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1618 L An Appendixto

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I The China now in vfe is a root of the largeneﬂe of that of the ordinary Plag,or Irzkpalu/hf‘: and not mi_ichin (‘nape vnlike thereto, but that it wants the rings or circles that are im printe 1“ the other : the outer coat or skinne of this root is thin, fometimes fmooth, otherwhile rugged: _° 3 brow nifh red colour, and not to be feparated from the fubﬁance of the root, which is of an ind! 5' rent ﬁrinenellqbeing not {'0 hard as wood, but more follid than moi’: roots which are not of ﬂ_1I“b,5 or trees : the colour is fometimcs white,with fome very fmall mixture of redneffe 5 otherwh11€5 1‘ bath a greater mixture of red,and fome are more red than white: it is almoﬁ without taﬁe, yet t 3'1 ithath is dry,without any bitterneffe or acrimony at all. The belt is that which is indiffercntil’ poriderous, new, ﬁrme, not worme-eaten, nor rotten, andwhich bath a good and frefh colours “n, that either whire,or much inclining thereto. The plantfhrhofe root is this (if we may beleeuc 51”“

/Eoplm A Coﬂa) hath many f mall prickly and ﬂexible branches, not vnlike the Smilax aﬁeraﬁf ’ 3

priclrly Biﬂd-';‘» weed : the biggeft of thefe exceedeth not the thickeneife of Ones little ﬁnger- leaues are of the bigneffe of thofe of the broad leaned‘;-Plantaine : the roots as large as on6§ ha“ ’ iorrietimes leffc, follid, heauie,white, and alfo fometimes redde, and many oft times gtOW1“5 ‘°3 gether. T e “

I Cbimz viagzzrir ofﬁcimzrmm True China.

2 Pfeudo-China. Ballard China.

It groweth abundantly in the territory of China,and is alfo found in Malaber, Cochiti,Ci'3ﬂg_iv nor,(,"oulan,Tanor and other places. ‘ _ us.

The Chinois call it Lampatan : in Decan they call it Lampiztor : in Canarin,Boutz‘.-the Arab“ ’ Perﬁans and Turks terme it Céop/2-Cbz‘mz. ,

2 This other root, whofe figure you {C3 hefe expreﬁ. was {em from London to Cln_/_I‘W‘1 yeare i 5 9 i,by lame: Garregbeing brought out of Wingandecaow,or Virginia,with this 1“ on,C/2z‘n.cfpecze:,A kind of China. Clufim caufed this ﬁgure thereof to be drawne, and thus de .0 beth it. This root (faith he) was very knotty, and formed with out-growings, or bunches Rand’-kg outgof a redd ifh colour, and it yet retained at the top fome part of the ﬁalke, being fomﬁwhi" 11 5 vnto that of Smilax 4/para, or common rough Binde-wced,hard, wooddy, and full ofveinesa ﬁalkes of Smilax aﬂiem : the {uh ﬁance of the root was alfo reddi{h,as the root of the com_m°“

at the ﬁrﬂ _ofa faltiih taﬁe, it being old; (for {o it was when I receiued it) and then dfymgi in

the Hiftorie of Plants.

I iud 6 this is t e fame that the writer of the Virginia“ Hmmy mhntlons m m5 Chap”? Ofrdots, and (glib it Wa:]bl'Oll°i1E into Englandyfor China, though the Natiues knew no vfe thereof: but they vfe zinother root iiery like China,which.thev call Tﬂmnv,<_>fWh1Ch being cut. beaten,-and pref. ed out with water they draw 3 juice whctcwith they make their bread.Thus l1]LlCi'l‘C/uﬁz4s55[0 whofe Words I thinke it riot amiffe to adde that Wh‘-Ch Mr 7/"””M Hm” <"."h° W.“ the V\’r““" 05" the

irginian hiﬁory,here mentioned by Cl”/5”) ham re‘ d°wnehC.mIl]C.eml::ng §h‘:fi““g- _ U ,

