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Of the Hiflorie of Plants. LI 3- 2'

pointed, which being broken do yeeld abundance of milke : the floures are white, fmall,ancl_ll3‘“" fafhion : the roots white and many, fhooting forth fundry other roots, whereby it mightily 1nCT‘5“" feth. . 1- 3 This Ptrange kinde of Scammony, which Clafim maketh rightly to be Perlplom jlmri, hath very many long branches ratnping and taking hold of fuch things as do grow I1€€1'VntOthCma of a darkifh aih COlOl%ll' : whereupon do grow Ieaues (harp p0inted,crooked at the [acting on of flalke like thofe of the blacke Bryony,and likewife of an aihe colour,l’et together by couples: 50”‘ the bofome whereof thrult forth fmall tender foot-ltalkes, whereon are placed {mall white fl0ule5 fiat- falhion: the feeds are contained in long cods,and are wrapped in downe,lil<e as thofe oi SW.‘ low-wort. The root is very long, (lender, and creeping,like that of the {mall Bindvveedfo that If 1‘ once take in any ground,it can hardly be deiitoied.

G1} The Place.

It doth grow in hot regions,in a fat l‘oile,as in Mi{ia,Syria,and other like countries of A likewife found in thelfland of Candia,as Bella21.witnefl"eth5from whence I had fome feeds,0f W feed I receiued two plants that profpered exceeding well 5 the one whereof I beflowed vpofl 3 ned Apothecary of ColchePter,which continueth to this day,bearing both floures and ripe {C5 ' But an ignorant weeder of my garden plucked mine vp, and call: it away in my abfence, in 1’§€3_ 0 a weed: by which mifchance I am not able to write hereof fo abfolutely as I determined : 1t 1 ‘,3’ wife groweth neere vnto the feat flde about Tripolis in Syria, where the inhabitants doe ca 1 ‘ (71/I euelheucll.

figs it IS hicll lear-

~ qr 'A1‘he,'1‘z'me." It floured in my Garden about S.{4mc: tide,as I remember, for when I went to Briltow I left it in floure 5 but at my returne it was deltroied as aforefaid.

Fair:

_ {J The Nzimer. t The Greekes call it,'wmum«= the Latines,Sc4mmom‘mn, fo naming not oncly the plant it l‘elf_c,b“. alfo the hard and condenfed j uyce: of the Apothecaries,Smmmomez5and when it is prepared,D_”‘g’: diam .- as though they fhould fay, It-Wm: which fignificth alittle teare: both the herbe 311 J”),

are named Smmohy .- of Rha/Z:,Corizz'ol4.

q]‘ The Tempemture. i_

The juyce doth mightily purge by the lioole, and is the firongefi purge whatfoeuer ;foras age hafiw faith, it is in no part ouercome by thofe things which {fir and moue the body. Itwor Cd‘ ‘ Ia fame not vehemently by any hot quality, but by fome other hid and fecret property oft e whf’ fubftance : for there is no extremity of heat perceiued in it by taflze : for with what liquor or thing foeuer it is mixed,itgiueth vrito it no bitterneife, biting,or other vnpleafant -tafie at all, and ‘bag fore it is not to be accounted among the extreme hot medicines,but amongflr thofe that art mo ' rarely hot and dry. I

It cleanf h d d f I I f ' Ill Thin I/WW5. ' ‘ cimes flegnié yilrs r§".“§35.‘..rZ§‘.é§ci‘iZfi’?m’of. 213$E.?i’l?.i'f.:”r‘i2§.“.iiZ‘.?§§§‘.?;"““‘§’."§’in

dill-‘file’! tllinketh that it is not onely)troublefome and hurtfull to the fiOm?1}(,Il:)€t,l:ll£3l{O ‘ fhallelh tl1€_gUtS,gnawing and fretting the IntI'ails30p€flcth the ends of the veincs,and tl1t0”g. - c elreflcfi Ofllls Whole fub itance,it is an enemy to the hcart,and to the refi of the inward 93"“ hr Vfed’lmm°de'a“71Y and in time not conuenient,it caufeth fwounings vomitinog and oust!” gflhe fi§m£°k?>f°°“Ting,the bloudy flux and vlcers in the lower gut:which bzhihg a continua A

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There. mllcllleffis are preuented if the Scammonie be boiled in a Quince and miX€d with the {lime or mucilage of P_[illz'um,called Fleawoort the pap or pulp oFPrunes or other things that bllue 3. fllmlfi l“Y¢€.With a little malticke added,or iome other eafie binding tahing ie

Pliny affirmeth that the hurt thereof is taken away if Aloes be tempered with it: [scamfflgcs

d

_l (faith he) ouerthroweth the fiomaclc, purgeth choler, loofeth the belly vnlemg two, drains 0

be put vnto Ont fctupléofif] V}/l1_lCl1 all?) Orihafiur alloweth of in the firftbooke of his SJl”"l’fi”’ an the feuenth booke of his medicinall Collections.

