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Show aT Caan. SSariuskin, | .RIB. 5. Se ereraeone untrue, for Cechenille is neither the berry of any Pimpinellanor isit the true Coccognidivm, nor doth the Chermes The Theater ofPlants. Cx ar.56, 1, Sideritis prima Herba Iydaica, Jewes lronvvort, a Sidevitis parva procumbens. Small Lewes Ironwert, of the Arabians differ fromthe Coccus Baphica of the Grecians as hall be fhewedin dueplace, but Oviedus truly faith that Cochenille groweth like berries on the underfide of the leaves of atree in the Welt Indies called Tunal, or by. others T#n«s,which tree wecall Ficus Indica, Now whetherof the two kinds of Pimpinella is meant,this orthatisnorexprefied, for {ome referre itto one and fometo the other. Someasit fhould feeme call Pimpinela, Pampiriula, andPeponella, but 1 rather referre all thefe names to the Saxifrage kindes:s itis called Sorba/trelia, and Sangsinariaal{o of divers, but moft ufually Sanguiforba, quodfanguineos flnxus fiftat and it may be Bipinella or Bipenula,afoliorum binis ordinibun pennarimfive plumatim digeftis : the Italians call it Pimpinella or Sorbaftrella, the French Pimpinele, the Germanes Hergots bertlin (id eft, Dei Barbula) Blotkrast, and Megelkyane, becaufe the country people as Tragus faith,give 1t totheir Hennes,and Geefe when they have the Pippe, tocure them of it; wwe doe inall places I thinke in Englandcall it Burnet : but many of our ignorant Apothecaries’ doe fhamefully miftake this herbe, in ufing Pimpernel intheir Syrupe of Dealthea, and in other their medecines inftead thereof, from the neareneffe ofthe Latine and Englifh names, of Pimpinella and P impernell, taking them to bee both one itmaybe referred alfo asit is thought to that herbe which in Perfs is called Sifitiepteris, as Pliny faich in his 24, Bookeand9. Chap. becaufeit canfeth mirth, and Dionifionymphas, becaufe it doth wondroufly well agree with wine. The firft iscalled Pimpinella Sanguiforba, to diltinguith it ftom the other Pimpinella Saxifraga, and Pimpinella minor and hortenfis, to diftinguihh it from the other Sanguiforba, whichis called major, and Sylvcftris: Anguilara, Guilandinys,Tragus and Columnas call it Sideritis fecunda Diofcoridys, and {o doe others fince them : theyalfo call it Pimspinella Italica, and isthe firlt of Tragus by thatname, for the third is his Pizspinella Ttalica major,and fo (lufius callethit alfo : others call it Pimpinella five fanguiforba major, and Columna Sideritis 2. Diofcoridis major, The fecond Bashinus onely mentioneth, and theiaft is not remembred byany writer be- foreme, although Lobel may feemeinhis Adver/ariato point at this, wherehefaith, that the great wilde kind hathfometimes leaves as great as Betony,asthis hath, but yet is not this, beinga differing kind, as by the heads of flowers may well be knowne. ; The Vertues; Boththe greater and the leffer Burnet are accounted tobe of oneproperty, but the leffer, becaufe itis quicker and more aromaticall, ismoreeffetuall being both hot and dry in the fecond degree, efpecially the lefler (yet fomefayit is cold in the fecond degree) whichis a friend tothe Heart, Liver, and other the principal parts of a mans body ; twoorthree of the {talkes with leaves put intoa cup of wine; efpecially Claret, asall know give a wonderfill fine rellifh toit, and befides is a great meanesto quickenthe {pirits, refreth the heart, and make it merry, driving away melancholly : it isa fpeciall helpe to defend the heart from noyfome vapours, and from the infection of the Plagueor Peftilence, and all other contagious difeafes, for which purpofeit is of great effect the juice thereof being taken in fome drinke, and they either layd to {weate thereupon, or wrapped and