870 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L 1 b. 
Vitis alba, or white Vine, and it is named, becaufe it is not onely like the V ine in leaues, but 
alfo for that it bringeth forth his fruite made vp alter the likenefle of a little duller, although the 
berries ftand notclofe together : it is called of Pliny, Bryoni, i.and Madon : of the Arabians, Oilpbe- 
fera : of Mattf&ue Sylvaiicur, Viticdln : in the poore mans Treafure, Rorajlrum : of Apuleius.ApiaJlcl- 
lum, vitis TaminU , Vitis alga, and Vttalba : in high Dutch, ^UCfytoUtt? : in low Dutch, 23it0nfc X 
in Englifh, Bryony, white Bryony, and tetter Berne : in French, Coulenree : in Italian, Ziiccafylva- 
tica : in Spaniih, Ntteza blanca. 
The Temperature. 
White Briony is in all parts hot and dry, exceeding the third degree, efpecially of heate, with 
an exceeding great force of clenfing and fcouring,by reafon whereof it purgeth and draweth forth, 
not onely cholericke and flegmaticke humours, but alfo watrie. 
TheVertues. 
A Diofcorides writeth that the firft fprings or fproutings being boiled and eaten, do purge by liege 
and vrine. Galen faith, that all menvfeaccuftomably toeate of it in the fpring time,and that it is a 
nourifhment wholefome, by reafon of the binding qualitie that it hath - which is to be vnderltood 
of thofeof the wilde Vine,called in Latine,T aw«j ; and not of the fproutings of this plant ; for the 
fproutingsof the firft fprings of white Bryony are nothing binding at all, but do mightily purge 
the belly, and torment the ftomacke. 
B Diofcorides alfo affirmeth, that the juice of the.root being prefled out in the fpring, and drunke 
with meade or honied water, purgeth flegme:and not onely the juice,butalfothedeco<ftion of the 
root uraweth forth flegme,cholcr, and.wateriih humours, and that very ftrongly b and it is withall 
oftentimes fo troublefome to die ftomacke, as it procureth vomite. 
C This kinde of ftrong purgation is good for thofe that haue the dropfie, the falling fickenefle, 
and the d izzinelfe andfwimming of the braine and head,which hath continued lcjng,and is hardly 
to be remooued : yet notwithftanding it is not dayly to be giuen (as Diofcorides admonifheth) to 
them that haue the falling fickenefle, for it will be troublefome enough to take it now anchthen: 
and it is(as we haue faid)an exceeding ftrong medicine, purging with violence, and very forceablc 
for mans nature. 
D The root put vp in manner ofapeflary bringeth forth the dead child and afterbirth : being boi- 
led fora bath to fit in, it worketh the fame effedt. 
£ It fcoureth the skin, and taketh away wrinckles,freckles,funne burning, blacke marks, fpots, and I 
fears of the face,being tempered with the meale of vetches or Tares, or of Fenugreeke : or boiled 
in oile till it be confirmed • it taketh away blacke and blew fpots which come of ftripes.-it is good i 
againft WhirIowes:being ftamped with wine andapplied it breaketh biles,and fmall apoftumes, , 
it draweth forth fplinters and broken bones, if it be ftamped and laid thereto. 
F Theftme is a'fo fitly, mixed with eating medicines, as Diofcorides writeth. 
G Thefruitis good ; 5gainft fcabs and tht lc?prie,if it be applied andannointed on, as the fame Au- ■ 
thor affirmeth. 
H Galen writeth, that it is profitable for Tanners to thicken their leather hides with. 
I Furthermore, an eledfuary made of the roots and hony or fugar,is Angular good for them that j 
are fliort winded, troubled with antfld cough, painein the fides.and for fuch as are hurt and bur- 1 
ften inwardly : for it diffolueth and fcatereth abroad congealed and clottered bloud. 
K The root ftamped with fait is good to be laid vpon filthy vlcers and fcabbed legs. Thefruite 
islikewifegood to the fame intent if it be applied in manner aforefaid. 
J_ TherootofBryonyandofwake-Robinftampedwithfome fulphuror brimftone, and made vp : 
into a mafle or lump and wrapped in a linnen clout, taketh away the morphew, freckles, and fpots 
of the face, if it be rubbed with the fame being dipped firft invineger. 
Chap. 32,1. Of blacke Tfnonie, or the ivilde %)inc. 
The Defcription. 
1 , T"'He black Bryony hath long flexible branches of avvoodie fubftance, couered with 
A- a gaping or clouen barke growing very farre abroad, winding it felfe with his fmall 
tendrels about trees, hedges,and what elfe is next vnto it,I ike vnto the branches of the Vine. The i) 
leaues are like vnto thofe of Iuie or garden Nightfhade, fharpe pointed, and of a fhining greene : 
colourithe floures are white, fmall, and naolfie ; which being paft, there fucceed little clufters of red 1 
berries 
