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Tris B5 men in childbearing : a decoétion made of the hérbe and rootes inwine, is very good for womento fit wees hot fumes,as alle to haveit injected,or the places bathed forthe falling downe of the mother, to féttle itin theright place againe : the {aid decottion,or the powderofthe herbe and rootesare accounted fingular good to dry up the moifture ofold Vcers of long and hard curation, to clenfe them and the morefpeedily to performe their healing : che facultiesof the other are by Galens judgement like to thofé of the former, and Diofcorides faith it eafeth the paines of the head, and the heart burning,asalfo the torments of the belly, being drunke with Wine,and provoketh urine and womens courfes, Trip R.5) DariahiLh heEenHate ma!bg eeeteibeth Spans plainely asmay be, and as I faid before there . hot knowne oe - at a ea We t at hathfach {mall leaves or peeces of leaves growing upon the greater; Lug banenfis ah i rt ‘al eittobe the Chamedaphne of Diofcorides, upon this ground peradventure that ae ool %ne Tititbhail call it Biflingna and Bovifacia, the Spaniards Lengua de cavalo, the French Biflin= Zapflinikraus, the Darch Tonghenbladt, and wee in Engljh Horle tongue and double ae, gua, aicCeoral A He Horfe tongue of double tongueis very likeunto the former twoplants, fetforth in the laft Chapter, forthe manner of growing, for this {hoorech forthdivers hard ftalkes with leaves on them,one above anotheras they doe,and much abontthe fame length:the leaves likewife for the forme are but litele differingbeing fomewhatharderin handling,narrower & longer;and {harper peinted;withribs middle ofthe leafe on the upperfide, -which makethit to differ in the fecond deerée. It isheld to be the moft powerfull herbe that irs i aaa sete edacick OemineP the icles take the powder ofthe dryed leaves or roots Hippogloffiemfive Biflingua, Horfe tongue or double tongue, running through them : but this hath a fmaller leafe or tongue, gtowing uponthe greater from the middle ribbe, and abont the The Vertnes. i CV. Diofcorides maketh Soetna € Hippogloffzm, butif he had fo meant, he could not have forgotten thefe {mall leaves or tongues rea Crap, 793 Crar.i06. Tiie Theater of Plants. ike unto the wild Mirtle having a {mallleafe like a tongue iffiuing from them, Hippoglofjumfive Biflingua, Horie tongu¢ or. double tongue, therdrinke, forit will {peedily give eafe : three or foure drammes ofthe faid tees taken in wie i ah and Vrine Tee fis rod etha fj cedy delivery, and driveth forth the afterbirth, provoketh the courfes te ie te ; ed ood expelleth the ftone in the reines and kidneys : ifa drammeor twoof thefaid powder together, it will helpe thofe that aE a rupture or fome certainedayes or broth for wie Ree dii ateeact? i ‘d fei bex¢ ai Foe this purpofeitis accounted by divers that there is no helpe better, but oe : iter pee mu fos eir * : fiepaths athe firft takings, yer by continuance it will knivand heale the pare, ips they oe am e ee : ed fora fod while after,as well as during the cure : itisalfo good for thofe that have to { - : t ep 3. a fj ick foasit be notnatural sit helpeth alfo the fores in the mouth and as an oe a astichits place.chatis fubjeét often to fall aaSFoa remSgee ~ :yeee other things put unto Seyte heedae the pawderettt fede or rootes tobee ufed alone, or with them, or the decoction to waththemor injeét into them. from all other plants that grow upon the ground that I know, and from thence tooke the name of double tongue: under the fmaller leafe at the bottome whete it joyneth to the greater, commeth forth one {mall whitith greene flower, and fometimes two;ftanding upon fhort footltalkes, where afterward ftand CuaP. the berries, which when theyare ripe are very red, very like unto the berries of the Yew tree, wherein is a white hard feede cvi. Geranium, Cranesbill or