Tribe 8. The Theater of Tlants. ChapT^ 939 
iguoti nulla cup,do, yet to fatisfie thofe that are curious, thefe they are: the roote, faith he heateth, and is hardly^ 
eefted, it hurteth the bladder, and 'nealeth knots and keinells of the throace. called the Kings evill, if it be made 
into a cerot or plailter, and laid to with oyle, taketh away blacke and blew fpots that come by brinies or ftrokes- 
ic helpeth the Sciatica if it be made up with Ceratum Irimm or Cyprimim: ittakethaway the outtjrowinas about 
the fundament, if it be boiled with vinegar in the rinde of a Pomegranatrit reliiteth the force of deadly poifonfiill 
medicines. The Lafer of Media and Syria is weaker than that of Cyrene, & hath a loathfomer fent: it is a juyee that 
is windy and fharpe in tafle, and cureth the falling of the haire,if it be annointed with it Wine,Pepper,and Vine'- 
gar, it fharpeneth the fight, and dilcufleth the pinne and webbe in thebeginning, it is put into hollow teeth beiiw 
tied up inalittlclinnen cloth, withfome white Francumfence, and being boiled with Hifopeand Fiones in vi¬ 
negar and Water, it is good to wafli the mouth ; it helpeth the biting of mad dogges, if it beappTied ro the 
wounds, alfo the i enome of any other creature, or envenomed darts or arrowes, if it be either drtinke or out¬ 
wardly applied : it cureth the wounds of Scorpions if it be relented in oyle and anointed ; it is piit into tiro'" 
ulcers that are ready to runne into a Gangreene if they be firft Xcarified : itbreaketh carbuncles orplan-ut Votes 
being applied by it felfc, or ufed with Rue, Niter and Honey: it taketh away warts, comes, arid hardslfinnes 
growing many place beingfirft pared, audit mollified witha cerate,orthe pulps of a dried l igge, and healetb 
tetters and ringwormes while they are yong being applied with vinegarrithealeth the polypus jiithfenofe which 
isa peeceof fiefii growing there, ifit be annointed for certaine dayes with it, made up with Coperas orVardi- 
greaf’e, or other fuperfluous wens or outgrowings in the flefii being firft clipped off: it helpeth a continu dl hoar 1c- 
nelfe in the throace, and cleareth the voyce that is fuddenly growen hoarfe,being delaicd in water and hipped off- 
itftaieth the fallingofthe pallateof the mouth ; being applied with honey, and helpeth the cuinfie if’itbe nut 
in to honied water, and the mouth gargled therewith .-being taken in mcates, it maketb one better coloured • it 
helpeth the cough being taken inareare egge,and being put into broathes with dried Figges.ir is very profrable 
for thofe that have the dropfie or the yellow jaundiferic taketh away the (halting fit*, of agues beinn taken wH, 
Pepper and white Francumfence in wine.- it is given to thofe that have ftrong crampes or cricffes. in their 
neckes,hal!e a ferupie weight rowled up in waxe and fwallowcd.-ic draweth out horfc-leechcs that by t h nice are 
gocinto thethroate and there fticke, if the mouth be gargledwith it and a little vinegar,it helpeth thole who h we 
the milke curded in their breads, and the falling ficknelfe being taken withOxymell, or vinegar and honey - 
it provoketh womens courfes being taken with Pepper and Myrrhe, and helpeth the choliicke beino eaten in .i 
Rajfin, and being drunke in lye it fuddenly helpeth crampes or convujfons, a; d bindings: it isdiffolved 
with bitter Almonds or with Rue, or withhotbread,tobegivcninpocions ■ the juyee of the leaves Worketh the 
like effeffs but lefle powerfully : this is eaten with Oxymell, tohelpethe windepipe when the fpcech isIoft./ 7 /»y 
declareth many of thefe things out of Diofcoriaei, but varieth frond him in his remedy for teeth-ach, for I cannot 
ihinke, faith he, that any author would appoint it to be put into hollow teeth to take away the paine, when as ve 
have ftene the experience thereof in a man,that for the fame caufe threw himfelfedownc headlong fi om an hint) 
place : for itinflamethoxenif it be put into their nofes: and being mixed with wine, it burfteth tho'e Serpents 
that take it, who are mod greedy of wine,and therefore,faith he,I would perfwade men not to be anointed there¬ 
with, although they doe appoint it. CjalemVolib.de fimpl, briefly fpeaketh thereof thus; the Joyce of SUphinm 
is very hot f faith he ) the leaves, flalkes, androotes, doe futHcient floutly heatc any cold parr, but they a rea!l @ r 
flatulentwindineffe- hereby it is hard of concoftion, but applied outwardly it is of more effetft, & t be juyee lithe 
(Irongeft of all other,having a mightie drawing facultie.yec itholdeth a certaine power rotake away excrelfcnc -s 
in the fiefii,by reafon of the temperature is faid to be in it, thus farre Galen: Serapio like wife fpeaketh of the 
Greekes Laferpitium in this manner: Lafer, faith he is knowne to the Indians to be of two forts, the one fincere 
fhining and cleare, like to EleSlrtim, of a [Longer fent and greater price, which is brought, asitis thoupht from 
Guz.trate, Patane, Maudou,Chitor and Ttcly, which is a cold countrey, and extending unto Chervam : the other 
is faille and muddy duelling leffe, which they fay is brought from C Qr afone to O mm in Perfia, and from 
thence is carried to Pegu Malaca, TanaJirU, and the countries next adj'oyning : the Toaneans of Cum bat a 
who were in timespaft Phylofophers, and are now Merchants, and forbeare to eare of any living creature 
which was the inftitution of Pythagoras doe buy this Lafer, according to their abilirie, and put itmto their 
broaths and fallats, rubbing the veflells therewith firft, and tile no other fawfe to their meates being pleafant to 
them, both in tafle and fmell, yet doth it not breede any loathing in any that are not accuftomed ro it: the tafle 
thereof is at the firft fomewhat bitter as pickled Olives are, but being chewed a while longer it is very pleafant 
that which is impurc,Porters and others of meane qualitie that live on bread and water only doe huy.becaufe thev 
cannot for the greatneffe of the price buy that which is fincere,and the Haneans who deale in this kinde of mti- 
chandife doe purge and clenfe the impute, and doe not differ it to be ufed in meates before they have cured it by 
their skill; and thus much Serapio, 
Chap. XXXVI. 
Angelica', Angellica, 
f Wgg Lthcugh I have fpaken of Angelica in my former bookc, yet having more to fay thereof, and to drew 
likewife fome other forts thereof, I will here infert it with the reft. 
affiE I. Angelicafativa, Garden Angellica. 
The Garden Angellica hath divers large and faire fpread winged leaves, three foote Iona or better 
fometimes, made of many great and broad ones, fetufually one againft another on a middle ribbe. of a pale ' kut 
frefhgreene colour, and dented about the edges, from among which ufually rifeth but one round hollow (Falke 
being very thicke, and five or fixe foote high, with divers great joynts and leaves let on them,whole foote flalkes 
doecompaflfethe maineftalkeatthebottome,and from thence alfo towards the toppecome forth branches with 
the like , but Idler leaves at them, and at their toppes, large round fpread umbells of white flowers, but Eraufus 
deferibeth his with yellow flowers, which I never Taw jafter which commeth the feede which is fomewhat flat 
thicke, fhort, and white, twoalwaye's fet together, and is ufuallin.all thefe umbelliferous plants, and a little 
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