The Theater o/Tlants. 
ha p.52. 
Tribe 2. 
round but a little pointed at the end,fome alfo will be (ported or ftraked: the flowers have ulkally butthree diviT 
(ions or points of a paler greene colour: the rootes are fomewhat greater and fuller of fubftance fpreadins in the 
fame manner and imelling fomewhat more fragrant.and a little hot in tafte biting a little the tongue. ® 5 
3. Afar'ma Matthioli, Ballard Afatum of Matthiolus, 
Ballard Afarum is a low herbe alfo, creepin g upon the ground, fomewhat like unto Afarum, having fuch like 
leaves upon long hairy footeftalkes, but rounder and rougher than they, and fomewhat dented about the edoes - 
the flowers are like unto Camomill flowers, but that they are fmaller by much, and wholly yellow as well the 
border of leaves as middle thrume, and are not unpleafant in fmeil; the rootes are (lender fmall and lonmcreeDinl 
under the upper cruft of the earth, and not (hooting do wne deepe fomewhat of afharpe tafte, and a little bitter 
withalh 
The Tlace. 
* The firll groweth under trees and upon fhadie hills, in fontus and Thrygia, as Diofcorides faith, and in Italy [' 
fo, and in fundry other places, and is frequent in gardens. The fecond came from the parts in or about Vir/in] 
The third as Matthiolus faith is found upon fome moumaines of Bohemia and likewife in SomtHetllArr 
owne Land, found by Dr. Lotcl. 1 1 ln 0K 
The Time] 
The firft and fecond kcepe their greene leaves all’ the winter, but (hoote forth new in the fpring: and witK 
them come forth thofe heads or flowers, which give ripe feede about Midfommer, or fomewhat after; the other 
doth follow much the fame courfe. 
The Blames, 
It is called in (orceke A’eayv quaft in ernatum non veniens , as Vlinye faith becaufe in coronit her 
“Matter-, but the text of Diofcorides is flat againft him, for he faith it is aWjw a fweete herbe 
uied in garlands: ic is alio called n d^Jbt dytM, in Lcttine Afarum & JSfnrdtaJylveflris or Nardas r pi flic a and as Ma~ 
; [‘■'• faith Vulgago ,as by his verfe appeareth; Eft Afaron Grace Vulgago dilla Latinis : The former times as I favd 
Afarum and Baccharis to be one herbe, and therefore not knowing what Bacchant was thev 
1 called this Afarum Afarahaccara, which name is continued both in d’yawc and other places, and with usa’lfo to 
I this day : but the deferiptions of them being fo diverfe (if they had beene regarded or lookt into, which 
' was utter y neglefted, and thofe times led onely by tradition, without fearching out the veritie of things) 
I Would make one mcrvaile how they could be fo much miftaken, as from the ignorance of fome that called Afat 
1 rum Bacchar, to make one name of both : but the errour being fo old even before Vlinye his time, may feeme to 
I make it the more excufable, but we (hould not continue in the fame courfe, they formerly did’; feeing Plinye 
! f eweth the errour, and findeth fault with them that were fo led, as is (hewed in the chapter of Baccharis ■ 
. The hrfl is called Afarum by alt our later writers, except Lohet that calleth it Afarum Baccharis five Bacchatm' 
; The fecond we have impofed the name according to the forme it carrieth as it is in the title.The third Matthiolus 
■ flat called Afmna, 3nd fodoe others that fet ft forth after him, onely Clufius doth much fufpert it, to be his fe- 
I co*d Titfftlago Alpina, and that his figure was taken from a dry plant, and before it had brought forth the flowers 
; to perfeftion : but by the fharpe tafte and creeping roote, it may more probably be taken to be the Cotyledon ta 
' luftris act is or mens. The Arahtans call it Afaron, the Italians AfaromA Bacchara, the Spaniards Afarahaccara ': 
| and we in Englijh Afarabacca or Afarohacca. - 3 
The Vertues. 
I theJfffu'a :t hath an e e u. in ? qU f Iity : whcr f ? r bowfoever applyed.and that ic provoketh urine,&’eafetK 
the paines of the ftone; is profitable for dropfies, and for the old paines of the Sciatica : and that fixe drammes of 
the rootes being drunkem honeyed water procureth womens courfes, and purgeth like unto blacke Hellebor- 
Mefsses placeth it among other purging hearbes and fo doe I, for being drunkem not onely provoketh vomiting! 
butworketh downwards, and by urine alfo, purging both choller and flegme.- it is made the more ftrongtf 
fome Spiknard be added with the whey of goates'milke or honyed water; but it purgeth flegme more manifefl- 
1, ly than choller, and therefore doth much helpe thofe that are troubled with the pain's in the hippes and the 
| ; parts thereabout, efp'ecially If itbe either deeped or bovledin whey: it doth wonderfully helpe the obflruftions 
l, Ver *1?^ and therefore profitable for tLfc that are troubled with the dropfie, and the overflow- 
ingofthegall which IS the Iaundife.bemgfleepcd m wine and drunke; it helpeth thofe continuall agues, that 
■ £3 y 's' JuT ^“bbornehumots: An oyle made thereof by fetting it in the funne.and whereunto fome 
is added, provoketh fweating, if theridgc ofthebacke be annointed therewith, and thereby driveth a- 
way the flrakmg fits of agues. 1 1 Will not abide any long boyling,the chiefeft llrengrh theteofvaniflamg thereby- 1 
' f ? th u ffner gwder doth provote vomits and urine, and the courier purging downewar/s* 
thus faith Mefsies. hereby as Mattholus -faith, the Germaine Country people were taught to cure, both tertian 
1 and tjuanainezgu.es, by drinking a draught of the decoflion thereofmade with wine, wherein alittle Maceor 
i t-inamon or honey is put, either every day or every other day, whichpurgeth thebody and often procureth vo- 
r, “'“"f : as alfo they anoint the ndee of the backe, and the foies oftheir feete with the warme oyle made there- 
o y long iLinmng, upon the accefie or comming of the fit, being in their warme bed, whereby they prevent 
[. e ^ P f ovohe much fweate, and are thereby cured, that have long lingred under the dtfeafe • It 
3 IS P r .°faa 5 Ie lor thole that have convulfion of the finewes, and an old cough. The common ufe hereof is to take 
?V Uy -L e i o! v or 7 leave *- ln a lltc le dnnke to caufe vomitings: the rootes alfo worke it? the fame manner r but not 
10 tomb y. but an extraft made thereof according to art with wine, might be more fafeand effecTuall and may 
kept all the yeare, to be at hand ready to be given, when there is occafion, the quantity onely is to be propor- 
1 tioned according to the conftitution of the patient, as the learned Phifition can belt appoint t Itis alfo effectual! 
1 againlt thebitmgs of ferpents, (the roote efpecially) and therefore is put among other fimples, both into Mi- 
1 thrtdatum and Aniromachus T rcakle, which is ufually called Venice Treakle: Galen faith that the rootes of A fa. 
1 r f n ' ^h ave the fame property that tAcorus hath but more flrong, and Paulas vEgineta agreeth with him- but 
fl dCCb faUt Wlth f em both ’ becaufe the y have a P ur SWg quality, whereof they make no mention, 
hC K 00te I-" ?°^ d , er g ^ ven ln whltc wine ’ aIittIe bef6re thc fit o( an a S ue > taketh away the fha* 
Jung fit,and thereby caufeth the hot fit to be the more remiffe, and in twife taking expellech it quite: It is faid that 
Aa a the 
