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Show Theatrum Botanicum, ftalke faith D infcorides, is acubice long, Theophraftus faiththe longett is foure cubits high,of the bignefle of ones finger, like unto afoft reede, but without joynts, it beareth a flower, twile as large as that of che Poppy(with double flowers, for {oI enterpret in plenum caput, the words of Theophraf us) of the colour of the Rofe, after whichis paft commeth a round head called. Ciborion,or Cibottion,that isa fmall caske, (yet Athenems faith that a kinde of drinking cup was {0 called alfo,whofe forme petadyenture was like this fruite here exprefled )notunlike tothe comb which waspesdo make,wherin is contained thirtycels at the moft,and in everycel or divifion thereof, growetha Beane, whofe toppe rifeth hig her thenthe cell whereinit is enclofed, whofe kernell is bitter ; Cuap.17. 377 The Theater of Plants. Trine 3 The Time. : ; i 4 i iddle of Sommer,or fome- i Springardove iyeeFoue if: fre fhootforthh; leaves, appearing nthe before they fa > retewing: in Augul iteThe Bith ial whatlatter, their their grecne leaves in Autumne, prefentlyy i Caer atte hofes or huskes appearing ? fentlyy after the firtt fratts have pu and fixt ji as I faid, al doe ¢ §fhoote forth thelrFide & opeene diiche 17 Winter inter withering withering in in’Sommer, : before which their huskes ; < wit hfruits, th and with abidehis gr hofe and clappers very late, even sven in in the the wwarme countries,Weegee feldome bedownethe ftalkes appeare ; The feventh a vie freit dak Naee feldome come to perfection : the 7 (as may be gathe 1 ember, an ate oA ns er herbes doe. which fay they, the inhabitants thereabouts put into clay, and thrult downe to the bottome of the water, with frOrelaaarto} flowreth andbearethfruitin x ted by the re The Names. the Sommer time 4s other 5: ituli, becaufe by he leafe doth fomewhat re$ :in Latine : Arum, and fome Pesgare vituli, the wi is called in Greeke @p2v,and againe f omthe figure. of the and therefore faith he, the Crocodile refafeth to come nere it, leaft he fhould ronne againft the prickes thereof with hiseyes, wherewith he cannotfee well, andis called Colocafis as Diofcorides maketh mention, but nor heophrajtus, whichis ufed to be eaten cither rawor otherwayesdreffe d, that is fodden or roalled, the Beanes Peal Dy c/oscaet ie rare hale theyare frefh and greene, burt grow hard and blackeC whentheyare old, being fomewhat bigger thenan ordinary Beane,which faith Diofcorides (Theophraftus making no mentionof any qualities, or vertues of them) have an aftringent or binding faculty, and thereby profitable to the ftomacke, andhelpeth thofe that have the fluxe of the tomacke and belly, and the bloody flux, the meale or flowerof them ftrawed upon meate, &c. or taken in broth : the huskes whereof faith he doth more good, being boyledin fweete wine, the middle part of the beane whichis greene and bitter, being bruifed and boyled in Rofewater, and dropped Into the eares, eafeth the paines ofthem. Thus farre Theophraftns and Diofcorides. Nowthe defcription of c/s. fru his ftrangefruite is thus, as he fetteth it downe, This fruite did refembléa verylarge Poppy head, cut off atthe toppe : and confilted ofa rouzhor wrinckled skinny fubftance; of a brownith colour fomewhat light, whofe circumference arthe top was nine inches, and growing leffer and lefler by degrees, unto the {talkes,which as it feemed, did fuftaine the flower, after which camethis fruite,for there appeared certaine markes of the fow= er, where vides Dracontea minor and papers Z on femble lanvenfis calleth it a Calves ea Ifofthe hofe, call ir Sacerdotis penes, and canis. priapus. a! ; riie he Iddle Ort as Diofcorides : ‘ call it: Lapha cate anit > “hos Arabians«Loe Larus and. ds Sera, peftle Oa Syrians faith : - aot es ite o long