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Show Cuar.24. Theatrum Botanicum. 1, Tormentiba vulgara. TRinz 3 ~ The Theater of Plants. Cuar.25- firand ufuall flowerfor garlands, for no other Verba/cum is knowne to be put to that ufe) neither is the roote - 3. Tormentilla ergentea, Tormentill or Setfoile. Trip Keo like a Turneppe, whereby you may fee whatgreat difference thereis, betweenethis and thar : But the true Chryfogonumof DiofcoridesRanwolfinus found amongthe corne fields, riot farre from Aleppo in’ Syria, as Lugdunenfis Silver leafed Tormentill. fettethit forth, inhis Appendix to the generall Hiftory of Plants ; and Fona alfo,fhewethinhis Italiandeferip- tion of Mount Baldus,as you fhall have it morefully in his proper place : the Germans call it Bletwurtzell and Rotwortzell, that is, radix Sanguinaria,and radix rubra; and fomeafterthe Latine Zormensill, as moftot the ¥) ba other Nations doe. The Vertues, Tormentill is of the fame temperature and qualitie, that Biftort is, which hath caufed divers to accotintita kinde thereof, being cold in the fecond, and drie in the third degree, and therefore moft excellent to. ftay all kindes ofAuxes of bloud or humors,)in man or woman,whether atthe nofe, mouth, belly, orany wotind in the veines, ot any where elfe;the juyce of the herbe or roote taken'in drinke,not only refifteth all poyfon or venome of any creature, but ofthe plague and. pettilence it felfe, and peftilentiall feavers, and infeCtions difeafcs, as the pockes, meafells, purples, &c. by expelling the venome andinfection from the heart by {weating:ifthe greene roote,. isnot at hand, or not to be had readily, the powder of the drie rooteis as eftetuall, to the purpofes aforefaid, to take adrammethereofevery. morning ; the decottionlikewife of the herbes and rootes made in wine, and drinke, worketh the fame effet, and fo doth alfo the diftilled water of the herbe and roote, tightly made and prepared, which is to fteepe them in wine for anight, and then diftilled in Balneo marie, this water in this mannerprepared taken with fome Venice Treakle, and thereuponbeing prefently laidto fweate, will certaineiy by Gods helpe expell any venome.or poyfon, or the plague, or any fever or horror, or the fhaking fit that hap- peneth, for it is an ingredient ofefpeciall refpec in all antidotes or counterpoyfons, never to be forgotten our ofthem, it is fo effectuall in the operation againtt the plague; yea it is faid that good fhepheards doe carefully preferve this herbe, and give it their Sheepe for the rot, and many other difeafesin them : for there is not found any roote, moreeffectualto helpeanyfluxe of the belly, ftomacke,fpleene, or blond than this, prepared after what manneronewill; tobe taken inwardly or applied outwardly : the jaycetaken doth wonderfully open the obftructionsofthe liver and lungs, and thereby certainely helpeth the yellow jaundife ina fhort fpace. Some there be that nfe to make cakes hereof, as well toftay all fluxes, as to reftraine all chollericke belchings,and much vomitings with loathings in the ftomacke ; inthis manner, take the powderof the roote, and of a peece ofa Nutmeg beaten, made up with the white ofan egge,and as much mealeofOates, asall ofthem comeunto, which being baked,is to be raken every morning one,untill youfinde helpe: or the powder of the roote onely, made up with the white ofan egge, and baked uponan hortile an¢ fo taken, Andreas Ualefius de radice Chine, pag. She holdeth this opinion thereof, that thedecaétion of the rooteis no leffe effeGuall to cure the French poxe, then Gyaiacum or China ; becaufe it fo mightily refilteth putrefaction : Lobel faith that Rondeletivs ufed it in the ftead orafter in the fame manner, that he ufed Hermodattsles for joint aches : the powder alfo, or the deco¢tion to be --@runke, or to fit therein as in a bath,is an affured remedy againft abortion in women, thatis, when they ufeto 1 and fomewhatlong, wh rote is thicke y joynted or or knottéd, knot ki blacki#t t he dé and fomewhat réddifh within with many fibres thereat,’ eee i ; dat vier The Place; common:fort gtoweth 2s well s in woods and fhadowieplace in théthe open ove champion places, as in countri rg i3 “e — in zagiices ofthis land.The fecond groweth among es tote im ee es nty of Tiroll: thela groweth uponthe Alpes in divers rockie offtony places seca ane epee ountaines, and among the Savoyards likewife, ae Incite At. ao mpon, Se Aizpenaiee The Time. They doe all dower in'the Sommer, from the beginning to the’end, butthe laftis lateft The Names. Tthath beenee lode not fer forth,by ei Greeke :ot Latine ie »by any ofthe antient Writerrs,yetit i ha pent ; i € 4 > en cae but the number is feven ofthe divifions of every leafe; for tof Ske mee - i —o feyen divifions, and not feven leaves: for this isa generall ee vara ME eee aie 2 a he one Bi e trees,thar whatleafe,falleth away wholly rogether with his ftalke and not in ed: fi : il oe sbut one leafe, whether winged as we call it, asthe leaves ofthe Afhtr he El BhsheWallen tee te Chefime,Virginia