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OftheHiftorie ofPIants. 



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IB.L 



Xyris. 



Stinking Gladdon 



g Vt ^ They are effe&uall again ft the cough ^ they eafily 



digeft and confume the groflfe humors which arefcarcU 

 ly conco&cd : they purge colour and tough flcgoie: 



they procure fleepe, and helpe the gripings within the 

 belly. 



Ithelpeth the Kings Euill, and Buboes in the 

 groine, as Pliny faith. If itbedrunkein Wine it pro. 

 uoketh the termes,and being put in Baths for women 

 to fit ouer,it prouoketh the like elfcfts moft exquifite- 

 ly. The root put in manner of a pefTarie haftneth the 

 birth.They couer with flefli,bones that be bare, being 

 vfed in plaifters. The roots boiled foft 3 and vfed plai. 

 " .fterwife,foften all old hard tumours>and the fwelliips 

 of the throat called Struma that is, the Kings Euilf, 

 and emplaiftered with honey it breaketh out broken 

 bones. 



The meale thereof healeth all the rifts of the funda. 

 ment,and the infirmities thereoPcallcd CondyUmitt* 

 and openeth Hemorrhoides. The juice fnuffed or 

 drawne vp into the nofe,prouokcth fneefing,anddraw- 

 eth down by thenofc great ftore of filthy excrements, 

 which would fall into other parts by fecret and hidden 

 waies 5 and conueiances of the channels. 



It profiteth being vfed in a pefTarie, to prouoke the 

 tcrmes 3 and willcaufe abortion. 



It preuaileth much againft all euil affeftionsofthe 

 breftand lungs^being taken in a little fweet wine,witli 

 fome Spikenard j or in Whaywith a little Mafticke. 

 The root of Xyns or Gladdon is of great force 

 againft wounds and fractures of the head : foritdraw- 

 eth out all thornes, flubs, prickles, and arrow-heads, 

 without griefe 5 which qualitie it effe&eth ( as Galen 

 < faith) by reafon of his tenuitie of parts,and of his attra£Hng,dry ing^and digefting facuItiCiVvhich 



chiefely confifteth in the feed or fruit, which mightily prouoketh vrine. 

 H The root giuen in Wine,called in Phyfickc Pajfum, profiteth much againft Convulfions, Rap- 

 tures 5 the paine of the huckle bones, the ftrangurie, and flux of the bellie. Where note, That 

 whereas it is faid that the potion aboue named ftayeth the flux of the belly, hauing a purging qua- 

 litie ^ it muft be vnderftood that it worketh in that manner as Rhabarbarum and i^dftrum do, in that 

 they concoft and take away the caufe of the laske ; otherwife no doubt it moueth vnto the ftoole, 

 , as Rkeubarb, Kytfarum, and the other Irides do. Hereof the country people of Somerfet-fhire bane 

 good cxperience^whovfe todrinlcethe deco&ion of this Root. Others doe take the infufion 

 thereof in ale or fuch like, wherewith they purge themfelues, and that vnto very good purpofeacd 



effea. 



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The feed thereof mightily purgeth by vrine, as Galen faith, and the country people haue found 



it true. 



Chap. 44, Of Cjingcr. 



^f 7 he B cj Icriftion . 



Inger is moft impatient of the eoldnefle of thefeour Northcrne regions, as my felfch'* 

 found by proofe, for that there haue beene brought vnto mc at feucrall times fundry pl* Dt j 



of 



thereof, ftefh, greene,and full of juice, as well from the Weft Indies, as fromBarbary 3 

 other places; which haue fproutedand budded forth greene leauesinmygatdenin theheate 

 Summer,but as foone as it hath beene but touched with the firft fharpe Slaft of Winter, it ^ 

 prefently perifhed both blade and root. The true forme or piaure hath not before this time bee" 

 fet forth by any that hath written • but the world hath beene deceiued by a counterfeit figjjj 

 which the reuerend and learned Herbarift CMatth>as /.o^/did fet forth inhisObferuatioas-^ 

 forme whereof notwithftanding I haue here expreffed,with the true and vndoubted picture 



alfe 