poales, that it may abidetherein and thereby make their encreafe: the rooteis very thicke and great, like unto that of the Reede, but (Theophraftus addeth, which Déo/corides hath not) full of cruell prickes: or thornes, Aron an their travels, this was firlt made knowneto us,to fearch ont firchrare fruites as grow in the parts oftheir abode,and either communicate them to fich asare experien ced, or having penned themto publith their labonrs in Print, ifit may be, which [hold the better, ng to Mr, Finchams example, whofe obfervations have given fo great anillu(trationin this matter,as wellaccordi asin toher things,by me alfo. remembred elfewherein this worke. The Place, The twofirkt are frequent enough in onr owne Country, Thethird is found in fo me place of Germany. The fourth Clufim faith came amongother rootes from Conftantinople, The fift he alfo faith he found in Spaine and Portugal. The Gixt in Italy, in divers places, The feaventh is not naturallto Egypt as I fuppofe, becaufe it is not found to flowerthere, being planted fortheir onely growethin Candy naturally as Bello wins faith,and Portngallufeas in mea tes whichthey feldometake withoutit, but Glugws reporteth, and int Italy alfoin many placesy and in the Country of Salerne in thi Kingdome of Naples as Columna reportethit, as alfoin the land of Tavsy where they ufe it as familiarlyas in Egypt,and {0 recorded in the Hollanders Navigation thither, in Avvo, 1 595« The laltasI faid before in Iavaand Svrrat, and.no doubt in fundry otherplaces as Theopbraftw remembreth, who therefore would notcall it Agyptiaas Dio(corides doth, being not proper to Egypt, where for many ages pa(t ic hath not beene knownto grow now atall, but affuredly if ic weré a naturall of Egypt,it cannot be quite extirpate, and might by goodfearch be there found againe,if men induftrious and ofknowledg were employed thereabouts he ALO, (7 sAro, (7124 aoe i : ws 4 7 alechampiwes Upor He “1 i he faith Fie Gace E calleaity Ler eeYeCathe in biftoria plantariz calleth it nDracunculus benicophyls a at blesieis chaGomie i t ntinum.& oO! obabi€,it1s tne taine vy) barsbiakel thDracimcnls seneoirs soahe anakhetrom Calzolariu of ee aye lala with manyeee pees ris a ithe fait a: — abnie sa We a Baldus,becaufe he had fent him many Crus shid it Mount iption : of Mount Ba/dvs, iteeis morelikely likely that Ca/<elarim,ie had it from Verona, and grew upon u a isithoughtit o ic him : asa rarivie,The 2. fift & fixt becaufe this is not mentione d inall : the defcription fie und fent fift & fi are called et Arifarum aioe or on Aris te Conftantinople,or natin other placein 7#rkie,and fent and anguftifolinm. ifolium, The Spaniards call thatis fomeothe *. latifolinm P: aeit Fraililles, : aie tae iftinguifhed by the titles o ices Cowlesthe latifolinm Dalechampius upon Pling as Pliny faith,and diftinguifl fent the forme of a Eee Friers Cowle:sthe e/atifo!itore properiv ane tnmrGeDa i € Diol: ’ 1 hofe doth reprefentt pe soncctriediniiondicea ce cade vipe Pliny, yet Tiagi thinketh oefe oo %, er etcuaoe eteSy : ‘ ’ is {ohot and fharpe,that it 1s not ca hs ipapeseat bode vedsis Ste akorne doth, the lowerpart having an holeor hollowplace, whereit fhould feeme the footeltalke upheld théhead conteining divers Nuts or akornes withinit. I have here fet downethéfethings, as well to fhow you mune owne obfervations after C/wfius and others, that affuredly this isthe true Faha eZyyptia of the ancients, as to provoke fome of our nation to be as induftrious, as the Frollanders by whofe carein in their fhops:In tatan SEET jus Verenene, and by Bauhinus Arum venis albes, = f it, while it was inits place, whofe kernell was rancide or mouldy, thus farre Clufius, Let me herealfo bring in an eye witneffe or two, of this pianrs growing inthe Ile of Tava, Dr, Iuftus Heurnius , both Divine and