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872,“ Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants: L 1 Bo’ 1'

1] The Vernier.’

A Diafcoride: faith that the roots do purge waterifh humor-s,8< are good for fuch as haue the dr0P;

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ﬁe,ii they. be boiled in wine,adding vnto the wine a little fea water,and be drunke in three Gun“

of faire freih water: he faith furthermore,that the fruit or berries doth take away the Sunne-burn‘ and other blemiflies of the skin.

The berries do not only clenfe and remoue fuch kinde of fpots, but do alfo very quickel)’ Walﬂﬁ and confume away blacke and blew marks that come of bruifes and dry-beatingsiwhich thing“ the roots performe being laid vpon them. ' . 0_

The yong an_d.t:ender f proutings are kept in pickle,and referued to be eaten with meat,as Dzoff ' ride: teacheth. Mm/zio/m Writet-h,that they are ferued at mens tables in our age alfo in Tufcame ’ others alfo report the like to be done in Andoloﬁa one of the kingdomes of Granado. . ht

It is faid that {wine feekc after the roots hereof, which they dig vp and eat with no lelfc dﬁllgot than they do the roots of Cyclaminu: or Pam Porcimtr 5 whereupon it was called Cytlamimts 41"” 4» Sow.bread.If this reafon Ptand for good 5 then may we in like manner joine hereunto 11139)’ O‘ :5 roots,and likewife call them Cyclaminm altem or Sow—bread5 for fwine do not feeke after the mo of this only,but alfo oi diuers other plants,of which noneiate of the kinds of Sow-bread. It Woud therefore be a point ofrafhnelfe to afﬁrme Tamra or our Ladies feale to be a kinde of Sow-bl“ ’ becaufe the roots hereof are a plealant meat to fwine. 3;

The root ipred vpon {beeps leather in manner of a plaiiienwhileﬂ: it is yet frefh and gf€°“"’t S lreth away blacke and blew matks,all fears and deformitie of the skin,breaks hard apoﬂemS,d‘3Wcc; forth f plinters and broken bone s,di{folueth congealed bloud, and being laid on and vied vpont 5

hip or buckle bones,{houlders,armes,or any other part where there is great paint: and ache,“ “kc it away in (hort fpace,-and worketh very effe€tually.

. . R Thcfigrirc thatwas formerly in the rccond place of this Chapter did no my agree with the defcription for it wit of the Vienna or Ti-aucllors 13)’: “"3 I0 cmentioncd 5 which Tabcmmonranm (whofc ﬁgures our Author made vfe of) calls Viris nigrafecumig. ’

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Of Tigyonie ifeﬂllexico.’

1] The De triptioﬁ.

Hat plan: which is now called Mac/iaamn or Bryonie of Mexico comrneth ver)’ “.6”. the kinds of Bindweeds in leaues and trailing branches, but in roots like the Bfig: iy gréfpe as ii§i§§2ifif2°rL°§§ :}'3::;:‘;: ’g‘I3ZJ’l‘i‘§3§3“§§,lr’3.?.%ﬂ.ir’L‘i§‘. ‘f.'ir‘1iZ'§’”2l‘.’§‘é‘§3$‘vi W‘ l_>r0ad 16-Wes fharp_poinred,o_f a darke green colour, in {hape like thofe bf our Ladies fealca (Om: What T0031! and hairy,and a little biting the tongue :among the Ieaues come forth the ﬂoufes ( 3735014»! Mwwdm writeth) not vnlike thofe of the Orenge tree but rather of th lden APPIC 0- 1-Oueaconﬁﬁing Ofﬁue fmall leaues,out of the midi’: whereof eomes forth a littelgglapper or pcm Ii)“ mallge’ °fa mung lump as bigas an hafell nut -, which being diuided with a thin skin of ‘‘{’Cd; rane t at Commet th h ' - ‘ - . L’. as big as C0r...:°is.i:=.:s°i.:;*:;gf%3:33;:::=i:2:i:‘;:i*‘r:°£:‘: i?i:::.‘::“.if:‘ioor.i White B’Y°“1e>Wh‘”°°fW°_m3ke this akindesalthough in the taﬂe of tli): rodts there is {Owe dl 1 ference; for the root of white Bryonie hath a bitter tafte and this hath little or no ta fie 317 3”’ 2 The Bryonie or t/'1/tecﬁaacan of Peru groweth vp irh many long trailing ﬂexible branches; d of fuch things are next or neere Vﬂtowm-”

