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Show “is Cuar.32. -Theatrum ‘Botanicum. Trtve 3 The Theater of Plants. halengion wodeansfim. hal anginm ramon, lowers as the for= ribbe ofeveryleafe, raifed upa little high + at the toppe of the ftalkes ftand divers fuch like Vabranched Spiderwore, Branched Spiderwort yeeld fmall, long, blackifh pods, mer, but all on one fide ofa pale colour,tending to yellow, which afterward fending forth very unto Lentils : the roote is fomewhat great and blacke, whereinlie {mall flattith fee like in the ground, long {trings, whereby it fafteneth it felfe deepe The Place, and medowes, both inItaly, Savoy and oThe firt groweth commonly wilde by the way fides ofmoift fields in ©ambridge fire s the other not but Linton y Medowesb the in wilde growing oflate found asalfo ; places ther are found. uponthe toppesof mountaines, where anyplaines The Time. They Gower in the end of Inne and Inly, and the fede is ripe in Augu/f. The Names. ufullycalled'in This herbe hath not beene knowneto the ancient Authors; and therefore hath no name, butis as Latine Galega or Ruta Capraria, for they that firft found irand the vertues, gave that name ofRuta thereunto, Gallica as Fracaftoris : and Herba {ome and Gralega, it fomecall Rue: beft the than effe@uall findingit noleffe other names as Ge/ner offome Capraria 3 the Florentines call it Lavanefe ;in other parts of Jta/y it hath divers Capragina, Herbanefe, and Giargaas Brafafaith Caffracane,Lavanna, Thoring or Tanrina, Martanica, Sarracena, volus faith. Some withus call it Italian Verch,but moft commonly Goares Rue, The other Lugdunenfis calleth Galega montana ;and Banhinus re ferzeth it to the Orobus Pannonicus of Clufius, whichit cannot be, for he faith ic beneither, for Dodoneus perifheth everyyeare ; and alfoto the eFrachys latifolins of Dedoneus, whichit cannot at all from Clufius his faith, his Arachus is'called of divers Ervnm Venetum, which differeth little or nothing Girt Orobus Pannonicws, fo thatin this, as in very many other things, he is much miftaken, The Vertues. and oGoates Rewis moft effeCtuall againft che bitings or {tings of any venemouscreature, yea thofe Italians thers (as Penaand Lobel fay ) that ufe to gather Vipers (which are certainely Adders withus, bythe judgement of the belt) doe accountit more effectuall to preferve them being bitten or flung, than any Treakle of the beft fallets or making,or to defend them from anyother infeétion, and therefote eate it continually, as other herbes in other wife in theit meates and brothes. It is no leffe powerfull and effe@tuall againft poifon thenthe plague or peftilence,or anyinfectiousor peftilentious fevers oridifeafes,that breake forth into {pots or markes,as the meafells, purples, and the {mall pocks, in all which it is admirable, what effects it worketh,both to preferve fromthe infe- étion, and to cure them thatare infected,to take every morning fomeof thejuice theréof.as alfo to eate the herbe good Treakle it felfe, every morning fafting, bueit will be the more effetuall- if the juice be taken witha little andfine Bolevinegar and fome Tormentill rootes in powder, mixed with Cardus benediétus water,or with fome armonicke, and Treakle in the {aid-water, and prefently to fweat two houres thereupon, whichit canfeth alfo in fomefortit felfe, and maybe ufed as well whenany is infeéted, -as when anyfeare themfelves tobe infected with the plague; a {poonefull alfo of the juice given ina morning fafting, is very effetuall to kill the wormesin children, or the herbeit felfe tried with alittle oyle of bitter Almons, and_laid hot unto the navell,asalfo to helpé the falling ficknefle before it grow ftrong, and old upon them ; it is very profitably applied to the belly the*fame manneralfolaid and Jaidto watme +n pained with gripingsof winde andthecollicke, beingfriedthem (yet defending