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Chap. 65 . 
Tbeatrum ‘Botanicum. 
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CoUtmna calleth it Mercurial,a Carina, and Bauhinut Mercurials mortara teflicttlata & jjncata, neither of them 
both thinking it worthy of the name of Cymcrambe, for that they knew it was notanfwerable to Biofcorides 
his Cynocramve, who doth not make it aMercury, whereofthere is male and female, for if it had beene fo bee 
would have remembred it, but heputteth it indefinitely not naming either male or female: The third is called bv 
'Bauhtmu, who firft let forth the figure and defeription thereof in his Matthiolut, Cyncrambe vera Diofcondl 
and Pena m us defeription of Met Balds,, Cymcrambe legitima Belli. C Halpvm, tooke it to be an AlL an j 
C““ calleth it PJjinesfacie plantamva. The fourth is generally taken of all to he the‘PA;/W of Diofcoridee 
and 1 beef hraflm. 'Batthmm calleth it PhylhtmtefiicuUtum andfptcatum, as he did the former Mercuries- The 
M is called ofTV^j cMemiriali,fyheflrisalcera, in his Chapter of Mercury, but putteth the figure thereof in 
the chapter or EfuLi • of Lonicerus Tithymalus fy lveftrir.o[ Qamcrarius, Tabcrynontemus> Lobel and Gefncr Nol' 
metangere, who alfo calleth it Milium Qaprearnm. It is alfb called Perficaria filiqaefa of C aBrariJ Thtliy 
Lngdurerfi, and Label-, of Dodonms Impatient herba, of Cefalpmm Catanance altera,, of Col,mm Ba/hamita alter J 
and of Lugdmenfis Chryfea-, Hummus calleth it Balfamim hitea, five Noli me tanoere. 1 have called it Noli 2- 
tangere, and placed it in the Chapter of Mercuries, and given it an Pnglip, name, p'roper for it as I take it let o' 
therscalhtas theypleafe. p r • c lcco * 
The Vertues. 
The decoflionof the leaves of Mercurie, or the/uyee thereof taken in broth or drinke, and with alittle e,- 
gar put to it, to make it the more pleafant, pnigeth chollericke and waterifh humors : Hippocrates commended 
it wonderfully for womens dileales, which none of the Phyfitians of our dayes, I thinke ever nut in prafHfe fnr 
heapplyed it to the fecret parts to eafe the paines of the mother, and ufed both the decoftion of it to procure 
womens courfes, and to expell the afterbirth, and the fomentation or bathing for the fame canfes- he alto-to! 
the decofl.on thereof with Myrrheor pepper or ufed to apply the leaves outwardly againft the firangutv \nd 
the dileafes of the reines and bladder; he ufed it alfo for fore and watering eyes, and for thedcafenelto and 
patnesm the cares, b>-dropping the juyee thereof into them, and bathing them afterwards in white wine the 
decoflion thereof made with water and a cocke chicken, is a mod fafe medicine to be taken againft the hot firs 
ofagucs I It a fo clenfeth the bread and lungs offlegme troubling them, but it doth a little offend the lloma ke- 
the j uyee or d,tolled water thereof, call or lnufted up into the noftrils, purgeth the head and eyes of caMr hes 
and rheumes, that dtftill downe from the braines into the nofe and eves, as alfo fometimes into the cares W 
life to drinke two or three ounces of the diftilled water with a little Sugar put to it, in a morniiw fafting^o 
open the body, and to purge it of groffe vifcous and melancholicke humours; as alfo mixing it wlh Mavdew 
taken from Role bullies, and Manna diffolved therein, for the fame purpofe, which thereupon tome calf ^7 
dornama, which purgeth choller a fo; It is wonderfull (.fit be not fabulous) that the ancient writers Diiti- 
des, Tbeophrafins and others doe relate, that if women ule thele herbes either inwardly or outwardly ’ for Three 
dayes together after conception, and that their courfes be pad, they (hall bring forth male or female ch Idren 
according to that k.nde of herbe that they nfe: Manh.ohs faith that the feedeof both the kindeTof Mercury 
that is both ma e and female, boyled with wormwood and dmnke, cureth the yellow Iaundife, in a moft foee ’ 
die and merveilous manner .- the leaves themfelves or the Juyee of them rubbed upon wattes or bomd unto 
them for a certamc tunc, doth take them clean? away the Juyee mingled with (ome Vine-ar helnethall run 
nmg fcabs tettcrs.nngwormes and the itch ■,Galen faith that who fo will apply it outwardly in manner ofa I, P 
to any fwelhngs or inflammations,(hall finde it to have a digefting qualirv that is ir will dir a P u £ ls * 
mours, that was the caufe of the fwelling, and alay the ^^■nniatiom pnoceedin^tbereupon^t^ frequently and 
to very good effefl: given in ghfters to evacuate the belly from thofe humors that he offenfive thereinand m 
keth as well after that manner as if to much Sene had beene put into the decoffion. 7 he common Dog* "s ZZ' 
cury is feldomenfed, but may ferve.n the fame manner, and to the fame purpofe that the o°hcr is m to fl 
purg.ng waterifh and melancholicke humors. The ch.ldes Mercury, although no other hath written of anv^ur 
ging quahtie m it,yet the forme thereof lo likeunto Mercury,and the faltito acide tafte.fhould demonftrate in 
opimon an irritating quality : Theephrafi w and Oiefcmde, have onely mentioned the childing quality for ” y 
men to beate either males or females, that ufe this herbe, according as is before fayd of f^Mef citvS - 
^Wr^.ortheQiHcke in hand, hath a ftronger purging quality, but it is byvomite, and therefore I 
thinke Lcmcerm and Tragus, have put tt under the names of Tith,males, as neeteft partaking of the,r natuV 
which caufed Lobel and Pern to fay, it was venemous and deadly, and yet fay it wanteth nor gp „„„r r ‘• 
eftefts, but (hew not what they are: Camcr arias m hone faith tome d« apply the diftilled water offochearhe 
upon the places pained with thegoute,withgoodliicceffe. “ ‘ water ot thehearLe 
Chap. LXV. 
c JMalvd. Mallowes. 
S Here are three kinds of Mallowes,one with whole leaves, but little incifed or cut in on the ed"es called 
Cdldva - an other more dcepely jagged or cut called Alcea, the third more toft in handling called 
j e ich of thefe three dtvilions the varieties fhall be reckoned together by themfelW f u 
. . km , dc ™y be feparated.Some of each of thefe kindes I have fet forth In my former Bolke whr,r° 
cripttonsneede not to be here repeated, and thofe are Malva Htfamcafiore carrel aZT- The S^^toto 
Ma o7’ y ervaine Mallow with bill fti flowers Alcea peregrL faeVerSTi* Vet 
thaurenextathandlwillinfehererthoft which 
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