Tribe 15. The Theater of "Plants. 
Cha f.x 8 . 
. . The Names. 
ZZ nt h X thlS 3 d ' fferin S, kil:d ° f Cyclamen, by the title it bcaretb.but as the dcfcription and figure dt cla-e 
L c muE fi dlff erenc therefrom, almoft in every particular, and therefore not knowing what other denomination 
efitteth, it muff hold the B: ft impofed for me.umill 1 or fome Other,can better dilpoie of a more certainty. 
, . TheVertues. ' 
L,W,Pi i! bein s r ” e and ! a «>y fo «rt d out and known but to Few.I have not yet learned that any experience hath 
fn 111 >“*:any.medicinal,or,other property therein:ibulbecaufc mmy forme^Boofe i wa 
thC true Sowbrcad ’ T tbi ' lk S“ od U P°" & fit an occafion to expatiate them Z- 
doth ior f 8 n ZT d ° th dererm '" ethc dcgrccs hereof to be hot and dr V in btgmniBg of the thftd vet 
h inH a* n 0t Po > b “ t . ia,t . h on| y 7°.. jH *F* e «*w,that it cutteth.clenfeth At opneth the mouths ofthe veines draw 
eth and digefteth, which is plamely feene by the particular operations thereof, for the juyee of it opent th Jhe h,- 
fi’epmen'frH ?r pJ f'n* nd - ftron S 1 y m°°vetb to the ftoole, being put up in wool!,and faith Mtfuct it avoided! touefi 
flegme ufed in a gliftenit is alio mixed with fuch medicines as dilcufle fwcllmgs.kcrnels.and other hard knots m 
b i P t n n f ?, he hoA rf h = ! P« h all ° chc P lnnE a " d webbe in the eyes.being lufuled with honey,as alfo avoidech r 
by the noftrils, which CMcfucs alfo affirmeth,and that by fnuffing up the juice,the head and braine is nurned fr»' 
holehumours thatoffend it, the ache alfo,and daily paines of it, and theMeagrome. 
the bcUy ^ bathed with the juice, it will foneably moove it downewards, and kill the birth, or to be put up in a 
thfttrm? d a 'H° Ugh t q C M 0t ' eiS r e r kcr then tfle Jtiy c c,ytt: the roote being eitherdiunke or applyed, provoketft 
X X i’ and j 8 profitable for thofe that have the yellow jaundice, to drive it fouh by f weatino ff after rhe 
akmg of three drams thereof in powther, in Meade or honied water, they be caref ully ordered°to fweate • ir 
fred, H !f f0 M C ,” n J e aU . the d ? fo ™ ilies or difcolouringsof che skin,and the freckles and fpots thereof as well 
foo«’rof£ jaP h yed t0 th r regl n n 0t thc f p ,ecnc > 1,: eafech chc l^rdntffe thereof ifome alfo farth he gave the dived 
roots to them that are purfie or fhorc winded. Mattbiolm laith that the diftilled water from the rooies GtZffZi 
up into the noli tils, ftaycth their bleeding wondc-rfuHy : and that if fix ounces of that water he drunke with an 
ounce of fine fugar.it will (lay the blood that commeth from the brcft.ftomacke or Liver,in a wonderfull i^ nrfx 
rr be br i?r ei1 m t!l n m f nd £ll,i is hlS attcftation :t0 h'O'f" faith he, the violence thereofin purging ids 
neflXnrfV,r WK r f ? m r Maftlcke >< >r Nl,t * e gSe,or afcruple of Rubarbe i many have been holpenof file hard- 
iiefTe and fwelling ofthe fpleene, by the ufe thereof, which could not be holpen by other things • Itesfeth alfo 
the pames and torments in the bowels, which we call the chollicke ; If faith he the roots hereofhe beaicn wlh 
a.few Peachftoric kcrnels.and bitter Almond.-,and after laid to fteepe in Aquavits for three dayes-a droo or twA 
?uiremS’r rC >hh ,tnether f dropl1ed int0 thc earesthatare dcafe “r have much noife in themhelpcth them- the 
1 h n n 7 or , Plantanc water helpeth all maner of fores in the mouth or throate being gargled there 
