6 c )6 C h a p. 103 . Theatrum Botanicum, T r 1 b * ej 
(hcdding ot the haire : the decoftion thereof made in wine and drunke is good for them that cannot reteine thei 
meate in their' ftomack: it is accounted a good remedy for a quartaine Ague to drinke a draught of the decoftio, 
warme before the fit,andfo for two or three fits together : the juice of the herbe and flowers taken either it 
Goates milke or in the diftilled water of the herbe,(faycth the running of the reines in men and the whites in wo 
men,but it will he the more effeftuall if a little powder of Corail Amber and Ivory be put thereto. CMattbiobu 
doth wonderfully commend the powder of the dryed herbe and flowers againft thepifllngof blood, foasroar 
ounce of the herbe a dram of fine Bolarmonackebeeput, and taken three dayes together fading in a draught of 
milke : the roote or the greene leaves chewed in the mouth is faid to eafe the paines in the teeth. 
Chap. CIII. 
PolygonAtnmJive Sigillttm Salomor.is . Salamons Seale. 
He re are clivers forts of Salomons Seale, fome anciently knowne and fet forth, others of later know¬ 
ledge and invention, both from Virginia and BraJfiljssthM be fpecified in this Chapter following. 
i . Polygonatum vulgare, Common Salomons Seale. 
The common Salomons Seale rifeth up with a round ttalke, about halfe a yard high, bowing or ben- 
dingdowne the toppe, let with (ingle leaves one above another, which arc fomewhat large, and like unto the- 
leaves of the Lilly ConvaIIy,or May Lilly, and of the fame colour, that is, with an eye of ble wilhneffe upon the ■ 
greene,with fome rubes therein,and more yellowifh underneath; at the footc of every leafe almoft from the 1 
bottomeuptothetoppeoftheflalke, come forth fmall long white and hollow pendulous flowers, fomewhac ' 
like the flower ofthe May Lilly, I ntending in live longer points, for the mod part two together, at the end ofa i 
long footedalke, and fometimes but one, and fometimes alfo two flalkeswith flowers at the foote of a leafe 
which are without any fent atall,andftand all on theonefideof thedalkejafterthey are pad come in their places* ' 
fmall round berries greene at the firft, and blackifli greene tending to blewneffe when they are ripe: wherein \ 
lie fmall white hard and ftony feede : Camcrarius in his Epitome citing tJMiattkiolm as his Author faith that it is i 
fometimes found with red berries and with purpleithc roote is of the thickneffe of ones finger orthumbe white ' 
and knobbed in (ome places with a flat round circle.reprefenting a Seale whereof it tooke the name, lying along 
under the upper face of the ground and not growingdowneward but with many fibres underneath, = * 
ssedi ru- 2. PolygonatHmmajru. Great Salomons Scale. 
t rL Th,sotl!cr Sdomms SeaIe is in all things like the former, butinthe bignefle of the leaves and height of the 
ftalkcs, having larger flowers upon (hotter footeftalkes, and more (lore fet together at a leafe,and larger roots 
’• P° l )g°”atum{lore majore. Thegreat flowred Salomons Seale. 
This great flowred Salomons Seale hath Hi otter ftalkcs, not above a foote high, and (landing more upright and 
i. 3. Po'yvtnatum tnajus vulgare & ma\us flo'emajoTc. 
The greater ordinary Sa'omom Scale, and that with greater flowers. 
6 . Polygonatum latifolium rawofum five quartum Clufii. 
Broad leafed branched Salomons Seale. J * 
fomewhat 
