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Show Pe Theatram Botanicum, Trips y 3. Acorus versfive Calamus officinarum. The{weet fmelling Flagge. ee TRIBE.1. as other Flower-deluces doe)a narrow long léafeby it felfe, flat like unto the other leaves, efpecially: from the middle WH thereofupwards ; but from the bortome to the middle it is thicker, narrower, or rounder, wherei t beginneth to gtow LLL CLO LE Sisson SSWE Ss flat,at which place commethforth one long {eldome two,in forme & bigneslike unto round head,very let ofthe Haffelnut tree, growing uprigh the Catkin or Aot, thickneffe ofones finger, or ratherbigger and ofthe length fmall lines and divifions, like unto a greene, fet with feverall Pineapple, of a urplith greene colotir for the moft salad fhoote forth {mall pale whitifpart, ont of which offoure {mall leaves apeece, without h flowers, confiltin theleaves, falling quickly away, and any fo good feent as not giving’ any feed, that everI could obferve or underf andlong, lying under the upper facetand : the roote is thicke ofthe ground, {hooti forward, and with {mall rootes fuckers onall fides like unto the garden Valerian, whititas h on if it lye above the ground ; and more the outfide,or gteenif}, pale'or whitith on the \\ infide, with many joynts therea bouts,and whereat,it hath or W\ doth fhoote forth,long thicke fibres underneath, wherebyit Bytaketh {trong hold in the ground , ofafirme orfat fabftance, yet not hard or wooddy, but eafie and fomewhat bitter faite, to be cut, of a {weet {cent, The Place; The firk is thought by (Marrh Jndia, Syria,&¢Iudea.The d ry iohas and others, to growin flalkes ofthe a.arefa idto grow at the foot of Mount Libanu s the wet grouids there : the in Syrianotfar from Tripoli,in other asis.faid before, The Calamus ofthe thops,or other true ofTurky,(in moift stounds, Acorss groweth in many places forf rifheth better than in dry)fro o with usit Joyeth and floufirmelt,whiteft, & fweetéh m whence the largeft roots, the are brought unto us:but it eth alfoin Ruffia, and thof grow= e othe greatplenty ; but the root r places thereabouts, in very es being dryed, are mor e lan ofmallsnot fo firme or white, nor of fo fingular a good feenke or The Time, t. Thefe Reedsare flrangers not growing with us, we having no farther knowledge of the Flagge beareth his catkinin the m: the {weet {melling beginning or middle of Tuly and Augutt, Phe The Names. Thefirft and fecond have the ir names in their titles,as thei r Authors havecalled them,b be the true Calamus Aromatic ut whethereither ofthem us of Diolcorides, Galen, and othe be commonlyfo takento be, rs, it were worthy the knowledge ; for although yet Clafins in part improving it, and I fhewing more it improbable: and it is verycerta doubts, doe make it the ine,that we we have notr ue Calamus even thorow all Turkic more Aromaticus brought unto , with both Phyficians and ’ us in the fe dayés, for Druggifts,or Merchants as are in Chriftendome itis , (for they have no Apo ) not feene or knowne, fort thecaries fich Aromaticus,they underf he Arabian word of ©.af fab eldberira, which is’ Cal be very frequent among tand not whatit is, and being demanded amus for it them) they ij] willgi ve contrary things fori by that name, (although the Arabian tongue inn his hisobfervations doe decl r, as Matthiolusin his' are, NoyWw whether ir fho Epif tles and Bellonius uld be called Calamus {canning alfo, becaufe ver Aromaticus, Or odoratus { y many doethinke the wor , itis worth the oder and odoratus x butI find d aroma, from whi e Garc ias a very lea rne d Writer, and others alfo' the Arabian words, deri ve or dberira, fignitying aroma, (as Caffab doth: Aru to contrary that opiiitenneh ee or drugge, whether they be ndo fpic Calamus’) is properly esth at {mel l {wee t,o or no {mell, for fo the Heb r any other thing uféd in or medicine that hath either a drogue Myrthe,in the Scriptur rew word deror fignifyeth alfo, as (Mor dero a’ ftrone r, Myrrha aroma, OF Arom e Exod, the30, chapter, and atizans, the belt Anoynting oyle, and inth rf, was appointed amo e 34ng other {pices to mak everyane Knoweth, and oth verfe ofthe fame Chapter, with Galbanum which e the hol hathno fweet {cent;’a and Caffia, asa {weer thin er gums to make perfumeto burne : and Myrrhe s I thinke althoughit be reckonedw » sheldaynag and Ko g, in many places of the Scripture,yetitis not ith Aloes le and ran _ fwe ett o us, as'wee account {weetth Aromata, inthe 19. cha 2 Alaris ings t he kn pter of Saint Johns Gofp 7 2 3 ell.. Garcias faith