PR in ” i. ee 
the Paradife of Plants. _ 7 
The Places and Time 
Though that Sstncostewhiah besneshveerd y the Bell from the reft be (as faid) 
called Spani(h Tobacco, yet there is, for oughe I can learn, bnt very little Tobac- 
co growing in Spaiz if any at all, buc is bronghr thicher out of the Provinces of 
eAmerica,one of which, where it.was fir tound is called Pers, from whenee it 
is named Hyofcyamus Perwvicanus;but improperly, though fome would have i we 
bea fort of Henbane, It groweth alfo in Bra fl, which j is another 
the Weft Indies, whence the feed being brought into England and fon | 
prolpered very well in thofe foilsthachaveb fruitful, sand efpecially Paco. : 
FVinscomb inG locefter{hi ‘reywhere I think che planting of itis difcontinued NOW, . 
becainle the ftore that came from thence was an hinderance to the publick révenhue 
coming in for the Cuftome of that which is brought from beyond the Seas; How- 
beit it is continued in many Gardens though in no great quantity. It flowreth 
from June, fometimes to the end ‘of Angatt » Or later; ; and the feed 
tipeneth in the mean time, 
‘The Temperatieré, 
Tobacco is hot and dry in the fecond: degree, and is withall of power to dif | 
cuffe or mee, and to reves Be Se wer Sesh a ok fmalt 
lity , aptisbas ae aS brappas 
nee Th Vertues; 
; en wing "Toblaeees Whit grows in England lanl ical cod cas 
which cometh from the Indies, yet iis: und by coo! experience almoit to be 
as available to expedtorat leer out of the Stomach, Chet; and and Lungs, 
the Juyce thereo Seite trade tuce & , or the diftilled “Water ofthe herd 
drunk with Sugar, or elfe the fmoak taken 
ough a pipe, as is ufuall bue fafting, 
or the whole fu rolled into Pills and featiowed @ that whether of the. 
two can be more eafily procured, may be ufed, The fame alfo 1 tO expel : 
ste sence mtn » being g inwarely : or a Jeafapply ee 
to eafe in the head or Megtim, and the pains in the lg, 
be profiad aloe te thar are troubled ie Sa in the Ki 
to eale pains, oking Urine ro expel gravel e ftone ingens 
dred cherein, and hach been found ve effedtual to expell windineffe and other 
humours, which caufe the 4 ror tie the Murher, “ The feed ‘hereof is much 
Siaaetimen cite te Tobdh-ach then any Henbaneeed, andthe 
The herb bruifed and she the Kings Evil hélpeth it invnine or ten daies 
Pagans © oe fae at re ‘Dropfie’ by taking font and 
toa + > which will ongly purge the the body bo hup- 
wards and dow difiilied water is ohresaaieir Wh a 
the ad abe de to Teen them, and ae ae 
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