Sumacke, &cc.the great Centory, ee one Cinkefoiles,ard this Setfoile,in herbes:forin all thefe and lgSea : : fipko ne ve > ether, , and together an not anypart uny ofthofe leavesat onet time, 2 and part at another, as i le fasc a Teererase ee pana this nafratio n be fomewhat ef giaieeo bex oie not itl pheeis called eteseems Scenevais thar i aoe or venuned . i Ome entituled by divers, as Pentaphyllum argenteum of An= tt Cefalbperts ue a gsporns minimum by Lobel, Pentaphy lum petreum & Alpinum of Tabermonta« Seiadten te oO i 2 Ichimille alterumgenus ; and Clufivs {cmewhatleaneth to that opinion, yet calleth a Ofek decks eens ehitto be the true: Pentaphyllum of Diofcorid es and Theophraftus besarte is found ei Slr ne a ve leavesas feaven ; and Ge/ner in hortis Germani a Argentarea: etrea ; of Camerae 2 and commended alfo againft the wormesin children : it is very powerfull in ruptures and burftings,as alfo for brufes andfalls, to be ufed as well outwardly as inwardly : the roote hereof made up with pellitorie ofSpaine and Allome, and put into an hollow tooth doth not onely affwagethe paine, butftaieth the fluxe of humors there- unto, which was the caufe thereof : the juice hereof alfo being drunke,is found effectuall to openthe obftructions of the liver and gall. Tormentill likewife is no leffe effe@uall and powerfull a remedy, for outward wounds, fores and burts, thanfor inward, and therefore it ought tobe a {peciall ingredient in alkwound drinkes, lotions the body ; and to put either the juice, or powder of the roote into fuch ointments, plaifters, and fuch things that are to be applied to wounds and fores, as canfe fhall require : fit doth alfo diffolve all knots, kernells, and hardneffe gathered about the eares, the throate and jawes, and the Kings evill, if the leaves and rootes be bruifed and applied thereunto: the {amealfo eafeththe paines of the Sciatica, or Bippegout, byreitraining the fharpe rebumouts that flow thereunto : the juice of the leaves and rootes ufed witha little vinegar, is alfoa {peciall medyagainft therunning fores in the head,or other parts, {cabbes alfo, and the itch, or any fuch eruptionsin the skinne, proceeding of faltand fharpe humours: thefame alfois effectuall for the hemorthoides or pilesin the is fundament, if they be wafhed and bathed therewith, or with the diftilled water of the herbe and rootes: it found alfo helpefuli to drie up any fharperheumethat diftilleth ftom theheadinto the eyes,cauingrednes,paine, waterings, itchings or the like,ifa little prepared Tt/a or white Amber, be ufed with the diftilled water hereofs many womenalfo ufe this wateras a fecretto helpe themfelves and others, when they are troubled with the r abundance of the whites or reds, as theycall them, bothto be drunke, and injeéted by a Syring. Stelaria. v y— aabv oo iia‘sana Stelaria, as {hall be fhewedin a he tea begsgo our oft ene Second Camerarius in horto,calleth Tormentilla Alpina and Basihinus gallon Pon Ht pie magorThelatt is very variably g doth much helpelikewife thofe that cannot hold their water, the powder taken in the juice of Plantane, andis and inje@tions, for foule and corrupt rotten fores, and ulcers ofthe mouth,or fecret parts, or any other part of F ; fomthe forte EwTaQuMoy Heptaphy lum, or Septifolium, Setfoile, or Seven a. bers caves re ee fake 9aF ‘mifcarrie oftenin childbearing, if it proceede from thé over fluxibilitie or weakeneffe of the inward retentive faculties, as alfo a plaifter made therewith and vinegar, applied to thereines of the backe doth much helpe ; it Argentea Heptaphyllos montana; and of Lugdunenfis Tormentilla SideDialechenpsst itis ; very I kely : lee ve tobethe Pentap yll t ipyium ylli pin ing3 folium ly i of Thaliu s in Hare y nia Us i fylva, BauhiLnus calleth it; Tormentilla defcription, faying Cryfogononbutheth pais Chree ofDisfcorides, but thereof he hath but a very fhort Coronarivm, the roots whereot i noel ickely with Oaken leaves, whofe foweris very like unto Verbafcum leaves likean Oake, ‘neither is th|e flowTurneppe, very red within and blacke witnont without;5 butthis hath not herbe hat his herbe the Verba/cum Coronarines (which is th*aayera or fe{pect,that it might be put.into: garlands: a3 s Coronaria Rofecampion with the red flowers 2 te ee Cuar. XXV- Pentaphyllumfive Quinguefolinm. Cinkefoile or five leafed Graffe. - 1 He next unto the Torméntill muft come the Cinkefoile to be intreated of; not onely for the likénefie =)ofthe outwardface, or formeof the plant, but of the properties alfo, as yon fhall heare hereafter. ssecfae| Hereof there are many more forts found ont, and nowmade knowne, than formerly there was, and 3365] therefore I thinke it fit to expreffe them in fome method andorder,that isin three rankes; chefirlt == (hall be of thofe forts, that beare white or whitifh flowers ; the fecond fhall be of thofe that beare yellow flowers, andlie downe withtheir leaves uponthe ground, or runne with their rootes ; the third fhall be of thofe that ftand more upright bearing yellow flowers. oes ® ; Primu |