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Show = GHapP. 676 93> Theatrum Botanicum, Trisss, are) gatur mire utiles fit. it was allocalledSagesinalid herba, beceff gramen a berba ex infe cums jaa terraa(.onfisle ‘evul(um, quodinpacis bellique ritibus habebatur & Sagmina in pablicis reme, ys ee an Tt is called in Latine Verbena quafi Herbena, or berba bonaMatricalis, Verbenaca,and Columbaria,ox Colum aris,O8 Columbana, E tHe pera, Maritialis, and Hercwlania, as alfo Ferraria from the Germane word Eifencraut, or Eifenhert, as I takeir, The /talians call it Berbena and Uerminacola, the Spaniards Urgebaom, the French Verveine,the Dutch Vencruije, and I/erhart, and wee in Englifo Vervaine, andin fome countries Pigeons graffe, and Holy herbe, as alfo in others Afercuries moitt blood,and Inno"s teares,Thefe two firft forts of Vervaine have becne much controverted, as Lfayd before by the later Herbariftsyand'writers,fome doubting whether they fhould be any peculiar herbes, inthatthey thinke that any graffe or herbe that was caft on the Altat, was called Verbena, and forit they alledge Terence in Andrea, where he faith Ex ara Verbenas binc fume,wherein Terence fpeaketh after his countrey phrafe (for A¢enanderhath Myrtles, out of whom this wastranflated) and underftandeth fuch herbes aslaythere, and not Vervaine onely. Some alfo as Fa/chius and Tragus make Eryfimnum vulgarefive Irio to be Vervaine 3 Ge[ner agus faith called one kind of Prunella, Verbena; and Tragus himfelfe makethhis third Verbena [upina to be a aquatica folio tripartite, Dodoneus formerly made thetwo forts of wilde Germander to be the ne,mas, and femina, and Cefalpinus tooke the Sideritésprima Matthioli, or Marrnbinm aquaticnm, to ec alrerum genus, who alfo calledit Verbenafemina, whichall others call mas and recta, for the/upina iscalled femiva by themall. - The Vertues, Vervaineis hot and dry, bitter and binding, and is an opener of obftru@tions, clenfethand healeth : for ithelpeth the yellow Iaundies,the Dropfié and the Goute, as alfo the defects of the Reines and Lungs, and generally all the inwardpaines and torments of the body: the leaves being boyled and drunke, the fameis held tobe good againfl the bitings of Serpents and venemous bealts, and the Plague or Peftilence, again{t both tertian and quara rane Aoues, killeth and expelleth the Wormes in the belly, and caufeth a good colour in the face and body, ftrengthneth as well as correcteth the difeafes of the Liver and Spleene, is very effectuall in all the difeafes of the Stomacke and Lungs, as Coughes,fhortneffe of breath and wheefings, and is fingular good againft the Dropfie, to be drunke with fome P feedes,bruifed and put thereto, and is no leffe prevalent for the defe@ts of the Reines and Bladder.to clenfe them of that vifcous and flimy humour which ingendreth the ftone, and hel- peth to breake it being confirmed, and to expell the gtavell : it confolidateth and healeth alfo all Wounds, both inward or outward, and {tayeth bleedings,and ufed with fome honey,healethall old Vicers, and Fiftulaes in the Legsor other parts ofthe body,as alfo thofe Vicersthat happenin the mouth, or ufed with old Hogs greafe, ic helpeth the fwellings and paines of the fecret partsof manor woman, as alfo for the piles or hemorrhoides:ap- plyed with fomeoyle of Rofes and Vinegar unto the forehead and temples, it helpeth to eafe the inveterate paines and ache of thehead, and is good alfo for thofe that are fallen into a frenfy : the leaves bruifed or the juice of them mixed with fome Vinegar, doth wonderfully clenfe the skinne, and taketh awayall morphew, freckles, puftulaes, or other {uch like inflammations, and deformities of the skinne in any part of the body : The diftilled waterof the herbe when it is in his full ftrength, dropped into the eyes, clenfeth them fromfilmes, clouds or mift that darkenthe fight, and wonderfully comforteth the opticke veines, The faid water is very powerfull in all the difeafes aforefayd, eyther inwardor outward, whether they bee old corroding fores, or greene wounds, The female Vervaine is held to be the more powerfull