Of the Hiflorie of Plants. Li Bf.»

#,,.. q_[ The Place. ‘ b we The Violet groweth in gardens almoit euery where : the others which are ftrangers haufi ‘3 touched in their defcriptions. g qr T12: Time. The floures forthe molt part appeare in March,at the farthefi in April]. t to ‘I rf/ye Names. . , mm The Violet is called in Greeke, ‘In a of Tbeapbrajfmboth ‘In yin. and Fire... 2 in Latinc,N’.€”" ‘ me or blacke Violet,ol the blackifh purple colour of the floures, The Apothecaries keepe fill‘ 11350“, name Viola, but they call it Hcréa Vz'alaria,and Mater Vialamm : in high-Dutch,fil8fl @131 ‘in E-n_ Dutch miomen °. in French,Vz'oletre de Mar: .- in Italian,Vz'ola mammola .- in Spanifl1,V10/‘M " ‘“ at-. gli{h,Violet. Niczmder in his Geoponicks beleeueth(as Hermalzms fheweth) that the Grecians ca . call it'm. becaufe certain Nymphs of Ionia gaue that floure firfl to Iupitcr. Others lay it waéow led ‘In. becaufe when Iupiter had turned the yong damofe1lIiz',whom he tenderly loueflslflw‘ me’ the earth brought forth this floure for her food 5 which being made for her fake, receiued the M" d from her : and thereupon it is thought that the Latines alfocalled it Viola, as though th"_Y mo [0 fay Vitulzgby blotting out the letter t. Seruim reporteth, That for the fame caufe the Law!“ 3 name it Vaccinizm, alledging the place of Virgil in his Bucolicks 3 1/! /be liguflra cadrmt, waccinia nigm lcgtmtur. . Norwirhflcaiiding Virgil in his tenth Eclog fhewerh,that Vaccinim and Viola do d.iffcr= V _ g -E: mgrre wiolxfunt, eh’ rvam'm'4 nigra. _ be ‘r Vitrttru/'1/4 alfo,li5.7, of Architecture or Building,doth diflin uilh Viola from Varrimrmi : {Ola fheweth,that the colour called Silt 4m‘cum or the Azure of At ens,is made ex Viola; and ‘he 3 9 lant purple,ex I/'zrccz'm'r:. The Dyers,faith he,when they would counterfeit Silt or Azure of Nlfmis’ put the dried violets into a fat,k_ettle,orcaldron,and boile them with water: afterwards when .“m__ tempered,they poure it into a linnen {lrainer,and wringing itwith their hcnds,receiue into? mhe), tar the liquor coloured with the Violets 5 and {keeping earth ofEretl:ria in it,and grinding 15:‘ . make the Azure colour of Athens. Afterthe fame maner they temper Vam'm'r'm,and putting 1'0‘ ynto it do make a gallant purple colour. But what Vaccinid are we will elfewhere declare-

qf The Temperature. The floures and leaues of Violets are cold and moifl.

if 5; T Ire Vermer.

A The floures are good for'allV-inflammations, efpecially Of the W63 and 10038; they take aW37

B

therhoarfeneffe of the chefl:,th_e'ruggedne{i'e of the winde—pipe and j awcs, allay the extreme 1163“

of the liuer,kidnies,and bladder, mitigate the fiery heate of burning agues, temper the fl1@lP“cflE of choler,and take away thirfl; V . e . ted There is an oile made of Violets which is likewife cold and rnoifl. The fame bein 390$“ vpon the tefiicles doth gently prouoke flccp which is hindred by an hot and dry \diflcmP"‘m‘f‘w. or labored together in a woodden difh with the yelke of an egge, it aifwageth the pain Owl‘ ’ C

dament and hemorrhoids: it is likewife good to be put into cooling cliflzers, and W0 P“- ‘eff that CO0l€ and cafe ainc_

Q But let the oile in which the Violets be Pteeped be either of vnripe Oliucs, called 0MP/"film-W’

D The later phylitions thi

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0f Offweet 8hD0I1ds,as Mejim faith 5 and the Violets themfelues mufl be frelh and m-oilhfo‘ bang d*')’ and having lolt their moiflure they do not coole,but fcem to haue gotten a kindc 0fll“"c;,,d

