Tkeatrum ‘Botanicum, 
67 6 Chap. 93. 
T R I B E 
gatur mire utilitfit, It was alfo called Sagminalit herba, hoc eft gramen vel herba ex arce, cum fua terra a Co r l 
ez'ulfum, quod in pacts bclliepite ritibus habebatur, & Sagmina in pub licit remedtji fuere adhibit*. J t is called in L ' ' 
Verbena c/uafi Herbert*, or herb* bona.CAIatricalis, Verbettaca, and Columbaria,or Columbaria,or Colt,mb ana 
pera, CMarttalis, and Hercnlania, as alfo Ferrari* from the germane word Eifencraut, or Eifenbert, as I rak **', 
The Italians call it Berbena and Verminacola, the Spaniards' Vrgebaom, the FrenchVerveine, the DutchIfencr^'*' 
and Iferbart, and wee in Englifh Vervaine, andiniome countries Pigeons graffe, and Holyherbe as al/o^’ 
others Mercuries moi!) blood,and Ittno’s teares.Thefe two firft forts of Vervaine have beene much controverted' 
as I fayd before by the later Herbarilfs, and writers,fome doubting whether they (hould beanypeculiarherbe 
in that they thinke that any graffe or hetbe that was call on the Altar, was called Verbena, and for it they ailed”' 
Terence in Andraa, where he faith Ex ara Verbenas hincfume, wherein Terence fpeaketb after his countrcv phr 
(for Menander hath Myrtles, outof whom this was tranflatcd) and underflandcthfuchherbes as lay there and- 
not Vervaine onely. Some alfo as Fufchitu and Tragus make Erjfimumvulgarefive Irio to be Vervaine ■ Gel - 
as Tragus f aith called one kind of PrunaUa, Verbena ; and Tragut himfelfe maketh his third Verbena fupina to hit 
the Camabina agnatic* folio tripartite, Dodoneus formerly made thetwo forts of wilde Germander to be rh ■' 
Hierabotanegnat, and femma, and Cafalpintu tookethe Sideritis prim* Matthioli, or Mambium aauaticnm^ 
be Verbena nlterum genus, who alfo called it Verbena famina, which all others call mas and reel* fL rhp 
is called famina by them all. ' * ' 
The Virtues „ 
Vervaine is hot and dry, bitter and binding, andisanopenerofobflruftions, denfethand healeth • for it hel 
peth the yellow laundies.the Dropfie and the Goute, as alfothedefeftsof the Reines and Lungs and generally 
all the inward paines and torments of the body : the leaves being boyled and drunke, the fame is held to be pond 
again!) the bitings of Serpents and venemous beads, and the Plague or Peftilence, again!) both tertian and auar. . 
tane Agues, killeth and ctpelleth the Wormcs in the belly, and caufetha good colour in the face and bndv 
ftrengthneth as well as corredfeth the difeafes of the Liver and Splcene, is very effeftuall in all the difeafes of 
the Stomacke and Lungs, as Coughes.lhottneffe of breath and wheelings, and is lingular good again!) the Dron 
fie, to be drunke with fome Pionyleedes.bruifed and put thereto, and is no lefl'e prevalent for thedefefts of 
the Reines and Bladder,to clenfe them of that vifeous and (limy humour which ingendreth the Done and hel 
peth to breake it being confirmed, and to expell the gravell: it confolidateth and healeth alfo all wounds both 
inward or outward, and ftayeth bleedings,and ufed with fome honey,healeth all old VIcers, and Fiflulaes’in the 
Legs or other parts ofthebody,as alfo thofeVlcers that happen in the mouth, or ufed with old Hogs greafe it 
helpcth the fwellmgs and paines of the fecrct parts of man or woman, as alfo for the piles orhemorrhoides-’an 
plyed with fome oyle of Roles and Vinegar unto the forehead and temples, ithelpeth toeafe the inveterate 
paines and ache of the head, and is good alfo for thofe that are fallen into a frenfy.-the leaves bruifed or rhe 
juice of them mixed with fome Vinegar, doth wonderfully clenfe the skinne, and taketh away all morphew 
freckles, puUulaes, or other fuch like inflammations, and deformities of the skinne in any part of the bodv • The 
dill.lled water of the hetbe when it is in his full ilrength, dropped into the eyes, denfeth them from fiimcT 
clouds or mil) that darken the fight, and wonderfully comforteth the opticke veines. The faid water is ve, J 
powerfull in all the difeafes aforefayd, eyther inward or outward, whether they bee old corroding fores or 
greene wounds. The female Vervaine is held to be the more powerfull forall the purpofes before fpoken’of- 
but that of Peru goeth farte byond them both,for c^Fanardw reporteth divers very admirable cures which tha'r 
herbe hath performed in the Weft Indies ■ as of a certaine noble woman, who having ufed the helpe of divers 
Pbyfitians in vame, an Man Phylitian very skilfull in hcrbes.gave her the juice of that Vervaine to drinke with 
fome Sugar mixed therewith,for to allay fomewhat of the bitterneffe thereof,by whofe ufe (hee avoided in a fe w 
dayes ath'ckelongwormc (which (hee called a fnake) being hairy, of a foot in length, and double forked at 
the Mile, after which ftee grew well; the fame noble woman commended the fame medicine to another noble 
womanin Peru, who had not beene well of alongtime, who having taken it in the lame manner for certaine 
dayes,avoided many (mall and long wormes, and among the reft, onevery long, like unto a long white girdle 
alter which time fheebecame well agairie. Which medecine.was by advice given to many others that com- 
plained or \\ ormes, and they were alljfoone holpen by avoyding wormes, cither more or lefTe, and Tome alfo 
roulcs or balls of haire, and other things: it is held alio tobeenolefle efFeduall againfl all poyfon and the ve- 
nome of dangerous beaus and ferpents, as alfo again!) bewitched drinkes or the like. Many other examples of 
cures CAIonardus fetteth do wnc which are too long here to recite, feeing thefe are fufficient to (hew how pre¬ 
valent that berbe is for many difeafes. ‘ - 
Chap. XCIIL 
Hedera terre/his. Ground Ivie or Alehoofe. 
1 - W ? IC r 1S n r 0t ( 0Bn , d t0 var y with us - )' ec obferved by (others, to yeeld 
y ; omc fences I mu!) adde another fort fet forth by Label ,which agree* very well thereto in *c 
8 lace and outward forme,whatfoever it doe m the inward qualities 
v TU - i. Hedera terreftrit vulgaris. Common Ground Ivie or Alehoofe. 
ihiscommonand wdlknowneherbelyeth.fprcadeth, and creepeth upon the ground allabmir’ 
“ft ret’aUa ! on P ^h 
ffiovn^ewifemithh' 1 « um P Iedasl ''ye r e, and unevenly dented about the edges, with round dents fat 
heends ofablewrn‘ V tow ? r , d 'he ends of the branches comeforth hollow longflowers, gapingat 
in the mouth or j^wes* :The roote°iTlmaff^^ ^ > ° t! U3>0n ^ ^ abe * or *‘PP CS t ^ lat bang down e, as alfo 
T , , ,, , . . ,*• Hederaterrejiri, minor. The leffer Alehoofe.' 
Tne leffer Alehoofe is altogether like the former fort, but that the trayling branches creeps not fo farre about, 
being 
