8^6 Chap. 22, 
Tbeatrum Botanicum. 
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leffer Aril up higher to the toppes where they are a little branched,and doe break forth , 
flowers fet together,confilUng of five fmall pointed leaves a peece [landing in rough brownifh huskes, wherein af 
terwards is contained fm.ll round and bl.ckilh leede very fharpe in tafte.exulcerating the sk.nne and burn not 
bemg layd thereon as the leaves doe alfo ; the roore is compoled of man great firings with a wooddy p th°in 
every'jeare'gaining ftefh^nlh^Sprbig.^ ® roUnd ai, d abiding many ycares,although both ftalkes and lea/esperifh 
. 3 • Lepidiumannuum. AnnuallDittander or Scarrewort. 
This D.ttander or Scarrewort hath (hikes more upright then the laft,three or foure foote high,fee with fuch like 
leaves as the lad but fomewhat larger and compaffing themat the botromes itheflowers arc white and [land 
upon Imall branches [pike fafhion one above another,which afterwards give fmail round and pointed hushes like t 
feme of the TtofjW.wherein thefeede ,s contained no leffe hot and fierce in tafte.and exulcerating the skin then ■' 
in the former icheroote is Imall and fibrous periling yearely. unen 
The Place . 
? r ? I5p01md natura "y g rowi "S ma "y places of this Land,as at Clare in Effix, neare Exefier alfo and un 
k «inctf 0m T I C f ” t> eaxer/hawh, i„ Laucafiire, and in other places, but is ufually , 
Kept in Gardens: the ocher two are found about OHompelier in France . M y 
The Time, 
Jh ; £ ,'Tu in thC C , n , d of Um \.*? d n i " J “ l J’ but the very late with us in Jup.fi ,and never gave ripe 
feede in England that ever I knew: the lafl flowreth in July and the feede is ripe in Auauf, S P 
, The Names , 
F J2 y r / 1 ,an Plimj, by UHatthiolu,,Lu[dur,euruJd CMplushvlXl 
b vGefner * if " "Baubimes Leptdw.m laiifalium : the fecond is called Dentellaria (JHoxIheliac* 
lla^ula^ho faith ,t ,s called at Rome Her la Sar.lTt Authouij, by Label and L,JCe2‘ 
aTfnt^h V Mclybdeua Pltuij by Axilla and dejrfusvfb' 
foPlimi 1 ReT ■« ^b’h CluJius,Durantcs and TabermontunHs call it P lumbago and Plrniba- 
go Phm ,. BeHomus faith that they of fW; call it Saxiphago they of Lemma PhrecaJida >m A they of L^bos ZT„ 
Ten P mMS calleth It CJlaftumfylveJlre and Bauhtuus Lepidium Deute/laria diLnm, the lal/is called by Lobe] 
IVJZTTa andloaIfob y Cu^durerfa, butby Tllims Lepid.um glaftifolium. Wee uLTiy call the firft 
35 n 0t i nd ,w ry f ar P e as the I^Mnd worte the fame effefts,for both PM„ ^ir.e,a md 
T iV fay, that they arc as eftefluall for the Sciatica or H ip-goute or any other gouce or paine in the joynf or any 
other inveterate greefe, the leaves hereof to bee bruifed and mixed with old ^*k ? i«, and appli ed iu the lame 
manner, and ufedm the lame order that the Sciat.ca Creffesare appointed be lore /tte fam^afio ien* h the 
deformities or d^colounngsoftheskmnej and helpeth to take away markes, Icatrcs, end Lbbes or the fowle 
m tkes of burnings w .th fire or Iron. The women of Bun in Sujfolke doc ufually give rhe juice thereof , Ak to 
d inke to women vvithchdd to procure them a fpeedy delivery in travail*. The others are judged by he car- 
0i r l *. tatlH * ftr f0meof thcm cooke that of Rondeletnts\o bee the ifehc 
i? r Z ^"for-des ,whereunro fuel, vermes are attributed by Roudelitius ,who made as good ufe thereof for 
t Fu ]P ' Mry °J ^-.and moreover by holding fome of the leaves m their hands [hat had 
leave it fo afier^wts caft away. ^ ^ “ marke or wanne dilcolouri "S in the palme of the hand, and 
Chav. XXII. 
Hjdropiperfive Perficaria. Arfmart. 
gEcaufe the lafl herbe was called P,pent*l thought d t0 • thele and iIth0D h ; n f3rm{r tiffies 
\ ^rewereon,-’v two forts of Arfmart knowne to all Ilerbaril.s, yet fincethem^ hath added 
a Imall one, B«A»m a fourth,and u e to mcreafe their number are to joyne divers others unto them 
; Tho Or dinary quicke or fharpe Arfmart. ‘ 
flnro nfhen ? arpe f 11,l ™ rt groweth not fo high or greatas the mild fort doth, but with more 
ftore of branches and leaves,fomewhat like unto Peach leaves, anaarelono anrl fomewhar nJ, ‘ ' t, i C 
mrk«M^t°helf ally - POt atalln P° nthem > 7« fometi-.ne! it hath beene found with mddifli 
forth fmaU fniWeI' L fM "FT" ’T*?c tbe toppes of the flalkes, as at the toppe, alfo'come 
which'falling'away^blackif^ 1 :flat'fcedc" couKin^hTir 3 places^the Wk '" e ?°^ ,ers uiixed or cindering together, 
blacKifli markes on them ufually yet fometimes vvithouc s the flowers grow in fomewhat longer fpikes ufually, 
eyther 