. - - . . , . ' cc to The old Phyfitions were alfo woont to boile Scammonie in a quince, and to giue the quiii out

be eaten,hauing cafi away the Scamr.n’ony :and this quince lb taken doth moue th¢ belly with {at any hurt vnto the flomaclre, as Galen in his firli: booke of the Faculties of Nouriihmenfs 0.

downe,and lilrewife in his third booke of the Faculties offimple Med icim-5, _ name V The Apothecaries do vfe Scammonie prepared in a Quince,which as we haue faid the)’ ’ Zéiarndirm. ans‘ 49 mix it in divers ¢9mP<>firi:°9s- They

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‘ V dd - ’w_Vw~<_‘~W*~———‘_.'§——m_—\ 11,‘ 1 L 1 1 3 _ ' I 4 ' . - - A .- ‘ :5.’ Mtpt vlually in their {hops two compofitions, or e1e&uaries,the one of Pjjillmm or Flea- G

Woort ’- ‘ . . .

lL“lI)P€1.(;t' d°“’““3 by M cfza: .- the other of Prunes,lathei'ed vpon NzC0l4m‘,WhlCh were deuifed for the

zmd for tllg and correétion of Scanimoiiy, and be commended for hot burning agues, and tertrans, W rat dife-ares {oeuer that proceed ofcholer.

G l - ' g - r ' ~ ' ' - 0 0' 1 them " 5” lldth tairen M -.ii‘ticire and Ba’ell.z;mz out of the pilles called Cochm, which alfo containe in H

tothéigfiflt quantitie of Scanirnony, as we may read in his firft Booke of medicines according tend R; éiléipts atFe€tetl,whic‘n ali"o we nieane to touch ll‘l.tI1C-Cl_1apC€_iI of Coloquintida,where we in- mixed for we :2 large Coilglgifflillg lnfllhiclli, and other binding things .that are accuflorncd to bee :9 ()l‘1’CC'lOl') o t‘()i‘l€I an vio ent purgers.

e L ,- - i .«. . U . . . . - . ,3 fromdgthr itie of .13Ctlf‘fl1Tl0DIf:!O'.' oDzagrzelzzlm it felfe,to be taken at one time,as Mqflee vvriteth, ludgeth it i. grains to ten cr [\VEl'LIC : it may be kept as the fame Author fheweth,foure yeres:Plzhy ‘is not goodtp l hillj i,v{)f[]_] af-{gr 2‘y_e£1.i‘€S:l.E is to be vfed,faith he,when it is two yeres old,aueI 11: not gx we/jO;Ci‘O‘r(?_,tlOt‘ aFter.T he mixing or other-wife the vfe theroflmore titan is f_et down,I think DY tiing,lde‘a:;iiit tfo leg forth 1nfEh€Ph)£{llCall vprtuefi of %caimmoI_iy,vpordi t ecreizglgt i;i_Iti§rcQ§m_*1t.

I 3 I 9 . at a qu&nti(fLllL.[q.lI(i'}1 rear 035 are giugrs, _or t at p} e ame l::tV_€Iy aunt»: tlthl liar rd too memm 4 A .1. . lClLOi oe taken, or it it e giuen wit outcorre ion -,or_ta ena e arrrs of an Ccmgagat ‘pliy-ficlranioirgenquaclt ialuer,old women.leaches,and fuch like abufers of phiiick, and Duel uers of people. The vfe of Scammony I commit to the 1earned,vnto whom it efpecially TL 1 Y Delongetlmvho can very carefully and curioufly vfe the fame. TIXCCI

[}”l1€‘rii’é of th° r¢_Coii«l an 3 third were former-lv trnnfp ofcd, andboth the figures belonged to the fircend dcfcription, which was of the scammofliltm -More “"f-lbcing the fame with the Scammaricrx Vi3lL'i‘lt17”::! of ['lii_,’iu.s.

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C H A P. 32.0. 0] Brian}, or the white IZ)‘in’e. {I The Kinder.

Tgfite be two kinds of Bryony, the one white, the Other“ blaclie: of the white Briony as foldlowhgl

q] The Iiefcriptliolh;

" . Hire Briony brings forth diuers long and flender ita_lkeS- with ,tI_iariy cla, f ping tendrels like the V1t1;€,wherwith it catcheth hold of thofe things that are next to it. The leaues are broad,.fiue cornered, and in.’ dented like thofe of the Vlilflgbut r0ugher,morc hairy and whiter of colourithe floures be [mall and wh_ite,_gi'owing many together. The fruit confilieth in little clu Peers, theberries whereof arc at the llrft gr_een,and red when they be ripe. The root is very great, long, and thicl<e,grow.-4 mg Cleepe in the e_arth,oi,a white yellowifli co- , lour, extreame bitter, and altogetherof an vtie pleafant tafte. The Queens chiefe Surgioii Mfg William Godorom,avery curious 8c Iearn‘ed {ren- tlemari,(hewed me a root herof, that waiedhalf an hundred weight,and of the bigues of a child ofa ycare old. . , qr T hePlace. _, . Briony groweth almofl euery where among pot-herhes,hedge-_bu(hes, and fuch lIl<5 PIECES. qr The Tz'me._ _ g It floureth in ‘May, and bringctll forth his grapes in Autumt1€-

qr . The Names.

Briony isicalled in GI€Ck,ihRii>lo:hm‘»5gIn Latina. 19 dd dd r'r‘rs.»==