Zlf’h d hc jo^hache alfo, Riw/c-mdk/jfaith many ofthe lame things, and fcelides that the dfcodlfonthe-enf 
If mri 1 V Z/ W r S ’ C u e , runnln g ,ores alfo 111 the hcad < bones,or members out of joynts kibes or chiliblanes and the 
r 7 fi ! Ch j hei :°? te ,s S ood a 5 a,nl1 the venome of Serpents, and that it will kill Swine, which is con 
T 7 £ , h j 1 l ccived °P mion of molt,that they a, e delighted there with, and greedily devoure the rootes after theJ 
for ' TZ JP)tr r wW camc thc name Sowbread: yet Tbulm r, faith the oote s fi ler 
for Wolves and Foxes then Swine, and that ,t is not to be inwardly taken,but by good advife and caution D » 
forties, and Pliny from him fay, that if a woman that is with child goe over a plant thereof it will r au f e ahnrri 
t j lat ‘ S * , tofae dE ‘wered before her time; but itis ccrtainely knowne by many experiences that fome erf the frefh 
f lirtr^ . taVCSjbut ? luchrathcr > t hc fre <f> roote which Theophraflw alfo affirmeth,put into a doth and applyed for 
‘ t:X CPirB ° ( 3 W ° man ‘ that is in fore hard and lo ^ ' rava ' le ill child birth, hath hoEthem 
flefli P ^ *» d oaficdelivery!the roote beaten and applyed with honey, draweth forth fplimers &c, out of the 
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Cha t. XVIII. 
Efmcditiin, Barren ivort^ 
Arrenivort is a pretty flu ubiike plant fliooting forth fundry hard round ftaikes, haife a yard or two 
roote high.each Ihlke divided for the mou part into three branchesjarid each of them bearin'* three 
leaves a peecc, which are feverally,fome what broad and round, yet pointed at the endes. hard or 
dry m feeling,and a little (harpely dented about the edges.ofa light greene colour on the upper fide 
r ..... ===s i a ” d whiter underneath: from the middle of fome of the ftalkcs of leaves,(hooteth forth with them 
from the hrft riling up of them } a (mall long footcftalke of flowers not much higher then the flalkes of leaves di 
vide d into branches, containing on each of them three flowers a pcece, feparared into fourc parts, as if the flower 
confided but or foure leaves,when as each part hath two leaves^cne lying clofe upon another the inner bcin a vel 
low and fmaller then the lower,which are red, fo that the red edge appeareth round about the yellow makine it 
feeme a yellow flower of fourc leaves with red edges: it hath alfo a few yellow threds in che middle let with 
greene, the underbids of the flowers, being of a yellowifli red colour, Itript with white lines, which being Daft 
imall long pods appeare, with flattifh red feede in them, the rootes are lmall and fibrous, hard and reddifh fnrea’ 
ding much underground, and delighreth heft in fhaddowy, rather then Sunny places: the lent ofthe plant is r/ 
ther ftrongthen plealant. r 
I Alterum Amcricanum magis friUicofum. 
We have had brought us from fome of the Northerne plantations of America, a certaiue flirubby and wooddv 
plaat,bringing forth thrice three leaves, compofed m the fame manner with the former, but each leafc wasruX 
asbigget but we never faw it beare any flower or fruite with us, nor did che plant long endure with ns buT b« 
. degrees grew weaker,and m the end utterly penfhed, fo that I cannot determine it as I would, and we could ne- 
* ver get the fame kmde againe : but the Ileicra trifolia, fet forth in this Worke before, commeth fomewhat 
’ thrift threeas that had^ IS " 0t t K ' fame ’ havm S onel J' three leaves at a P licc u P 3n ftalkcs, and not nine, that in 
A a a a a a rht 
