408. Chap.26. 
Theatmm Botanicum. 
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taken from it in purifying, the which they call refining j and becaufethe good is bitter, therefore but few can 
away with it: yet in Lombn it hath beene upon occafion, both cenfured and condemned by a Jury, and man* 
hundred weights thereof, beenepubhkely burned m the open llreetes, before their doores that ibid it as TZl 
w.tnefle to all f if they would underftand their owne good, and be perfwaded by reaion, true judgement and x- 
penencc) that it.is not a thing.tollerable in a Common- wealth. I have thus farredigrcffed from the matter h, 
hand, and yet I hope not without good and juft caufe, to informe all of our countrie to fubmit their will and 
aftedhons unto thole of learning and judgement in Phifrcke, and not be obflinate in their felfe willed opinions 
and ignorance ; for afluredly if that kind of U>t»e Treakle were wholfome or eftefluall to any good purpofe it 
■ wereaseafieforthe Phifiuans to givg way to the ufe thereof, as for any other tollerated medicine: but foe L- 
mg is moft true, HgumHr mveturnn/mfer, CKpimHf',*' negatum, the more a thing is fbrbidden the more it is de- 
fired ; for the wrong opinion of many is to thinke, that it is for the private profit of l'ome that the things forbid¬ 
den, and therefore (tollen bread is fweeteft: But to the matter now in hand, The powder of the dried rootestaken 
^inlTfoeft ° f thc “ fe ! v ' es or , W ' th ° thcr [ c ingS l as Mirrhe > Ruc - Pepper, and the like, is a certaine remedy a- 
f n S ‘ nS 0r . bltl " gs Serpents, Scorpions, or any other venemous beads, and again!! the bitin Js of 
a madde dog,being taken three: or finite dayes together,and care taken to kcepe open the wound with Vinecfr or 
thai'h W * kn d C A- Can - fe l nd ^ refle 1C 1,1 ° r , der as 1C fll0uld be; tbe fame rootes alfo takcn in wine helpcththofe 
that have obftruftions in their livers, or are liver growne as they call it, or have paines in their ftomackes ■ thole 
alio that cannot keepe or rellifh their meate, or have dejefted appetites to their meate, for hereby they (hail finde 
prefenteafe and remedy = being deeped in wme and drunke, it refrefbeth thofe that are overwearied with tra¬ 
vel!, and are by cold and ill lodging abroad, growen (larke or lame in their joynts: theie alfo that have any eri- 
pingpa.nes m their fides as prickings, ditches or the like : it helpcththofe that are bruited by blowes or falls 
by difiolvmg the congea led bloud, and eafing the paines: the fame alio is held very eftfluall againff all agues to 
take of the roote not in wine but feme other dnnke, or the water diddled of the herbe : the tredi roote^ or the 
«mrtSn de ‘ nt °if ?- effary ’ and 4 P n t lnt c° tbe mat [ ,ce > expelleth the dead child, and the afterbirth, for it throughly 
worketh upon thofe parts, and therefore not to be given to women that arc with child, and being taken inward- 
™ Pr0 ff U A th |i he ' r n C< ? Ur< l sb r e ' n ? ftopped ’ andtbcunnewllCnltlsftaicd : llied «oflion of the roote ismervcl- 
lous eftcauaH to helpe thofe that are pained with the done: the fame alfo taken in wine doth rnervelloiL 
much good to thofe that are troubled with crampes and convulfions in any parts: it doth much good afro ra 
tnofe that are burden, and have any ruptures. Dnfandcs faith that there is fo great power and efficacie in the 
rootes hereof, that it helpeth not men onely, but beads alfo that are troubled with couches and the nutomWr 
their intrails, and that it expelleth the wormes of the belly : it breaketh much winde in the body and caufefhir 
