of Plinies‘Naturall Hiftorie. ; 199 
Anointed therewith. It isa foveraigne remedie alfo for thofe who cannot take their wind but fic- 
ting upright. ) ‘ 
*Chamzciflos groweth up fpiked with an ear like unto Wheat,and ordinarily putteth forth * Iris not ouz 
five braunches,and thofe full of leaves. When it fhewerh in the flower,a man would take itto be O02") 1 
the*whire Violet or Gillofte. The root is but finall. They that are troubled with the Sciatica, ule #/ésls alba: 
to drinke the leaves thereof tothe weight of three oboli in two cyaths of wine,for feven daies to- 
‘_ gether :butit is an exceeding bitter potion. 0 
As for Fole-foot,it iscalled in Greeke Chameleuce : but we in Latine name it Farranum or 
’ Farfugium, Itlovethto grow by river fides. The leaves fornewhat tefemble thofe of rie Poplat, 
but chat they be larger. lf the root of Fole-foot be burnt uponthe coales made with Cypreffe 
B. wood,the {moke or perfume therof received or drunk through a pipe or tunnell into the mouth, 
is fingularfor an oldcough. fons 7 ; hic 7 is 
y Touching *Chamepeuce;in leafeitis like unto the Larch-tree + a plant very. appropriat to *Some rake it 
the paine of the backend theloines . The liearbe Chamzcypariftos if itbee diwake in wine, or Sh | 
is fingular good agzinft all the venomonis {tings of {erpents and {corpions. eee, 
The hearbe Ampeloptafos groweth in vineyards, bearing leaves refembling Porret : but it’ 
cauferh them to belch foure that eat thereof-Howbeit,of great power itis againft the {ting otfer+ 
pents.itgrovoketh urine and womens monthly termes. And yet whether it be dtunke or applied 
outwardly,it is paffing good for them that pifle blond and reprefleth the iflue & eruption there- 
of . Ourinidwives ufe to give itunto women newly delivered and brought to bed : Likewife it is 
€ found toavailemuch unto them that be bitten withanad dags. . i sROIG se Ae 
Moreover,the hearbe called Stachys hatha refemblance alfoto *Porret but that the leaves: * esz,3, Po? 
belongerand more innumber: it yeeldeth a pleafantfinell, andthe leaves be'of apale colotir, "Pu" teem! 
enclining fomewhat to yellow. The nature of this plant isto move the monthly purgation of wo- fhould hace 
men.As ior Clinopodinm (called otherwife Cleonicion ,Zopyron,and Ocvmoeides) like it is to read oeee"s, 
running wild Thyme,and full of braunches, growitig up a {pan’or handfull high at the leaft, Tt Par tiens| 
eroweth in ftonie places, with a {poakie ruft of flowers {hewing ina round compafle, and for all out of Didfco- 
the world refembleth thefeet or pillers that *beate up a table or bed. This hearbe taken in drinke! "irs 9520" 
is good for convulfions, ruptures, {tranguries and ferpents ftings. So is the fyrrup or juleb that is obterved. 
made thereof, by way of decoction. Thus much of thofe hearbs,which m name carieathew and iio 
p tfemblance of Trees. uta Chisepodinete 
tremaineih nowto write of fome other hearbs,which I muftncedsfay areofnogreatname 
and reckoning, hov.beit ftich as be endued with wonderfull vertues, As for the famous and nota- & 
ble heasbes indeed, | will referve the Treatife of them for the bookes following. And firftI meet 
with that which we in Italie call Centunculus,bur the Grecks Clematis with leaves pointed like 
the beake of a bird, or refefnbling the cape of acloake, growing clofeto the ground in toiled 
corne fields, This hearbe is moft cifeQtuall and fingular above all other, for to ftay alaske,ifit be 
drunke infome red or greene hard wine. The fame beaten into pouder, andtaken to the weighr 
of one denier Roinan,in five cyaths of Oxymell or hor water, ftancheth bleeding :and yet in that 
fort itis of great eifect to fetch away the after-bi'th of women lately delivered, 
Es Butthere be other hearbes among the Greek writers, going under the name of Clematides: 
and namely one,which foing call Echites, others Lagines, and there arebefides who name it 
| Petie-Scammonie; and in very truth,braunches it hath a foot long, full of leaves,and not unlike 
‘ to thofe of Scammonie, burthat the leaves be more blacke or duskith,and {maller, This hearbe 
. is found as well in vineyards as come lands. People ufe to eat this hearb with oile and falt,as they 
doe Beets,Coles,and other {uch pothearbes: and fo eaten, it maketh the bodie foluble. And yet 
never theleffe,chofe who bee troubled with the blondie flixare wont to take it in fome aftringent 
wine with Linefeed,and find it to work with good fuccefle. The leaves applied unto the eyes with 
parched Barley groats, doe reftraine the waterifh humors which fall thither, fothere bee a fine 
linnen cloth wet*between. The fame applied ina pultefle to the wens called the Kingsevill, bring » suprofvo-fome 
E them firftro {uppuration, andafterwards having Hogs greafe putthereto,heale ther throughly, read contrari~ 
Incorporat with greene osle Olive, they eafe the hemorrhoids :andwith honey helpethofe thar “!* era 
be ina Phibificke or Confumption. If noprces eat them with their meat,they fhali have good 
ttoxe of milke m theicbreafts. Andif they annoint therewith the heads of their young infants, 
the haire willcome the thicker. A collution made with them and vinegre, afluageth the tooth- 
. ach, 
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