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Show 176 Cu aP. 12. Theatrum Botanicum. Tris x2, * i erards figures have both of themprickles on the leaves, callin piece ars SemaWe ected it Oiie one and the fame tans growing infeverall C hie “i Seack to bee doubrfull é Diofcorides his Smilax a/pera, chink Lupulus the Hoppe tobeit; Lobel calleth that with blackeberryes Smii/ax a/pera alterafacie Sarfaparille aut eicongencr. And itis very likely tobe that kinde that A/pinves faith,he found with fo large andgreat rootes, asis before expreffed, and others fo much commend to be ufed inftead of Sarfaparilla, The Zarfaparilla or Sarfaparilia it felfe, isa Spanith word, which the Spaniards impofeduponthis, when they firlt aw itinthe Well Indies, becanfe they judged themto be both one thing, that is Smilax afpera: for fo they callitin their language Zar/#, or asfome write it farsa, fignifying Rubus Bramble, and Parilla vitscula,che diminitive ofVitis,a Vine, as ifone fhouldfay a {mall Vine« like Bramble,and yet Garcias LopesLufitanus faith, the name the Indianscall icby,doth fignifie as much, Somecall it Sal/aparitia,and {ome Smilax Peruana, Matthiolus giveth us figure of Sar(aparsilaneither branchesnor leaves, having any fhew ofthorneor pricklesarall upon them;which as he faith he received from Cyprus; and hath no knotor head, from whencethe long fmooth rootsfhonld {pring,fuchasis in the true Sar/aparita; whichas fayd before Ihave often feene my felfe in diverfe bundles thereof : but affuredly there arediverfe forts of Sar(aparilla, the beft being very Jarge &full, with a white pith in the middle,which willrendof flive in the middle very eafily, and this moft commonly is brought without head or knot, but with a numberof ‘fibres on all fides thereof,which mutt be taken awaybeforeit can be ufed, anotherfortis not fo full and great, yet rendeth or cleaveth reafonably well,andis the moft {pent, becaufe the moft ftore thereofis brought + the third is a hungry fort, and is of leaft refpect and ufe,this being uftally brought with the heads or knots, to be feene from whence the rootes fprung, I fay ufually, for fometimes you mayfinde a head or two among the'middlefort. The Vertues, This prickly Bindweede faith Galen if the leaves be tafted they have fome ee in thém, and being ufed any waythey heate. D io/corides faith that both leaves and berryes being drunke,beforeor after any deadly poyfon is taken, are a remedythere againit, ferving toexpell it. It is faydalfo faith he, that iftoa new borne childe, fomeof the juyce ofthe berryes hereof be given,it fhall not be hurt by poyfon ever after: Itisgiven as an An- tidote againft all forts of poyfonousor venemons things. Ifa dozen or fixteeneofthe berryes ‘being beaten to powder, bee given in wine, it procureth Vrine when itis {topped The diftilled water of the flowers being drunke, worketh the fame effect, and clenfeth the raines, and afwageth inward inflammations. If the eyes be wathed therewith, it taketh awayall heate and rednefle inthem, andifthe fores of the legges be wathed there- with, it healeth them throughly. The rootes as you have heardbefore,are ufed by diverfe learned andjudicious men in{tead ofSar/aparill« with asgoodfucceffe, as if they had ufed the true: for Sarfaparilla doth purge the body of humours manifettlyas other purgers doe,being generally held not to heate, but rather to drynot the humors, yetit is wel perceived that it {pendeth the humors,by a fecret and hiddenproperty therein,whether by purging,or wafting & confuming them. much wherofis performed by fweating which it provoketh notably:It is much ufed now adays in many kinds ofdifeafes,namely in all cold fluxes from the head & braine,thumes and catarrhes,as al= fo all cold griefs of the {tomack,and expelleth winde very plentifully,both from the eth not onely the french difeafe,but all mannerof aches inthe finewes and joynts,allftomacke and mother:It helrunning fores in the lees all Regtharicke {wellings,tetters,or ringwormes,and all mannerof fpots and fouleneffe oftheskin: itis not convenient to be given