Tribe' 5. The Theater ofTlantes. Chap.21, 787 
fcede in them, like unto the ApocynumotDiofcarides, and differing in nothing.but in the milkye juice it yeel- 
deth • which’as he faith, in that, is white likemilke ("but Diofcarides faith; that his Apocyrmm giveth a yellow 
- juice or milkej and in this, is of a pale yellow colour like unto the poyfon of the viper, that fticketh in the gums 
of his teeth; which he 'fajth he hath often fhewed to his friends, to fhew them the likelihood of danger fo'be in 
their Afclepias, which yeeldeth fuch a-likely poyfon, or at the lead to caufe them to be more cautelous in tire ufe 
1 0 f it : but affuredly if their *sffclepty(\vhich is the fame with ours called alfo Vincetoxicum as I thinke) doe give 
a yell'owifh milke.yet doth it not in our Country,neither the white nor black: he faith alfo,that the latter writers 
i have fet forth divers forts of Apocyrtem under the name of Afclepias of Diofcarides, for that they doe not know, 
L n 0 r havd feene the true Afclepias ol Dibfmides, unktt'chis Apocynnmmd Afclepias be all one, fet forth in divers 
places,, and by divers names: thus farre Fabius CoUmnd, led away onely by the light of that yellowifh milke in 
5 their Afclepias ; which as youheare he acknowledged! nottobe theright(howfoever the ufe thereof was fre- 
1 quent with them, and might be as he acknowledged! alfo, a counterpoifon as the true Afclepias' ls accounted) 
I but rather an Apocyrmm: but I thinke he did not thorowly conlider that the true kindes of Apocymsm, have all of 
i them wooddy, yet pliant branches, as Diofcarides giveth to his Apocynttf, fit tobinde any thing, which abide and 
t dye not downe to the ground, as all the forts of Afclepias doe, which is the true note to diltinguifh the Apocy. 
7mm from Afclepias. The names of them all, as they are in their titles here fet downe, doe little or nothing vary, 
from thofe that all other writers give them, fome calling them Apocyrmm, and fome Periploca, and therefore I 
reede nor I thinke, make any further repetition of their divers appellations, onely the fourth ’Bsmkimn calleth as 
1 doe, and takethittobp.alfothed'ec«»wOT zAsgyptiornm ofAlpitms, and thefecond fort of the fecond kinde_of 
Apocyrmm of Clafnss : thy laff, becaufe of the wooddy pods with the manner of the diming, mooveth me rather 
to joyne it to thpjfe,although I know not of any evill quality therein, and therefore give it a baftard name. 
J The Vertiset . . . 
There is no property herein fit for the ufe of mans body, appropriated by any, either ancient or moder'ne wri¬ 
ters, for the place in Tliny, lib. 24. c. 11. is miflaken or fcarfe to be beleeved, where he faith thefeede of A- 
pecymtm taken in water, lielpeth the pleurefye, and all paines of the lider, (unlefle he (thought it to be, like the 
hangman that can doe as much,) and yet afterwards faith it killeth dogges, and all foure footed bealts, being gi¬ 
ven them in their meate, for Galen faith it is a poyfon to man, and being ofaftrongfentitis hot, and that not in 
a meane degree, although it is not drying in the fame, and is not to be ufed but outwardly, to difcnlTe humours. 
Clufins faith, that the mod illuftrous Prince, William Landtfgraved Hejfen ,in appointing his Phyfitions to make 
tryall of the Term Silefiaca ;which was taken at Strega, whether it had thofe properties to expell poyfcuis, as 
they that brought it to fell reported of it, caufed divers poyfons to be given to dogs, as Arfnickc, Napelltn, or 
Helmet flower, and Oleander or the Rofe bay, and this Dogs bane afto; which foever of thofe dogges, had that 
earth given’tohim in drinke, did after fome fits or paflions recover, but thofe that had none thereof given them 
dyed all, but none fo fpeedily as thofe that had this Dogs bane givefi unto them, yet Ten.-, and Lobel in their Ad~ 
■verfaria, fpeaking of that kind of Dogs bane, faythus; If it be death toa dogge that hath eaten it, it is proba¬ 
ble that it is Apocyrmm (for in their title, they make a doubtthereof) o(T) iofeorides : but fay they, wee have it 
for certaine, and of long time found true by experience and tryall, that this is a counterpoyfon againft other 
forts of poyfon given to dogges, thus you fee the reports of thcle two are flat contrary, the one unto another, fo 
that which of them to heleeve, I leave to every one, as they thinke good : peradventnre, this .their Periploca. 
Green folijs laticrib-M hederaceis, (for fo they call it) is the fame vulgar or common Afclepias, that Fab ins Cohsm - 
71a faith, wasufedin-ta/y, as is be fore laid, zndnotthat Apocymim re Slim otChifins. 
C hap. XXI. 
Afclepias five Vincetoxicum. Afclepias or Swallow-wort. 
Aving now fhewed you all the Venemous Plants, as alfo thofe that procure fleepe,and thofe that ars 
hurtfull and dangerousdet me now fhew you alfo thofe that are accounted Counterpoyfons,to thofe 
deadly or dangerous herbes, as alfo to other forts of Venome or poyfon,and yet not all,for fome are 
difperfed in this worke, in the feverall Claffes thereof, and fome are fpoken of in my former booke, 
as you may there find.The firft of them that I (hall fet forth unto you is the Swallow-wort, becaufe it 
is fo like unto the Dogs- bane in the lait Chapter,and is his Antidote, whereof there are three forts as follow¬ 
ed!.' I, ,.-,: 
i. Afclepias fore albo. Swaliow-wort with white flowers. 
ThisSwallow-wortrifethupwithdiversflendcrweakeflalkes; to be two or three foote long not eafi" to 
breake, fcarfe able to (land upright, and therefore for the mod part, leane or lye downe upon the ground, if tt 
find not any thing to fultaine it, and fometimes will twine themielves.about it, whereon arefet two leaves at the 
joynts, being fomewhat broad and long pointed at the end, of a darke greene colour, and imooth ai the. edges: 
at the joynts with the leaves towards the toppesofthe ftalkes, and at the toppes themfelves, come forth divers 
fmall white flowers, confiding of five pointed leaves apeece, ofan heavy fweet fent; after which come fmall 
long pods, tbicke above and growing leffe and leffe to the point, wherein lye fmall flatbrowne feede, wrapped 
in a great deale of white filken downe, which when the pod is ripe, openeth of it felfe, and fheddeth both feed 
and cotten upon the ground, if it be not carefully gathered: this yeeldeth no milke either white or yellow in our 
Country as the Dogs bane doth, in any that I have obferved,buta thinne watery juice; the rootes are a great bufh, 
of many white firings fattened together at the head,fmdling fomewhat firong while they are frefh and greene, 
but more pleafant when they are dryed : both leaves and ftalkes, dye downe every yeareto the ground,and rife 
anew in the Spring of the yeare, when the ftalkes at their firftfpringing are blackiilr browns. 
2. Afclepias fore nigro. Swallow-wort with blacke flowers. 
The blacke S wallow-wort groweth in thefarae manner that the former doth, having his long {lender rough 
branches, rife to a greater height then the other, and twining themfdves about whatfoever ftandeth next unto 
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