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Show 44 Cuar. 49. Theatrum Botanicum. ee ith as much Cinamon, taken ina draught of Trisel ee Wormewood wine, is fingular good to comfort and ftrengcn ke ftomacke. The decoction thereof drunkeis good againft convulfions or crampes, and for falls or eben i ifoa Evncll or Syrupe made of Acorws in this manner,is wonderfull effectual for all cold {pleenes, ee Pr ¢ ofthe frefh rootes of|Acorus one pound, bruife them after they are cleane wathed and for three dayesin vinegar,after whichtime let them be boyle d together, to the confimption of ie : haleofhe vinegar, which being trained forthfet to the fire againe , putting thereinto as much honeyas is fafficient for the vinegar tobrin it intoa = ke oe: g Syrupe 3 an ounce of this Syrupe takenin the morning With a {mall draught of the decoétion ofthe {ame rootes,is fufficient for every dofe. The whole tootes preferved either in Sy. gar or Honey,iseffeC tuall alfo for the fame purpofes: but the greene Frootes dryed rootes that are fteeped, and afterwards preferved. The rootes brnife preferved are more defired than the ware tothe tefticles that are fwollen, diffolveth the tumour, and eafethth d and boyled m wine, and applyed e paines ; it likewife mollifieth hard tumours in any otherparts ofthe body, Itis verily beleev of hiveof Bees, ftayeth them from wandring ot flying away,edandmany, that the leaves or Footes of Acorustyed to a alfo affirmed, that nonefhall be troubled with any fluxe ofbloo drawetha greater refort of others thereunto, Itis and roote about them. The rootes of Acorus or Calamus, asitd,or paines aethe crampe, that weareth thehearbe is ufuallycalled, are ufed amongother things to make fweet powders, to lay amonglinnen and garme nts, and to make {weet waters to wathhand, gloves ,or other things to perfume them. Cuap, XLIX, fancus odoratus five Schenanthos. The fweet Ruth or Camels Hay, 1. Juncus odova'us tenuior, 4. Juncus odoratus tenuior. "The ner {weet {melling Ruth? ; This finer Ruth hath manytufts or heads of long rnfhe-liké’ leaves, thick fet together,one compaffing another at the bottome, and fhooting forth upwards, the outermoft whereof are bigger or grofler than thofe that grow within, which are a foote long and better; {mall, round and ftiffe, or hard, and much {maller from 4 little above the bottome of them, than any Ruth with us) of a quicke and {picy tafte, fomewhat pleafant, and of a fine fweet it or foft {cent : thus it hath growne with us, but bore neither ower, nor fhewedany appearance of ftalke, by reafon the Winter deawesperifhed it quickly :butin divers ftrong, round, hard joynted thenaturall places it beareth brownifh or purplith huskes on ftalkes, having divers fhort the toppes ; containing within them moffie whitith fhort threads or haires, wherein lyeth a chaffie feed : the roote is {tringy orfull oflong fibres, which are very hard as they are brought tous, from their ons , which have the f{malleft {cent or tafte , thereof; for fo muchas ever I could obferve, either by the greene ordryed leaves that have beene brought untous: yet ALstthioles faith, he had fome plants, that Footes were.fweet, fome lofing rofe with him offeed, whofe their fcent; but the leaves and tuthes of his were bigger than ours here defcribed 3 having faith leaves like Sedge, which is Carex oy Sparganiumor likeas hee which is a large,or great kinde Zea, of wheat ; whereby I guefle it was of the greater or groffer kinde next hereunto following. 2. Juncus odoratus craffior, The grofferfweet {melling Rufh. This greater or groffer Ruth, groweth in the fame manner, the former doth, but eon that in every part thereof. » and leffe {weet alfo, as well asleffe fharpe methto be a kinde ofir felfe,that and hotin tafte s whereby it fee38 well as forraigne! parts ; or gtoweth fo great in the naturall, Stowing in moilter places, that it being the fame kinde, by acquireth thereby the larger tude. habj- places ofAfrica, The Place. dal 7 = AsI declaredin the defcriptionit comm : The Time, eth no t tqflowringin The Time. It is called in Greeke VG dposarin ds x) vupeoints : ow alors &funi bus dicituy + agoyAlmss odoraius., Lucepin@- unguentarins, quia unguent and of fomé is dicatur, in Latine Ivzen Sy ajungen do, Some doe call it Schenanthos wianthos flos Iunci, and corrupt quafi Sc ha ly in fhops Sqvinanthum, Somealfo call it Juncus odovatus rotundus, to rence betweene this, the lencus vulgari put adiffes rotundus, and the {weet Cyperus, that is called Zencus odoratus angulofas veltriangularis, Itis called alfo Palea de Mecha and Paftus Chamelorum : in Englih the fweet {melling Rath, or Camels Hay, according to the Latine names, or Squinant if you will. There hath beene much diverfity among the later Writers, concerning the true Squinan t, fome thinking it not tobe triie which we have in fhops, fome making the great Galanga to be the roote ofthe {weet Ruth of Diofcori des, as the Monkes that wrote Comentaries Mefnes : Fuchfius likewife and Anguillara upon alleadge manyreafons, why they thinke thar thofe finall Ruthes that are ufed now adayes in the Apothecaries fhops, are not the true Zencus ofDiofcorides and others, both for are finall peeces of rnfhes and ftrawes as that they it were, and not flowers orftalk es, or rootes, which Diofcorides faith are tobe had in ufe, and that they have (they ofcorides faith plainely may be found in hisfay) not any quicke biting tafte, nor {weet fcent ofa Rofe, all which Di. Lencus ; concerning whofe reafons this fay, that the fowers are truely feldome brought over unto us, and whent hey are brought, theyare foundof little quickneffe in tafle, or fweetnes