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Show 1616 Cuar.61.62.63.64. Trisei7 Tbeatram Botanicum. e The fbeater ofPlants. Cuap, LXI. Cra P.65, Cir avy LXV. Gnacatane, Indian Pilewort. 1, HerbaViva. The Herbe of lifeor love, paeseres His (mall herbe as A4onardw faith was fent out of that part of America or the Welt Indies thatis called SR ikea) Hifpania nova being white like unto Polinm montannm but without any c Tndiae Pilewor: {weet fent, and is much. commended to helpe the fwelling and falling ee nce _ downe of the Piles or hemorrhodiall veines if the herbe be boyled in winefo as there be no heate; or elfe in water and the gticved place fomented with the warmedecoétion for a while then gently wiped and the pouther ofthe herbe caft fl Herearetwo forts of this kinde of plant that are tobe diftinguifhed in funder,and not to be accotins 3, ted a!l one as divers have thonght thatare knowne fo us of late(and yet J thinke verily chere be fome others of the {amenature;notfufficiently: yet made knowne tous, which I gather ont of the wris y| tings and relations of divers. The one is an herbie plant without any prickes or thornes the anything that I can Jearne thereof, and isthis Iam now about to fhew you: The other is for both 4 fhiubbe,or as fome fay a tree,and thorny alfo which fhall follows Garcias ab Orta firft maketh mention thereof to growin divers places ofthe Eaft Indies but giveth itno name. Acofta faith it is called by che Chriftians there generally Herba viva, and of the Indians Herba amoris, of the Arabians and Tutkes Suluc and Salugue :The leaves are compared by themunto theleaves of Polipedy, but Acofa rather comparcth them to the leaves of Orobus, foure’or five,or diversrifing from the roote,each upon its footltalke, being winged with many {maller thereon being bound thercunto : italfoeafeth achesand. paines in any part ofthe body ifthe grieved place be firft annointed with molten Roffin not too hot, and the poutherof the herbe flrewed thereon (which is an homely mannerofdreffing ) and cloathes layd prefently upon ic which will fticke fo faftas that untill ic hath wroughtthe effeét it willnot be plucked from the skinneand ficth :the pouther of this herbe caft upon any {mall woundorfore, efpecially thof¢ in the groine, doth ones then thofeof Orebus; fet on bothfides of the ftalkes, whichare about two inches long a peece; of2 pleafant greene colour very beantifu'l; among whichleaves rife up divers flender bare naked ftalkes, each of them bea- clenfe them and heale them afterwards. ring one flower at the toppein forme fomewhatlike unto a Pinke, but ofa yellow colour without any fenyat all, Theadmirable propertie heréofis, thar if any fhall touch it withtheir hand, and {omefay that if any mari doe but breath upon ir, iewill prefently drawit {elfe together, and if one would take it into their hand it will clofe together as ifit were dead, Bucthat which ismoreadmirable is, that ifthey fhall withdraw their handic will quickly after as it were revive againe and {preadit felfe asit was before it was touched, and this it willdoe many timesinaday itit be touched andler aloneagaine without touching. Other properties it is fayd to have, as toreftore Virgins thathave beenc defloured, if ye will beleeve it, to procuré love betweene man and wortian, and as Acofta faich he was informed by an Indian Phifition of good credit, that he would caufe any woman ro be at his will and pleafure, fo that he would but declare her name,and uf it (or rather abiife it) as he would appoins hini, but the faa being unlawfull,he refufed the condition. Cuap, LXII Herba Indica adrupturas util, Indian Rupture-wort. Nother fmall herbe was likewife fent from thofe parts,whofe forme could not be difcérned byreafon of heill carriage and breaking thereof being dry : but highly commended to helpe Roptures or burftines @ in young or old: the herbe being freth bruifed. and applicd to the place whereuntoa truffle afte hs : was