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Show 184. Guar.is. Theatrum Botanicum, i 5 Tris &.2, TRIBE.2. dcocké, for che fame purpofes : the oyte hefaith of the {eede is profitably The Theaser ofPlants. ry Tithymalus maritinus Venetus. 3. Tithymalus maritinus (pinefus Creviens, ‘Lhornie Sea Spurge of Candye. Sea Spurge of Venice. ak ee Deenatotes the painesof che rollicke and windineffe of the mother; C/ufns Cuar.15. bit teeet diverfe Empetickes give of the {inall feeds that came ont of Americaina {mall\quantity asa purge nt erfe difeafes, becaufe by purging the body Welly they found good fucceffe;they held it asa’ fecret of worth, which they kept torthemflves,Afonardutaith that the oyle ofthe Jndsanfeede,(and other authors fay thefame, ofche aleofthe forttier kinde)is foundbiy dayly experience, to bee helpefall'to many diféafes, as well in the Fndies as in Spaines-for as he faith it helpeth all difeafes proceedingof ‘cold canfes,' it diffolveth oiling and fwellings, difperféth'winde efpecially of the collicke and mother, if the places grieved be anointe ‘mba ith, and fome few diops thereof alfo taken ina little chicken broth that is fat: it wonderfully helpeth t he crampe, and ¢onivilfion of thefinewes, being gently tibbed onthe places grieved, and thereby’ caufeth the finewe $ to be ftretched forth; that were fhrunike: by anointing the ftomacke:thebellyor theleft fide, where the {pleene lyeth, it eafeth them of thé obftructions in them: it killeth the wormesin children, if cithet you give adroppe or two Hae Ang \IS \) a i> thereof, inwardly in milke,or far broath,or andynt the lower part of the belly therewith, it tak ethawayalfo the hardneffe ofthe belly'in children, that are apt thereto, or have Wwormes: the oyle alfo helpeth all {cabs, or running P A Y 5 y & MT (i fores of the head ; dropped intotheeares, cuxeth the deafeneffe, and taketh awaythe paines and therein: it mightily clenfth the skinne fom all mannerof{pots, markes or blemifhes therein, asalfo the noyfe deformities of fearresanid ofthe pox:the greene leaves bruifed and applyed of themfelves, orelfe with barly meale, aflwageth the inflammations as wellas the fwelling of the cyes, andthe {wellings alfo of womens breft s, after childing : being applyedlikewifeto woinens brefts, they doe helpe to encreafe milk¢ in them: It ] hath beene formerlyfee downebygood authors, that Palma Chrifti planted ina garden,wasa fure remedy again{t moales, to keepe them Ses NTPs from workingin the ground:but Cameérarixs difproveth that a {feveration faying ,that they will work in the fame manner,although they be planted therein,yea or althonghthe branchesbe thruft into their furrowes or trenches, Cuap, Y XV. Tithymalus five Latlaria, Spurge or Milkeworte. 43%, Here are many other forts of Spurge, chat are remembred by diverfe authors, with. w hom.thereis § muchvariation abont thetrue namesof diverfe ofthem : {ome of them are.of the Sea,as particularly to be found there abouts : othersinthe woods and mountain es properly belonging to them; fome againe onely growing in gardens in thefe parts; and for the moft part not well knowne elfe~ where to be found,others alfo ofthe fields: they have alfo obtained fundry names.according to their formes or natures, yet all ofthemSpurges or Milkewor ts:for fome fortis particularly called Tithymalas, {ome o3. Tithymalus paralins. j HY } ‘Sea Spurge. thers Lathyris or Cataputia, others againe E/ila or Pityufa, and others Peplus, Peplis and Chamefyce = and becaufe they are all of them congeneres, that is of one family or kindred , and of one quality or property, whichisto purge, I thinke remember themall together, yet in {everall chapters. it fittelt to 1 Tithymalus Paralius five mavitimus, Sea Spurge, ‘The Sea Spurge rifeth up with diverfe reddith Wwooddy ftalkes a foote or halfea yard high,fet thicke with | eaves, from the bot= tome to the toppe, which are {mall long and narrow, yet broa- a and throate intollerably; at the toppes of bankes of theriver of Adayne. deft inthe middie, {omewhat like unto the teaves Flax,but thick and whitith, full of a white milke of Line or if broken, which is fo hot, that being tafted, it burneth any part be the mouth ———— ftalkes ftand many pale yellowith fowers, with two leaves the ander them compai- fing the ftalke, asit is