Storkes bill. like the other : the roote confilteth of many long hard whitith \ fittings growing fromahead, Fabins Colnmna maketh mention \ Major- of another fort withlarger tongues upon the leaves then the bus liguis. former,which is as he faith much morerareto finde, " The Place, ; Ie groweth uponhills and in woods in divers placés both of Sialy and Germany; but is onely cherifhedin gardens with ns. f Tofeorides fetteth forth but two forts of Cranes bile wee nae Seeraaneee F + Dut our agi 2. , i at eeeeastisoeeSaborGat. fuich a5are of moft delight and béauty,fitto furniffa Such agardensiveadiets bade them-of noneofthefe pr iach to ean Phtae ; Aly give di p figures: w' ic yo! fomeof their in that place, I will onely cheit deteriptionis,&c. . ; wtiahy otherfittobeknowne,which fhall follow in this plate, and becaufe I would obferve the fame method E The Time, It flowrethin Jw#e,and the berries are ripe in the end of Sep- 1. Geranium buthofumDofloris Pinnai. Door Penny his bulbous Cranes bill. temberin the naturall places as in the warmer countries, but I gould never learne that any hath feene it beare his fruic in out and, 2.°Knotted Geraniuin nodbfura. CranésBill. The Names, Ttiscalled in Greeke faraiyaaccy Hippogloffum, iam [epilfime magnisplant is datur vel quiaequin a linguam ihitatur vel grande, but;iothers think it fhould be moretruly called vayrwassy Fypo- gloffem, becanfe of the {mall leaveslike {mall tongues,srowing “3g tiponthe greater + the Latines keepe the name and call it goffum or Hypogloffum, and fometo expreffe the GreekeHippo- J name morefully in Latine Biflingwa, two tongues or double tongue, fomie Lingua Pagana, and of Apuleius Ustforiola : itis called alfo Bonifaciaby Anguilara, and Uvularia by Branfelfins, Lonicerus, Tabermonianus and others, Fafchins calleth it Daphne Alexan.. : WG DB y Sf HiA N y , Tf) n\ drina, and Laures Alexandrina, a8Tragus and divers others doe; and (tn/ivs himfelfe confeffeth he knew no other Laurus whexandvina, untill Simon de Tovar, a Spanifa Phifition did fend hima branch, with the berries of the right Late rns Alexandrina to fee, whithhad no tongues or {mall leaves at all, and wasas I take it the Cham adaphne Uhave fhewed you before, and therefore hecalled this Lasrss Alexandrina Theophralti [ecunda Cefalpinus. calleth Rufeo affinis prima, Colitna makethit to bee Idea it radisc Diofcoridis, and Dalechamppins to bee Lanrws Taxa of Phay, which to be fo,he contendeth very ferionfly, as it is fet downe by Lugdunenfis, that Pliny inhist 5. Booke and 30, Chap’ humbrech up the feverall forts of true Bayes, and then mentioneth thofe that are fo called, eyther ofthe Greeke or Larines from fomelikeneffe of the leaves, as Lauro Tinus, Laurus Taxa, Chamedaphne, Daphe aed, and Laurig Alexandrina but Monardys thinketh that in ftead of Laurus Taxa, Laurus Fraxined,er Fraxin - tei thould beréad » againft which he contefteth, and fheweth rhat no author ever made mention of uch Bay, and that Pling in the place before’ cited, any giveth a {peciall note of Laurus Taxa, that. is to bee fit for trailesor bordet's in Gardens, ‘and thatit hath a fall leafe like pnto ajaggeor torne peece ofaleafe growing in het Ieafe ¢ and further that the appellation or name derh fitly agree therewith,being called ay of the leafe,and 72¥2 ftom the red berries like unto thofe ofthe Yew tree called Taxms,This, fhewhis judgement and reafons, that others may allow or difallow thereo cd but for mine owne part, I thinke that f P/iny in teofone and the fame herbe, followi this asin divers other plants giveth ee e= ng the feverall authors hee read, as. Diofcori : = 5, ani often confoundéeth them, des, Theophraftus and andofen alfo addeth or detraéteth of his owne minde, or the opinion of thers Inhistime what he thotight good, for in his 27, Booke and 11. Chapter hee maketh mention of Hippoglum NV}. PGI iy Pe |