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Show pecereee. Theatrum Botanictan. Tri BE .3. TheTheater ofPlants, Tripe % Cuap,3i. 4i7 Fraxinella vulgtvis. eligud The moft commonfalfe white Dittany, The Place. Thefrft groweth wilde almoft every where. The fecond about the Cattle walles of Lewes in Suffex. The third and fourth in Hungary, and 4uStria, The fifth andfixth in Candy, The feaventhand tenthin Spaine. The eighth and ninth on the hilsin the Kingdome of Naples, as Columxa reporteth. The eleventh and twelfth in Candy, ; : The Time, Theyall ower in Sommer, and their feede is quickelyripe after. = The Names, Teis calledin GreekeE x10 Echinm, dduBrddtov & arxiciv Alcibiadion, and Alcibion, or Alcibiacum, ofthefirlt finder thereof, who being bitten by a Viper, gathered this herbe, and chewing it, and {wallowing downe the juice, and applyingthe reft of the herbe to the bittenplace, freed himfelfe from danger, puleius f: ithit was called Onpioppiter theriorrhizon,V “iperee radix and¢xscr fromthe forme of the feede, which as Diofcorides {faithis like the head ofa Viper, and thereof tooke the name Echium, yet fome others fayftomthe effects in the rootes, to curethe bitings ofthe Viper, in Latine alfo &hivm, ofmoft Authours; yet of fome Bug loffimfilveftre viperinum, \WWZZZ WA) Se rw wt ING ve & Serpentaria, and fomealfotooke it for Anchufa, as 7 halim, and Cafalpinus, and under that name faith the feede ofthe Candy forts were fent him. Cords on Dio/corides called the firlt Lycopfis and Lonicerus Bugloffim Sylveftre. Camerarius and (Marthiolus mention the fecond, Clufius the third, fourth, fifth, and fixth, and the feventh in his Cure pofferiores, Columna the eighth, and ninth, and Bavhinws the tenth, undertheir {everall titles WD and Buglof[a Salvatica. Of the Spaniards Yerva di las bivoras, N j p= as they are here exprefied, the twolaft by A/pinus in his bookede plantis exoticis, It is called ofthe Italians Echio, ny ly OF the French Borrache fanuage,and L’ herbe ¢.ux viperes. Of the Germanswild ockfen fong, Of the Dutch menwild offentonghe, In Englifo wild Buglofle, and Vipers Bugloffe. The Vertues, It is as you have heard, bythe firlt finder out of it, an efpeciall remedyagainfi the biting of the Viper, and of all other Serpents or venemous creatures, asalfo againft poyfon, and poyfonfull herbes, it is added further by Diofcorédes and others, that whofoeverfhall take of the herbe or roote, ‘before they be bitten, fhall not be hure by the poyfon of any Serpent. And Ithinke from this and fomeotherthelike qualities in herbes, to heale the Cpee DEEN \ difeafes, whereof fome forme may be feene inthem, hath come the application of many other, whofe formes have beene imagined to have beene found in them, whichthey call Sigaature plantarum, whereof Crollins in his Bafilica chymica, hath given demonftration of all the parts of the body, from the headto the foote, and moreover of manythedifeafes ofthe body, andofdivers other things, whereof they that willreade his worke may be better informedthar defire the knowledgethereof; the rootes or feedes, are thought to be moft effectualfor the forefaid canfes, asalfoto comfort theheart, andto expell fadnefle, and caufeleffe Melancholy, it tempers the blood, and allayes the hotfits of agues, the feede drunke in wine procureth aboundance ofmilke in womens brefts; the fame alfo being taken, eafeth the painesin theloines, backe, and kidneies, the diftilled water of the herbe, when itis in his chiefeft ftrength, thatis in floweris excellent to be applyed inwardlyor all the gticfesaforefaid: There isa fyrupe made hereof, veryeffectuall for the comforting of theoutwardly, for heart, andexpelling fadnefile and melancholly, which is made in this manner, Take of the clarified juiceof mon wilde or Vipers Bugloffe foure pound, of fine Sugar three pound, of the infufion ofthe flowersthe com. thereof one pound, boyle thefe gentlyunto the confiltence ofa fyrupe, which keepe by yon,. to wfe caufe.