4i 6 Chap. 30, 
Theatrum c Botanicum , 
Fri b £,5. 
The place . 
Thefirftgroweth wildealmoft every where .The fecond about the Caftlewalles of fewer inS*j fex. The third 
and fourth in Hangar], and Austria, The fifth and fixth in Candy, The feaventh and tenth in Spaine. The eighth 
andninthonthehilsintheKingdome of Naples, as Cohmna reporteth. The eleventh and twelfth in Candy, 
The Time. 
They all flower in Sommer, and their feede is quickely ripe after. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke £'*'"> Echinm,dt.ni$ixJ)or k ataipUr Alcibiailim, tni Alcibion, or Alcibiacum, of the firft 
finder thereof, who being bitten by a Viper, gathered this herbe, and chewing ir, and fwallowing downe the 
juice, and applying the reft ofthe herbe to the bitten place, freed himfelfe from danger,Vfpa/tr'wr faith it was cal¬ 
led 0 »fi.ffi£or thcriorrhizon,Vipcree radix and eX'-W, from the forme of the feede,which as Diofcorides faith is like 
the head of a Viper, and thereof tooke the name Echittm, yet fome others lay from the effefts in the rootes, to 
cure the bitings ofthe Viper, in Latine alfo £ 'chium, ofmoft Authours, yec of fome Bugloffum filveflre viperimm 
dr Serpent aria, and feme alfo tooke it for Anchufa, as 7 haluu, and Cefalpinm, and under that name faith the 
feede ofthe CWy forts were lent him. Cordm on ‘Diofcorides called the firft Lycopfu and Laments Bugloffum 
fylveflre. Camcrariw and UlTatthio/m mention the fecond, Clufim the third, fourth, fifth, and fixth, and the 
feventh in his Cure poJleriores,Columna the eighth, and ninth, and 'Bauhintu the tenth, under their feverall titles 
as they are here exprefled, the two laft by A/pinm in his booke de plantie exoticis. It is called ofthe Italians Echio 
and Buglej]a Salvatica. Ofthe Spaniards Terva di Us bivoras. Of the French Borrachefurnace, and V herbe,nx 
injures. Ofthe Germans wild ockjen fong. Of the Dutch monmld offentonghe. In Enghfh wild Bu^loHe, and 
Vipers Bugloffe. 
The Verities. 
It is as you have heard, by the firftfinder out of it, an efpcciall remedy againft the biting ofthe Viptr, and of 
all other Serpents or venemous creatures, as alfo againft poyfon, and poylonfull herbes, it is added further by 
Diofcorides and others, thatwhofoeverlhalltakeoftheherbeorroote, before they be bitten, fhallnot be hurc 
by the poyfon of any Serpent. And Ithinke from this and fome other the like qualities in herbes, to heale the 
difeafes, whereof fome forme may be feene in them, hath come the application of many other, whole formes 
have beene imagined to havebeene found in them, which they call Signature plantarum, whereof Cro/lius in his 
Bafilica chymica, hath given demonftration ot all the parts ot the body, from the head to the foote, andmorc- 
overofmany the difeafes ofthe body, and of divers other things, whereof they that will reade his worke may 
be better informed that dclire the know ledge thereof; the rootes or ftedes, are thought to be molt effeftuall for 
theforefaid caufes, as alfo to comfort the heart, and to expcll ladnellc, and caufekfle Melancholy, it tempers 
the blood, and allayes the hot fits of agues, the lccde drunke in wine procureth aboundance of milke in womens 
brefts ; the fame alfo being taken, ealeth the paines in the loincs, backe, and kidneies, the dittilled water of the 
herbe, when itisin hischiefeftftrength, that is in flower is excellent to be applyed inwardly or oucwardly, for 
all the griefes aforefaid, There is a fyrupe made hereof, very effeftuall for the comforting of the heart, and ex¬ 
pelling fadnefli and melancholly, which is made in this manner. Take of the clarified juice ofthe com. 
mon wilde or Vipers Eugloffe foure pound, of fine Sugar three pound, ofthe infufion ofthe flowers thereof 
one pound, boyle thele gently unto the confidence ofa fyrupe, which keepe by you, to life as you fhall have 
caufe. But becaufeir is lomcwhat hard to preffe forth this juice, by rcafonof the fiiminelfe thereof, it is fit 
that after you have beaten the herbe well, you fee it dole covered in a cold cellar, or other cold, and moift place 
for two dates and nights,and then wring or prefle forth the juice, and clarifie it with the whites of egges beaten, 
and pafled gently ofitfelfe, through athicke Hippocrat bagge ; andbecaufemany know not howtomakethe 
mfirlion, before lpokcn of rightly as it Ihould be, it is thus. Gather of the flowers of the faid wild Budofl'c 
a good quantity, which you fhall put into a pot, with fome water, being made boyling hot aforeliand, ftoppe 
the pot clofe untill it be cold, and then wring forth the infufion; you may renew the infufion,by putting in frefh 
flo wers as betore, once or twice more, if you will have it ftrong of the flowers. 
Chap. XXX. 
Eraxinella five Diptammss Mm. Falfewhite Dittany. 
> Have given you the dcfcriptionsofall the forts of falfe Baftard Dittany, or white Dittany, in rm 
former Booke, whercunto I referreyou, 1 fhall onely here exhtbite the figure and amplifie the 
3 Vermes. D r 
| Eraxinella may more fitly be called falfe whicc Dittany,then baftard Dittany, becaufe there is ont 
,. a * read y ; et ' orthlin the firft Tribe or Clafiis by the name of Trended,a amnut, Baftard Dittany, lead 
two herbes ibould be called by one name, and then neither fhould be well underftood when they were callcc 
lortcuitinft epithises is moft reqtufite therefore to avoid confufion. 
The Vert ties. 
orhnm v Dittan ? th . e " !s £“ tin g and *ying, the rootes which are moft in ufe doe attenuate or make thir 
» 1 e humours,it openeth obftrufttons, provoketh the menftrnes and urine, and clenfeth that which is foule ant 
and a'S he n IVI b ,° th agalnft . P 0 ^?"’ and the y enome of Ser P e "R.and other poyfonfull creatures 
ana againU the pettilence, and other contagious difeafes,to take a dramme or two ofthe powder of the roote ir 
T/ “ItwllhTf 0 taken,killeth the wormes ofthe belly.breaketh theftonSngft toavoid ml u 
line, it warmeth and cleanfeth the matrixe, expelleth the deadchilde, and after-birth if the part befu 
ds 8 and h^ieth t inwa^h nir ° yal i ,0r ‘ ^ eafcth the ^ aineS and torm<:nK in the inward parte or bow 
i™ in ward hurts and wounds: it is much commended againft the Hpilepfie or falling ficknefie, and o 
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