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Show 448 Cuar.i6, Theatrum Botanicam. Trips A. folio’ and Lugdunenfis; Polygonum alterum Serpillifolio ; but Baubinus Polygonum maritimum minus folio Serpilli : the feventh Tragas accounteth to bea kinde of Polygonum, which they of his countrie called Knawel tie r Ifo thinketh it might be called Policarpon ofthe abundance of feede, and Polycnemon of the vertucs. Lis dn o 9 alfocallethit Polycarpon, and Dodonaus in his Pemptades taketh it tobe a Polygonum exiguam., Gonaedc ile era Pologonnm Selineides five Knavel, wherein hee is deceived many wayes. Fir(t, in that he giveth the a A ry noides unto Knawel, whenas his owne defcription and figure thereof might have plaincly convinced char aiicrag inhim, inthat Kxawel hath notleaveslike Se/inum or Parfly : {econdly, that he maketh Kvawe/and Pavepe Anglicana of Lobel y iert tobeone; whereas they are two plants; then againe that he thinketh, that Saxifraga hefaith he found about Chipnam in the Weft countrie tobe Parfly pert, when as Lobe/ and Pena their def hie andfigure doth contrary alfo that opinion, althoughtheir figure be tomewhat like, as Gerard himielfe cc eae whichhe calleth Selinordes : againe, that he thinketh the Parfly pert, that was fhewed by a ccuntry E aoe to Mr. Bredwell, was Knawel, whichasitis likely Mr. Bredwell fhewed him, andyet he could sk diGeent face of the one herbe from the other ; and laftly he findeth fault with the nameParfly pert; calling it iattoas the word, and wouldamendit with his owne fine Latine word Petra puwgens, not undetftanding the re fie logie of the word being corrupted, as for the moft part all unufuall or hard words are to the vulgar ch Boat uncorrupted word is Percepierre, a true French word, and fignifieth the fame that Lithontribonin C he - me Media tglals Sraga in Latine,or Gerard his Petra pungens,ifye like it;Breakeftone in Englih,of all whichI fhall {peak ly inthe‘next Chapter: but I have here before given you ny opinion of the Saxifraga na hielad oF a? Sous, fulcan I thinke the Knawel of Tragus to be it asmany might imagine by the likeneffe ae sliein Benes bei eacithet red together; but furelyit may be a kinde thereof : the formeand {trong fweet {mell, which Tragus Gath ithe: Inducingmein part fo to thinke, but that the fmall greene flowers andfeede in thembe much difte on fro nd Pincke-like white fowerin that : the eight, I call Polygonum alterum Germanicnm, another Coulee fom the caufe it is fo like thereunto, and that Banhinus faith, the Germane Knawelhath manyvarieties hel entese ed this to be one, andit is probable alfo, that both the Polygonum montanum nivenm, and the Arthy vis ta ofTthinike bea {pecies thereof; Baxhinus him felfe calleth it Polygonumlitoreum minus flolentis fpadiceo albe aws ane oy the ninth nsinus by Marital ie "a is called Ezmpetron by Tragus and Lonicerus, but not truely ; Polygonum that followeth him, HerbaCancri minor by Cordis in his Scholiastes, and Millearanain his hiftor oo aronavict by Be Epipattis by eAuguillara, Herba Turcaby Lobel and Cefalpinus, Herniaria wultiorana Serpylls fale, Adverfaria, and generally Herniaria, and fo by Gefneria hortis Germania: andin libello de colle sor Wes By Camere Dodoneus, Thalius, Lugdunenfis, Tabermontanus, and Gerard, and by Bauhinys Pol hes i Sem Aillegrana major;the tenth we have ipofed the nameasit is in the tideand moft {ating AEUaeaK led Atillegrana minima by Lobel in his Dutch Herball, and in his Icones /tirpium, by Thalins Hi cas whelaltis cal Millewona ee alteras and therefore I call it Herniaria minor, Banhiaus calleth it, Polygonum minimum five x ie The oie 2 —rana minima, or moft of thefe forts of Knotgraffe, doe participate with the former i indi ch altogether fo muchin the cooling, (ome teen tavieg a little bitternette8 Pencie Fesalthonsh not reth fome heate, and therefore hath not rhat abundant moifture, which Galen faith, is in Be for Eaccs: as hefaith, they havetheir cooling qualitie : they ferve to provoke urine,and helpeto breake a ateaernerels andgravell by urine, as the others doe, yet wee have notfo evident teftimony of the cal ek me lone forts, (howfoeverthe delicacie of forme in fome of them doe argue in mans stidactnent fae 6 OgeeBilt whichyet dothnot alwayesfollow, for