RIB E.^» 
The Theater of Tiaras. 
Cuap.2^. 
The Names. 
The firfl is called Pnt«pMlmn rnUjui by 'Brmfitjh*. rand Libel m his Obfervatrons, and by Came. 
■ ver unto Lobels figure in his leones, and unto (Jewels figure, the title is PeMaphyllumvulgare.: in the Ad¬ 
's Irbe title is hereof fbecaufe of the variation of their flowers in the colour as 1 (aid betorc ) Pemephjlhm 
The i'econd is called bv /*••***►*'■"*•"" *•* ——- * j ». *-> - 
by Uanr.es ThUim in Barcpiafjtv*Tentaphyllnm cam.m by C«t«w PemMtxmreSum rmnm : bycO«4i. 
| Zus, Fufchtut and Lu^nenjis , Pentaphyllum or QuincjmfeUnmlntenmm^sby Cjerard 
r,7/f Lie bv Tabermontanm Quinyttefolixm petnxm majw, and by Bnnhmm Qnsynefdmmjoho argenteo.1 he third 
, sJhinJm 1 his Pimx, and Prodrome fetteth downe under the title of birf*. 
\ turn lute urn. 
The Venue?. 
I Having declared unto you allt’n e feverall forts of thiskindeofherbe, called Cinkefoile, intheir Orderspnd 
I Rankes Imuft now declare unto you the chicfe properties of them altogether,and yet (hew which is the mod ■ 
I effefluaU in fpecialhall thefe forts for the mod part,having one qualitie of cooling and binding.yct the binding it 
| more incident and naturall unto them all, then the cooling, in that fome of them are a little lharpe or bitterirt 
I tafte which anmeth fome more heace, yet I may ghefle the fharpenefle or bittcrnefle therein, is no more any 
:i figne”of heate than it is in Cichory, or Poppy or : our common wdde creeping Cinkefoile, the greater 
; uprioht one and the white Cinkefoile, are the chiefeft for uie, and ftrongeft in effeft ot all the reft. Thele three 
forts are much alike for their operation, and are held to be as effeftuall for all the purpoles, whereunto the Tor- 
i mentill ; s uied as well for preferving agaiuft venemous and infeftious creatures, and diitafes in each refpeft, as 
I in keeping from putrefafl ion,for binding and reftraining fluxes, either of tloud or humors, or any the other ef- 
; feds whereuntoTormentill is applied; fothatinftead thereof, and where it is wanting Cinkefoile maybe 
I ufed to as good purpofe, 1 might referre you therefore to the properties of the Tormentill, to be enfonr.ed 
j Pbeccby for the feverall helpcs, that this doth give ; but I vviUfhew you fome particular remedies, itv/orketh 
upon efpeciallgriefesand difeafes :as firft,it isanefpeciall herbe, ufed in all inflammations and fcavers, whe- 
: thcr infcaious and peftilentiall or topieall among other herbes, to cooleand temper the blend and humours in 
i the body as alls for all lotions, gargles, injections and the like, for fore mouthes, ulcers, canckers, fiftulaes, and 
other corrupt and foule or running fores: yet fome are fo foolifh to thinke, that the decoftioii of one branch 
j of leaves thereof, taken with a little Fepper,doth helpe a quotidian or daily ague, that three branches helpeth a 
tertian and feure a quartane ague; but this fet number of leaves and branches, is rather an idle conceit, as it is 
alfo to were it intheir fhooes, for the fame purpofe, then any certainety fit for a wile man or I hifitian to 
leane and truft unto : the juice, hereof drunke about fours oftnees at a time for certaine dayes together,xurcth 
the quinfie and the yellow jaundife, and to be taken for thirtie dayes together cuveth the falling fkkneffc, and 
for all fluxes in man or woman, whither the whites or, the reds, as alfo the bloudy flixe, therootes boyled in 
milke and drunke is held mofl effefluallof any other remedy: therootes boiled in yipegaf, and the dccotfion 
thereof held inch? mouth, eafeth the paines of the toothach : the juice or the deceftion is good to helpe the 
hoarfenefle ot the throate taken with a little bony; as alio is good for the cough of the lunges: The diddled wa¬ 
ter ofboth rootes andleaves, is effec 1 uall to all the purpofes aforefaid, and if the hands be wafhed often therein, 
and differed at every time to drie in ot it lelfe without wiping it will in a fhort time helpe the palfie, or the 
fhaking ill them ■ the roote boyled in vinegar helpeth all knots, kemells, bard fwdlings and Iuropes growing in 
theflefh in any part applied thereunto ; as alfo all inflammations and S. Arttheniesfae, aUempoftumesandpaine- 
fiill fores with heate and putrefaftion, the (hingles alfo and all other fores of running and foule fcabbs, fores, and 
itches the fame alfo boiled in wine, and applied to any joynts full of paine and ache, the gout alfo in any of the 
jovnts of the hands or feete, and that alfo ot the hippes called Sciatica: and if tbedecoaion thereof be alfo 
drunke it helpeth forward the cure much the fooner, and eafeth alfo much paines in thebowells: the rootes are 
likewile effeftuall to helpe ruptures or burftings to be ufed with other things availeable therefore, either in¬ 
wardly or outwardly or both, as alfo for bruifes, or hurts by blowes, falls, or the like, and to flay the bleeding of 
wounds, in any part inward or outward. 
Ch^p. XX VI. 
Gentidna. Gentian or F ellworej . 
Lthouoh I have fet forth in my former Booke divers forts ofGentians or Fellwort, yet there re¬ 
main? divers others to be intreated of, which (hall be here remembred; and hecaule 1 was rt ere 
fome what br iefe in declaring the vertues as was fit for that worke,being but an abftraftof choife 
plants, that beare beautifuU flowers to (tore a garden otpleafure,_ and not a generall worke 
wherein all things are to. becomprifcd, and all that may be faid of every one alfo, 1 will 
here therefore ampUfie my felfe the more in their vermes, that have beene fpokenof, which are 
the moft effeftuall, and of thefe alfo, for they are to be referred unto them : yet I thinke good to give you here 
fame of the figures extant before. But that I may ufe fuch a methodical} courle, as I have formerly held, in bet¬ 
ting forth other plants which have divers forts ofonekinde, I will divide this family of Gentians into a greater 
and leffer fort, and of the leffer fort which admitteth a fubdivifion, and not the greater;! will divide them againe 
into perennes, cverliving or abiding, that is, that perifli not in the Winter; and into annuas annual!, that is, fuch 
as (pring up and perifh the fame ye'are that they flower, abiding oncly the Sommer and not the W inter : I might 
alfo divide the leffer fort againe into Vermll, e/EJHvalt m&AHtxmmiU flowring plants, whereof every one in 
their order. 
Mm? Gmiffis 