. . . . . . t nke it good to mix dry Violets with mediciiies that are to cowl“ firengthen the heart. T

_ _ . . ' t- Thc leaues of Violetsinwardly taken do cooIe,moiflcn,and make the belly foluble. B“”§:lio wardly applied,they mitigate all kinda of hot inflammations, both taken by themfelufsr 3” ' '

_ - lc appliedlwifh Barley fl°‘"" dried at thy fite,after it hath lien foking in the watei'.They 373 hkcwlyc

. . . . . . e laid vpon a hot fl0m3Ck€;3Dd On burning eies,as Galen witnelfeth.Dzofcorza’cs writeth; that th y

. alfo applied to the fundament that is fallen out.

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They may help the fundament that is fallen out, not as a_binder keeping backe the fufigggsf 3; but as a fuppler and a mollifier. hefides, Plzpy faith that Violets are as welltyfed in gafa drug , for l'mell,and are good againfi furfeting,heauinelI'e of the head 5 and being driedin water

. u - - 67 r they 1-emoue the Squinancie or inward fwellings of the throat. They cure the falling fickene

efpecially in yong childrenrancl the feed is good againfi the flinging offcorpions. 8 here is a fyrrup made of Violets and fugar, whereof three or foure ounces taken 3‘ °”

{Often the belly and put e choler. The manner to make it is as followes: , C thickcv

Firft make of clarifie fugar by boiling, a {imple fyrrup of good confiflenceof mf-'3“

- 5 nelfe, whereunto put the floures cleane picked from allmanrier of filth, as alfo the tvlritgiigggd

time:

niaorieoiiim

mPP°d a“'3\Y :3/niluantitie accordinv td 1"-he ‘lllalnmll Ofthe fyflupi to your OWnel)difCr€tli‘On)f:‘l':1lel‘iCl£l‘n “them inliife or Free ’ dbtwcnt houres and let VPOIW few Warme em ers 5t ien T _, pfoure an y _ s h f . h {net the bettemhm “ Put morevioletsinto the famef ‘'thus do three or oure times,t co C... T . ’ - yrrup. _ . . ph ,1. all madeora fittliern v ' s b not to boilein any W153‘ 0 “CV0” 1‘ 1'1‘? Y 2. pona gentle fire to limpet, Ht V S d dd h ma 11;- moi} fee‘ 1 {"11 1‘ llofthe floures themfelues. ome o a e t er _ y purple corour and o t e mt , _ T . f , Likewlfc tle of the . . 9 . ._ - - « -h --h maketh rtofbettet orce andsertue. _ ]I.llCCOftl1C homes in tire boilingfiv 1C _ . . ., . .g . - Rm; do Put a little quantitie of the juice ofLymmons in the boilrngawhlcb cloth greatly ingrcelie * 9 eautythercol’ but notl‘in at all the vertue. . r -’ ‘- A ere is nkewifc made gféioiets and fiigar certaine plates called Sugarnviolet, Viglrgt tablles, f>rPlate,whichis molt pleafantand wholefome, efpecially it comforteth the heart an t e or er mwar parts. if

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The de¢0&;o~n of V iolets is good again’l’t hot feuers,and the inflammation of the liuer, and all Is’ other lnwafd ms .thC mm pmpertie hath the juyce, fyrrup or conferue of the fame. H V] T. ylrllp of\F])io1et"ts is good againit the inflammation of the lungs and bre{t,aga1nil t e pfuri re L

antl cough againfi feuers and argues in yong childretgefpecially if you put vnto an ounce o yrrup

:‘[*3>l“ Or nine drops ofoyle of Vitrioll, and mix it togethfifr and glue "5 ‘O the “bade a fpoonefulrl * Once

f The fame giuen in manner aforelaid is of great efficacie in butnlfflg fcutfrs fang Pelélrigrrolfiefie

esimeatl ’ ' = d ts :and it may feeme flzrange to ome t at .0 iarp _ 5“ Otile or*h§3?3,lT%:(?§1§n§:a: irfgtinrc the bodie 5 yet being delayed and giuen as aforefaid, fuck- ing Children may take it without any pctill-

th he fame taken as aforefaid cures all inflammations of the throat,mouth,l1VU13af‘l“’“a“°Y»3“ Cf;

llin eifll ' h'ld r r . V alt ug3Y§7i0letlllacthlp\I)r\f':r to ceafe in Hainmationsswughnefré Of the thmahcomfom the heart’

Wageth paines of the hea‘d,and caufeth fleep.

