of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 257 
A. istaken to bee the female : the leaves refeimble leeke blades, the ftalke isa fpan or hand-breadch 
high, and theflours be purple; the root likewifeis bulbous and twofold, fathioned like toa mans se ele 
ftones or cullions; of which, the bigger, or (as foie fay) the harder, drunke in water, provoketh 2nd ise 
the defire to venerie: the leffer or the fofter taken in-goats milke, reprefleth the fore{aid appetit, haye panes 
Some fay it is leafed after the manner of Squilla or Sea-onion, fave that the leaves be ftnoother ee aten” 
and finallet, and it putteth up a ftalkefull of pricks or thorns: the roots whereof, doe heale the this manner, 
foresin the mouth, anddifcharge the cheft of fleame; bucdrunke in wine, doc ftop alaske. A pene ah, 
power it hath alfo co ftir up Aefhly luft like as Saryrion: but this hearbe differeth from the other confufionsby 
in that it is divided by joynts or knots, and befides butheth more, and 1s fuller of branches: the inbSID SHOE : 
root is thoughtto be good for forcerie and witchcraft: the fame alfo, either by it {elfealone re- ee 
B duced into powder, or els ftamped and incorporat with fried barley groats into a Jiniment,isfin- both intheit 
gular good for the tumors and other rifings and impoftumes in the faid privie parts or members meee 
of generation. The root of the former Orchis given to drinke in the milke of an ewe bred up at pion 
home of acade lambe, caufeth a mans member to rifeand ftand;but the fame taken in water, 
maketh it to goe down againe and lie. As for the Grecks, they defcribe Satyrion with leaves liké- 
untothe red Lillie, but that they be fmaller,and no more in number than three,which {pring di- 
rectly from the root : the ftem {mooth, a cubit high,naked and bare without leaves, and it hath 
withall two bulbous roots;of which the nethermore,which alfo is the bigger,ferveth to get bois ; 
the uppet (arid that is the lefle)is as good to engender girles, They have likewifeanother kind of 
Satyrion, which they name Erythraicon, and it beareth certaine grains or feeds refembling that 
C of * Chaft-tree,or Agnus Caftus,but that they be bigger and fmooth: the root is hard & white * /zics, Def. 
within, therind whereof isred, and in taftis fomewhat {weetifh :an hearbe ordinarily found (as hathrer fs 
: : : : Lye - Line or Flax 
they fay)upon mountains : and by theit faying, the rootisof that vertue, thatif itbeheldonely coreye, 
ina manshand,jit will caufe the fleth co rife & incite him to the companie of women; but much 
more will itfet himin a heat if he drinke it in fome hard and green wine: in regard of which pro- 
pertie, the manner isto give itin drinketo goats andrams, ifthey bee unliftie and nothing for- 
ward to leapethe females. The Sarmatians likewife miniftredadrench made with this hearbe 
unto their ftone- horfes or ftallions, when by reafon that they are overtravailed and ured out of 
heart by continuall labour, they perceive them to be flow and Hee tocover mares, which de- 
feét the Greeks call by a proper & fit cearme Profedamon. Bur fay that one by taking of this root 
D is over-luftic andtoo much provoked. thatway , theimeanesto abate and quench the heatand 
firength thereof,isto drinke mead or the juice of lettuce, In fumme,the Greeks generally when 
they would fignifie any extraordinarie wanton luft or appetit to venerie, havea prettie name for 
“it and call it Satyrion, And even fo they have givena degp nication to Cratezogonon, which is 
an hearbe divided by knots or joynts, butheth and {preadeth with a number of braunches, the 
feed whereof is hot, andthe soot of no validitie or ufe in Phyfiche : likewife they impofed upon 
other the names of Arrhenogonumand Thelygonum, the feeds or graincs of which refemble 
cods or cullions. Moreover, it is faid, That whofoever have about thein the marow or pith of the 
Tithymalibraunches,fhall be very prone and forwardto the {ports of Ves, Theophraftus,ate- 
nowmed author, and otherwife a grave and mode(t writer, exceedeth in this point,and telleth us. 
E offtraungeand incredible wonders,and namely, ofaman who was able to companie with wo-' 
men feventie times togither,by touching or handling one only hearb; but he hath not put down 
either thename or portraiture of that hearbe. ID. DPN i 
Sideritis the hearbe,if it be bound to the {welling and painfull veins called Varices in Latine, 
doth not only diminith their tumor, but alfo appeafe and take away their dolour. 
Touching the Gout,the time hath been when it was not focommon a difeafe as nowit issand 
not onely inour fathers and grandfires daies,but even in out age and within my remembrance” 
it wasnoordinarie ficknefle here in Italie, as beinga forrein maladie and come out of ftraunge 
countries hither tous: forcertainly if it had been knowne to the Italians in old time, I doubrnoe 
E butitwould have found a Latine name to becalled by. Neither isthe gout a difeafe incurable,as podegre (aled 
fome have beiceved; fot knowne ithath been in fome to have worne away of it felfe withoutany ¢rdinarily in 
medicines; but in many more,to have been cured by the means of Phyficke. Among theap= ae fens a 
propriatremedies for thismaladie, are to bee raunged theroots of Panaces, applied in a cata- Greeke name, 
plafme with raifins; the juice of Henbane or the feed with the floure or powder of SefamasScor- #74 gnifeth 
-dium laid too ina pulteffe with vinegre.; and'the hearbe Iberis,as hath been {aid before :alfo Saludhe Of 
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