^o8 Chap.15* 
Theatrum Botanicum. 
T r 1B e 8. 
" 1 r nmt our own* country ; and although fome of them be entitnled of Card], yet that is but to an- 
ftJe/that kindewhich Diofeoridct doth fo call, as likcwife that ot 'Pehponefm in Greece, and that of Ethiopia : and 
mod of them doe bears ripe feede with us before the end of Summer, if care be had in the ordering and keeping 
0fthem - " The T^amet. 
s(nM in Qreeke is likewife cslldd Stfili in Latine, and of fome Silt. The firft is taken by Lobel to be the true 
StUli Ma^tcnlm of ®ie/»w*r ) becaufe there is not about MarJeHe, & M^tUtr ^ other herbe rbat anfwe- 
reth fo truely unto the dcfcription thereof by T>,ofcorid,t as this doth, and CMm alfo confente h hereunto, and fo 
Site* it. Lobel faith alfo that formerly it was called by the Rodents, and others ther '£*”««*"■ 
caufe the ftalke groweth feldome upright but crooked : thefecond is the other Se/r/. tMaffthcnfe of Labe \ which 
1*callcth Ftrl am Dauci [retici facie ,& the Stfcli M«ffU,tnft ot Mattbiolm, againd whom AjWcomefleth for 
Sffirminn that it urew on the hills by 7 >e»r,where he faith, it is not to be found, nor yet on Baldm, which is more 
than they are and but onely to be found about Member and at the foots of Mount Fiaf. 
™Hc Z lZi which is in the way fromH»»* to Cameranm callcth it Sefch MaffUtcnfc mnmUorum and 
faith L,JGhinur affirmed to have feene twentie forts of herbes called all by that » horto, Lttgtc- 
„ e „r lS and others doe meane this kinde that they call Maffihenfe •• the third Label alfo cMcthScJchpratenfc Mon. 
Jicnfium, which f» bon* thinketh is the Lip]Itcum obMattbiolmDodonam calleth it S,ltr alterumpra- 
Lfe, Banhinm thinketh it may be the Sto Flmj •» ltb.i 6 .ci. and withall faith it is the nigra of Cor- 
dm in his hiffory, which in my Judgement differeth much from it, for that of Cordm hath divided leaves like 
wilde Carrots, and this like F ennell, that hath yellowifh flowers, this white, and the feede like wife feemeth to 
be more fharpe, which is not found in this, although growing in a hotter climate Tabcrmontanm calleth it H«p- 
pomaratbrtim: the fourth LoM calleth S axifraga Anglornm facte Sefeh pratenfi.MonJfeltenfmmlor although It be 
fomewhat like to it, yet it is not the fame as he there (heweth: the lift is called by Banhinm S efeh praten/e temtifo- 
imm CivtDaucoid's pratenfs tenuifolm deferibed in his Prodromw, as though none had exprefl it before, when as 
it is the very fame Faftinaca nigra of Cardm fpoken offbefore, as any that will compare them together fhall eafily 
finde : the (ixt Camerariw in borto deferibed, but Tanbinm m Prodrome giveth the figure of it, which none had 
donebefore- the ieventh is called TordylionfiveSefeliCreticum majusby Lobel and Lugdunenfis ,mdSel‘h CretI ~ 
cum maim by Camerarim-, Ccfalpinm faith, that in Italy it is called FimpneU* Roman* aherumgenmfyhrfire : the 
ei„ht is the Ordilian Nicandri, and Tordylion ‘THofcmdi, by Anguilara, Tordylion and Gordtlton by Vodon*m,Gcf- 
tier and others and S tfeli Crcticttm by Lobel, Tedonam and others s C*f*lptnm and Column* faith, this is common” 
lv railed in Italy PimsineUa Roman *,and familiarly eaten as a fallet herbe, and BeUonim faith, th >t this is the Caf. 