in many deformed,there is found miich motehelpe ) ee Vertue, reft, whichare thefe in particular; Tragus faith that Kzawel hath the fame properties elKnots ee of and the ied ferye in the ftead thereof to all purpofes, as well inward as outward remedies, when dee hi pall and, andthat it is very powerfull to breakethe ftone, being boyled in wine and drunke, whict ae ple doe averre alfo : the other Germane Knawel or Knotgrafle being of the;fame kinde e oiketh the Eee Ruptureworthath not his name in vaine, for it is foundby daily experience in a number tha hs y 2aS os old ies taken it, to helpe and cure the rupture, not onely in children, but in elder perions, foasitbe not too one either a dramme ofthe powder ofthe dried herbe, every day in winefor certaine dayes om Cterate ; by rength of the difeafe and age of the patient doe require ; or the deco¢tion made ofthe herbein eee anthe Sf — or diftilled water of the greené herbe taken inthe fame manner ; and helpeth all oethee a «ina deme vomitings alfo and the Gonorrhea, being taken any of thofe wayes aforefaid : it Sica ‘t : i : Bs alfo thofe that have the ftranguric, and have theirurine ftopped, or are troubled with th fae a — reines or bladder, caufing themthat take it to urineplentifully, and thereby torem oe ee ne. whatfoeverftickethor is oftenfive in the paflagesthereof: Vide Hollerinm de morbis inte 8 -268. the famealfo helpeth muchall ftitches in the fides, all griping paines or torments j rove and lene = elly, caufed by collericke or fharpe or fale humours; it helpeth the obfirutions of mene ee the yellow jaundife likewife ; it killeth alfo the wormesinchildren : being outward edie ee elutinateth wounds very notably, and helpeth muchto ftay y defluxi f Vthen es 008 defluxions of rhenme from the head to the eyes > bru; being s ng tuifed greene and bound thereto, or the decottion of the dried herbe, to bathe the ire d ie ae nape of thenecke behinde, it doth alfo drié up the moifture of fiftulous ulcers, or any athe haebpie muchacceffe of fharpe humors are ing? in all the faculties oftthe oe are grownefoule and {preading : the leffer Rupturewort is not much Wanting, Cuayp, XVI. Polygonum Selinoides, Parfly pert, or Parfly Breakeftone, Haveas youfee feparat<ed this kiinde ofKnotgraffe from all the other i ‘ i eaent nape # Itake it, becaufe the faceand forme thereof , is Beandeett a eee Bgdck xiF ion will declare : the roote is very {mall and threddy, but abidin avers peta ence come many leaves, {pread upon the ground, each{tandingon a falllo ihe 4 nJongyhroote ftalke Cuar.i6. The ¥beater ofPlants. Ta ipe.d, a earnes finger or ftalke, andbeing as broad as the-naile of a mansg it feeme e, is very much jagged on the edges, makin Seve Vercepierre Anglorum Polygonum Seéiactdes. t 4) a WY = ENS \ andall toppes, that almoit no part of the ftalkes can be feene, for the molt part ftanding clofe thereunto, few ot them having any footeftalke at all, or very fhort :among thefe leavesbecome difforth very {mall greenith yellow flowers, fearfe to cerned,where afterwards groweth the feede, as {mall as any ofche former. The Place, : Puifly pert,or Paifly breakeftone, thumb cathe the name, fomewhat like unto a Parflye leafe, whereof g amon bnt ofan overworne or dusky greene colour: from lee which rifeth up weake and flender llalkes about threeuporto the fincers long, {et full of the like leaves but fmaller 449 SS () xSINE ; This growethnaturally in moft countries ofthis land, if it be obferved by any thathave skill, but e{pecially in fuch bar- for it joyeth renand fandygrounds as doe not want moifture,found it upon much morein the wet places then in the dry, I Hampfteed Heath by the foote pathes, where being a dry elfe in gtound; andina dry time, it wasvery {mall, which Heath, 4 moifter time, and ina moilter place upon the fameby Lamwas mtich greater, as alfo neare anto the meereftones beth, which divide theliberties of London from Surrey. The Time, It is to be foundall times of the Sommer, Spring, and Har- veft, even from April/ unto the end of 0 éober,1n feverall places,for in the open and Sunnyplacesit will be withered,when in the fhadowyand moift it will continue, The Names, This plant(being oflong continuance in our land and knowledge to us,by the properties; for it hath not