LtiB.y Of the Hiftoric of Plants. lZ fa 



^ The Names. 



ThcRofeiscallcdinLatineito/i.-in G recked .-and the plant it fclfee***: (which in Latinc 

 fceepeth the fame name that the floure hath) and it is called Rodon (as Plutarch faith) becaufe it ien- 

 dcth forth plenty of finell. ^ | 



The middle part of theRofes,that is,the yellow chiues, or feedsand tips, is called urftff£p;,and 

 Flos K<?/i,the floure of the Rofe : in ftio<ps y Ant her a, 01 the blowing of the Rofe. 



The white parts of the lcaues of the floure it felfe,by which they are fattened to the cups,bc na- 

 med r*gut$ or nails. That is called Calixpx the cup^nich conuineth and holdeth ift together the 

 yellow part and leaues of the floure. 



Al abaft ri are thofc parts of the cup which are deeply cut,and that compafle the floure clo fe about 

 before it beopcned,whichbe in number fiue,twohaue beards and two haue norland the fifth hath 

 but halfe one : moft do call them Cortifes Rofarumpi the husks of the Rofes : the flioots of the plant 

 of Rofes^Strabe G alius in his little garden doth call Vihurna. 



The white Rofe is called Sofa alba : in Englifb,the white Rofe : in high Dutch, U&eif? ROOfcfl t 



in low Dutch, UDittC ftOOfetl : in French,**/* Blanche : ofPlinjJpiucpU Rifa.ov Rofi Campana. 



The red Rofe is called in Latine,ifc>/j rubro : the Frcnch-men,/fo/c Francbe^Rofe dc Premns, a towne 

 in Campaigne : oiPlin^Trachinia^i Pr^nejlina. 



The Damaske Rofe is called of the Italians Rofa tncamau : in high Dutch,)UtbfatbtgC l&OOfftU 

 in low Duth, ^QUfart e ISOOfC : of fome,*<?/4 Prouincialis, or Rofe of Prouincc : in French of feme, 



Olielefia: the Rofe of Mclaxo, a city in Afia, from whence fomehauc thought it was fir ft brought 

 into thofe parts of Europe. 



The great Rofe,which is generally called the great Prouince Rofe, which the Dutchmen cannot 

 endure • for fay they, it came fir ft out of HoIland,and therefore to be called the Holland Rofe : but 

 by all likelihood it came from the Damaske Rofe, as a kind thereof, made better and fairer by arc, 

 which feemeth to agree with truth.^ 



The Rofe without prickles is called in Latinc, Ro ft fine frrnis } and may be called in Englifh, the 

 Rofe without thornes,or the Rofe of Auftrich,becaufe it was firft brought from Vienna,the Metro- 



politan citie of Auftrich,and giuen to that famous Herbarift Carolus Cluftus. 



4ff The Temperature. 



The leaues of the floures of Rofes, becaufe they doe confift of diucrs parts haue alfo diuers and 

 fundry facuIties:for there be in them certaine that are earthy and binding,others moid and watery, 

 and fundry that are fpirituall and airie parts,which notwithstanding are not all after one fort, for in 

 onekindethefe excell 5 in another thofe,all of them haue a predominant or ouer-ruling cold tempe- 

 rature, which is neereft to a meane, that is to fay, of fuch as are cold in the firft degree, raoift, airic, 

 and fpirituall parts ate predominant in the White rofes,Damaske and Muske, 



^[ TheVertucs* 



Thediftilled water of Rofes is good for the ftrengthning of the heart, and refreshing of the fpi- Ai 

 rits,and likewife for all things that require a gentle cooling. 



The fame being put in junketting diflies,cakes,fauces,and many other plcafant things, giueth a ft 

 fine and delegable tafte. 



It mitigateth the paine of the eies proceeding of a hot caufe.bringeth fleep,which alfo the frefti C 

 rofes themfelues prouoke through their fweet and pleafant fmell. 



The juyce of thefe Rofes,e(peciaIly of DamasWoth mooue to the ftoole,and maketh the belly D 

 foluble:but moft effe&uall that of the Musk Rofesrnext to them is the juyceof the Damask, which 

 is more commonly vfed. 



The infufion of them doth the fame,and alfo the Syrrup made thercof,called in tatine Drofatum, E 

 or Serapium : the Apothecaries call it Syrrup of rofes folutiue, which rauft be made of the infufion 

 in which a great number of the leaues of thefe frefti Rofes arediucrs and fundry times ftceped. 



It is profitable to make the belly loofe and foIuble,when as either there is no need of other ftron- p 



ger purgation, or that it is not fit and expedient to vfe it : for befides thofe excrements which ftick 



to the bowels, or that in the firft and neereft veines remaine raw,flegmaticke,and now and then 



cholericke, it purgeth no other excrements, vnlefle it be mixed with certaine other ftronger medi- 

 cines. 



This Syrrup doth moiften and coole, and therefore it allayeth the extremity of heat in hot bur- G 

 fling feuers,raitigateth the inflammations of the intrails, and quencheth thirft:it is fcarce good [or 

 * weake and moift ftoraacke,for it leaueth it more flacke and weake. 



Of like vertue alfo are the leaues of thefe preferued in Sugar, efpecially if they be onely bwifed H 

 *ith the hands,and diligently rempered with Sugar,and foheat at the fire rather than boyled. 



^f The Temperature of 'Red Rofes. 



There is in the red Ro(es,which arc common euery where,and in the other that beofcdeep pur- 



plc,called Prouince Rofes,a more earthy fubftance, alfo a drying and binding gntf ty>J*r n0 * mt ~~ 



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