Phyfition, for the Ducth factory in the Kingdome or Ile of Iava, {ent into Holland a {mall booke or collection of certaine herbes,&c. growing inthat country, with the vertues and ufes, whereunto the naturals did apply them (which booke, as I underftand by my good friends, D:,Daniel Heringhooke, and D'. William Parkins both Engh, but rough and fpongie: {t groweth in Moorifh places, a nd by rivers banckes: the leaves are wondrous great and like untothofe of the WaterLilly, andfo is the flower alfo ofa very ftrong {mell like unto the oyle of Anefeedes: thus farre D:. Heurnins ; whofe defcription in my of Dio/corides and Tbeophraftus aforefaid, the defcription of the rote onely judgementis fo pundtuall ro thofe ther tocommentuponit, every ones judgement though meane,I fippofe wanting, that I fhall not needefurbeing Parts: iris probable that Clufivs havingfeene this booke and the figure hereofannable by comparing to agree the foone pronounceit (as I doc here ) tobe the true Faba e£gyptia ofthe ancients: exed to the defcription might there is no mention madein that booke of Heurzius by what name the Iavanefesor Aa dayos doe callit. The other eye witneffe hereof is M, Wiliam Finchaman Englifo Merchant, ashe is recorded in M:, Lurchas his fourth booke of Pilgrimes, the 4. ch. Sett.5. p. 429. that faith he often did cate ofthe fruite of a certaine herbe growing in a great Brooke or Lake, twoorthree courfesor miles long on the North-we/t fide of Fetipore inthe dominions ofthe great Aogoll called Surrat or Guzurrat in the, which is about twelve courfes from Agra; Eajt-Indies, whichthe people call (‘mola chachery, defcribing it tobelikea goblet, fat at d the feas in Low Dutch calf Me ? tleth it with {potted leaves, Gicherum or Gigarnm after the lod. “— ss sicae baad Starch-wort. Ce/alpinus via with the diftin@tion of maculis albis and nigris, as the 2 :a ee a set Pliey it did abide: the upper part hereof was {moothand plaine, having 24 holes or cells therein, placed inevery one whereof is contained one fruite like unto an akorne of ablackith purple colour on the outfide and very white within, the tafte whereofis aftringent and fomewhat bitter withall,tike akornes 3 ith; In ee. Englifh : i i in t UCKr2 elects ome Durantes faith; Wake Robin,Cuckowespintle Priefts eae ina certaine order, like unto the combe of wafpes ; in every one whereof was one nut, like unto a {mall akorne, almoftan inchlong, andan inch thickein compafle, whofe toppe was browne, ending in a point, like as an is keptin the Vniverfity Library at Leyden-ina clofe cupbord havinga glafle window beforeit, thorough which any one may reade fo muchthereofas lyeth open ) at the end whereof is one by him fet downe, ander the name ofNymphea glandifera thus defcribed: the huske or cup (faith he) isrugged orfull of wrinkles yet foft loofe and {pungye, likea Mufhroome, and ofa greenecolour divided into twelveor fourteene cels ( Clufins his figure here exhibited hath 24.)or places, aroa t iv es beyond the feas 1 : 8s vit de chi high Dutch faffenpint: and after them diverfe FeEp id d onesie vidor vit de prefre 8cvit de chien,in high ate bene aten,for our Arwm is tai A vet oe the fame corideswhich is gpthaed fpecie : Thediene Arum of the hotter countries fevent is more oa :od ininehivbe doe reply an oe Manta de nneftra (enora from the —_s @ eae Dieleeriden ol Lvatine aBa ante as I faid contefting ineees peeAer -Me ena laches Pliny ufeth, but ic i AUS 10 BillosyaeAlpinus Upinu i tly denying itandhold ca andling maintaine tee eee : inion, are Bellonius, Colocafion of Nicandar,ea : a fe that the former oe — na aun tcitar So be . ae eeeka ,whodoeall Clafivs laftly ope ar Peeaad CarenarHe5 TELE? ] Egyptiao ia of Diofcorides and oie Theophrarus, be2 : he Faba é defcriptions,becaifet rife although there was was never heard or found (as