

o Of the Hiflorie of Plants. i 



IB. Z. 



yitis alba^ox white Vine, and it is named, ^«A»r,becaufe it is not onely like the vine " I 

 alfo for that it bringeth forth his fruit made vp after the likenefle of a little clutter ahh "' but 

 berries ftand not clofe together : it is called of Pliny, Bryonia, and Madon i of the Arab ** 



[era : of 'Mattbaus^Sylaaticus, ViticelU : in the poore mans Treafure,fi«r<i/?r«»i • ofApul ***** ^' 

 lam, Vitis Tamtnht, Vim Ma, and Vitalba : in high Dutch, £>UdjtoUWj : in low Dutch ml^ 



Sp. 



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9tf The Temperature. 



White Briony is in all parts hot and dry, exceeding the third degree, efpecially of heate ** 

 an exceeding great force of clenfing and fcouring, by reafon wherof it purgeth and dratveth \Zu 

 not onely cholerickc and flegmaticke humors, but alfo watrie. » 



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*[ The Vermes. 



Diojcorides writeth, that the firft fprings or fproutings being boiled and eaten,do purge bv fiepr 

 and vrine. Galcnfoith, that all menvfeaccuftomably to eat of it in the fpring timefand that it is 

 nourifhment wholefome, by reafon of the binding quality that it hath • which is to be vnderftood 

 of thofe of the wild vine, called in Latine, Tamm ; and not of the fproutings of this plant . for the 

 fproutings of the firft fprings of white Bryony are nothing binding at all, but do mightily m * c 

 the belly, and torment the ftomacke. ^ b /n 



B Diojcorides alfo affirmeth, That the juice of the root being prefledoutin the fpring, and drunke 

 with meade or honied water, purgeth flegme : and not only the juice,but alfo the decoftion of the 

 root drawcth forth flcgrac, choler, and waterifti humors, and that very ftrongly ^ and it is withal! 

 oftentimes fo troubleibmc to the ftomacke, as it procureth vomite. 



C This kinde of ftrong purgation is good for thofe that haue the dropfie, the falling {icknefle,aixl 

 thedizzineffeand fwimming of the braine and head, which hath continued long, and is hardly to 

 be remoued : yet notwithstanding it is not daily to be giuen(as Diojcorides admonifheth) to them 

 that haue the falling ficknefle 5 for it will be troublefome enough to take it now and then : and it is 

 (as we haue faid) an exceeding ft rong medicine, purging with violence, and very forceable fo; 



mans nature. 



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D The root put vp in maner of a pcfTary bringeth forth the dead childe and afterbirth : being bo 

 led for a bath to fit in,itworketh the fameeffeft. 



E It fcourcth the skin, and taketh away wrinkles, freckles, fun burning, blacke markcsjfpot5 } aod 

 fears of the face, being tempered with the meale of vetches or Tares, or of Fenugreeke: or boiled 

 inoiletillitbeconfumed ; ittakethaway blackeandblew fpots which come offtripes: it is good 

 againft Whitlowcs: being damped with wine and applied it breaketh biles,andfmallapoftume 

 it dravveth forth fplinters and broken bones^ if it be ftamped and laid thereto. 



F The fame is alfo fitly mixed with eating medicines, a* Diojcorides wrireth. 



G The fruit is good againft fcabs and the leprie, if it be applied and anointed on, as the fame Au- 



thoraffirmeth. 



H Galen writeth, that it is profitable for Tanners to thicken their leather hides with. 



I Furthermore, an ele&uary made of the roots and hony or fugar, is Angular good for ^em* at 

 are (hort winded, troubled with an old cough , paine in the fides, and for fuch as arc hurt and bur- 

 ften inwardly : for it diffolueth and fcattereth abroad congealed and clottered bloud. 



K The root ftamped with fait is good to be laid vpon filthy vlcers and fcabbedlegges. Theirui 

 is likewife good to the fame intent, if it be applied in manner aforefaid. . 



L The rootof Briony and of wake-Robin ftamped with fome fulphuror brimftone, and BJJM 

 into a mafle or lump and wrapped in a linnen clout, taketh away the mor phew, freckles, an y 

 of the face, if it be rubbed with the fame being dipped firft in vineger. 







C ii a p. 32 1, Of blacke "Bnonie, or the mlde Vtne. 







m The Description 



red with a gj- 



Icaues are like vnto thofe of Iuie or warden t 

 colour:the fioures are white/rnaLUnci cnoflie 



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