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Show 106 Ca arid. Ya Theatrum Botanicum. ——,. Tris 8,2, [Ripe 2. eplus G& Syce, and wixtv docodts Mecon aphrodes as Diofcorides faith, in Latine E/w/a rum ther the cne or the other,all writers call them; but there is an errour in Faxch/ins and Tragas, in miftaki ng a {mall wilde kind of Vetch, with {mall tukerous or cloggerootes, growing in woods fields to be Apios, which Matthiolns tl erevpen calleth P/ixceapios, and is the plant that Gerard dothcall in and Enghfs Peafe Earth Nut, in Latine terre olandes, and of Tabermontanns and others Chamabalanus : Turner alfoisin another ¢rrour fuppofi ng the Butbocaftanum or Neculaterreffristote Dic{corides his Apios. The twefth Clsfius faith he had the. figure onely fenthim from P/atea#, and thereuponcallethit J/chas altera. Bauhinns tranflating the name to Tithymadss oblonga radice, and \ to Apios five Tithymalus tubere{us oblonga radice, but Iverily thinke itto te, bur aluxute siouskind of the former Apios, The lalt Camerarius onely hath made mention of in his Hortus Medicus,and calleth it Tithymalus tuberofus alter, and Bashinus Tithymalus tubcrofus Germanicus » aS It is in the titles, The Vertues, All thefe {purges are ofthenature of the former, yet {ome more,fome le fle violent in purging, and conducing better to fome {peciall difeafes, as youfhall heare in particular, The firft Pitynfa whichis accounted the trucit &fula minor, (althoughthe Cypariffias be taken of many for the fame, and {o ufed kut with lefle fucceffe, yet neereft thereunto) is accounted of force to heale the bitings or ftinging s of venemous ferpents : it purgeth ftrongly downewards both choller and flegme, and taketh away the hardneffe and paines of the belly, and {wel- lings of the breafts:the feede and roote prepared helpeth the dropfie theleaves (fleeped a while in vinegar, and afterwards dryed and ,being carefully and with good advife taken: them) maybe given to the weight of three dra mmesfaith Diofcormadeinto powder, which is the preparation of of the great quantities ofpurgers, givenbythe ancients whereo ides, (which I hold Proportionable,to the reft fI have {poken betore, whichis over large tobe given toany in our time, orat lealt nation ) the roote (prepared in the manner aforefaid) is given likewite to the weight of two drammes faith Diofcorides, in meade or honeyed water: butone dramme is {o {trong, thatit is not fit tobe taken but withcaution, and bya {trong body) the feede faith Diofcorides may be takento the Weight ofa dramme: but feeing 9 or 10 feedes, of the garden Spurge isa {ifficient {trong medicine, I thinke fo many of thofe feedes are too many by much ¢ and of the Juyce or milkea fpoonefull Diofccrides appoint eth, being made intopills with Hower, whichis the ftrengeft of them all: an extraé made artificially ont of the rootes js much commended by manyin the dropfie, and otherdifeafes preparing asgiving. ThePills of Z/u/a fet downe before named, butit had neede of anartift, as well in the in being to be made moreproperly, of this E/#/a than of the 16 chapter before,doe properly belong untothis place, forts, but is not fo trong for the difeafes aforefaid as that. The {mall annual fpurgeis in purging like the other the former are. The feede of Peplusor the round Efula, ing beatenand drunke in hydromel or honyed water, be« purgeth flegme and chollér. The leaves are ufedto pickled up, and kept to be ufed in meates, and the bee powder of them faith Dio/corides, ftrewed upon meate trous bleth the belly’: The fmall purple Sea Spurge withthe hike effeé that the former is, The Pettyhath the fame Properties, and is ufed tobe pickled and eaten, or Tyme Spurge, is ufed for paines of the mother, if the young branches andleavesbe bruifed witha little Wine, the belly evenas the milke or juyce dothalfo,and and put up asa peflary: The fame boyled and taken doe purge is good againft the flinging orbiting of ferpents away all manner of warts and excrefcences of thelikenature, Itis veryeffectual for the dimneff , and taketh of the eyes;to cleere the fight, andalfo for Waterin e or miftineffe g orrunn ing eyes, and to take away filmes or {carres that Stow uponthem,ufed with a little honey. The tuberou s or knobbe d Spurge faith Diofcorides, porgeth downes wards, if the lowerparts be taken, and upwards a dramme, purgeth both wayes, and fo doth if the upper partsbe taken: but the juyce tothe quantity ofhalfe the plant being taken wholly together. The manner of drawing