Tbeatrum Botanicum, 
Tribe, i 
ni Chap. 45. 
Sfi etiam jlos in prat is, cut nomen Amelia 
Fecere agricola, fccilis quarentibusherba : 
Namque uno tngentcm tollit decefpite fjlvam. 
Aureus ipfe t fed in folijs, quaplurima circum 
Fur.duntur, vioU fublucet purpura nigra. 
Sape deum nexis omata torquibus ara. 
| Ajper inorefapor : tonfis in veillibus ilium 
faftores, & curva legunt prope flumina filelle. 
Ye: Guilandinus mifliketh hereof, and although he allow of it, to be After Aniens, yet not to be Amellus, whom as 
j take it CUatthiolus doth convince : he nameth no man, but faith, that lome would make that hearbe, which bv 
the judgement of all men - is /nchdonium minus , to be the Amelias of Virgil ; which neither the flower, being ail 
yellow, though Handing like a Starre, not having any purple colour therein, which Virgil faith Amelins hath; for 
his words Aureus i/e, which is the flower, hath infoUjs qua plurima circumfunduntur, the purple colour of the vio¬ 
let but not fofairc, * 1 2 3 and cannot be referred to the leaves ofthat plant: neither the ftature or forme of Chelidonium, 
which is low lying upon the ground, and Amelins riling high, and bearing abulh ot flowers at the toppe of his 
[talke, as Virgil faith, unoingentem tollit de cefpite fj/lvam -. neither the time of the ftowring, for Chelidomum flow¬ 
ed, in the Spring, and Amelins in the end of Summer,when the fields are mowed,as he faith, Tonfts in vallibus Ulum „ 
Paffores leqnnt props fhimina Mclle. Vena and Lobel in their AdverJarU alfo, Would make Tripolium to be the nea- 
rell unto Amelins of Virgil, becaufe the flower is purple, ftarre fafhion, and yellow in the middle, and that it ufually 
oroweth in mold places,neare unto R ivers, as Virgil faith of his: which hath the greatefl probability next unto this, 
of any other hearbe, but Virgil his words, after in orefapor, which isharlh or binding, agreethnot unto Tripolium-, 
and bccaufc I find no other Author agreeing thereunto, and that this is mod commonly received of all, I dare not 
forCke fo meat rtafons, and fo many judgements, and adhere to this one of Penn and Lobel. 
The Virtues. 
Tiofcorides faith, that the purple leaves of the flowers boylcd in water, was held to bee good fotthe paines and 
fore in the <>roine, as.alfo the ufe of the ftefh hearbe in oyle to anoynt the place, and likewise the dryed flowers, to 
be taken into the right hand of the patient, bound to the place that is grieved, it taketh away inflammations in thofe 
places, it helpeth children alfo that have the falling fickneffe: and thofe that are troubled with the Quinfie. It hel¬ 
ped an 'not ftomacke, the inflammations of the eyes, and the fundament tv hen it is fallen doWne, if an oyntment be 
made ofthe greene hearfce,and old Hogs greale; it helpeth them that are bitten by a mad Dogge, as Cratevas faith; 
it confuineth the fwellings of the throat, and driveth away Serpents if it be burned. Galen faith it is called Bubo, 
mum, not onely becaufe, that being anoynted, but alfo that being hung or tyed to the places, it healeth the fores in 
the groine: forithath not onely a digefting,but alfo no fmallcooling quality, and repteffing, being of a mixe pro¬ 
perty like the Rofe. P/wyaddech that being bound to the place, it is profitable for the paine in the hippes. 
Chap. XLVI. 
Rnta. Rue, ot Hearbe grace. 
B Here are foure or five fpeciall forts of hearbes called by the name of Rue, having little likeneffe thereun¬ 
to, but onely fome fhew in the leaves, which are thefe. 1 irft Kata Carina, whereof I tneane to fpeake 
amon» til eScrophularias. The fecond is Rut a pratenfis, called alio ThaliStrum, which you fhall finde 
in thenexr Claflis. The third is Rnta Muraria, which (hall bee fpoken of amoug other Capillars 
hearbes, and the fourth is Rnta Capraria five Galega, which (hall be declared among the Alexipharinaca 
Counterpoifons. Divers other hearbes have beene entituled Rut a, by Angular Authors, as you fhall finde among 
the names of them, whereof to make mention here were needleffe; I rather referre you to the places fpecified. But 
of our ordinary or garden Rue, common enough through all this Realme, there are fome other forts thereof, 
which are here to be remembred with them, although not ufually bred , or to be ealily kept in the gardens of 
I. Rut* hortenfis major. The greater ordinary garden Rue or Hearbe of Grace. 
This ordinary garden Rue growetli up with hard whitifh wooddy flalkes branching forth on all fides, and bea¬ 
ring thereon fcndry long leaves divided into many fmall ones, being fomewhatthick and round pointed, and ofa 
darKe bluifh greene colour : the flowers that fland at the toppes confift of foure fmall yellow leaves, with a greene 
button ill the midft, compafled about with fundry fmall yellow threads, which growing ripe, contained within it 
fmall blacke feed: the roote is white and wooddy, fpreading fatre in the ground, and abiding many yeares. 
2. Rnta Hortenftsminor. The Idler garden Rue. 
This Rue is fo like the ordinary garden kind, that it will deceive many that doe not heedfully regard my 
felfe am halfe perfwaded that it is the next fort of Rue,which is the greater fort of wild Rue, transplanted and ma¬ 
nured in gardens. It rifeth not up fo high, neither beareth fo great flalkes: the leaves are very like the common 
garden kind, but that they are fmaller, and ofa blacker or darker greene colour : it doth more feldome give any 
flower with lis, and the fmell thereof is not foftrong, nor the tafte altogether fo bitter as the other; and herein con- 
fifteth the difference betweene them. 
3. Rnta fy hefty is major. The greater wild Rue. 
This wild Rue, is in all things like unto the garden Rue, but that the leaves are fomewhat longer and narrower, 
and the colour of them are darker, more tending to greene : the flalkeisftrong and wooddy, in the naturall purees, 
much more than inthefecolderclimates, but l'ifethnot fullyfo high as our garden kinde, where it (carfe attameth 
joany wooddinelfe: the flowers alfo areyeflow.compofed of foure yellow leaves like unto it; and fmalL iced in 
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