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ii Of the Hiﬂzorieeoif Plants. L 1;; 2

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{I The Vcrtim.

A Diofrmdes writeth, That the roots arepcxcellent good for to feale or clofe vp greene wounds, 56'

ing (‘ramped and laid thereon 5 whereupon it was called Szgillum Sdl0m071l3',Of the fingular vertq: that it bath in fealing or healing vp wounds, broken bones, and fuch like. Some haue though‘ I

tooke the name sigz‘//um of the markes vpon the roots :but the ﬁrﬂ reafon feemes to be more pr0' bable.

i B The root of Solomons feale liamped while it is frelh and greene, and applied, taketh 3W5)’ in

C in (‘rumbling vpon their hafiy husbands ﬁfts, or fuch like.

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one night,or two at the moi’t,any bruife,blacke or blew fpots gotten by fals or womcns wilfulne 9' G4/en f aith,that neither herbe not root hereof is to be giuen inwardly: but note what C¥P€"°9cE hath found our, and of late daies, efpecially among the vulgar fort of people in Hampihlfea which Galm,Dz'o{&oride:,or any other that haue written of plants haue not fo much as dreamed Of; "Yhéco_ is. That ilany of what {ex or age foeuer chance to haue any bones broken, in what part of tl1¢‘f kc. dies foeiier 5 their refuge is to Ptampe the roots hereof,and giuc, it vnto the patient in ale to H" ‘ which fodoreth and glues together the bones in very {hort f pace; and very ﬁrangcly, )"~'3_"1

the bones be but flenderly and vnhandfomely placed and wrapped vp. Moreouer; Ehc fat

do giue it in like manner vnto their cattell,if they chance to haue any _bones broken,with y _ cell"e; which they do alfo ltampe and apply outwardly in manner ofaﬁpultelfe, as well _Vﬂ€°.‘hcm {clues as their cattell. 'l y T " me

The root ﬁamped and applied in manner of a pultelfe, and laid vpon members that haue 55‘

out of joynt,and newly reﬁored to their places, driueth away the paine, and knitteth the j0Y“‘ V“ ﬁrmely, and taketh away the inﬂammation,if there chance to be any.

E The fame ltampc.-d,and the juyce giuen to drinke with ale or white wine,tas aforcfaidzm ‘he dc;

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coétion thereof made in wine,helps any inward bruife, difperfeth the congealed and clotted W7" in very {hort fpace. I = That which might be Wrttten of this herbe as touching the knitting of bones, and that We would feeme vnto fome incredible 5 but common experience teacheth,that in the world tlwfc. not to be found another herbe comparable to it for the purpofes aforcfaid : and therefore in We 1. if it be for bruifes inward,the roots mull be itampechfome ale or wine put thereto, ﬂrainedﬁﬂd 5 itch to drinke. i - A = It mull be giuen in the fame manner to knit broken bones,again{{.bmifcs, blacke or blew “"'Ig. gotten by-firipes,falls,or ftich like ; againit inﬂammation, tumors or {wellings that haPP‘” V be; members whofe bones are broken, or members out of joynt, after ycﬁgugaﬁon ; gﬁc roots M5 ‘O

ﬁamped fmall,and applied pulteife or plaiﬂenvife, wherewirh many gm“ wakes haue beetle Pd‘ formed beyond credit. '

. ~ I '- umitobtolm teachctl'i,That a water is drawne out of the roots, whefewigth .;1,¢ women °&':hz vfe to (‘come their faces from Surine-burning, freckles, morphew, or any fuchideformitiet skinne. “

. , , . t r . -by 55'“ _ 1 ’i‘h:it which our Authoiir fbrmerly ﬁgured and defcribcd in the ﬁfth placcofthis chapter, by the name oﬂalygailmiai ltlﬂlﬂ Chiﬁi, rm that 4°{“ib‘d In the iollrth plzcc ; but the figure was not (0 wellcxpreft. '

pg C H A P. 338. Of Kneeabolme, or fButc/Jeri broom.-

q[ The Die/éripia».

' NCC'h0lme is 3 1°" W00ddy plannhauing diuers fmallbranches or rather (tents. ‘Hing ‘mm diately from the ground, of the height of a foot - wheteuponiare let many 163"“ i g ‘iiuit thofe of the B°x>tree.or rather ofthe Myrtle,but fharpe and pricking at the point-' »,.“‘ iike.

groweth vpon the middle rib of the leafe, greene at the ﬁrit, and red as Corall when it is ripéaﬂ 0 ithofe ofA/]mragw,but bigger. The roots are white, branched, of a meanc ghickcncire, and

tough fprouting ﬂioots thruﬁing forth in other places, whereby it greatly increafcth-'

IJ '71:: Place. _ . , - It growcth plentifully in moi} places in England in rough and barren grounds. <=(Pe‘.‘““y Hampﬁcd heath foute miles from London 5 in diners places of Kent, Effex, and BaF1‘ﬂ““’= 3 in euery copfe and low wood. ‘ ‘ . ’

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qr T72: Tim,

V - fame . _Th°Y99D8“"d§°‘l§E!fP!°9F? .‘?9¥Il€f9!Eh as Fll¢ ﬁfﬁ of the 3‘P*§"8»'Yl1!9h?‘.E§E*?‘°“ *“P,~.¢es

L‘ . L1 B. 2. Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants.

