578 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



the Arabians,^ 



(T"£'><XC*fjt/M.. m d Ge fi 



tne Arabians^^Aand Cbafiah , in Dutch, £>c!)Q$fte,and V&mm* inhiTn 7 T'''' **♦ 

 in French, Goute d' Lin 3 &nd Tignc de Lin : in Engl i to. Dodder. 9 * g DlUch ^i!ktaut 



The letter and flendererwbich wrappeth it felfc vpon Time and Sauorie h r»ll j r 



»««»: the Annrherarlrskccn filename FDithvmuni .^ffi^o ,.„ t _ 3 Ii tajicdot Diofccrid 



% The Nam. ° r " "« uc w>«cry kinde. 



The nature ofthisherbcchangeth and altereth.according to the namr.^ ,• • , 

 whereupon it grovveth : fo that by fearching the nature of the plant vou ™ ^ tle ° f '»* herbs 

 temperament of the laces growing vpon the fame. But more perticularlv " 7 r COl,rrhc 

 fomewhat more dry than hot,and that in the fecond degree • it alfn ,ip,„rV • ! S °' rcm pcratur C 

 cliuc or binding quality, and efpecially that which is founding ^^^SW^ 

 receiueth a certame nature from his parents on which it erowerh for «,i . ramblc ; for it alfo 

 horterherbe S ,asTimeandSauory/be^^ 



cornmeth of Broome prouoketh vrine more forcibly, and maketh the belly n o" fflc^an A^ 

 is moifter which groweth vpon flax: that which is found vpon the bramble £ A ^nf*?? 8 

 as we haue faid,a binding qualitie,which by reafon of this da^^^^T^ 

 the mummies of the W and Milt : for feeing that it hath both a binding and P rf 2 fl T 

 vented to it,it is moft fingular good for the cntrals : for Galen in his thirteenth booke Sm S 



of curin g> doth at large declare,that fuch medicines are fitteft of all for the Iiuer and Milt! 



^ The Venues. 



Dodder remooueth the ftoppings of the liuer and of the milt or fpleene, it disburdened the 

 vemes of flegmaticke, choIencke,corrupt and fuperfluous humors : prouoketh vrine ^entlv and m 

 a meane openeth the kidnies,cureth the yellow jaundife which are joyned with the flopping of the 

 Iiuer and gall : it is a remedy againft lingring agues, baftard and long tertians, quarrains alio and 

 properly agues m infants and young children, as cMefues faith in Serofio h who alfo teacheth that 

 the nature of Dodder is to purgecholer by the ftoo!e,and that more effectually if it haue Wormc 

 wood joyned with itjbut too much vfingof it is hurtfull to the ftomacke :yet ^iuictn writetb.tfcit 

 it doth not hurt it,but ftrengtheneth a weake and feeble ftomacke j which opinion alio wc do bet- 

 terallow of. 



B Epitbymum, or the Dodderwhich groweth vpon Time, is hotter and dryer than the Dodderthat 

 groweth vpon flax, that is to fay euen in the third degree, as Galen faith. It helpcth all the infirmi- 

 ties of the milt : it is a remedy againft obftrudions and hard fwellings. It taketh away old head- 

 aches,the falling fickenefle,madnefle that cornmeth of melancholy,and efpecially that which pro- 

 ceedeth from the fpleene and parts thereabout : it is good for rhofe that haue the French difeafe, 

 and fuch as be troubled with contagious vlcers,the Ieprofie,and fcabby euill. 



It purgeth downewards blackeand Melancholy humors, as <^i'itw, Atlmrius>zn& iVf/S* write, 

 ind alfo flegme, as Diojcorides noteth : that likewise purgeth by ftoole which groweth vpon Sauorj 



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D Cufeuta^a 

 pings of the 



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tbeflop- 



and vrine cholericke humours. 



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E It is eood againft the ague which hath continued a long time.and againft the Iaundile, I meiflc 



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that Dodder efpecially that groweth vpon brambles. 



good 



loofe theobftru&ionsofthe body, and is proued oftentimes in the W< 



prouolc 







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C TheDefc 







DTefcoridts that gaue fo many rules for rhc knowledge of imiplcs,hatb left Hvfl°F l c , 

 getherwithoutdcfcription,as being a plant fo well knowne that it neea ^ ^ 



lilt 



auoid 



:icnption,as oeing a piant iu wen Auwr»«». ... . c0)B 



follow not onciy in this plant, but in many others wcicn 





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