86 0 Of the Hifiorie of Plants. L 1 B. 2.. , ____ﬂ_/,. » others,as one M'.W6ite an excellent pain?-'93 who carried very many people into Virgin? (or after fome Norembega) there to inhabit» at which time he did fee thereof great pl€f_“ tysas he himfelfe reported vnto merwlth ‘his bare defcription 5 Itis (faith he) the room a {mall {hrubby tree, or hedge tree, fuch as are thole of our country called Haw-tl)Ofﬂ5a hauing leaues refembling thoie of In)’: b“ the ﬂoures or fruit he remembreth not. IF I‘ is molt certaine, that S arﬂi part‘//4 is the 1'00: of the Americane Smilax aﬂmgboth by C0“‘ fent ofmoft Writers, and by the relation 0 fuch as haue feene it growing there. i 2 The common rough Bind-weed all‘

3 Smilax ajjzerzi Luﬂtmim. Rough Bind-weed oi Portugall.

many branches fet full of little ihafpﬁ Pm"

kles, with certaine claf ping tendrels, Wllﬂe‘ with it taketh hold vpon hedges, {hi-ubs,§“ whatfoeuer ﬁandeth next vnto it, winding and claf ping it ielfe about from the bott0{"° to the tOp;WhCl'COll are placed at euery 101"‘ one leafe like that of lvie without COIWS’ fharpe pointed, leffer andjharder than tllofe offmoorh Bindeweed , oftentimes mark€ with little white fpots, and garded or horde‘ ‘ted about the edges with crooked prickl€5' » The ﬂoures grow at the top of crooked ﬂail” of a white coIour,and fweetoffmell. Kile’ commeth the fruit like more of the wil“ Kine, greene at the ﬁrfhand red when t $1)’ — — - ~ ~ eri e,andofa ' ' , ' iscO‘ tained at blackifh feed in ihape like that of hempe. The 500‘ is l°"gb;‘::'§":"l‘{:l1l:r}ile1aciidJ parted into very many branches. 1 ’ . 3 This rough Binde—weed,found for the molt part in the barren mountaines ofPortugall,difi'e. reth not from the precedent in ftalkes and ﬂoures, but in the leaues and fruit - for the lcaucs 8 f°f‘¢1'a and leffe prickly, and {ometrmes haue no prickles at all, and they are alfo oftentimes mu‘ narrower: the fruit or berry is not red but blackc when as it C°m'“‘*‘h to be “PC The root hereof $236 ﬁngle root of a woodd y fubFrance,with fame ﬁbres annexed thereto, wherein conlillctll ‘be i erence_

Z P [I h d I 712: Place. . ” arzgz ‘an’ ‘4 or t e prickly Bin e.wee of America roweth 'n P ' mail in Virginia, and in diuers other places both in the Eaﬂi ah?! Welt Ihdieﬁsm a pmumce of A _Th° Others _€'0_W in rough and vntilled places,about the edges and borders of ﬁelds on 1'0 mm‘ and Valhesam Italy,Languedoc in France,Spaine, and Germany. 3 T1 ﬂou d _ O (I The Time. T iey re an ﬂOlJl'1ﬂ‘g»1n the Spring tl(]:}l]:’ iNl'Ll:;:S ripe in Autumne,or a little before. . - ’ 4 so 3 ‘ It is naiyied ll;]Gll'%Cl(e, 2,u,.,.4I-E '1-&¢x?i‘e. Gaza (Tbcppbrzzﬂm his tranﬂator) names it Hedera Cilicia 5 as likewifei“ my,w 0 z é.24..65zp.l.o.Wl’lt€tll,tha( it 1'-Salro fymamed Ni‘”P/7079”- Of the Hetruria }1m’er4/pmof4,and Ru m Cervlﬂnta ,. of the Caltilians in Spaine,as Lacuna faith Zzzrz/I pm'll4,as thoughthey 1'-hould faylkuéua rwtzcula, or Bramble little Vine. Szirﬂz as M“ W01’; imerpmet it, doth ﬁgnlﬁgia V1“; 5 afllld P471///8) a mail’! or little Vine.

