1 LI IBS I 4 . 
^TheTheater of ¥lants. 
Chap. 10. 122 rj 
Tlthton 
Crain#, 
9. Lapathum maritimumfatuhm. The drong fented Sea Docke 
Bccaufc Brtuhintu pimxth this herbs among theDockts not knowing belike whercuntoeifc to rcferre it, even 
fo mud I untill I fee moreof it,and lay with him that the ftalke is reddifh,a foote high and bending divers waics: 
the leaves that (land on long footeftalkes arc tome what round, and of a darke red colour, fitmt times waved about 
theedges, and winged ufually at the bottomes, tr with two (mall peeces like cares : the Hal ke is patted into 
many branches, with the like but lefler leaves on them,and a little dented about the edgesat the toppe of the 
ftalke ftandctb a (pike of flowtrs,compo(ed of foure tnofiie leaves a peece,after which follow leak’d round heads, 
contain png the feede. 
10. Lapathum [anqttincum. Bloodwoit. 
ThisD.tcke.becaufeit is often uled as a pot-berbe,implanted in Gardens yet found wildalfo, having reddifh 
long It: a vs: -, or greenifh with red {lrip£s,thc relt of the plant comming neereft unto the red Docke, but 1 mailer as 
rhe ropte is alio, yctnotforeddiih. Cxfalpttms irrenttontth another iott hereof, with broader and rounder 
leaves. 
The Tlace and Time. 
All thefc Dockes except the fifth and the ninth, grow in moifl: and wet places on the Land, and thofeother in 
the like places neer the Sea, that of Africa necreSophra, and the other neerc Mompclur : And beare (cede in the 
end of Auguft at the iiu theft, and fomc earlier. 
The Names. 
It is called in Grcekc hfsaia-x Lsz s,. aeclfcn' quad ualrt exinanire, & pro ventrem levarc uftsrpatur, the word 
> ± os to is ufed by Ariftotle, lib. 2, Phyftcfi or si CaSioai ft >.e. n;son iyeret c i, id eft vcrbigratia,ambirlarc, ft eft alvi left 
vandx gratia. ZaparAawalfo,and Rumex m Latine. The firlt is the Oxylapatbumot Tiofcorides, and fo called 
by Trrcbftiu.MatthioUu, and others, but it is not the Oxalis, for Diofcoridh doth diftinguitli betweene them, the 
one from the Lower juice theother from the iharpe leafe, for S;vr is referred both to the talk and forme. Co,due 
on T>iofeorides calleth it Rumexacinus , Tragus.Label ,and Dodoneus.Lapathumacutum. The lecond is called by 
Banhintu,Lapathum acutum folio crifbo, as Tabermmlamu did, whole figure Gerard ufed and called it Hydrolapa-, 
thummimtt. The third is lb called ?y Label, as it is in the title. The fourth is called Rumex agreftUby Cordutf 
ar.d Lapathum folio minus acuta, or retufo by Label, Hippolapathumfylveslre by Tabrrmantantu, whole figure Gerard 
uiing,entituled it Hydrolapathum magnum. The fifth was brought us out of Africaby ‘Boc/.vrho for thelikeneffe 
or the leaves, and fome other refpefls called it as it is in the title, which we have continued, not knowing where 
elfe to place ir, untill we have further knowledge of ir,’.hen of the dryed plant which he bronght. The lixtisu- 
fually called Bonus Henricusby OlLirthiobu ,Brunfelftiu,Tragu< and othtrs, Rumex vuSuoftu alio by Tragus,md 
Rumsci,genus by Fachfius,Tota bona by TSodancut and Label, and Lapathifylveftris [ccuuduns genus by Dalecham - 
and by Bauhinus Lapathum snBuafum, by Gefner Atriplicisfftecies, and by Lonicerus Atuplex Ccfiina fylveftris. 
The (eventh Tragus callcth Rumexpaluftrit,Tabcrmomanus LapathumpaluStre, gefner,Mctttbiolus, and ’Dodomeus, 
Hippolapatlurn Jylveftre, Label and Lugdunenfis Hydrolapctthummagntsm aqrsatscumor m.tjm. Theeighth is called 
Hjdrolapathum minus by Label and Lugdunenfis, and not (ativum mTSaubinus fettech itdowne in his Pirax. The 
ninth is by Bauhinus his appellation fo called as it is in the title Thelaft is called Lapathum nigrum byfome, and 
fubrumotrubensbyatbtssftsanguisdracanisberbaby Gefnerin hortis. and Lapathum fmguineum by Lobcl. The 
Arabians ci\lthclSoc\te Humadh,and Hamad. Tix Italian; Rom bice and Lr. pacta. The Spaniards Labafa, and 
Poradella. The Stench Pantile. 7 lie Germane; Ampffer for tile generall word as Sarvr ampffer for Sorrell. The 
’Dutch Patich and Teerdick,. And we generally Docke,and then adde the fcverall denominations as fower Docke 
or Sorrell,wilde Docke,Garden Docke, & c. '! iic Snglifh Mercury is called by the Germanes gaoler Henrietta and 
Schmerdel. T he Dutch Garden Henris f and Lam:, eks ■ bore. The French Hcrbode Charpcntier. 
The art ues, ‘ ■ 
AH the forts of Dockes have a kind ofcooling but not all alike drying quality,for the Sorrels are more cold then 
any of the reft, and the Bloodwort more drying, h leedes of moll of them be drying and binding: Lome of 
thetnbelidcs the Sorrell wereufed to he eaten. - ds'srui therefore put rhem inter alcracca, and tortheinofl 
part the leaves were dewed or boyled.and fo they did the moreeafily paffe through the belly,without giving ei- 
ther any great or good nouri(liment,taving a morifuretotbe body. The feede of moil as I faid, tithcr of the 
Garden or the tieldes, doth ftay laskes and fluxes of ali fort-, and the fubverfions or loathings of the ftomacke 
through choller,and is ashelpefuUtothofethatlpitbiood. Therooteslikcwifeof the mod of them exceptthe 
Rhaes or Rubarbes,andthered Dock are drying and binding, conducing to the fame cfkfta aforefaid, butallthey 
have an opening quality in them,fit to loofen and make the body (oluble,and are therfore of greater ufe thenall the 
other parts befides, opening the obdrudlions of the hlood.and cooling and clenfing the blood, and helping thofe 
that have rhe j'aundice, and for that purpofc are our Englifh, and Munkes Rubarbe, the Garden and the wild red 
Dockes ufed with other things to make diet Ale or Becre the feede being taken in wine helpeth thebitingsof 
the Scorpion faith ’Diofcarides and flirty. The rocresboylcd in vinegar, helpeth the itch, icabbes and other brea. 
kings out in the skinne.if they be bached there with.thc diddled water of the herbe and rootes tendeth to the fame 
effcft.and befides clenfeth the skinne of freckles,morphews,and all other fpots and difcolourings therein. The 
Englifh Mercury as it is called,or good Henry the roote is drying and clenfing’ the herbe is mollity ing and loofen- 
ing, by reafon of the fatneffe or moift flipperinefie therein taken inwardly, but applyed outwardly to wcundes 
andfores.it clenfeththe foulenefleandhealethandclofech them up afterwards wonderfully: The properties of 
the Rubarbes.and the Sorrels are feverally declared before in their proper places. 
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