The Theater of T fonts. 
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X RIB I. 
tion he faith it hath the ftalkeandftafe &f J Brynginm, and therefore could not be fo forgetfull, as Within two ot 
three lines to contrary his owne Writing) in laying the errout in the writers of his copy, m the fame manner as he 
let dovvne 'mDiBamnns, and is declared in the Chapter thereof going before: that is, tip". for profirt for 
cmfert it bcareth not, fot it profiteth not, the roote onely and no part elfe being to be ufed : as alfo that the leaves 
hereof doe not agree with the leaves of Sryngii'.m, wherein it is mod likely anerrour is committed alfo, in mif- 
writina and m’ldaking one word for another, for all other things agree fufticicntly thereunto. ‘Dwfceriies and Cja. 
ten fav alfo it Was called Thylacltis, becaufe it was brought out of Cilicia in leatherne bagges, which were called 
J an is iris, as it is in Diofioridcs copy, but called Pprius, as it is in Galen, becaufe it was ufed as a perfume in 
their facrifices. Banhimts, Camerarins, and others make two forts thereof, one that hath but one two or three round 
fmall rootes like unto Olives, which thereupon he calleth Nardus moatmtkradice olivari, and the other hee calleth 
W„Am mm Ain radio c oblonga, and Camcr arias Nardus momma Imguu radicata , when as it may be the place onely, 
where they naturally grow, that caufeth the difference of forme in the rootes, as it hapneth in Author*, Napellus, 
and many other tilings, too long here to recite 1 for being tranfplanted and manured, they grow much greater, and 
fomewhat alter that forme it formerly held in the naturall places, yet I have given yon the figures of both to fee the 
difference. . Tr > 
The Vertues. f - 
D iolcoricks faith that the true Indian Spiknard is of an heating nnd drying faculty, and that it pfdvoketh urine), 
It is profitable to (lay the loofeneife of the belly, and allfluxes both of men and women, and thin watry huffiours, 
bein° taken in drinke or applyed to the places affefted: being drunke with cold water, it is profitable to tllofe that 
havea loathing 0f their meate,or having fwellings or gnawings nt their ftomlcks, as alfo for them that are liver- 
erowne that have the yellow jaundife, or the done in the reines or kidneys. The decoftion ufed as a bath for wo¬ 
men to fit in or over it, taketh away the inflammations of the mother: It helpeth watering eyis by repreffing and 
Saving the humour,and thickning it alfo. Galon faith the fame things andaddeth withall,thatit dryeth up the fluxe 
of humours, both in the head and bread. It is an dpeciaU ingredient into Antidotes, againd poifon and venome, as 
Mithridatum,&c. There had need be caution taken in the tiling of it, for it often provoketh vomitings,being either 
put with Rubarbe, as fometimes it is appointed, or in other cordiall medicines: and therefore our London Phyfitians 
in their pharmacapaa, have appointed it to bee left out of many cordiall medicines. It is alfo vv ith great caution to 
be forbidden to women with child, becaufe it procure* them much difquiet, and may force their courfes beyond 
either their time or conveniency. Theoylemadethercofaccordingtoart. doth bothwarme thofe places that are 
cold make* the humours more fubtill that were thicke or congealed before, digedeth thofe that are crude and 
raw*and alfo moderately dryeth and bindeth thofe that were too loofeor fluxible : and hereby worketh powerfully, 
in all the cold griefes and windineffe of the head and braine.lof the ftomacke, liver, fpleene, reynes and bladder) 
and of the mother: being fnufted up into the nodrils, it purgeth the braines of much theume gathered therein, and 
caufeth both a good colour and a good favour to the whole body i Being deeped in wine for certaine dayes, and af^ 
ter diddled in Balnea calido .- the water hereofis of Angular effetf, for all cold indifpofitions of the members, ufed 
either inwardly or outwardly: far it comforseth the braine, helpeth to day thin didilhtions, and the cold paines 
of the head, as alfo all fhaking and paralitick griefes: it helpeth alfo in all fudden palfions of the heart,as faintings, 
and fwouninos ■ and for the collicke, two or three fpoonefnls thereof taken upon the occafion : The firft of theft 
which is the baftard kinde, being almod without fined ©r tade, doth declare it to bee of fmall vertue and efficacy s 
but the mountaine French Spiknard, is reckoned to be effeftuall, for all the purpofes that the true Spiknard ferveth 
for, but is weaker in operation ; and moreover by reafon itis fomewhat more heating and lelfc drying than it; ic 
is more pleafing to the domacke, and provoke* urine more effectually: the decoction thereof with Wormewood 
being drunke, helpeth thofe that are troubled with the fwellings and windineffe ofthe domacke, and being taken 
in wine is good for them, that are dung or bitten by any venemous creature. It helpeth alfo to diffolve all nodes 
and hard fwellings, and is profitable for the fpleene, reines, and bladder. It is alfo an ingredient ot no fmall effect 
in UMitbridatum ,and others ; and is ufed out wardly in oyles and oyntments, towarme and comfort cold griefes 
wherefoever they be. The Mountaine Spiknard is weaker *an the Celticke or French Spiknard, by the judgement 
ot'Diofcorides, Galen, and others. 
Chap. XLIIT. 
Valeriana, Valerian. 
[Here are many forts ofValerians to be remembred in this Chapter, fome naturall, others drangers to 
our Country ; and yet have beene free denizons in our gardens along time, others but of late. 
i. Phu majus five Valeriana major. The great Valerian. 
The great Valerian hath a thicke fhort grayifh roote, lying for the mod part above ground, fhooting forth on 
all Tides other fuch like fmall peeces ot rootes; which have all of them many long and great firings or fibres un¬ 
der them, in the ground, whereby it drawe* nourifhment: from the heads of thefe rootes fpring up many greene 
leaves, which at the firft are fomewhat broad and long, without any divifion at all in them,or denting on the edges! 
but thofe that rife up after, are more and more divided on each fide, fome to the middle ribbe, being winged, as 
made of many leaves together on a ftalke, and thofe upon the ftalke in like manner, are more divided, but fmallcc 
coward the toppe than below : the ftalke rifeth to be a yard high, or more, fometimes branched at the toppe, with 
many fmall whitiftj flowers, fometimes dafht over at the edges with a pale purplifli colour ; of a fmall feent which 
palling away, there £olloweth fmall brownifh white feed, thac is eafily carried away with the Winde; the roots 
fmelleth mere ftrong than either leafe or flower, and is likewife ol more ufe in medicine. 
There is a Mountaine kinde hereof, as C ame rarius faith, found in Savoy % which is more fwectfc* than this , even Altera 
of the fmell of a Pomecitron, but it is more fofc or gentle than ****** 
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