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Caa p83, Trine the fore : the Italians call it Aralda as Camerarius faith, the French call it Gent de noftre Dame, and Doigtier, Garmanescall it Fingerbnet and Fingerkyaut, the pas Vingercruidt,and wein Englih Foxgloves. i The Vertes is Aralda, The Italians have an ufuall proverbe with them concerning this herbe,called by them Aralda which tutte piaghe falda Aralda {alvethall {ores: for they ufe it familiarly to heale any fref or greene woundor cut 5 the leaves being butbruifed and bound too, and fometimesalfo they ufe the juyce in old fores to clenfe them, dryup their moyfture, and heale them the more {peedily,whichit performethbythe bitter quality cerneae byit is found to be heating and drying and clepfing withall ; fothat whenfoeverthere is neede of a rarefying, or extenuatingof thicke toughflegmeand vifcous humourstroubling the cheft or ftomacke; the decoétion or juice hereofmade up with fome Sugar or honeyis availeable, asalfo to clenfe and purge the body both upwards and downewards fometimes, of tough flegme,and clammy humours, and to open the obftructions of the Liver and Spleene ; and yet notwithftandiug that thefe qualities are found to bee in it, there are but few Phyfitions in our times that put it to thefe ufes, but is ina manner wholly neglected It hath beene found bylate experience tobe availeable for the Kings Eviil, the herbe bruifed and applyed to the place, or the juice made up into an ointment and ufed thereon ; And it hath beeneof later experience found alfo to be effectuall againft the Falling ficknefle,that divers have beene cured thereby ; for after the taking ofthe decoction of two handfuls thereof, with foure ounces of Potipedy, ofthe oakebruited made in Ale, theythat have beene troubled with that difeafe 26,yearessand have fallen once in a weeke ot two or three times in a moneth, have not fallen once in 14. Or 15s moneths,that is untill the writing hereof,whichI chinke may be fayd to be an abfolute cure, nortobe prefumed that after fo long ftayit fhouldretutne againe. Cuap, LXXXIIL Heleniumfive Enula Campana, Elecampane. &y Lthough Dio/corides ,Theopbraftus and Pliny that followeth them, did inancient times account of di= vers herbes tobe called Heleninm, which were much differing one from another, and which are not fo well knowne as gueft at by usinthefetimes, what they are, as that Helenium Agyptinm of Dive } /corides inhis Chapter of He/enium, and that Helcwinm Comogenum, with whofe rootes Coftes was —~ wontto beadulterated, ashe faithin his Chapterof (o/s, ifthey be notboth one ; and that HeLenium of Theopbraftus in his fixt Booke and fixt hapter numbred among the {weete herbes put into Garlands, which mayalfo be the fame with that Egyprinm of Diofcorides ; and although Bauhinus in thefe times would re= ferre the flos Solis,and the vaticties thereofuntoit (of fome whereof 1 have fpoken in myformer booke) yer E meane notto {peake of any of themin this Chapter,but of Hekninmfive Enula Carpana. the moft ordinary fort, eventhefirlt of Diofcorides,which Elecampane. is moft ufually called Exula campana,Elecampane:(and of that which is thought to be Diofcorides his Helenit egyptinmin thenext: ) the defeription of which yon {hall have inthis manner. Ic fhooteth forth manylarge leaves lying neare the ground which are long and broad, {mall TR1B8.5. The €beater of Plant Cuar. 84, the Iflahd Helena, where the belt was found to grow : the Arabianscallit Jafin, and Rafén, the Italians Lela, and Enolaand Enoa,the Spaniards Raixde alla, the\French Aunee and herbe Alaine,the Germans Alant and Abit wurtz,the Dutch Alantwurtel, and Galantwurtel,and we in Englife Elecampane generally. yet in fone countries of this kingdome Scabwort and'Horfeheale Angnilara and Cordys tooke it tobe Pavax Chironinin Theophrafte # The Vertues, i The frefh rootes of Elecampane preferved with Sugar,or made intoa {yrupe or conferve, are veryeffectual to warmea cold & windy ftomack,and the pricking and ftirches therein,or in the fides canted bythe Spleene, and to helpe the cough, fhortnefic ofbreath,and wheeling in the Lungs: the dryed rootes made into powder mixed with Sugar,and taken, ferye to the fame purpofes, andis alfo profitable for thofe that have their nrine or their menftrnes ftopped, thofe that are troubled with the mother, or are pained with the fone intheir reines kidneysor bladder : itrefifteth poyfon, andftayeththe {preading of the venome of Serpents,&c. as alfo of putrid and peftilentiall Fevers,and the Plague it felfe ; for which purpofeit is putinto Treakle, and other medecines for that difeafe. Iulia Angufta as Pliny writeth in his 1g. Booke ands. Chap. let no daypaffe without eating fome ofthe rootes of Eazla condited, whichit may be thee didto helpe digeltion, toexpell melancholy and forrow, and to caufe mirth,and to move the belly downewards, forall whichtheyare alfo effeCtuall : the rootes and hetbe beatenand put into new Aleorbeare inftead of wine,asthey ufe in Germany, italy and other places, and daily drunke of themthat have weake and dimfights, cleareth,{trengthneth and quickneththe fight ofthe eyes wonderfully the decottion ofthe rootes in wine,or the juice taken therein, killeth and driveth forth all manner of wormes in the belly,{tomacke, or mawe, and gargled inthe mouth, or the roote chewed fafineth loofe'teeth, and helpeth tokeeps themfrom putrefaction: the fame alfo drunke is good for thofe that {pit blood, helpech to remoove Crampes or Convulfions, and the paines of theGoute, and the huckle bone,orhip-goutecalled the Sciatica,the loofeneffe and paines inthe joynts, ‘or thofe members that are out of joynt, by cold or moifture happening to them, applyed outwardly as well as