for all the purpofes before fpoken of but that.of Pers goéth farre byond them both, for (Menardus reporteth divers very admirable cures which thar herbe hath performed in the #2/? Indies ; as of'a certaine noble woman, who having ufed the helpe of divers Phyfitians invaine, an Indian Phyfitian veryskilfull in herbes,gave her the juice of that Vervaine to drinke with fome Sugar mixed therewith, for to allay fomewhat of the bitterneffe thereof,by whofe ufe thee avoided ina few dayesa thicke long worme (which hee called a fnake} being hairy, of a footin length, and double forked at the taile, after which thee grew well ; the fame noble woman commendedthe fame medicine to another noble womanin Periz, who had not beene well of alongtime, who having taken it in the fame manner for certaine dayes,avoided many {mall and long wormes, and among the reft, one very long, like unto a long white girdle, after which time fheebecatne well againe. Which medecine was by advice given to many others thatcomplained of W otmes, and theywereallffoone holpen by avoyding Wormes, either more of leffe, and formealfo roulés or balls of haire, and other things it isheld alfo tobeenoleffe effe@uall againit all poyfon, and the ve- nome of dangerous beafts and ferpents, as alfo againft bewitched drinkes or the like. Manyotherexamples of cures Monardus fetteth downe which are too long hereto recite, fecing thefe aré fifficient to fhew how prevalent that herbé is for manydifeafes, Cuar. XCIIL Hedera terrefiris, Ground Ivié or Alehoofe: 2 ee 5 Nto the common Ground Ivie, which is not found to vary with us, yet obferved byfothers, to yeeld oh. fomedifferences,I mult adde another fort fet forth by Lobel,whi ch agréeth very welt thereto inthe AVES. face and outward-forméawhatfoever it doe in the inward qualities. ; : y 1, Hederaterreftris vulgaris, Common Ground Ivie ot Alchoofe, : : This common and well knowneherbe lyeth fhooting forth rootés at the joynté of the cornered tender {preadeth, and cteepeth upon the ground, all about? ftalkes, fer all along with tworound leaves at every, Joynt, fomewhathairy and crumpled.asit were, and unevenly dented abont the edges, with round dents: at the joyntslikewife with the leaves toward the ends of the branches come forth hollow long flowers, gaping at the ends, ofablewith purple colour, with fmall white {pots upon the Labelor lippes that-hang downe, asalfo inthe mouthor jawes: the roote is final With fibres. 5 : _\ 26 Hederaterreftris minor. leffer Alehoofe; The leflge Alchoofe ivaltogether like the former fort, The but that the trayling brénchés cteepenot fo farre about; being Tr IBE.5> The Theater of ‘Plants, Cuap, 93+ 677 La aLeta .—— being fhorter, and growing fomewhat more upright : the leaves alfo are {omewhat {maller, and the flowers ofa palet * blew colonr, 3. Hederatemeftris montana, Mountaine Alehoofé. As the laft Alehoofe was {maller then the!ordinaryfort is, by te {8 this is larger inall the parts thereofjas branches, leaves and A= ENT iB flowers, the leaves alfo being more rough and hairy, and the flowersof a (deeper purple colour. ONS fy 4. Hederaterveftris faxatilis Lobelij. Aa - The Stoie Alehoofe creepeth alfoand fpreadeth with his flender weake brariches, all about upon the ground; with fachlikerotnd leaves, fet at the joyntsby couples, asin the A ee) = AN s Stone Alehoofe. & LJ : : dt am Ree fotmer, but larger; and more unevenly dented or rather ie RN < f few } Ay + 5 SZ Zi) * 3ins 5 Dy UN 7a 1adAY. ) Lh, waved at the édges : the flowers that {tand at the joynts with the leaves,are larger and longer,and/ofa paler purplifi | éolour then the former. The Place, * The comirion kind is found under the hedges,and fides of fields and ditches, under houfefides,and in fhadowedlanes, and other wafte grounds in every part of the Land almolt : the fecond is found atthe feete of old trees in {ome coun- , poe 2 i : triés ofGermany sthe third is found to growonhills and ZB ZR - NyyeZ ZS) f Y Gy all CI EIN Q : c Vis ay! On a mountaines: the laft in Narbone,and Prov-nce in France,and in fome places of Summserfetfhire, as Lobel quoted it among his