‘E, In like manner I cured a Shoo-makers feruant in Holborne,who intended to d

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1oo6 in Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. L13. 2.

" . - - in Sirareazca, or Saracens confound, and foure ounces of honey, whereof I gaue him in the mom 3 two 8 oonefulls to drinke in a fmall drauvht ofwine tem cred with a little fuga1'- .

P D P eﬂroy himfelfc

e for eanfes knowne vnto many now lining : but I deemed it better to couer the faulnfhan ‘° plgtvtvas fame in print, which might mone fuch a graceleffe fellow to attempt the like: his att€mP him thns5Firl’c,he gaue himfelfe a molt mortal! wound in the throat,in fuch fort, thatvvhen I gaue an drink-e it came forth at the wound,which likewife did blow out the candle : another deepecthcr grieuous wound in the breli: with the faid dagger, and alfo two others in <..<15d'0”?”" of ‘hc.,P hthc belly,fo that the Z,-rate or fat,commonl_y called the caule, iffued forth, with the guts like-W’ “'3: in which mortall wounds,by Gods permilﬁon, and the vertues of this herbe, I perfecffly Cured M twenty daies : for the which the name ofGod be praifed. ,

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_C H A P. 3 91. 0fagyd4re,or Lajérxwort.—' if

Lafcrjiitizim. ‘ {I T/It Defcriptioza. Lafer-wort. l . , rye; T fcemeth that neither JJioﬂ:omz'e5 I19; 1,’; W, Tbeap/ara_flaa’_l12_uc euer feene -’3"f”}"mi C. Sagapenum, or any other of the. ENS, {ct rous roots, but ‘haue barely and. Mk‘ ‘the; downc their iudgments vpon the Tam“ 61 CD, by heare-fay , or by reading of other ‘Ears Workes. Now then feeing the old Wt this be vnperfeét herein, it behooueth V5 ‘numb cafe to fearch with more diligeI1C5 the hereof 5 and the rather, for that very (CW1, fet forth the true defcription Of E at l which is called L.1]érpitium,thati5mdEe true Lafcrpitium, from the roots Wh_"”'° that fap or liquor called Lafer. Th Pam: and Load themfelues lay, was , ca 5 not far from the Iﬂes which Dz'aft0”‘k5 fun, Stoechades,ouer againli Malﬁliarﬂmong ,1 dry other rare plants. His ftalke 15 5” , thicke like Ferula , or Fenriell gY3“‘,' leaues are like vnto the commoﬂ a and of an vnpleafant fauour.Th3 ﬂ.Ourc'Sl;: Fe. at the top of the fialkes, tuft.fafhl°“ 1’ C fuc. rula or Fennell :which being pail; ‘her " H ceed broad and ﬂat feeds like A0 . good f3“0Ur,and of the colourof Box.'I'he roots are mariy,c'omming from one head or chic hm and are couered ouer with a thicke and fat barke.Thefc roots and {talks being fcariﬁed 0’ cut” ﬂ0W€th Out Of them a lirong liqnor,which being dried is very medicinable,and is ca1l€d “ﬁr”

qr The Place. If :16 ‘There be fundry F0”? Of!-«ﬁller, flowing from the roots and {talkes of Lafiarpitium, the goodﬂfli: _ or quality whereof varieth according to the country or elymate wherein the planrgrowet .11 _ in the bell: g1’0W€tl} Vpon th€_h1gh mountaines of Cyrene and Africa, and is of 3 Plealhm ﬁne‘ ' Syﬁa alfo, Media, Armenia, and Lybia 5 the liquour of which plant growing in thel a moﬁ firong and deteﬁable fauour. Lobe! reporteth, that 14:05:44 .inzW2m an A _ F mac, Maflilia was the ﬁrfi that made it knowne,or brought the plants thereof to Montpellier in des vnto the learned Romicletiau, who right well beholding the fame, concluded, that ‘of 8l1Fh‘ S Eb‘ of Ferula that he had euer feene, there was not any fo anfwerable vnto the true L4f€’P”””” 3 onely plant. ~ ‘ QT The Time,

This Plant ﬁoureth in Montpellier about Midfnmmer, ' ‘J 712:

Of the Hiflorie of Plants. T i may p

q; T/re Nizmcsa

h it is called in Latii‘ie,L4ﬁir[>izizmz.-in Englifh, Laferwort, and Magydare :the gum or liquor that A ‘ff: Out of the fame is called La[E;~*,l)ut thatwhieh is gathered from thofe plants that grow in * Ia and Syria, is called 1-1://i1ﬁt‘t.’:Zl3. = ~

Ta; T/9c Nrztizré. 1 L férpitizizrz, efpeciallv the root is hot and dry in the third degree: Zaﬁr is ali'o not and dry in llleph . ~ ’ . . .. - .., _ ‘ll Cl€gt‘ee,biit it exceedeth much the heat of the leaues and italkes of Lzﬁrpztmm,

The Verifier.

