1 Theatrum ! Botanicam. 
The VertHer, 
The roote of h<uWo».r Seale is of chiefeftule,and hath a mixt property as Cjaltn faith, having partly a bin¬ 
ding. and partly a (harpe or biting quality, as alfo a kindc of loathfome bitternefle therein, hardly to be expretei 
led, whereby it is of little life in inward medecines; which fharpcnelfe and loathfomcnelfe we hardly perceive 
in thole that grow with ns: yet 1'ome authors doe affirmc that the powder of theherbeorof thefeede purgeth 1 
flegme and vifeous humors very forcibly, both upward and downeward ; it is laid alfo that the roote chewed, 
in the mouth drawethdowne much rheutne out of the head, and put up into thenoftrills caufeth fneefing: but 
it ferveth as he and DiofcorUes both fay, and all experience doth confirme, for wounds,hurts and outward fores, 
tohealeandclofeupthelippesoftholethataregreene andfrefh made, and tohelpe to dryupthcmoillureand: 
reftraine the flux ®f humors ofthofe that are old : it is lingular good to flay vomitings and alfo bleedings where-i 
foever,as alfo all fluxes in manor woman, whether it be the whits or reds,or the running ofthereines in men-alfo! 
to knit any joynt that doth grow by w eakcnefle.to be often out of place,or by fomecaufe ftayeth but finall time, 
therein when it is fet;as alfo to knit and joyne broken bones in any place of the bodyjthe roots being bruiled and: 
applyed to the place, yea it hath by late experience beene found that the decoftion of the roote in wine, or the. 
bruiled roote put in wine or other drinkc, and after a nights infnfionftrayned hard forth and drunke, hath hoi-! 
pen both man and bead whofe bones have beene broken by any occaflon, which is the mod allured refuge of, 
helpe to the people in divers countries of this Land, that they can have: ids no lefl'eeffeftuall tohelpe ruptures, 
and burflings, to be both inwardly taken, thedecoftioninwine, or the powder in broth or drinke, and out-:: 
wardly applyed to the place : the lame alfo is availeable for inward or outward bruifes, falls or beatings, both to: 
dilpcll the congealed blood, and to take away both the paines and the blacke and blew markes that abide after 
the hurt: the fame alfo or the diftilled water of the whole plant ufed to the face or other partoftheskinne, clen- 
feth it from morphe w, frcckles.fpots or markes whatfoever, leaving the place frefh, faire and lovely, which thet 
Italian dames as it is (aid doe much ufe. 
Chap. C 1111. 
Lamtu Alexandria*. The Laurel of Alexandria. 
| Here hath beene fo great varietie of opinions among our moderne writers concerning the Laurell of 
^ Alexandria, wlmt planc Ihculd be the right of Diojctt " 
__ . .. Yiofcorides, fome fhewingoneand fomeanother,and 
!© fcarfe one the true, that I much doubt whether this that I fhall here thewyou in this Chapter, will 
be taken and judged to be the genuine plant by many, who peradventure contemning my opinion 
may thinke me fooner to erre and be deceived, then fo many learned men before me, that havehad, 
contrary opinions, but notwithftanding the diverlity of conceits in many,I will endeavour to enrich the treafory 
of the Phyficall Commonwealth,with my finall two poore mites, (cupiat cjuictpere poteft)<ead\r\gmi knowledge 
i. Lauru* A 'exundi ina genuitia. 
The true Laui ell of Alexandria. 
z. Cbatiktdap\m vera Diofcoridti. 
The true Dwarfe Laurell of Diofcoridcs. 
