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Show 602 Cuar. 64, Theatrum Botanicum. Tkips5. in both thofe Authors the word Vitr#m {hould be read in ftead of Glaftum ; becaufe the Germane word Glaffe, from whence they thinke Glaftumis derived, is fignified by Uitrum; and {ome alfo would turne Uitrwm in. to Nitrum but Nitrum is not for {ach ule, forit is yet very rare or fcarfe feene of any with us sthe Arabians call it Dit, Deligi, (hate,chatis, Alchat, Alden, or Adhlen, or as Avicenin his $12. Chap.faith Ni/; yet inhis 306, Chap.he hath another 2¥#,whichisa kind of Convonvaslus or blew Bellflower,whereof I have fpokenin my former Booke, which Serapio calleth Hab alnil granum mil : but this Xgl (for Nir in the Arabicke tongue, as fomefay doth fignifieany blewcolour, fuch as this Woade or the Nil or Indico maketh ) or Anil, from whence was made a blew colonr formerly called with us Aneale for the Dyers and others ufe, and was wont to bebroughtin round greatcakeslike wax, with round bottomesfive orfix packtup in double skinnes longwife, which was but a bafe or counterfeit fort of Indico, (as it is probably ghefled) made up with fand and trafh to augmentthe weight ; or elfe it was a worfer kinde of that Ni/ or Anil that grew in 7 urkey; for the belt Nil Anil oIndico asis aforefaid commethtous from Geasrate in the Ealt Indies ; Tofeph Salbanke his report of Iydico in Purchas tib,3.ch. 9. fec.4.pag.236. (whoby reafon of fhipwracke upon the AZagods countrey, with others was forced to travell over land manydayes) faith thatat Bianiethe belt Indico is made, where are Indico milles and groweth upon{mall bufhes, and beareth feede like Cabbadge feede, which being cut downelyethon heapes for halfe a yearetorot, and then troden out by Oxenfrom theftalkes and fo groundfine at the milles, and laft] boiled in furnaces;refined and forted, the beft there worth eight pence the pound + which laft claufe of boyling refining,&c. me thinkes favoreth fomewhat ofDio(corides text, (bnt you have another mans report before ) Diofcorides mentioneth Indium inhis fifth booke and 67. Chap. tobe of twoforts, the one naturall iffuing oue ofIndian Canes or Reeds : the other a blew orpurple {cummethat rifeth on the dyfat,whichis taken offand dryed sthis faith Diofcorides, and peradventure was our very /ndico, although related it may beein this manner. which fheweth howlame the ancients were in the knowledge of forraine doings : but we have indeede, even if thefe dayes, a certaine thing called by divers Fiorey, which the painters fometimes ufe, and is the feamme of the dyfat, while the cloth isuponthe dying a blew colour with Indico or Woade, and is a fine light powder The Italians as | fayd before call Woade Guado and Glafto ; the Spaniards call the herbe while it is greene and growing Guida, but when iris made up and dry, they call it Paftel,forte quia in paftillos cogantur, the French Paffellikewile, the Germans Weijr, the Dutch Weet, we in Englifh Woade and Wade, The Vertues. Thefaculties of Woade are binding and very drying, and fomewhat bitter withall, but not fharpe, and the wilde fort much more, as ufually all wilde herbes exceede the tame in the properties, and therefore it refifteth putrefaction, and preferveth therefrom more then the tame: the tame ftancheth bleedings of all forts cyther inward or outward, eyther upwards or downewatds more then the wilde : the deco@tion of the manure d, but muchmoreof the wilde fort, made with wine and drunke, helpeth the hardneffe of the {pleene ; and if theregion thereof be outwardly fomented therewith alfo, it will doe the more good : the manured is muc h more profitably ufed for all greene wounds thenthe wilde, quickly tofoder up thelippes ofthem, andnoleffe profitable itisto repreffe the corroding and malignant qualities of fowle andeating Vicers, foule Cancers and thelike and healeth themalfo ; ‘as alfo allayeth and difeuffeth all hot inflammations, impoftumes, $. Astonies fire hard tu. mours or fwellings, Indico (which as is fayd, was formerly taken for the {pume ofthe dyfat, in dying i a blew; colour,either from W oade or Jnd'co) as Diofcorides faith is of the fame qgualities,both to clenfe and repreffe the malignitie of foule Vicers, and todiffolve tumonrs, breakeimpoftumes, and