1016 Chap/26. Tkeatrum ‘Botanicum. Tribe^ 
Cantina or Sjlveftris to bee i as I thinke being the author of that opinion,l.i 4 c.ij.where'.he faith there is 
another kinds of R«bns whereon a Rofe groweth ca led Cy nos hat ° s b y T>‘ojeondes growing in hedges with other 
Brambles-againe Pliny A£.i 6 .cap. j 7. faith thus, RttbiMorafernnt&in alioginere fimitttdmcm Rof* qua vocatur 
Gpnotbatos, D but in lib.15.cap. 2. hee deferibeth Cynobatos to have a leafe like unto a mans footeftep, bearing 
a blacke fruit or Grape, in whofe kemell there is a nerve or ftnew whereof it was called Nmroftmtlos ; but Mat. 
thiolw comradidleth them and fheweth that Pimp in letting downethe wtlde Rofes calleth one by a peculiar 
name Cjnorhodos Rofa Cantna and not Cynofbatos C amirubm, and the deicription of 'Vtofrorides ( faith he) Ihew- 
eth he meant no fort of Rofe for elfe it had beene cafie for him to have (aid Cynojlbatos is like a wtlde Role, but 
he compareth the leaves to Myrtle leaves, and the fruit to be like Olive (tones wherein iyethdowne hurtfull to 
the windpipe by flicking thereto if it fhould be drunke, but (peaketh of no leeds or kernells to lye in that Downe 
but faith the fruit beingdryed and drunke in wine doth bind the belly. Theophraflu1 lib.^.cap. 1 g. faith fyno/bator 
beared! a reddifh fruit like unto a Potnegarne-, and a leafe not unlike to Agtmt cafltu : Serapio lpeaketh of Cjnojba- 
tos Crnimu Rabat among the other (otts of Brambles, whereby it is platne as he faith that Cynorhodon, the wilde 
or doH°c Role doth much differ from Cynofbatos the dogge Bramble, and yet Lugdur.er.fts in comrarying Mat- 
thiol,.s bis reafons firivethby finding fault with the text both ot Dtofiondes and 7 htophr.fhts and amending them 
as he thinketh fit, to reconcile them and makethe fyw/te'o to be the wilde or Sweet Bryer but very unhand- 
f >mly in my opinion. There is little variation of names among writers concerning the two firlt, but of the third 
and fourth J doe not finde that any hath written being bufhes more peculiar to this Land then others: the fife 
Ctejius calleth Rabat faxatiliifive petraut five Alpinm Cjefner in limit calleth XtRubus Alpittm humi/is, Thalius 
Rabat minimus and Eauhintu ChamarubtufaxatHU : the fixt and the two laft are mentioned by Clttfim by the 
names of Chamamorm Arnica, Norwegicaaltera as they a' e in their titles: the feventh hath a name or title gi¬ 
ven it: as is ficteft to exprefic ir, and to put all out of doubt concerning Gerards Cloud berry as hee hath exprefled 
it from the rude draught of Matter Ho, kits doing as it is vei y likely, but the more exatft figure is here exhibited. 
Th; Arabians call the Bramble Huleich and Halve'bo, the Italians Rovo, the Spaniards, (farea (farfa) the French 
R "nee, the Germans Brombeer Bremen and Bremen Hraemen alio, and vvee in Englifb bramble or Blacke-berry 
bufh -.'the fruit or berries are called in Greeke ■? tj a as Galen faith which Lome have made Vatina in Larine, Me. 
ra mb’, but in the Apothecaries flioppes Mora bati, a.d of fame Mora buffi, the berries of the Mulberry tree being 
called by them c ‘Morafelfi. 
The Vertues . 
Galen lib .6. fimpl.rned. faith that the buddes , leaves flowers, fruit and roote of the Bramble are all of a great 
binding quality but yet f'omewhat in a differing manner, for the buddes, leaves and branches while they are 
frefh and greene have a cold earthly quality j'oyned with a warme watery fubftance, but little binding,and there¬ 
fore they are then of good ufe in the Vlcers and puttide fores of the mouth and throate, and for the Quinfic, and 
like wife to hcale other frefh wounds and fores but the fruit when it is ripebecaufe it is fweet hath a temperate 
warming juice therein, whereby and by thatfmall aftrtdfion is in it it is not unpleafanttobeeaten, hut being not 
yet ripe it is of an exceeding cold and earthly fubflance, fower and very affringent, and being kept doe more 
ftrongly bind then when they are frefh : theflowers are of the fame proptrtie that the unripe fruit is of, both of 
them are very profitable for the Blooddy flux. Laskes and the weakenefle of the parts comming thereby, and is 
alfo a fit remedy againfl the fpitting ofblood : the roote alfo befide the binding quality therein hath a thinne el- 
fencc whereby it is available, eyther the decaff ion or the powder taken to breake and drive forth graved and 
the Stone in the Reynes and Kidneyes •• the leaves of Brambles as well greenc as dry are excellent good for lo¬ 
tions, for the fores in the mouth and lecrec parts : the decoftion of them and of the branches when they are dryed 
doebinde the belly much more, and is good for women when their conries come downe too abundantly : the 
berries faith Pliny or the flowers are a powerfull remedy againfl the mofl violent poyfon of the Pieflcr or Dipfas 
('which are mod violent Serpents) the ‘scorpion and other venemous Serpents, aswclldiunke as outwardly ap¬ 
plied, and helpethalbtheloresofthe fundament, and thepainefull and bleeding Piles: thr j'luceof the berries 
hereof mixed with that of Mulberries maketh the medicine moreeffefluall to bind and to helpe fretting or eating 
foresail 1 Vlcers wh.refoever, and is good for the fiomacke, the feres in the mouth with the Icofenefie of the 
gummes and teeth ; the fame being taken alone or mixed with fome Hipacidis and Hony laith Pimp is a remedy 
for choller when it gnaweth the flomacke which fome call hartburning , and is good alfo againd the paffions of 
the heart and fain ings: the diftilled water of the brarches leavesand flow rs, or of the fruit is as fueetcasthat 
of Violets, andis very efleftuall befides the facilitie and pleafantrefle in taking, in all hot fevers or diftempera- 
tnresof heatcin the body, the head,eyes, and other parts,and for all thepurpoles aforefaid: the leaves of Bram¬ 
bles boyled in lye and the head wafhed therewith doth heale th, itch, the mattering and running fores thereof, 
and maketh the haire blacke :the powder of the leaves flrewed on canorous and running Vlcers doth wondcr- 
. derfully helpe to heale them. Some ufe to condenfate the juice of the leaves and fome the j'uice of the berries 
tokeepe for theirule all the yeare for the purpotes aforefaid : the other forts are very neare inqualitie unto it 
and therefore worke the fame effefts no doubt but the NonrayKnotberty is much commended againfl the Scor- 
bute or Siurvey, and other crude putrid and me lancholy dileafes wherewith thole Northerly people are 
much affliflcd, w'ni h C Input out of Uterus Epifllc dcclarethat large, and the manner of the cure of a number 
infeded there with as well in Winter asinSommer,whereuntoIre(er them that would nnderlland it mote fully. 
Chap. XXVI. 
R of a fylveflres. Wilde Rofes or Bryer bu fhes: 
Aving given you the knowledge of all or mod of the manured Rofes in my former Booke and with 
them fome of the wilder kindes alio as the Sweet biyer or Eglantine, the evergreene Rofe which is 
very like thereunto,and the great Apple Rofe which ftiall not be further related here, 1 am to floe w 
you all the reft in this Chapter, 
