r R IBE« 4 , 
The Theater of'Plants. 
Chap.II* 
lkd"¥tower gentle, of a darkegreene, which afterwards tutne brownifh. de nte d at all, 
but fmooth on the edges, rough and hairy as the Italkes are alfo at thejoynts with the leaves, from the micdle 
ofthe ftalkes upwards, where itIpreadeth into fomebranches, (land many (mall pale purpliOa flowC r s,- in hairy a 
nr fomewhat rou$h heades or huSkcs, after which come fmall blacke and rough feede, which will fticke to any 
garment or cloath that (hall touch it: theroote is fomewhat long with many fmall fibres annexed thereunto, of 
11 darkc re ddifh colour, which abide* the Winter, although the ftalkes with leaves penfh, and fpringetha frefh 
i. parietal ia vulgar it. 
Common l’clli toty of the tVa(/. 
l every yeare. 
J. Parietariaminor. SmallPeliitory ofthe Wall. 
1 The leffer Peliitory of the Wall, groweth in the like. 
t manner that the former doth, but not fo great or high, ha¬ 
lving tender reddifh rough ftalkes, and fmaller and fhorter, 
> and fomewhat greener leaves thereon,alinoft like unto Baf- 
| fill,and rougher alfo, lo that they will cleave to any cloth,or 
otherthing that toucheth it; the flowers andfeede differ not 
much from the other.but fmaller, and the feede is more like 
unto Purflane feede, being rubbed out of the huskes,han the 
other. The Place, 
The firft groweth wilde generally through the land, a- 
:.boutthebordersoffields,andby thefldesof old Walls, and 
: among rubbifh: it will well endure alfo being brought 
r into the garden, and planted on thefhadie fide, where it 
i will fpring of its owne lowing, and will not eafily be got- 
i ten out therchence afterwards: The other is rare in our 
; Countrie, and in Germany alfo,but neare Confluence, where 
: it is naturally found,and not in many other places, neither 
both of them in one place or very feldome, it doth fome- 
! times hold the greene leaves in theWint er. 
The Time. 
They flower in lane and July, and the feede is ripe foone 
after. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke He/.vmr, and mjAW. 
citim, the one quod folionim & Jeminum bhrf*!** veflibw ad 
kereamhe other cjnodperdices ea libentervefcantur :in Latine 
•alfo Helvine, ('but not Cijfampelos , which is delcribed be¬ 
fore, )Pcrdicium,Perd'caria J 5 c Vrcee!arii,Vitrayo or Vitriola- 
risherba ,becaufe the roughnefle thereof leryeth to clenfe ei¬ 
ther pots or glades; it is called alfo Maralium, and herba 
cMuralis, becaule it moll ufually groweth by W alls fides, 
and for the fame caufe alfo it is-called Parietaria,oT as fome 
doc write it Paritaria. Galen and P.aulm sAEgineta, who 
followeth him in mod things, fay, that fome in their dayes 
called it Parthenittm, but they doc not nnderftand the Ma¬ 
tricaria for it, but this herbe here entreated of; but there 
aretobe found in the writings of divers, that have written of herbes feven feverall forts of herbes, called by the 
name Parthenion or Parthenittm ■ as CSFeratrialis, Arthemifla, Chamomilla nobilit, Amaracw or Mayor an a, Marttm, 
Adatricaria ; and this Parietaria-,Cornelius Celfusa\(o, and Pliny out of him, doe call it Parthenittm■ and yet 
Leonicenw JColmariw, and Rttdolphw AgricotaycmCn doubted, whether any did fo call it: the Italians call it I ane- 
tariaScVitriola -the Spaniards yervademttro- the French Tantoire and Paritari -the Germanes San Peterskrat/t-,as 
Tray us faith,& Tagunnacht and Glafrflraut-, the Dutchmen Glaffcruidt-in Englifli ordinary Peliitory ofthe Wall, 
but corruptly as I laid,for it hath no correfpondencie with Peliitory ; but to follow the Latine name,as moft other 
Countries doe, it fliould be called Paritarie, and ofthe Wallis added according to both the names of Faritaria 
and Adttralis ; all Authors doe call it generally either Helxine or Parietaria, and Tragus calleth the other 
Paritaria exigua. 
The pertues. 
The dried herbe Paritary made up with hony into an Ele&uarie, or the juice of the herbe, or the decOdfion 
■ thereof madeup with Sugar or Hony,is afingularkemedy for any old continuall or dry cough,the fhortnelleof 
breath and wheezings in the throate : the j'uyce thereof taken to the quantie of three ounces at a time doth won¬ 
derfully eafe thofc that are troubled with the fuppreffion of their urine, canting them very fpeedily to make wa¬ 
ter, and to expell both the ftone and graved that are engendred in the kidnies and bladder, and therefore it is 
ufually put among other herbes that are ufed in glifters, to mittigate paines in the backc. (ides or bowells, p: ocee- 
dingof winds or the like (loppings of urine, or the graved and ftone : it worketh the like effedb alfo, if thebrai- 
fed herbe fprinkled with fome Muskadine be warmed upon a ty!e,orina difliupon a few quickc coalos in a 
Chaffing di(li,and applied to the belly: the decoftion alfo of the herbe being drnnke,ea(eth the paines of the mo¬ 
ther,and bringeth downe the courles that are (hied; the fame alfo eafeth thofe griefes that arife from the obftru- 
fiionsoftheliver,fpleene,andreine8:thefamedecoflion alfo may ferve in (lead of a bath for me:i or women to fit 
in, for the forefaid purpofes: the fame decodlion alfo with a little hony added thereto, will ferve to very good 
purpofe to gargle the throate when it is fwollen and pained ; the juice held a while ini the mouth eafeth the 
paines in the teeth-'the diddled water of the herbe drunk with fome Sugar to make it the more pleafa: .t wo> keth 
the fame effects, and moreover clenfeth the skinne from fpots, freckles, purples, wheales, funbu ne, motpbew, 
&c. and Ieavcth the skinne, ch are, fmooth and delicate: the j’uyce dropped into the eares eafeth the noife and 
Pp 3 humming 