. - - . . , t euen in fucli manner of clafping or climing as doth the blacke Bryonie or wine Vil3€‘,V‘Jh€I'('.’untO]Et is very like almoﬂ: in each refpeéhfauing that his moﬂie ﬂoures do f 1

A _ mell very fweetly. Their: 6 as yet I haue not obfeiued, by reafon that the plant which growes in my garden did not pcrfcv . fame,by occaiion of the great tame and intemperat weat

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good hope to feeit in his perfe6tion,and then we {hall eaﬁly idédgeavtslligrher it besthat righf ‘:1

eboacan thathath bin brought from Mexico and other places of the Vvefi Indies, or no. lie ‘O P by the ﬁgure ﬂiould feeme to anfwer that of the wilde Vine,but as Vet thereof I cannot WW9 cc‘

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015 the Hiftorie of Plants.

2 M ecbazzczm Pmwierm Bryonie of Peru,

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and tn~"‘°h aﬂinity with Meclzoacmtgand therefore Bzwfsine hath called it Bryonie M cbaamin rijqricms

us deliuers the hiﬁorie thereof: [It is a root like tmeciioacan, but couered with a hlackiih.

. ark . _ . ag%€,and reddi(h,or rather grayifh on the inﬁde, and cut into ﬂlCCS ; it was brought forne yeares:

esgaloul °f India,by the name of Clié‘/41174 or Gelapd. It is called by thofe of Alexandria and Marfeis tau i41>zum,.or Gelapnm ; and of thofe of Marfeilles it is thought the l?l3°l‘C 0’ male M“/5({454??-'tlIC ly ﬂa s not_vngm-_efu11,but gummy,and by reafon of the much gummineﬂe,put to the 5 re it quick; ore s : it in facultie exceeds the common Mcclzaacaigfor by rea fon oft_:he_great gLrn‘rri11neﬂ¢ 1;; liuet apzwerfully purgeth ferous humours with a little gripmg, am’ 1‘ P‘mC_lPal ly ﬁT€IlgEi1€l1S the heme n _0macke ; wherefore it is fafely giuen 5;’. and performs the operation without naufc:oul1 T cl-I 'tis~vfuaIly giuen in Succoric wateror fome thin broth, three houres before meat] Thus ““€W,who faith it was firii brought to thefe parts eleuen yeres before he fer forth his Pro-

a“’ lch was about 1 6 I r .lthath bin little vfed here till within thefe ten yeares. it

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V * 0 . . . . 1 . co or :}feWTlf€,that Mccboaczm was ﬁrﬁ found in the prouince of New Spainmeer the Clty OfMCXl~

called N?{iQan:WhCf€Of it tooke his name. It groweth likewife in a prouince of the V"v’eﬂ:II1di<‘-‘S

icaragua and Quito,where the heft is thought to grow.

Itbear _ qt T/ac Names. _ _ A __ d of Bryon. fith his name,as is faid,of the prouince wherein it is found. Some take it for a_l<}UP er hie,for th ut feelﬁg the root is nothing bitter,but ratherwithout talic, it agrees llttéﬁ W,1‘fl1'-IT}/I0: E a ‘n C m°.t of Bryonie is very bitter. Diuers name it Rh: aléum or whiteRubarb, {"‘”f‘.,P‘{f3P€v1' to be S§zr::Oth‘_“g like. It comes neere vnto Scammonie,and if I rnighf Y€Cl,d myggg um’1[1:U‘m5j pethias we77l3]0ﬂZI£7%’ guaalalzim tﬂmericanungor a ceftaine Scairimonie of Am.erlica_.1iCe hinititlin y 9 eea tafieaas a (.0 :“° fﬂlclsllke Binde—weed :_ the root is both_white and thlCl<Cd- 1:] V -am jut little called I ‘ ath th1s_ofMccbo;mm. It is called in Engliih, Mechoca,«’=-'“ lcc‘ 093“; 3~i'«‘»*-3 m9~_Y bi‘-

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