- Bucbecaufeit is fomewhat hard to preflé forth this juice, by reafon of the'flimine as you fhall have ffe thereof, it is ft 3 that after you have beaten the hetbe well, you fetitclofe coveredinacold cellar, or other cold, and‘moift placé for twodaies aid nights,and then wringor preffe forth the juice, and clarifie it with the whites ofegces beaten, and paffed gentlyofit felfe, through a thicke Hippocras bagge ; and becanfe many infufion, before fpoken of rightly asit fhouldbe, itisthus. Gather of the flowersknownot howto make the ofthe {aid wild Bugloffe, agood quantity, which you fhall putintoa pot, with fome water, being made boy the pot clofe untill itbe cold; and then wring forth the infuufion ; you may renewthe intnG { flo wersas before, once or twice more, if youwill haveit trong ofthe flowers. Sperneneneeeen| Cuap, is molt requifite therefore to. avuid confufion, Y The Uertues. wena white Dittany then is heating and drying, the rootes which are moft in ufe doe attenuate or make thin Sokraeionstela: openeth obftruions, provoketh the menftrnes and urine, and clenfeth that whichis foule and shdagaintlthe 7 effectually both againft poyfon, and the venome of Serpents,and other poyfonfall creatures, jcthted: rm llence, and other contagiousdifeafes,to take a dramme or two of the powder of the roote in wine or broth:the famealfo taken, killeth the wormes of the belly,breaketh the ftone,caufing it to avoid inthe urine, ei warmeth and cleanfeth the matrixe, expelleth the dead childe, and ofter-birth, if che part be fuind? ease Penniroyall,or taken in Wine:it eafeth the painesand torments in the inward parts or bowi tows = eee hurts and wounds: it is much commend ed againft the Epilepfie orfalling fickneffe, and 0- inte vsdion arpis<n is hela to be of great good ufeagainft the French difeafe, to ufe it : 1. Galega vulgaris, The commonor moft ufaall Goats Rué, fendeth forth many Fraxinella may more fitly be called falfe white Dittany,then baftard Dittany, becaufe there is one z already fet forth inthe firkt Tribe or Claflis by thename ofP/eudodiftemnus , Ba{tard Ditcany, lealt two! herbes fhould be called by one name, and then neither fhould be well underftood when they were called forsdilting epithites ; AAPNE Ecanfe this herbeis foeffeftuall againft all infectiPD ons, I couild do no leffe then infert it here, and take >) it from the other leguminous plants, where it ‘sf might be placed, which otherwife I would not have done; and hereunto I mnft adjoyne another, for thencereneffe;both for forme and vertues, round hard {talkes, foure or five footehigh,whéreon grow one 9 Have given you the defcriptionsof all the forts offalfe Ba@ard Dittany, or white Ditrany, in my {ta Si Booke, whereunto Ireferreyou, I fhall onely here exhibite the figure and amplifie the ertues, : Gatlega, Goats Rue? Common Goags Rue, XXX. Fraxinella five Diptamuus albus, Falfewhite Dittany, Th Cuari; XXXT CyaPrs above anotherat feverall joynts, long winged leaves,that is, manyleaves fet on each fide ofa middle ribbe, which are {mal} yet fomewhatbroad andlong, and pointed atthe end, {mooth on the edges without any dentes, fomewhat like unto the leaves ofVitches, and of a faint greene colour, at the toppes ofthe ftalkes ftand many {mall Leguminonsflowers, one above another, ofa pale blewifb purple ¢olour,'and in fome plants pure white, after which come {mall round pods, aboutan inch and a halfe long, a little bunched out in fome: places, but nothing fo much as the Orcbus or bitter Vetch, wherein lie three or foureorfive {mall pale feede like unto a Vetch s the rooteis white and wooddy,fpreading wellin the ground,: and abiding divers yeares. 2. Galega montana Dalechampiy, Mountaine Goats Rue. This other Goats Rue fhooteth. forrh..divers tound hard ftalkes,. nothing fo high.as the former, whereon groweth fach alike winged leafe atevery joyme, but broader and thicker fer together, fmooth alfo on the edges, but having the middie i. Galega five Ruta Capraria. Goats Rue, | |
