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The Place. like cf eroweth on Mount Baldi and in the fhadowie hills and woods of Provence, and in other fuch — aecciel Coltmna faith he foundin Naples : the third groweth by Hurft Caftleneare the Ifle of Wight, and inthe fayd Iflealfo in many places by the Seafide: the fourth is found in fome of thofe places aforetaid, asalfo abont a mile from Southarepton, in the ground of on€M®, Geach a Divine: both of them chiefly in the South parts of this land, onthe moft {tony bankes by the Sea fide : the fift groweth in divers grounds by Colcheter in Effex , and ina field called the Millfield, behind the honfe of St. Thomas Lucees neare Colchefter : the fixt as Clu/ius faith he found no whereelfe then onthe hills neare Salamanca in Spaine :the feventh groweth at ralte fomeof thembeing fomewhardrying and altringent may be profitably applyed to ftay the Buxes of blood and humors, and thereby alfo conduce to the healing of old and moyft Vicers or fores : the Sea kinds tafte fomewhat brackith,yet not unfavory, fo that they are often eaten coldasa Sallet herbe,or {tewed and foeaten, Guar. The Time, is therein much miftaken, for thatas C/u/ius faich, that Cneorsm bearetha long white berry (a red faith A/yconues in Lugdunenfis bifferia folio 1364 )fomewhatlike unto the berry of Thymalea, witha feede therein very like untoitalfe, whichin part was the caufe that C/ufime did referreit to the Thymelea,excepting the fharpe tale sand Baubinihs followeth him alfoin fol.463. of his Pzmax, making a Chapter peculiar of Gxeorum Adatthioli, which he therecalleth Thymelea affinisfacie externa, andif it be that,how camit be then this, Zychnis , for this Ocissoides beareth a head or feede veflell fomewhatlike unto the other wilde Campions, and. feede therein like unto them alfo : but whether Cneorum Mattbioli fhould be either that of Diofcorides or Galen, or of any of thetwo forts of 7 heaphraftusin his fixt Booke and fecond Chap. is much doubted of by divers, and whatplants are the true is as much controverted. Anguillara and others thought the (ucoram album and nigrum of 7 beophraffus, were Lavendulaand Refmarinum,our ordinary Lavender and Rofemary(as is fayd before inboth'the Chapters of La= vender and Rofemary ) whom AZatthioluws contrarieth,fhewing that neither of themeanbee fo as it isrthere de- élaredsothers thinke they might be referred tothe Chamelea and Thymalea of Dio/corides; but in thefe two there can beno diftinction ofwhite and blacke,being both of them greene,and neither ofthem whiter then others, and befides they doe both flower inthe {pring, and {notin the Autumne, as Theophraffus. faith his doe ; notwithftanding that the leaves of Thymalea by ‘Diofcorides was called Creorum, and Pliny faith that 7 /ymelea was called of fomein his time Cue/trum and Cneorum, Now how neare Aarthiolus his Cneorum commeth unto that of Diofcorides and Galen is to bee fhewed: iris certainely held that that of Diofcorides and Galen doth:much vary from thofe of Theophraftus, as Adatthiolws faith in bothhis Epiftles to Crato,in his third Booke of Epiftles Fol. 134, and inhis fourth Booke Fol. 172. and faith that becaufe the Cueorum albnm is fweete, therefore according to Péiny in his a1, Book and ninth Chap, and twelfth Chap. it was reckoned among the fweete herbes that were put into Garlands, which neither Chamelea or Thymelea doe, but isas heetherefaith called Cafia by Higinws, whichit feemeth it was alfo by Virgil in divers places of his Georgicks and Bucolicks ; as fittt in his Bacolick, Eclogues,he fheweth one ofthe Naides worke in making a Garlandin thefe Verfes: Tune Cafia atquealijs intexens [navibus berbis, Mollia luteola pingit vaccinia caltha. And in the fecond ofhis Georgicks, Vix humites apibus CAfeas roremgne miniftrat. Andin the fourth of the fame, Nec circum cafie virides & olentia late Serpylla, & graviterfpirantes copia thymbre Floreat,irrigunmgne bibat violariafontem, All which doe plainely thew that Cafa was commionly accounced with them a fwe : } Bees to feede on,as well as to put aceGarlands; aka that Cafia which isa eee ati of the Apothecaries Caffia lignea, for which caule it is very probable that Gaza in tranflatin Thee raft Greeke copie into Latin, put Cafia for Cneorwm,taking them to bee bothone : for Gneorum as Dicfeord a Galen fay, wastheleafe of that plant that bare the Coccus Ginidins, which by all the beft moderne Hi a “it groweth upon Thymelea, being the fruitthereof, which