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Theat rum 'Bctanicum . 
Tribb 9. 
”rrcatstancTD3ore upright without any thornes on them, the leaves aie round and Band two at a joynt like the 
former the buds afe fteater and foarethe whiteflowers in like manner, and the frmt greater then any of 
the former: this looieth not the leaves in Winter as the others doe.and herein confift the chiefe differences. 
4 Captari) Arabic* ww'If mf*. Great Capers of Arabia. 
The Arabian Caper is a finall Ihmbbe growing up with many upright fiemmes without thornes, the leaves, 
flowers and fruit are greater and larger then the left SOftm. kmde, the fruit being of the bigne fle of an Eggc 
or Wallnut with divers lecds therein, ofafharpe and biting tafte at Diofcondes hath noted, and others fince his 
time oi’our later writers. r 1 . - ,r. 
5. Cappariifobago five legumnofo, Beane Capers, 
The Beane Caper rifeth up With divers greene herby and not 'wooddy flalkes like the other, branching forth 
from the very bottome, at the feverall joynts whereof grow two leaves oppofite: one unto another which are 
alwaves two together at the end of the footeftalke, being fomewhat like unto Purflane leaves but m the poflurc 
and colour reffmbling the leaves of Beanes : the flowers come forth fingly one at a joynt with the leaves, 
which before they are blownc open are very like unto Caper bloffomes, being white (landing m a greene 
fcuskc and with many yellow threads in the middle,after which the fruit followeth fomwhat long and round,and 
opening into feverall parts, wherein is contained fmall browmflr feede : the rootc is long and woddy fhooting 
foith Ion-’ llrings and branches under ground many wayes. 
0 0 The Tl acc. 
The two firft forts grow naturally in the flony places of Italy.Spaim and fome parts of T ranee a t alfo in mofl of 
the hotcountrics Eaftward, yet that with pointed leaves not fo frequent as the other. T heophraftns faith that it 
will abide no culture, yet Pliny fheweth that in his time they ufed to plant it m Italy ’upon ridges call up, and 
the deepe trenches filled up with Hones to keepe in the roots from overfpreading the field or ground where they 
i ere planted or elfe that the Hones would make them fruftifie the better, the third Bellomm faith groweth in 
£>,„ j„ a loofe fandy field not far Horn the Lake Mamtj, which is about balte a mile from Alexandria^ fourth 
hcaUo found as lie faith in the clefts of the rockes on mount Taurus in Arabia. 
The Place. 
The two firfi forts as I faid before (hoot forth their Halkcs and leaves in the Spring, and their flowers (hortly 
after, when as their fruit is not tipe untill the end of September : the other two keepe the fame times of flowrmg 
and frutftifying, but keeping their old leaves on and fhooting frefli every Sping : the lafl fiowreth and feedeth in 
the end of Sommer. 
The Names, 
It is called inGreeke'‘* , s'“'' e, randC<!^<i-»alfoinLatine, GazstTheophrajluf his interpreter callcth it Ixturit, 
Pliny femetli to thinke it was the Cynosbatos of Diofcorides, becaufc among the baflard Greeke names in ‘Dio- 
(corides, Cynosbatos is one which hce faith was given to the Caper in his time. ThefiiH is mentioned by moft 
writers, but the fecond but by a few, Alpinta in his booke of Egyptian plants, and ‘Bel/oniur in his fecond booke 
of Obfervations and Chap.a I. maketh mention of tile third by the name of Cappa’ii nonffinefa and arberefiens% 
the fourth is alfo remembred by Bcllexius in the faid fecond booke and 66 . Chapter, and by Kaureolfiui in I113 
Itinerants : the lad is called by all modeme writers Capparis Leyrnmnofa, or Capparis pabaeo, by Lugdnncnfis Pa- 
haye Belrarumjoy the Syrians as Rauwolfim faith Morgfani , and taketh it to be the And,nan of Rhafis and the Ai¬ 
ds friei oCAvicen : alumna thinketh it moft properly to agree unto the Telepbium of Diofcorides Bauhmus calletll 
it Capparh V«rt,tlaca folio , and faith it was called Peflui at Pari,. and therefore Lxgduxenfii callcth it Repine Pari- 
fieafiam j all nations call Capers according to ihc Greeke and Latine, varying but the accent according to them 
dialed. 
The Venues, 
The Capers, fuch as come over to us pickled up in fait doe noiirifli nothing,vet dee a little move the belly, but 
being wafhed from the Salt and fteeped in V ir.egar and fo eaten do {line up the appetite dcjebfed or decayed and 
doe a little clenfe the bowells of flegme flicking to them and avoyd it, as alfo dee hclpe to open the ebftruftions 
of the Spleent- and Liver: Galen (heweth in feptimo fmpl.med, that the Barke of the rootc of Capers confiftctji 
of various qualities, namely firft extreme bitter, next fharpe, then lower, by the bitterrefle it clcnlcth, purgeth 
and cutteth, by the fhatpenefte it heatetb, cutteth, and digefteth, and by the fowernefle it contrafteth, thickneth 
and bindetli, and thereupon faith it is a medicine above all other available for the hardnefle ot the Splet ne, 
whether it be applied outwardly of it (elfe, or mixed with other things to annoint the place, or the reotes boy- 
led in Vinegar ot Oxymtll and taken inwardly, or the powder ot the roote mixed with the faid decodion aid 
taken,for itiscertaine that it avoydeth grofle and vifeous humors,not on’y by the urine but by the belly alio, ai 4 
oftentimes it bringeth away with it c mgcaled and corrupted blood, and thereby giveth much calc to thofct!...c 
arc troubled with Gouts or Paliies, with the Splecne or paines in the Hippcs or Sciatica, weakeneffe in ■ 1 e 
Naves and Sinevves, and for women that have their courfcs (lopped to procure them: it draweth from the 1 -I 
and other parts thofeoffenfivehumors that are the originall caufe of Ruptures, Convulfions and Crampes, a id 
thereby give them much eafe: the barke ofthe root of Capers is an efpeciall remedy to hclpe fowle Vlcers, U- 
ivi« made into aPtiltis and applied, for it clenfeth and mightily dryeth them, and is alio good for hard fwcl- 
grand kernellsundertheearesand the Kings Evilh the fruit is alfo effcduall for the faid purpofes, and_fOi.ru 
bth leaves and ftalltes, but all ofthem weaker then the roots 1 thelfeede bruifed and heated in a little Vina it 
and held bet wcene the teeth eafeth the tooth-ach: the fame rootes alfo bovled in oyle and dropped into the dues 
rafeth the paines andkillcth wormes breeding in them : the leaves and flowers, but efpecially the baikeofi! :c 
roote fteeped or boy led in Vinegar clenfeth the 6kinne of all morphevv, freckles, (pots or any orher difcouloum 
ofrheskimie whatfoever .-the oyle that is made of Capers is of very good ufe againft the paines of the (ides 11 
Spieene. The Arabian fort is much more fharpe andalmofl exulcerating,and therefore as p/fy well faith.it i-i.ot 
fit to ufe fo violent a ftranger, better it is to ufe out orvne Suropian kinder, The I’.car.c Caper is uft dl y i! .eSyri. 
ant as Ranwolfitu faith to kill the wormes in children and to drive them for th. 
Chap, 
P.M 