to thofe whofe livers are over hot, norto fuch as have agues, The mannerofufing itis diver fe according to mens feverall opinions, for in former times it was ufed beaten to powderand fo drunkes others asaine boyledit fo long untill it became tender, which being beatenor broken, was afterward ftrayned into the decoGtion, making a kind ofthicke drinke like acteame. Some againe and that moft ufually boyledit in water, to the halfe,or to the confumption of the third part, as they would have itftronger or weaker, and thateither by it vie with aaa things a for ae mee others alfo put it among otherthings into drinke either beere or alenew tunned up,to drinke after it hath ftood three or foure daves for i remedyof thofe griefes, it is conducible as aforefayd, : yes for Phyficke drinke, for the: Sen Lupnlus five Lupus faliftarins, Hoppes; fuch like places: The TbeaterofPlantes. The Place, hefe plantsare mote frequent inthefe colder, than inthe ies pat) which stress the goodnefle of God unto us, to provide for every Country, fuch things as arefit for the fultentation of life; for where Vines grow not, and thewater Cuap,12. Lupulus faliffarins. Hoppes, toocold and raw, todrinke fimply of it felfe, there are thefe Hoppeschiefely bred to make drinke to, ferye inftead of wine or water: They delight chiefly, or rather onely to grow well,in low moift grounds,where they may have moyfture enough,and yet not too much; for therefore where they are planted onhillockes, as it were, there are trenches made to receive any great uantity of water, and bee conveyed away; that the plants fland not drowned therein, ‘ The Time, Thefe {pring not up untill Apil/, and flower not untill the latter end of /zne,the heads arenot gathered,untill the middle or end of September, The Names, Itisobferved and much matveiled at, by our ordinary writers, thacthis plant fhould not be remembred by Dio/corides, Galen, or any other of. the ancient Greeke or Latine writers except P/wy, who doth but onely nameit and,numberit among thofe herbes that grow of themfelves, and that are nfed for méeate with diverfe nations, calling it Lepu/us alétarivs, The Arabians have not onely remembredit, but commended the ufe of it highly for many difeafes, as you fhall heare by and by. Mefues maketh it his third kind of Volubilis with rough leaves, amonghis purging plants : the Greekes at this day call it Cevov & Cpuovia. Bryon and Bryoniait is likely for the forme of the leaves and running of thé branches, It is called Lupulus & Lupus falittarins, & reptitins (quia falit & reptat per arbores, vel quia (candit falices) of all oir moderne writers, onely Lobel calleth it Vitisfeptentrionalinm, the Vine of the Northernere- gions, and 7ragutas I fayd before thinkingit to be Smilax 4fpe- ras the Jtalianscall it Lupolo ; the Spaniards Hombrazillos; the French Honblon, the Germaines Hopffen, the Dutch Hoppe, and we in Englifh Hoppes, The Vertnes. The firft buds of the Hoppes, being layd a while in fand, maketh them the tenderer, and being boyled are ufed; to be eaten, after the fame manner that the buds of Afparagus are, and with as great delight for the tafte, yet they have little nonrifhment in them : their Phyficall operation therefore is to open, the obftractions of the Liver and {pleene,to clenfe the blood, to loefen the belly, and to clenfe the Raines from gravell, and to canfe them to make water in whomit is ftayed: the decoction of the toppes of the Hoppes, ofthe tame as wellas of the wilde, and fo alfo the rootes doe worke the fame effects; but that they are fomewhathotter than the young buds, which have more moyfture in them : inclenfing the blood, they helpe ro cure the French difeafe, and all manner of {cabbes, itch, and other breakings outin the body, asalfo all tetters, ringwormes and {preading fores, the morphewlikewife andall difcolourings ofthe skin, and are ufed in Agiies: the decoction of the flowers and tops, are ufed to be drunk,to helpe and expell poyfon that any one hath drunk:halfa dram ofthe {eede in powder taken in drink, killech the worms in the body,i¢ likewife