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Show 50 Cuarete 2 Aloe Americans, Theatrum Botanicum: Heatbe Alocs of Amerita, enemameme Trist.2 Aloes Apericane canfis cum florilus feperatineflos.chfiliqua fémintum j ‘The falke and che flowers of the loc. tmer.a Hower & head of fecd by shemfclyes oer ee beTheater ofPlants. dé Crtaé; t it mow commonly gtoweth nedre the Sed, rhany doe fappole it: tooké falt, or from daG- 4 Salo, the Seait felft,with whofe breath it idee the ndthé either frost 4438) ts that is, afale delighted, The hardned juyce thereofis alfa ufirally called Aloe, and becaufe the beft.and purelt is made, as varcasfaith, inthe Hlarid Socotora, it is talled Ale Sacotorina, and corruptly in thie Apothecaties fhops Alves Succotrinas or Sacco curina. Yeisalfo called Aloeshepa tica, becaufe the beft is browne and red like liver. Iris calledalfo aan eior, beeanfe noe onely -groweth in thé ground, but will live al{o outiof the ground. Some ofthe moderne Herbarifts doe call it Sempervsvin marinuth , from the thickneffe of the leaves and likeneffe unto Sedum, called Sempervivum, Columela in his verfes by naming Sedum among the bitter juyces, is thought tomeane this, and called it Sedum amarum, for there is no Sedum that hath'a bitter juyce bur this onely. Anothiet fort of Aloe was formerly wontto be brought, (beforewee becarhe ins daftrious, to'chufe onély the belt for our'afe) which was called'Caballin the courfeft; or becaufe it wasnotfit for'men but horfes; the knowledgea, either becaufe theygavé it horfts, being as well as importation whereof, is almoft utterly forgotten and neglected. Iris called in Englith hearbe Aloes afterthe Grecke,and Séa Honfleeke after the Latine name, and Aygreene,that is Evergreene, P4ixy and others have written ofan Ale metallica, orSoffits ity Tne deaand otherplaces, bat it is found bydivers Writers ‘to be anerrour in them, and no {uch fecond as: Gommarain the end ofhis Mexican Hiftory-{aith, is called'of fome ofthe Indians thing to be found. The Afet/? and of forme otherg eMaguey:s offome Spaniards Cardon, becaufe of the’prickes abouit and at the end of the leaves, arid of others Fit y Apnillas that is to fay, thread and needle, becaufe it fupplieth both-their ufes ; the fharpe end thornes ferving asan aule or needle; and the threadsrunning withintheleaves being {punne, ferving as thread. Clifius calleth it Abe Americana, and {o almoft all other Authors after’ kim, onely Lobel calleth it Aloefolio mucrondto, Fragifas faith that the pricke ofthe thornes hereofare venemotiss q I (WEEN or vomiting ofblood, if'a drammethereof not onely agood purgerof it felfe, but is added alfo with other pargers to caufe the be taken'infaire’ water: it is leffe trouble in the ftomack ¢ it healech greene wounds, and bringeth old fores to cicattizing, as al{othofé the genitors, it healeth the chappeg ofthe fundament, the piles and breakingforth of blood from them, being ufedofoutwardly { but affuredly it is found hot convenient for cons talent; which leavés aré round onthe underfide, and at the bottome encompaffe one anothe fide, and channelled or made hollow liké a gurter on the the end : the innermoft ftill abiding channelledr, but growingflat when they are elder after a footes length, ipperunto and hollow, : thefe leaves are full ofjuyce andful thorow them, but are no more bitter than l ofthreads runnin the altrong great fpungy {talke, ofthe bigneffe other : inthe middle of thefe leaves after a long times abidin rifere ofa mansarme, with a few {mall dry and {et theteon, and of the length of a Horfe brownith leaves, fjfed mans ftaffe in fomeplaces, but rifing higher than two {peares ee in io thers sas at Avignion, whereas it is reported, within the {pace of 45.da yes, the greene ftalke grew to the of 22. handsbreadth: that is, about nine height