I9<j Chap.i8. TbeatrwnBotanicunu Tribe.z. 
called ^ WKM, 0^ Syce, and w'kuv aey aJU Mecon aphrcdes as Diofcorides faith, in latine Efula ro - . 
tunda, from the forme as well of the branches, growing up round about the rootes, and the umbell of flowers 
which are round, which names hold withall writers. Thefeventhis called m^his ^wiirhiov, Dcplis qt- 7 >eplion, i 
of the red colour of the leaves, and &vJ'&kni aye'* Andrachne agria , i. Portulaca fylveflris, of the face and forme > 
of the whole plant : it hath no other I atine name than Peplis, yet Bauhinus calleth it Peplis maritimafolio cbtufo , i 
and Cafalpinus Peplium, and is Dalechampius his Peplicn. The eight is called Chamafyce, ejuaf humilis vclterre - t 
flrtsficus generally of all writers. The ninth and tenth Bauhinus cnely remembreth. andgiveth the names as 
they are in the titles. 1 he eleventh is called a’ct©* yipios of Diofeorides , and fo%t{ jfehas of 7 heophraflus, from \ 
the forme of the roote, which is like unto a pcare or figge; in Latine Tithymalm tuberofus, by which names ei- 
ther the one or the other, all writers call them; but there is an errour in Euchfius and Tragus, in miftaking a fmall ! 
vvilde kind of Vetch, with Imall tuberous or cloggerootes, growing in woods and fields to be Apios, which l 
Mattbiolus thereupon calleth Tfiuaoapios, and is the plant that Cjerard doth call in Englifh Peafe Earth Nut in ( 
Latine terraglandcs, and of Tabtrmontanus and others Chamab(Harms : Turner a\(ois in another errour fuppofing > 
the Bulbacafianum or Nucule. tcrrefir is to be Diofeorides his Apios. The twefth Clufius faith he had the figure i 
onely lent him from Plateau, and thereupon calleth it Ifcfou altera. Bauhinus tranflating the name to Tiilrjma- & 
las oblongaradicc , and I to Apios five Titbymalus tuberofus oblong a radice, but I verily thinke it to be, but a Iuxu* |] 
riouskindof the former Apios. The laft Camerarins onely hath made mention of in his Hortus Medicus and |i 
calleth it Titbymalus tuberofus alter, and Bauhinus Titbymalus tuberofus Germanic us , as it is in the i| 
titles. 
The Vcrtues . 
All thefefpurges are of the nature of the former, yet fome more, feme lefle violent in purging, and conducing ;| 
better to fome fpecialldifeafes,as you (hall heare in particular. The firft Pityufa which isaccounted thetrueft i| 
Sfnlaminor, (although the (ypar iff as be taken of many for the fame, and lo ufed but with leffe fucceffe, yet :jl 
neereft thereunto) is accounted of force to heale the bitings or ftingings of venemeus ferpents; it purgeth 3 
ftrongly downewards both choller and flegme, and taketh aw r ay the hardnefle and paines of the belly, and fwcl- l 
lings of the breads :the feede and roote piepared helpeth the dropfie,being carefully and with good advife taken: i 
the leaves (fteeped a while in vinegar, and afterwards dryed and made into powder, which i$ the preparation of il 
them) may be given to the weight of three drammes faith Diofcorides, (which 1 hold proportionable, to the reft :ij 
of the great quantities ofpurgers, given by the ancients whereof I have Ipoken before, which is over large to be :fl 
given to any in our time, or at lealt nation) the roote (prepared in the manner aforefaid) is given likewile to the q 
weight of two drammes faith Diofcorides, in meadc or honeyed water: but one dramme is fo ftrong, that it is :il 
not fit to be taken but with caution, and by a ftrong body) the feede faith Diofeorides may be taken to the weight A 
of a dramme: but feeing p or i o feedes, ofthe garden Spurge is a fufficient ftrong medicine, I thinke fo many of ii 
thbfe feedes are too many by much : and of the juyee or milke a fpoonefull Diofccrides appointeth, being made :jj 
into pills with flower, which is the ftrongeft of them all: an extrad made artificially out of the rootes ismuch A 
commended by many in the dropfie, and other difeafes before named, but ithadneedeof anartift,as well in the !( 
preparing.as giving. The Pills of Efula fet downe in the 1 6 chapter before,doe properly belong unto this place, :< 
being to be made more properly, of this Efula than of that. The Imall annuall (purge is in purging like the other i 
forts, but is not fo ftrong for the difeafes aforefaid as the former are. 1 he feede of Peplus or the round Efula, be- :i 
ing beaten and drunkein hydromelor honyed water, purgeth flegme and choller. The leaves are ufed to bee ij 
pickled up, and kept to be ufed in meates, and the powder of them faith Diofcorides, ftrewed upon meate troii- ii 
bleth the belly : The fmall purple Sea Spurge hath the fame properties, and is ufed to be pickled and eaten, Ii 
with the like effeft that the former is. The Petty or Tyme Spurge, is ufed for paines ofthe mother, if the young q 
branches and leaves be bruifed with a little wine, and put up as a peftary: The fame boyled and taken doe purge ij 
the belly even as the milke or juyee doth alfo, and is good againft the flinging or biting of ferpents, and taketh h 
away all manner of warts and excrefcences of the like nature. It is very effedluall for the dimnefl'e or miftinefle ii 
ofthe eyes, to cleere the fight, and alfo for watering or running eyes, and to take away filmes or lcarresthat ; 
grow upon them, ufed with a little honey. The tuberous or knobbed Spurge faith Diofcorides, purgeth downe- ij 
wards, if the lower parts be taken, and upwards if the upper parts be taken: but the juyee to the quantity of halfe r 
a dramme, purgeth both wayes, and fo doth the plant being taken wholly together. The manner of drawing out it 
the juyee thereof (is fomewhat rude in regard of the exquifite manner of preparing extra&s chymically in out t 
dayes) asT )iofeondes fetteth it downe is thus. Beate the rootes and put them into a veflell full of water, ftirre i: 
them well therein, and with a fether gather the upermoft upon the water, which being dryed andkept, ferveth ?. 
for the ufes aforelaid, and for thofe that have the dropfie. Allthefe clenfe the skinne from difcolouring, even n 
as the former doe, and with as good fucceffc. There is none of them but are ftrong and violent, and therefore i! 
great caution and advife is to be had, in taking of them inwardly, and therefore fome appoint to put diverfc cold : 
hearbes to them in the taking: but for outward applications there is the leffe feare of danger, becaufe if the I 
skinne be any thing exulcerated, and the parts inflamed, helpe may fooncr be had and applycd thereto, than with- - 
in the body. 