With manyperfons of i 7 i highand ea a i ce odorata ee i andI thinke Péiny firtt broa ehile, ve oi e Judged to be i iKecushnlied’onetode rea oon, nc n theref 2 and ae ore adayes, be the true Calanoy yca 2 ¢ S edro mati cus of the of Apot the ancient Writ Writings,doe hold tha ers. Braffavolus Ferrarie hecaries and others now t Opinion, that nfis, and Fuchfiusin thei the ota Reed, is the try 1¢ 1 Calamus cdor ¢ atys of the r Calamns aroma ne fh thops, whichis a root and nota Reed, or a ftal ticws ofthe Ancients : whi whi u ch is Calamus ke ch, thatit cannot bee fo, let us firt {can the name, ufed, i nails of Reebut : ds tlsalthonshie heed y peakeof, “tt 3 {peake of and name root heophra i ty fay, differeth not, no roote e tl thereof f tobtobee a pe stowethin bnti s like unto other forts 74,8 Wellas in India, and all men Plainely fee, that this roote of Calamus < Cusr.48. The Theater of Plants. $$ $$$ AF i fydite Calamus{o called in(hops,isneithera reed, nor therootof aidareed, ‘ i sit i nov for being feenedgin growingwe sreene, ap 7 NV Calanivs fa-callenin oo is defcribed before, adayes in manyplaces, and as * ath brought many there is no corre{pondency ofit with a reed, (an Fruely to thing's to knowledge, which fee the face of things Sees fuk eHe would have lien in perpetualf Sitretone the worldis indebted to . | > 3 w thofe that are diligent fearchers out ignorance and darkneffe of the + aM bothC by Aetheir7 face or forme, * Sain wr and by their properties and vertues, let theo good and genuine plants of the ees: k ve neglect or contemne. ) Secondly, the Ancients declaring the other notés, honeft acknowledge , let the vile Gicaee at which is the yellower and fullér whereby it may be knowne se in stiane) breaking of joynts isthe beft,(the thicker into long fhivers, (notbrittle or breaking fhort) the fiftala and fhorter faith Pliny, fomew meee cane ef in oe ineft fiftule araneum ox araneus quod florem vacant, preftantior or pipe being plena araneorum,.or as eft cum liny fait fe P reted, then that the pith inthe erof4s, nwmcrofior can be no otherwife OF numer middle int of s 3 which the preted, taen tha . yer, the more the better, is like caneor i) aiarbaba ene Hl of elwedide unto a Spiders cobweb, (that is ful - thre . ) dexd Pipe, which they - sf alsecent talte, fomewhat quicke, and biting upon, the to gue? now eee+ fome Soenppncte wing, ofanalte thatbaltard Calamus ofthe fhops; yerthat is ofthele notes or markes may eceus:1in not enough, (for that hath : ight, hecanfe'afoncur twonotes deceived moft men, to judge ath agreeing, the reft being not anfweraf whefalls faleoms breaketh fhort and not into fhivers, ir is not clammy ble,) but all the notes muft aacey te es full ofthat cobweb like pith: by in which comparifon a!l men mayplainely chewing, nor hath it any filtula err a nee aad that weareutterly defticare e Ancients, fee, that our Calamus is of ¢ the true ¥ Calamus a not at Oo me aromaticus 5 oS. gar of Diofcorides and e reft of re nae : Ariens: and yetfo perverfe are many in thefe dayes, that they they amet them, will : ; i ol errours, becaufe ftill perfift in their be the belt fubltitutethe; - oe and will know no other, althoughthey bee _ thereof ethouehe thought diverfly. them: divert In that but what may be the be Galen, Sphagnum in medicines, many have at booke booke offubfob : : : that is ALufcus arboreus, the mofle ' zaten, S pho ftitutes that is that groweth upon trees) is : falfly attributed £0 to Ga ced ae = ys among the reft, but ashefaith examining, Se oe * and confidering Sepoiede ee cal aAWanivd to retract that opinion, andcondemne it quite, as eee, feriontlyied he is che matter oss re i : = ads; rather a meere contrariety, to be betweene yeene Calamus Calamus ae Aromaticus,a apefizmee eee f that worth; ee saiity, Whe moffe able o afttraswhichahhowgh wboalittetijaee rarity, aleqalinp and quality, and ated the in{mell,yet of no other quality eq he feed of Nigella Romana, bothfor the fcentand that'pe quicke tafte, and o- janie a eicto. Oth rk eka the Galanga major tobe the fut ies incident thereunto. ther properties inc . hi ke it hath Others Ba te, for the heating 7 ; but both the one and theother are hotter in ; their indestees us opening qualities, they thin 4atthiolus degr cts by bast man th the ea judceth they fhall not doe much amifle, Calanius ofthe Ancients is? 4: e that take rae a a womens the rootes of Ange ica courfes, and befides the manyother good properties theftead thereof, becaufe eke, oak tobe fingular good to expell any Seeee ed Py aie