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Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.‘ Y 3.:

:1: 3 This third is an herb forri {pan or ’0C‘_"l ter long,,not in face vnlike the precedent , nei- ther defeétiue in the hot and burning tall.Th¢

1: 3 '_I‘zz5ziczmz miuimum. Dwarfe Tabaco.

L1 3.2.. Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

V1: (t)hi_rcl booyte of Singularities doth declare zwhere all_‘o he flieweth, That the Turks oftentimes um P’}‘:”7,an take one dram and_a halfe thereof at one time,wi'thout any other hurt following, fam % t at they are thereupon as it were taken with a certain light drunkennef{'e.So alfo this Tabaa

c°=b“”‘i§ in tall biting,and in temperature hot,hath notwithllanding a beriumriiing quality.I~iere—-

‘J . on ' f - . . , O wlife Cline?-Imﬁthh to follow,that not only this Henbane of Peru,but alfo the ;u1ce6f‘Poppie other. are fmall , I and narrower than thofe of Sage ~ C“ 0P“W,C0Dﬁﬁetl1 of diuers parts, fome biting and hot, others extreame cold, that is to

Ierufalem.The root is {mall and ﬁbrous. ili . ::S«‘-C=;3;‘P1lW3/1“r‘3,s0rbenumming. If fo be that this benumming qualitie p1'0C€¢d.-of extreame cold,

‘U The Pym_ E min and all the old Phyﬁtions do hold opinion 3 then {hould this be cold -{but if the benumn

T hefe were ﬁrft brought into Europe out? n acultic doth not depend of an extreme cold qualitie, but proceedeth of the effence of the

— America,which is called the Well Indies 9 ‘D mucI‘“t‘)°€a then Tabaco 15 not cold and benumming,but hot and benumming, and the later not fo

' which is the prouince or countrey of Peru tbll‘ a pm; Y Yfiafop of his temperature, as through the propertie of his fubfiance-, no otherwife than

being now planted in the gardens of Europe 1‘ who};->‘Pg medicine, which hath his force not from the temperature , but from the elfence of the

profpers very well,and comes from feed in 935 “bl?-ltlcc. yeare to beate both ﬂoures and feed .The W111‘?

I talte to be better for the conftitution of 0}“

bodies,than that which is brought from Ind*;’9

85 that growing in India better for the p60? 5

ﬂoures are much leffe than thofe of the yellOW Henbane,and of a greenifh yellow. The leallﬁs

1} The I/erttter.

. . . t g‘_am‘(:‘l_4&:_1tIon4rd»5 faith,that the leaues hereof are a remedie for the paine of head called the Me-W A; of the fame country: notwitb ﬁandmg 1; ‘,5 no dren_ and 1};gl'3I.I'l,.tl1at hath bin of long continuanc_e;and alfo for a cold fiomaclr,efpecially in chil- fo thought of our Tabaconifis;foracording 1° as a t at it is good againli the pains in the kidnies. V the Englilh prouerb, Far fetcht 8: dear bong t ’ Red in hcprefent remedie for the fits of the mother, it mitigateth the paine of the gout,if it be ro- 3 ES be“: fox LadicS_ / ItiSlikt¢rI_1bers,agnd applied to the grieued part.

‘I T,” 7.1. m 6.. . ewife a remedy for the toorh.ache,if the teeth and gumbs be rubbed with a linnen cloth C

Tabaco mm} be {owne in‘/ﬂy? mall fmitﬁl" ’ lpftig lgitlie lU_iCe,a_ncl afterward a round ball of the leaues laid vnto the place. ground that may be found,“/,e1eﬂy C33 abgoa beuy,iflWbOllCCl in fugar in form of a fyrru p,and inwardly taken, driueth forth wormes of the D in fowingswithout raking it into thﬂ grout‘ 2?‘ t an 3 leafe be “Yd to the MUCH-

. . . , _e amedorhlk T . . any fuch pain or induﬂry taken as is requlﬁt ‘“ gen 1 ewi e fcoure and clenfe old 8: rotten vlcers andbringcth them to perfeét di- E the {owing of other feeds,as my fell haue fpllﬂd I:0t"*:5LFh€lame Auth_or_aﬁirmeth. ,

by proof,who haue experimented euery'wa_Y ‘d fome hold ‘"3 -C_0u1_‘itries it is vied againﬂ (‘cabs and ﬁlthineffe of the sl<iri,and to curewoirnds:biit F caufe it quickly to gmmfo, 1 haue commitfén weak and o°Pmx0n it is to be vfed only to hot and ftrong bodies 5 for they fay, the vfe is not fafe in A

fome to the eanh in the and “March, fame 1:; from the h ldbfollts; and for this caufe (as it feemeth) the women in America(faith T/zezm) abftain Aprill,and fame in the beginning of May. b er PW” °’ Tabacosaﬂddo in 110 Wife Vic it» .

caufe I durli not liafard all my feed at one time,le{’t fome vnkindely blaﬁ fhould happen after ‘he watdse “Tight of foure ounces of the juice hereof drunke doth purge both v wards and downe- G

. . . . . a . gowmgwhlch mlght be a gag: gnemle thereumm eruatironflslvl-E1)g0aC&1ifC[h afterward a long and found ﬂeepc, as wee haue learne of a friend by ob. : : . 5

e1 'm¢da_That a ftrong countrey man of a middle age hauing a drop lie took it and mfg walcened out of his ﬂeepe called for meat and drinke, and after that became p,erfe6tly’cu~ Mo _.

