The Theater of ‘ Plants. 
Chap.25. 395 
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; ft a^d^Mfflower for garlaUd^for no other Verhafcum is knovvne to be put to that Life) nddieris theroote 
L a Turneppe whereby you may fee what great difference there is, betweene this and that: But the true C hrj- 
Zomm of wifio. rides,Ranwoljinm found among the come fields, not fane horn i Aleppo m S jna, as L*gto**fis 
lletteth it forth, in his Appendix to the generall Hiftory c*. Plants; and fom alfo.fheweth in his Indian defenp- 
; non of Mount B*Um, as you (hallhave it more fully in his proper place : the Germans a\\ it Btmrmrtvll and 
c Rttwortvtll, that is, radix Sangm»ana, and radix rubra . and fome after the Latin sTormntiH, as molt of the 
1 other Nations doe. -jUVmu's. 
| Tormentill is of the fame temperature and qualitie, that Biftort is, which hath caufed divers to account it a 
kinde thereof,being cold in the fecond, anddriein the third degree, and therefore molt excellent to flay all 
kindes of fluxes of bloud or humors, in man or woman,whether at the nole, mouth, belly, or any wound in the 
i veincs, or any where elfejthe juyee of the herbe or roote taken m drinke not only refifteth all poyfon or venome 
of any creature, but of the plague and peltilence it felfe, and peltilentiall leavers, and inteftious difeales, as the 
| nockcs meafells, purples, &c. by expelling the venome and infeftton from the heart by fweatmgnf the greene 
r roote, ‘ is not at handfor not to be had readily, the powder of the drle roote Is as effeftuall to the purpofes afore- 
faid to ta ke a dramme thereof every morning •. the decoftion likewife of the herbes and rootes made in wine, 
and drinke, worketh the fameeffeff, and fo doth alio the diddled water of the herbe and roote, rightly made 
and prepared, which is to fleepe them in wine for a night, and then diftihed in this water m this 
1 manner prepared taken with lome Verier Treakle, and thereupon being prefcntly laid to fweate will certameiy 
i bv Gods helpe expell any venome or poyfon, or the plague, or any fever or horror, or the (halting fit that hap- 
t rieneth, for it is an ingredient of efpeciall refpeft in all antidotes or counterpoyfons, never to be forgotten out 
of them, it is fo effeftuall in the operation agatnft the plague ; yea it is laid that good fhepheards doe carefully 
: nreferve this herbe, and give it their Shcepc for the rot, and many other dilealcs in them : for there is not found 
! anv roote, more effeftuall to helpe any fluxe of the belly, ftomacke, fpleene, or bloud than this, prepared alter 
1 what manner one will, to be taken inwardly or applied outwardly : thejuyeetaken doth wonderfully open the 
1 obftruftions of the liver and lungs, and thereby certainely helpeth the yellow jaundiie in a fhort (pace Some 
I there be that ufe to make cakes hereof, as well to ftay all fluxes,as to reft raine all cholltncke belchings,and much 
i vomitings with loathings in the ftomacke; in this manner, take the powder of the roote, and ot a peece ot a 
Nutmegbeaten.made up with the white of an egge and as much mealc of Oates, as ad of them come unto, which 
bein" baked, is to be taken every morning one, untill you findc helpe: or the powder-of the rooteonely, made 
up with the white of an egge, and baked upon an hot tile and fo taken. Andrew Voltjim diradxrCh.m.png. 84. 
holdeth this opinion thereof, that the decoftion of the roote is no leffe effeftuall to cure the French poxe, then 
Gttxiacum or China \ becaufe it fo mightily refifteth putrefaftton: Lohel faith that Kmdelct. w ufed it in the [lead 
or after in the fame manner, that he ufed HermodaRUa for joint aches: the powder alfo, or the decoftion to be 
drunke, or to fit therein as in a bath, is an affined remedy agamft abortion in women, that is, when they ule to 
mifearrie often in childbearing, if it proceede from the over fluxibihtie or weakeneffe of the inward retentive 
faculties, as alfo a plaifter made therewith and vinegar, applied to the reines of the backe doth much helpe; it 
doth much helpe likewife thofe that cannot hold their water, the powder taken in the juice of Plantane, and is 
commended alfo againft the wormes in children : it is very powerfull in ruptures and burftmgs, as alio tor bru- 
fes and falls, to be ufed as well outwardly as inwardly: the roote hereof made up with pellitoneot Spaincma. 
Allome, and put into an hollow tooth doth not onely all wage the paine, but ftaicth the fluxe of humors there¬ 
unto, which was the caufe thereof: the juice hereof alfo being drunke, is found effeftuall to open the obfttuftions 
of the liver and gall. Tormentill likewife is no leffe efteftualland powerfull a remedy, for outward wounds, 
fores and hurts, than for inward, and therefore it ought tobc a fpeciall ingredient in all wound dnnkes, lotions 
and injeftions, for foule and corrupt rotten fores, and ulcers of the mouth, or fecret parts, or any other part of 
the body-and to put either the juice, or powder of the roote into fuch ointments, pla.lers, and fuch things 
that are to be applied to wounds and fores, as caufe fhaU require: it doth alio ditfolve all knots, kernells.and 
hardnefle gathered about the eares, the throate and jawes, and the Kings evill, if the leaves and rootes be bruiiea 
and applied thereunto: the fame alfoeafeth the paines of the Sciatica, or Hippegout, by reltraimng the 1 arpe 
humours that flow thereunto : the juice of the leaves and rootes ufed with a little vinegar, is alio a ipeciall re¬ 
medy againft the running fores in the head, or other parts, fcabbes alfo, and the itch, or any fuch eruptions in the 
skinne, proceeding of fait and fharpe humours: the fame alfo is effeftuall for thehemorrhoidesor pilesmthe 
fundament, if they be wafhed and bathed therewith, or with the diftilled water of the herbe and rootes: it is 
found alfo helpefuli to drie up any fharpe rheume that diftilleth from the head into the.eyes.cauhng rednes paine, 
waterings, itchings or the like,if a little prepared Tutia or white Amber.be ufed with the diftilled water hereof: 
many women alfo ufe this water as afccrertohelpe themfelves and others, when they are troubled with the 
abundance of the whites or reds, as they call them, both to be drunke, and in jefted by a Syring. 
Chap. XXV. 
PentaphjllnmJivaQttinqticfoIiitftt. Cinkefoile or five leafed Craflc. 
m He next nnto the Tormentill mnft come the Cinkefoile to be intreated of, not onely for the Iikeneffe 
of the outward face, or forme of the plant, but of the properties alio, as you fhal heare hereafter. 
Hereof there are many more forts found out, and now made knowne, than formerly there was, and 
therefore 1 thinke it fit to expreffe them in fome method and order, thatisin three rankes; the firft 
(hall be of thofe forts, that beare white or whitifh flowers; the fecond fhaU be of thofe that beare 
yellow flowers, and lie downe with their leaves upon the ground, or runne with thetr rootes: the third fhall be 
of thofe that (land more upright bearing yellow flowers. p r itm» 