cafkra,tb2t. ltcaucaJU which is ufed in Candy J Greece, as Hone,Mm fhewe h in his firfl Epifile to Clu- 
Pm : the ninth is fet forth by Column*, by the name of Tordylton majm alteram lutcum : and the tenth is Tardy l m 
i,m minimum Apttlnm alteram by him alfo the eleventh is thought by Banhinm to be the Levtjhcttm alteram of 
LobeUnd Ltiffdunenfis feennehtm herbAnorum 01 TabermoKtanw^mt 1 thinke it doth better agree un¬ 
to the next and is the S efeli primwn montanum of C IttftM, called by Baubintu Sefeli montanumfolio Cicut<e glabrum % 
and thinketh it may be the S efeli Pc/oponcJSaeum of Thoflorid,, : the twelfth is fet forth by Banhinm as it is in the 
title • the thirteenth is the true Scfeli Peloponenfefolio C icon a Dtafcoridn, as Lobel faith, andfo taken by thelear- 
ned at Alompelierfis I fliewed before, and therefore thought fit to fet it forth with them. although his Pclepmmfe 
is placed with the Thapfias: the fourteenth is alio taken at Montpelier for the true S efeU^tbwpicum Dtofiondi r as 
Lobel faith, all other authours acknowledge the verity thereof, onely Mattholm make* a doubt whether his 
s efeli tsZthioticum ( which is an herbe and no fhrubbe, and well knowne now to be the LibamtK Tbeophrafl,) 
or this tAEtkiopicum, which he calleth altertm (hould be the truer, for that as he faith they both refemble it very 
well, but Lobel taxeth him too bitterly for if. the laft hath his name m his title as I received it, and is not the 
SDattcm Creticw aodo[w before. 
The TertHts „ 
The true Scfeli Mafilienfi is commended by Ttiofeorides to helpe the ftrangury, and the (IraightnelTe of 
breath as alfo the fuffocations of the mother, provoketh their courfes, and expelleth the dead child, helpeth alfo 
the failin'’ fickneffe, old coughes, and all other inward griefes, either the roote or the feede being taken in wints 
the feede'drunke in wine doth helpe digeliion, expdlleth winde and the paines in thebowells: it helpeth thofc 
that have taken cold in their Journey, ifthey drinke it in wine with fome pepper: it is given to Goates and other 
cattle to facilitate the delivery of their young. Thny faith that women ule it before their delivery of child ( be¬ 
in’ taunht by Hindes that eate S efeli’s to fpeede their delivery, as Ariflotle did declare it before) to helpe them at 
that time Galen fheweth that the rootes of S efeli, fpeakmg in generall of them all, are fo powerful! in heating 
chat they provoke urine, and are of thinne parts, that they helpe the falling fickneffe, &c. the other S efeli r,faith 
Diofcorides have the fame facultie and operation: the Candy S efeli is good to provoke urine, if it be flopped or hin¬ 
dered, and womens courfes alfo: the juyee taken with the feede in wine for tennedayes together helpeth the 
paines of the kidneyes, and driveth forth the (lone engendered thetem.- the roote being taken with honey is 
good to breake the flegrne in coughes, and to caufe it eafily to be fpit forth; Paalm vEoinet* faith, that Tordylmm 
taketh awav bruifes, and the blacke and blew fpots that come bv flroakes or otherwile if one part of Terra Sa¬ 
rnia be put to two parts thereof, and laid to with hony. Our Englijb Sf (eh or Saxifrage is well experimented and 
much ufed by country people, either the juyee or the dccoaion sr the diflillcd water or the leede in po wder, and 
drunke in wine,to helpe to breake andexpell the Hone,to provoke urine, and to expell wind, and thechollicke in 
old or yong.and is much given to fucking children for the frets, as women call it, which is winde in their bodies 
andflomackes. The Bhioptan Scfeli is preferred for the fingular vertues therein, beyond all the other lortsotJe- 
feli, and therefore mod fit of all other to be ufed in medicines cfpecially thofe two notable great compolitions, 
CMithridatummi Tberiaca Andromaehi, and Label fheweth that he gathered about Mmfehcnl a time lo much, 
that he fent thereof to Venice and other places fufficient for them toufe in the laid compofitions.'the reft of them 
are little or not at all ufed to any phyficall purpofc,, Cm’ 