effeftnall 5 gen ? rall X 111 Is ava, ' eablc ln a11 cold difeafes, either inward or outward, and as gJc* faith, is moft 
effeauad, where there is any neede to extenuate or make thinne, thicke flegme or groffe humors, denfina ofror- 
rup. and filthy fores or ulcers, purging of peccant and offenfive humours, and opening the obdruflions of rhr 
hver and lungs, gall and fplcene, and freeing the parts affefted, with any the difeSfc”Tridentunto fo^and 
theie things. Gain fooldeth it to worke by the (acultieof bittcrnefl'e therein ; for affuredly if our ftomackes could 
brooke this and other bitter medicines, and were not fo nice and daintie torefufe whatever is not pleating r« 
the palate, it would worke admirableeffefts in the curingof many defperate and im-er- rate j;r r P - jL to 
and denting and healing foulecorrupt and defperate fores and ulcers outwardly, and therefore^the ItaZZ not 
MtnlPlf ’ h°r, Ca ' thc Ce T M T <C T’ ™"er e «•» put it into your purfe, either as 
fal b that i C was t0 be S a ‘ hc , red wher efo«cr it was found and fit to be kept j„ ones purfe as ready to 
be ufed upon all occafions or that it did by curing of difeafes, get (fore of crownes to be put into the purfe • fo 
excellent they accounted this roote and herbe to be ufed : foedecodion of the leaves, or the juice offoem' or 
the rootes, worketh the fame efteds ■ and fo doth the diflilled water of the leaves, flo wers and rootes artificial 
ly made in Slade, and drawen by the vapours ofa Balneum or Hot water ■ for this water Luke- karhh "1 
bfoo t d edt H C p U M ‘^wonderfull manner, all thofe forts ofagues that breede by the obftmclioVof humours^ 
blood, and killeth the wormes of the belly: the fatd water ufed to the face, clenleth it from all forts of fonts 
freckles, morphew, and other defections, or difcolourings of theskinnewhatfoever ifit be often bathed l£,hr‘ 
ly therewith: the powder ofthe roote, or the juyee thereof healeth all wolds thatatefrofo °asafro[smoll § rn 
veraigneandeffeiauall for all forts of foule, putnde, or rotten ulcers wherefoever, yea although thev be hollow 
alfo or the ; Ca T U f a ! f0 a frCtt j ng 0r mnn \ n S’ for “ mi g hcil y a '' d drieth and healeth up alfo : the fame 
n J l h powder ofthe dried rootes applied to the ulcers, knots, or kernells ofthe neckeor throate whirh^ 
called the Kings evill,healeth them certainely and fpeedily, as alfo the painefull fwellinos rfrhek t o- 
VC,nes Which ate called the piles when theyL falL do^-’ne 
o condenfate, that is, made thicke by extraftion and evaporation to his confidence fit to be kept is ufed tobel^ 
fi me thC eyeS,t ° C ?, ke aW t y lnflammat / ons and tedneffe in them, and tp cleate & clenfe them from skins and 
mrnes growing upon them , the roote or the j nice of them, or the decoftion of the hetbe or r oote is e iven ike 
wife V cry often to cattell to dnnke, to free them from the Bottcs, and wormes, and many other difeafes as alfo 
Trafte » wo ™ e or whichZ/ofr™ licke up w th foe 
g a)ie, as alfo when fuch wormes or other hurtfullvermine have bitttenKine hvrhpnHrlA-rc C j 
£S wh hic \ p ^ 
andwrfoofn! c ? lln . trey p ^ op J e ftc, they bruifing the leaves of any ofthe Gcntians^rowfrgn^are nmofoem* 
r. f H n £, out *he juiee, ftroke therewith the udder, or bitten place, and thev bv two or rhrf'er;m#>« fr> * 
todHnre vvi “T*'' th l root “ 1 ^ Waller Gentian ofthe Spring, befngS a^gw™ in powder toanf 
collicke, and ochefforo^nd'pnev 8 ," fartlng,and “ given ^ S°°dtocccfc to helpe the totmen? s ofthe win I 
the vellnw j-r , r S rlevous P a nges, or paines in the ftomacke or bowells, it is alfo profitable to helne 
cha?; 
