57& Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Li b. z. 
flaxe or Lyne, Podagra Z/«. the better learned do name it Cajfutha, or Cafytha : and Gcfrents : 
the Arabians, and c hafuth in Dutch, ,g>Cl)0jft«, and t©^angl)e: in High Dutch, jf’ilftraut: 
in French, Gouted’Lin, and Tigne cle Lin : in Englilh, Dodder. 
The letter and flendertr which wrappeth itfelfevpon Time and Sauorie, is called of Diefcorides 
: the Apothecaries keep the name Epitkymum . others, among whom is Lstctuariat,name that 
F.pithymim which groweth vpdn Tyme oncly, and that which groweth on Sauorie Epitliymbrum, 
and that alfo which hangeth vpon Stash, they terme Epijlabe, giuing a peculiar name toeuery kind.' 
The Mature. 
The nature of this herb changeth and altercth, according to the nature and qualitie of the herbs 
whereupon it groweth; fo that by fearching of the nature of the plant you may eafily finde out the 
temperament of the laces growing vpon the fame. But more particularly /it is of temperature 
fomewhat more drie than hot, and that in the fecond degree : it alfo elenfeth with a certaine aftri- 
dtiue or binding qualitie, and cfpecially that which is found growing vpon the bramble : for it al- 
fo receiuetb a certaine nature from his parents o n which it groweth ■ for when it groweth vpon the 
hotter herbes,as T yme and Sauory,it becommeth hotter and drier, and of thjnnerpartsithat which 
commeth ofBroome prouoketh vrine more forcibly, andmaketh thebelly more foluble ; and that 
is moifter which groweth vpon flaxe: that which is found vpon the bramble hath ioined with k 
asweehauefaida binding qualitie, which by reafonof this facultieioyned with itisgoodto 
cure the infirmities of the Liner and Milt ; for feeing that it hath both a purging and binding fa- 
cultie vnited to it, it is mod Angular good for the entrals : for Galen in his thirteenth Bookeof the 
Methode of curing, doth at large declare that fuel) Medicines are fitteft of all for the Liuer and 
Milt. 
TheVertncs. 
A Dodder remooueth the Hoppings of the liuer and of the milt or fpleene, itdisburdeneththe 
veines of flegmaticke,cholericke, corrupt and fuperfluous humours : prouoketh vrine gently, and 
in a meane openeth tire kidneies,cureth the yellow iaundife which are loyned with the flopping of 
the liuer and gall ; it is a remedie againft Iingring agues, baftard and long tertians, quarterns alfo, 
and properly agues in infants and young children, as CMefues faith in Scrapie ■ who alfo teacheth’ 
that the nature of Dodder is to purge cholerby the ftoole, and that more effectually if it haue’ 
Wormewood ioined with it 3 but too much vfing of it is hurtfull to the ftomackc : yet i_ Anicen 
writeth that it doth not hurt it, but ftrengtheneth a weake or feeble ftomacke ■ which opinion alfo 
we do better allow of. ’ r 
B Epithymuw , or the Dodderwhich groweth vpon T yme, is hotter and drier than the Dodder that 
groweth vpon flax, that is to fay euen in the third degree, as Galen faith. It helpeth all the infirmi- 
ties of the milt: it is a remedy againft obftrudtions and hard fwellings. It taketh away old head- 
aches, the falling ficknefle,madneffe that commeth of Melancholy, and cfpecially that which pro- 
ceeded! from the fpleene and parts thereabout : it is good for thofe that haue the French difeafe 
and filch as be troubled with contagious vlcers, theleprofie,and thefcabbie euill, 
C It purgeth downewards blacke and Melancholicke humours, as Aetius, Attturius, and Mefue 
write, and alfo flegme, as Diofcoridcs noteth : that likewife purgeth by ftoole which groweth vp- 
on Sauorie and Scabious, but more weakly, as Atttiarim faith. 
D Cufiuta , or Dodder that groweth vpon flax, boiled in waterorwineanddrunke, openeth the flop- 
pings of the liuer, the bladder, the gall, the milt, the kidneies and veines, and purgeth both by fiege 
and vrine cholericke humours. 
E It is good againft the ague which hath continued a long time, and againft the iaundife, I meane 
that Dodder cfpecially thatgroweth vpon brambles. 
F Epiurtica or Dodder growing vpon nettles,is a moft Angular and effectual] medicine to prouoke 
vrine, and toloofethe obftruClionsofthebody, and isproued oftentimes in the Weft parts with 
good fuccefle againft many maladies. 
Chap. 177.. OfHyjJope. 
The Description. 
I T ~-\l«fwtdcs that gaue fo many rules for the knowledge of fimples,hath left HyfTope al- 
ly together w xthout defcnption, as beeing a plant fo well knowne that it needed none- 
whole example I follow not onely in this plant, but in many others which bee com’ 
mon 3 to auoid tedioulnelle to the Reader. 
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