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Show ‘ 222 Theatrum Botanicun. Cuap,28. * Tripe>, leech, not the famous Phyfition)and Fabius Colwmina that faith it is ufually called Gratio/a,yet faith it isthought offome moretruly to be taken, fora common Hyfope ; Ge/ner ufed tocallit Sefamoides; Bauhinus in his Pinas callech it Gratiola Centauroides ; we call itin Englith Hedge Hyfope for diftin&tion fake,and notfor thatit gtoweth by any hedge fide ; for it might more properly bee called Marfhe Hyfope, from the naturall place of the growing. Thefecondis called by Camerarius Hyfopoides,( as if you fhould fay a fmall Hyfope) and foit is called inTtaly. Gefner in Colle Etioneftirpium calleth it Gratiola minor,Cordus inhis woode of obfervations, nameth an herbeto be called with them in Germany Graffe poley, withthe leaves of knot gaffe, growing in moorith places, which dothfitly anfwer unto this plant ; and therefore Bamhinus in his Pinax doth fo referre it; but entityleth it there himfelfe Hy{fopifolia, becaufe his brother John Baubinus, had {ocalled it formerly ; when asin his Matthiolus he calleth it Gratiola minor, itis called alfo as he faith by fome at AZompeticr, where it growethin the brookes there Anagallis aquatica, and in Haffiaas hee faithalfo, fome called it Halimus aquaticus, ‘The thirdis called.as 1 fayd before by Lobe/l and Pena Lyfimachia galericulata, from {ome refemblance of the leaves, and naturalplace of growing,but becanferione of thereft of the Lyfineachias have hooded flowers, but confifting offive leaves laid open,thinkit fitter to joyne it withthefe then with thofe, Camerarinscalleth it Lyfimachia flore caruleo galericulata Lobelij :Toannes Thalins in his Harcynia fylva, calleth it Siderites caerulea, and {aith it was acle led alfo byedivers, Gratiolacerulea.Ca/alpinus calleth it Gratia Dei, Tabermontanus Tertianaria,and Dodonausin his French Edition Herba Judaica altera.WW ithusitis generallycalled, as well Lyfimachia galericulata, as Gras tiola latifolia, but more properlyas I fayd in my judgment Gratio/a, bothfor that this is extreamebitter as they are,and hath hooded flowers as all the others have,yet 1 have added thereunto major becanfe of the next,in Engliththe greaterbroad leafed,or blew flowred Hedge Hyfope, The laft is called by Gerard as I fayd Gratiola lati« folia,whereunto I have added noftras minor ,becaufeif thelalt or this be to be referred unto the Gratiola, this is the lefler,which may ftand untill a fitter be found out:The Arabians asis before fayd,call the feeds Gelbenech, the Itihans the herbe gratia Dei and Stancacavallo, the French Grace de Dieu, the Germans Gottes gnad, the Dutch Godts gratie,and we in Englith,Hedge Hyfope. Tripe2. Lhe Theater of Plants. The Vertues, Cuar.29; ‘ Staplyfagria, Afewof the feed bruifed and {trained into ‘poffet drinke, and drunke,workethvery {trongly upon the ftomacke,bringing forth Stavelacre or Loufewort. abundance of flimie groffe Hegme, but there had neede ofgreat caution to be ufed, of whofoever fhall take it, for in that it hea- teth extreamely, and bringeth danger of ftrangling by the violence thereof; itis not ufed but by ignorant or defperate Surgions, or countrie leeches, without fuch correction and things as may mittigate the force thereof,rhat thereby it may dono harme; whichbeing fo otdered, itisthen ufed to be given to thofe thar are troubled withitch, {cabbes, the leprie, or foule feurfe,as well inwardly,as to wath the places outwardly with the docoétion of x AES ARG (AW Ba the feede, which helpeth much, as alo to killlice and vermine; ah growing in theheadsor bodies of’any, or the feeds mixed with \ 4 RB HY gn oyle and 4x#ngia,and anointed on the places. Someufe to make an Ele@uary ofthem, by boyling themin water, with fome few correctors, unto which liquor being ftrained, fo much Sugaris put, as may be {ufficient to make it