bringeth dowa womens courfes,& expelleth Vrine. The flowers andheads,being put into bathes for womento fit in,take away the] {wellings and hardneffe of the Mother, and is goodfor theftrangurie,or thofe that veryhardly make their water ; the juyce ofthe leaves dropped into the CHa XTT 4 He Hoppeis found to be of rwoforts, one manured for the ufe and rofit of the to y other wilde growing in hedges, and other Tripe 2% é é of it oun accord, aad eae @ by ordering and manuring brought to be larger in every refpect, and more fruitfir ll for ufe, firch as the manuredis : 1 thinke it not amiffe to fpeake of them bothin this place, being fo neere and quality the one unto the other, and not if forme {eparat e them,o r trouble two places with them vais nl ae z. a Hid manuted Hoppe. I ; anured Hopperifeth up atthe firlt, with diverfe great browne heades, like Aa afterwards {preading into rough . branches, clime tt great high poles, that “ Rane Nek many hard and rough darke greene leaves on them, cut into three or five on leaves, and dented alfoaboutth e edges : at the toppes of the branches, divifions, fomewhat like unto which hang downe apaine, for Mn moft part come forth many et heads, thicke together; from among which come being as it were a number of {mall yellowith greene leave. oO forth the flowers, ofa whitifh yellow colour, inet aed the their colour, to be fomewhat whitith yellow, they arefit then to be Aes beingpaft, and Hisheads therechanging isa {mall round {ede found therein : the roote is great at the head, fhootingathered to keepe : and rings, taking faft hold ofthe grou forth many blackifh nd. ‘ . Lupulus fylveftris. The wilde Hop The pe " wilde Hoppe eroweth upi athe he fame fe mann : er, ramping i Upon treessorh with rough branches andleavesPint or hedg edge ég, ft like the former: this giveth both final G e the man ler heades, widi ane See uren d doth,ah aa yea man time imess, there isi {carfe a head ort s wofeencin i a yeare upon diverfe, and herein oom NE cares, clenfeth the corruptfores, and (tenchat ifing from the corruption in them; 42¢/ves they purge choler, but worke more effectually, being fteeped in whey ofgoates milke : A Syrupe madeoffaith the juyce and fugar, cureth thofe that have the yellow jaundife, eafeth the headach that cometh of heate, and tempereththe heate bothof the liver and ftomack,and is veryprofitably given.in long & hot agues,thar bakers that will ufe the decoétion of Hoppes,to mould up their bread, thal make rife ofcholer and blood: Thofe thereby their bread to rifé better, andbe baked the fooner: C/#/izs reciteth the manner of a médecine nfed in Spaine,by womenleeches,to cure the falling ofthe haire ,canfed by the french difeafe,in this forteA pound ofthe roo's of Hopps,wel wathed & boyled In 8 pints of faire water,to the confumption of the third part,ora'halfe ifthey fee caufe;whereof they give half a pint to drink ina morning, caufing them to {weate well after: into the decoction they put fometimes,two dr three roots of parfly,and as manyof couchgraffe;with a few Rayfins of the fiinne. The Ale whichout forefathers were accuftomed onely to drinke, being a kinde ofthicker drinke than beere (caufeda ltranger to fay ofit, Nit /pifins dum bibitur, nil clarins dum mingitur, unde conftat rultasfaces in ventre rélinguit, that is,there is no drinke thicker that is drunke,there is no Vrine cleerer that is made from it, it muft needes be therefore that it leaveth much behinde it in the belly) is now almoft quiteleft offto be made,the ufe of Hoppesto be puttherein, altering the qualitythereof, to be muchmore healthfull, or rather phyficall, to preferve the body from the repletion ofgroffe humors, which the Ale engendred, The Wilde Hoppes are generally ufed either becanfe the Wildeis thought to be the more opening,and effectual, Phyfically more than the manured, or more eafily to come by,or,that the owners of the manured, will not {pare, or'lofe fo much profit, as that which would be taken away mighityeeld; yctafluredly they are bothof one property, take which youwill, of canger, CHaAarRy |