out the juyce thereof (is fomewhat rude in ofthe exquifite manner of prepari dayes ) as Diofcorsdesfetteth it downe isregard thus, Beate the rootes and put them intong extracts chymically in our them well therein, and witha fether gather veffell full of water, ftitre for the ues aforefaid, and for thofe that havethe upermoft upon the water. which being dryed and kepr, ferveth the dropfie. Allthef e clenfe the as the former doe, and with as 80odfu skinne from difcolourine even ccefle. There is none of them but are ftrong and violent, and therefore great caution and advife isto be had,in hearbes to themin the taking : but for taking of them inwardly, and therefore fome appoint to put diverfe cold 7 ieee thing exulcerated, andth outward applications there is the lefle feare of danger, becanfe if the e parts inflamed, helpe mayfooner be had and applyed thereto, than with- Crap. 19, Cuar; XIX, ee BoteHerewellof eebierubes, growing upround abcutthe poeeres hich are round, which names hold withall writers. The feventh is called mimais and the umbell of flowers x manor, Peplis & Peplion, of he red colourof the leaves, and drS¢gouineyeta Andrackne agria, i. Portula ca fylveftris, of the face and forme ofthe whole plant : it hathno other Latine name than Peplis, yet Banhinus calleth oyet meu imehie obtufo, and Ce/alpinus Peplium: and is Dalechampius his Peplion. The eight is called eee aah enmetss Del striven Srrisficus generall all writers yof ide ninth and , hThe Banhinws onely remembret » an pias a names as phey are inche ties clevent ie called Aatenth Apios of Dicfeorides, and Vojas I/chas of 7 heop raftns, from theferme of tke roote, whichis like unto a peare or hgge; in Latine Tithymalus tuberous, by which namesei= ~ Lhe TheaterofPlantes. Hippophaes, Hippopheftum c& Hippomanes, Thornie Milkewort or Fullers thorne} <= ule Diafcorides {peaketh of Hippophaes and Hippophaftum, making them both Thornie plants, yéel= ig WP): i cond aand eitgian, before Kiciaws and the Tithymales, and 7)heophraftus in his ninth 4 ya)| fitteenthchap, faith that Hippomanesis made of Tith malus; ot lattaria Milkewort, the othe,atid bet as hee fi py faith; was knowne to be made in Tegewand washeld tobe of great worth; yet my Theophraffus in aoe Latine, which ‘is very ancient without name of the Printer or yeare of’ the Printing, hath in that place .Hippophaes although I confefle “Ihave feene’ Greeke copies which have had Hippomanes j but durely Hippomanes: being declared ‘by other’ :authors,'to bee a kinde of poyfon made of the nature or thinnedperme of Adares, as youfhall heare by and by; could notin'my mindebe fo unknowne to Theophraftas, that hefhould fay; sie was made of the Tithymal/s or Milkeworts, but rather that Hippophaes Was a Milkewort, ot made thereof; for in his 6. booke and 4..chapterjat the latter end he numbreth Hippophyon teth Zzppago,amone thofe plants that beare thornesatthe leayes,andin the fame bookeand which Gaxa tranfla5. chapter he nameth Hippopheas which Gaza tranflateth Jappago likewife,to have gentle fmoothleaves,notlike untothe Capers,which have {harpe leavesias wellias ftalkes, and in his 9 booke and 15 chapter, maketh no mention either of forme,ha- ving declared it before; or of purging or poyfonfall quality therein; bit numbrethit among otherthifigs, the belt whereof grow in Arcadia, and namethit hexvatter the Blaterinm, made of the Wilde Coweumbers, fo thatit is probable his Hippophyon,Eippopheos, Hlippophaesor: Hippomanes, whether youwill, diverfe doe thinke diverly, was an-herbe-or roote,that bore thornes as isbefore declared, whofe condenfate for milke or juyce, was of much worth being made in-Tegea tI thinke it not amiffe fomewhat to declare both what ‘I thinke Dicfcorides his Hippophaes and Hippophe/tumare, and the derivationofthe name sand what ~Angnillara and others fay ofit alfo, that fay they have foundie; to incite fome induftrious to artaine it alfo, if that which I fhall thew you in- myopinionbe notit, and likewifé to fhew whatdiverfe authors doe report of Hippomanes, that thereby the diz verfity of thingsunight cleere Theophraffus from imputation of want of knowledge, what Hippomaies yas, or variety fromothers, and that his Hippopheos and Diofcorides Hlippophaes, was one and the fame thing : This therefore is the text of Diofcorides concerning Hippophaes. Hippophaes wherewith filters doe refrefh garments, growethin gravelly grounds and neere the fea. Itis abufhing plant thicke of leaves, or well {preade, havin, long