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out further examining the matter. But now in thefe dayes, it is evidently knowne to airtharareronverfantiir*""^ 
Herbarifme, that Spartum or S partium as fome write it, is one plant by it lelfe, and Genifta another although 
the one be fomewhat like the other; and that Spartum fiutex is differing from the other Spamm called Ium » . 
the fird here fet downe is generally by all writers called either Genifta vulgaris or Gemfla angulofa,ot scoparia 
vulgi. Lomcerm onely calleth it Genifta miner feu non aculeata, and (fle-falpmis Genifta quadrate junco prima ■ tho 
Rapum genifta of all forts (I meane both of this Broome, and of the other Dyers weede and of the hedge fides” 
&c.) are called of Cluflus Hamoderon, according to Theophraftw lib. 8. c. 8. or Leimoderon as other- have it and 
of mod Orobanche, although according to Theophraft us there is another Orobanche that rifeth up among "the Er- 
■vim or Orobus, and drangleth it as Tares doe Wheate, whereof came the name : the fccond is called by Lujiu- 
nenfls Genifia minima, and by Bauhinus Gemfla ramofa foliit Hyperici • the third is alfo called by Lugdunenfl Genifta 
IJuenpt ; the fourth i.s by Tabermontanus called Gemfla alba, and by gerard after him Gemfla tenuijfe/ta. Thehft 
is the fame that Cluflus calleth (fhamagenifla Tannonica pa. and gerard fhamager.ifla Anglica, howfoever the fi4 
guresof them feeme diverfe: it is likely alfo to be the Cjemftx miner-a fpecies of Tbaiut, and of fome is t'-r- 
ined Chamafpartium: the (ixt is not onely remembred by Bauhinus inhisProdomtss & Pinafl , by the fame name 
in the title, but called alfo Spartium Creticum, by Alpinmw lib, de plamfs exoticis. The ieaventh is generally 
called Cjenifla tinBoria or infeBoria, and Geniflella tinBoria. Flos tinBorius of Uruhfe/jiut and flos tinBorius of 
FucbiJus,Lonicerus mdCaflor c Durantes- ) Tragus tooke itto be Ferula,& Leonicerus Lyfimachia, Anquiliaia and 
Cafalpinus Corneola, Cordite calleth it Chameleuce, and Bauhinus Gemfla tinBoria Germanica, in F.ryffh Greene- 
weede,or Dyers weede.bccaufe the Dyers doe dye a yellowilh greene colour with the leaves and ffalkes hereof, 
and therefore provide thereof good (fore. The eight is called by C ,H fw genifta tinBona Hilfanica, of Lobel 
geniflella infeBoria. Lugdunenfls thinketh it may be the Oricella of Thevet; forhe rske it to be the Lutea herba that 
Plinye mentioned! in lib. 3 3 ,c. 3 .but therein they arc much deceived, as I thall (he w you when I come to fpeak of 
that hearb, Bauhinus calleth it Gemfla tinBoria flutefeens foliit means, The ninth is called by many Chamlgenifta ■$ 
fagittalis, by Camerarius ChamsgemflafagittalisPamonica,by Cluflus Chamtgenifla a!tera,of Pena&Lobcl Geniflella 
gramineamontanafiefner in bonis Germanic,calltth it Genifta minima, & Cordus Gemfla angulofa.Traeus, Lonicer us j 
Lugdunenfis,ScTabermontarus call it Chamcjpartium. The tenth is called by (luflits Chamcgcnifia peregrina,Stfodotli 
Lugdunenfls. Label calleth it Geniflella pinnataaliera Hifpanica. Camerctriut Geniftapumila.Dodoncm Genifta humi~ 
lit.Tabermontanus Chamcfpartium tertium, and 'Bauhinus fhamegemfta cau/efohato.yhe eleventh is called by Bau- 
hinus in Prodrome Genifta Hifpanica ajpnis, and in his Pinax Spartoprime afflnis but becaute it doth participate 
both with Spartum in fome things,and Geniflella montana in othcrs,as! have fhewed in the defcription;I thought 
good to place it betweene them both, and call it F fendo Spartum Hifpanicnm, in Englijb badard Spanifh Broome. 
