F.bibe.5. 
'The Theater ofTlants , 
Chap.67. 6 o § 
~ The place. 
The firfl: is very frequent in aur land,in divers countries, as at Nampjled going from the towne to theChurch a 
nd many other places from Hampjled heath to London : the fecond and third I have not knowne grow Wilde, 
utonely in our gardens: the fourth Cufw faith he found growing naturally in his garden at Vienna, and fo 
.id I like wife in my garden in Long Acre, not knowing othcrwife of any fnch feeds was fent me,for it grew not 
a anv of my fovvenbeds, but ftragltngly inwall places. 
The Time. 
All the(e forts arc in flower both in Iune and July, for the mod part, and the fcede is quickely ripe after the 
> lowers arc pad. • , 
The Names , 
It is called in Greeke as Die fees ides faith yahio0J oAs*, Cjaliopfis, Galeopjis, rir G aleobdolosj 
. falcata flornm ejfigie, 3 s fome thinke,or as Matthio 'w faith, a ydist & tys and then he would adapt the Lamium 
\Him maculatisfoius unto it, but himfclfe difdaimeth that deduftion, and the other is not right, for the word 
i ye.s'LaJ'^O-, which figniheth mujlelafatida, fbe weth the truer derivation as 'Pliny hath it ajlornm figura, muJleU 
hiciem & riSlumijuadantemu exprimente: It is called ufually in Latine alfq Galeopjis , as Pliny doth more truly, 
Tien Gahopjls, and Vrtica mortua fetida, &Vrtica Ubeo, of the great lippesin the flowers. The firft is from 
Tragus called ulually Z/VriVu Heraclea, or by others Herculea Tragi: of Lmiccnu Vrtica [ylvana,oi Colitis Ge- 
Keopji t leeitima DiofcoridU, but by Bauhirms Lamium maximum fylvaticumfatidum : the fecond is the Lamium in - 
•ranitm of Thalius ,3ndtheGaleopJis rubraoi Lugdunenfis, whereof he faith there groweth.plenty in the groves 
above Lyons, as well as the other yellow Galeopfis-, whereof neither as he faith, is any Lamium, either (linking, 
:ior not duelling, for as he faith this red differcth from the yellow, onely in the colour of the flower, both of them 
(bearing (piked heads like the fifft : the third is Lugdunenfit Qaleopjis lutea Dalechampi], called Galeopjis floreluteo 
iifolio oblango, and rellis caalibtu of Camerarim inhorto, differing from the Lamium lutenm, for he mentioneth 
citalfo among the other Lamia : the toanh Clujius aWcth Lamium Pamonicum fccuxdum five exoticnm, and is 
tthought to be ScrophuUria flare Inteo of Bauhiutu,^ you fhall finde it noted in the chapter of ScrophuUria after- 
liwards: but furely ic hath little correfpondency with the Lamia. 
The Vcrtttes. 
The (lincking Dead Nettles, any of the kinds of them, boyled in wine and drunke, doth wonderfully helpe 
all inward wounds and hurts, bruifes, falls or the like, and are Angular good alfo for the lplecne, and the difea- 
fes thereof: but efpecially for the hemorrhoides or piles, when they are painefull being fwollen and fallen 
downs.: the juyee thereof applyedwarme with vinegar,both eafeth the paines and draweth forth the blood s 
and in the fame manner ufed helpeth the warts,and other fuch like hard grumes or knots, that grow in and about 
the fundament;as alfo all other manner of hard fwcllings,as wennes,warts,and kernels,that grow in the necke or 
throate, orinanypart of thebody; it is Angularly commended for all manner of filthy ulcers, gangrenes,and 
i cancers, be they corroding or fiflulous. 
Chap. LXVII- 
Scrophularia major. Great Figwort. 
jHere are two forts of ScrophuUria or Figge-wort, as they are fo called by divers, a greater and Ieffer, 
i the Ieffer being called Chelidonium minus, whereot Ifhal! entreate hereafter: but of the greater in 
rhisChaptcr, whereof there are divers other forts that formerly were not knowne. 
r. ScrophuUria major vulgaris, The ordinary great Figgewort. 
-- The common great Figgewort fendeth forth divers great, ftrong, hard, fquare, browne- (hikes,’ 
three or foure footc high, whereon grow large, hard, and darke greene leaves, two at a joyht, which are larger, 
and harder than any Nettle leaves, but not flinging, very like unto the leaves of Water betome, fo that they arc 
fometimes miltaken, being fomewhac hardly difeerned one from the other, but that thele are not fo round dented 
about the edges, and arc alfo fmaller at thcends; at the toppes of the (lalkes, (land many purple flowers, fetm 
huskes which are fomewhat gaping and open, but not fo much as any of the former dead Mettles, but elofer and 
fmaller fomewhat like thofe of Water Betony, after which come hard round heads, with a (mall point in the 
middle ’ wherein lye fmall brownifli feede: the roote is great white and thicke, with divers knobbes or bunches 
at ir, growing a flops, under the upper cruft of the ground, and abideth many yeeres, but keepeth not his gteene 
There is another fort hereof very like in leaves, but more fometimes (landing at a joynt, efpecially the lower- 
moft, theBowers are not gaping, but made of foure reddifh leaves, which ulually (land at the ;oynts with the alterae i e : 
leaves: the feede veflcls are not pointed. # . gw* 
2, ScrophuUria altera Rut a Canina diElf, Great Figge-wort without knoboed rootes. 
This other kinde of great Figge-wort, rifetb up with many weake and tender (hikes, not above two footc 
hwb, whereon grow narrow, long, and (omewhat thicke darke greene leaves, cut in on the edges on both udes 
into divers parts, making them feeme like the leaves of vvilde field P oppie, fmelling fomewhaMtrong like Rue, 
or Poppie, and let without order, fometimes but one or two, and fometimes more (tanoing at a l°y n ^J c he flow¬ 
ers are many but fmaller, of a darke or fad purple colour, fomewhat like the other, or like unto Toadflaxe, {lan¬ 
ding many together, upon feverall fmall branches at the toppes of the (hikes, which lmell as rrrong almoftas 
the leaves: after which come fmall heads like the former, the feede whereof is not much unlike : the roote 
hereof hath no khobs thereat at all, but confifteth of a long, downeright bigge roote, with many fmall fibres 
growing to ic. „ , 
g, ScrophuUria Cretica latifoiia. Great leafed Figge-wort of Candy. 
This Figge-wort of Candy hath a fquare cornered greene (hike, brownifli on the fiae nextthe Sunne : at the 
bottome whereof grow divers large, and long winged leaves, fet upon their foote (hikes, made of many parts. 
