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Show « 308 Cu ap. 65. Theatrum Botanicum, Tris s,2 ot Fennell rootes, doth helpe to open the body,and fomealfo apply the leaves warmeafter they are boyled, tothe belly for the fame purpofe,and is very convenientin hot agues, and other diftemperatures of the body;for. by the moilifying quality, it not onely voideth hot cholericke and other offenfive humors,but eafeththe paines and tor- Tripe2. The Theater of Plants. is in them. in that all of them have in fome meafure or other that clammie juyce that ments that come byobftrudtions and conftipation of the belly ; and therefore they are ufed inall glifters condu- cingto thofe purpofes : the fame ufed by Narfesthat give {ucketo children, procureth ftore of milke in their brealts : the decottion of the feede ofany ofthe ordinary Mallowes made in wineorin milke, doth mervelloufly helpall the difeafes ofthe cheft and lungs that proceedeofhot caufes;as excoriations,theptificke, plunifie, and the re(t,if ir be continued for fome time together: the leaves and the rootes worke thefame cftects, letany one take which of themtheythinke belt, or moft ready at hand, agreeing to their difpofition : they helpe muchralfo'in the excoriations of the guts and bowells,and hardneffe ofthe mother, andinall hot and fharpe difeafes thereof, agalfo the Alceafratico/a pentaphyllea:the juyce drunke in wine, or the d@coction of them in wine, doth help women toa fpeedy & eafie delivery:the common Alcea or Vervaine Mallowis thought tobe moft effectual for burftings or ruptures, and the blondy flixe, and alfo forthe fhrinking of finewes and the crampe : the diftilled water of them when they are in flower, worketh to the fame purpofes, but more weakely, yet it is much commended ‘to be ufed in hot aguesor fevers."P/ixy faith;that whofoeverfhall take a {poonefull of the juyce ofany of the Mallowes,(hall that day befree from all difeafes that may comeunto him; and that it is efpeciall good for the fal~ fing fickneffe, The fyrupe alfo and conferve made of the flowers are very effectuall for the ame difeafes, and to open the body whenit is coftive or bound, byaccident ora naturall di{pofition ;. the youngleaves are ‘often eaten with faltas a fallet: the leaves brnifed and laid to the eyes witha littlehony, taketh away the impoftu= mations ofthem, which byfufferance might grow toa Fiftula: the leaves bruifed or rubbed upon any place ftung with Bees, Wafpes, or the like, yea of the Scorpion, and the biting of the deadly Spider called Phalan= givm,andis faid prefently totake away paines,redneffe and {wellings that rife thereupon, and keepeth themfrom {tinking, if they berubbed therewithaforehand ; and as Dio/corides{aith,the decottion of the leaves and rootes helpethall forts of poyfon, fo as the poyfon be prefently voided by vomite ; a pultis made of the leaves of Mal. lowes, boyled and bruifed, whereunto fome Beane or Barley flower and oyle of Rofes is put, is an efpeciall remedy againtt all hard tumours, and inflammations of impoftumes and {wellings ofthe coddes and other parts, and eafeth the painesofthem,as alfo againtt the hardnetfe of the {pleene or liver, to be applied to the i : the juyce of Mallowes boyled in old oyle and applied,taketh awayall roughneffe of the skinne,as alfo thefallin z of the haire, the fcurfe, dandruffe, or drie fcabbes in thehead,or other parts, if they be snowed therewith. = wafhed with the decoétion : the fame alfois effe€tuall, againft the {caldings by water; and burnings byfire ‘and tohelpe alfo the difeafe called Saint Anthonies fire,andall other hot,red and painefull {wellings,in any part obs bodie: the flowers of Mallowes boyled in oyle or water, (as every oneis difpofed) wherennto alittle hony and Cuarp, = He Tewes Mallow (for into that family Ireferre it, both for fome formelike théreunto, biit more forthe properties) isa {mall low hearbe, rifing upa foote and