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plaiitliath many large rootsdiuerfly f presiding in the ground,of a yellow colounfrom Vvlliclla vp many very great l‘CElLlCS_%lll{C thofe ol the Butter-burre,b‘ut of a frefh green col<>‘ur,witliIgrF mme manifeilt red veins diiperled ouer them. . The ﬁalke alfo is large and Cr€il£€d,f€Du1DgilT)l.I.1.‘? like branches bearingfmal white ilOuI'CS9Wl'llCl'.l are fuccee_ded by feeds three fquare and browriil (7; this as thofe oforher Docks, D‘ Lzg/fer one ofhis Ma;e{’ties_Phylitions, was the ﬁrﬂ that enric 16 gr kingdoms with this elegant and vfefull plant,by fending the feeds thereof to M‘ Pizrkmfoa. Pflﬂi LA/pin»: proues this to be the true Rbd of the Antients,delcribed by Dzofwrm’er,lzé. 3 .c4.2 . yet “Ga ther he nor any other(that I know of ) haue obferued a fault, which I more than_probablyeﬁ1l‘P€‘ to be in the text of Dzfofcam/er in that place , namely in the word (»'wN=u'v~, which I iudge fhould 563 ,i.i:..,, that is, yellow, and not blacke, as Rucllim and others haue tranﬂated it : now maxim IS a VVZ; often vfecl by Dioftorider, as may appeare by the chapters of_Hzmzcmm magmtm tﬁ" 1W_'wW,_ C0”)[’he; Pcuccdanzrm,Rimzmm!zor,arid diuers others, and I fufpe6?c the like fault may be found in form: 9 31. laces ofthe fame Author. But I Wlll no further inﬁll vpon this 1 feeing the thing it felfe inmy other refpe6l;s,as alfo in yellowneﬂ‘e,(hews it felfe to be that defcribed by 1)_zofcorzde.r,and that R”- conjcﬂure mull: therefore be true. Befides,the root whereto he compares it is 1?«'~7‘i’"9e.9r. that is ,_ rs. 6cfccm,or rather exﬂ/17/0 méaefcem, as any verfed in reading Dzafwwdei may eaﬁly gather by dmc

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’ places in him. Now I here omit his words, becaufe they are in the next defcription alledgi€¢{l‘cril:'_ out Author, as allo the defcription of our ordinarily vfed Rubarb, for that it is fuiﬁciently 63

bed vnder the following title of the choice thereof. M’ I_’:zr/emfotz is of opinion, that this is thefrge Rubarb I/fcd in (liops,only lelfe heauy,bitter,and llrong in working, by reafon of _ the.diuex_'f_l_€1"5 . our Clymar from that whereas the dried Rubarb brought vs vfually growes. This his Oplnllgllne very probable,and if you compare the roots together you may eafily be enduced to be of the 4 bclecfe. ili _ _ Ru,

.1. 4 The poriticlr Rubarb is Idle and ﬂenderer than that of Barbary.Touching Ponticl: be‘ barb D2'ofcorz'a’er writeth thus :1_tb_a,tliat diuers call R5e0ﬂ,Wl]lCl'l growes in thofe places that arel “.6 yond Bofphorus,from whence itis brought,hath yellow roots like to the great Centot1e,but Ce ‘ and redder, «Em-r, that is to fay,without fmell (Dodomew thinks it fhould be Zluarm, that is,well ll“ 6‘ ling) f pongie,an‘d fomething light. That is the belt which is not worm-eaten, and ta {led is fom I what vifcide with alight aflric‘tion,and ihewed becomes of a yellow or Saffron colour.

Q] The Plate.

It is brought out of the country ofSina (commonly called China)which is toward the Eallﬁﬁ thcvpper part of India,and that India which is without the truer Ganges,and not at all we Sm?’ rumprom'mia,as many do vnaduifedly think,which is in Arabia .F<rlix,8c far from Chinaut gfQW on the (ides of the riuer Rha, now called Volga; as Ammidﬁw Mdffe/[W faithawhich YiU51'fP'migr_ out pf the Hyperborean mountains,and running through Mufcouia, falls into the Cafpian of ‘ can ea.

1: The Rha of the Antients growes naturally,as Alpimu faith,vpon the hil Rhodope in Thfacfg now called Romania. It growes alfo,as I haue bin informed,vpon fome mountains in I‘I_L1ng3IY' is likewife to be found growing in fome of our choice gardens. 1:

(J T/it choice of Ruéaré.

The bet’: liubarb is that which is brought from China frefh 85 new,of a light purplilh reCla‘_"“-lg certain veins and branches of an vncertain varietie of colour, commonly Whitllh 5 but when 1‘ 1 old the colour becomes ilfauored by turning Yellowiih or pale,but more if it be worme-eaten ‘ bb’ ing chewed in the mouth it is fomthing gluie or clammy,and of a Saffron colour,which being I“ . bed vpon paper or form: white thing fheweth the colour more plainly : the fubflance thereof 15 ”_ex‘ ther hard or clofely com p_a€t,nor yet heauy,but fomthing light,and as itwere in 8 middle betivlllac hard and loofe,and fomthing fpongie : it hath alfo a pleaﬁng fmell. The fecond in goodnes 15 I ' W11 ich comes from Barbary. The laﬂ: and worfl from Bofphorus and Pontus,

41]’ Tire Names.