Diuersa rme t att e root mug routofPerua Prouince in Am ' h‘ h be later Her‘ baﬁﬁs dacall Zarzd, is the root of this Bintlew(.e,_i_ Gmm Lopim Luﬁ:!(::;:);'raI;:mth1_t to be like thereunto, but yet he doth not afﬁrrne that it is the fame. Plants are oftentimes found to be l‘l“”’ oneanother, which notwithlianding are proued not to be the fame by fome little difference; I ‘7 diners conﬁitutions of the weather and oithe foile maketh the difference i

zarza pm‘/la of Peru is a {image plant. and is brought vnto vs from the Countries of the new world called America ; and fuch things as are brought from thence although they alfo feemﬁ 3”?! arelike to thofe that grow in Europe, nnrwithfianding they do ofteii d jfferin venue and opera”

on : for the diuerlitie of the foile and of the weather doth not only breed an alteration in the foil)“;

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L13. 2. Of the Hiﬂzorie of Plants. M 867;!‘

but dcdth moi! of all preuaile in making the vertues and qualities greater or leiier. Such things as Em” 1“ l10f places be ofmore force, and greater (mall; and in cold,of lelfer. Some things that are tﬁadly and Pernitious, being rcmoued wax milde, and are made whole fome : fo in like manner, 31- _°“gl1 Zarzapari/la of Peru be like to rough Bind-weed, or to Spanilh z4r(5¢ pziri/14, notwith ﬂan- “lg by reafon of the temperature of the weather, and alio through the nature of the (bile, it is of a greatdeale more force than that which groweth either in Spaine or in Africlce. _ er IF '°0ts Ofzarzaparz‘/la of Peru, which are brought alone without the plant, be long and flen-4 3 “W to the leﬂer roots of common liquorice, very many oftentimes hanging from one head, in 6 ‘Ch l0_0ts the middle ﬁring is hardeft. They haue little taﬁe, and fo {mall a fmell that it is not to Oftpherceiued. Thefe are reported to grow in Honduras a prouince of Peru. They had their name am e likene lie of rough Binde.weed, which among the inhabitants it keepeth 3 {ignifying in S pa- 153 rough or prickly vine,as Garcia: Lopim witnelfeth. Th The Temperature. _ _ _ _ '6 roots are of temperature hot and dry, and of thinne and fubtill parts, infomuch as their de-

c°&l°“ Cloth very eaﬁly procure fweat.

The q; The Vertuts. _ _

di Cafe roots are a remedie againlt long co.ntinua.1l_ paine of_the ;oynts and head, and againit cold that d“]’5- They are good for all manner or in ﬁrrnities wherein there is hope of cure by iweating, fo ere be no ague joyned. - _ _ _

10“ ° ‘SW6 is perfe sited in few daies, if the difeafe be not old or great 5hut if it be, it requireth _a 14,‘ gel ‘"115 Of cure. The roots here meant are as I take it thofe of Z/172.4 pmﬂa, whereof this S rm-

"]P"”4 or rough B inde weed is holden for a kindc: notwithltanding this of Spaine and the other gait-mo E'~“'0PE‘,'tl]0LI'§_§h it be counted lelfe worth, yet is it commended of _Di0fmridts and P_li{1y a- wheth 9°? TOM. The Ieaues hereoﬁfaith Diofcorzdes, are acounterpoy fon againﬁ deadly medicines,

enhel’ be drunke before or after.

. T "1 th. $ll“°df°°0nd and Fourth were both for-mi-rlv oFone plmt,I meant [ht hiﬂoric ; for the ﬁgilrc in the fourth plaice lhould hair: been: in the third, andth: figure wasthe fame with the f¢cond,and ﬂiould lune been: in the fourth PlulCC~

\ . C H A P. 317; Offmoot/2 or gentle 'Bina'e»'weed.

3 Smilax lenis minor. Small Binde—weed.

I ‘ . . . S""l4-’€ leimﬂtve [mm mayor. ‘eat ﬁnooth Binde-weed.

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