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the l'iiPtoi“ie of Plants. Lil B. 2-’

. i_f.4— ~-~~—~-—--f _ _ . . ~ - ' 0 or bordered w ith finall blewilh leaues like a pale,as in the ﬂouresof Camomill 5 which grow mt / a wliitifh roiig’ii downe that iiieth away with the wind. The root is long and threddy.

2 'i_‘hCg¢ is gmgtlier kinde ofTrz]2alz'um like the ﬁrllz, but much fmaller, wherein confiileth the tlillereiice. ﬁr T/it’ flare. _ _ R Tliell: herbs grow plCl‘ltlfl.llly‘r1lOl]g‘l7£ the Englifh coaﬁs in manyplaces, as by the fort again Granefend.,in the llle of Shepey in fundry places,in a marlh which is vnder the town wals or H_81" wieh,in the inarlh by Lee in Ellex, in a marfh which is between the I_lle ofS_hepey and Sandivlbclhtx efpecially where it ebbeth and ﬁoweth : being brought into gardensit -flourifheth a long time; ’ there it waxeth hnge,grear,and ranke,and changeth the great roots into firings. {I The Time. T hefe herbs do rloiire in May and Iune. qj T/ac Names. _ _ _ .t it is reported by men of great fame and learning,That_this plant was called Trzpolzzmz hccaiifgét doth change the colour of his floutes thrice in a day. This rumor we may beleeue as true, for; we fee and perceiue things ofas great or greaterwonder to proceed out of the earth. This her ‘: planted in my garden,whithet in hisfeafon I did repaire to ﬁnde out the truth hereof, but I cgzm not efpy any ﬁich variablenelle herein; yet thus much I_may _faY,_ih3t 35 thﬁ heath Ofthﬁ {UP but change the colour of diners ﬂoures,fo it fell out with this,which in the morning was very faii‘C1,1 is afterward ofa pale or wan colour._Which proueth that to be_but a fable which Dzofgorzdes fair the reported by fotne,th:it in one day it changeth the colour of his ﬂoures. thrice 5 tl'l8t.1S. to fay, inwe morning it is white,at noone purple,and in the guenmg, qzomuu, or crirnfon. But it is not vnt O; that there may be found three colours of the ﬂoures in one day , by reafon that the ﬁoures are 11 nd an page am t(,gC;;1.K,,, (as bcfofgf Partly touched) but one after another by little and little. Abe’ there may eaﬁ ly be oblerued three colours in thern,which is to beynderltood of them that art; .. W ginning to Home, that are perleétly ﬂoured,and thofe that are falling away.For they that are b Oide ing and be not wide optn and perfetft are of a purplilh colour, and thofe that are perfetft and Wed] open of a whitifh blew,-and fuch as haue fallen away haue a white down : which changing hapn {Ca vnto fundry other plants. This herbe is called OfS€7’f11DZ0,Tu7‘z7ZZ']J‘-' women that dwell by the as fine call it in Engli{h,blew Daif1es,or blew Camomill;8zah0Ut Hafwlch It 15 Callcd H0g5 beiioé for that the fwine do greatly defire to feed thereon, as alfo for that the knobsabout the roots. fomewhar refemble the garden bean. It is called in Greeke , «~s«_wv’wv= and of diuers others, ~l»v>e~_[h: may be ﬁtly called t/1 ﬂer marinm or Amelia: marmw : in Engllfhs Sea Starwvort,Serapzo 5 Turbl” : _ of fome,blew Daifies. The Arabian Scmpio calls Sea Starwort,Turbith ; and after him_,t/1 woe he Vet Ac7mirz"m the Grecian thinketh,that Turbith is the root of Alypum. Mcfim iudged it to he‘ -. ioot of an herb like Fenell. The hiﬁorie of Turbith Ofthﬁ 31°F‘ {hall be d‘f°°“‘fCd VP°“ 1" proper place. ‘ qr Tlxc Temperature. ’Tr1']70Zz’zm2 is hot in the third degree,-as Galen faith. T be Vermes. . W The root of Tripalizrm taken in wine by the quantitie of two drams driueth forth by liege W“ riih and groﬂe hutnors 5 for which caufe it is often giuen to them that haue the dropﬁe. 7 It is an excellent herbagainﬂ poyfon,and comparable with Pyrolds 1fﬂ0t Of gfﬁater Cfhcac healing of wounds either outward or inward.

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CHAP. 94. Of Turéitbojr/fntioclr.

1]’ Tilt? D cﬁcrzftion.

Amkw aPortugall Phyﬁtion faith, That Turbith is a plan; hailing 3 root which is neighg

f great not long : the fialke is of two fpannes long, fometimes much longer, a ﬁnger Fhlriﬂ, which creepeth in the ground like Ivye, and bringeth forth leaues like thofe of the M3

Mallow. The {ioures be allo like thofe of the Mallow, of a reddiih white colour. The low‘? line,

of the ilalke only, which is next vnto the root and gummy,is that which is profitable in medlclikc

and is the fame that is vfed in (hops :tbey chufe that for the bell: which is hollow, and roll“

a reed,brittle,and with a fr-sooth barks” 31 l0 that whereunto doth cleaue a congealed gum»“’ I