up withthe powder ofAnifeede and Cinamon into an Ele@uarie, whereof a dragmeis a (7 {ufficient proportion atatime, and is profitable for the difeafes aforefaid, as alfo to procure womens monethly courfes: it is alfo good to wahfoule ulcers inthe mouth or throate; but if the decoétionbetoo ftrong; you mayalay it with fome vinegar, and a little honey mixed therewith and fo ufe it : the feeds bruifed The Vertues, Thefirft hedge Hyfop workethvery ftrongly and churlifhly, both upward and downewatd, avoiding much tougth and groffe flegmecholler and watery humors, therebygiving eafe to thofe,thatare troubled withwatery humors, paines in the joynts and the hips, the dropfie,the gout and {ciatica; if either the deco@tionof the greene herbe be given,or a {mall quantitie ofthe pouderof the dried herbe:it helpethalfo both tertian & quartaine asues taken in the fame isinbae becaufe it is fo churlith, it is needefull to put thereto fome correétors,as Annifeede Cinamonor the like : Some alfo give the powderin broth the leffe to offend. Camerarins commendeth the ex- tract hereof, madeinto pilles with the powder of Cinamon, notonely tobe availeable againft the dropfie, but a~ gainft all forts of tertian and day agues, if fome of the juyce of Calamint be added untoit : itis profitably iven for the obftruétions of the liver and {pleene, by opening and purging the peccant humors: it killech the eae inthe belly, and prevaileth mnch againttall putrefactions, eitherinward or outward, for the pouder, infufion or decoction, clenfeth and healeth wonderfully all old and foule ulcers,and confolidateth freth wounds. The fe- cond isnot applied to any difeafe by any Authororother, that ever I could learne. The other two likewife are not remembred and boyledin vinegar is good to helpe the toothach, ifthe teeth and gummesbe wafhed therewith,for it draweth downe abun- \; Ni dance of rheume, which peradventure was the caufe thereof, SS being bruifed alfo with a little pelletory of Spaize,or withoutir, and putintoa fine linnen cloth and chewed wheretheteeth paine you moft, doth the like, and often eafeth and fometimes taketh away the paine. Somefay thatif the flowers be chewed in the mouth,and fomeofthem laid upon the hurt place,of any {tung or bitten by anyferpent, they will healethem : the feede beaten and mingled with meale, and ofit felfe fo laid, or made upintoa pafte with fome hony, will kill Mife and Ratts, and fuch like vermine that doe eateir, by any, whereunto they might be availeable 3 yet their bitternefle commine fo neare unto thefirt Gratiola, iuduceth meto thinke, that they cannot but be effectuall, ifnot to purge by the bitterneffe ett folidate and heale by the temperate heate is joyned with them : the Ztalian name declareth the true ae they have found init, that horfes will become lancke and leane that feede thereon, PETICHES - CHap, XXIX, Exphorbinm ; The burning thornié plant called Exforbium e& Anteuphorbium, The remedy for the Enforbine, or the burning thornyplant. Cuar. XXVIII, Staphis agria. ay] Stavefacre or Loufewort. Tavefacre rifethup witha thort, but ftrong blackifh greene ftalke, branching forth divérs waves Ba whereon doe growgreat large leaves,cut at the edgesinto five or feven divifions Senet ai Tike unto the leave, of the great yellow Aconite or W olfesbane, but deeper edged andofa fad a duke 4 greene colour, every one ftandingupona long branches one aboue another, uponfhort {talkes, foote ftalke, the howers grow at the toppes f th e being fomewh atlik e a Latkes {purre ious “f a hatha {purre or heele behind it,ofa very deepeo r darke blew colour,but much larger: after which co places three or foure horned feede veffells, like ; th ic unto the Aconires butgreater, wherein are ciat edra ted roughgreat feede : the rooreis long and woodd y, perifhing every yeare, after it hath borne sa feede. a Geen 4 aa The Place. me £18 