ES‘?-S, as the young tender ltalkes of Afparagus and fuch like herbes. Theberries are ripe in Anx- b . '

R”l%“'5,ﬁ'ZJ£ Brufcu/:.W qr 7/Je Names.

Kn"°‘h01me, or Butchers broome. -

.— It is called in Greeke, 65-«iw.m'ni, as though they [hould fay L/fflﬂa a-Jwyrtm, or pricking Myrtle;and Myrtmfylueﬂru, or wild Myrtle, in Latine,Rufmm,or Rufcm.-in fl1ops,Bru[m,_«-, o‘.i'diucrs,Scopa regia, as teﬂiﬁeth '21/Zarée//.14

Empericm an old Writer: in high T)u;ch, _

ﬂﬂjaeffoopn _: in low Dutch, Bttisenhe

palm : in ltalian,R.ufw,and _Pmtogo}>z.-in 5 pa.-

nif~h, Gilberéaim : in Englifh, Knee-holme,

Knee—huluer,Butchers broom? and Petigree.

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that callﬁit Oxymyrﬁne. . _ Serapz'a,cap. 288. fuppofeth that Myrtm A." ,. ”//I»;i,i,-,a. i grz'zz,or wilde Myrtle,is the fame that Cuéeérc U are:he alleageth a realbmbecaufe Galen hath not defcribed M yrtm Ag-ria,or Knee-holrne; neither Dizﬁoridcs Caﬁehe. W'hich as it is a reafon of no account, fois it alfo without trurhéfor Ga/en doth no wheremake mention .ofCub.eéa;and be it that he had,it fhould not therefore lollow that Knee-hulme is Cuéeéor Galen f peaketh ofCALz[2e/z'z4m.which Aiuima in his I 37 chapter mak_es__t0. be.'qaéeé¢:and that Carpeﬁum doth much differ fromlineeholme, th'o['e.things do euidentl y declare which Ga- lea hath left written hereof in his firﬁ booke of Counter-poyfons. Carpcﬁum (faith he) is an herbe like in kind to that which is called gem » ‘ A . ‘ t _ Pbmor Setwall,but of greater force,and more fu-n.l]aticalI_ or fp'icie.r This groweth very plentifully in Sidaacity ofPamph.1li3. Alfo he faith the ‘., E‘; that fome of the iiickes of Carpeﬁum are like tothofe of C innamon : there be two kindes ame , one which is named Lairtium -,and another that IS called PorztmW- They both__take their ‘ ‘es? of the mountaines on which they gr0w:but Pzmtmvm 1'5 ‘he bettcr’ w}}1°1}‘5_P“‘ “W3 medi- getw "11 which the hefbc rim ought to bee put. For Czirpeﬁum, as _I haue faid, is like vnto P/m,Ot' fa, G 3! ‘.y_et is it_ﬂroﬂ‘ger,and yeeldeth a certain aromaticall qualitie both in talie and fmeI}_Thus his (4 m.By which it ;'Sla‘i‘ncly appeareth, that Knee-holme is not Carpejiam, that is to fay, Aruicmmz, '"6"'§¢>3S fhall be further declared in the chapter ofcuéeéa. ce,t£r°‘“ Sfrapio waslikewife deceiued,Wh0 (11 rpeaed 1‘ I0 be iuch alike thing -, f'ay.ing,'I‘here be ‘her yne ruits or graines called Ca6eb.e,not {ticks : yet do they neither agree with Knee-holme,nei-v y mﬁwere they knowne vnto Galen. _ _ A , — ‘M _ in the fecond booke of his praanfe doth number it among the graines :and likewife 1141:‘. 14,,‘ '“ ' 6. fecond booke of his praétife ali.O;77ﬂm.I 62. The later Grzcians, among whom is Nico-g »‘ _7"Pf‘t4,call them Cubeéx.

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qr T6: Temperature.

.a ti1rih° Y0ots..ofiKnee-holme which bechiefely vfed ,are of temperature hot,and meanely dry,with “W ies>rea"en... ’ s l i

.1} T6; Vermes.

the Qh°“d°C015tion ofthe roots oFKnee—holme made in wine and drtinkemprouoketh vtineabieaketh A

D .°“°i‘_1Yiueth.forthsgrauell and fand,andea{eth thofe that make their--water with E-3'3“ Palm- zo/c""d€-? Writeth the fame things the leauesianid berriesiiwhich mmoreouef (faith he“) bring

Toots dot: deﬁiﬁd ﬁckenelfe, helpe the head-ache and the yellow iaundife. Ouer and beﬁdes, the

0 Como "'9 *0 Yaiﬁivp gently tough and grolfe flegme whic

I-ivﬁicketh inthc. lungs and chelhand étthefarne, gs .

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