kept very warme. They havea drying and aftringent quality alfo,whereby they are availeable in all manner of fluxes of blood,or humours, to {tench bleeding inward or outward, Laskes or Scowrings, the Blooddy flix, womens too aboundant courfes, and the whites alfo, and the chollericke belchings, and caftings of the ftomake, and is body, either inward or ontalfoafingular good Woundherbe, forall forts ofwounds, both of the head and curation, to bee ufed eyther by ward, for all old Vicers, or running Cancers and moyft fores, whichare of hard the juice or decoétion of the herbe, or by the pouder of the herbe or roote, or the water of the diftilled herbe « or elfe madeinto oyle, or oyntment by itfelfe, or with other thingsto be kept: the feedealfo is noleffe effeauall, both to ftay fluxes andto dry up moyft fores, to Le takenin pouder inwardlyin fteeled water or wine, that Sideritis valgaris Clufij. ‘i 5: Sideritis 2fonfpelients Lobelij. Small Ironwort of Mompelier. is wherein hot gadds of fteele have beene quenched, or the ponder ofthe feede mixed with their oyntments orinjections. f Cuar, LVI: Sideritis five Ferruminatrix, Tronworts p Aving inthe laft Chapter fhewed you that Burnetis the fecond Sideritis of Diofcorides, 1 thinke ir not amifle to entreate next thereunto, of fome other herbes called Sideritides, as being referred b manyauthors untothe firft kinde. of Diocorides, leaving the third fort tobee {poken of in sect p place hereafter. : 1, Sideritis prima Herba Indaica. Tewes Ironwort. eae pease a {mall low awe ae wholly ftanding upright, nor wholly leaning downe to the gtotind, buthath divers weake,tough,hoarie {quare ftalkes not much above a footehigh, full of joynts,at the feverall diftances whercof, grow two {mall leaves fomewhatlong, rough,or asit were crumpled,hard and hairy, nothalfe fo broad asHorehoundleaves, dented abontthe edges, fmelling and tafting fomewhat ftrong, which {pread abroadinto divers branches, the upper parts whereofare replenifhed, with many rough {mall wharles of pale pur plifh gaping flowers, with hoaryleaves at the joynts under them alfo;whereafter theyare paft,come ee {eede; conteined in thofe huskes, wherein the flowers ftoode before the roote is {mall and woody, yet living and fhooting a iesects gi fle |e : | eee : f aids ronwort. 2 ; : : He) {mall oe is fomewhatlike the former inthe hairy {quare branches, but more trayling or leaning, and {maller branches, even from the bottome upwards, which ina mannerlye on the ith” i 4. Sideritis KE 14S | the flowers forwards:every of them the middle Spall eeBey the ee a sume seg and fland d compaffing rpdamned oar from gor : apo is {mall and perifheth yeare, F 3- Sideritm altera parva Clufij, Another {mall lewes Ironwort. This other {mall Ironwort hath the middle ftalke upright fomewhathairy and foarte fpreading into many farr {pots, white,without a : joynts,butlittle or nothing dentedatall $ the flowersare leaves as the laft at the ede ee Trememper,but gapingin like manner : the roote ofthis likewi fe perifheth every yeare. ip = = ses ys ‘ SRY SS, yy S : (ip ith i ) t , S. Germans Ironwort. +. The is \devitis e +eereein Germany, as Chifiea faith, groweth greater and higher then the other, with larger hai ; gh si d | ” fet by couplés one againft ancnee Py fone| f thef de bait alkes. dehtad about ae edges twicege Farciee aitancea ; vihich branching themfelves forth, are fet from the middle upwards, with_many s i i hej i ss = ofaetitnicnemeee —— feaxes, mA long fpike, the feede that followeth is {mall urleven and blacke. © hee in fe {quare heads : the footeid white and ¢ i ! Moe pire Monpelienps LobethSi i 3h er 5 Se Red on of Mompelier. The fmall Ironwort of AZompelier xifeth fcarfe to a footé sigh eee |