C4^7) 
This whole Obfervation about the Tijtachios lieiaferts alfo 
into his Mujeo di Fifica di efperienze ^ayiatOy 6cc. 
6. Me brings an Obfervation concerning a Woman of Cham- 
hery m Savoy, who being afflidled with a fierce Apoplexy, af- 
ter varioLis Medicines in vain ufed, grew lame on her whole 
Lefc Side from Head to Foot ; whom an Emperick underta- 
king to cure, (pent Eight Boccale Aqua Vita, and Twelve 
Pound of Caniphire upon her, in Six Weeks time, anointing 
every Morning and Evening the whole part affeded without 
any Benefit at all. The Woman mean time was wich Child, 
and wichout Tuffering any Inconvenience, at her due time 
brought forth a Son J other wife perfed, fave that all his Banes 
were fo foft and tender, that he could not bear himfelf upon 
his Feet J the Bones of his Legs, as alfo his Arms and Hands 
being fo tender, that they Teemed flexible Tendons : And in 
this Cafe he lived- Eighteen Months, ThisEiTedhe, and 
not without Reafon, attributes to the CaTnphire. 
I have often wondred how Out-landilh Authors fi^ould lb 
grofly miiiakein the Orthography of Englilh Words w-e find 
in their Writings. But bv an Obfervation in this Book con- 
cerning the Serpentaria Virg'mtnui (the Name and a tolerable 
Defcription whereof Signior Rocco^je had from one Edward 
Vainten) I perceive how it might come to pafs, 'viz,. They 
received thefe Words from fome illiterate Engli{bMen,3ndput 
them down according to the Pronunciation, fpeliing them as 
Words of fuch Sound and Pronunciation in their own Lan- 
guage are fpell'd. So, doubdefs, Edward Vainten pronoun- 
cing the Word Snake -root^ as the Italians do Snecrut^ (we often 
pronouncing a as they do and they having no double o) 
Signior Boccone writes it Snecrut, But becaufe he defires far- 
ther Satisfadion concerning this Serpentaria Virgin, or Snake- 
root^ I Iball give him, and others that concur with him in 
that Defire, a full and exad Defcription of the whole Plant, 
drawn up and fent me by a Perfon that knew it very well, and 
was as well able to defcribe it, the Learned and moft Skilful 
Herbarift Mr. John Banifier, whofe unhappy and witimely 
Death cannot fufficiently be deplored. 
The ?iftolochia^ or Serpentaria Firginiana hath a bufhy Root, 
conftftingof a Number dt fmali Strings of a yellowift Coious 
and hot Aromatick Scent and Tade : Thence grow One or 
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