34 o Of rheHiftory of Plants. Lib. 2. 
plying of thefc remedies, than of thedifeafe it felfed'or as Hippocrates writeth in the tf.bcok of his 
Aphorifmes, the 2 5. particular, that it is not good, that S. Anthonies fire fh.ould bedmicn from 
the outward parts to the inward. And likevvife in his Prognoft icks he faith, that it is necefTary that 
S. Anthonies fire fhould breake forth, and that it is death to haue it driuen in ; which is to be v'n- 
derftood not onely of S. Anthonies fire, but alfo of other like burffings out procured by nature. 
Forby vfingofthefe kindes of foolipg and repelling medicines, thebad, corrupt, and fharpe hu- 
mors are driuen ba^ke'inwavdly to the chiefe and principall parts, which cannot be done without 
great danger and hazard of life. And therefore we muft notvnaduifedly,lightlyjOr'rafhly minifter 
fuch kinde of medicines vpon the comming out of Saint Anthonies fire, the fhingles,or fuch hot 
pimples and blemifhes of the skinne . 
B The iuiceof the greene leaues of Garden Nightfhade mixed with Barley mcale, is very profi- 
tably applied vnto Saint Anthonies fire, and to all hot inflammations. 
C The iuice mixed with oile ofRofes,Cerufe, and Littarge ofgold, and applied, is more, proper 
and effectual! to the purpofes before fet downe. 
D • t Neither the iuice heereof, nor any other part is vfually giuen inwardly, yet it may without 
any danger. 
E The leaues ftamped are profitably put into the ointment of Popler buds, called Vnguentumpo- 
/«/ew,and it is good in all other ointments made for the fame purpofe. 
F t 2 Thebarke oftheroot of Sleepie Night fliade, taken in the weight of 5 i.bath a fomni- 
ferous qualitie 5 yet is it milder then Opium, and the fruit thereof vehemently prouokes vrine.But 
(as Pliny faith) the remedies hereof are not of fuch efteeme that we fhould long infift vpon them 
efpeciaily feeing wee are furnifhed with fuch floreof medicines leffeharmefull,' yet feruing for 
the fame purpofe. $ 
t The Figure in the ieeond I place w is of the Sopmm Pml/brn, or MtU rrested ofat large in the C I .Chap of thiBooie and therefore it is omit, 
here : and in (teaa thcieo fanothcr put in the place. 1 1 
Chap .56* Oj Jleepy J\Qghtjhadc. 
Solatium L&thale. 
Divale, or deadly Nightfiiade. «y The Defer, ft, on. 
iyXno\soc if) 
D Wale or fleeping Nightfiiade hath 
round blackifh ftalkes fix foot high, 
wherupon do grow great broad leaues 
of a darke greene colour'; among which doe 
grow fmaJl hollow flowers bel fafhion,ofan 
ouervvorne purple colour; in the place whet- 
of comeforthgreatround berries of the big- 
neffe of the blacke cherry, greene at the fir'ft, 
but when theyfaeripeof the color of black 
iette or burnifhed horne/oft and full of pur- 
ple iuice: among which iuice lie the feeds 
like the berries of Iuyithe root is very great, 
thicke, and long lafting. 
The Plate. 
_ Itgrowethin vntoiled places neere vnto 
high waies and the fea marfhes, and fuch 
like places. 
It groweth very plentifully in Holland in 
Lincolnfhirejand in the lie of Ely at a place 
called Walfoken, neere vnto W isbitch . 
I found it growing without the gate of 
Highgate neere vnto a pound or pinfold on 
the left hand. 
The Time. 
This flourifheth all the Sommer and 
Spring, beareth his feed and flower in Iuly 
and Auguft. 
«jT The Names. 
It Is called of Diofcorides, cp>.tr JW •• of Theefhraflus, ' vb>v>( . of the Latines, So! mum 
femniferum , 