teaves like unto the Olivetree, but fmaller and longer,.and betweene them many Whitifh hard thornes di{tant one from another: ‘The flowers ftand inclulters like unto thofe of Ivye, bur {maller and more gentle; fomewhat reddith or blath out of a white x: theroote'is thicke and tender full of juyce, like milke and bitter in . talte, from whence as from Thap/i2, a juyce is taken, which being dryed up eitherby. it felfe imply, or with the flower of Orobus (orthebitter vetch) is kept for their ufe thatneede its Hippophefium (faith Dio/corides) which fome call Hippophaes, sroweth inthe fameplaces,andis a kinde of Fuilers thorne alfo, Itisa low herbe having thornie {mall-leaves, withouteit her ftalke or flower, with empty heads, it hath thicke and tender Tootes: a juyce is drawne outofthe rootes, leaves, and heads, and-dryed upto benfed: Thus farre Didfcorides: In comparing therefore Diofcorides and Theophraftus,1 doe notfinde. them,toyary more thanina letter ot two of the: word. Vor as you heare Diofcorides faith Fippophaes hath many branchesfull of leaves, and fome thornes alfo, and Theo= phraftus doth intimate the fame, faying that Hippopheos hath {mooth leaves; and thornes nie plantas Phleos (of whichyoufhall heare in that part that {peaketh of thornieplan by the leaves, oris athor= ts) Capers,.Caltrops, and Reftharvow are: Diofcorides faith the roote of Hippophaes is thicke and full of amilkie juycesand Theophraft ns faith Fiippophaes (as I fayd my booke hathit, and Co/zmna inhis chapter of Hippophaes hath foalfo, oras others have Elippomanes, whichasI fayd before cannot be). is made ofa Tithymall or Milkewort, the beft being made in Tes S¢4, and is of great worth, Pliay maketh mention of Hippophaes in one place, and ofHippophu es in another, as of one and the fameplant,as likewile ofHippopha/tum.in {eyerall places, which as yet in one pape,butinthat he dothbut relate what he hath outof Diofcorides,yet fomrewhatdifferentzitplace he calleth Hip= is probable he never fawtheplant, but did deliver what he fayd.onely uponthe credit of the authon, we fhall not neede to infift more upon him.The Greek name ixzordee commeth either of iax@: @gda¢or ove whichis interpreted equarim falus aut 4ux, aut ab equis génita, for fo Plinye in his 22:book, and 12 .chap.faith, Debent accommodat v4,neg, ex aliacanfa nomen accepilfes and inmuavie ex inaG- waria quia equorum maniam e effe C equorum hatin five furarem{anabat: bur becanfe Diofcorides faith it was called Spina fullonia, and that garments were clenfed thereby, it feemeth the £ ofthe word wasrather derivedftom ipzstaken proadverbio accrefeentis.cfc provalde or multuns,& odas pro lumineor nitore, ofthe clenfing quality : for fo Plinye faith of Hippophaft um inhis 27 booke and 10 chapter Hippopheftumnafciturin pints ex.quibes fiuntpile fullonje:for withthe plant or roote made into bals,thofe times of his ufedto fcoure garments, like as if it were done with fope. <Axguillara faith he found Hiippophaes in the Ifland Peloponefus,inthe fandy.grounds by the feafide, which had aroote of the length of ones hand or better, yelding a thinne juyce, being either broken.or. wounded, like in colour to milke, ofavery bitter talte (but faith he fawthenneither flower nor fruite) and {trong. {mell, which the inhabitants call Acantha Nacatharile, Spina pergatrix, the purging Thorne, which Baxhinus fettech downesin his Pinafor akinde of Rhamuus Catharteia cs folio olee,and thinketh the Hippopheftum quorundam of Lugdunenfis to be the fame’; Fabius Columna refuting the opinion of others that tooke the Rhamuus primus of Diofcorides , as tobe gtowing by thefea fides of Italy, France, and Holland, fappofeth Lobel fappofeth that purging thornie plant that that kinde of Rhamunus which grow= ethin Campania and Apulia, by the fea fhores, called by the Jtalians in thofe places Spinafanta, and which is the iecond fort of the firft kinde of Rhamuus, fet forth by Clufius, doth more neerely refemble the Hippophaes of Dioftorides : bytin my mindeneither of both thefe {hrubbes, wanting milkeat the roote can be the Hippophaes of Diofcorides called alfo Spina fullonia, Ruellins likewife faith that Hippophestum, in France, which had {mall whitith. leaves among the thornes; by Lugdunenfi was brought from Narbone s it is faid thar Hippopha/tun was fent to Dalechampius from Melita-or Malta, and was a plant, fpread: full of thorn ie branches or rather the branches being wholly but thornes ainepalcaN with {mall white flowers, ftanding oTabe |