com i others, both for the goed fmell, i and lothfome,and thatit hath lefler leavesand flowers, but and aromaticall tafte, others beine exceffive bit : whichisfo efteétuall for the liver and ftomacke. Lobel and efpeciallyfor the aftri@ion it hath more than toe, Pena intheir Adverfaria have anfwered all obje@iohs as Tthinke at large, {canned the flee oe the fumme Whereofin briefe T wil] here fet downie ftand.: Firft, for the for I h kindes, Dio/corides and Galen make but aie fay, thatthe beft in Prop one ali to underkin de of Abjiuthinne and erty gro not man cand b vigorousof that kinde doth growwethin Pont#s, as they doein divers other hearbes, ° ; whichpropertyit obtaineth, more thew in whatplace e commodity ofa free and cleare ayre, e bythe goodneffe ofth and otherthing e place obferved,and fo fetreth itdown , injoyine s corref pondent, then by the nature ofthe Hearhcs (heeif th ne for the {cent, thatitis more aroma ticall than others, yethereby theyi fo much, which is well knowne like ntim are that others are fweer i h wife to be the benefit ofthe place nahnor whereit sroweth for fome es er lefle weet, or mote orleffe inking, which oe tranfplanted doe alter ; as Agri fomeplace, and nothing atall in other mony and divers Glew aese eru et s, "Then the leaves have troubled many learned fault in the tranfcribets, to men, for th : an ree {er downelefler for greater or longer, as it often hapneth often in Dicfeorides.as inthe in Ther hy. Dy me dt a ters of Helenixm Meum and« but by the tranfcribers : butChap »& may be alfo in Galen ash ere ae oe Galen himfelfe in his Chapter ofAb faith chus,there are three fpeci es or differences put under the namerotanumtaketh away al ch of called Ponticum, the fecond > Where he k » that which is ftomacke, and trouble ir + WorSantonicumyand the third Serip : viphium and mew ood fing tothe Nomacke. From Whichplac onely among themnamed P onticum, that Santonicum are enemies to the e we may well gather that the 18 growing in ttrife is appeafed, concerning Pontus, jg pleathis matter,thae our TRIBE. 1. ——— The Theater ofPlants. ~Cuar.36. .101 : Worewood inhielmalmewood ofDiofcoride s, thé belt whereofas hefaith, is that which SULCOURBION NV I growing either (pecies or genns : fo thatitis for certai ne that our common or Romane kindé, eth in Pontus, oe neue baiets “anal byrea fon of the place is more vigoro is not another ree - led petlithactHr eniy there is bitterneffe, and an aftri@t us and efteétuall, but not differing inproperty, Galen ac nave % 8 ion gratefull to the flomac ke, necef4 lenteit from obftructions , by which it giveth ftrength anc fary forcholericke v ometings,an to 3 Gly cxcpecieamse rt thereun~ ytoen di nilegie! people , as well ascomfo of hy chaste, £0, to; which things wr ace oe GSekenice inwardly or cutwardly : none findeth faule with the be effected ByOG tical fe nt, and is vévyfi fmell t and apt to refreth the {pirits for itis ofan aromatica Benes ee d Santonicum and Seriphium then of any : Galen in appointing that of Pox. that which he fimply calleth Abfint r#s to benfed,doth Waite hixms out ofPena and Lobel, referring the reft to the learned, tobe further fatisfi Thus oe ay ed, on reat : but bythisis faid youfee, that the if they pleafe £9 oa iSBeac vertue s of our common Wormewood Led cad tectarorudsnetiande ta perfor me thofe, that are commended in Wormewoo are fo een ao d; ee eae Apothecaries, that take the Sea Wormn and alecAt aeA ewood, inftea a aie onely becauf e there islefle bitternefie therein, d ofthe Romane or than inthe common, eee ook “fhe to the tafte, when as and the Properties are no way anfwerable, therefore nt rede é nin o which is commonlycalled Romane Werme Neither can I commend the ufe of that fine ties ether wood, to beeuf ed in ftead of ae Bitternede or that aftrition, which aréboth fo comfortable to a fet not Haar ert the liver and Se hath beene obferved to grow in Pontus, and the Countries there abouts, by Papeete he eels s he fetteth it downe in his 76, Chapterof his firft Booke of obfervations, and elfewhere, Bellonins inhis taye Nan is tor ufe there. Anditis generally held,that the Arabia and brought to sign namedePontic ke, and from them, all others fince have n Phyfitiansdid firft name held it info great account, O ‘< (ottdifferine from the common, The Arabians callit amagi ninge C Affint M R ge hium, a e The #e Spabfinle, or Abfinth niards Affextios, the French Alzvine and Abfizle e ; the Germanes Wermucet, the Dutch 24 eH, and wee ,or 7 Wormewood. The Vertues. Diofcorides faith