onely nourfed up in our gardens, andthat very hardly, forifi 2 , it will not abidea Winter with us ; for Se rifeth to flower or feedlstis fk aks Serena Italy, as Naples, and in Pftria and Sclavon hotter countries of ia,and other places it growethin the open champio n grounds, The Time Tt flowret giveth not wi usuntililli reh ee l itbe late in i the yomph y eemnsith lianding ing iti hath abidde i n a Winter i , and néver tistalledin Greeke sets dyele, Galen bath it dmolsa xelabut at this d = aa properly este KORKOY> i that is granum re peee Staphufaria, andPedicularts, and pedicularium; in Latine Seaphiegeinectnici mes Peduncularis, and Pituitarig fic ditta a viribus raat e arodaoa quas habet het whereas &pees SePielomrides callethit Pthirocogonon, . Pliny t 2 vhis26, Bookeand 13, Chapter, but inhis 23, fuithnhatAftaphic agria or Staphis, is corruptedly called Vvua aaminia. = Sees ae sun 8 : y inufe, andtobe had in fhoppes. The Arabianscall it _Alberas Habebras, batans Stapbufaria, the Spaniards Muthuzagi. (Mibbexeci, Fabaran Paparrax yerwa pionta is Penillen ‘So pioybeyra, the French Eftapbifagria nia feane d herbs e aux ne:povilenx OF povililenx enx, the Germans Bilfm [miints, the Dutch Luyferuide i , and we in Pe be |S the moft extremeofall violent purging plants, J bring this to your confideration, not having any to exceede it in the qualitie of heate or violence ; and thereunto as many other Authors before mé have done, I joyne that other cooling herbe, whichis accounted the onely helpe and remedy a“i gainftthe fierie heate thereof, 2 i eo 1. Enphorbinm, The burning thornie plantcalled Exforbium, This ttrange thornie’ plant, from leafe thrult into the ground, will fhoote forth rootes, and'grow divers thicke and long leaves, roundalfoandnotflat, halfea ‘yard in length,fer withdivers great ribbes,to have are armedall thelength of them, witha double row of {mall fharpe thornesorprickes, two for the which fet together, like unto the middle boneofa fith, 8c. whatfruit or flower itbeareth we have not learnedmoft part of any, that hath feene it growingin Barbe ry, from whence it hath beene brought,both into our countrie and into others: the rootes are great thicke and Jong, {preading very much, but impatient to endure any cold, as the leavesarealfo: there iffueth out ofthe leaves, as fome fay, or out of the rootes as others fay, a pale yellowifh gumme,in {mall droppes or peeces, molt violent fierce even to fell unto, but beingtafted doth burne the mouth and throaté not to be endured, the duft alfo and fuming vapours that arife ftom it when it is ftirred, but much more when itis beaten to powder, doe fo fiercely penetrate into the head and mouth, bat efpecially the noftrills, reth frequent and{trong neefing, often times even unto delacrymation ; and ifany fhall touch that it procue their face, or any other part of the skinne that is tender, withtheir hands after they have handledit ; it will burne and enflame it fo terribly that oftentimesit will raife blifters and wheales, the furie whereofwill not be allaid {carfein halfe a dayafter, althoughcold water or any other cold thing be applied to mitigate the ftrength thereof, and therefore in the fame. naturall places groweth with it as the chiefe and onely remedythereof, the 2, Autenphorbiuws. The remedy for Exforbinm, The Antenphorbivm hathdivers fatthicke greene ftalkes, with many thicke and long leaves thereon fomewhatlike unto the leaves ofPurflane, but muchbigger, both ftalkes and leayes beingfull of a coldandflimi e moiftare, moft fir and apt to temper the heate ofthe former ; we havelikewife no further underftanding ofeither floweror feede that it beareth: the roores are great and thicke, from whence fhoote forth many long and great {trings and {mall fibres, but as quickly fubjeét to the cold as the former, and perifheth apon the firft cold bla{t that commeth uponit, The |