ufuall to all the other forts of Spurges, and containing them, after which come thrée fquare {mall heades, wherein is conteined round difcoloured feede:the and wooddy, abiding long, and fo doe the leaves rooteis long onthe brane ches not falling awayin winter, 2. Tithymalus maritimus Venetns, Sea Spurge of Venice, This Sea Spurge hath longer or talleran d thicke rftalkes {mes what hollow and reddith, branching forth into diverfe parts,befet with {niall long leaves, but fomewhat larger,and more feparate than the former, two alwayes ftanding together all alone the branches like Licorice : the flowers are {mall,pendulons,and of a fad purplifh co'our, confifting of five finall leaves a peece, like a {mall ftarre, without any round leaves underthem as in the former, after which come fuchlike heads and feede : the —— ——— SS roote is greatlong and wooddy withall, fending forth new branches every yeare. 3. Tithymalus maritimys Crevicus [pinofas, Thorny Sea Spurge of Candy. The Thorny Sea § urge OfCar idyfe ndet h forth diver fe brownith round ftalkes,whéreon aré hoary leaves, ingmallthick and long, fet many whitifh fticke or buming milke as os enna ends of the ftalke anyof the former! s and branches end tome whiti fh,in others purplith like un nd without anycups of leave aft Tithys under them, which vive 1 4. Tithymalus Linifolins Paralio congener, Baltard Séa Spurge. hisi Spurge, rifeth up with i i brownith i ftalkes, having i many narrow leaves growingt ing thereon, , like unto untothé firft Sea Spree,bes fonbentat larger and little broader : the flowers feede and roote are not much differing from pin final rit feede thet bea ooddyas the former but Very flefhie, efpecially while iris ch young, and abiding mahy yeare s, 4. Tithymalus The Place, : {ee ene aefe!ng e of our owne Country, as-beyond the eas placés di many in in divers as well feain by theoffeafide, groweth ee aie the Aadriatike places, and in the Ifland Lio that pertaineth ne the Venetians. Thethird in (andy as Honorins Bellus faith, The lattin Franconia or Frankeland, neere unto the , aes They flowerin July for the moft part, and their Reet ripe in Auguft, e Names, ja latkem exiti udrde exitiofa, PF madras 5 mamma OH itiis thought from 743; i fo called as it sviuea@ in Greekeis quia latten ab uberibus$ aeee ni Tans Tialdataly salfoand Lattaria ox herba Lattaria of giving milke, which is common to all the reft of the Spurges. Somecall it alfo Latfuca marina G-caprina, both for giving milkeas Lettice eae that Goates delight much toeate ir, Theyareall in generall called Spurgesin Exgli/p, fromthe purging quaoe? and Milkewortlikewife fromthe milke they yeeld, whichas I faydis common toall ae of cams ibe firft ofthefe is called almoft by all writers Tithymalus Paralins or maritimus, agreeing with iofcori leg that of (which he fayd wascalled in his time Tithymala and Adecona) in all points. The fecond Anguillara eee . be Alypum of Diofcorides; and Pena and Lobel fay, that at Venice it is ufed asa kinde of Pityufa ot Efisla ye e Phyfitions &:A pothecaries there,whereupon theycalled it in their Adverfaria, E/ula Ge € Lio Venetorum ine. The third isremembred onely by Bellwsinhis third Epiftle to Clufins, faying that inCandye, (becaufeitis e : e Kindred ofthe Tithyeals, giving aboundance of milke, they call it Galaftivida,as differing from another of that name, which I have fhewed youbefore,in the 22 chapter, of the former part, under the nameof Blattaria Cree tica fhinofa, which Clufias called Lencoium (pinofum Creticum, and was judged of others tobéa Verbafe umspines fum, The lat is called by Camerarius, Tithymalus linifolius P aralio cognatus, and by Bauhinus in his Pinax,Tithy~ alo maritima Affinis linariafolios by Tabermontanus, Tithymalus amygdaloides anguftifolins. : The Vertues, _ ° , The firlt ofthefe fea Spurgesis not mentioned by anyauthoreither ancientor moderne tobeufedin 22od for thevehementand fharpe exulcerating quality thereofis fuch,and {0 great in purging exceeding en ipapess that itis not fafe to ufe it inwardly, and outwardly applyed it doth burnethe skinne, and ee € ae totake away {carres, fcabbes, or warts; or the like itis not ufed at all: onely Galen faith of it, t Me oe i thereofmixed with meale and caft into the water,aftonifheth fith fo omnes it maketh them to rife to 3 of |