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Show Theatrum Botantcum. 1630 Cuar. Tripe 17 Cha P.74, 1621 avhence cottimeth as it tslikly the purging quality:becaufe ia fomefore thefe refemble the formeof a hearc,there~ fore {omecalled thems Cor Divi Thome,Saint 7howsas hearts,and befides becanfe they grow in Saint Thomas Iland. Clufive thinketh that this is the Beane of the Phafiolus Brafilinus, whofe pods J have fhewed youin page 10574 Carlo Santto, The Indian oppe-like purger. ; CMonardus a\fo {peaketh of purging nuts; which he calleth Avellaie purgatrices, which grew in Santo Domingo Avellang h i j not well knowne, icgroweth after the manner of Hoppes, climing on pol : te 5 at calc ts fg, of cle it te will lye on the ground we : the leaves are like unto) Ho Hoppe leaves, f Git 3 y Pera ct of avery fadpigh eree;phings, Z| lourand of a firong headyfent 3 it isnot knowne whether it beare evther flower frui Saat F is gfeat at the head having {andry{maller {pray esiffuing fromit, each ofth bien ei ter finger and white, the barke or rinde whereof is eafily fepcrated from the reft " i dis pear yh tne fomewhat {w'ect,and tefting bitrer and fomewhat fharpe withall : the pith of the aie iu one uf fovglling many {mall and very thitine filmes which may ealily CePERENTAE Carlo Santio, The Indian H. WIE OF Hoppe-like purger. be fepcarated one from a it is hot and dry in that were yery like unto’Hafell nuts, but three {quare and browne on the outfide, with atough thin (hell grratte the kernell being white and {weete withall, whereby many were deceived: for they purge very violently both upwards and downewatds chollet and flegmes even alinoftto the danger of life, which by raafting of them before the talting is avoyded ‘they helpe the Chollicke;andexpell winde, and are often putinto glifters for that purpofe; but I have knowne a glifter given inthis mannet togood purpofe : aplifter being ready to be given with a bladder,the {inall end of a Tobacco pipe was put into the bladder and tyed (but {9 thatic might bee drawne clofer after the pipeis pulled ont) that had Tobaccoin the Boles which onely blowing the {moake thereof into the bladder and fo given hath given prefent eafe. the beginning of the feconddegree, Thebarke ofthe roote being a little chewed in the mouth draweth downe {tm the head much flegme, wherebytheamres catarrhes anddeflillations therefrom are voyded, and the parts much esfed of paines and other atiefes in Cuap, LXXIIIT.- (Eaalink’ Theveti.. Mombskas Wnridote ot Cotinterpoyfon: fome alfoit cauferha vomit, avoyding thereby much tholfer and flegine from the ftomacke, thit opprefled irbefore andftrer dit afterwards, the Herdicn thereof workerhbetter thereon; if a purgation fitting the perfon be taken before this evacuation upwards it will doc the: more good: che barke being chewed helpeth loofe guaimes, putrid afid ruggedteeth, and maketh a {weete breath, ibut,ic weregqadto wah the month witha little Wine. afterwards to take awa the bitrerneflesthe pouther thereof taken in a lite The Theater ofPlants. into two as moft other pulfes do,ofthe like taftealfo ar the firlt,but quickly hot and fharpeupon the tongue, from Crap. LXXII. 4 Vt of the Province of Afexico commeththis root which theythere call Carlo Sando, fi Taiset7. Ndrads Thevet mentioneththis herbein his €o/mography to grow in the Ifland of Mombasa, ta ving many long leaves like unto Elecampane, which Ifland as it FaalimTheveti, Mombazas Antidote or Courirerpoyfon. St aboundeth with. many fingular good herbes, both for meate and : ter, ii io hee ras : eae ; ira IT arm ea sl Maiden thereof lairear tines orthe on ee ie She Ci deco&ion teak e ae 7 with of the obftraétions I of themother, the laying of their cour’es, aiid i reci (ouiandaiselnhiepcgome deltate mo