papers which came to my-hands, The Time: j They flower forhéwhiar early, and abide foa gréat while, the leaves keeping their verdure unto the Winter,and fometimes abiding if it be not too vehementand fharpe. The Names. It is thoughtto be the xaos Chameciffos of Dia[cori- ; des although theré be fome doubtin the Text, by the tranfpofition of a letrer,andthe refemblance, both which ate eafily reconciled,and this plant by the opinion of the moftjudicious is aécounted the trne and right (hameciffos of Dio/covidesno other being found that can come fo neareit in face ey : i and propertie, befides the neareneffe of the name,for the Latines Hedeva humilis is the fame with Chameciffos and, Hederaterveftris is not farre fromit. Somecall itCorona terre, becanfe it {preadeth and is like a Garland upon the ground. Allwriters generally. call ic Hedera terreftris, yet Cordis in bis hiftory of Plants calleth it Charme clema, and Brunfelfs miftaking it, made ithis fourth €/atize, Lugdunenfis out of the Geoponickescalleth it ALa= Lacociffos, id off, mollzs hedera, which mokt properly agreeth unto this, and foméalfo call it Hedera plumiatica, bur for what caufe I know not? Lobe/ calleth the la(t Afarina aut Hederulafaxatils, and Afarinaflerilis Savena,and Narbonenfis agri. The Arabian Serapia putteth it under Cxfus the Iyie, and calleth it Cacos, The Itahans Hedera erreftre the French Lierre terrestre, the Germans Gundelreb, or Grandereb, thatis/#mi repens, the Darch Onder= and wee in Engliff according tothe feverall countries appellations, Gill creepe by the ground, Catsfoote, Haymaides,and Alehoofe molt generally, or Tannchoofe, becanfe the countrey people ufc it much in their Ale, andgroundIvieas frequently although Lee/ judgeth the Hederahelix, or barren Ivie, more properly to deferve that name as youfhall heare by and by. The Uertues, : 5 Ground Ivie is quicke, fharpe,and bittet in tafte, and therebyis found to be hot and dry, it openethalfo, clen= feth and rarefieth. It is a fingular good wound herbe for ‘all inward wounds, asal{o for exulcerated Lungs or other parts, either byit felfe or with other the like herbes boyled together, and befides being drunke by them that have anygriping paines of windie or chollericke humoursin the {tomacke, {pleene or belly ,-doth eafe them ina fhort {pace :it likewife helpeth the yellow, Iaundies by opening the obftruétion of the Gall,. Liver and Spleene, itexpelleth venome orpoifon, and the Plague alfo : it provokech Vrine and. womens courfes, and ftayeththem not as fome have thought,’ but the deco¢tionofthe herbe in wine being drunke for fome time together by them that have whe Sciatica or Hippe Goute, as alfo the Goutein the hands, knees, or feete, helpethto diffolve and difperfe the peccant humours, and to procureeafe : the fame decoétionis excellent good to garels any fore throate or mouth, patting thereto fome Honeyanda littleburnt Allome,asalfo to wath the foresand VIcets of the privy parts in man or woman; it {peedily healeth greene wounds being bound thereto; and the juice boyled witha little honey and Vardigre(fe doth wonderfullyclenfe fiftulaes, and hollow Vicers, and ftayeth the malignitie of fpreading or eating Cancers and Vlcers: it helpethalfo theitch, feabbes, wheales, and other eruptions or exulcerations the skinne in any part ofthe body: the juice of (¢/andine, field Daifies and ground Ivie fartfied, anda Ii tle fine Sugar diffolved therein, droppedinto the eyesisa foveraigne remedyfor all the paines, fle,and watering ofthe eyes, the pinne, and webbe,skinnes or filmes growing overthefight, or whatfoever mig nd chem the fame helpethbealts as well as men : the juice dropped into the eares doth wonderfullyhelpé the noyfe and finging of them, and helpeth their hearing that is decayed, The country people doe muchuf it,and tunne it up withtheir drinke,not onely for the.efpecialt good vertues therein, but for that.it will helpe alfo to cleare their drinke ; and fome doe affirme that an handfull put into drinke thar is thicke, will cleare itin a night,yea in a fewhoures fay they,and makeit more fit to be drunke, Mmm 3 Car. |