"1'hc people of America call it Petim.Some,as baéel and Pemz,haue giuen it thefe Latine name? ﬁiued::2tt!er,tgiehfame man reported,That he had cured many countreymen of agues, with the di- H Sizcra /1€r5a,Sam5?a /Jeréa,and Samrfanéla Iﬂdgfum, Others,as Dodomms, call it Hyoﬁyamn: Peru'?"’”” ’ ikewigfﬁa t eleaues drunlre a little while before the ﬁt. ’ A or Hcnbane of Peru.Nz'tol4w M anardu: names it T46 I am. That it is Hyoﬁyamiﬂzecier, or a luﬂdcf fuch like 6 t ere ‘3 an oile to be taken our of the leaues that healeth metri-galls,kibed heeles,and I Henbane,n0t only the forme being like to yellow Hen_bane,but the qualitie alfo doth declarﬁs he 1t is géod ac . P‘ ’ _ « it bringeth drowﬁneffe, troubleth the fences, and malteth a min as it were drunke by taking orthe wound $13 P°Yf0n,and taketh away the malignitie theroﬁlf the juice be giuen to drink, K fume only; as Andrew '1'/Jmet teltiﬁeth,and common expel-ienc fhevveth: of form: it is call€‘l_ ' ' L ed: ks ma eby venomous beaiis be wafhed therewith; e . ‘ £0tiam,the which I refer to the yellow Henbane for dirlinéitions fake. 3’ W55 are vfed to be taken in a pipe fer on ﬁre and fuckt into the liornacke , and thrufi: L

‘I ac ' . ‘A I - iwheéxfgefaft the rio{lhri_ls,.again{t the paines in the head, rheumes, aches in any part of the bo- ar}? The Temperature. familiar and bieélir ‘I15 Orlgmall proceed, whether from Ifrance, Italy,Spaine,Indies, or from our _ . , _ _ _ :9 4 km Dy cmeabi-O1 “OW”? dllcafes. Thofe leauesdo palliate or eafe for a time,but neuer perform

It 15 hot and dry,and that in the fecond degree,as Manmlw thinketh,» and is witliall oil; pOW5.f , no; be {O k “rely : for although they empty the body of humors,yet the caufe of the griefe can- difcuffe or refolue,and to clenfe away ﬁlthy humorghauing alfo a f mall aliriétion, arid‘a ﬁll?’ 2;, ‘ ‘ tion . ma? en aW3Y- But lome haue learned this principle, That repletion doth require euacua. mg 0‘ “Humming ¢1ualitie,and it purgeth bY the flroole: and Monardzk writeth-, that it hath.afCthe ealtah. Bu‘? £9 f3YsTl3at fulnelfe craueth emptine (Te; and by euacuation doe aifure themfelues of rain power to refill poifon. And to prone it to be of an hot temperature, the biting quality 0 , -i t *5 d°t

hnottakeawa {‘ h ' - 1-,‘ A ’ - e - -

_ . ‘ 0 y 0 mac with it t is da b it the next brin eth with it more. leaues do fhemwhich is eaﬁly perceiued by talie :alfo the green Ieaues laid vpon vlcers in ﬁne‘; d. ‘il~e’e:kV\éen doth “WET Yﬁeld {uch {tore of ward]; aslwhen it is mofigdrawn and empti- parts may ferue for a proofe ofheate in this plant 5 beeaule they doe draw out ﬁlth andcorﬂ-‘P W ‘ ‘ “ P C Y proofe ;who haue cured of that infeétious difeafe a great many, diners 05

mattarp/vlllCh 3 Cold Simple would neuer do. The leaues likewife beingchewed draw forth 9% .5 e_ bfr?gE:e{€*r0§ kept vnder the ﬁckeneﬂe by the helpe of Tabaco as they thought,yet in the and .wate1',a.S doth alfo the fume tal(€1'l‘Wl'l€I1 the leaues are dried : which thin 5 dcclaggehat it 71fhid— “ “- *‘ C1 ’

u I m V C . aine A to l1a"U€”V'C1CO fuch an hard knot, acrabbed wedge, or elfe had Vtml)’ P5- not a little hot; fol‘ what things foeuer,that being chewed or held in the mouth bring forth {leg sommm to dri is -_ ~ ~ ~ and water,the fame be all accounted hot 5 as the root of Pellitorie of Spaine,ol Saxi rage,8é 0 Uongt in the midfﬁgf’-t

things of like power. Moreouer,the benumming qualitie hereof is not hard to be perceiue ’ . ‘ »

vpon the taking of the fume at the mouth there followeth an inﬁrmi tie like vnto drunkennc tie, ‘ _ mend the fyrmp 35,”: “find that PhYﬁc'ally,i:s to be to many times ﬂeepe,as after the taking of Opium : which alfo (heweth in the tafie a biting‘ qua rm}, , * ' " 1‘ f’-"31¢‘°1f flnolcy rn‘edicine._‘ and therefore is not without heateg, which when it is chewed and inwardly tal.:en,it«dOth forth; in t shew,cau__linga certain beam: in the cheihand yet withall troubling the wits ;,sas Petra: Bellow - W -

Q‘ The Nainer.

£333‘-3 §9't’eirmed )_for_ wa‘n.tonneffe,or rather ctifilomegand Cl3iﬂﬂ°T f°1’b€31'€‘ 5!, ough to take it mdo:-1' mner ; which kinda of taking is vnwholfome: and very dangerous :al-

1erated;and may do’fo‘m‘e good:but I corri-