° lfaues of Violets are vfed in cooling plaiflers, Giles, and comfortable cataplafmes Or pul- _ y ,

<‘-5 5 and are ofgteater efficacie among other herbssas Mercuric, M311°We5= and (“ch like” ch’ '3 0! the purpofes aforefaid.

C H A 1,. 315. 0fHe4rt5;e4fl’, 07‘ Tan 16!; q} The Defcriptiom

r T . , _ ,.. . ' flmm'n<r;ftwd ix He H‘-'m5'e3fC °’ Panfic hath many round lewcs at ‘the fisr tthilin 101? czge arirfrrv acrih flei htl cut about thee 3“ ’. g. . P 0 P .

‘he? g1'0W fomfiwhat bilge’: g Y d hereupon grow floures in form 8: figure

like the V‘ the ground ‘ {ha Rams aregyehakf ""d§f"n:f%¢woi three funclry colouts,whereof it tooke the fyl.nanl)0l€lC;_allCl for the_mo£i’t partlor tIeey:fi1OCw.agndiwh=he or blew; by mafon of the beauty and M ueu_e(.)ft:.vrzc1o[or, that lsh to ;1r)'C,$9myPP1éafing :3 the eye,for fmel they haue little or none at all. I C956 is co IC 1‘cOlO'm1S‘t lcykna )S of the bigrielfe ofa Tare, which come forth after the iloures a%f;a[ldt=;Ir;,a?dhdng:($::i, 3;‘ rlfetnifeltihs when the feed is ripe. The rootfis nothing elfe but as it were 0 t re dyfirings. A . G .- d fa:

ihlczéllre 6 "Night Pan fie bringeth fortg longfleahirteéfligplyorfig r1LE1dtlj1Ce)if]C:§§5:)r1Eglg:c§7:Egg: iggh r i Orfiavlehgmen Colounfet Vpgelirfhegohigspoigihree colohrs, -‘viz. hfpurple,b'lew,a-nd__yellow, in ‘’ 1il<e’th Creupon grow Very { but reatet and fairer - which colours are l-‘o exeellentl)’ and Order plac iicammorl Hcfmyea eldelight to the beholdels though they haiie little or‘ no’ fmeljl Elia“: f°T 0ft:n’t‘tir1:et:s't the VgPP€tmolt floures are differing from ‘h0g3 ‘half glow V90“

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{ugh blea $6 of the plant,and thofevary from the lowermolt, as Nature lift to dall)’ Wllh ‘mugs (if

ty. The feed is like that of the precedent. _. . _ _ _ , d b,3-n‘¢fics;the flog he wilde Panfie difiereth from that of the gardemm l€=IU€3sY00tS.8“d ‘en 9'

Wh ‘es of t 115 w ilde one are of a bleak and pale colour,far inferior in beaut er ‘ . Gin confifteth the difference.

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_ e hkewlfe ofthree colours that is to fa)’ White blew and‘ Yellow void of fmelhthe root perifherh ha- 1 ' 2 ' 1 I ’

“mg Perfected his feed. 1

5 Yellow

Y to that of the garclen,~

, 1' much out . " Stony I-Iearts-cafe is a bafe and low plant :’ the leaues are l'OtlnCl‘(.l‘i]:0trOlOn1d _ the fibfirliilrlg E95 as the others : the branches are weak and feeble, trailing "l-7°" t ~ g '

There is found in fundry places of England a wilde kinde her’eof,hauing Homes of a feint

— r ° r owefli C0I0ur,without mixture of any other colour, yet ha-uinga deeper yellow f pot in thel mfg’)