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alimcntorS that Andromachm junior, Adromachusftnior his fon,in fetting downe his fathers Theriaca in profcdoth 
explaine divers things, that were doubtfull in his verfe, as (or the CMel Gecnpium he exprefl'eth it Mel Atticum: 
for Gentaurium without difference either of greater of leffcr,he fetteth downe the leffer.and for Ariftolochia 
which was left indefinite, he fetteth downe Icpte tenuis,the fmall. Now here lyeth the doubt, what Ariftoto- 
cbia /lyidrom.ichns and Galen fhould meane,by this lepte tenuis: Matthiolus feemeth to anfvver this doubt in fliew- 
ing that they would not meane any other Ariftolochia, then the Clematitis, becstife they mention but three forts- 
and this ClematilisK the fmallefl roote ofthe other, and that the tenuis Ariftolochia, is not the Lon" of Diofco 
rides, whoferooteshe faith were of the thicknefle ofa finger; when as of the true Long none are found fo 
lmall unleffe they be very young rootes, nor yet any other different kind from the Clematitis, as divers did 
thinke; and yet (/<*» o, 6 . fimp.med. in fetting downe the properties of all the three forts of Ariftolochia 
commendeth the round as mold excellent, and ofinuft fubtill parts, and to all purpofes more effeftuall then both 
the otherthe Long he faith is nothing fo fubtill, or of fothin parts, but is more hot andclenling- and of the 
Clematitis he faith onely that it is fweeter in 1 mell then the other two, and therefore is more tiled in hvecte ovnt- 
ments then otherwife, and is more wcake for medicines, or the cure of any difeafe; why therefore the Ctima. 
uus fhouldbe taken for Andromachut Treacle with our Apothecaries I doefomewhat admire, feeing Galen fairl" 
that the other arc more effcftuall for all purpofesThe feverall appellations of authors of fnefe Ariftolochia' 
are not fo divers that they neede any long repetition, for they all as it were agree together, the variation beino 
fo fmall, that it is not worthy the reciting 3 onely I will fhew you how Hauhinus in his Pina .v doth diflinpnifh 
them ievcrally differing from the titles I give them: the firfl here let forth, he calleth Ariftolochia romnda flare 
cx purpura, ngro: the lecond he calleth cAfriftolochia rotunda flore ex albo purpurafeente : the third hee caller! 
Ariftolochia lonoa sera : the fourth Ariftolochia longa Hiftranica : the fift Ariftolochia Clematitis rcli.i ■ rhrfiyr 
Ariftolochia CUmatita ferpens : Tile feaventh Ariftolochia Piftolochia ditta (and is Ariftolochia PoljrrhiGs of la 
Wand Phny) the laft he calleth Piftolochia Cretica. 1 lie Arabians call it Zaranud Mefmocra and Zaravcd ■ the 
Italians Anftologin . the Spaniards Aftronomia, the French Sarajine and Fonerne the Germans Ofterlucei anH 
Holtwortr. i the Dutchmen Ofterlucye miSaraftnernidt. J Jana 
The Vertues. 
