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Show 39? Theatrum Botanicum. Cu ap.23. TRIBE. 4. Bijftorta minornoftras, Small Biftort of our owne Countrie. This {mall Briftorte fendethforth three or foure {mall narrow leaves, fcarfe an inchbroad, and almott foure inches long, greene above, and gray underneath; the ftalkes are flender, and but with one or two leaves fer diverfe {mall greene thereon, at the toppes whereof ftand {mall long round fpikie heads of white flowers, with léaves among them after which come a reddifh feede almoft round, whichbeing drie, become blackifh, and are bigger than thofe of the firft : the roote is {mall in proportion, but fomewhat crooked or turned like the com- monkinde,being ofa blackifh colour without, and fomewhat whitifh within, of the fame aufter binding tafte that the reft hath. rahe 5. Biftorta minor Alpina, Small Biftort of the Alpes. This {mall Biftort hath broader leaves, and not fo long as the laft, the tuft of flowers likewife at the toppe is clofer fet rogether,in other things notdiffering. 6, Biftorta Alpina pumila varia, Variable leafed {mall Biltort, This Biftort hath not onely twoor three broad and fhort almoft roundleaves pointed at the ends, but two or three very narrow and long leaves alfo with them comming from the roote, the ftalke is fcarfe an hand breadth high, with many firch whitith flowets thereon asare in the other fmall ones. The Place, The two firft growat the foote of hills, and in the fhadowie moift woods neare unto them, in many places of Germany ; andin our countrielikewife in the like places, but chiefely is nourifhed up in gardens. The third growethon the high hills in Si/efia, and other places: the fourth groweth efpecially in the North, as in Lane cafpire, Yorkefbire,and Cumberland in diverfe places. Thetwolatt are found likewifé on the Alpes in diverfe places, but the laft among the Switzers, The Time. Theyall flower about the énd of May, and the feede is ripe abont the beginning of Tuly. The Names, 7 It iscalled generally Biftorta, quod radice in fe ferpentis modo contorta, e&- convoluta conftet, of Tragus, Lonicerus, and othet's Colubrina, from the Gerasanetitle of Schlangexwurtzel and Natterwurtzel s of Fafchivs Serpentaria quod venenoforim Serpentinm ittibus (wccurrits of Ge[ner in hortis Germania Limonium, Fracafforius calleth it Bis dapathum, as wellas Bifforta, Lobeland Clafims thinke it may be Britannica of Diofcorides and Pliny. Bauhinus calleth the firft, Biftorta major radice minus intorta, Some callit Behen rabrum, others take it to be Molybdena of Pliny. Some alfo dot take it to be the fecond Dracunculus of Pliny lib.4.cap.16 the fecond is called by Tragus Colubrina minor. Baubinescalleth it Biftorta major radice magisintorta, The third Bashinus, that hath firlt fee it forth as thinke, calleth it Biftorta Alpina maxima 3 the fourth I take tobe differing from the next, and there- fore call it Noftras : the fifth is called by Camerarius, Clufus, Lobel, Baubinus, andall others that have written 1. 4.andBiftorta major or vulgaris e minor, Great {mall Biftorte Snakeweede, 5. 6. Bifforta minor Alpina & Alpina pumila varia. Small Biftorte of the Alpes anduariabbeleafed Brifturce. The Theater ofPlants. Cuar.24. 393 eckoneth it to be a {mall fort of Limonithereof Biftorta miner, or vAlpinn minor ; onely Gefner in hortis Germanie,x am, But in thar Biforte cannorbe Britanica this fheweth in the defcription thereofthat the leaves are rough or and fhort,when_ thefe are not {mall alhairy,when thefe are {mooth, andthat the rootes of Britanica are {mall though fhort; and Ga/en in his fixt Booke of Simples, faith that although the leaves of Britanica be fomewhat am, the faculties doe like unto Dockeleaves, yet they are blacker and morehairy. And that it cannot be Behearubr qua- of an hor eafily declare, for the rootes of the true Behen rubrum & album ,are both fweete in fmell, and are by litie, that they are effeCtuall to procure venery, or bodily luft which thefe cannot : the laft is ot temnembred we doe alfo, the Low any Authorbefore this time. The Italians, Spaniards and French doe follow the Latiné, as : Dutch the Germanes intheix appellations, which is Natterwortele, , The VUertues. poyfon, adramme‘of the root Both the leaves and rootés of Biftort, havea powerfull faculti¢ to refift all the {mall Pocks, Meafeils, Purples, in pouder takenin drinke, expelleth the venome of the plagueor Peftilencé, the decottion thereof or any other infections difeafe, driving it forth by {weating + the farhe roote in potider, or as alfo any fluxes of the body in wine being drunke ftaieth ‘all manner of inward bleeding, or {pitting ofbloud, roote, or the decottion in man or woman as alfo whenone is troubled with vomiting : the powder alfo of the falls whatfoever diffolving thereof being drunke, is very availeable againft ruptures or burftings;or all