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Show Cuar.i6. Theatrum Botanicum. \, hereunto, butfuller of branches, and but an annuallor yearely plant, and that_ itis not without fharpeneffe, which Bashinus referreth tothe Cypariffias be —— rate “ is an cae a Pinaxhe referreth Pityufa five Efala minor floribusrnbris of Lobe > and calleth it T aeel2, . TheTheater ofPlantes. F Cuar, bith officinarum,and ofthe ancients, as the Myrfinites alrera of Lobel, beingthe fiftin this chapter, which hefaith istaken of fome to bee the true Turbith, that commeth from Alexandrsa into thefe Chriftian parts of the world : ofthe Characias Monjpelienfium, Lobel faith in the fame place.againe, that the rootes be the moft like un. tothe true Turbith ifany be like ir, The Efula rara’ Venetorum {et forthin the la(t. Chapter, is alfo called by fome, Turbith nigrum of Aluarins : but all the belt writers fay, that the {mall common Lfwla, isthe true Tarn petum nigrum of Alluarins; whom Me/#es, Rhafisand Avicen tollow, the roote of Alypum Narbonenfiam, or herba terribilis, is likewifecalled Turpetum album by the fame e-4éuarins, in diverfe places of his booke; de me. thodo medendi, Me/wes againefaith that Turbith is the roote of an herbe that giveth milke, whofe leaves arelike unto Thap/ia ot Feru/a,Fennell giant,and there upondiverfe have taken the’ rootes of 77hapfia to be true Turbith, Serapio taketh the roote ofTrépolium or Sea Starwort; to be the true T#rbith:and laftly the toote ofScammoriye ig taken of fome, to come neerelt the true T#rbith,as hath beene fhewed in the chapter ofScammonye here (Matthiolus faith that all the forts of Tithymall,were indifferently takenand ufed for F:/#la by Phyfitions betore. and As pothecaries in his time : but affuredly the Turbith officinarum, which is moft likely to be the {ameof Ents, isnot theroote of any of the Tithymalls, or Spurges, becaufe all of them are hot and fharpe, theanci« whether freth or dryed,and the true Tubith is almoft infipid.and becanfe they being dry break hort,without any ofthofe long threds that are inthe true Turbith : neither can it be Alypum or E/ala: for they are hot likewife : It cannot be theroote of Thapfia, which befides the heate andfharpeneffe is too white alfo;and the rooteofthe true Turbith is fomewhat blackifb on the outfide and not fo white within as Thap/iais. and Galen declare fuiticiently, whofay it is fharpeintalte, and hotin the That 73ripolim cannot be it, Dio/corides third degree, which qualities are not tobe found in Twrbith, Laftly, that Turbith thould bethe roote of quickly growgreater than the rootes of 7;urbith, are ever feeneto Scammomye,\ cannot thinke,becaufe theyidoe be, The Arabianscall Tithymall Xanxer Ge Ethittia,.Mefues Scebran & Alfcebran, the Ztalians & Tortumaglio, the Spaniards Leche ner{na & Leche tregna,the French Herbeaw laitt,che Germanes wolffsTitimalo milke,the Datchalfs milck, and we in Englih Milkewort or Spurgein generall, and particularly Sea Spurge, Wood Spurge, &c. asis extant in thetitles, : ; The Vertues, . All thefe Spurges exceptthe la(t, are heating and exulcerating thé skinne,’if they be outwardly applyed, and z vehement and excoriating purgers taken inwardly, without great care and caution: for as Me/xes faith in his ee of purging ar offenfive to the heart, liver, and ftomacke, they breake the ve feeie wet the he ole we > “gee Say! th XVIL i | f f a 7 ; . 5 Nto thefe greater Spurges I mutt adjoyne this other kinde= S puree, — by - ae both before and fince Galens time, wasaccounted to be necreft unto t ets an yet li ering canis em, and there- Sey fore fittett to be exprefled in a Chapter byit felfe ; yethereof thereare two or three forts obferved, one greater than another,as fhall be prefently fhewed. 