Iris commonly called in Latine R54 B.zzrézzmm,otR/M Bzzréaricum _. ofdiuer5,RirJL’I1 B4ril:zmm:tl1: Moors and Arabians do more truly ﬂame 1‘ R"”"d S‘-’”’i:’l 55”?”/1'P’ouincia,ﬁ0m whence it is bfollgn into Perﬁa and Arabia,and afterwardinto Europe: and likewife from Tanguth throughgthl? 3 t of Cataia into the Sophy of Perﬁa his country,and from thence into Egypgand fo into If.LlY0_P'nd is called of the Arabians and the people 0FCh1I1a 8: the parts 3.dlaCCl‘lt',R4M?2d Civzi, Rrz”.»'€»’55”"”a

Raucdsceai .- in fho‘ps,R/I46.4ri5ara<m : in Englifh,Rubarb,and Rewbarb. 1,, E A !I!-

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4 Rha Ponticum Siccatum. q The Z\<'ature:. Rubarb of Pontu-s dried. . r T Rubarb is of a mixt fubﬂance , tempera=

ture,and faculties : fome of the parts thereof are earthy , binding and drying : others thitzi airous, hot,and purging.

QT T/2e Vernier.

Rubarbiscommended by Divfwriofcs, a-

gainlt windineH‘e,weakneﬂ'e of the flomack, and all griefes thereof, Convulﬂons, difeafes of the fpleen,liuer,and kidnies,gripings, and inward gnawings of the guts, inﬁrmities of the bladder and chef}: , fwellings about the heart, difeafes in the matriit, pain in the hue?» kle bones , {pitting ofbloud , fhortnelfe of breath,yexing,or the hicket, the bloudy ﬂix, the laske proceeding of raw humors,ﬁts in a- gues , and againﬂ: the bitings of venomous bealls. . Moreouer hee faith , that it taketh away blacke and blew fpots, and Tettars or Ring-' wormes,if it be mixed with vineger, and the place anointed therewith. ~ Galen afﬁrmes it to be good for burltings, cramps,and convulfions, 8: for thofe that are ﬂiort winded and {pit bloud. But touching the purging faculty neither Diofcoriales not Galen haue written any thing, becaufe it was not vfed in thofe days to purge _ ~ i_ with. Galen held opinion, That the thin ai- thy fubﬁado make ‘binding qhalitie of more force, not becaufe it doth refill the cold and ear» the great nciefzbut becaufe it carrieth the fame, and_tnal_<eth it deeply to pierce,and therby to work ob méﬁer e 635 thﬁ dry and thin elience containing in it felfe a purging force 86 quality to Open‘ math to b°eﬂt-Sflbrgt helped and made more facile y the fubtill and airous par_ts.1f4ulm o/Egznem fec- ma es melftigﬁ gzat made triall of the purging facultie of Rubarb 5 for in his ﬁrft l)ook,m;z,4; the bodies of f n t eteoﬁwhere he reckons vp Turpentine among thofe medicines which make mu uch as are in health foluble : But when we purpofe( faith he) to make the turpentine vfe in ph fg*;:"° adnfflgo it a little Rubarb. The Arabians that followed him brought it to-a farther The yum ,as chiefly purging downward choler,and oftentimes ﬂegme. _ Ch01er§)ndgfatlOl'l which is made with Rubarb is proﬁtable and (it for all fuch as be troubled with ‘ my 01’ £11015 that are ficke of {harpe and tertian feuers,or haue the yellow jaundice, or bad

mus parts

It ‘ . . _ _ madn1es3.eg3::l“§n¢fl1§1n€ againf’: the pleirrifitginflatnmation of the l_u‘ngs,the fqinancy or Sguincy, - S.:4m,m1Ic;;ir2_1 animation of the k.idnies,blacl.der, and all the inward parts, and efpecially a-

ubarb is Vndos breﬁils well outwardly as inwardly taken. . . p _ _ r

eﬁdes thaw: “ ‘E [Y an efpeciall good medicine for the liner and inﬁrmitiesor the gall -, for Conduits. purge: orth cholerieke and naughty hiimors, it remooueth {toppings out of the

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diuers thglgltlly ﬁlffﬂgthneth the intrals themfelues,infomuch that Ruharb is ruftly termed Of inds afmeire of the liner : for Galm,lz'é. I r .of the method or manner ofciiring,ailirnieth,that MCI!

‘ling qualitielcmeé Elle “"03 5.3 {1f1d_ proﬁtable for the liuer,as haue ioyned with a piirgiﬂg 39d 0l’¢—

I0 two and tgg-Q f“{‘_‘8eTf1t Or blnding power. The quantitie that is to be giuen is from 009 ¢lfe11':'t’

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En {ls giuen or ﬂee rom on. and a lialfe to thy-ie, . 1U_e,or fome oth men In wine.

be Eilago °f'emm_1€5 gtuen beeing dried at the ﬁre,but fo, that the lealt or no part tlieyenfat all 5 sand beeing fo-vfed, it is a remedie for the bloudy Flirt, and for all kinds or’ Laslres : for Jill?

5‘ Of the like nature, and likewi'fe‘in vvliay 5 and ifrliere be no heat it may be

Ped, and that in hot difeafes, with the infiiﬁon ordiflilled waterofSuccory, '”