Theatrum Botanicum, 
Chap.io p . 
KiB 
T abaci) aingiiitum, tnglijhl abicca. 
at that time : the Indian names ofP itielt and T erebecetttte arc more proper as I take it to the other Indian kinds 1 1 
wee doe ufually call it in EnglandEngiifh Tobacco (not that it is naturall of iwg/W but)becaufe it is more con)': 
monly growing in every countrey garden almoft, and better endureth then the other: Label and others account 
eedit, as well as the other forts an Hyofcjamw and called it bjefejam* latetx, and dabitu, and thereupon fome 
have called it in Englijb yellow Henbane. 
The Vertues, 
This kind of Tabacco although it be not thought fo ftrong.or fweete for fuch as take it by the pipe, (and yet It, 
have knowne S r . Walter Raleigh, when he was prifoner in the Tower, make choilc of this fort to mate good 
Tobacco of.which he knew fo rightly to cure as they call 
it, that it was held almoft as good as that which came 
from the btdtes, and fully as good as any other made in 
England ) nor yet io effectual! for inward difeales, be- 
caufe it is not io much ufed as the other, yet it is availa¬ 
ble by good experience for to expederate tough flegme 
out of the ftomacke, cheft and lungs, that doth of¬ 
fend them ; the juice thereof being made into a Syrnpc,or 
thedilfilled water oftheherbe drunke with fome Sugar, 
or without as one will, or elfe the fmoake taken by a 
pipe as is uluall, but fading. The fame alfo helpeth to 
expellwormes in the ftomacke and belly, as alfo to apply 
aleafetothebellv, and to eafe the paints of the head, or 
theMegrime, and the griping paines in the bowells, al¬ 
though to fome it may feeme, to bring or caule more 
trouble in the ftomacke and bowells for a timeit is alfo 
profitable tor thofe that arc troubled with the (lone in the 
kidneyes.both to eafe paines, and by. provoking urine to 
expell graved and the (lone tngendred therein, of that 
vifcous matter, and to heale the parts; and hathbeene 
found very effeftuall to fuppreffc the malignitie and ex¬ 
pell the windy and other offenfive matters, which caufe 
theftrangling of the mother: the feede hereof is much 
more efteduall to eale the paines of the toothach, then 
any Henbane feede,and the afhes of the burnt herbeto 
clenfethegummes and teeth and make them white: it 
hath beene thought not to have beene lafe for weake 
bodies and conftitutions, nor for old men, but of both 
forts I have feene the experience that it hach bin profitable 
being taken in a due manner, that is fading, and to bed 
ward and before meacc. Thevet faith that the Women in 
America forbeare the taking of Tobacco,becaule that they 
have beene taught that it will hinder conception and bo¬ 
dily lull: the herbe bruifed and applyed to the place of the 
Kings Evilljhclpethitin nine or tendayes cffeflually : it 
is laid alfo to bee effcftuall to cure the dropfie, by taking 
foure or five ounces of the juice fading, which will ftrong- 
ly purge the body both upwards and downewards. Mo. 
la/trAu* In i P_-_: r r- 
nardwt faith it is an AUxifharmacum or Counterpoifon, for the biting of any venemous creature, and to annlv 
the herbe alfo outwardly to the hurtplace. The diddled water is often given with fome Sugar before the fit of 
an Ague, Doth to leflen the fits and to alter them and take them quite away in three or toure times ufin» • which 
water above many other will tafte of the Iharpenefle of the herbe it felfe, but will yeeld no oyle or unffu’ous fub- 
ftance, as moft other herbes will doe, although divers have boafted to make an oyle thereof ; ifthe diddled faces 
oftheherbe having beene bruifed before the didillation, and not diddled dry bee fet in fim, calido, t0 digeiffot 
3 4 .dayes, and after wards hung up.n abagge in a.wine Sellar, that liquor that diftilleth therefrom is fingular 
good totife for Cramps.AchestheCout and Sciatica, andto heale itches, fcabbesandrun-ing Vlcers Cankers 
and foule fores whatloever: the ,mcealfo is good for all the faidgreefes, andlikewife tokifl lice in childrens 
cureanvd’h^r UpplyCIJ ’"Tg^wound is commonly knowne to country folkes, to 
cure any frefh wound or cut whatever: and the juice put into old fores both clenfeth and healeth them for 
fouehaXf’manydoemake;afingttlarg,oodfalve hereof in this manner. Take of the grecne herbe three or 
toure handful,s, bruife, rand put it into a quart of good oyle of Olives, boilethem on a gentle fire untill the 
theret! r Wax ry R an ( St W n ° ‘ 0n !? r ’ the " 1Brri * , ic «wtli bard and fet it on the fire againe, adding 
TurMminctwn^ 0 ^ J a ow f’ , or Dcarcs Suet which you will, of each a quarter of a piund, of 
SSalu T ’ a w\ bemg me t , d E“ t « UP f °7° ur “ fe! Some wil1 addc hercunt ° tbe powder of 
fixdrams which ’ TT Birt[ !Wort, and ofO/,te«wthatis, white Frankinfence of each halfean ounce, or 
helneimno^ h l a° bee pUt ,n ' vh f n c ‘ S ,r gh cold ’ and wel1 ftirted c ®g“her : this falve likewifS will 
neipe lmpoftumes,hard tumors,and other fwslhngs by blowcs or falls. & ' 