bound that had no fhoillders, yet fate as clofe asthofethat had, and this Ligaturothe Indians ule, which kindof trufflefaith AZonardus lying fo firme and clofe as he reported that was cure thereby, is fiafficiene ofit felfe to helpe any Rupture without any other medecine, andias he faith he faw a leechof Corduba that hele ped : 1 burftings with fuch ubfhouldred truffles or bindingsencly, ahd many hee knew then living that werefo cured, : thew you what [have feeneof the living plant as it grew in a pot at Chel/ey in Six John Davers Garden, where di- vers feeds being fownetherein about the middle of -M4y,16 38, and. 1639: fome of them {prang upto be neare halfe a foot high, yetorhers were inferiour, the talleft (hottwo or three ftalkes from the root, fomewhat hard and wooddy, with divers joynts oncachfide, and feverall branches thercat, as alfo a {mall fhore thorne at each —— “fy Cua. LXII, Viva. The betbc.of Life of. Love. a. HEHerbaPiva T Planta Indica fanguinalss Panacea,id eft, fanghineos fudores excitan:, “ps Fnutex fenfibilis Herba Mimofs diGa, The thorny fenficive Shrub or Plant. the grieved place therewith, and afterwards laying them to fweate in their beds being whofe {weat waswell ncere as blood, & in this manner he proceeded well cove ‘d tr TheIndian Allheale,blood {weatingplant. i Ci ; Certaine Indian Leech as it is recorded in Petrie de Ofmahislettér to Afonardes di in thé City Pafto cure all mannerof: difeafes onely with the juice of a certaine herbe scien ee ‘ t xy 2. Fratex fenpibils Herba Mimofa dicta, The Mimické herbe called the fenfitive thorny fhrabbe. This other: Mimick,Mocking or Senfitive plant groweth to be a wooddy Shrubbe, yea fome fay to be a tree; having divers {prigs rifing fromthe root, and branching forth fundry leaves fet here and there, with thort thornes or pricklesleaning as Acofta unto other trees or walls, but Clufius faith it {preadeth on the ground taking roore atthe joynts, and fundry wingsof frefh greene leaves thereon, which upon the touch of any man, or his breach. ingonely, and not of any thing elfe would fhrinke and feeme-as- withered ; but neither Howernor fruit hath Acoffa mentioned, but 1am enformed from Mounfieur Jobnde Laet ont of a Spanith relation thereof in a booke printed at (Mexico, that it beareth flowers and frivit'fomewhat like unto the Chefhut, many of them hanging downe together inaclufter, being greene at the firft and afterwards red, thee be others relations : but let mee until] he faw the nad {fw fof ciently, cauling them to ufe in the meane time an excellentfine diet of wholefome meats : funde deff: ; ‘d a feafes were cured by him, yeathey feemed more young andluftie that but no intreatie or promife of reward,nor all the meanes that could be ufed this order then they were 6 fe 5 ufed tohim, would make by i “thie fecret to any,or tell what herbe it was whofe juice he nfed; seyee Cuap, LXITIT. Herba vitamsant mortem in morbisprenuntians, The Indian Fortune teller of life and death. Certaine Indian of chiefe account comming into the cotint de Nieva his i one occafion of bufineffe, faw a woman fervant of the honfe tiem fad ‘i Geen “for shatbet i : eee rscavay oe of apee difeafe,he asked her if fhee bout Pere upon would faine know whether her y } fbereot liveor dye, fhe faying yea, he fent her a branch of BES whe po a sie eke Eee es to holdit faft, which vhi ville would mr hataauc i vere live,bur {ad and forrowfull i oulddye, which thefo fine it and findi fodainly to becomeficke that chat th thoughtthe the he would prefently ‘ fh have de parted thisWarinod world ed cued! aeteten é okot te band and threw it away,bur within a fhort time shes this her husband dyed nprwhretro.Poe cridstiod ofthe truth thereofenquired of divers and it was affirmed unto him by a noble man that had | "ti ; din Pers thatit was truc,an d thatit is ufuall with the Indians to doe foin difeafes, lcate n > which i isa matter greatee admiratiioon ee of fae a CuarP, Yyyyyy |