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Show eee ~Pheatrum Botanicum. Cuari7. TRiBE 15, sand fome Coda di leone, Becaufe we had no proto c all them Broomerapes,as thatis called which improper it Ithought nd forts,a former the for : per Engli/ name one, fitting their property as Itake it: yeeler iomthe Broome, I have g iven them another Englifo i as he faith Herba Lupa will prefently goe to the Bu Ui, fomealfo rowethf every ont doe as they thinke meetelt. 4 % f meri sother herbes ate, eitherraw or boyled with pulfe, Dinfeorides faith of his times,that it was = ad dry firft degrees our people doe many times which would helpe their digeftion: Galen faith it ts eceived it asina the tradition from their anceftours,and therefore ufethelatter fort in medicines for the Lungs,having t rties of any of thefe herbés,to open unto you, called the greater Lungwort : we havenoother prope 5 =fBaa i : Cuar. XVII. uaSf : ie in my former Booke a doozen forts more, of Cyclamen or Sowbread, W]Ltt ough [ have givényon in my ote thereunto, a figure oforoné or two being here fhewed you for whofe knowledge I multreferre y or nt to exhibite to your confideration;which was found and J infteadof the reft,yet Ihave a ne {hewyou the properties of the right more amply, H {ent for a baftard kinde thereof,an wit viffa lauta. A ftrange plantfent for a baftard Pro Cyclamino gre heen a Spring. powwe th (yelamen roote, being long and thicke, {mall at the head Ithad a tuberous roote varying fromthefor me o tk u to the forme ofan heart, asit is pi€tured on the cards, oad at the bottome, witha dentin, (omiewhatli ‘ ve to fticke their pinnes round about the brims ored- ratherlike thofe pin-pillow-purfes,chat poore ee {undry hard long ronghfibres underneath, and about ving a hard thicke skinne of a brownifh colour, ee alittle pointed, refembling thofe ofthe violet iC, the toppe whereof ro{c divers fomewhat oe ith three, five,or feven nerves or ribs in them, each upbut {maller,fome being larger and fmaller then a we amongwhich ona long footeltalke,and of a brownifh greene oe ae on them; rifeth up’a reddifh {talke,divided from and at the head ofevery branch, two or the bottome into three or foure branches,with the like le hofe ofthe Ribes,or red Currans, withdivers yellow, three fmall greenith yellow moffy flowers,much like unto tho thredsin the middle, d Time. f rae es wr Hogheland, and other his friends-in the low. countrics) This grewon the Pyreneanhils,fent by Venerits to Tohw £208 and flowring in the Spring time, ; : dee Liste aitaneale RD tee Pro Cyclamino ees es fuaata. daz Avy leafed Sowbrcad, A Birange plant fenfora battard Sombread/ofcht Springs Lhe Tbeater of Planis, C war.1. : The Names. Venerims {ent this fora differing kind of Cyclamen,by the tith beareth,buras che de(cription’and figure declare, it is much different therefrom, almolt in everyparticular, and therefore not knowing whatother denomination befitteth, ic mutt hold chefir ft impofed for me,untill T or fome orher,can better dilpoté of a more ceftainty. The Vertues, Theplant being rare and lately found out and knownbut to few,I have rot yet learned bin madethereof,whether it hath any medicinal or other property therein :bur becaule that any experience hath snmy former Booke;I was fo briefe in declaring the vertues of the trac Sowbread, I think good upon fo fit an occafion to ¢xpariare them further here:Although Afe/wes doth determine the cegrees hereof co be hor and dry in the beginni g of che third,yet Galen doth notfo,but faith only 70. Simplicium,that it catteth,clen {eth & opneththe months of the veines,drayethand digeftech, which is plainely teene by the particular operations thereof, for rhe juyce of it opené ththe hemorrhoidesor piles,and trongly mooveth tothe {toole,being puc upin wooll andfaith Aze/ues ic avoideth totigh flegmeufed ina glifter:it is alfo mixed with fuch medicines as difcufle {weilings,kernels,an d t hard knots in EI as sf Leal Tt tH if EX.\.) oD by che noftrils, which Mefues alfo affitmeth,and that by {nuffing up the juice,shz head and braineis purged from thofe hamours tha: offend ity the ache alfo, anddaily painesof it, and th: Medgrome, Galen farther faith, thar if the belly be bathed with the Juice, ic will forceably moove it downewards, andkill the orto be ppruipina peflary,and although thefoote is weaker then the Juyce,yet the roote iyeds provoketh the termes, and is proftable for thofe that have the yellow jaundice, beingeich todriveir forth by { weating, if aferthe taking of three drams thereofin powther,. in Meade or honied water, they becaretully orderedto {weare + ic helpeth alfoto cleanfeall thie deformities or difcolourings of the skin,and the freckies and {pots