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and beeing taken inwardly, they doe geritly moverifting,and caule the ftomacketo breake wind. 
upward. The beft Acorne roots be thofe which come from Pontus: then they of Galatia :and in 
athird ranke are they co be fetwhich are brought outof Candie. Howbeit,the principall and the 
greatett plentie are thofe efteemed which grow in the region Colchis neare co the river Phafis s 
and generally in what conntrey foever, they that come up in waterie grounds be cheefe. The fre- 
fher thatthe roots be and more newly drawne,the ftronger fent and lefle pleafant taft they have 
with them,than after they have been long kept above ground. Thofe of Candie bee whiter than 
the other of Pontus. They ufe to cut them into gobbets as big as a mans finger, and then hang 
them within bags or pouches of leathera drying in the fhade. I find in certaine writers, that the 
root of Oxymyrfine is called Acaros;and therfore fome(alluding to the name of Acoros)chufé 
rather to call this plant Acaron the wild, Well,the routof Acorus ts of great operation and ef: 
fe&tto heat and extenuat : and therefore the juice thereof taken in drinke, is fingularagainft ca- 
tarracts or any accidents of the eyes that caule dimnefle. Soveraigne likewife iris taken to beea- 
gainft the venome of ferpents. te : it 
Coryledon,named in Latine Vmbilicus veneris,isa pretie little hearbe, having a tender and 
a {mall ftem, a leafe thicke and fattie, growing hollow, like tothe concavitie wherein the huckle- 
bone turneth,and thereupon ittookethe forefaid namie in Greek: It groweth by the fea fide and 
in tockie or ftonie grounds : of a lively greene colour,and the root round much like to an Olive, 
Thejuice isthoughtto cure the eyes. Anotherkind there is of Cotyledon, with groffe and *fat- »,,,, sient of 
tie leaves likewife, but broader than the former. Toward the root they grow thicker, which they Die/cor. not jus 
feeme to compaffe and enclofe,as it were aneye, A moftharth and unpleafane taft it hath: the 72648 Pam 
ftem is high, but very flender. This hearbe hath the fame properties which the Floure-de-lis.  read,whea he 
~ Of Seagreene or Houfleeke,which the Greekes call Afézoon,there be twokinds. The greater ‘ranflated it 
4 i Spr é f) Bete 2 [Sordédis.} 
is ordinarily planted in earthen pans or veflels fet out before the windows of houfes:which fome 
name Buphthalmon,others Zoophthalmon,and Stergethron,becaufe it is thought fo good in 
love-drinkes or amorous medicines: others againe give it the name Hypoglefon, for that it is 
feene to grow under the eaves of houfes. There are alfo who love to'tearine it Ambrofia& Ame- 
timnos.Here in Italie they call it Sedum the greater;Oculus alfo,and Digitellus. For the fecond 
kind isfomewhat leffe, which the Grecians diftinguith by the name*Erithales or Trithales (be- * which foras 
caufe it beareth flowers thrice in the yeare;yothers Chryfothales ; and fome againe,lfoétes. But eee 
both the oneand the other they call Arizoon,becaufe they bee alwaies freth and greene: accor of the French 
ding to which namein Greeke, fome give it theLatine name Sempervivum. The greater kind ‘Trique-ma- 
beareth a tem acubit high and more, and the fame of the thicknefle of a mans thimbe,with the aes 
better. The leaves in the head or top whereof, be like unto a tongue, flefhie and fat, full of juice, a 
- good inch broad ; fome bending downe and coping toward the earth, others ftanding upright, 
but fo,as if aman marke their round citcle or compafie wherein they liecouched, hee fhall ob- 
ferve the very proportion ofan eye. The lefle Sengreen or lubarbe groweih upon walls, and {pee 
cially fuch asbe ruinatand broken downe;likewile upon thetiles of honfe-roufes: This heatbeis 
tufted with leaves from the very roct even to the top of the branches, The leaves be narrow and 
fharpe pointed,and full of juice. The ftalke groweth a good handbreadth or fpan high. The root 
isnot medicinablenorofanyufe. — / | a PO 
Much like to thisis thathearbe which the Greekes call Andrachne A gria, /.wild Purcellane; 
the Italians, [lecebra, The leaves bee butf{mallto {fpeake of, howbeit broader than thofe of thé 
heatbe beforenamed, and fhorter toward the top.It groweth upon rockes and {tonie places :and 
falke ufe to gather it for to eat. All thefe laft rehearfed have the fame operation, for they bee ext 
ceeding coldand aftringent withall. Good they beeto ftay therheume that fallech into the eyes 
and caufethrtlrem to warer swhether the leaves be applied to them, or the juice in manner of a li- 
niment: méreover,they cleanfe and mundifie the ulcers of the eyes,they do alfo incarnat,heale 
and skin rhem up :fingular good befides to loofe and open the eye-lids, when they are’glued and 
clofed up with vifcous gum. The fame doe allay the head-ach, jf either the temples be anointed 
with the juicetherof,or the leaves be applied unto them.Moreover,they mortifie orkill the poy* 
fon infliGtedby the pricke of the venomous{piders Phalangia : butthe greater Sengreene hath 
this pecularvertue,to refift che deadly poyfon of the hearbe Aconitum. Furthermore itis faid, 
thatwhofoever carie it aboutthem ,fhallnotbe ftung by {corpions, « a | 
Allthe kinds of them are proper remedies for the painein the eares, Like as the juice of Hen= 
: ~* bane 