inwardly, and isgoodalfo for thofe that are burftenor have any ward bruife : the rootes boyled well in vinegar, beaten afterwards, and made into an oyntment, with Hogs Suet or oyle of trotters, & alittle faltand vinegar in powder addedthereto, is an execllent remedy for any{cabs or itch in young or old ; the places alfo bathed or wafhed with the decoction doth the fame; the fame alfo helpeth all forts ofold putrid,or filthy fores or Cankers.wherefoever.. In the rootes of this herbe lyeth the chiefe effe@ for all the remedies aforefayd, yet the leaves are fometimes alfo ufed to good purpofe And the diftilled water of them,and the rootes together is ufed alfo in the like manner, and befidesis very profitable toclenfe the skinne of the face or other parts from any morphew,{pots,or blemithes therein, and caufethit to be cleare, Cuarp, LXXXILIL Helenium alterum Diofcorids,five Helianthemum, Dwarte Ciftus or {mall Sunflower; : Ccording as many good Authors doe, I account this herbe for the fecond Helenium of Diofcorides, a12 though ithath received other names by divers writers,-and therefore joyne it next thereunto, and 4 becaufe it much refembleth fomeother forts of Ciftus,, I thinke it fit to entreate of them in the fuccee= ding Chapters,andnot mingle themtogether, for of thefe kinds there are manyforts, fome whereof at both ends, fomewhat foft in handling, of a whitifh greene onthe upperfide, and gray underneath, eachfet upona fhort footeftalke ; from’ among whichrife up divers greatand {trong hairy ftalkes, three or foure foote high, with fome leaves thereon compaffing themabout at the lower ends, and are branched towards the toppes, bearing divers great and large flowers, like unto thofe of the Ihave fet forth in myformer booke, whichare the Cameciftus Frificws, the Dwarfe Holly Rofe of Freezeland, €orne Marigold, borh the border of leaves, and the great, but not very long,and dividedinto {mall branches at the lower end, fundry fmalland weake, yet hard and 1 and Ciilmananus,che Holy Rofeof a yeare,whichI fhall not neede to defcribe againe inthis place,butreferre you thither where you hall finde them,yetI will here give you their.figures. 1, Helianthemum vulgare, five Chameaciftus flore Luteo & Flos folis quornndam. The ordinary yellow DwarfeCiltus or {mall Sunflower. This lowor Dwarfe Ciftus feadeth forth froma hard wooddy brownith root,erowing in time to be fomewhat middle thrumbe being-yellow, which turne into downe, with fome long {mall brownifh feede among it, and is carryed away with the winde : the roote is great and almoft wooddy branches, lying for the molt pare round about the head of the roote, upon.the ground, whereon are fet b les many {mall and fomewhat long leaves, a little {oft or hairy, withother finalf leaves alfo erow- thicke,branched forth divers wayes, blackifh onthe outfide,and white within,of a very bitter tafte,but goodfent, flowers, confifting offive round pointed leaves a petce, with fomeyellow threds inthe middle, of a pretty efpecially when they are dryed, nopartelfe of the plant having any {mell, The Place. Iegroweth in the moylt grounds and fhadowyplaces oftnerthen in the dry, and open borders of fields and lanes,and in other waite places almoft in every countrey of the Land. The Time. _ TeAowrethin the end of Inne and July, and the fedeis ripe in dugs/t, the rootes are gathered for ufe, as wellin the Spring before the leaves come forth, as in Auramne or Winter, The Names, Iris called inGreeke érérioy, Helenisms alfo in Latine, and of -fome Inia, and Enula, and &nula (Campana : fome thinke it coke the name from the teares of Helen, from whenceit {prung whichis a fable ; others that fhee had 655 her hands fullof this herbe, when Para carried her away : others fay it was fo called, becanfe Hellen fir found it availeable againft the bicings and ftingings of venemous beafts ; and others thinke that it tooke the name from ing betweene them: at the toppes whereof ttand three or foure {mall pale yellow and fometimes gold yellow fentin fome places, butlefle or none in others ; after which follow {mall round heads, containing therein {mall yellowfeede : this dyeth not but abideth many yeares, increafing inbranches, which yeelda vifcous or mucilisinous juice, like unto Comfrey,and is of-anauftere and aftringent tafte, tie 2. Heliantheysugsflorealbo, White Dwarfe Ciftus or {mall Sunflower. This Ciftus differeth little from the former, but thatit rifeth fomewhat higher, the leaves being little whicer and longer,and notfet fo thicke together: the flower alfois fomewhat longer arid white, in fome places being alittle {weete, and in others little of nothing at all,but an aftringent tafte like the other. “a Helianthemum Sabaudicum, The Savoy {mall Sunflower or Dwarfe Ciftas, Thisis likewife one ofthe fame kind, differing verylittle from them, having flexible but tough reddifh branches,{tanding fomewhat more upright,and divided into other lefler,with foure {mall narrowleaves ufually ferac a joyntcontrary toall thereft, yet the flowers arelike the others, being in fomeyellow, in others white: the feede and roote are notunlike. : Helianthermum anguftifoliem. Narrowleafed {mall Sanflower or Dwarfe Ciftus, This {mall lowor Dwarfe Ciftusistikewifea {mall plant, having moft of the branches lying on the ground, ith leaves fet thereon but ina different manner fromall the reft, that is confufedly, for they are very many, alland narrow,and in a manner hoary or white ; atthe tops of the ftalkes rife up {mall whitith or pale yellow lowers, like in forme unto the other,withfmall threds in the middle: the headsthat followare {mall and three fquare, like unto thofe ofLine or Flax,with teddith feede in them ; the roote is wooddy andfibrous. 5. Chames |