Tfi;zg1v(faltl1 he) is a kinde of root much like vnto that vy) .1: in h ng an is called ti‘1‘e~C[)ﬁ-13 root,br-ought from the Ea[{_1hdjeg_ And we know notany t int, ti? t c contrary bi_rt that it mav be Ofthc fame kinde. Thefe roots gm” many.t°i;etber m gm“ Clu. efsﬁnd dim bung forth 3 Brim‘ ﬁall«:e,but the leafc in lhape is fat vnliltetwhich being {upported by the trees it groweth ncerefiz vii‘- ‘°.wi1 reach or clinic to the top Ofthe h‘g_heﬁ'F.'°m [here {Cots while they De new 0’ ﬁem» mi" ~ , - {ft-ained with water a yuyce that maketh bread,-and al {'0 being

cho ti t f 11' dﬂainptls . . ,. .. t oilidalia Set‘?/ﬁgogdcfgdgdemeat in inanner of a gelly, and is much better in tai‘te,if it be tempéfcd

with °}’le. This Tﬁham is not ofthat fort which b,V f°_m.e Wascaufed mbedirought int“ E" Trlalld for the China mm. {otit was difcouered lince, and is in v_fe as is aforefiid ; but that which Was‘ fought hitheyis no; yet knownﬁ neither by vs, nor by the inhabitants, to ferue for anyvfe or pitta

Pofe, although the roots in fhapf 3“ V¢’Y like‘ Thus much H4rm'

Q 7/): Temperature and Vernier.

. . W : ' ‘ herofmade alon orw'tho‘%i

Ch h b derately hot and dry _th€ d€CQ&1°“t _ e i tit-er

French pox but cbiefely that difeafe which is of ufome (landing: yet by molt it is iudged leife 3

Powerfull than Gmfacum or Sarfdparilldo . . _ . _ . It attenuates, mdues (wear, and dr1€5a and ‘h°“°'f°’c ‘can’ pumfaalon’ " Pmngthens ‘he lmer,

he-‘PBS the dropﬁe,curcs maligne vlceres l'cabbes,and 1€P’)’- 1‘ is alfo commended in confump. tions,

Pox conduces to the cure of the Pallie ,Gout,Sciatica, fchirrous and oedematous tumours. It 31. i 3 f0 helps the Kii18s..Euill. It cureth the weakenclfe oft

he ﬁomaclce, the inueterate headache, the {tone and Vlcemtion Om“: bladde, ; for mziny by the vfe of the decoéiion hereof haue beene cured,

which formerly receiuecl help‘? by “O medicine’

CHA15. 2.6.’, 0fC°l/gm‘

qr Tlaebefcripriem.

' ' ' asbriefel defcribed by D{0f¢‘0W1'¢’5,Wh0 mentions three kindes hereof, :1‘-‘1tsV£'ii[1I1ilEt)I[)eai-‘I:e()dflei: hriﬁdhwlrether ibomwood or fruit, he hath not exprelhbut one may probably conjeaute it is 3 root, for that bee writes toward the end or the Chapter “where he treats thereof, l;‘6_ t ,c,;P_ , 5_ that it is adulterated by mixing therewith the roots of H elcmzms caiismqqenzim 5 now a '00! C3I1n0t well be adulterated but with another. Alfo Plmyjzé. 1 2,5417, t 2 .calls it a root 5 but nei. themhy of the amicnc or rrioderne Writers haue delineated the plangwhofe root ihould be this ‘ CajZg,_ 1),',,/‘W,-4“ make; thtee forts, as haue {aid : the Arabian being the beﬂ , which was white, 1ighc,ﬁ'°ns.ana well fmelliﬂg = the Indmn~~rh1°l*Was1arss1¥g*"=a"“ "‘“°“‘? ‘ ‘he 5Y“*“’"‘*‘°** was heauie,of the colour of Boiiiand f’H0U%_‘m°“1";%- NOW “"77 makes “Y0kmde§>tbe.b1aCke=a"§1 1 the whim which he faith is the better; (0 I judge his blacke to be the Indian,ofDzaj2orzder, ‘and. hgsr x white, thé Arabian, Much agreeable to thefe (butwhether the fame or no,I.d0n0t determine ) am the two mots whofe ﬁgures 1 here prefeint to )30Ul'dVi,€l}fi, and they are called by the names of Cuff,“ rim I thinke the mould haue faid 0 W“ 3“ C0 W "”‘"‘“‘- . . A I (The ﬁrﬂ ofdhefc, which rather‘ from the fmell that‘! mac’ 1? Called {Ween 19 3 Pletty iaige r°°‘i“ght.White and well fmellingrhwing the fmcu °fOms»’.°r.a wO1e.t’but (.o[.neWh“ more qqlck and piercing eréeciauy ifthe mot he hem, and not too old :It is 0it times d iuided at_ the top into ‘ from whence feuetall ftalltes haue gr.0wne,and you {hall forntirnes obferue fchcfe ﬁalkcs form two or three inches l_ong,of the thickeneife of ianels . ,. . ., me

t_‘"0.three,or more parts, “P°n€9m¢°§ihem PiF?¢.°.§°.

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The decoétion of this root, 1' aith Garcid/fabeﬁdes the difeares which ham community with the e"