

8?i Of the Hiftoric of Plants. L 



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ff Tie Place. 



The Violet groweth in gardens almoft cuery where j the others which are ftraneers ha..» k~ 



lrW in thrir AoCrrinrians. 5 suauc <>ttne 



touched in their defcriprions 



% Tie Time. 



The floures for the moft part appeare in March,at the farthe A in Aprill. 



^[ The Names. 

 The Violet is called in Greeke, m„ , of Theophrajius, both T****, and *a-m> : in Latine Ni e ra V iol 

 or blacke VioIct,of the blacki fti purple colour of the floures. The Apothecaries keepe the Latin 4 



rch tiioleten 



33lan mfel 



gl ift, Violet. meander in his Geoponicks belceueth(as Hermolaus fhewetb)tbat the Grecians d ; d 

 call it**, becaufe certain Nymphs of Idnia gaue that floure firft to lupttr. Others fay it wascal 

 led *w, becaufe when Iupiter had turned the yong damofell /<?,whom he tenderly loued,intoa Cow" 

 the earth b rough t forth tb is floure for her food . which being made for her fake, receiued the name 

 from her : and thereupon it is thought that the Latines alfocalled it Fiola, as though they ftould 

 fay Fitulajay blotting out the letter t . Serums reportetb, That for the fame caufe the Latines alfo 



name it V actinium, alledging the place of Virgil in his Bucolicks } 



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t Vitrnvitu a\foji&. 7 . of Architefture or BuiIding,doth diftinguift Viola from V actinium : for he 

 fliewcth,that the colour called Site Atticum or the Azure of Athens,is made ex Viola -> and the gal- 

 lant purple,** Vaccimo. The Dyers,(aith he,when they would counterfeit Sile or Azure of Athens, 

 put the dried violets into a fat ; kcttle,or caldron,and boile them with water ; afterwards when it is 

 tempered,they poureit into a linnen ftrainer,and wringing it with their hands^eceiue into a mor- 

 tar the liquor coloured with the Violets • and fteeping earth olErethria in it,and grinding iyhcy 

 make the Azure colour of Athens. After the fame maner they temper Faccininm^wd putting milk 

 vnto it do make a gallant purple colour. But what Vaccinia are we will elfewhere declare. 



^[ The Temperature. 



The floures and leaues of Violets are cold and moift. 



% TheVertuet. 

 A The floures are good for all inflammations, efpecially of 



peand 



fegood to be put intocoolin" «•"»*•■ *™* inromilttfTcs 



of the liuer,kidnies,and bladder, mitigate the fiery heate of burning agues, temper the {harpne/Te 

 of cnoler,and take away thirft. 



B There is an oile made of Violets which is likewife cold and moift. The fame being anointed 

 vpon the tefticles doth gently prouoke deep which is hindred by an hot and dry diftempertraixed 

 or labored together in a woodden difh with the yelke of an egge, it aflwageth the pain of the fun- 

 dament and hemorrhoids sit is likew"" ' * "* " ,:/i — -- j -"">■« "• « 

 that coole and eafe paine. . 



C But let the oile in which the Violets be fteeped be either ofvnripe Oliues, called OmphMinw", 

 or of fweet almonds,as Mefues faith ; and the Violets themfelues muft be frefb and moift/or bein„ 

 dry and hauing loft their moifture they do not coole,but feem to haue gotten a kinde of heate. 



D The later phy fitions thinke it good to mix dry Violets with medicines that are to comfort 

 ftrengthen the heart. . ut . 



E The leaues of Violets inward ly taken do coole,moiften,and make the belly foluble. Being • 

 wardly applied>thev mitigate all kinde of hot inflammations, both taken by themfelues, an 

 applied with Barley floure dried at the fire,after it hath lien foking in the water.They are i» ^ 

 laid vpon a hot ftomacke,and on burning eies,as Galen mtncffeth.Diofiorides wntetb, mat w j 



alfo applied to the fundament that is fallen out. * , fin j am enr 



F They may help the fundament that is fallen cut, notas a binder keeping backetnc w 

 but as a fuppler and a mollifier. Befides, Pliny faith that Violets arc as well vfed in „«i 



for fmell,and are good againft furfeting,heauinefle of the head ; and being dried in wan v^^ 



they remoue the Squinancieor inward fwellings of the throat. They cure the falling • 



efpecially in yong children.and the feed is good againft the flinging of fcorpions. ^ 



G There is a fyrrup made of Violets and fugar, whereof three or foure ounces talcen a 



foften the belly and purge choler. The manner to make it is as followes : ^jtfe- 



H Firft make of clarified fugar by boiling, a Ample fyrrup of g°odconfiftenceorme jte ^ is 



nefTc , whereunto put the floures cleane picked from all manner of filth, as alio aippe^ 