to dry upand binde the defluxions of blood or humors: the juice of Woadepreferved all the yeare,orthe diftilled water of the herbe worketh the fame effectes that eyther the decottion or the powder of the dryed herbe doth. . Cuar, LXITIL Herba Luteafive Lateola, W ould ot Welde or Diers weede. Thonght good to joynethis plant unto the other before going, both for the dying quality and healing alfo,althoughnot fo notorious as the other : but alchough with many former write rs, there hath beene but one fort remembred, yet we have attained the knowledge of two or three oth er as you fhall have them expreffed unto you. 1. Luteola vulgaris, Common Would ot Diers weede. The common Would or Diers weede growethbufhing with many long and narrow flat leaves upon thé ground, ofa darke blewifhgreene colour, fomewhatlike unto Woade, but nothing fo large, little aie led as it wereand fomewhat round pointed, whichdoe fo abide the firkt yeare ; andthe next fprin from iets them rife divers round {talkes, two orthee foote high, be(et with manyfich like leaves thereon . fmaller cad fhooting forth fome {mall branches,which withthe Galkes carry many {mall yellow flowers, in a long {j fked = ee a eae the feede, which is {mall and blacke, enclofed e Lut, at are divided at the toppe into foure parts : the roote is long, thi shi idi wi : herbe changeth tobe alkovaniels it hath beenein lower a wie te Pecos mae Sona 2, Luteola vulgaris Cretica. Small Would of Candy _ The {mall Would of Candy hathlikewife many long narrowleaves li ? i kes wi {maller leaves on them alfo : the long {piked foals have Tompginae Bie eaeee as i ding fingly cach by themfelves, in other things notdiffering from the aes former. : . a 3. ‘Lutea maximaCretica feecnnda, The bearing great Would of (andy, This greatplant rifeth up in Candy pwithb divers ereat {talkes, { as bi geasamans arme of five, fix; eight and ten cubits ) high, aa perith nm winter,bare or nakedPaetive of dennera i lage lowett leaves being without footeftalkes joy’ ning clofe at the’bottome, the other growingRictekic up high iamieindlr ed Seve ars ae up to the ig up higher toppes, haveall of ea the leaves of themfelves are very large, rf fonscivkianbtond dadthem iatfooteftalkes of afpannelong made of many greene thining ones, ‘fet one againft another onthe middle ribbe, and not yer alwayes directly The €heater of ‘Plants. TRIBES, directly oppofite one unto another, every one fomewhat like nrito che leaves of Hempe (whereof it is molt likely to be a /pecies) ragged or dented about the edges, yet none 1. Lutea vu'garis. Cuar. 64, Common Would, o, Diers We s of them divided but the endleafe, whichis fometime divided, feldome into two, and fometimes into three parts, each ending in a long point ; the ftalkes are branched , but hath onely divers {mall ftalkes, or long {pikes of flowers thruft forth which are yellowifh, many gree ne and moffie, bowing downewards, with Jong and narrow leaves among them, and ftand inyel- lowifh greene huskes; wherein after the flowers are fallen, come the heads full of very fmall reddifh feede : the roote is very great and wooddy, and parted into plamany long armes or branches, which in the naturall ces, and other warme countries, abideth many yeares, but will hardly endure the winters of our cold conntrey abroad as we have often proved. 4, Luteamaxima Creticafterilx. The barren great Wouldof Candy. Theres no difference in this from the other, but that as Hempe and Mercury, and fuchlike plants, one beareth it beare feedes,and the other doth not, fo this although after flowers, yet no {eedeisfeene'to follow at any time ort. th form er. as isisinin the The firft groweth évery where bythe way fides,in moift by-lanes ; rounds as wellas dry, in corners of fields and in fomeplacesin Kent, they ufe to fow their fields therewith after their Barley, which abideth untill the next yeare,and then isgathered ; thereft are naturall of Candy, andasI fayd will hardly indure,or at the leaft beare in our climate. The Time. \ The firft isin flower about Zane, but the others flower very late or not at all with us. 2. Luteola vulgaris Cretica. Small Would of cauay, 3.4: Lutea Critics fertiis & frerilis. 7 The grear Wouldof Candy both beating and barren, 603 |