Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
They keepe vlually in their fhops two compolitions, oreleiTuaricT, the one c 
woorr,fet dotvneby Mefue: the other of Prunes fathered vpon Nicolaus, whicl 
the tempering, and correction of 5cammony,and be commended for hot burning 
ans,and for what difeaies foeuer that proceed of cholet. 
Galen hath taken Mafticke and Bdellium out of the oilles called CochU. whirl 
them a great and fufficient quantitie of Scammonie, as we may reade in his firlt booke ofmerH. 
ones according to the places affe&ed, which alfo we meane to touch in the chapter of Co ! o hi in 
tida, where we intend tointreatat large concerning mafticke, and other binding things that arc 
accultomed to be mixed for the correction offtrong and violent 
The quantitie ofScammony, or of D ia<rnd/um it felfe, as Mel, 
ten or twelue : it may be kept as the fame Author fhewetb/oure) 
nvo yeeres little worth : it is to be vfed, faith he, when it is l,_ „ lu , „ uu „ „ 11()[ 
fore, nor after. The mixing or othervvife the vfe thereof, more than is fetdowneT thinke 
pedrent to fet forth inthe Phyficallvertues of 
death infuethimy ••eafons are diners, for that the fame is vei 
titie thereofbe taken, or ifit be 
uegrainestd J 
it to be after 
two yeeres old, and it is not good be- 
, *“ A 4" K A n . f* a J _ - T _ T • • 
• -j- V It flOt CX- 
of Scammony, vpon the receipt whereof many times 
. , r y dangerous, either if too great a quan- 
» p i . r . 7 lllcnwlt ^ OLltcorre( ^i o n;6rcakcnai:thehandsofro!nerunnacrate 
phyficke-mongerquackfa!uer,old womcn-Ieaches,and fuch like abufers of Phyfckc,and deceiuers 
[ofpeople. The vfe of Scammdny I commit to the learned, vnto whomeit efpecially and onelv 
[ belongetb, who can very carefully and curioufly vfe the fame. 7 
t titles °f the rceondanith’id were forroerlytranrporcd, and both the figures belonged to the fercnTJer- „ 
rrfe of the ^idvtrf. being the fame with the S ammotiea Vdlcntma of Qlufim. ° D cconddcfcription, which was of the Sunnonium Jior.ftcfr 
Chap. 3 : 0 . Of Briony, or the white Vine. 
TheKindes. 
■ T h e t h be tW ° kindCS ° f Bry ° ny ’ the ° nC ' VhiK5 the ° ther bkcke : ofthe ' vhite Briony as follow- 
Bryonia alba. 
VVhite Bryonie. 
/Tv 
% The Defcription. 
W Hite Briony bringeth forth diuers lono- 
and flender ftalkes with many clafping 
tendrels like the Vine, wherewith it 
catchethhold of thofe things that are next vnto' 
it. The leaues are broad,fiiie cornered, and inden- 
ted like thqfe of the Vine ; but rougher, more 
hairic,and whiter of colour.The floures be fmall 
and white, growing many together. The fruite 
conflfteth in little clufters, the berries whereof 
areatthefirftgreene,and red when they beripe. 
The rootc is very greate.long. and thicke. vrew. 
