518 Chap.21, < Theatrum c Botanicum. Tribb,^ 
colour oyntmcnts, and for that purpole they take Cimxfamand Anchufa. Tothe fecond kinde (whichw^D- 
nerally take to be that with the yellow (lower, and is the firft here deferibed) Diofcoridcs giveth thefe pro¬ 
perties; that whether it be eaten or drunke, orbutbound tothe wound, it helpeth all fuch as are bitten by Ser': 
pents, efpecially by the viper (or adder) and that if any that hath eaten hereof (hall but fpit it into the mouth of 
any Serpent, it will prefently kill it, the leaves (but much more the roore) being dranke in wine ftayeth the' 
fluxeof the belly. T-liny addeth hereunto fomewhat more; the cbiefeft ftrength hereof faith he is in harvefl 
time, a draught ofwine wherein fome of thedryed leaves and rootes have beene boyled, and given to thofe: 
that are troubled with the falling downe of the mother doth helpe them ; it killeth wormes, being taken with;' 
Hyflope. it is good alfo taken in wine for the paines of the backe and reines, as alfo for the liver) Galen doth' 
more acurately and di limftlyfet them forth in this manner. Omckab aithhehatha roote aftringenc and fbme--,i 
tvhat bitter, and thereby fit both to condenfate the thinne humours in the body,and fomewhat to°exrenuate thofe 1 
that arc thicke, and as wejl to clenfe the chollericke, as to wafh the fait humours therein; for it is laid before 1 
that a harfh tailed quality joyned with a bitter, can performe thofe properties; in the like manner ic is profita-i 
ble for the yellow jaundife, for thofe that are fpleneticke, and for thofe that have paines in the backe and lohies ill 
byreafonoftheftoneinthekidneyes. It is alfo cooling and appiyed with Early flower, helpeth inflammations ; 
and Saint Anthonies B e : it clenfeth alfo either inwardly taken, or outwardly ufed, and therefore with vinegar fi 
helpeth morphews, lepries and the like, but thefe properties are chiefly in the rootes, yet the leaves although '■ 
they be weaker then the roote, are not without the qualities of drying and binding, and therefore they being 1 
taken in wine, are good for all fluxes and laskes, but that which is called Omchiles or Alcibiadion is more phv- ■ 
ficall, for in tafte it hath a greater acrimony, and fpeedily helpeth thofe that are bitten by a viper, whether o| 
tbeyeate it, or apply it as a falve to the wound, or but hang it or tye it to the wound, but the little Anclmfa 3 
which fcarle hath a name, is like unto the Akibiadion, being more bitter, and therefore more fit to give remedy* 
and is good to kill the broad wormes in the body, being given to drinke with Hyflbpe and Creffes, thus faith ill 
,7™- is of late daiesgivento thofe that are bruifed by fotnd fall, or by beatings, or any other cafualties as 
alio to drive out the fmall poxe, meafles, or the like, to be drunke in hot drinke. Some have (aid that it will’co- ■ 
lour waters, gellies, and the like; but Pliny faith it will not diflblve in water, but in oyle, and fo we have it 
true by experience, yet the colour holdeth not long, being boyled in oyle, butter, or other fat thin- • and there 
tore the painting that was made therewith by the French Ladies, lerved onely for a fmall while.’except they 
take it while it is frefh ; but the oyntment that is made with a pint of good Taller oyle, wherein two ounces of ■■ 
the rootes of Alkanet, and twenty earth wormes hath beene boyled, and afterwards (trayned forth and kept in 
a pot, is a lingular good falve toufe for any frefh wounds, made cither erode the flefli or deepe thrufts thereinto 
or into the body, as alfo where nerves and finewes are, to confolidate and knit them againe ■ lome ofthe roote’ 
put into Petroleum, oyle of Refer,and being let If and till any one needeth, it is a lingular good remedy to heale 
any frclh cut or thruft: workemen of ail forts, that ufc lharpe and pointed poles, ought to have it familiar among 
tnem, tomeuponalloccafionsofharme. b 1 
Chif. XXI. 
Lycopfu. Wall Bugloffe. 
gEcaufe this herbe is fo like unto the Ancbufh, that as Biofcorides faitb.it was called ofdivers Anchufa 
\ c „ m , m“ ne a , ccou,ued « 351 ki ' ldc thereof, as alfo that is like unto Echmm, and other forts 
of Wilde Bugloffe, whereof Anchufa is alfo accounted a fpecies ; ! thinke it fit to foyr.e it next unto 
# them, whole defcnption is as followeth ; it fpreadeth upon the ground, with many long and nar- 
, . , , row rough or rugged darkegreene hairy leaves) fomewhatiikeuntothefr&OTKor wilde Bugloffe 
which doe abide in thac manner, fome yeares, without fending forth any flalke or flowers at all (which divers 
having marked have thought it never did beare flower or feede,) but if it or any other plant fhould doe 1b how 
could any man thinke it could come there, or any where elfe, where they are found ; and therefore I am verily 
perfwaded, there is no herbe or plant growing upon the ground, but hath a kinde of feede, whereby it is encrea- 
fed, maH the places where they are natural!; Idoeneither except the Fearne, Maidenhaire, Miltwaft Harts 
tongue, Coltsfoote, Butter burre, or any other whatfoever, although 1 know this my opinion, doth notonelv 
contradiadivers other more learned mens obfervations, or rather other mens conceites now adaies (but it hath 
beene: iufhciently I thinke faid before ,n the Chapter oiCynoglojfunt, that as that, fo this notwithftanding, that 
it.doth not beare a ftalke for flowers or feede fome yeares, yet it is found to beare it in others - becaufe divers 
plantsofeach kinde, have beene found, as well with ftalkes and flowers, as voide and without) and when it bca- 
reth a ftalke which rifeth two foote high, it carryeth many fuch like leaves thereon as grow below, but fet one 
diftanr from another, without order and fmallet up to the toppe, where the flowers (land upon the feverall 
branches, chat it hath fpread, as alfo comming forth at the joynts with the leaves, like unto the hollow flowers 
of fcW or WddBuglofle, with uneven and gaping dented brimmes or edges, of a pale purple colour, with 
u 1 f p r P ° lnt p '? t i 1C T ldd e ’ S rowl , n g out of the flower stove the length thereof; after which follow¬ 
eth feede like unto Bugfode, but not altogether fo great or blacke, the roote is fomewhat wooddv. lono and 
not much greater then a finger with fome fibres thereat, ofabtownifo ted on theoutfidc, little or nothfng co¬ 
louring the fingers, as the Anchufa’s doe. 6 
... , , , 2 - LycopfuAnglica. The Entlijb WallBugloffe. 
ftat!<es ’ or flowers from the former, the onely difference confix 
fbr IT n aC '^ e fiowcr p doe al1 at the toppes of the branches, and are ofa deeper purple colour, with divers 
threds (hooting out of them, the roote is a little reddilh like the other, and giveth as little colour. 
?■ tyepfis ts£giptiaca. £?yj)tian Wall Bugloffe. 
The roote hereof js red, the ftalke ftraight, and two cubits high, with many rough and hard leaves like unto 
Bramble leaves, but long narrow and pointed, fpread upon the grouud, and difperfed upon the ftalkes, but not 
