The at mm Botanicum , 
Chap. 6. 
Tribe i. ; 
and but in pills feldome any at all, to avoyd the dangerous fymptomes that often happen thereupon; for 7 Ihye, i 
faiths 'sE'uttata, and others fhew the dangers thereof, and Air furs all'o dedareth three feverall hurts or harmes i 
that come to the body thereby, and the remedies of them, which is not from thepurpofe to bee here let downs. 
The firfl is faith he, that it engendreth certaine gnawing windes in the llomacke, l'o much offending it that itpro- • 
cureth a difpofition to vomite. To be baked therefore in a quince, and fome parflye, fcnnell, or wilde carrot leed, ( 
or Galanga mixed with it. is the remedy hereof: The next is that it enflameth the fpirits, by the overmuch fharp- . 
neffe or fierceneffe therein.whereby it read ily induccth feavers.efpecially in thofe that are fubj'edf to obftruftions i 
& repleate with putrid humors;which inconveniences are taken away,by putting thofe things into your decoffi- i 
ons, that doe coole and quench the heate thereof, and fuch arc the muccilage of the feedes of Pfyllhm, or Flea- . 
wort,Prunes boyled or rather the pulpe ofthem, the juyee,or the Iulep, or the water of Roles or Violets; > 
or if beforetheboyling thereof, (that is the Scammonye) you fieepe it in the oyle of Roles or Violets, or in the 1 
juyee of a fowrefweete quince, and mingle with it alittle Samachor Spodium. A third is that having altrong j 
opening and drawing faculty, it cauleth immoderate fluxes of the belly, by opening the mouth of the veines li 
more than is fit. This harme alio is taken away, by mixing alfringent and reftraining things with it, fuch as s 
Mallicke is, and efpecially yellow Myrobolanes and quinces, or the juyee of them. Againe, itrafeth orfhaveth I 
the intrales'and guttes, by reafon of that iharpe juyee wherewith it doth abound, and by which it procureth tor- ■ 
ments and paines therein, the difeafe called ‘DyfenteHa which wee call the bloody flixe, and Tenafmos , J 
which is a difeafe, when one delireth to goe often to the ftoole, and can doe nothing; but this danger is remedy- . 
ed,if rnoylf, fat and llippery medecines be ufed, as gam Tragacaatha, kieUiam, and oyle of Almonds and Rofes, j 
as alfo the pulpe ofprunes, made up with Sugar, the muccillage of Tfyllmmos Fleaworte feedes, Mallicke and I 
quinces taken afterwards, and warme water lad of all; all which caufc it to paffe the quicklier from thello- < 
macke and bowels, and thereby flay it from doing harme; whereby thofe that are wife, are taught to give the i 
broth of barly, fweetned with Sugar, to dtinke to thofe thathave taken thereof: This fault alfo is helped, if j 
cold medicines as well as hot. being mixed together be given, thereby to yeeld helpe to the heart, liver, and lto- « 
macke : thus farre Me/ues. The juyee faith D iofeorides applyed to the wombe, deflroyeth the birth; being mix- j 
etl with honey and Oxe gall, and rubbed on wheales pimples and pufhes taketh them all away : and boyled in I 
Vinegar and annointed, taketh away the Lepry or outward markes in the skinne : being diffolved in Rofc water i 
and vinegar, and the head moyllned therewith, eafeth the continuall paines therein. A dramme or two of the i 
rootes of Scammonye purge in the fame manner that the juyee doth, if lome of the things appointed therewith i| 
be given with it: the rootes boyled in water, and made into a pultis, with barly meale, eafeth the Sciatica, be- J 
inglayd thereon : it taketh away feurfes and fcabbes, iftheybewalhed with the Vinegar, wherein the rootes i 
have beene boyled, ana alfo healeth apoflumes. Our Englilh Bindweede hath beene experienced to be purging, ] 
the rootes efpecially being boyled, and the decoftion thereof taken in a reafonable proportion. That of Candy li 
is mentioned in the defcrlption. They of Mompelier have often ufed the dryed juyee of the fourth, in head of li 
the true Scammonye when it was wanting, but in a double quantity, which yet did not worke fo effe- J 
flually. 
Chap. VI. 
Scammm'u t fieppoftititi, Suppofed or Baftard Scamtnonyes. 
Here be fome other plants tobejoyned nett unto the true Scammonye for the flrong purging quality 
in them, but not either deadly or dangerous, as the Apocynam is, which elfcforthe outward like- 
neffe might be referred unto them. 
i. ScammonU Aioufjicliaca Spanifh Ballard Scammonye, 
This Spanifh kinde of Climer is very like unto the great Bindeweede, in the branches, leaves, and 
rootes, but the leaves being fomewhat longer, are of a grayifh greene colour,giving milke more abundantly than 
any, and the rootes being fmall white and brittell, more aboundanrly creepe under ground,and quickely over- 
fpread anyplace where'itgroweth, alittle peece being left in thegronnd, will fpring up quickely into aplant 
ready to clime; fo that many being weary thereof doe drive rather to dellroy it quite out of their gardens than 
keepe it any longer: the flowers are white and flarre fafhioned, but there come long pcfctdes after them, 
like unto Teriploca or Afc/epins , this loofeth both leaves and branches, and fpringeth a new every 
a, Secamone eAEgyptiacam. Ballard Scammonye of T'-gypt. 
This likewife feemeth to be of the fame kindred with the former, as by Alphas his relation may be gathe- • 
red; for asliefaith, the Egyptians withwhomhe faw it, reckoned it a kind of Scammonye, yet made no great I 
ufc in Phyficke thereof. It climeth he faith with many winding branches, having long andhard greene leaves 
on them, greater than the leaves of Srfeli ^Althiopicrimfrutcx: the flowets are white but larger than the for¬ 
mer fort, and bring hard crooked coddes afterwards, two alwayes growing together, like unto the coddes of I 
the Oleander or RofeBay tree: from the leaves or branches of this plant, floweth a pale yellowilh milke or t 
juyee, no lelfe heating and burning the throate than a fpurge, this loofeth his leaves, but not his branches every ( 
ycare,fre(h fpringing a new in the fpring. 
The Place, 
The firtt, grew about Tincia in Spaine as Chfas faith. The other in eASgypt. 
The Time, 
They doe both flower in the latter end of Summer, and bring ripe fruite in the end of September. 
The Names, 
The firll £V«/>«r faith he received the feedes thereof outof Spaine, and calleth it Apocynam terunmlat ifolium, 
hotel calleth it Scammtnei Monjpeliaci varietm, Dodensm putteth it for his former Feriploca, and Takermontams 
calleth ! 
