The Thames'. 
It is called by D iofcorides in Greekc **&s*x 9 * t^ndrachne, and.by Tbeophraftus *<JV**-» i Adrachne, and fo each 
ol the m alfo call the Arbutus or Strawberry tree, which Come call Portulaca arbor in Latine,as they alfo call this 
her be Portulaca herba ) of the Arabians. Bakfc ancha i and Bachele alhanica^hz Italians Porcellana and Porchaschia M 
the Spaniards Verdolagas and r Baldroegas i the French Pourpier Porchailles and ForceUair.e i the Germanes Btsrgel , 
Turtvlfr Portfcikiiattt,&x\<i Grenzel-, the Butch Porcelejrtefy nd wein Englijh Purjlaineilhc firft is generally cal¬ 
led Portulaca fjlveft is • Gefner and Camerariw call it Portulaca minor : Cefalpinw and Baubinus Portulaca angpt 
/?, folia - and Cordas upon T)iofcorides Faith that Cepaa is no other than the wilde Purflane s the fecond is called 
by Camerarius Portulaca exigua, and by TSaubinw Portulacaarvenfis : the lad was fent me by the name of Portu¬ 
laca Cretica t which as I faid 1 am not willing to alter, although I know that (famerariw hath fet it forth by the 
name oF Arzoon peregrinum, and Column a t by the name of Sempervivum tertmm r Diofcoridis t refuling that of 
ethers Fo accounted, and Bauhintts doth thereupon call it Cotyledon ft ellat a. 
The Venues. 
Garden Purflane is cold in the third degree, and moift in the fecond as Galen Faith, 8c is therefore good to coole 
any hcate in the liver,bloud,reines and flomack,and in hot agues noi hing betterfit ftaieth alfo hot and collericke 
fluxes oF the belly, as alFo of womens courfes, the whites & gonorrhea t thc diftillations From the head & the paines 
therein proceeding of hea:e, want oF flcepe, or the Frenzie ; the feede is mote effedluall then the herbe, and is 
of fingular good ufe to coole the heate and fharpeneffe of urine, and the outragious luftofthe body, venereous 
dreames and the like, in fo much that the over frequent uFe thereof extingufheth the heate and vertue of natu- 
rall procreation : the Feede being bfuifed and boiled in wine, and given to children that have the wormes expel- 
lech them ; Fome doe more commend the Feede oF wilde Purflane For the wormes then tne other: the juice of 
the herbe is held as efte&uall For all the purpofes aForelaid, as alfo to fta^ vomitings and taken with Fome Sugar 
or Hony helpeth an old and drie cough, fhortneffe of breath and the tificke, and to ftay an immoderate third: 
taken upon exrreame heate. The diftillcd water oF the herbe is uFed by many as the more pleafing to the pa¬ 
late taken with a little Suger and worketh to the fame efte< 5 t. The j’uycealfo is fingular good in the inflammati¬ 
ons and ulcers of the fecret parts in man or woman, as alfo of the bowells and hemorrhoides when there are ul- . 
cers or excorriacions in them. The herbe is fufficiently knowne to be ufed in falicts in the heate of the yea e, to 
coole and temper the bloud and hot and fainting ftomackes,and is good For them to ufe that have the falling fick- 
aefle: the herbe brnifed and applied to the Forehead and temples, allaieth exceflive heate therein caufing want of 
•eft and fleepe,- and applied to the eyes taketb away the redneffe and inflammations in them, andjthofe other 
Darts where pufhes, whcales, pimples,. Saint fire, and the like, breake forth, efpecially iFa little Vine- 
*er be put to it,and being laid to the neckc with as much of Galles & Linfecde together taketh away the paines 
herein, and the cricke in the neckc s the j°uyce alfo is ufed with oyle oFRofes for the faid caufes, or For blaftings 
>y lightening, or planets, and for burnings by Gunpowder, or other wife, as alfo for womens Fore breafts,uponi, 
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