T R I BE. !. 
The 1heater of Tlants. 
Chap. 22. 6 % 
it) fore alto, in Englifh Sweet white Mullein. The lift is called Verbafcum nigrum of all others. The fixt is not fet 
forth by any other Author that I canhnde than by TSar-hinut, whoonelyremembrethit,asakiiidofhis firft yellow 
Blattaria, or peradventure that ’Blattaria .of Pliny with many branches: for the common blackc wiide Mullein is 
not this, but another piant.and therefore the name in the title is fufficient for it. The feventh is called by Matthiolns 
Verbafcum aliudfltsA. Label Co faith alfo,andmay b. his Eruca folium, or Sahifolmm latimatUm as I laid in thedeferip- 
tion. tugdunenfis calleth it Verbafcum latimatttm fdattlnoli, and Camerarim Verbafcumfoliopapaveris cornuti. The 
eighth Lobe! calleth Verbafcum fy/vejlreftlvifolitim exoticum, and Baubinus Verbafcum fubrotmdo falvia folic, and 
faith he had it out of Coatarems his garden, by the name of Verbafcum CiJHoides : in Englifh I have called it Sage 
leafed Mullein,becaufe 1 judge it may be a Mullein, in regard the flowers are Ciflus fafliion which is aniwerable to 
the reft of the right Mulleins.Tbe laft is called by Libel Phlonws lychnitis altera Syriaca.Lugimenfs S< Baubinus Ver- 
bafeumfolio Salvia tenaifolia. It is called by the Italians Vtrbajco, and Taffo barbaffo: by the Spaniards Verbafco : 
by the French 'Bovillon: by the GermanesW^/^Bt; by the Dutch Wmllc cru ijdt andwein Englilh Mullein 6 tc 
asisabovefaid. 
Tbe Vert ties. 
Mullein is commended by D iofeorides againft laslies and fluxes of the belly, ifa fmall quantity of the root be gi¬ 
ven in wine the decoftion thereof drunke is profitable for thofe that are burden, and for thofe that have crampes 
and convullions; and likewife for thofe are troubled with an old cough : the decoftion thereof gargled, eaferh the 
paines of the toothache. If the feed and flowers hereof, together with the flowers of CamomiU, and the powder 
ofdryed Venice Turpentine,be call upon a few quick coales in a chafing-difh, or fuch like other thing let into* 
Clofe-ftoole, and the party fitting bare over the fiimes, that is troubled with the piles or falling downe of the fun-* 
dament, or any the pames of that place, doth give milch cafe and helpe : as alfo for thofe that have a great defire to 
goe often to theftoole and can doe nothing, especially to fuch as have the bloody Hixe. An oyle made by the often 
infulion ofthe flowers, is of very good e&cft for the piles alfo. The decoftion of the roote in red wine,or in water 
ifthere be an ague, wherein red hot fteele hath beene often quenched, doth (lay the bloody flixe. The fame alfo 
opencth the obftruftions of the bladder and reiues when one cannot make water. A decoftian of the leaves here¬ 
of, and of Sage, Mar jerome, and CamomiU flowers, and the places bathed therewith, that have their veincs and 
fmewesftarke with cold, or with crampes, doth bring them much eafe and comfort. It is laid that thesis not a 
better remedy found out for the hot gowt then to drinke three ounces of the diftilled water ofthe flowersevery 
morning and evening for fome dayes together. Arnaldus faith, that if two drams ofthe j'uyce ofthe rootes of Mul¬ 
lein before it beare (hike, be taken in a draught of Mufcadine at every time, for three or foure times one after ano¬ 
ther, an home before the fitt of the quartanc ague commeth upon any, it lhall furely helpe them. The j'uyce ofthe 
leaves and flowers being laid upon rough warts, as alio the powder of the dryed rootes rubbed on, doth eafilv take 
them away, as CMatthiolus faith, although it will doe no good to thofe that arefmooth: and that the powder of 
the dryedflowersis an cfpecjall remedy for thofe are troubled with belly aches, or thepaines and torments ofthe 
colhck, T he decoftion ofthe roothpreof,and fo likewife the leaves is of great effeft to diffolve the tumors or fwel- 
lmgs, as alfo the inflammations ofthe throat.The feed and leaves boyled in wane, and after laid to any place that is 
pnekt with a thorn, hath a fplinter.Or fuch like thing got into the fkfh.drawcth th£ forth fpeedily.eafeth the pames 
and healeth them alfo.The leaves being brmied wrapped in double papers,and covered with hot aihes and embers’ 
to bake a while,and then taken forth and laid warme upon any botch or boyle that hapneth in the groine or (hare,by 
famine He or other wife, doth diffolve and heale them. The feed hereof bruifed, boyled in wine,and laid upon any 
member out of joynt after it is fet in agame, taketh away all fwellings and paines thereof. The leaves and topped 
ofthe leffer white Mullein boyled m water, and laid upon the places pained with the gowt, doth wondroufly eafe 
them The Milled water ofthe flowers hereof dropped into the eyes, taketh away the watering of them, as alfo 
taketh away that redneffe of the face,is called in Latine Gutta Rofacea , and in Englilh, the Rofe, ifk bee walhed 
therewith often, having a little Camphirc d.ffolvcd in it T he water is likewife tiled againft tunning or creeping 
fores, or any other deformity of the skin The flowers bruifed and made up into an oyntment with the yolke of 
an egge, a few crummes of bread, and the juyee of leckes laid upon the painefull piles when they fwell, doth eafe 
the paines exceedingly, and helpe to bring them into their right place. Country men doeoftengive theirCattell 
that are troubled with coughes, the broth ofthe hearbe to drinke with good fucceffe, as alfo to thlfe that by cafu- 
alty, or through loofenefle and weakenefle, voyd out their guts behind them. The leaves alfo a little bruifed and 
hud or bound to a Horfe foate that is gnevoufly prickt with (hooing, doth wonderfully heale it in a fliort fpace 
fr t {ln - 1^^a report m hi. time, that it dryed figges were lapped in the leaves of female Mullein, 
which IS that with large and white flowers, the y will not putr.fie at all. The golden flowers ofthe blacke Mullein 
boyled in lye, dyeth the l.aires of the nead yellow, and maketh them faire and fmooth. The leaves boyled in wine 
andaltt e honey put to it, is fitto wafh andclenle foule ulcers, and boyled in vineger, doth helpe greene wounds 
Taken alfo with Rue it isa remedy againft the flinging of Scorpions. 3 r 8 • 
Chap. XXII. 
Blattaria, Moth Mullein. 
Lattaria is certainely a kind ofblack Mullein, and therefore to follow next, whereof there are fundr* 
varieties as (hallbeflaewed. 1 y 
— i - - . I- ’Blattaria lutea odorata. Sweet yellow Moth Mullein. 
T his fvveet Moth Muliein hath fundrygrayiih greene leaves lying on the ground, fomewhat long and broad 
and little or nothing fmpt about the edges, but pointed at the ends: the (tallies are two or three foote high with 
fome (mailer leaves on them, branching forth fronuhe middle upwards into many long branches, (tored withma- 
ny fmaH^ pale yellow flowers, ofa fmall fweete (cent, yet ftronger than in the others, and feldomc giveth feed, but 
abideth m the rooce, which few or none ofthe other doe. yystiueeu, out 
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