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Show 442broughCuar.13. Theatrum Botanicwn. Trisg 4. : : Sate col eyrena t fome of the feede with them, and fowedit there for their ufe, to rubbe and chafe their limbes, when through extreame cold they fhould be ftiffe and benummed; being told before they camefrom home, thatthe climate ofBrittaine was fo extreame cold, that it was not to be endured without fome fri@ion or tubbing,tg warme their bloods, andto ftirre up naturalheat, fince whicht yearely of its owne fowing... It groweth alfoin the ftreere ime it is thonghtit hath continued there, rifin gtowin walte grounds, byhedges and wallfides, and many of Bardney in Lincolnefhire, 7 he other three forts otheruntilled places, yet they will alfo be found in many gardens, whereif}they be fuffered or moe but a while,it fhall be hard to rid them Out againe, e Time, They flower and feede in the end of Sommer, and the leffer is fo plentifully thatit will fede and fhed, and {pring, and {eede againe, thatis, beare ripe {eed twife in one yeare, Names. The Ttis called in Greeke dxataven Acalyphe, quia tafla opera & injutundacft, and urkly, quod vellicer ce punget, verbo nile quod vellicare pengerefgni ’4 ficat, in Latine Urtica; ab urendo quodp ruritum pxfiula/qne ignifimiles exm citet, The Arabians callit Huminro, Uraith latum eAngia ra. Trrages faith Serapiocalleth it Hamure Vraith,and the feedeof it Bezori BangorafewRagi. “The Italian s Ortica, the Spaniards Ortiga, the French Ortie, the Gera manes Neffell, the Dutch men Netteles and we in Englifh Nettle. Thefitltis called Urtica Ttalica hortenfis, and isthe firt kinde of Diofcorides, called fome, and ofClufius Legitima, ofmoft writers Romana andofmas or taf. cwla ; forthe fecondis called femina, and of moft authors Vrtice major, and Vulgaris by Z> agus, Urtica vulgaris wrens or urens, Thethird is called altera, and of Lugdunenfis Urtica Olygophylt 98 a pancitate foliorum, The fourth iscalled Urtica minor of all writers, but Onely lpinys extgua, and of Dodoneus wrens minima third ofTragus, Marthiolus, Lugdunenfis,andofCe/a , and is the Caftor Durantes : itis the Cania of Pliny, which Cornarins thinketh fhould be rather written Canina, ; The Vertues, Although Nettles doe hnrt and {ting the skinneandflet h, while they are greene, whichis canfed bythe haire orrough downe uponthem, and might be thought to be caufticke or exulcerating being otherwife applyed, yer itis not fosbeing found to be hot and dryinthe fecond degree ; the leaves boyled in wine and drunke, is faid to openthe belly and makeit foluble : the rootes or leaves boyled, or the JuiceOf either of them, or both, made into an EleGuary with Honey or Sugar, is a fafe or fure medicine to open the Pipes and paflage s of the Lungs,which is the canfe ofwheefingsand fhortnefle of breath; them, or inthe cheft or ftomac and helpeth to expectorate tough cold flegme {tickin g in ke, as alo to raife the impoliumated Plurefie, and {pendit by {pitting: the fame alfo helpeth the Aimondsof the throate when they are fwelled; to gargle the mouth and throare ther ewith, the Juice alfo is effeGua ll to fettle che pallate of the mouthin and foreneffe of the mouth and throates the decoctionofits place, andto heale and temper the inflammations the leaves in wine and drunke,is fingular g0od to provoke womens courfes, and to fettle the fifocation fs thereof, as alfo applyed out wardly with little or {trangling of the mother » and all other the difeaMyrthe: the fame alfo or the feed provok and expelleth gravell and the ftone in the reines or bladder 3, often prooved tobe effe@uall in many eth urine, that have taKen it; the fame decott ion alfo of the leaves or feede,or being beaten and drunke in that decoétion, killeth the Wormes in the bellies of Children, and 13 aid to eafe dineffe in the fpleene, as alfo inthebody ; but others the painesin the fides, and to diffolve or breake the windoe thinkethat it being fomewhat windyofit felfe, fo powerfull or availeable to expell wind, but isnot onely three dayes together, ftayeth bleeding at the mouth, to Provoke Venery ; the juice of the leaves taken two or which rifeth from the ftomac ke: the feed being drunkeis a remedy againtt the {tinging of venemouscrea tures, the bitings of madde dogs,the poyfonf ull qualities of Hem= locke, Henbane, Nightfhade, Mandrake, or other {ichlike herbes, that fupity and dull the fenfes, as alfo the Lethargy, but efpecially toufeit outwardly to rubbe the forehea d and temples in the Tethargy, and the places bitten or ftunge with beafts, nfed with alittle falr, and thofe that have eaten evill Muthromes,or farfetNicander faith, ithelpeth them that bave taken Quickfilver, all,(althongh not fo powerfull,as well for all the of the good ; the diftilled water of the herbe is very effectue difeafes aforefaid, as foroutward wounds, and fores, them, and toclenfe theskinne from Morphew,Lep ry, and other difcolourings thereof ; the feede (and to wath foufe the leaves) being bruifed, and put into the noftrils fomeal , doth ftanch the bleeding ofthem, and taketh away fieth growing in them,called Folypus ; the the juice ofthe leaves or the decoction of them orof the Tootes, is fingue lar good to wath eitherold rotten and pt fores, orfiftul aies and Gangre nes alfo, and fuch as are fretting ea~ ting or corroding feabbes, alfo mangineffe and itches them therewith, or putting the juice into the fores in any part of the body,as alfo greene wounds, by wathing or wounds ,or applyi ng the greene herbebrnifed thereunto, yea although the fleth werefeparated from the bones eththem, orto places out of joynt, after the joynt 3 the famealfo applyed to overwearied members refrefh~ is fetin its rightpl ace, it (trengt heneth, dryeth, and comforteth them, as alfo to thofe places troubled with aches and goutes, and the defluétion of humours uponth or finewes,it eafeth the paines, and dryetho e joynts tdifcuffeth the defluétions : an ointment made with the juice, oyle andalittle waxe,is fingular good to rubbe cold and benum med member s, to bring themto their proper activity againe ; ahandfull of the greene leaves of Nettles , and another of Wall-wort or Dane-wort,br uifed and applyed fimply of themfelyes to the Gout, Sciatica, or joynt aches,in any part, hath beene found to be an admira helpe thereunto: it is (aid thatif greene ble Nettles be put into the urine ofa ficke body,if it be frefh ter it hath lyen foure and twenty hourestherein; and the party fhall recover of that ficknefle, but ifit greene,afgreene, it ignifieth death or great danger ; ifyoug doe ive hennes fome dry Nettlesbroken fmall, with not abide in Winter, it will make them lay egges all che winter their meate ontheprivitits offemale beatts, that will not fuffer more plentifully ; iris {aid alfo, thacif the herbe be rubbed the males to cover them, it will caufe them the more ly to fuffer them to doe it: the oyle ofrofes or fallet willingoyle boyled with the juice, or the juice of the leaves felves, isa themprefent remedy to take awaythe ftinging of the Nettles : toall the purpofes aforefaid, the Roman Nettle is held the moft effe@uall, yet wherei e t cannotbe had, the other are in a degree nextit, as effectual, yet the leaft is thought offome to be leffe powerf ull,and of others to be as availeable as any ofthe othert wo. Cuar, The £beater ofPlants. Crap, XIV. Polygonum majus. Great Knot-gtaffe, EF) He Knot-gtafles are divided into two'kindes, male and female, ofthe male kindés I thall fpeaké Sy} in this and the following Chapters, becaufe they are ofmany forts, fome greater; othersileffer 3 be ) and fomeSea plants, the female being called Sharegr another place ; Ithinke itfiteft therefore to divide affe, or Horfetaile, fhall be entreated 6fin thefe into three parts, and fpeake of the as) ESF} sreatelt in this Chapter, ofthe leffer Reo berryesin anotherfollowing them, kindes in the next, and of thofe kinds that beare: frnite of that fo being orderly fet downe; every one apart, it might yeeld the more profit to the reader, 1, Polygonum mas vulgare majin. The greater common Knot-grafle, The greater common Knot-grafle fhooteth forth many long flender branches full of joynts, lying gtonnd, with divers long and narrowleaves fer thereon thé ,onefor the moft part ata joynt, having’ moftupon ufually a {mall white skinne that covereth the joynt ; wherea i t,efpecially ftom the middle of the branches a pwards forth the flowers, which are {o {mall, that theyar come e for the moft part not feene’anddifcerned, which in fome are white, in others ofa whicifh purple colour, which after tarne into very ‘fimall fqnare feed : like feede: the roote is reddith,fmall, fhort and unto Sotrell round, abiding the Winter, and fhooting a new every yeare. I faw in Mr. D' Foxes bookeof dryed herbe s whicti he received from Padoua greare r fort hereof, whote figure I Maxima here give you, folijs.. 2. Polygonum vulgare minus, The leffer common Knotgraffe, This leffer Knotgrafle growethin all things like the former, and differeth from itone ly in the leaves, which are {maller,and neither fo broad or long,and the flowers hereofare alwayes white, Polyg onum minus breviorefol This other {mall kinde, hath likewife many flendeio, Small fhort leafed Knotgraffe . r joynted branches, but more wooddy thén the forme {pread alfo into fomeother {maller ones, whereon r, grow {mall fhort leaves, leffer then thofe of the {mall St.John wort = the flowersare {mall and whitelike the other. 4- Polygonum Saxatile. Stony Knote raffe, The {tony Knotgraffe hath many weake ing branches full of joynts, rifing from rootes, lying uponthe ground, round abouttrayl a {mall whité fibrous it, whereon gtow leaves that are fomewhat round , being ofan inch in length,and halfe an inch in breadth, but erowi l » greene onthe upperfide, and of a whitifh mealy colour underneath, atthe joy: after them followethfuch like {eedeas in the other, 53 Polygonum mas va ‘gare majas, The greatescommon Knotgrafic, flowers, like unto the other, and Polygonum maxtmis folijs, Thegreatelt Knotgraile, |