1. Lathyris major hortenfis. _ Thegreater garden Spurge. a The greater of thefe gardenSpurges rifeth np, but with one hollow fteaight whitish ftalke, as big as a finger, fhaddowed as it were over with browne,on which grow uptothe toppe, for thefirlt yeare, many thicke fat /) long and fomewhat narrow leaves, of ablewifh greene ‘colour on the upperfide, more whitith under. neath, fomewhat like unto Willow leaves for the forme, yeelding milke: asand plentiful ‘as any of the reft: the next yeareafter, it dividethit felfe,into many {mall bran= ches, with fimaller leaves at every partition, every part. thereof yeelding milke, as theothers doe: the flowers areofa pale yellow colour, and ftand in cups like the formerforts, but are fmaller than manyof them, yeelding fweete, and nothing fo hot and 2. Lathyris major vulgaris five Cataputiaminor. Ordinaty garden Spurge. \ > : burning feede, in three fquare heads, fomewhat like into thofe aay SSS of Palma Chrsfti, batround and bigger, than any ofthe former. GYZPISNS xs tf Tithymalls or Spurges, whichin the hot Satine will cracke and WiSGy RRO leape out oft’€ huskes: the rooteis long and wooddy, perifhing Sv asfoone asit hath given feede, and {pringeth’ againe of it owne SL feede, thar is fuffered to fall. fha9 . 2. Lathyrts minor, The leffer garden Spurge. GA ye TANG V5 Q LS O The leffer kinde of garden Spurge is fo like unto the former, thar’ P fall neede bug onelyto tell you, that it is the very fame, dutlefler in every part thereof; for whofoever hath feene the greaterfort, willprefently fay when theyfee this, iris the fame, ess aleffer kinde, and fo much E hope will fatisfie to declare and diftinguith thefe two forts. 3. Lathyris minima, The lealt garden Spurge. This fmall girden Spurge hath many flender branches, lying uponthe ground, fet full of fmallleaves, no bigger than thofe of Knotgrafle; among whichrifeth upa ftalke, about a foote high, crore he faith are taken away Ar things py and ftomacke, The fecond and thirdthote are taken away and fuch are gum Tragacant, Baellium,and the muccilage ngs as havea glutinous quality or expreffion ofthe feedes of Fleaworte and Purflaine. Thefourth quality is taken away, by mixing cold and Sowthiftle. evill moyft End: : “ i g loy things 8 with it » and d fach Sowthiftle, Endive,Purflaine, fuch are the juyces off F Nightfhade, : orthe feedes of Quinces well beaten with Vinegar. ‘ on mt eee ne purge woe gar. Thefe Tith ithy= te violence, both upward by vomits, and downeward by the floole, = cke ente hu ‘ k oo oe 5 j sheJoyita , see blacke choller, melancholy, % and the afeoma es dropfie, ibimo adiv-f hichivtxh , ft me generation; 3 or 4 droppes of the milke taken freth is P often Oa dry higge, whichis takenby {trong Country people, to purge them; but it Trequireth fome caution gathering of the milke, that they ftand with their in backes, and not their facesto the winde, aT touch and efpec; nottheir ly th <i : ; face oraeyes with their hands. The milkie juyce of themis the Rrongeft wdrker nd leaves are next in ie eas r quality thereto, and the rootes of moft are of the fame Operation, ; butnot fo ftrong : yet with fich like leaves onit as srew below: atthe toppe whereof ftand many{mall yellow flowers cluftering thicke together on their {mall foote ftalkes, but not fpread abroad like unto the forces thisaaeee ona ; 3 merEMG forts: ‘ yeeldeth milke asthe others doe : theroote is {mall, {preading cading 1many7 {mall ftrings, with fi at them, i rich fibres fi 2 y The Place. 5 aed < Theyall grow in fome places wilde,about the borders of fields, but moitufually in gardens, where, whenthey are onceplant ed theywill hardly be rid out againe. is ; ‘The Ti They/ flower in Iuly, Lower tn Inly,Y> and andThe he the feedecee is riperipe Names, P inin /Auguit 6 : eieonhnotaryoeahrae easilyithe Sebiendhembes eenee alfouponan hairyplac be atiointed y e,taketh swith eke buires; oyle of bait iistisbeley ta: rofes,anaway d Night(h ade Guickdy ther callous or hard kerncls,or cornesfthe lees saodk fome thereofdropped on or layde to: the fame alfa boyled in fomeoyle ofbi Cuap.17, Lathyris five Catapatia minor, Garden Spurge. 