5§4 A p *5^ : Theatrtim 'TBotanicum . T r i b e. 
untrue, for Cechenille is neither the berry of any Pimpinel/a, nor T§ it the true Cocco&mdium, nor doth the Cherme, 
of th e Arabians differ from the Coccus Baphka of the Grecians, as fhall be (hewed in due place, but Oviedm tru u 
faith that Cocnoit/fr groweth like berries on the underfide of the leaves of a tree in the Well: Indies called Timet 
or bv others 7 *»*,which tree we call ficus Judies,. Now whether of the two kinds of Pimpine/U is meant this 
or that is not exprefled, forfome referre it to one and fomc to the other Some as it fhould feeme call gPimpinella 
Pampmula, and Peponella, but I rather referre all thefe names to the Saxifrage kindes: it is called SertufiregJ 
and 'sanguiuttria alfo of divers, but mod ulually Sanguiforbst, quod fiauguiueos flu.vus fifl.it and it may be Bipinella 
or Bipenula,afoliorum binis ordmibu, pematimfive p/umatim digefti ,: the Italians call it Pimpine/U or SorbatirelU 
the French Psmpinelle, the germane, Hergots hertlin (id eft, Dei Barhula) Blutkrttut, and Meeelkram becaufe 
the country people as Tragus faith,give it to their Hennes,and (Seefe when they have the Pippe, to cure' them of 
it; we doe in all places lthinke in England call it Burnet: but many of our ignorant Apothecaries doe fbatne- 
f ully miltake this herbe, inufing Pimpernel! in their Syrupe of Dealthea, and in other their medecines inflead 
thereof, from the neareneffe of the Latine and Englilh name!, of fPimpine/U and Pimpernell, taking them to bee 
both one : it may be referred alfo as it is thought to that hetbe which in T’erfis is called Sifitieptcri.f as /V,*,faith 
in his 24. Bookeandp. Chap, became it cauleth mirth, and ‘Dienifunymphas, becaufe it doth wondroufiv well 
agree with wine. The firfl iscalled PimpinelU Stmguiforba, to dillinguifh it from the other PimpinelU Saxi 
p-aga, and PimpinelU minor and herteup , to dillinguifh it from the other Sanguiforbd, which is called major and 
fylvejiru ; Anguitara, GuilandinutfiTragsu ^nd Colnnmt, call it fecmtdaDie/ceridi,, and lo doe others fince 
them : they alfo call it PimpinelU Jtalicsi, and is the firff of Tragu r by thatname, for the third is his ‘PimpinelU 
Julies,major, and fo f/a/iw calleth it alfo: others call kPimpinella five ftmgmforba major, and Columns, Sideriti 
1 ‘Dsofcoridit major. Thefecond Btmhinu, onely mentioneth, and the i alt is not remembred by any writer be¬ 
foreme, although Lohel may feeme in his Advcrfeiria to point at this, where he faith, that the great wilde kind 
hath fometimes leaves as great as Betony,as this hath, but yet is not this, being a differing kind,as bv the heads nf 
flowers may well be knowne. 1 “ 
Both the greater and the leffer Burnet are accounted to be of one property, but the leffer, becaufe it is Quicker 
and more aroinaticall, is more effeftuall being both hot and dry in the fecond degree, efpecially the leffer fZr 
fome fay it is cold in thefecond degree) which is a friend to the Heart, Liver, and other the principal! nans of 
a mans body; two or three of the ftalkes with leaves put into a cup of wine, efpecially Claret, as all know oive 
a wonderfull fine rellifh to it, and befides is a great meanes to quicken the fpirits, retrefh the heart and make ir 
merry, driving away melancholly : it is a fpeciall helpe to defend the heart from noyfome vapours and from rho 
infeSion of the Plague or Pelf ilcnce, and all other contagious difeafes, for which purpofeit is of orearefK-fl 
the juice thereof being taken in fome drinke, and they either layd to fweate thereupon, or wrapped and kenr 
very warme They have a drying and aflringent quality alfo,whereby they are available in all manner of fluve. 
of blood.or humours, to flench bleeding inward or outward, laskes or Scowrings, the Blooddy fl ix wo 
too aboundant courfes, and the whites alfo, and the chollericke belchings, and caftiiws of the ftomake and " 
alfo a lingular good Woundherbe, for all forts of wounds, bothofthe head and bod'y, either in ward’or mr 
ward, for all old Vlcer;, or running Cancers and moyft fores, whichare of-hard curation, to bee ufed evther hv 
the juice or decoftion of the herbe, or by the pouder of the herbe or roote, or the water of the dialled h7rh/ 
or elfe made into oyle, or oynttnent by it felfe, or with other things to be kept: the feede alfo is no leffe effertu ’ 
all, both to (lay fluxes and to dry up moyft fores, to be taken in pouder inwardly in fleeled water or wine 
is wherein hot gadds of fteele have beene quenched, or the pouder of the feede mixed with their ovntrnents 
or injections. - “-mencs. 
Chap. LVI. 
Sideritii five Ferrumintttrix, Iron wort. 
I Aving in the lafi Chapter (hewed you that Burnet is the fecond Sideriti, of Diofcoridcs I t l,i n ke it 
not amiffe to entreats next thereunto, of fome other herbes called Sideritidet, as being referred bv 
l ^ a c 7 h a e U r C c h a °[* r Unt0 th£ hrl1 kmdc ° f Dw fi° rid "’ having the third fort to bee fpoken of in another 
’ ...... , I- Sideriti, prma Herb* Iudaiest. lewes Ironwort. 
This fitft is a fmalUow herbe, neither wholly (landing uptight, nor wholly leaning downe to the 
ground,but hath divers weake,rough,hoarie fquare ftalkes not much above a foote high,full of joynts,at the feve- 
ralldiftances whereof, grow two fmall leaves fomewhat long, rougher as it were crumpled,hard and hairy, 
not hyfe fo broad as Horehound leaves, dented about the edges, ftnelling and raffing fomewhat ffrong, which 
fpread abroad into divers branches, the upper parts whereof are replenilhed, with many rough fmall wharles 
?m P M Ti! P n'^ gjpmg flowers, with hoary leaves at the joynts under them alfo; where after they are paft.come 
lmall blackifh feede, contained in thofehuskes, wherein the flowers ftoode before: the roote is fmall and 4ood- 
ay, yet living ana mooting forth a new every fpring. 
2. Sideritiiparvafrocumbeyjs. Small lewes Ifonwort 
in the live 3 ! 1 Wf ‘ S fom , eW . hat like * e , fo ™ er in the hairy fquare branches, but more trayling or leaning, and 
ffaXomram„a rh 0m r’m' at larger - a hnle hairy, and dented from the middle of them forwards: the flowers 
Hand comparing the ftalkes at certaine diffances as the others doe : the roote is lmall and perifheth every yeare 
3 - Sider, tit altera psirvaClufij. Another fmall lewes Ironwort. 
This other fmall Ironwort hath the middle ftalke upright fomewhat hairy and fquare, fpreading into many 
imaller branches, even from thebottome upwards, which in a manner lye on the ground, with two fuch like 
iTe member h^ at ^ : little or nothing dented at all; the flowers are white,without fpots.as fatre as 
v rcmemper,Qut gaping in like manner: the roote of this like wi ie perifheth every yeare 
4 * Sideriti* 