bruifés or fame alfohelpeth the Iaundife : the wathe congealed blou d, and eafing the pains that happen thereupon: the ftung by any vene- bitten or rerdiftilled from both leaves and rootes, isa fingular remedy to wafhanyplace, fpoken of ; andis very mouscreature, as Spiders, Toades, Adders,orthelike, as alfo for any the purpofes before abortion, good to wafh any running fores or ulcers : the decoétion of the roote in wine being drunke, hindereth that is, when women are apt to mifcarrie in child bearing, the leavesalfo killeth the wormes in children, and is applied a great helpe tothem that cannot keepe their water, if they put thereto fome juyce of Plantaine; and the roote, muchhelpe in the gonorrhea or running of the reines : adramme ofthe pouderof outwardly dothgive an adinirable helpe taken inthe water thereof, wherein fomeiron or fteele being red hot hath beene quenched,is : the leaves or feedes, or thereunto,fo asthe body be firft prepared and purged from the offenfive. humours inward or outward rootes, are all very good to be put into decoétions, or drinkés, or lotions, for either that is apt to bleedé wounds, or other fores ; and the ponder ftrowed upon anycut or wound inaveine, &c. Pomgtanee much, ftaieth the immoderate fluxe thereof : the decoétion of therootes in water, whereunto fome {tay the accefle of humours to Pills, and fowers are added, ferveth for an incetion into the matrice, as well'to of their the ulcers thereof, as alfo to bring it to the place being fallen downé, and to helpe to flay the abundante beaten {mall & made courfes:the roate of Biftort and Pellitory of Spaine,and burnt Allome of each alike quantitie, teeth, if into a pafte with fome hony, a little peece hereof put into an hollow tooth, or holden betweenethe itis the caufe of paine in there be no hollowneflein them, ftaieth the deflaxions of rheume upon them, when very effectuall to them, and helpeth to clenfe the head, and avoide much offenfive matter; the diftilled water is of theroote be applied wath thofe fores or cankers that happen in the nofe or any other part, if the powder and inflammation,that haps thereto afterwards: it is g0odalfo to faften the gummes, and to take away the heate be ufed, penas well inthe jawes, almondsof the throat ot mouth, if the decottion ofthe rootesleaves, or feedes, orthe juyce of them : the rootes are more effectuall to all the purpofes aforefaid, than either leavesor feede. Cuap, XXIV. Tormentilla, Tormentill or Setfoile: Exgli/, Lthough formerlythere hath but onekind of Torméntill.or Setfoilé béene knowné to our which fhall be all deWriters, yet now thereis found out and made knowne to us twootherforts, iS claréd in this Chapter. F 3 3, Tormentilla valgarts. Common Tormentill. S The common Tormentill (is fo like unto Cinquefoile, that many doe miftakeit, for it may well bereckonedas one ofthem) hath many reddith lender, weake branches,’ rifing from the roote, lying clofer tothe upon the ground, or rather leaning, than. ftanding upright, with many fhort leaves that ftand ftalkces, thanthe other Cinkefoiles doe, with the foote ftalke encompaffing ‘the branches at feverall places, butthofe thar grow next to the ground ate fet upon Jong footeftalkes, each whereofare like unto the leaves of diCinkefoile, oxfive leafed graffe, but fomewhat longer and leffer, and dented about the edges, many of them and {tanding round butinto five leaves, but moft of them into feaven, whereofit tooke the name Setfoile, vided with the divifions like a {tarre, and thereforecalled Stellaria) yet {ome mayhavefixe and fome eight, as the fer tilitie of the foile andnaturelift to worke: at the toppes of thebranches ftand divers {mall yellow: flowers, fomewhat confifting of five leaves, like untothofe of Cinkefoile, but (maller : the roote is fmaller than Biltort, oe batblacker without, and not fo red within, yet fometimesa little crooked, having many blackifh fibres thereat. ; 2. Tormentilla Alpina major. ‘The greater Tormentill. This Tormentill differeth not from the former, but in the largenefte of the leaves and rootés, which are much greater andredder, andofabetter fent, inall things elfe agreeing with the former. . 3. Tormentillaargentea, Silver leafed Tormentill. ; { with leaves like unto a This white Torméntill, hath many fhort,low and thicke fpread reddifh ftalkes,Cinkefoile,; but much fimaller thanthefirft, and confifting offive leaves in many of them, arid fixe and feaven in moft ofthem,& fometimes more being fomewhatlonger,& each of them fet upon verylongfoote ftalkes.greene all about the edges: on thenpperfide, and ofa filver fhining white colour underneath, {mooth and not {nipt at than in the firft by the halfe, and of a white colour, fet about the; ftalkes ar the toppes, the flowers are fmaller feede = . at feverall diftances, and {tanding in {mall huskes, wherein afterwards is contained {mall yellowifh £00 |