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Oi:tl'1C Hiflorie of Plants.

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Amzzra-drzlcz3 .

Bittepfivcet. ditch fide, againfi the right honourable the Earleof

Suflex his garden wall, at his houfe in Berniondfcf Pcreet by London,as you go from the court which 15 full of trees,vnto a ferm houfe neere thereunto. 11 The Time. _ The leaues come forth in the fpring, the lloursx1‘~ Iuly,the berries are ripe in Augufi. t ff Tbe Names. . I The later Herbarifis haue named this plant D14 '

- _ c:tmrira,Am¢zroa'ulcp'5,8z /1m4tradrrl6t3' 5 that is in Grefikg —

mam. : they call it alib Solammz lzgflofirm and 51/?‘ qtmflrum .- Pliny calleth it Mclortum T/Jeep/Jrajitt-87/" N3 fylveflrir : in Englifh we call it Bitter-{weer 5 3“. wooddy Nightfhade .But euery Author mutt for his credit fay fomething,although but to final pI,II'p0l:e5 for Vim y/«ueflris is that which wee call our Ladle‘ Scale, w ich is no kinda of Nightfhade : for TAW” and Vitzkfylvcjirzk are both one 5 as likewife Solafiifi” ligizofmn or_fi'uticof<m2,and allo Solammz rzrbrum.-wllef‘ as indeed it is no fuch plant, not any of the Nigh? :fhades,although I haue followed others in placing }‘ here.Therefore thofe that vfe to mix the berries of 1‘ in compofitions ofdiuers cooling ointments,in Fifi of the berries of Nightfhade , haue committed the greater errour ; for the fruit of this is not cold at afl 2 ,:»,.-g but hot,as forthwith (hal be {hewed .Dz‘ofrorz2./as fa1F_

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on of thofe with white floures aforefaid , whcreunto ‘, .. it doth very well agree. 1: Diofcoridrs defcribes his Mufiofo flare with 3 molly floure,that is,fiich an one as confifis of fmall chiues or threads, which can by no meanes b6 agreeable to the floure of this plant. it

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q] The Temperature. The leaues and fruit of Bitter-{weer are in temperature hot and dryrclenfing and waiting awal"

qr The Vertzm.

The decoétion of the leaues is reported to remouethe fioppings of the liner and gall,and £017“ drunke with good fucceffe againli the yellow jaundife. _ or

The juice is good for thofe that haue fallen from high places,and haue been thereby _bruil'ed; d dry-beaten:for it is thought to diffolue bloud congealed or cluttered any where in the intrals; 3”‘ to heale the hurt places. i _ . ”

Tfdgflf teacheth to make a decoéiion of wine,witl1 the wood finely fliced and cut into final P15! ees : évhich he reporteth to purge gently both by vrine and {ieg€ 2 E11015 that haue the Dropfie 0 ‘anti ice. 1 Dz'ofcorz‘dE: afcribeth vnto Cyclamimu altem, or Bitter-fweet with white flouresr as I fi!pp0{€: ‘he like faculties.

E The fruit(faith he)being drunke in the weight of one dram,with three ounces of white wine fol

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forty daies together,helpeth the fpleen. _ d’ It i_s drunk againfi difficultie of breathing : it throughly clenfeth women newly brought ab“

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CH A 1». 64. Of fiindeweea’ .7\Q'gbt/7male. qr T12: Defcription.

” Nchanters Night-fhadehath lcaues like to petty Morel], {harp at the point like vnto Spiflagei the {talkeis {freight and vpright, very brittle, two foot high: The floures are white tending ‘

Ca'rnation,with ccrtaine fmall browne chines in the midflc : the reed is contained in fmalbfficts . _ L

The other fort with the white floures'I found in 3_‘

l,- I ' i it is Cyclairiinus altem, defcribing it by the defcripfl‘ V 5 Dl|l\\\\\\\ \ ' _

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tie part ofthem Pal

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T To l A the Hifiorie of T Plants .

