j p 0 C h a p, 6 3 . Theatrmi Botantcum , 
low flower, as it is reported : the feaventh is found likewise in the woods of Germany : an 
or the IVefi Judies. . 
The Time. 
They all flower early even in May for the mod part yet the yellow flowreth much later, as many times not un- 
till Au"uft, and their feede ripeneth fhortly after. 
S J T'Let 
Tt is called in Grccke tjpsvot and ttitmn, Capnos and Capnion, eittafi fumus, eo qnod fhcctts\ occults inditut 
lachrimationem movet Jicut fumm, & claritatem eorum efficit, in Latirte Fttmaria ef Fumm Terrs . ; of the 
yrab.ans Scheitereoi ; of the Italians Fumotcrre and Fumojlomo, of the Spaniards, Palonima, of the French 
F umoterre, of the Germans, Frdrauch and Danbcn Kropf as Tragtu faith, and of the Dutch grijfeiom and 
T>nive Kerne/. The firft is of all Authors called Fttmaria or Capons Famaria of Label. The fecond is called ! 
Fttmaria minor, or tenuifoha, to diftinguifh it from the other. The third is remembred by £7«/««by the name ; 
in the title and it may be alfo the Sjriaca of Camerartus. The fonrth is called Fumeria Coridalis of Matthiolm, , 
and of fom'e as he faith Split ■ of gejher and Tabermontanm Fumaria montana of Label Fttmaria lutea montam, , 
whotakethit alfo to be Chelidsmium capnitis of exFtitu, of (amerarius and Anguillara Corydjtlis, of Cefal- 
pinm Split VHlgo, and Split Illirica or Sclavonica berba of others. The fifth hath its name in the title, anti 
reckoned a kind ofthc fourth. The fixt is called Capnos of Label, who faith it is alfo called of fome Split al. 
bmi- of Dodansus it is thought to be the firfl Capnos Plinij, which hee faith was called in his time Pedes 
pallinaci, and faith alfo that lome called it Corjdalis, and Splitb ; and the common fort Corjdahon, hee calleth i 
*ltalfo Fttmaria altera, and Capnos phragmites, as Gefner doth alfo : but divers of the bed moderne Kerbarifls, , 
doe rather thinke that the Radix Cava, is the Capnos prior Plinij then'this; Carrierarim Fttmaria Clematttes, and 
Battbinit i Fttmaria clavicuhs donata, and is his fixe Fttmaria, and yet is the fame with his fecond, if there be not a i 
greater and a lefler as fome doe fet it downe. The feventh is theKadix Cava viridt flore of Label, which although 1 
Haiti inns thought it to be referred to the Radix Cava as a fort thereof, yet the roote fheweth it to belong unto ( 
the Capnos fakacea radice, and fo both his defeription and the title which afterward he amended do declare. The : 
Arabians call it Schehiteng, and Sabeteregi .The Italians Fttmoterra ; the Spaniards Palamilha ; the French Fume- \ 
terre ■ the Germar.es Erdtrattch and Katr-enkcrnel ; the Dutch Erdtroolp.and Dttynekervel. 
‘ l /. n TF kvt t J et c 
The Vert ties* 
y the bitternelfe of common Famiterrj, (it is by diverle of the bed moderne W riters held to be hot,and not >; 
cold as diverfe others from the Arabians have fet downe ) and fharpenefle joyned therewith, it doth open and 1 
clenfe and by the drieneffe doth llrengthen and binde alter the denting. The jnyce or fyrupe made thereof, or 
thedecodlionmadeinwheyebyit felte, with fome other purging or opening herbes and rootes, to caufe it : 
worke the better, it felfe being but weake, is very cfteftuall forthe liver and fplcene, opening the obltrudfions i ! 
and clarifying the bloud fromfaltifhcbolerickeandaduft humors, which is thecaufe ofthelepry, fcabbes, tet¬ 
ters, anditches, andother fuch likcbreakings out in the skinne, and after the purging doth llrengthen all the in¬ 
ward parts, not leaving anv evill qualitie behind it, and therefore is reckoned a mod lale remedy againfl all the : 
difeafesthatrife from thofe humors, or from obftruftions that are the caufe of cholericke and putride f'eavers.- •. 
thefameis good alfo for the jaundife.andl'pendethitby theurine, which it procureth in abundance as exEomta i 
fa.tb. The ptycc thereof faith Tragus and the pouder of the roote of EJula prepared in cquall proportion, that 3 
is a d'ramme.provoketh vomiting where there is caufe, being taken in warme water and cureththe dropfie: 8 
becaufc it is fomewhat windie it is good to ufe anileede and fennellfecde with it: the pouder of the dried herbe : 
given for fometime together, hath cured a melancholy perfon as Trafavola faith, bur the feedeis ftrongefl: in c 
operation for all the purpi .fes afotefaid. The diflilled water of the herbe is much ufed alfo, and thought to caufe : 
good effeft in all the former difeafes-.andbefide, as Tragus faith conduceth much againft the Plague orPefti- . 
Ience, being taken with good Treakle which it driveth forth by fweate: the fame water alfo with a little water I 
and hony of Rotes, helpeth all the fores in the mouth and throate, being gargled olten therewith : the Juyee : 
dropped into the eyes clearerh the fight; and taketh away the rednes and other defefts in them, although it pro- - 
cure home paine for the prefent, and bringeth forth water or teares: Diofcoridei faith that it hindereth any frelh r 
fprinving of the haires on the eye liddes, if after they be pulled away the eye browes be anointed with the Juyee : 
that hath Gun Arabeck diffolvedin it; the Juyee of Fumiterry and of Docks mingled with vinegar, and thepla- - 
cesoently walhed or wet therewith, cureth all fores offcabbes, itches, wheales, pimples or pulhes that rife t 
in thefaceor hands, or in any other part of the skinne of the body. The lefler orfine leafed tumitterrj, asalfo c 
thccliming pnmiterrj worke to the fame purpofes but more weakely : the ycWovs Fumiterry is alfo cffeftuall 1 
in moll of the dileafes aforefaid, and befides that it protjoketh urine abundantly ;■ it is very effeftuall for the e 
cholicke taken greene or dry in wine for many dayes. Thole Fumiteries with hollow and firme rootes are each i 
of them effeftuall, both againft poifon and thepeftilence being made into pouder and drunke, andt afterward the I 
party laidlto fweate : the fame alfo provoketh urine and helpeth the jaundife: the feede being bruifed and drunke : 
helpeth fluxes andlaskcs: the rootes are alfo Angular good to hcale and drie up putrid and running ulcers. 
Chap LXIII. 
Arifhkchia. Birthwort. 
ena'AWgjjff Lthough divers doe thinke that noneof the Ariflolochia’s or Birthworts, doe purge or open the belly < 
xlpKvsIlg at all, yetbecaufe Mefues the great Arabian Phyfitian, numbreth it among bis purging plants, ana t 
Dodansus doth in the fame manner: I thinke it not amifle to doe fo likewiie. Of thefe Birthworts, , 
- hh'ofrorithes and Galen have onely made three forts, which are the round, the long, and the running t 
Birthworts. Pliny hath added a fourth, which he calleth Tiftolochia, or Tolyrrkizjts, of all which 
there are fome differences obferved in thefe latter dayes, which (hall be declared in this Chapter. 
I. Ariflolochia rotunda vulgatior. The more ordinary round rooted Birthwort- 
This round tooted Birthwort, fenJeth fotth diverfe long trayling fquare [hikes, fometimes halfe a yeard long 
of 
or 