canbeno other plant then t g h of their : , o : defcriptions, eee and that hat this did moft nearely approach fruit, and thereupon doemuch {ufpeét fu p the truth : this ¢ they fay) any other the Greeke riame Capepeaee eas fo eee bancugonent oe een did tar : ame of Calcas, fo ne: a . ily ufe of the roote tobe ted 2 PeNuion ofEgypt, Syria, and Faba Aifricke oe on ly continuedfe among ; heyArabia {aid their was;-butt its. waswas their th foode they and ufeeit : it falis alfo called Taluffe dreffed or eaten raw, for their r food food and meateaslhname Taluffe by by the inhabitants I in of Java i ee ig inverted both nam: sap din the Dutch Naan ee eT aes which foundeth fomewhat pg —s as Deehentf nor frnit - but thofe (but Laladein the , £, where it is {aid alfo to beare neither flo 3 K igati ither i before fpoken of, where it ; ugh commonlyfo ck* Se a true oeee NMace .es pati be it is ie Arum Agyptinm, and notGefner ix hortis Germaniz,Doammets, £ i contrary o illandinus, that hold the ihe Maranta,C Canfabonus aujavonus stMatthiolus, i flowerorfruit, or called, are Anguillara,Guilla hem in their times teftified ic, moft of them having fect ne the Fabeadovetie vlnbla dColumna, whohaveall ofthem t ; <ind of Arwm,and that it is not the Fata eA gyptia, whe ok setMMiedCabcapa th;whichplainely declareth it to be aandmoft kindo fully 3 h ofe, doth fhewthe truth, ferting both, that it = but Fabins Columna\altly = ce ee a ficiaatts Haeorhiskenvnia Foote was calle a ‘ in every part, to beare leaves,flowers, Ho . and berries afterwards, agreeti in al thofe parts. to theith ibe all doth defénd the veriti fordithe deteriparein, eeea t “det cae seuss Pale aepeeere aerent manner, asevery tas {pecies ofa reganae that fo manylearned althougn Lomew nh +s hereof, againft all gainefayers, tr g! ; * jofcori é us defcriptions thereot, ag ; : slaine declarations, that ones ulna vo i ftumeahe fo groffely ee ae eetruth, bufbeled awaybs fo‘ notaidife é, lea fruits 5 a ceed pone ofthe plant and every part poe — oes aie a eed armed and withipridiled de thories) i the roote of the Reede, but g reater and not 04/2088 N hen tha it beareth a{talkea cubite or more like it beaof the Poppie, : and of a 1Rofe hen as theroote of this Arum, or fuppofed olocafia <is: not fo,bithen get that thanthat Li hich thishisdoth and that it carrieth a flower high, which hathnot,no refemblancethereunto the eons IE haheadlike a Wafpes Behewhunbd ; and laftly thatit beareth a s chainannedicaay combé, with inevery one wherofgrowetha fruit one, sh ok Cibetion which ds Gad a a chereil Mordi a Manycus OF elviHNons Cee he namé ofthe head called Céboriov,or Cxeetion , re unto this Arum hath no likenes;I might page at t laces; whereinthefruit Randeth, as alfo from the forme of fienifieth a {mall casket, from the fimilitude of the p Ae omthe ancient Grecians ; asallothe frtite ot Béane was as a {tandard for acertainé and others, toatit seGtceees the head with the fruitslike unto a drinking ions, bot eee :2 the place ae Sean To it felfe, fonotably knowne to ante scene knowne,and conftantly maintainéd = Ce true Cc weight, whofe ee a from set, a ditiesans di e that of Arum, thevertues and qualities tT a vty it ak ee aided ing, being in the waters, is differing may plainely fee the truth, and hereafter be better perfwe ae ‘ 1 have therefore fhewed you,that every one y ‘And to fhew thé originall of this errour,asit is moft proba fa they haveerred in their opinion and ee hbringeth on with it many flippes and errours, hath ped firft I may fay that the revolution of time, which bring (t ftill be carefull to finde out and reforme > Bellonias caufe thereof,> which therefore wife men and judicious, a ; mu ink , Herod yas the firtt, ) that was_the, anid inthe 28. Chapter ofhis fecond Booke of Obfervations, eo Qs Herodotus was th ITEni9sa Cuap.i7. |