L> i b. i. Of c ^ e Historic of Plants. 



f Mof thefe three long and round Birthworts : they are alfo found in Italy and Narbone or Lan- 

 doc a country of France. Pctrus Belhnms writeth, That he found branched Birthwortvpon Ida 

 6 uc oumainc i n Candy, cl*[tu$ faith he found this about Hifpalis,& in many other places of Gra- 

 * ^o in Spa* 11 am° n S bufhes and bramblcs.They grow all in my garden. 



na f The Time. 



They flourc in May,Iune,and Iuly. 



^f The Names. 



Birthwort is called in Greeke^/cr\c^: in Latine likewife AriplochU , becaufeitis $** «4x^n 

 that is to fay , good for women newly brought to bed or deliuered with childe : in Englifti, Birth- 

 irorr HartvVort, and of lbtne Ariftolochia. 



The firrt is called Arifttlochtilovgajx long Birthwort, of the formeof his root, and alfo Ariflo- 

 hclu mas or male Birthwort : the fecond is thought to be Farminapx female Birthwort, and is cal- 

 led Mnnlx Arifthchiapx round Birthwort $ of diuers alfo,Terr* cesium, the Apple of the earth ; 

 vet CicUminvs is al focal led Terr a Malum pi Earth Apple* 



^f The Temperature. 



All thefe Birthworts are of temperature hot and dry, cuen in the third degree, hauing power to 



elenfc. 



^J TheVertues. 



V;0\corulcs writethjThat a dram weight of long Birthwort drunke with wine and fo applied, is A 

 good againft ferpents and deadly things : and that being drunke with Myrrhe and pepper,it expels 

 whatfoeuer is left in the raatrice after the childe is deliuered,the flowrs alfo and dead childe jj and 

 that being put in a peflaric it performeth the fame. 



Round Birthwort ferues for all thefe things,and for the reft of the other poifons:it preuails alfo B 

 againft the fluffing of the lungs,the hicket, the (bakings or fhiuerings of agues, hardnefle of the 

 milt or fpleen,burftings,cramps,convulfions 3 and pain of the fides,if it be drunk with water. 



It plucketh out thornes,fplinters,or fhiuers, and being mixed in plaifters or pulteffes , it drawes C 

 forth fcales or bones,remoueth rottennefle or corruption, mundifieth and fcoureth foul and filthy 

 vlccTs.andfilleth them vp with new fle(h,if it be mixed with Ireosandhony. 



Galw faitb,That branched Birthwort is of a more fweet and pleafant fmell,and therefofc is vfed D 

 in ointments ^ but it is weaker in operation than the former. 



Birth-wort 3 as Pliny writeth, being drunke in water, is a moft excellent remedic for cramps,con- E 

 vnlfions,bruifes,and for fuch as haue fallen from high places. 



It is good again ft fhort windedneife and the Falling ficknefle. F 



The round Ariplochia doth beautifie,clenfe,and fatten the teeth,if they be often fretted or rub- Q 

 bed with the pouder thereof. 



: The root of the Virginian Pijlolochia^ which isofa ftrongandaromatickfent,isa fingularand H 

 much vfed antidote againft the bite of the Rattle-fnake, or rather Adder or Viper, whofe bite is 

 ver )cicadly.and therefore by the prouidence of the Creator hee hath vpon his taile a skinny dry 

 fubftance parted intocels,which contain tome loofe hard dry bodies that rattle in them (as if one 

 lhould put little (tones or peafe into a ftiffe and very dry bladder) that fo he may by tb is noife giua 

 earning of his approch,the better to be auoided:but if any be bitten, they know nor ftand in need 

 tf no better antidote than this root,whicb they chew and apply to the wound,& alfo fwallow fome 

 or it downe,by which means they quickly ouercome the malignitie of this poifonous bite,which 

 °Aerwife in a very fhort time would proue deadly. Many alfo commend the vfe of this againft 

 *c plague,fmall pox,meafels,and fuch like maligne and contagious difeafes. t 



Chap. 511. Of Violets. 



€jf TheKindes. • 



Here might be defcribed many kindes of flouresvnder this name of Violets, if their differen- 

 ces fhould be more curioufly looked into than is neceffarie : for we might joine hereunto the 

 b°dfl ^°fl° ures >Wall-flouTes,Dames Gillofloures,Marian violets,& likewife fome of the bul- 

 h I j • r . es ^ ccau ^ c f° mc of them by Theophraftvs are termed Violets. But this was not our charge, 

 bond ^ | C *"^ c * cnt to diftinguifli and diuide them as neere as may be in kindred and neighbour- 

 of th 5 ac ^^ rel ^ n g m Y felfe vnto the Violets called the blacke or purple violets, or March Violets 

 ^ c garden,which haue a great prerogatiue abouc other s,not only becaufe the mind conceiuerh 

 fo. Cr ^ in P ,eafu tcand recreation by fmelling and handling thofe moft odoriferous floures,bura!/b 



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