that Wormewood is ofan heating and binding property, that it purgeth ee ee che fc theHomagks.gtl ke or belly : that of it provoketh urine,and that it helpeth furteits, and that taken With. ee and Spica the paines the {tomacke, the hard {wellings of the belly : the decoion or the infufion thereoftaken, doth take away the loathing to meate, and eeetee rie 8 eon (for _ purpofe Camerarius in his hortus medicus, giveth a good EECeite: 2 = n hee oft he oe oe = earsoer E Rofemary, and blacke thorne, of each alike quantity; of eee et {ee a = _ pote Renifh-wine, let it be givenafter the body is prepared by purging, &c. al ranght th : : fi ; ; ens monethlycourfes : being taken withv inegar, it helpeththofe that a ed wicanclets tee taken in wineit isa remedy againft the poifon ofIxia (which as I faid Seereneeceenigrth eaecgehedi)ot iti at {mall beaft or Moufe which wecalla Shrew, and o ting } h eas oc é Quaviver : it helpeth the Quinfie being ea wie Saat Maa eee taketh away wheales and pufhes ufed with water : it taketh away the s aa _ ve Ee om : — >: = comeafter bruifing or beating,if it be mingled with honey and annoynted ; = sts 5 on es eyefight being ufed in the fame manner : it helpethfore and running ms alfo e : paso t see A, hot vapours ofthe deco@tion, bee takenin thereatby a funnellor otherwi os it eafeth ees : za ie 2 ade thereof with cute or boyled wine, and annointed, eafeth the paines o the eyes ; it he peth the paines of the hes ea d liv; : being beaten and mixed with the Ceratum (yprinum, and applyed to the place affected ; as alfo appinedes che fibuiack with Rofewater, it giveth much comfortto thofe that have lien longficke: it helpeth as that are troubled with the {welling and hardneffe of the {pleene,or thofe that have a hot fharpe water, — . tweenethe fleth andthe skin, ifitbe ufed with figges, vineger, and the meale ofDarnell : The gee .gaee e thereof, called Wormewood wine,is availeable for all thele purpofes, reftoring many to health that have beene trouble d with thofe difeafes ; {o that they have noagues that thereof. Being put ae aon Wardrobes,it preferveth them from wormes and mothes, &c. take and driveth fromanypart of the body, ifthe skin be annoynted withthe oyle thereof away ey cae aS iti 7 ees ar i ns Hoa . fo muchindrinkes , for it troubleth the ftomacke,and canfeth headach; being putintothe Inke : wherewith +L are written, (or printed) itkeepe eing ea eaten with Mice, Gaz/en in his fixth th them from being Bookes . C f aBooke ofeo fimples ma. Keth mention of Wormewood tnthis manner, Wormewood hatha binding ,a betta are ane os 2 it Li = wife heateth, cleanfeth, ftrengthneth, and dryeth, It therefore purget h Soe ‘ ve : ne the belly, and avoideth them alfo byurine, efpecially thofe that are in rie Vela 3 _ " Es “ ames a contained therein, or in the chefts or lungs : for the aftringent quality therein, is { sneer se Mei x a y reafon of the fharpneffe it parraketh more of heate thanof cold, fo that reap ie re ’ o E in the fir degree, and dryin the third, yet the juyce is farre betterthan the hearbe it felfe : an pea oat : a woodcalled S¢ ripbium, he faithit is like unto Worme wood both in kind and in talte : which qualities a Siveth to Sastoxicum; for of Seriphins hefaith it is more agreeing to Sothernwood, than to a 3 whereby it is thought bydivers, that the place in Diofcor ides, or in Galen, is Peore by — Wiibisers faults, or theycannot be fo farrediffering in judgem entonefromanother : Itis often ufed, and by mol either inwardly given, or outwardly applyed for the wormes, in childre n or elder perfons 3 Pliny faith, it healeth old fores or errs inthe head, and cureth the itch alfo : the decoétion thereof with Cummin feeds taken warme, eafeth the paines 0 the belly and chellicke by winde : the feed thereof helpeth the bloodyflixe, and all other flaxes ; itis faid, thar if'a few leaves of Wormewood be eaten, it defendeth one from {urfeiting and drunkennefle. The vineger wherein Wormewood isboyled, is efpeciall good fora g breath, that commeth eitherfrom the gums or teeth,or from corruptionin the ftomacke. Iris likewife muchftinkin commendedin tertian and otherlingring agues, by opening obftra@tions and purging by orine, and by ftrengthning the liver and ftomacke 2 The conferve thereof much Preierveth them from the dropfie chat are ufed, fallen into it, or are in danger to fall thereinto, fo asthere be afit mae held before, by purging the offenfive hamours, and fuch other helpes as the Jearned Phyfitian may appoin t. at he ee K 3 diftilled |