the heart, not ftriking it inuponplague fores before they be broken, either difperfeth wardly) or draweth themforth; and healeththem : itis alfo effectually applied .with vinegar to gangrenes, running ulcers andfores, to tay the malignitie of them in their fretting and {preading, and to defend the vitall fpirits from danger : itis held alfo to be very cordiall to preferve thé heart! from palpitations, ‘tremblings and fome of {wounnings, and againft melancholike vapours oppreffing it. Some ufea Syrupe made of the juice, and the diftilled water as a morefamiliar medecine, to take upon all, dccafioné inwardly, for‘all'the purpofes|aforefaid ; and fome ufe to make an oyle ofthe flowers digefted in the Sun, by often repetitions of intulion to anoint aforethe wrelts of the hands where the pulfeisfelt, as alfo the region of the heart, todefendit from the difeafes faid, and danger of infection: it is noleffe effe@tuall for Sheepe, Goates; arid-Cattle, for fromthe experience of Goat-heards therein, came the name of Capraria added untoit : it fatteneth-hennes alfo wonderfully, and cau- feth them to lay eggesthe moreplentifully. The other Mountaine Goates Rews is held alfo almoft as effectuall againit poyfonandinfection of the plagueas. the ather. Cuaee 3 XXXL : : Phalangium, Spiderwort. Hay Here are divers forts ofSpiderworts,fome ofantient knowledge, others ofJarer acceffe, ofall which repeate here again; Ihave giventhe defetiptidns in my former Book,which although I’ meane notto to fer downetheir vert yet I thinke it notamiffe both to give you fomeoftheir names:8 figures,and tues. Iris thought ittooke the name 9andyysovand euretyyitis, Phalanginm and Phalangites from the formeofthe feede veffells, others fromthe formeof the leaves like to'that Spiders legges in goings but more certainely I thinke from the propertie of curing thedangerons poifon of that great Spider: For which purpofe both’ Diofcorides and Galen doe commend the flowers, leaves; and feedes ofit, as.alfo again{t the verulencie ofScorpionsandother Serpents,and to difcuffe the torments thatrife from their hurts or otherwife. The Italicum are thefe Phalangium Allobrogicum: The Savoy Spiderwort: Phalanginm majws names ofthofe defcribed Phalangiun album. Thegreater Italian Spiderwort, Phalanginm non ramo[um vulgare, Vnbtanched Spiderwort. ramofum, Branched Spiderwort. Phalanginm Ephamerum Virginianum' Lohannis Trade{anti, "The foone fading isiof a deepe purplifh blewcolouts Spiderwortof Virginia, or Iohn Trade(cants Spiderw ort of Virginia, which Wwhereunto may be added oflater knowledge one witha white flower, and another witha reddifh or Ce : : HA Pe Crap. Petafites va garis. The common Butter burre. XXXII t burre ; vulgaris. Petafites [arise The Butter Y HE Bitter burre is of twoforts, the one gréa~ 2 i ter the other lefler,diftering alfo inthe flowers VAiSe as youfhall-heare ’: but beeanfe theyare fo like On another, one difcription fhall ferve for = . Each of themrifeth up veryearly in the is, in February, with athicke ttalkeabout a {et a few{mall leaves, or rather whe hig, oote at the toppes along {piked head of flowers, in 1ich is-the leffe and the more rare to finde, e ahd ofa better fent than the other (yet greater which is more - red colour according e whereinit groweth, the clay ground bringing colour fomewhat weake, & before the ftalke with at moneth above ground will be 7 e away withthe winde, and wen ; witheredar ofpring, which when theyare the leaves y ee “s cat a age hcl 2 ; PG Does > ao »shed od fane ee oo “4 ee “Aaa be ing :; and : hogan: oe iddle Sian fxs ae ri cewad nan ¢ f the leaves lowed parti being divided ihe two vale Ee eater. sad : Be eacicaeh years Beccetgine teen’ ‘ I ant-fies > cl andof a ey Sena th in ith \ ii t ; ; tstiane BeeP eta diets long the rootesasis ee Sa ithinvol Matai on vend anblenfant sti col ey Cuar.33. Aig |