The root of Laﬁerpitiézm well ponrided‘, or liarnped with byles fcattereth clotted blond, taketh a-‘ a d lacke. and blew markes that come of bruifes or Ptripes, curcth and dilfolueth the Kings-euill, n all hard fwcllinftrs and botches, the places being annointed or plaiflered therewith. ,1, 6 ‘Elaine root mine into a plaifier with the oyle of Ireos and wax, doth both affwage and cure T °"}‘1C8,0r gout of the hip or huckle bone. _ p 3 _ .

he lame holden inthe mouth and chewed,doth affwage the tooth-ache5fo‘r they are fuch roots “WV from the braine a great qnantitie of hnmors. . _ * llqnonror gum 0fLaﬁrpitiz2m, efpecially the Lafcr of Cyrene broken and diffolued in wa- ,;§:“d drunken, taketh away the hoarfenefie that commcth fuddenly : and being fup_t vp witha pleugéées cnreth the cough :and takenwith fome g00d broth or fuppmg, 15 80°C‘ agalnii 3“ Old

fL“ﬁr cureth the jaundife and dropﬁe, taken with dried ﬁgs‘ : alfo being taken in the qnantitie of E Du: oalgyxtlth a little pepper and Myrrhe, is very good againft (hrinking of ﬁnewes, and members A ﬁckenilgéﬂle taken W 1:11 hurry and vinegre, or the fyrrup of vinegre, is very againﬁ the falling E

{C “3 gone againfi the ﬂux of the belly Cumming of the debilitie and weékeneffe ofihe ﬁomacke . alled in Latine Cwliatm marém) if it be taken with raifons of the Sunne. _ .. _ 3: Iineth away the Ihakings and (hiuerings of agues,being drunke with W.m¢>P"PPeT:3ﬂd White ﬁrnkincenfe. Alf o the re is made an eleétuarie thereof called Antidétud 5’-’;°'ﬁ"“ CJ”‘?’“7‘0: Which is 3 gulaf medicine againll feuerquartaines. r L, V « . ~ ., 1,0, "5 eXC€llcnt againft the bitings of all venomous beaiis, and venomous {hot Of darts or arrows, Onely taken inwardly,but alfo applied outwardly vpon wounds. 1 V_ J p. he‘ tblmgeth to maturation, and breaketh all peﬂilentiall impofiumC$,§’¢"Fh"-5‘ and Caiblmclcs, K, -\ 3 applied thereto with Rue,Salt—peter,and hony : after the fame manner It taketh away cornes ‘er the)’ bane beerie fcariﬁed with a knife. _ _ » _ _ 2 ii emg laid to with C0PP<?ras and Verdigteafe, it taketh away 5!” _ﬁlPgﬂuous Outgrowings of L . ith P 1 h ‘ h ' eth in the nofe and all fcuruie m,3“g‘“° 9- _ , 35,, f be af5p1(1)e217E,),l1,i}t, vigegfggrepper, and wind,it cureth the naughty fcurfe of the head, and fal». M I goﬁbf the haire.

The gum or H not 0fL/iﬁrpitizam which groweth in Ai"menia,Lybia, and fundry other places, is

Q?“ “inkingana lothfome gum called ofthe Arabian Phylitions an and A/ﬁr, as alfo with V3 in {gills ﬁ,;,,5,,/,, _. but the Laferpitiuriz growing in_Cyrene is the belt, and of apreafonable pleafant =,~Wd _,and is called Laﬁr t0 diﬁiﬂguifh and make difference betweene thetwo iuycessthough Lﬂﬂl

“be good for all purpofes aforefaid, yet is it not fo good as Lafér of Cyrene :it is good alfo to

f . , , til? "m0.a’nd to be applied vnto the nanels of women vexed with the choking, or tiling of the m0‘—

l‘ ‘ti, , . . , . .. . a‘ ﬁiwrcwliicli formerly ms in this place, was cftlie common rouge dcfcribcd in the following chapters

CH A Pa» 392. Of common Lounge.- ‘ qr Tl¢eDi;ﬁrz'ptioia.

ANtient writers haue added rmto this common kinde ofLOv_ag€: :3 _f€C°“d f_0“:Y€‘ l<“0Vii“€"-

that the plan; [0 fuppofed is the true Siler mmtzmum, and not Lea;/imam, though others haue

ki d “H0 deemed it Lizférpitiam - thefe two fuppoﬁtions are eaﬁly anfweted, fith they bee fundf)" :1 es of plants though they be riery neere in (hape and faculties one vnto‘ another. This Plain“