or ten foote’: and about twelve cubits length, inthe Duke of Florence hj garden, andfifteene cubits at Rome, branc hed almoft fromthe middle thereofup and éach of themragaine into others, the great to the toppe, into divers bara “s branch ftanding out for a goodfipace, and then each Whereofare fet a number of flower turning upwards - 2 s, even twoor three hundred, being no other then long and Ee oes — three-{quare hard.huskes, thrnfting ont fixe great. yellow hard and crooke dthreads, tipt at the toppes with pehdents; andin the middle among eee ft colour, whichis not true, for they are ofthem another yellow round headed pointell, Lobel faith, of a pur lite blu a whiti th or yello with green e colour, and of a {weet {cent ae thatbeare the flowers, after theyare as dry becomethe feed veficls, which being ripe, ate divided into three cls, cach contaiing abundance of part white halfe round light biparted feed, clofely. compact together : Verygreat, comparable to thereft ie of the a Q young {prouts yéarely, which being plant, twoor three cubits long,harder than the former, giving a coca Sut matt be kept from cold in the Wintefeparated and planted, will quickly takeroote inthe gtound and grow up: r, and will not defire to be much watered. a pao we The Place, The fir growethin Arabia Ajit, Syria, and all the¢ Eait Countries, and in 2vdiz, , ‘ land, pei: as neare the Seafid as e, and inthe great way withi Iands tl lere, as in Socotora as Garciafaith, whereWwella the bet is oe weas hath mall, eitccea s < abont Andaloufia ncare the Seafhore in fuch plenty, that divers thought to have The otherfore grew firth ein llbeing wea.mad e phaa c,it into wasnotfo —_Moh und aaaenta A, ( Which wayfoce, effe@tual l asinto the all brought Indian fort.j Spaine, wasany fromthen {pread quarters ofhtdge s, as wellt as defend ints 40e in Spaine, which they there nfe to planty to feree themin ~_ 86% 28 Well o tofeparate feparate as catoitey the limits of their grounds, ftead Theyy flower inthe] horcer re Countries, in the firft Summer The Time. MOWCE mthe i ; ; tledlmott: Winter. which ea ~ poeta Oy inthe(é Eh ved with great care ftomtl 1¢ frottsin colder, for1 they are prefer: ONS in W inter, whichmmet will Moneths,burnever caufe them quickly to rotte, ifthey feele never fo litThe firkt s is he firfti ~ The Vertues. _ The firt hearbe Aloe isufually hung opin honfes to bee ready at hand upon all occafions, to applya little of the juyce ofa leafe prefently:cut of, or the peece of a leafe it felfe, upon any cutor frefhwound, which is found to bee fingular good to foder and heale them: even‘as Diofeorides faith, that that fort which‘grew in Afia, Arabia, cc, is of more nfe to glue or foder wounds, than that which commetho ut of Invi : the eaves alfo ate found to be exceeding cold in the hot Conntres, and ofverygreat ufe and effects for all manner ofAcalding with water, or burning wichfire, gun-powder, orthe like, healing them quickly : the nature of the Juyce, or Aloesit felfe, is fit to thicken, to dry, to procurefleepe, and moderately to heate ; it opencth the belly, purgeth the flomacke > and the ycllow jaundife, and ttayeththe {pitting The Names. the A’ay ofof Dioltori dee the Z </coriaes, andall othérs bot : tand modern h ancien e Writers, and as Pena faith, becanfe it thofe that are troubled with the piles, to take thereof inwardly, becaufe it heateth, atid maketh the blood of them tobe the more fharpeand fretting. It isalfo found to be more helpefull to flegmaticke, than to hor, dry, and cholericke conftitutions. It eafeth the paines ofthe head tobee takeninpills, or being diffolved to anoyntthe forehead andtemples': diflolved in wine and honey,it helpethth e foreneffe ofthe reynes and gums, and allulcers in the month : being torrified ina cleaneearthen veffell, itis an efpeciall good medicine