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but doth mod of all preuaile in making the vermes and qualities greater or IelTer. Such things as 
grow in hot places be ofmore force, and greater fmell-and in cold, ofleffer. Some things that 
are deadly and pernitious, being remoued wax niilde, and are made whdlefdnie ; fo in like manner 
although Zar^aparillaofVem be like to rough Biude-vvced,dr to Spanifh Zarz,a parilU , notvvith- 
itanding by reaTon of the temperature of the weather, and aifo through the nature of the foile it is 
ofa great deale more force than that which groweth either in Spaine Or in Africke. 
The roots of Zarzaparilla Of Peru, which are brought aione without the plant, be long and {len- 
der, like to the IelTer roots of common liquorice, very many oftentimes hanging from one head ill 
which roots the middle firing is hardeil. They hade little tafle.and fo final! a fineli that it is not 
ii to be perccitied. Thefe are reported to grovy in Honduras a prouince of Peru. They had their name 
l<: of the likenefle of rough Binde-weed, which among the inhabitants itkeepeth; fignifying in Spa- 
ii nifh,a rough or prickly vine, as Garcias Lopius witnefleth . 
Tic Temperature. 
I > The roots are of temperature hot and dry, and Of thin and fubtill parts, infdmuch as their deco- 
fi <ft ion doth very eafily procure fweat. 
The Virtues . 
The roots are a remedie againft long con tinuall paine of the ioynts and head, ahd.againft cOld A 
H difeafes . They are good for all manner of infirmities wherein there is hope of cure by {wearing, fd 
rf] that there be no agiie ioyned. 
The cure is perfefted in few dayes,if thedifeafebenot Old or great - but if it be, itrequireth a j> 
)! longer time of cure. The foots here meant are as I take it thofeof^TaJita />4>v/4j,whereof this Smi- 
d laxafpera or rough Binde-weed isholdenfor akinde : notwith (landing this Of Spain and the other 
gj parts ofEurope, though it be counted le(Tevvorth,yet is it commended of Diofondes and Pliny a- 
aj gainfl pOyfons.The ieaues hereof, faith Dtofcoridcs, arc acounterpOyfon againft deadly medicines, 
VI whether they be drunke before or after. 
h » t The fccond and fourth were bo.h formerly of one plant, I meant the hilforie; for the figure in the fourth place fiiouldhiaue been in the thirdjUnd the figure 
in the third was the fame w th the fecund; and ihould hauc been in the fourth plaCc . 
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i Smilax lenis fine Uuis maior. 2 Smilax lenis minor . 
Small Binde-weed. 
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