thereof: as well freth,as dry;applyed to the regionof the {pleene,it eafeththe hardnefle thereofslome alfofaith:he gave the dryed roore to them that are purfie or fhorc winded. A4atehiolys faith thar the difti:led water from the roores {nuffed up into the noftrils, flayeth their bleeding wonderfully ¢ and that if fixeunces of thac water be drunke with an ounceof fine fugar,ic will Nay the blood that commeth from the bre(t;{tomacke or Liver,ih a wonderfull manner. or ifany veine be brokenin them,and thisis his atteftation:to hinder faich he, the violence théreofin purging;ir is fitto mixe therewith fomé Mafticke,or Nutmegge,or afcruple of Rubarbes manyhave be n holpeni of the hard= neffe and fwelling of the {pleene, by the ufe thereof, which could norbe holpen by other things : Ireafech al the paines and tormentsin the bowels, which we call the chollicke ; If (aith tie che roote hereofbe beaten with a few Peach {tone Kernels,anid bitter Almonds,and after laid to fteeps in . dau for three dayes:a drop or two ofthe exprefled creame therof dropped into the cares that are deafe og have oife in them helpeth them: the juice mixed with honey or Plantane water,he!peth all maner of fores in the mouth or throate gargled theres with, and the toothache alfo, Dio(cori es,faith manyof the fame things, and befides that the decoG@ion thereof healeth wounds the Tunningfores alfo in the head, bones,or members out Goute, Péiny faith che roote is goodagainit the venome of Serpents, and of joynes Kibes or chillolanes, and the that ic will kill Swine, which is contrary to the received opinion of moft,that they are delighted therewith, and greedily deyoure the rootes,after they have rooted them up,trom whence came the name Paris porcinus, Sowbread: yet Thalius, faith the roote is fitrer for Wolves, and Foxes then Swine, and that itis not to be inwardly taken,but by good advife and cantion, Dic {corides, and Pliny from him fay, that if a woman that is withchild goe overa plant thereof, it will caufe abortion that is, tobe delivered before her time; but itiscertainely knowne by many expericnces that {ome of the freth greene leaves,but much rather, the frefh roote which Theophraftus allo affirmeth, put into a cloth and applyed for a little time to the fecret parts of a woman, thatisin fore hard and lon 2 travaile inchild birth, hath holpen them SEQ BER R SS Goteanre Siyaie! wbiak Tree is. any part ofthe body;it helpethalfo the pinne and webbe in the eyes, being infled with honey,as allo avoiderh ic Cyclamen, Sowbtead. ) SSA ¥ 1204 . f {peedy and eafic delivery:the roote beaten and applyed withhoney, drawethfort h fpiinters &c, out of the lefh. y (es Cuar. XVI Epimedinm, Barren wore, ae cot in ; fyi (4 fi Atrenwortisa prettyfiriblike plant thooting forch furdry hard round ftalkes, bal BY Foote high,each ftalke divided for the moft part into three branches, % and each of the: bearing three —~5) leavesa peece,whichare feverally,fomewhatbroad and round, yet pointed at che endes, hard or }| dry infeeling,and a little fharpelydented ofa Light greene colour on the upperfide talkes of leaves,fhoorech forch w from the firlt rifing up of them,a {mall long footeftalke of lowers not muc hbi ben the vided into branches, containing on each of themthree flowe ce, fepa folire parcs, as if the confifted but of foure leaves,whien as eathpart hath two leaves,o lying clo{e upon another, theinnerbei low Sw Yi} and whiter underneath : from the middle of fome of and {maller then the lowet,which are red. (ott Io feeme a yellow flower of foure leaves with rede greene, the underfide of the fowers, being of a ycllowith red co peareth round about the yellow, + lng it ew yellow threds inthe middle, fer with tript with wnitelines, Which being patt, imall long pods appeare. with flatrifhred feede in them, the roore fmall and fibrous, hard and reddith {preading much underground,.and delighteth beft in fhaddowy, rather chen Sunnyplaces; the fent ofthe plant israther flrong then pledfant, We have had brought us front { Alterum Americanum magis fruticofam, f the Northerne plantations of America, a certaine fhrubby and wooddy plant, bringing forth thrice three le , compofedin the fame manner with the former, but each leafe was twile asbigge: but we neverfawit bearc an lower or fruite with us, nor did the plantlong endure with us but by Cegrees grew weaker,ard in the end utterly perifhed, fothat I cannot determine it as I would, and we could never get the fame- kinde ygaine = but the Hedera trifolia, fec forth in this Worke before, commeth fomewhat neere thereunto, but yeris not the fame;having onelythree leaves at a place upon the ftalkes, and not nine; that is thrifethreeas that had, : : Aaaaaz The . |