equall mixed copether eonnccine etomir oe parts Lio he eee re “ower oefe parts of the t,belly te: Me all the while the fame alfo helpeth ehh tiechug, the Simpsae ie SALeonee of lemthat ‘are fo troubled, that isto take two drams, of the barke, a LWG HALO ok r 2 patting inat rhe end thereof foure drammes of the barke of Pontcitrons eet oe ei a gle Lae cee {trained, fixClinces of this decottion is to be taken'with Lkewife againit the French dileate, the Egepfeox Pane a ce ey coeieainke ooes thereof hath beene often found to caufe womento ha P ; 4 ingficknefle in the younger fort: the pouther their tedious travailes, being takenci hk 0 havea {peedydelivery, and to take away the and faintings in here s rs td Soli at . in wine‘orinfome Orenge flower water, thepaffion continuall ufe thereof ae ena ae a pete CRS ae and to helpe fach as could digeft no meate: the like nfe be chetitebes tata erlethy helped fine nofe thathave beenc burlten, fo that they have not ufed any Truffe medecine, {o it doth alfo with venomons Serpents : for whofe, remedy it is alfo efpe- cially provided of other powerfull herbes,a- tnong whomthis one is accounted a principall: the experience whereof faith hee I have feene upon divers peoplebitten by a mofk virulent Serpent, there called e4/fah, partly living in the waters re ava ae land; whofe yvenome was prefent death, if the pafuccored heree tient were not fuddenly fi = fi é VE <= PN SS N ZG oF Cwar. LXXIIL:. Fabe five? bzfeolj purgantes. Purging, Beanes, i nie oe purging Beanes that grow about Cartagena and Nombre de Dios very AA y Beanes but leffer,with eve) ae a skinne,. dividing it in the mids Fabe five Phafcotipurgantes. Purging Beanes.. aN te which wastobe caft away, lealtit mig procure too violent evacuation both up fel cies ward, eventothe hazardof life. Wich the Indians this isa fimous andfamiliar medeciive, purging without frau : bleflegme, Cuap. LXXV, Herbs Malucana,. The pooré mans Chirurgery, and chollet,and groffe humors, and that ver Bently, the quantity tobe taken is from on.e of then e aan according to every ones abilitie, bir you mult €gard that every one of theny bee rotted’we'll before they benfed, but Chufus faith he could never(ee fel beanies as are here deferibed,”° but hath hid’ a°cétfaine Phafeoli Kidney beanes fent him under the kind“ of name of figure is here exhibited, being oth fides, abouta fingers thicknefle » breadth or more, yer alittle hollow on that fide Where it stew to the huske : the outer litiske7ig Rand and ina manner woody, {mooth, and of adarke red ¢ = Jour, being white,and ofa firme fubRance within parting 8 bits, ofa freth greenecolour, the ftalkeis flender weake-and hollow, leaning unto fomething td 3 upholdit,or elfe it will lye onthe ground, whereit will take roote againé, it {preadeth into fundry @ branches, having tender foft leaves thereonlike in formeand bigneffe unto Elder leaves,but dented Pa about the edges, the fowers are like Camomill butall yellow and greater; it isgteene all the yeare through; thofe of Canaria call it Brungars aradua, and the vulgar fort, Poore-mens remedy and Chirargions baine,becaufe the commonpeople of India doe generally plant it being naturally of CMalwca, and ufe it for all hurts, eytheralone pr mixed with other things that ferve fof the purpofe: the manner whereof is thus, They boyle the bruifed leaves in oyle, which after itis well boyled and {trained they make an ointment thereof with alittle yellow Wax ; and herewith they dreffe their fores,be they old or yollng, blooddy, putrid; malignant or fiftulous, and efpecially is good in the foule fores of the legges, Another way they have to ofe ic by taking the middle or inner rinde,the ourermoft being takgnaway,: Which is assafily done as in Hempe, and annointing Yyyyyy 3 if |