The twelfth is called Spartum Hifpanicnm, and Gemfla Hifpanica, Spartum (jrecornm, and Spartum frutex The 
thirteenth is called by Cluflus Spartum 2 Hifpamcum, by Lobel Spartium Hifpanicnm altmtmflore luteo, by T)odo¬ 
rs us, Spartum frutex may,is and by 'Bauhinus Spartium alterum monofpermon femine reni fimili. The fourteenth is 
called by Clrfius Spartum Hifpanicnm tertium, by Lobel Spartium 1 ftore albo, by ‘Dcdom us Spartum frutex m rus, 
and by B outturns Spartium tertium flare albo. The lad is called by Columna Spartum eAdquicolorumm n mummon- 
tannm triphyllum. The Italians call Spartum Spartio, and Genifta Geniftra, the Spamardi the ore Spartio and 
the other Gemfrca Giefiazud Qeifleira : the f rench Genefie and Genefle de EfpaigUe, the Germar.es call Spartum 
rfrimmen, and Genifta Ginfl-, the Dutch Brem and Spanifche Brem, and fo we in Englifh Broome and Spanifh 
Broome. 
The Virtues, 
Our ordinary Broome doth much offend the flomacke and heart, if Annifeedes, or Vennell feedes, or Rofcs, 
or Madicke be not given with it,being taken inwardly: the juyee or decoftion of the young branches, as alfo of 
the feede, or the powder of the (eede taken in drinke, purgeth downewards, and draweth from the Joynts, fleg- 
tnaticke and watery humors, whereby it helpeth thole that are troubled with the dropfie, the goute, the fciktica, 
and the paines in the hippes and joynts : it provoketh drong vomits alfo,and helpeth the paines of the Tides, and 
fwellings ofthefplcene, clenleth alfo the reines, kidnies, and bladder of the done engendred therein, andhin- 
dreth the matter from encreafing, or growing to be a done therein againe, and provoketh urine aboundantly : 
the continuall ufe of the powder of the leaves and feede, doth cure the blacke laundife: the young buds of the 
flowers are gathered, and kept in brine and Vinegar to be eaten all the yeare after, as a fallet of much delight, 
and are called Broome Capers, which doe helpe ro dirre up an appetite to meate, that is weal e or dejefted, hel- 
; peth alio theol druftionsof the fpleerre, and to provoke urine that is bopped, opening and denting the uritory 
parts, by the ufe of them very effedhially : 1 he diddled water of the flowers is profitable for all the famepurpo~ 
1 fes, it helpeth alfo furfets,and altereth alfo the fits ofagues, if 3 or 4 ounces thereof, with as much of the water 
ofthe Iefler Ccntory, and a little Sugar be put therein, and taken a little before the accede of the fit, firfl being 
layd downe to fweate in their bed : theoyle or water that is drawnefrom the ends of the greene ltickes heated 
in the fire helpeth the tooth-ach : There is a lye made of the afhesof Broome, which by art may be made as 
clcere as Claret wine, which Camerarius commen deth to be profitable for thofe that have the Droplie. The juyee 
of the young branches made into an oyntment with old Axungia, that is Hogges greafe, and anointed :or the 
young branches bruifed, and heated in oyle or Axungia, and laydtothefides that are pained, either by the wind 
as in ditches and the like, or in the fplcene, eafeth them in onceortwife ufing it: the fame alfo boyled in oyle, 
isthefafed andfured medicine to kill lice, and other vermine growing in the head or body, of any: the fame al- 
fois an efpeciall remedy for joynt aches, and fwollen knees, that come by the falling downe of humors upon a 
cantufion or punedure; The Broome Rape, is commended by fome to be as good a fallet as Afparagus, taken 
when they are young, and eaten either raw or boyled, but it is much morebitter: If Kine feede thereon itma- 
: keth them fooner delire the bull, and therefore in Spaine they call it yervatora the decoidion thereof in wine is 
| thought to bee as cffeftuall in helping to avoyd the done in the Kidneyes and bladder, and to provoke mine 
as the Broome it felfe: the juyee thereof is accounred a Angular good helpe to cure as well greene wounds as 
old, and filthy fores, and malignant Vlcers: the infolate oyle, wherein there havebeene three or foure repeti¬ 
tions of infufion, of the toppe flalkes with flowers drayned and cleered, clenfeth the skinne of all manner of fpots 
rearkes and freckles that rife by the heate ofthe funne, or the malignity of humors; All the other forts of ieffer 
X s Broome" 