a halfe high, from whofe ftalkes 4 fhoote forth diverfe branches on all fides, whereon, grow many leaves withont order, up tothe and EY eames toppes, which are fomewhatlonger and broader thanthe leaves of Baffill {omelikewife fhorter broader, almoft round, yetall of them pointed, and finely nicked about the edges, having at the bot- tome of eachleafe,a {mall thred as ir were on eachfide, whichare ofalittle fowrifh tafte,the flowers come forth broad {mall fingly for the moft part, but one (tanding ata place, every one upon a {hort foote ftalk;confilting ofs up flender long rife pointed leaves, ofa yellow colour, with fome threds in the middle; which being paft, there pods , fomewhar like unto thofe of Swallowwort, Melochia five Corchorus, which whenthey are ripe, open into five partitions; The Lewes Mallovy. f{hewing within them fmall f{eede,fomewhat like unto Nigella, but letfer, and of a blewifh greene colour: the roote isomewhatlong, with manythredsor fibres thereat; which perifheth every yeare. The Place, Ttgroweth ine4fia, Syria, Egypt, and thofe placés aboundantly, in the gardens where itis fowne,asalfo in manyplaces of Spaine and Italy, but the naturall place is not knowne: It is fo familiar in Egypt, as Alpingé faith, that the feaft or meales meate that is made withouta diffithereof, being boyled in water or frefh broth, isnot thought to be fufficient plentifull. The Time, ne flowreth with usin regard that our Sommers arenot hot enough tobring itto maturity, for thefalling and fheddingofthe haite thereof:the greene leavesfaith Pliny,beaten withniter and applied dawed fing it to perifh quickly. out thdrneg or prickes in the flefh . The French and curled Mallowes,and the Hollihocks,are ofthe(ame nature and: quality.and work to the fame effect that the other do. TheMarth Mallow is the chiefeft Mallow ofall other, and moft effectual inall the difeafes before {pecified,and therefore as I faid before, it was called Bifmalun fo ‘that it was twife as good in effectas the other; theleavesate likewife ufed in ftead of the common Mallonires to loofenthe belly gently, and are effectual in decoétions of glifter's for to eafe all the paines of the body, o ae the ftraight paflages, and making them lubricke, whereby the ftone may defcend the more eafily Sd i hin having often fowenit, we could never have it grow above an handhigh, thefirit cold ayre inthe night cauThe Names, It is calléd of molt Melochia or Molochia of Serapio; itis thought by Lobel tobe the Corchorus or Corcorus of Piinye, whichhe mentioneth in his 15 booke and z2chap. but not that which he fpeaketh of in his25. and 13 chap. which is that of Diofcorides and paine out of the reines and kidnies and the bladder, and toeafe: the torturing paines comming ics eby: chee the rootes are of more efpeciall ufe for thofe purpofes, as well-as for the difeafes of the brealt and lunges case raftus in his 7 booke and 7 chapter; for that is generally thought to be Avagallis or Pimpernell,as you fhall heare when we cometoit; Raswolfins faithin his boyled againe with Sugartoa juft confiftence and thereof made into rowles ortrochifces, or the] ke iets ie iychreSton and much ufed for all the purpofes aforefaid: the rootesand feedes of the Marth Mallow boyled in wine or water, is with good effeet ufed by! them that have any’ excoriations in the guts or the blond ; flive, * fo muchbyanybinding gualitie in them, as by qualifying the violence of the fharpecholericke Fi hum mn that are the caufe thereof, and bythe flimineffe eafing the paines and healing the foreneffe, andin { ot fe ‘ ing the further ertiption of bloud therefrom, at’ that time, or any other afters it is profitabh eica ee. ba are troubled with rupttires, crampesor convulfions of the finewes, and boyled in white ie for oe : sol ' of the throate,called the Kings evill, and of thofe kernells that rife behind the eares, and infamm soi fn L ings in womens breatts : the dried rootes boyled in milke and drunke, are {pecially good for thechi me ro Hippocrates uled to give the decottion ofthe rootes,or the juyce thereofto drinke, to thofe that leas a sanded: and werereadytofaint, thoroughthe expenfe and lofle of bloud, and applied the fame mixed with i. on “ee fen unto the wounds : the rootes boyled in wine he gave alfo to drinke, to chofe that had received I oa arsed fes or falls,or by blowes and ftripes,to thofe that had any bone or member out ofjoynt, and to ole: ne had an and is that O/us Indicum that Avicen {peaketh of, Matthiolys thinketh that Halimys Sea Purflaneis the hoarfeneffe of the throate and voyce, whcefings and fhortnefle of breath, &c. being boyled in wine, or } on od waterand drunke : the rootes boyled in water yery well, and afterthey be {trained forth the dec “ati ’b is {welling paine or ach in the mufcles, finewes, or arteries of the body;_ it is good aifo tobe ufedi i th nleeds and fores that happen in any cartilaginousplace: The Muccilage of the rootes, and of bacibodesa id fe a, ecke oe) is much ufed in pultifes, ointments, and’plaifters, that ferve to mollifie and digeft ae hard nts ee ae a . ~~ cafe of the paines in any part ofthe body ; the feede either greene arte mixed with vinegar clenfeth the skinne, ofthe morphew,and all other difcolouring tt yer, being bathed therewith inthe Sunne,the feede of the reli M all hath bi = ak eae auctiona ‘Marth Mallow hath beenealfo) to be of fingular acodelicit piaitliel ft ee a a. halfe at the moft being madeinto ponder, be given at atime,andifth : feck aL — fediche fecond sims, ox the thindaid ic wil Eve helbe siterovokerh allotsotcee eee thereof, and ofthe ftone: itis ufed by the Turkesto Soane reltand flee oteGa Juyce or ponder ofthem, orofthe feede, isufed Sich good effect, to clente ieee bee ringup thelippes ofthem quickly ; The reft of the Mallowes doe participate of the properties of dhoginato, in LXVI. Melochiafive Corchoris, The lewes Mallow: allome is put, is an excellent gargleto wath any fore mouthor throate,for it clenfeth and healeth them in a aor? {pace;if the fecte be bathed or wafhed with the decoction ofthe leaves, rootes and flowers, it helpeth much the defluxions ofrheume from the head, whichrofe outof the ftomack;& if the head be wafhed therewith, it fayeth Cuar. 66: Journal that in Syria; Egypt, ec. they call it Moluchi, of the Moores and Arabians, becaufe it was nfually eatenas a fallet herbe, The Vertues, s I i Itisas Alpinis faith in faculty very like unto the muccithe inthat tumors hard mollifieall and refolve, digeft, fuppurate, to ufed much is it for Mallow, at h he faith isufuaily taken ara chéreofis more flimie than that of the marfh Mallow, 2 drammes ofthe feede urge plentifullyall fortsof humours: the decottion of the leaves is: very familiarly ufed againft dry fene(le of the throate and voyce, and fhortneffe of breath, and with {ugar candy isa prefentreme~ of isufedfo familiarly by the Ezyptians in their meales as Alpinusfaith, and thar they {elY dome eate withourit, notwithftanding that it breedeth many obftruétions,and the vifcous nourifhment thatit siveth, though little, turneth into melancholy and other difeafes, . is Claffis alfo might be addeddiverfe other herbes, fome whereofare fet forth in the foregoing, and fucceeding(la/fisseachas they doe more efpecially partake with that Tribe whereinthey are placed, ore, and Pollipodie afterwards, and diverfe others alfo among the bulbous and tuberous rootes, mer booke, as Daffodills, Sowbread, &c. And thus have I fhewed you notonelyall the {trong hers that are bur moderate, conducingorhelping, to openorloofenthe belly. Andnowit I ro my{tile to anotherClaffis, or fort of hearbes, which are thofe chatare venemous, and the leaft; asalfo fleepie and hurtfull Plants, and after them with thofe that are Alexi< Antidotes, or Counter-poyfons, of poyfonfull or dangerous Hearbes, PLAN: 369 |