in finell : andGalen complaineththat inhis time they were very fearfely to be heatd : and indeed itfeem ble, that becaufe thefe {mall Ruthes, which eth probaare now ufually in the Druggifts and Apothecaries Diocorides faithit provoketh urine and womenThe Vertues, head a little it gently cutteth or breaketh humour s courfes, difcuffeth all {wellings and wind, bue troublech thé s, and digefteth th: m, and loofneth the veines ; the decottion ofthe flowers breathing places ofthe (faith and difeafes ofthe ftomake, lungs, liver andhe) drunke, {tayeth the {pitting of blood, andis conducible to the gtiefes reynes, Itis alfo put into Antidores againft poifon and Serpents, Theroote hereof is held to be the venome of havea loathing in their {tomackes to their ofanaftringent property, and theréfore is more effe@uall for thofe that meate, a dramthereof taken withthe nforning fafting for certaine dayes together,isa like quantity of pepper every very good remedyfor thofe that have fionsor crampes : the decoétion thereof is profitable for women tofit therein, that the dropfie, and for convulfor as Galenfaith it openeth obftructions, are troubled with the mother, digefte rh cradities, expelleth corrupt humours, confumeth congealed matter in the body, andther efore it is of excellent good ufe,for the cutteth tough flegme,and menscourfes, taken either in drinke or by ftopping ofurine or wody : therootes doe binde more, and the fomentation, it allayech the inflammations ofthe liver,ftomacke, and boflowers are more hot, butin all the in fome more, i parts thereof there is aftri@tion 5 5 ding. Itisufedto be boyled in the broth cit is very profitably mixed with thofe medicinesthat ferye to flay bleeof the wombe, that women feele after ofa chickin (I meane the whole plant) as very helpefull to eafé the paines mouth, andfor all creeping ulcers ; and their childing, the powder thereof is fingular good for the {ares of the their ftomacke,ifthe ftomacke or belly taken with wine and'vinegar, it iseffetuall for thofe that have an ulcerin be fomented with the decoction thereof therein, and eafeth the paines. , it taketh awayall inflammations Cuap, thefe colder Countries, and therefore Clufius and others L. Cyperus, Sweet Cyperus, or Englifh Galinga; #O finifh this firft part of{weet hearbe s, I have fome forts of{weet Cyperus to'defcribe unto you, others whichare notfweet,I fhall f;peake of BI the Z74/f duice; for the neere réfemb in their proper place: yetunto thefe Ithinke good to adjoyne lancé in face and forme tinto the others, and for the pleafantnefle A] in tafte, though notin {mell. 1. Cyperus retundus odor-atins vulgatior. "The morecotnmon reund rooted fweet Cyper This round rooted {weet Cyper iis: the middle, every leafe feeming us fhooteth forth many heads of long and natrow leaves, fomewhat thereby to be three {quare, and fomew ridged in hat hard and rough in handling, infcent : among thefe leaves rife many and {weer {mooth {quare ftalkes, about three foote high, ftuffed with a white pith,and not hollow) Without any knot or joynt therei n, unto’ the toppes, where there ftanda {mall panicles, or chaffie greene few fhort leaves, and many {pikes feed. che roote is compofed ofmany or éares offinall leaves above them, which after conthine within them long and'round blackith browne {mall the of the bignetfe offmall Olives, ot rootes, faftned together by long ftring the greater Filipendularootes: of s, mote when they ase dry, and ofa a {weet {cent even while theyare bitter tafte, fomewhat like unto gretne, bur Galan We have hada {maller fore hereo f brought us frony Spaine by Boeliw ga, : s, not differing from this, but of the ftalke,.not being a foote in the lownefle ari high, andin being fmallét alfo in leafé and roote, 2~ Cyperus rotundus odoratsus Syriacus major, The o there hath beene one broughtout of Syria greater Affirian {weer Cyperus, and Egypt, whofe rootes and leaves were. foméwhat r, the {cent of the rootes fomewhat and ot a brownecolour, on the outfid ftronger and quicker, e elfe differing in anything, _ 3. Cyperus rotundus odoratits Syriacnot us minor. The lefler Affirian round Theré ie alfo another leffer fort broug rooted {weet Cyperus. ht : f Vopetama, andl chat Trae ofthe Eafterne Countries, asalfo in fome : Cuar. 50. to bring them. The finer {weet fmelling Ruth. They grow naturally in Arabia Syria,Mefopopams: — others haye thought it to be an annual plants bit affured ly ic dyeth not every yeare in thofe hotter parts , and flowreth in the Summertime, found made mention but of one fort, which is the fi- Ty ANN aI ’ The Theater ofPlants, fhops to be had, are to be more quicke and hot in tafte, thanei are and have benereceived into morenfe, and ther the other ftalkes, flowers, or tootes that are brought us, thefe the other flowers are left of, or quite neglected hath canfed the Merchants likewife;nottoaske to bee ufed, which or feeke for them Je, Ecaufe throughall the forts of Graffes and Ruhes, I finde none {weet, fit for this Claffiis “hl 1 bring here to your confid , but this eration,let me, following the like method of Diofcorides, infert this which ; va)! and the otherthat {hall follow inthe Rufh, next Chapte r, in the end ofthis partof fweet hearbes, as a compl Ye yp) ment to the fame, Ofthis fort eof fweet Ruth, { findetwo forts, finer anda courfer, or the true and a baftardkinde, although the ancient’ Writer s haye neft and trueft. Triset. rmer, the ftalke being fomewhat fhortée both from Syria and Candy, being are lefler by the halfe than thelatt, more tough, whofe rootes and leaves thé ftalies alfo fhorter than the {mall Spanifh; but not differing thing, in anyother O 145 |