oa ih the placue, and peltilentiall ayres.poifon of venemous creatures, or otherBut the moft and beftdoe aoree, that % pei eke me asovecaigte “ly Or Sarr ethr Ae bothin degrees and a qualities unto it,or elfe that falfe Calamus of ahs Sgniaas OF cere i a reftfabftitute z gol can Us thereunto,alchough i . * xt belt and near the fhops,is thenext it doe exceede it in heate, the lefle being lities tobe ta rs therewith, and may alfo nen{ately - the true “alanius be ufed, untill (Calamus wne. bee better 5 knowne, : ins Soe ,., al di Greeke AHOO Anoe@ & dxopov, becaule ruts xbpcic, DP LHOLOV, and brought anwule |Acorar is cal I : a dimme ttR ee ideft,i pupillisfive acies oculorum eyefight. AZonardus,Ge c Tragus, Matthiolus, Cordus, Gefuer, Cameonea tent oie¢ is fis doeall call it Acorus or Acorum, and perperam Calamus Aromaticus officinas varins, Lugdunenfis, Labels and Gialit's Tridis [pecies, Amatus vith. Anguillara calleth Cafalpinus Brafavolusand Fuchfius it Calamus nofter Iridis er eee $ Calamus aro Hibeene 2 formerly great ignorance ; i ofthetrue in that itwasgeAcerus of Dioftorides, Seer at- wate hatlg becne fo for in that itwasg a fe them the more, not imagining it to be Acor#s, untill fome more init did amufe them dic a ating ic with that they had read thereof, perfwaded i efeninieaor diligent, 5 entiog e thei 1 — COTUS + 2er Mat es, firft after themthat ab tho thls, fo foundit, as Ithinke 7 eevee ublithed i a ure neal nerally takenand ufed for Calamus, it to the wor 3 and after him havenowfo well perfwaded molt ae ane: cans L00 and ‘Cisfins i) eo Rao. = unlearned, or the moft wilful, that few . we Te ill would make the make any doubtor fer ee alanga major to be the true Acorus, pyre, aeetfatk but itis Galanga maj - knowne that ¢ ‘lower-deluce, ascertainely; Diofcorides Ie 7 AlanER UEOr S ve; defcribeth his Acorus tohave, : leaves or rootes. like unto Peieherlike } a thetic leaves 5 the faculties unto Reeds, nor doethe te Com ies o of Galanga reft of Galang 4 anfwer thefe of Acerus. ie HES * but rathes hath but The Vertues, s : . eee Tfthis Calamus aromaticus ith it hath thefeoe ies. It provoketh be the right Calamus ofDele crwiee is ia. : 7. dropfie. facult urine, > and boyled with £grafle rootes and fmall It helpe th the defects age feed, it helpet ive ofe that Kay A : r sigs he de buiiie : n bellied: of the reines, is profitable againft the Strang 55a ury,or making —_ ., es : : as al termes pic e at there provoketh womenensste courfe oftak s.e her en thorow a drunke or applyed to the place: rmes or cout fes, eit eee si Turpentine, cureth rhem that havea at Reed or Tobacco-pipe, either byit felfe, cough: it is put or withfomedryo weal Hk; ; ‘a di into bathes for womento llifying oyles and plaifters, thar fit in, as alfo into Glifters to. eafe paines {erveto ripen hard impoltums, as alfo for the {weet Poea . It isu ora a be Sue tweene heate and cold, fomewhat aftringent, and havin eans mee bse itis rofitablyit is temperate begavery little dapi Bithe: i edak ufed amon g aecs other : Peet at H things , that helpe the liver e gently and ftoma e urine, and is cke, doth gently f P procur CURES dei n: rocure the courfe ry for the mother, whenit is troubled with infla s;-iti s ashefa ith, mmations ,and gently e prc hot and tinlasouriiaee Meaty cs pt e dryin the fecond degree; but is more nnt fmelli .ee is a to at i ras or {weet {melling c e urine, ifthe deco@i-+ Flagge as Diofeoride cents isioe:: Te ine sc ms fe the Ginds ae of the fides, liver and brealt ;as alfo. to eafe~ the gripi ie ng paines rs of e a the collic ke and r hofe ee crampe,s that ate barfte and goodiia Ivhelpeth likewife to walte the {pleene, and to bring for tho Rea n4 danger that are bitten by any venemons : Serpent, Itis Ps belpe z have the te to them : Pees sa ae ¥ery profit & eae fan cafsit," asthe Iris or Flower-deluce rootes are or wome ablythat ufed among other things, incathe ; the 9 bat yee tn aR jayerdeo ie into the eyes dryeth rheumes therein, and cleere ray all —sor th the fight, taking away fuchlike Be aaad ice that + my The sate is of much ufe in Antidotes againftall venom or siemay meoeend san e poifon, or in ones Seg (reciall remedy to helpe a ftinki ea ng breath, iftheroote be taken fafti : ine Fan a furth ng ery e, itisa (peci ion made in water, and taken inat the mouth thoro i fae. oF fometimeermor together. The hot fumes offthethe decoét w : bledwith chociuchtsa diac of the powde funnell, are excellent good to helpe them that r ofthe rootes of are troubled with thecong: Acorus, 141 |