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of Plinies Naturall Hiftcrie. 
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"2 OF Tencacantla,and thevertnes thereof good in Phyficke. 
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= He Greeks, fome call this Thiftle, Leucacantha, orthe white Thiftle ; others, Pliyllon': 
4° fome Ifchias, ‘others Polygonaton:burbe the name wharit will, it hath aroot refembling 
that ‘of * Cyperus, which if iebeichewed in the mouth, allaieth therooth-ach. Aicefis-* ox cypirus: 
faith likewife, Thatif either the feed or the juice of the root thereof, bee cakenin drinke to the 
weight of eightdrams, it afluageth the paine of the fidesand loins. Thefame alfo cureth rp- 
tures,convulfions,and cramps, "9 MOIGUS HAM LISUEVE I) eI) 
OT Yadtiai Ss) CHAE RV bis 51072994 0 1.0 ot 
2 OfHelxine or Perdicinm, called alfo Partheminm or Sideritis, and the 
~<" wertues medicinable. 
S forHelxine, fomecalliePerdicium,becaufe Pertridgesdelightmofltofeedtheruponi 
others namieit Sideritis;and many give itthe name of Parthenium.Leaves it carricth of " Parictone & 
" a mixtforme and refemblance, between Plantain and Hotchound. The branches or final] ©" “* 
ftalks growinthicketufts, andthofebe of a light reddith coloursthefeed in the head, ofa Bur 
kind which fticketh to folkes cloaths, whereupon they would have itto be called Helxine, Batin 
C the former bookel havedefcribed the forme of the right* Helxine or Parietarie indeed. “The +where,to fay 
propertie of this hearbe, is to give'a tin@ture or'die to wooll:ithealeth the fhingles and $8. 4n- an eee de- 
, shonies fire: it cureth fwellings ,and all apoftemations of humours, yea and alfo bumes. The oe)” 
z juice thereof incorporat with cerufe or white-lead, and{o applied, ferveth greatly for biles and or Chameleon 
botches, S. cAnthonies fire, tumours, gatherings and rifings inthe flefhs yea and helpetlithem ‘ev buc- 
: whofe throat beginstof{well. Alfoifa man take the quantitie of one cyath thereof, it cureth in- 
vererat and old coughs : it healeth all infirmities. either occafioned by phlegmaticke humors, or 
els incident to moift parts: like as with oile rofatit is a proper medecine for the accidents of the 
___ amygdales about the paflage to the throat ; and for the {welling of veins. Moreover, if it be re- 
____ duced into the forme of aceror, with goats fuet and wax of Cypres,and fo applied, it cureth the *Diofor. ce 
D gout. Moreover, Perdicium or Parthenium (for Sideritis is another hearbe) our countreymen “”0'""" 
call in Latine, * Vrccolaris ; of others, Aftericum.In leafe itis like to Bafill, fave onely thacitis + or vizraria, 
blacker :it groweth upon tile-houfes,and old decaied walls, and {uch ruinous places.Being beas Peesiem's 
ten into powder & applied with corns of falt,it hath the fame operation thatthe nettle Lamium, ail ee 
and cureth the felfefame difeafes; andthe one is ued in like fort asthe other: and ifthe juice be kins withall. 
drunke hote, itis fingular for inward and fecrerimpoftumes full of filthie matter, and driveth 
them outward. Alfo itis excellent for ulcers, ruptures, and bruifes, whether it be that one hath 
tumbled headlong from fome high downfall, or that he hath been crufhed by the overthrow of 
fome waggon orchartiot. It fortunedthata Page of Pericles a prince of the Atheniens (whome 
he loved entirely) having climed vp to the top of the lanterne or fpire of atemple which the 
E faid prince built inthe caftle orctadié of Athens, fell downe from thence ; who was cured b ythe 
meansof this hearbe, revealed unto Pericles in: hisfleepe by the goddefle M:nerva : wherenpor . 
it tooke the name firft, of Parthenium, andisconfecrat unto the laid goddeffe, This is that Page 
whofe molten ftatue isto befeen at this day made of brafle : thisis(1 {ay)that noble and famous 
aun 
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eS é * Made with a 
image called * Splanchnop-er. devile ro blow 
Hog coles & kiadle 
i Giraviaxvaas ..| fire for to roft 
the inwards 
ey Of Chameleon the hearb, the fundriekinds thereof,and thever- i: bealts {actie 
tS aguas ced: or as 
tues medicinable, fome thinke, 
: , : : : it was the pro- 
Oncerning Chamzleon, fome there be who name it Ixias:whereof be two kinds: The pernameof 
: ‘ . paulte ! 
j whiter hath the rougher leaves: it creepeth clofe by the ground, and fetteth up ftiflepric- Ht ¥ourh- 
~ klesin manner of an Vrchin : the root is {weer in taft,but ofa moft {trong fent.In fome pla- 
ces itingendreth awhite kind of gumorclammic glew, under the wings or arme-pits (as it were) 
of the leaves, after the fame manner as Frankincenfe is{aid to breed, butefpecially about the 
. M ij ; rifing 
