Theatruni 'Botanicum . 
Tribe II 
1080 Chap. i8» _ _ 
griefe it is probable was tough flcgme.condenfate in the Li S^ b }a every morn i n g it will confume the 
Pliny faith that good authors doe affirme t a 1 y foule Vlcers,and taketh away the fpots frecklesand 
Spleene : the meale hereof mingled with ony c fafifereth no Cankers, Gangrenes or fprcading, ea- 
other dilcolourings of the face or other parts of the b<^y - « and taken in wine or Vinegar as Pliny 
ting fores to breede in the body; it „ "d taken with Vinegar it helpeth the (Iran- 
iaith it helpeth the bttings of Serpents and m eg ftoole but can doe nothing, the laid parched meale 
gury, and that dileafe where one dotho c , 1 nott h c j r mea t e,and arehickockly difpoled that isreadyto 
mixed with hony and taken helpeth then madc of the mealeolthcm & the placesbathed therewith 
tall into t e heftickc Feavcr or Vonlumption: c , ^ j. an dmade into a platter with wine will breake 
Carbuncles if k^beelaidthcrecnit^hegreene cods bike. and all before they grow hard, being b.uiled together 
juiced and applied to thehaire doth colour itblacke. 
CHAf. XV III. 
Orobus fjh/Aticiu. 
Wood er wild Orobus. 
,. Orobus fylvaticus purpur'us major. 
The greater purple Wood O/obus. 
, Ext to the true Orobus 1 thinke good to joyne the wild or wood kir.de for the names fake, and be- 
4 ^ rpurplewot^.^, _ 
ftalkcs and ftriped all at g • largC rtlien any Orobus namely two or three inches long,and an 
being (lx,eight or ten m numbcr, 4 re S running through them ; the flowers grow at the toppesmany 
inch or two broad, with three nfrves <ar fittt ( S ^ thoft of [he Vetch) and of a dalntie blewilh pur- 
ftanding together in faftnpn of a fp t hcv will change their colour a little and become more pale, thtnfol- 
ple colour, and when they begin t0 . , , J lln d ( e cde within them yet fometimes they will be more long 
low fmall longaenderbrowriticod£'^^ ltUeand l n ri, bunching forth in feme places wtthfomc 
then round and variably coloured . the rootc is ■ B vcares . 
fmall long firings and fibrestwm^^ The annuall white wild or wood Orobus. 
Th s otW wood OrXfhath diversflraifht and baked (hikes a cubit high bearing bike, of leaves one - 
bo Je"another hit not oppofite ,eaclr fhi ke h d ^ 
(oiretimes five leaves on them reafonable lar S“ n °P° ,n 
ted ar ti e end with veines running m them • “ 
growatthetoppe from the uppennofljoynts.hveorlix 
Sanding together on a fhort ftalke which looks all one 
way of a whitifh colour : when they are paft rile long flen- 
der cods like the former .with browmb but larger cede 
in them then in any of the other forts: the rootc hv«h not 
but perifheth after feede time. 
3 Orobus fy l vatic us axgujtifoltus, 
i Narrow leafed Wood Orobus. 
This narrow leafed fort hath (lender but flraight crefled 
(hikes a foctehigh, the leaves (land foureon a bike by 
couples and are long and narrow : tbc flowers gro .va o\ e 
on long (hikes many together of a pure white colour : the 
cods that follow ate long and blacke, with fomewhat large 
blacke feede in them : theroote confifteth of F\e or fix 
long (lender tuberous clogs like unto thofe of the AJf.hd.II 
of Peony but fmaller, blackifh oil.the outfide and white 
within. 
4. OrobusJylvaticus fenetw . 
The Venetian wood Orobus. 
This Venetian Orobus is very like unto the hr ft Wood 
Orobus here deferfoed growing in height and forme or 
leaves neareft thereunto, not having any end leatcontfie 
flalke but of a paler grecne colour: the flowers are ma 
and purple like unto them alfo • the cods are redan i> ong 
and (mail with round whitifh feede in them ? the roote is 
liai d and wooddy with many fibres thereat and enduret . 
There is another of this whofe flalkcs \and leaves are paler 
and the flower wholly white not differing elfe. 
j. Orobus Alpinuj latifolius . 
Mdlintaine Wood Orobus. 
This alfo is very like unto the flrft fort, but the leaves are 
broader and have their end not fo fharpe, the flowers 
hang downe and are an inch long, of a pale yelloWuh co¬ 
lour, the uppermoft being fomewhat reddifh. 
The 
