Tribe?. The Theater of Tlantr. Chaim^.. 
broth,and eaten doe open the body, but being twice boyled or the (econd decoftion of them doth binder theni- 
trous quality therein, being quite confumed and fpentby the twice boyling: the juice thereof drunken in wine, 
helpeth thofe that are bitten by Adders or Vipers, and the decoftion of the flowers bringeth downe womens 
courfes, and hindreth conception as it is faid, if'it be ufed as a peflary : being taken with hony it recovered! the 
hoarfenefle or lode of the voyce: ic helpeth thofe that are entringintoaConfumption, if they ufe to cate them 
well boyled and often : the pulpe of the middle ribbes of Coleworts boyled in Almond milke, and made up into 
an Eleluary with hony, is very profitably ufed by thofe that are (hortwinded and are purfie, if they often take 
thereofjbeingalfoboyled twice and an old Cocke boyled in the broth, this being drunke helpeth thofe that are 
troubled with griping paines in their flomacke, or belly: the fame broth or decoftion is very good, for thofe chat 
are troubled with the paines and obflruftions of the liver and fpleene, and the (tone in the backe and kidnies ■ the 
juyee thereof boyled with hony,and dropped into the corner of the eye cleareth the fight,by confuming any filme 
or cloud beginning to dimme it, as alfo confuming the kanker growen therein : the juyeeis fafely given to thofe 
that have eaten Mulhroomes, if they prove effenfive unto them : they are much commended being 
Caten before meate, to keepe one from furfetting, as alfo from being drunke with mtich wine, by reftrainin<* 
the vapours that elfe would intoxicate the braine, or being drunke, will difperfe the vapours and make them 
quickly rife foher againe ; and even f?<t/rnhimfelfe applied the juyee thereof, to the temples of them that had 
paines in their heads cauledby drunkenneffc; for as they fay there is filch an antipathy or enmity betweene the 
Vine and the Colewort, that the one will die where the otherjgroweth: fwollen and gouty legges and knees, 
where into many groffeor watery humors are fallen, being bathed warme with the decoftion of Coleworts have 
found eafe thereby, for ic takerh away the paine and ach, allayeth the fwelling and wafleth and difperfeth the hu¬ 
mors: it helpeth alfo old and filthy fores, being wafhed therewith, it healcth all fmall running fores and fcabbes, 
puflules or wheales that breake our in the skinne ; yea it clenfeth fo ftrongly faith Galen, that it will cure the 
lepry ; the afhes of Colewort Ifalkes, are of filch a drying quality, that they become almofl cauflickc, or burning, 
and being mixed with old greafe, are very effeftuall to anoint the (ides of thofe, that have had long paines there¬ 
in, or any other place pained by the accefTe of melancholike and windie humours, helping mightily to digelt 
them ■■ It is thought to betffeftuall for all the difeafes of thebody, either inward or outward and therefore 
(bryfippM wrote a volume ofthe vermes, applying it to every pait of the body: and the old Romanes having 
expelled Phyficions out of their territories, did forfixehundredyeares maintaine their health, and helped their 
infirmities, by ufing and applying it, for their onely medicine in every difeafe. The broth or firfl decoftion of 
j the fea Colewort likewife doth by thefha'pe nitrous and bitter qualities therein, open the belly and purgeth 
1 thebody, ( but the fecond decoftion is laid to bind the body ,) yet as C]alen thirkcth not without fome hurt 
i the eto, becaufeit much varicthashelaith from the temperature ofour bodies, being hotcer and drier than the 
| garden kindes, and therefore as all other wild hcrtds, are flronger in operation, and fo this elenfee! and digeflerh 
move powerfully than they : the leaves while they are young, although bitter, being boyled fin lye faith Diof. 
j wicks, but in faire water, is mod ufuall with us in thefe dayes) are eaten as other Coleworts are, by diverfe’ 
poore people neare the fea, the boyling, taking away much of thebitternefle thereof: the feede hereof bruifed 
I enddiunke killeth wormes; the leaves or the juyee of them applied to fores or ulcers clenfeth and healeth them, 
i aad diifolveth tumors or fwellings, and taketh away the inflammations. 
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Ghap. LIV* 
Centaurium mhiu. The leffer Centory. 
I J|SSjSSjn|'^ ere was formerly but one kinde of fmill Centory knowne, but there hath beenefince found out di- 
verfe other forts,-referred thereunto, both for forme and qualities. 
|p* T Jfyj I. Centaurium minus vulgare flsre rubentc . The red ordinary fmall Centory. 
”^ le comnlon cntor y groweth up mold ufually but with one round and fomewhat crefled 
, fla’ke about a footc high or better, branching forth at the toppe into many fprigges, and fome alfo 
i 1 from the joynts ofthe flalkes below, the flowers that (land atthe tops as it were in an umbcll ortufr, are of a 
c palered, tending roa Carnation colour,confiding of five, or fixe fometimes fmall leaves, verylikeunto thofeof 
i Saint Iohns wort, opening themfelves in the day time and doling at night: after which come feede in little fhort 
i huskes in forme like unto wheate corncs : the leaves are final! and fomewhat round, very like unto Hypericum, 
i but without any holes therein as it hath : the roote is fmall and hard, perilling every yeare ; the whole plant is 
i of an exceeding bitter tafle. 
a, Ccntaurium minus fare albo. White flowred Centory. 
; This fmall Centory di ffereth not from the former, neither in ftalke or leafe, neither in forme or height,but onc- 
i Iy in the colour ofthe flower, which is white, as the other is red. 
3. Centaurium minus[picatum album, Small fpiked Centory. 
, The fpiked Centory hath his crefled ftalke divided at the bottoms, into two or three branches, and they againe 
1 into others, having his lowed leaves next the ground, fomewhat broad and round, yet pointed at the ends; but 
1 thofe which arc upon the ftalke, and are for the mad part two at a joynt, are fmaller, long and narrow : at the 
: joints with the leaves all along the (hikes tip to the toppe, moft on the one fide come forth the flowers, one on¬ 
ly at a place, which (land in fmall huskes, made as it were of fmall leaves divided, which confift of five white 
■1 leaves, and after they arepaft, comefuchlike fmall feedes asis in the former. 
4. Centaurium minus htteum. Small yellow Centory. 
The fmall yellow Centory, is fomewhat like unto the former, but fomewhat greater, the leaves being larger 
1 and broader, and broad at the bottome, set not compafltng itasthenext: the flowers likewife are fomewhat 
greater and yellow, wherein it differeth from the other, and is not fo bitter. 
5. Centaurium minus luteiim,perfaliatumramofum. Small yellow thorough leafed, branched Centory. 
This yellow Centory hath fome fmall leaves next the ground like unto the former Centories, but fomewhat 
greater; 
