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Show Crar.48, Tbeatram Botanicum, Trisat6, by Ligourne, as is before faid,amd in his firft kinde of Barba Iovas) fince P/iny, who {peaketh thereof 4ib.16:0.193 thatit fhunned the watersyand wascalled Jovis Barba, and ee tomake Ledees iilbasdek up beds, oe med into any worke in a Garden,and Ca/a/pinus {ince him. Camerarizs onely nameth it, and fo doth (infins bur Lugdonenfis detcribeth it,andlaftly Basbinns in his Pivax,and all of them by the name ot Barba lovisand yet the Sedum majws, great Houfeleckeis alfo called by that name;butto puta diftin@ion betweene them, thisis called Barba Iovis arbor ox frutex, v E *e The Vertnes; Theré is nothing extant ofany Phyficall property, whéreunto this plant may be much fhall be fufficient untill the Vertues be better knownhe, : applyed, « Se ee T ripe 16, The Theater of Plants, eSao cr . ia where it beareth many flowers, at two or three feyerall Cuar,4d, 4. Chamepertc'ymenuta. diftances one above another, wich cwotound leaverunder The Dwarfe Honyfuckle, them, at the joynts joymed fo clofe together, that they feemelike fawfers to hold the flowers, which{tand in the middle, and are of the fame fafhion and colour with the former, that is of a whitifh yellow colour, with open mouthes, dafht over with a light fhew of purple, with threds within them likewife, and as {weete : this beareth feede likewife,but not fo many together. Ss SS “1460 As 4 Chameperi ymenum, Cuarp, XLVIIT Periclymenum five Caprifolinm, Woodbind or Hony Sucklés; BRACE havedivérsforts ofplants under the nameof Periclymentms, fomethat are winding about whatfoever © ftandech next them, and for the moft part knowne throughout the Land,others are ftrangers, .or not fo well knowne: thereare likewife diversthat winde not, buc {tand upright,’ which! would feparate in funder as Bauhinus doth, but not make them kindes of baftard Cherries ashee doth, but joyne them in name,although I disjoyne them by Chapter, both becaufe they have notable differences, and that I. might not trouble you or my felfe with roo many forts in one < hapter. ; I. Periclymentmfive Caprifolinm vulgare; Our ordinary Woodbinde, _ Our common W oodbindis well knowne to grow up witha wooddy ftalke and branches,win ding themfelvés, yet withoutclafpers, {0 ftricktly unto whatfoever branchof any other tree, thatit leaveth an impreffion therein of the winding,fet with fundry leaves by couples, which are fomewhatbroad and long, round pointed. and of a whitith greenecolour above,and more whitith underneath: at the toppes of che branches comeforth many long a anys nails an ae ape = _— mere om many {mall threds {tickingithe middle of them, e ne fweete fent: atter which fucceede {mall bunches c bunc i wherein of red berries, 1erein is i contained ined {mall hard feede :: i 2. Periclymenum five Caprifolinum Germanicum flore tubello: "The Germans red Honifackle. This Germane(ort groweth higherand larger {pread then the former, butramping in the like manner, with thelikeleaves, bur fomewhat larger as the flowers are alfa, being red intlie bud befote and continuing reddifh on the ontfide,the bottomes of the flowers being wholly white on they be blowne open the infide. : _ 3+ Periclymenum perfoliatnm five Isalicum, Double Woodbinde or Honituckles. _ The donble Hony fuckle growethin the fame manner as the other,but {preadeth more and farther, with whitifh ramping branches,and {uch manner of whitifh greene leaves {cr on bothfides of the branches up to tie cops, five Caprifolium vulgare, k ibinde or Honyfuckles. 