beene mentioned, by any the moft curious fearchers and writers of herbs beyond fea, as being onely peculiar I thinke to our Country,before came tous, who called it Percep er Anglorum and Lag- hued Lobel e I have tratisferred the name Polygonum Se~ dunenfis fcom him) hath received no Latine nameatall, and therefor is unto it;for it may moft fitly bereckoned a Poly. Enoides hereunto as more properuntoit, then Gerards Knawell es may moft fitly agree untoit from the forme of gonum, by the manner ofthe growing, and the name Selinoid Parfly. In the wordSediaon,tor K’nawel hath no likenefle with Se/inum the leaves, being derived from the Greeke you mine alfo(if peradventure I {peake former Chapter,I fhewed you Gerardhis errours herein,;now let me {hewas fome call it,and Parfly pert, or Parfly Perch pier, not per Antiphrafim )concerning thefe names of Percepier or that the word Parfly pert, was buta core breakeftone, as they are u(ually calledin Englifo; 1 fhewed you before word Percepierre, whichas I faid French the from derived r alfo, Percepie and t, ruption oftime in the vulgarfor ontworne word, and ca/culums dulaan old before, fignifieth as much as Lirhontribon in Grecke, Saxifraga, Petrifin Parfly pere and derive it from petra frangens in Latine, pierce ftone, or breakeltone in Englib; fome callit is Parfly breakeftone. Now concerning this and Lobelhis Saxifraga Anglicana,both but the more proper Englifh fecCouncry, and bothare ufed for one purpote, (yet Lobel ofthem are affirmed by Lobe/ to grow inthe Weft or partaking of both of them, Veneris, Petten ve Scandixfi & nm, Cerefoli the r unto Percepie the referre methto ng his opinion to make ita but moft unproperly in my minde, which hath canfed Bashinws in his Pinax, followi it Scand;x fimilis planta,and Tabermontanys thereupon calleth {pecies ofCerefolinm, calling it Cherophyilo nonnibil ng it minima montana. to be an Alchymilla,calli minor ; and Col#mua was alfo much deceivedin thinking this The Vertues. leeches, who have had moft practice ~ ‘This herbe hath properly with the vulgar fort, both men and women and breake the {tone in thofe that are trou. ofit, not found any other operation then to helpe to provokeurine,ufe to eate it familiarly as a Sallet herbe, and bled therewith, for which parpofesit is moft availeable ; for they Phyfically,either by it felfe or with other things, pickle ir up asa Sampire to cate in winter, butis ufed alfo more from it; whofe feverall wayes, that I may declare andeicther in powderor in juice, decoction or water diftilled three ounces, put this with fo much them alittle more amply arethefe, Take ofthejuice ofthe herbe about and evening adraught, or ye may adde hereto white wine, asis fit to make a poffet, take hereof every morning white mayalfo boyle thefe hetbes aforefaid, in Wild Time, or Mother of Time, and fome Camomill: Youitis trayned in the fame manner, the powder wine, or in water if wine be notat hand, and drinke it when wine, orin other drinke where wineis white in leffe, or dramme ofa quantity tothe alfo ofthe dryed herbe, taken withalittle Sugar in the fame herbe the of water diftilled the ‘and Jaft, and t dayesfirf wanting, for divers wholly,or paffeth away by drops topped itis when urine, provoke to remedy fingular a tobe manner, is found breede it, and the ftone aifo in that thofe l in ofgravel {tore elleth paine,exp without ibly orunfenf paine, with urine, and helpeth alfo to expulfeit the reines or kidneyes, in wafhing itdowneby the aboundantpaffage of theeit is held very probable, that the aotherwif out of the bladder, if itbe not growne too greatforthe paflages ; ofthe medicine, and there abiding, worketh boundanceof urine brought downeinto the bladderby the vertue it watteth it by degrees, avoydingitin grafo much uponthe ftone, therein confirmed and grownegreat, that to Mr, Bredwell, a Chirurgion vell withthe urine. Ifyouwill have the receipt of the Country Empericke given well as in all the Countries where he travelled, tt of London, whopractifed phyficke in London where he dwelt,as Turmericke, and Cloves, the feeds Bayberries, isthis. Take of the dryed herbes of Parfly pert, and Mouteare, the {eedes of Fenugreeke of each one ounce i of the Burte Docke, the feede in the heppe or Bryer berries, and ° Q43 |