Galenftib 6 ftmplmed asI (he wed you before fheweth the feverall properties of thefe AriBolochiAs the 
roote faith he of Ariftolochia is of molt ule for medicines, being bitter and fomewhat fliarnc the round 
mail fubt.ll of them all,and of more effeft for all difeafes; that which is called Clematit, 'is Rveeterh, fent then 
the other two, and therefore thofe that make fweete ointments, doe ufeit in their ointments but it is of leffe 
force and vertuem the curing of any diieafej the Long hath lefle tenuity of parts in it, thentheround bntver 
js not without efficacy, for it hath a clenfing and heating power therein, yet it clenfeth and digefteth lefle then 
the round but healeth no lefle, yea peradventure more, and therefore the long is of more ufe, for thofe that 
have neede ofa meane clenfing in the tuberous fwellings of the fleih, and in fomentations of the mother bur 
where there is neede of aftronger extenuating faculty there the round is of more ufe and therefore the round 
Birthworr,doth more helpe to cure thofe greefes and difeafes,that rife from the obftruftion or aboi.ndancc and 
grofleneffe of raw and windy humors : itdraweth forth thornes, and fplinters.&c out oftheflrll, wi, 
all putrefabhons,, it clenfeth and maketh found fouleand filthy Vlcers, it clenfeth the gums, and tfeteeth and 
maketh them white; it is profitable for thole that are troubled with the (hormeffe of breath, with the hickocke 
with the Falling fickneffe or with the Gout, if it be drunke with water, (or wine rather) as alfo for thofe hat 
arc burden or are troubled with Crampes or Convulfions, or fhrinkings ofthe finewes and veines, and is as 1 
fitable as any other medtemewhatfoever land thus farre are the words of Galen, in the place before recited- 
Mefues ,P an Ins and v£im do {hew the purging qualitie therein, which Diofcoridcs and Galen either 
knew not (as in Rubarbej or pad it over in filence,who faith, that the roote either ofthe round or'runnmg Birth- 
wort,doth purgedowneward flegmancke and eholericke humors alfo i it clenfeth the lunges and the parts of the 
bread, from the toughneffe and rotrenneffe of humors; whereofa plaine demondration is, that it helpeththofo 
that are flegmancke or foortwmded very much : if, the taken inwardly or applycd outwardly to depart it 
mightily draweth downe womens comffes, expefleth the dead child and afterbirth,and in the paines of defiverv 
hath very good effeft to caufe the more fpeedy eafe and del,very,and to cleare the parts, of what is acceffarv the 
roots m poudertaken with Mirrhe & Pepper m wine, is nfed alfo for the fame purpqfcsjit refifleth poyfonof aU 
forts,the longrefideth the venonje of Serpents, and other living creatures, the round refifleth all other forts of 
poyfon : but Phny inverteth this order : the roote of the round being taken in water helnerh rhofr Jr - 
fed by fills,blowes&c. as alfo the paines of the fides; the running Birthwort helpe’th the falling downe o^the 
mother being eyther applyed ,n peflarie or m fume, and the place bathed with the decebfion ■ ft isTid that d, 
vers in Spame doe ule the rootesof the Spanifh running Birthwort with nolelfe "ond fnrrHTb ‘fo j u 
:^:°t^ S °^ ay t a Pfrida, to all the ufes whereunto the ^Vt/a ferveth: the t^dided ^a^enafih^greeneherb^tvhen 
it lsm flower is profitable for all the difeafes aforefald, and in efpeciallpre ferveth from rhe d 
efpeciall good remedy for the windecollicke: the Piftolochia or buL 
for all the aforefaid womens difeafes, robe as effeffnalias the other! andtha !t Ysll’d Z , , [ ’ 
thofe that are troubled with Convulfions and Crampes, or thofe that hav?breSe 
it 1C be drunke With water, the feede worketh more flronslyithe roote ofthcrounfl ^ ? i ’ 
draw forth broken bones, or any other hurtfull thing lying in the flefh, if the frefh roote bee aonlved ^ 
thereto I the ponder ofthe dryed roote ,s of fingnlar good ufe in all eating, or runnhw fouleand 1 ” i , 
as alfo that are hollow and Fidulous, by clenfing and filling them up orcaufin^ the (Vn, , and ™ tte (i Vlcers, 
cially for FTdnlaes, if a little Hony,’ and the Jte of “17 > Z V if ^ 
all wounds ,n the headj the fumes thereof, or the pouder in a quilted cap, flayeth all FlMes^d d SfoL. nf 
thinnerheume from the head? and ic is an nfnall favinrr a nddilhllations of 
an£greaccure: the long Birth wortisuOasweHSSelreM^unoSrft^^^feii^eltS^ILfiS^^^ 
ealltheroore ofthe round Birthwort the venume of theearth, and that LvingVruifed^imdmfocrdft^^wdh 
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