3. Lerichmenum perfoliatum fiw ig as Recialomcre The double rn veeiiara hts Lelie Hony fuckle, Dwarfe Hony fickle. This Dwarfe Hony fuckle h tha creeping roote, running here and there underground, and fhooting up ftalkes withfundryleaves fet by couples at the joynts, full of veines, and with five ribs running all the lenthof che leafe to the end, whichis pointed,{moothand not dented about the edges,from the toppes ofthe falkes grow forth two N ies my SST \ V ZY Ca branches, with foureor five fuch like leaves as growbelow, and from betweene the foote of them commetha {mall tuft of flowers, (which were not obferved) and after them many red berries fet ina bunch or knob together, like the Mulberry, but longer, and therefore I thinkeit fhould rather pertaine to the family ofthe Chamemori, but thatsas C/ufivs co fhew,notonlyhis love to Doctor Penny, in letting it paffe by his name, but alfo his judgement thereof by the name, fol, untill I can have better know- ledge ofthe Plant, muft let it fo paffe, but with mycantion. The Place and Time. The firft groweth every where inthis Land, inthe hedges abundantly. The fecond in Germany, The third in dtaly,Spaine,P rovence of France,ec.Both itand the fecond are onsly kept in our Gardens, or Orchards, or{ct againft an houle fidetormnneabout the Windowes, where they keepe the roomes coole,and make a goodly fhew without, The laft was found by Doftor Penny, as Clufiss faith, by Dantzicke,who gave him boththe figure and the defcriptionasitishereexprefled. Thefirlt is in Hower in Izre,and the fruiteisripe in 4ugu/?. The fecond and third arcearlier, both for the flower andfruite, yet wenever {awfruite of the {econdto follow any of the fowers. The Names. Te is called in Greeke ¢9#«Avevov,but the Greckes in thele dayes, graaZxes, in Latine Periclymenumallo, and Caprifolinm, but Pliny miftaking the word Periclymenum, fetceth downe the properties of (lymenumfor it, with fome MatriffyluasVolacrum majas, and Lilism inter Spinas,and Vincrbo[tum by C«/alpinus, accordingas his Jtali- anscalledit. Thefirft and third are called byall Authoursthathave written of them, either Fericlymeanm or Caprifolium, fome entitle the firlt Germanicam, and fome vuigare Seprentrionaliums, but the {econd is more rights ly termed Germanicum, becaufe { thinke no Country h thit naturally but that. The third is Perfoliatumalterum, Or grandins @& Italicum. But che laft wasfirltfet out by C/afi4s,and trom him Tabermontanus,Gerard, Bauhinus; and myfelfehaveit. The Iralianscall it Vincibo[co,the Spaniards Madrefelua, the French Chenrefucille, the Ger= manes Geyffbladtand Speckgilgen,the Dutch Gheytenbladt,and Alemmekens, and we in Englife Wood binde,and onyfuckle. The Vertues, We in our Land have bytradition continued fo long inthis errour toufe the leaves, and Aowers, inall gargless hy ey and lotions for inflammations in the mouth,or the fore privy parts of man or woman, that { thinke the cultome is growne too {trong by time for me witha few words to fhewthe inconvenience, that it may be reformed,for they are neither cooling nor binding, as they are takentobe: butare ofa clenfing.refoiving,con{uming,anddigelting quality,as Hyffope,Origanum,and Winter Savoury are, that with Figges and Licoris, are effectuall to expectorate flegme from the cheft and lungs,wherewith they are filled : and chat ic isnot fit robe ufed in inflammations the very tafte of the herbe holding a leafe in ones mouth will declare, by the burning heare will be fele therein, and as Diofcorsdes and Galen fay,that the deco¢tion thereof being dranke fixe dayes together, wilf render the urine as blood : although at the firft they will but provoke urine onely, the fruice and leaves as well as the flowers, are of onc effe& + bue the flowers and leaves are of more ufe thenthe feede, which is {aid to confume the {pleene,and to procure a womans {peedy delivery, but whereas it is faid to bring barrenneffe to men that u(eit,it cannot pro= perly be faid of men,but of womentobe barren, and of mento beunable to generation, or their {eede nnprofitzble upon fundrycaufes: the leaves ot Howersin pouther or che diftilled water of them, is much commendedto clenfe and dry up fouie and moift ulcers, andto clenfe the face and skinne from morphew,funburne,freckles, and other difcolourings of the skinne. The oyle wherein the flowers have bceneinfu(ed and funned,is goodagainft cramps,convulfions of the finues,and palfies and any other benumming cold griefe, The double Honyfuckle may fafely be ufed to all thefe purpofes, when the other isnot at hand, Tiiiia Cua; 14.61 - |