7sthymalus montanus nOn Acris, eet, ee. i to bea As of the {mall E/x/z, asyoufhallfinde it viche next chapter {ave one, The rootes of diverie of the Spurges and of fome other plantsalfo, are taken by diverfe writers, tobe the Tur. a Tocaily s the &fame layd ae atatime, that mike the places t ped callous knots, and all oth ¢firlt paredto the quick,and the markes or {carres that come of fores, as alfo other deformities aid dife Tour : Ofnds, clenfeth the skinne of and fcurfes of the head : The M yrtle leafed Spurge is effetuall in all th cledifeate: of the skinne, andthe {cabbes initis weaker, Thereftare allof a like quality, but the Heliofcopius isthe weikee rete vomuting where. — in generall,althoughfome attributeit tothe broad leafed Spurge-on ely, en aes eo of the gree k os 8 with ones hand “ ms thee. toppe thereof, or ono otherwif whichafhes lyingofthereon as halfe dead fora whi'e neayaaysee a lye beeafelyns taofthe ble to the fame effetts : downei :made them, before fet theaafhes n many things. The t etallo Y ; .are an{werafaker:and Souneed k Trat Voxe vomitings, ifthe roote thereofb taken inwardly. The outer barke ofthe ro o ith doth ftrongly pronightin Vinegar, and then taken forthedryed and powdered, halfe a dramme of a fi cing fteeped a dayanda aye water; doth purge all waterifh humors downewards,as alfo choller. andis sibSlee ere in wine or that have the dropfie, the roote alfo wonderfully fodereth and healeth all in y profitably givento thofe fo fheweth the mannerof making certainepills, that are veryeffe@ uall for ee Winded, which maybe taken ashe faith withouteither paine ot dancer Tak aforefayd halfe an Ounce, of aloes one ounce, of Mafticke one Cheated as fe bei b tes of Efula prepared as it felfe, are to be made up with Fennell water into great or fimall pills, ele being beaten into powder eachby, CHAP. Theyane called in Geeke NohoLay, qecongenrn Tithymal o quidem defficaci &- magis virofiimfignaret : im La ine C “tia minor, for as isorem before fayd, the Ricinus or Palma it waslo called quiafemenfertfew pilulasfive catapotia,& in Chrifti feede, is called Cataputiarmpajar, and it is Englith garden Sparge,that they may. differ from s. The firft and fecond are generallybyall writers called, either Lathyris or Cataputiaminor, Thelal is led molt and by Lagdunenfis Lathyris minor Da lechampii, and Baubinus thereupon Lathyris minor conglomerato flore, and. Ifo tobe the fame that (¢/a/pinus calleth Cataputia pufilla; The Arabian s call it Afandana and Mahené Catapuzza, Lathiri and Cataputia minore, the Spaniards Tartago, the French Efpurce, the Gert, Springkorner and Treibkorner: the ‘DutchSprinakerwidt & Spurgie; and we in Englifh, Spurge he feede of this Spurge,is for the moft part onelyinuf e with us, whereof’; or 7 or 9 or 10 graines; at the fe : ata time,to are taken ; purge 'both by ftoole and vomit, toughflegme, choller, melancholy; and water, as prides faith: the ufuall manneris to fwallowt he feedes whole, without breaking either huske or kernel! thenthey workethe more gently and weakely, but if the huskes be broken, and the kernels {wallowed le or chewed, or bruifed and mixed with drinke or broth, they will then worke more violently: and thereforeto be taken with the more caution: the milke is more violent, even as the formen Tithymals or Spurges areto be taken inwardly;bur outwardly applyed andcarefully, it helpeth to take away haires on the eye-browes, forehead or temples, for it mutt not touch anyother part ofthe face or skinne; the fame alfo cautelouily applyed, taketh awaythe prond and dead fleth in wounds, hard knobs, cornes or warts in the flefh, (if they bee firlt pared to the quicke and then applyed) running {cabscallous and fores, and the blemifhes {carresand {pots of the sxinn€ :it is put alfo into hollowteeth to take away the paine, but you muft beware rhazit touch no other ofthe eet) Or guimmes, or other part of the mouth: the milke made up into Trochs/ces, or little balls, withthe meale y, Deanesor peafe, and kept dry, doth ferve all the yeareto as occafion is offered, for the purpofes aforefayd; the diftilled water of the whole plant,is of efpeciall ufe, toufe, clenfe the skinnefrom freckles, morphew, or any o= ther difcolourings,either ofit felfe, or mixed with the water ofbeane flowers, and baftard Diétanie, and being gently, 191 |
