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Show € git RIBE 3. LheatrumBotanicum. Dulcamara fia Solanumlignofum. WoodNightthade, leaves are white, and the pointell yellow. The Place, This {mall Nightfhadeis in all things like the former,but that it groweth much fimaller in everypart, although : 1. Circea lutetiana major. The Place, They grow in moift and fhadowyéplaces, and fome= timesat the rootes of old rotten trees in woods, and fometimes by the hedge fides or borders offields. Thegreater Inchanters Nightfhade, The Time, They fpring up in April, arein flower in Iune, give their feede in Avguft, and perifh downe to the ground The names. This hathnot beene remembred,by any ofthe ancient Greeke Authonrs, although fome of the moderne Writiters, have impofed Greeke names uponit, calling it afterwards, the rootes abiding fafe inthe ground, The Names, Thefe weré not knowneto any ofthé ancient writers, seuycdt rate. Strychnoderdron, whichis Solanum arbore/~ that we can finde, but are ufually in thefe dayes, called Dulcamara by all Herbarifts Circea, becanfe inthe outward forme, diverfe doe thinke it to be ALclothron itis like the Circea of Diofcorides : Lobel and Pena, call of Theophrafti. Matthiolus tooke it tobe Vitis [ylve- the greater Circea Lutetiana, not knowing the leffer, firis of Dioftorides, lib.4. cap.t$z. Others inrefirring we adde major for a diftinétion between them;the former is calledalfo Circea Afon/pelienfium, Tragus calleth it htfhades, callit So/znum lignofum or frati= cofem ox rubrum, \tiscalled of the Germans Ielengerie lieber and Hynichkrazt, becanfe the fhephéards ufe it for their'cattell, when they are troubled with that difeafe theycall Hyn/ch,of the Dutchmen Alfrank; of the French Lappa [ylvefiris, — a ce — of feed, are roughlike {mall burres, for he judgeth the Amaranthus minor purpureus to be the Circza ofDiojcorides and Pliz ny. a Seon ge ae oa is joyned Morelle du bois; and we in Enghfh Bitter fweete, wood Nightfhade, and Fellonworte of fome. Tragus would referre itto the HederaCilicia,or Smilaxof Theophraftus in his third Booke and aft Chapter; or unto the Smilax le« vis Of Diofcorides, fer forth inhis fourth Book and 14¢. Chapter; Dedoweus thinketh,that that kinde that beareth with Camerarius his hortus Medicus)calleth them Helxine : Min sor aviatilt: ‘weltris. {i that and faith GCe» minor, major five fluviatiles fylveftris, they arelike in leaves, untothe Helxine, that is called Parietaria, Gefner in hortis Germame, callethit Ocima- [trum verrucarium (not being before knowne by an = SN The Vertnes, Bothleaves andfruit are hot and drie, aftringent and clenfing. Tragus fheweth the manner of making a medicine for the yellow faundife, (and for the dropfie faith Dodonzus ) although it be inveterate, by Sevingit forth gently, bothby urine and theftoole, in this wife: Take faith he, a pound of the wood pi waad Nightfhade, cut it fmall, and putit into a new earthen pot, whofe cover hath an hole in the toppe, with three pints of white wine, clofethe joynts of the pot with pafte, and fet it on the fire to boyle gently bntill a third part be confumed: which afterwards being ltrained forth, take a draft thereof morning and Cyenne : The juyce of the leaves and berries is thought to be good for them that have be ene bruifed by Linwes cr bake . tee =~ [LES WY ELL Ze) 4 EL ii WY) > EN SSS aN —Sav//, the rough heades, like unto rugged warts ; Tabermonta- €ap.t butall erronioufly : the learned of Mompelior as Pena andCamerarius faycalled it Circea ; whereuntoit as little agreéth, asthe Circea fet forth inthe next Chapter,as you thall there underftand. Banhinus callethit See } ZN EE L7, name ) becaufe the leaves.as he faith, are like Ba/ill, and white fowers, may be Cyclaminys altera of Diofcorides, Gaillandinus tooke it tobe Salicaftrum of Pliny, lib, 22, Lanum [candens,[ex Dulcamara, ; it grow in the fame places withit, warke fide, when Gerard wrote thereof, but now is not there to be found. The Time, The branchesabide difpoiled of leavesall the Winter, yet petifh not, but fhooreth forth newleaves in the Spring, and flowreth aboutTuly, the berries are ripe in or Amaradulcis Cuar.8. . ° 351 {inewhat {weetith and waterith withall, 2, Circea lutetianaminor, Small Inchanters Nightthade, Rupmey Marfh,and neere unto Bermonfie houfe on Southe cens sand yAvmumnecy Glycypicrox, that is, Lhe Theater of Plants. feed, of Pellitorye ofthe wall, butleffer: the roote is {mall, very white, and full of joynts, from whence it fhooteth forth and creepeth every way under grotind,. quickly {preading a great compalfe: the talte hereof is This groweth ufually by ditches fides, and hedges, Where they may dimbe up upon them, the firlt almoft every where : the fecondis very rare and feldome to be inet with, yet itgroweth by Saint AZargates Church in Auguit, TR 1Bx.3. Iinoon Gt Sy x Jnl) Se A 8. | We = \ e ING aus calleth itherba Di. Stephavis: Bauhinus calleth:the greater Solanifolia Circea dicta major, as hee doththe leffer Solznifolia Circea Alpina, which Fabius Columna calleth Circea minima. Many alfo have taken the AZzs- drak¢ of Theophraftus to beCircea of the ancients,becaufe hefaith, it was fo called by fomein his dayes: and fome the Mandragoras of Theophraftus,to be this Circea, and haveattributed the vertues thereof untoit : but afluredly none of thefe herbes, nor thatin the former Chapter, is an{werable unto the defcription of Diofcorides his Cir- and avoid the congealed bloud, and heale the part affected afterwards : itis held alfo eféCtuall cea, for althoughhe faith the leaves of Circea are like de, yetthe flowers are manyand blacke, and the {eedelike anto Millet, growing in {mall hornes é cote alfo he faith is almoft a foote long, three or foure together, beine white, {weere in fmell, and of an ng or warming property : fo that as] faid, none ofthefe anfwer untothis defcription in all things, for the of Germany as Tragus reporteth, doth ufeto hang it about their cattells neckes whenthey are troubl a ath the difeafe they call Die Hyn/ch, which is afwimming in the head,canfing them to turne ends diverfe Sc people stes are not {weete norheating, nor of anyufe, whenas thechiefelt property of Diofcorides his Circea confilted inthe rooteapplyed for manypurpofes. Iris calledin Englifo of Gerard, Inchanters Night/hade derived from Circes the great Enchantrefle, mentioned bythe ancient writers, but why te thonld cillicalio Boma Night~ to open the obftructions of the liver and {pleene,but fo often as Ihave given it by appointment I have knowne it to purge very churlifhly. Some alfo ufe the drinke before prefcribed againft putride feavers or agues. The countrie fhepheards doe ufe the berries bruifed and laid to the finger that hatha Felonthereon to cureit, »f none of themis containedin hornesor crooked cods, although Tragus faith the Amaranthus Be yet the de,(and his corrector lettethit fo paffe) Ifeeno canfe ; for that name dothbetter agree,unto the wood Night Joade, (et forth in the tormer Chapter,becanfeit doth climbelike a Bindweed, Cuap, VIII. TheVertues, te hath not beene any of the moderne writers, either Tragus,Gefwer, Thalivs, Lobel and Pena, }'1 E likeneffe alfo of this plant in fome art thereof, hath i fe i Night fhades and fo muft I untilla fee qd by diverfe, Be et place may be BeOe t eee , ne eae on ute whereof is thus. : eae diverfe {mall round pointed ftalkes, moft ufually ftanding cee yet fometimes yi tee owUeto the ground, and taking roote at the jointes, abouta foote or more hich efpecially sé ; i igow ina moift {hadowieplace,with two leaves fet at every joynt, each of them fet upon a pretHe ong Gore oe * which are broad and round almoft at the bottome, and very long pointed at the end, fomeee ar cae prcanes ; fome compare themunto the leaves of Nightfhade; others unto thofe of Pellitory ores Hele hair ey Bde on oF Beed ae tender, foft,or gentle in the handling,although : d adarke grayifh colour underneath : from m the at g have overpaffed them, as though none of all the Country people where they grow, madeany nfe theres uredly by the temperate qualityes, of coldand moifture therein they may not unfitly. a erad be applyed in hot griefes, as the Nightfhadeis, although it be moilt and noe cae¢ without : a _goodeffect Rua {et downe any of the vertues ofDiofcorides his Circe a,becaule this is not itsnei- middle the middleof of 1the} ftalke almoft upwards, Ip wards v doe abeowergrow Serene: many fet together one above another, which fhew tobe of a cute brownifh . or Tabera s, that have fet downe any property, wherewith any inward or ontward difeafes may be hel ped theres 1, Circea Lutetiana major, The greater Inchanters Nightfhade, d dafht re aipscially'or ee a ea timmes or edges,ee tthew with a light eats gre imalwith white five ofbluth, flower b leafed i ftarse hred inthe middle, where 2 with manybrownifh yellowthreds d ¢ after theyy are paft, came {mall rough round heads, like unto mall burres, tj ki gatments in the like manner, » Wherein whereinare j é thining us blacke oe soundtofeede, mall fomewhat burres, like {ticking un to are included fmall untothe feede Cuar: |