_ . . . _ . . . . 1 var“ faid tobega‘mmoﬁ:m,or gtinnmy, and fomewhat wlnte. But-as Gmm: faith,itis not all '

gummy

MJWL i. B. .OfHt.he Hil’tor"ie ofPlar1rs,

0 .. . ~ . . . " k ~~~~~~ M bllmmi Ofhls own 1'l£1[lll'C3'JUC tne Indians becaufe they fee that our merchants note the bet’; Eris-

w . Sixth brlgfllﬁ gtlitlminelllgare wont before they gather the fame,either to wryth or lightly brtzife

ein,ti.at the fap or liquor may ilfue outswhich root being once hardned, they picke out from the {ell *0 fell arﬁa greater price. It is likewife made white, as the fame Author fheweth, being dried. moth; 51:“; ror_if it be dried in the fhadow it waxeth blacke , which notwithftamiiiig may lie: Q; 0 as the white which is dried in the Sung

:ri2':5z'ti3 .a‘r’e::.¢i2t2?'n";z:rm »5fﬂ’cimz;*zz;7z. ll] 7115 Place. ” -"“'P”W?i Or Turhith of the fhoos. V

' L It groweth by the fea iide, but yet not fo neere that the walh or water ofthe fea ma come to it, but neere about,and that for two or t tee miles in vntilled grounds ,' rather moiit than dry. It is found in Carnbaya,Surrate, in the Iﬂe Dion, Ba~ zaim,and the places neere aclioyning;alfo‘ in Gi1— zarate,where it groweth plentifully,from whence great aboundance of it is brought into Periia,A— rabia, Alia the lelfe, and alfo into Pomngall and other parts of Europegbut that is preferred which groweth in Cambaia.

qt ‘T /3: Ivvzmcri

It is called of the Arabians,Perlians,8c Tiirltsi

Taréit/.1 .— and in Gi1zarata,Bamzmm .- in the Pro:

uince Canara, in which is the city Goa, Tzgzmr :-

likewife in Europe the Learned call it diuerlly,

according to their feuerall fancies , which hath

bred fundry controuerﬁes, as it hath fallen out as

well in Hermodaétyls as in Turbith 5 the vfe and

polfef-lion ofwhich we cannot feem to want : but

which plant is the true Turbith wee haue great

caufe to doubt. Some haue thought our ':F2*z'po,/izm

m4rimtm,defcribedin theformer chapter, to beg

the true Turbith :others hane fuppofed it to bee

one of the Tithyrnales,but which kind they know

i,Wﬁ.n£ti5i h ' ' not. Gm"/landzimr faith,thar. the root of ‘1“ir/ayryaalgs of Tim “sat! e true Turbith :which caufed Loéal and Pam: to plucke vp by the roots all the kinds they fognd itttrslangl_dry them very curioully 5 which when they had beheld and throughly tl:lCd,‘ iuers names Othing fo. The Arabians and halfe-lyloores that dwell in the Eaﬁ parts haue giuenl this name Tmtgfhlshplant 3 and as their words are diners , fo haue_they diners ﬁgnifications : but as this rob: doﬁllt St ey feem to interpret to be any millltmy pootiyhicli doth lltongly purge ﬂ€‘t9;i11ls’;:‘, um Comm” (Hop 0 hthat as men liatie thought good,p iia mg t iemfelues,they haue many and oi» - rurbith Bu: b _1Séw ich hath trouoled many excellent earned men toknow what root is the true ;expeﬁen'Ce L I d1'l_€ ky to fet downc mine opinion, not varying from the iudgernent ofmen oi great rm i. ith _ a 1111 e all‘ure_dly,tliat the root of Scammonie of Antioch is the true and vndoubted - One realon efpecially that tnoueth me fo to thinke is , for that I haue taken vp the roots

which ﬁnoni’ Which grew in my garden, and compared them with the roots of Turbith,betwecne

; TI0UI1d‘lit'tle or no difference at all. [£4 for T Hbollgﬁ all Spain (as Clziﬂar in his notes vpon Garcia: teiiilies) they vfe the roots of T/éaljh - ime Org‘ it_h,which allo hath bin brought hither,and I keep fome of them by me,but they purge Gt 1 . ‘ I - _ _". ‘ . ‘ _ U . acume. 1: mg "W ah hclng dry,thougli it may be the green root or inyce may liaue foine purging

‘rip, I . h “J T 56 Tcmpcratzire arid Vcrtim. _ J‘ ‘ ndm‘ PhYﬁ€10ns vfe it to purge ﬂegme, to which ifthere be no feuer they addt‘ Gmg-tr;

05 281- ‘ 2 - . . . M€;::r:‘dieY plug. it without in the broth of a chickenjand fonnetimes in faire water. .v5'l'lE€'t‘1t£1tT b'h' l H Outof A :_ ur it is V . the {lomack,chefl,{inues,and out of the furthermoli parts of the body 5 but (as he faitli) it

l 0W in wo r‘ -~ ﬁ- Other f ic rl‘1ﬂg,and troubleth and ouerturneth the {lsomackqantal tlicrefcrﬁ ismge1g,ll£la.iticlgand CE thgbtfi ‘"‘l<?_t<I3 hf mixed with it 5 alfo oileof fweet Almonds,or Almonds tliemfel , pr fugat, y W it i the vfe hereof fhould pine and fallaway. Others temper with Dates, fweet Mm 2 Alan onds,;

hotin the third degree, and that it voicleth thicke tough lletgme