to be wed with others for the eyes, Galen (heweth thatit is hot inthe firtt degree compleat, of’ fecond inchoate, and dry in the thitd, and hatha litele aftringent facultytherein alfo, but exceeding bitter ¢ it openeth the belly and purgeth mode-= rately the ftomacke:chiefly, whereunto it is mot friendly and comfortable as all other purgers:doetrouble and weaken the ftomacke, this onely is above all other medicines, (for wherefound to comfort and ftrengthen it :) and thofe humours that are in the lower parts nextunto thepaflage, for it is nofttong or genérall parger of the whole body; to.expell grofle hamonrs, but thofe onely that bein and aboutthe ply itfelfe, is fitteftto be ufed,for ifirbe wafhed,it lofeth tie molt partbelly. “Aid for this purpofe thé Aloes fimof comforting and ftrengthening property left. And therefore if Aloesthat is the purging quality, and hath onely a howfoever it may doe {mall harme to fome, yet itis found to doe'much watht be given to thofe that are feverith, to others. Mafticke or @inamon are accounted; the beft correctors or helpets to be mixt therewith when itisgiven: It healeth alfo thofe ulcéts that are hardly cured, and efpecially thofe in the fimndament and {ecret parts, (WMe/nes faith ic cleanfeth the head and ftomacke;and eafeththofe paines are incident unto them : and thatthe continual ufe thereof preférveth any from dangerous and deadly difeafes, and with Mirrhe pteferveth the all puttefaction andcorruption ?:which effects long before his bodies, not onely ofthe living but of the dead, froma time were welt {tnowne to the world, for the manner ofembalming the-bodies ofthe dead, with Aloesand Myrrhe, in the'i.g) Chapter ofSaint Johns Gofpell, the 3 9. verfe, whereit which was ufed among the Tewes,'as appeareth is {aid that Nicodemus brought about 100. pound Weight of Mirthe and Aloes mixed together which waslaid with the body ofour Saviout Jefin the Sepulchre = Eut the Aloes thatis:ientionedinall other places ofthe Scriptures , is undérftood to beethe Lionumaloes, which the Apothecaries ufe in their fhops; in many medicines, bothby Greeke and Arabian Authors, as welf inward as ontward; for {weet oyntments, perfumes, andappointed other compofitions : and the Alve tree is onely once or twicenamed, as inthe 24. of Numb, and the 6, verfe. The parable of Balaam concerning the beauty of Tacob, oF the children of J/ae/,in the faire {preading oftheir habitations, to'bé like valleies ftretched forth, like garderis by the Riverfide, like the Aloe trees, (which Saint Jerome tranflateth Tabernaclés) that God planted, a's thé Cedars befide the waters, And inthe 45. Pfalme where Saint Jevomes tranflation hath Myrrha Gurta cCafia, it thould be Myra Alse e CaGa, for the Hebrew word Ahalod, which ‘the moft judi¢iows doe tranflate Agallochum into Greeke, and Lignuzs'alves into Latine, It is often givento Raifons ofthe Sutine opened and the ftones takenforth children for the wormes, either ofit elfe, ok in a few andforneputthereinor outwardly applyed to the belly, under the navill, made into a plaifter witha little oyle of Wofmewood; or fome other fiith thing, Alo¢salfo is often ufed inmedicines for the eyes; witha little honeyto allay the heate in theny, to'cleanfe the inward roughneffe of the eye: lids, and cleare the dimnefle ofthefighr, that commeth by moift huitiours diltilling into them, by drying +t Up-without fharpneffe or offence sithealethalfo the itching in the corners ofthem, Being mixed with little vinegarand oyle of Rofes,and thetemples and forchead anoynted therewith, about the time ofreft, doth mitch helpée he headach, and is a meanesto procure fleepetothofe that if itbe diffolved in wine, and the head’ wafhed *serewith, ic ftayeth the.falling ofot thedding of the haire want-7 # ufed withboney aiid wine\ie’cleanfechalt foule ie mar |
