222. | The five andtwentietly Booke 
Ranching bloud, according as the very nameimplicth.For(fay they)it will Rapthe fuxofblond G 
running and gufhing out of aveine not onely opened; burcifo if itwere,cunthronghwitcou-. 
cheth and creepeth low by the ground, andis like voto Miller, bucthacthe leavesbeetough and) 
haitie. The manner is to {tuffe the nofthtilstherewith for-coftay the bleedingarnofeoAwdahat’ 
which groweth i Iralic ftancheth bloud,if ibe but hanged-abourthe necke orticdite any part; 
6fthebodieso2¢1bo..011. non Jib LIDS gONd2 joc ik Slnilotisven 2HeT 
~~ The people in Spainenamed Vettones,were the firft authors of tharihearbe, whichvisiealled 
Betonic. = in Fraunce*Veittonica,in Italy Serrarula,and by the Greekes Ceftron or Pfychotrophon:Snre=, 
lyan excellent hearbe thisis, andabove all other Simples moft worthie of praife. Ircommeth 
forth of the ground, and rifeth up with a cornered ftalke, to the height of two cubits, fpreading 
from the very root leaves of the bignefle of Sorrell, curintheedges or toothed inmannerof a py 
faw,with flowers ofa purple colour growing in.a{pike,& {eed correfpondenr thereto. The leaves 
driedand broughtinto pouder,be good for.very many ules, Phere is a wine and yinegre made or 
condite rather with Betonie,foveraigne forto ftrengthenthe ftomackc,and clanifie the eyefight. 
This glorious prerogative hath Betonie,that looke about what honfe foever itis fet orfowed, the 
fame is thought to bein the protection of the gods,& fafe ynough for committing any offence, 
_. which may defervetheir vengeance and need any expiation or propitiaroriefacrificese\\ 
pre wild Tn the fame Spaine groweth *Cantabrica, lately foundby the people Cantabri,and no lon- 
gerfince than inthe daies of Augufius Cefir. This hearbeis to bee feene every where; rifing up 
with a bentie or ruthie ftalke'afoot high, upon’whichyoumay behold {mall long flowers, like 
unto cups or beakers,wherein lie enclofedvery {mall feeds.Certes.to fpeakerhe truchof Spaine; 
ithath been alwaies a nation curious in fecking.after SimplesAnd even at this day in theirgreat I 
Muchlikero feafts wherethey meet tomakemerrie Sans-nombre, they have a certaine VVaflaile ot Eragat; 
es ese which goeth round about the table,made of honied wine or {weer mead, witha hundred ditting& 
see’ hearbes in it: and they are perfuaded that it is the moft pleafant and wholefomert drinke that. can 
bee devifed : yet there is not one amongft them all who knoweth precifely what {peciall hearbs 
there bee in all that number ; inthis onely they bee all perfect, that thete goe a hundred feverall 
kinds thereto,according as the name doth import. Yb On eID) 
In our age we remember well that there was an hearbe difcovered in the Marfians countrey 
and yet it groweth alfo amongft the people named Anquiccole,neare unto the borrough Nerve- 
Bearcfoer, fla, andthey call ic* Confiligo: this isa foveraign plant, as we {hall fhew hereafter in place con- 
venient, for thofe that be fo farre gone in a Phathilicke or Confumption, as no man would hight K 
them life and recoverie. ree noon 
Of late daies Ser-uilius Dameczstzs,a famous practitioner in Phyfick,broughttolightan hearbe, 
which he tearmed Hiberis,a deviled and tained name for his owne pleafure, and nothing fignifi- 
Written in Cant, as may appear by acertain *Poéme that he made as touching the difcoverie of that hearb. 
Vimbicke ver- It commeth up mofk willingly about old tombes and fepulchres, decaied walls, and ruinat buil- 
sue PP en. ings, inuntoiled and neglected places, and namely,common high waies. It beareth flowers.at 
all umes, and is leaved like to Creffes:the maine ftalke is acubit high: butthe feed fo fine.and 
{mall,that hardly chey can difcerneit, The root alfo hath the very{mell of Crefles : it ferveth to 
many good purpofes bur with moft fuccefle in Summer time,and never but when itis greenand 
fre(h gathered. Much adoe and troub}e there is about che punning and {tamping of 1. Becing 
tempered and incorporat with a little Hogs greafe, itis fingular to be applied ro the paineof the ; 
. hucklebone called Sciatica,as alfo to the gout of any joints whatfoever.[f the patient bea man, 
it muft lie bound faft unto the place foure houres at the moft :but women may abide it but halfe 
fo long, provided alwaies,that prefently upon this medicine they goe downe intoanhotbaine, 
and after they have bathed,annoinr their bodies all over with wine and oyle. Thus muft the pati- 7 
ent doe once every twentie daies, fo long asthere remaineth any grudging or minding of the 
forefaid paine.And furely in this fort it drieth up and cureth all fecretand inward rheumes tun- 
ning neare unto the bones. Howbeit,this caveat would bee given,nottolay this plaftretoo in the ~ 
very heat and furie of the paine or difeafe, but the time muft bee waited when the extreititie is 
fomewhat flaked and overpatt. {9G 2nattireeiade 
_ Moreover,other living creatures alfo there be befides men,unto which we areto attriburethe © 
pur Celendinc: invention of hearbes:as firft and principally,the great’ Celendine,called in Greek Chelidonia, 
| _ forthat the old Swalloweswitlthe helpe of this hearbe helpe their young ones to fee again, yea 
; : he _ though 