both in face and qualitie differ much in fa de tele thewed before. Now how much it differeth from thofe of Theophraftus, refteth to bee declared, that oe agree with hisblacke Cneorwm, needeth nofurther.demonttration then is fheweéd:before; but thar i neare to his white a nie moft doe agree, yet fomethings therein are doubrfull, as firft there is no thew facia, wh it fhould becalled white, fecondly the branches are notfo pliant and {tiffethat they may ferve to bi fe hit ; Withall as rufhes are : thirdly the roote isnot very great ; andla(tly ic doth not Sloper after theAe ee folftice;butin the Spring. Thus farre I have digreffed from the firtt Ocimoides, being drawne on b Deore, ae 3 eg anines ee it, ae calleth it Lychnis vel Ocimoides repens montanum, fe fathalfe he Ocimeides Alpinum of Gefner inhorta and che Saponaria minor Dal. i intin denen ap: cond Fabius Columna calleth Ocimoides Lychniti, and by Bashinn Lychnis ome afis $ es by Lobeland Lugdunenfis, and Tabermontanus that follow him andcalled Lychnis saarine eAnglica andLycbis maritima repensby Bashinus : the fourthis mention ed in Gerards Herbal] any other the laltiscalled Adufews flo F LXXIX, Saponaria, Sopewort or Bruifewort, VERIFY! S a fapplement to the wilde Campions, I have fome other forts of herbes to bring to your confide. The Names, Thefirlt iscalled Ocigsoides repens by Camerarins and Pona, Lobel addeth 'Poligoni folio Saponaria flore. Gefner, in hortis calleth it Ocimoides Alpinm, Bauhinw takethit to be the Cneorum ofAfatrhiohw, but Ithinke verily he b 641 : The Vertues, All or moft of thefe herbes are of later knowledge, fo that there is butlittle fayd of their vertues, yet by their Théy all Aowerin the Summer MonethsofIune,uly and Aagust, tome earlier or later then others, and their written of by any beforethis time, fixt is the fixt Lychnis /ylveftris of © untoit, and called by Bauhinus Ly Cuap. 99: and by Pona Ocimoid s mufcofus eAlpinus ; by Bashinus Lychuts Alpina pumilafalio gransinoe five DMdufcug Albpinus Eychnidisfore. Every onc hath his Englith namein his title fit to diftingvith them, the footeof thehill thatis by Bowtonet neare unto Momplier, and inthe borders of the fields neare Florence : the eighth and ninth indivers places of our owne Land: the laft upon mount Baldus, as Ponafaith, and by Clufins his report upon the Alpesof Aufiria and Stiria,on the higheft places of them. feede is Tipe quickly after. Lhe Theater of ‘Plants. Se \\24 ration, which both for face or forme; and for ufe and properties are fo like unto the former, that = AX = they might well be takenas /pecies of the fame genus. EGO 1. Saponaria vulgar. Common Sopewort or Bruifewort. FoR Having fhewed you in my former booke the double Sapanariaand underit in a fort defcribed the fingle or common kinde, icmight feeme needeleffe here againe to fet it forth, which indeede! would not have done, but thatbeing briefe as well in the defcription as in the vertues in thatplace,I thought good hereto enlarge my {elfe and therefore to infert the defcription thereofas wellas another fort thereof with it. The roote creepeth under ground farreand neare,with many joynts therein, of abrowne colour onthe outfide, and yellow- ith within {hooting forthindivers placesmany weake roundftalkes, full of joynts, fer with two leaves a peece at every one of them onthe contrary fide, whichare ribbed fomewhatlike unto Plantane and fafhioned like the commonfield white Campionleaves, feldome having any branchesfrom thefide ofthe ftalkes, but fee with divers flowersat the toppe,ftanding in long huskes like the wilde Campion, madeoffive leayesa peece,round at rheends,and alittle dented in the middle, ofa pale Rofe Colour almoft white, fometimes paler, and fometimes ofa deeper colour,of a réafonable good fent. ; 2. Saponaria Anglicaconvoluto folio, Hollow leafed Sopewort. This kind ofSopewort, whichis peculiar ro our owne land, inthe forme and mannetof the running of the rooteisvery like unto the former,bnt much fimaller fending forth divers weake round ftalkes, with fewer joynts then in the former, and at every one of them oneleafe and feldome more, which eyther compaffeth the ftalke at the bottome as many of them doe, orbeing hollow the whole leafe like a pipe or trunke compaffeth it before ie openit felfe on the outfide, or fometimes doth not openit felfe-at all, and areribled like the former, fomewhat 1. Saponaria onlearhi, Common Sopewort. 2+ Sdponaria Anglica comvolutofolio, Hollow leafed Sopewore, , |
