Lib. %* 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



birdncd,is greatly vfed in Phyficke : for which con fiderarion, there is not any plant growing vpon 

 .u.„«rh rhe knowledge whereof more concemeth a Phvfirion. both for his fhane and nmn*rr.<„. 



the 

 than 



Wii 



Laclartafcanfo 



ion 



halfe condemned 



BO 



is not any other herbe to be fOiind,whereof fo imall a quantity will do (o much good : neither could 

 thofe which hauc carped at it 4 and rcproued this herbe, findc any (imple in reiped of his vertues ro 

 be put in his roome : and hereof enfueth great blame to all praditioners,who haue not endeuoured 

 be better acquainted with this herbe, chiefely to auoid the deceit of the crafty Drug-fellerand 

 Medicine-maker of this confefted Scammony, brought vs from farre places, rather to be called [ 

 feareinfe&ed Scammony,orpoyfoned Scaramony,rhanconfeaed. But to auoid the inconuenien- 

 ces hereof, by reafon of the counterfeiting and ill mixing thereof : I haue therefore thought good 

 ro fet downe what I haue taken out of the diligent, and no lefle learned obferuations of Pena, con. 

 cerningthisplant^/w* i%6 i.or 1562.Vid.aduerfp4g.tj2. 



U\Zartincll$uan Apothecary 



% 3 Summonum Mon/pelicnfi 



French Scammonie. 



mce,being a moft diligent fearcheroi Simples, 

 that he might hauc the right Scammony of An- 

 tioch,trauelled into Syria,where from the cine 

 of Aleppo he fent an 100. weight of the juvce 

 of Scammony of Antioch, prepared and hard- 

 • ned into a lumpe,at the making whereof he was 

 prefent himfelfe. This man fent alfo of the 

 feeds thereof, which in all points anfwered rhe 

 cornered feed of Volubilu s which being fowne 

 in the beginning of the Spring at Padua and 

 Venice.grew vp to the form of a braue & good- 

 ly Convolvnlwjw leaueSjAoures^nd fliew lo like 



af 



fi 



root 



tothegreatBrionie,asalfoin tendernefTe. The 

 outward bark of the root was of a dusky colour 

 and white within : the inner pith bceincx taken 

 forth feemeth in all mens iudgement* to be the 

 fame and the beft allowed Turku b officingirum : 

 and yet it ditfercth from Turbith,in that, that 

 it is more brittle, and will more eafily beebrrv 

 ken, though the pith in Scammony be no lefle 



gummieandfulIofmilkie;tiyce,rhjnTuroich. 

 Further iV**reporteth, that afterward he fent 

 of this feed vnto Antwcrpe, where it gr< w very 



brauely^theelimingftrings and branches grow- 

 ingvp to the height of Hue or fix cubits, not 

 differing from that which was fowne in Italy 



William 



Antwerp 



d 



^Sil d dtr thc T fr r 0ra ^ e ^ iQ any P° int - Bat hc thac wi!I know moreconce mZ 

 *.inSi a '^ rcnce, f ch ? fc , aDd V ' e ° f Scammon ?> lct *»*« read Pe na in his chapter of Scammo 5 



^Zt2MT Cr \ ClKd ' W r be r Te £ lhaH 5 nde many eXCe,lent fecrecs ™4 thcSSrf 

 ^ " lcn ^puld know how tovfeftich rare and excellent medicines. ' uun g°* 



. 



SfOwin 



of^ 



Hier gather ofitgrearp'< n- 

 fteadof Scammony of An- 



tioch TV 1 em P ted to nard en the mlkie juyce thereof, to vfe it ir 



if SUkethefirftkindcofScainraony. Theleaues are grecne,fmootb,pIaifle,afld<b*rpe 



r pointed, 