CI'ri’.«en 1Z;rtetz'47z4,

bullets,rough and very hairy. The mots are lnthanters Niglit-{hades

tough, and many in number, thriifiing them- felues deep into the ground, and difperling Far abmad sWh€t’~‘by it doth greatly encreafe, lt1~ fomuch that when it hath once taken fail rooe ting, it can hardly with great labour be rooted out or deftroied. A qr ‘Ilae Place.

It groweth in obfcure and darke places, a4 bout dung-hills, and in ivntoiled grounds, by path-waies and fiich like.

{I The Time.

It iloiitilhetli from lune to the end of Sep- tember.

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It is called OfLoéel,Cz'rcrcrz Lut€tiaM:in Eng-= lifh, Inchanters Night—{hade, or Binde-weed Nightfhade. ’

qr The Nature aim’ Vern-res.

There is no vfe ofthis herbe either in Phy- ficke or Surgerie,that Ican reade of} which hath happened by the corruption of time,and the errour of fome who haue taken 111422;./rzzgo- nu for Circa: ; in which errour they haue {till perfifted vnto this day, attributing vnto Cimezt the vertues of cflimzdragormsgby which meanes there hath not any thing beene laid ofthe true Cirmz, by reafon, as Ihaue faid, that Mam/r4__

gum: hath beene called Cimezz: but doiihtlelle it hath the vertue ofGarden Night-fhade,and may ferue in Read thereof without error.

P; Ofefllfaznclmke.

qr T/Jc Dcfcrz‘ptz‘o;a.~

T‘3;;1]a:§eMandrake hath great broad long finooth leauesofa darkegreene colour, flat {pied one V on§‘{9“n<Il I among which come vp. the floures of a pale whitifh colour,l’tanding euery

grow ,oundpA Imgf {mall and wealce foot—fialke of a whitiI_h_ grcene colour rm their places are contained ggtfisg a yellowilh colonr,l'mooth,foft,and_gIitteringpfaitrong lmell : in which ergo: is long 3; fmoothl"eeds_in; fafhion of a little kidney, like thole of the Thorne-apple.

. m E 1cl<e,whitilh,diuided many times into two or‘ three ‘parts refembling the legs

am-an W h It . ’ "_ Ofhfll’ parts of the bod ad'o ruin thereto,as the riuie art as it hath been re won 0 {W ereass in truth - y l > g p p 3 i

. ‘Hid ed into . . . _ . two or mote P3.l'tS)VVlllCl‘l. Nature taketh no account of. There hath beenCmany1‘i—

‘Clllo ~ . ic e_£:)l:g;_SsbIr::’]§h‘ "P Ofthis plant,whether of old wiues,or fome runnagate Surgeons or Phy- ; emmues fmlgiota (C? title bad enough for them) but fure forne one or moe that fought to . hey adde further 13311 .Sl_{1lfLlllabOLlC others,were the firfi brothers of that errourl fpeake agalloweawh ’ ‘at It Is neuer or very feldome to be found growingnatiirally outvnder a

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They {able f h a“'°m='tI1,the fubflace ofa female plant -,with many other fueh doltifh dreamesi ‘0 it VP cf arid aflllmea That he Who would take up a plant thiereoftn-all tie a dog therunto umfy dwffil glue 3. great {hreeke at thediggirig vp ; otherwife ifa man (hould do it,“ he . In ort {pace after. Belides many fables oflouing matters,too full offeurrilitie

‘ lfromlhlsnlggfgts Which I forbeare to fpeake of. All which Clreames and old wines tales you

rth . w ~ . . , , cal’: out ofyour bookes and II1ClIlO1‘y’3l{nowmg ehy;,that they are all and mg

f n . - . Vet e a d mofl: vntrue: for I my lelfe and my feruants alfo haue dzgged iIp,planted,~ Y many: and yet neuer e

‘gm "°°t;f0m€times two,

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. anted ‘mes one fire and often {ix or fizuen branches eornniing from the maine

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fired, 3..

it is no otherwife than in the roots of carrots, parfcneps, and {uch lil:e,l‘tfi'l<ed=

ere the m - . 1 _ . , i V _ C matter of atter that hath fallen from the dead body hath ginen it the ihape ofa man; .

ould either perceiuefhape ofman or W0:-:n.:tn,hiit Lome- '