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" '1" he jrriee: rnixed with oile of rofes,Cerufe,and Litharge ofgold,&i applied,is more propﬁf

340 the Hiiitorie of Plants.

It is not good that S . Anthonies fire fhould be driuen from the outward parts to the inward. Alla liitewiie in his Ptognofticks he faith,It is neceﬂhrie that S. Anthonies ﬁre lhould break fortliﬂ“ that it is death to haue it driuen in : which is to be vnderiiood not only of S.Arztbc>m‘er ﬁre,but am’ ofother like buriiings out procured by nature. For by vﬁng thefe kindes of cooling and repelling TI‘l€(iiCi.i1C‘S}Ki.'lCi73Ci,£l)il’l.lpiI,8.i'1(i iharpe humors are driuen backe inwardly to the chiefe and prinC1' pall parts,which cannot be done without great danger and hazard of life. And thereforewee m“ not viiadiiiiedly, lightly, or rafhly adminiﬂzer fuch kinde of medicines,vpon the comming out 0 S,A’m/30;i';’e.r ﬁre,rhe i’hingles,or fuch hot inliammations. - '1" he juice of the green leaues of garden Nightfhade mixed with Baily mcale, is very proﬁtably applied vnto S. ant/hoﬂies ﬁre,and to all hot inﬂammations.

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effeéhiail to the purpofes afore fet downe.

D i‘ N either the juice hereof nor any other part is vfually giuen inwardly, yet it may without aﬂY

danger.

The le;1ires_.i~’ci;irtiped are proﬁtably put into the ointments of Poplar buds called Vng:mmW1""

pzr[eo;a,and it is good in all other ointments made for the fame purpole. _‘.

:1: 2 The barke of the root of lleepy Nightlhade taken in the weight of 5 1. bath a fomnl-C; rous qiralitie,yet is it milder than 0_pitmz,and the fruit thereof vehemently prouokes vrine.Bu€ (3 P1/ﬂy faith) the remedies hereof are not of fuch efieem that we {hould long inlilt vpon them,€{Pe' eially feeing we are furnilhed with fuch {tore of medicines lelie harmfull,yet feruing for the fame purpofc. 11

if The figure in the fccond place was of rhesolanum P¢mzfEmm,or lllalir vfirlziopica, treated of at large in the 6 1 Chap. ofrhis booke,and therefore it i‘ °mm' ted here,a.nd in {lead thereof another put in the place. i

C1HAi>. .56. Ofﬂeepy .i7\[:ig/9tj7iac/e.

_ iialkzimm Laﬂzale. gr '1' be Defbriftioii. Dwalc, or deadly Nightfhade; d - ' " Wale or ﬂeeping Nightlhade hath roll“ V blackifh ﬂralkes ﬁx foot high, whereupog do grow great broad leaues of a dark gr“ 5 colour: amongwhich grow final hollow ﬂplllc bel-fa{hion,of an ouerworn purple coloiirgiﬂ‘ E place whereof come forth great round berries?‘ the bignelfe of the black chery,green at the 5’, I’ but when they be ripe of the colour of blaclf la." or burnifhed horne,foft,and ful of purple jU“.ce; among which juice lie the feeds, like the bcwla. Rf Ivy: the root is very great, thicl<,and 1093 ' in . «. s . i ' g Q] 7171!: Place. _ It growes in vntoiled places neere highwaws "and the-fea marifhes,and in fuch like pl" C It gtoweth very plentifully in I-Iolla = . Lincolnefhire , and in the me ofEly at 3 P called Walfoken,neere vnto \/Visbitch. I found it growing without Highgate , 0 vnto a pound or pinfold on the left hand .7

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qr T/at Time.

This ﬂouriiheth all the Spring and sum’ mer, bearing his feed and fioure in 11-1)’

Auguﬁ.

{I The IV/m')£’.s‘.

it is called of Dioftoridbﬁ, s;w’x»oi 13w_~mMr= Of T/«‘60]752uzjh/r, ri~’x~mas..~i:r.. ; oi the Latinas, ' ’ ‘ “ [0';;y;;J7

L1t~..z. .

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ﬂ’ mﬁlfcrzi

(H the Hiﬁcorie of Plants.

mm raoirj/:;,<)\rYl1eteping Nightihade 5 and Salanrrm lat/u_z!c,or deadly Nightfhade 5 and Solamm, mm; eeginbo 13 ‘l ligﬁ tfhade : oi fomc, A1170;/zmzrzxs minor U];-;mf7zt,aﬂ(.l Hcrlvzz olpﬁzgo .. In Engm-h‘Dway,,‘( _ the lOwbD ig itinade :thC‘V€l1.€[ia[1S and Italians call it Be/[4 Jana .- the Germanes, Egixmrmé .3 _-his Maw; 1:311, Ethic batten : in French, {Wore/lcnzorjte//e : it C0mmeth very neere vnto T/J30]/[frag/y/1&5 ¢Zé0},¢5;(Wl1lCh differeth from Dzofcarm’cs his M 4/7dragom;,y)

It} The Nature.

it is cold eucn in the fourth degree. This H J _ Q] ‘I’/36 Vcrtzm. berries be ‘i7t::i\l1gl‘1(t§lh2[1)de cgufeth ﬂeep,troubleth the mind, bringeth madneffe ifa few 3f the in is {mh book (i’tf1t- U_frl moe be giuen they alfo killand bring prefent deatli.:_z‘[;gg /,,»,,ygM ifalfo much Ofebot lkl. ewi e_ writs ofmandrake in this manner 5 Mandrake caiifeth ileepe: and e game 1:“ eta Rein l.(lili)l’§:lIgCIl;il{(lZl]€ﬁ]fh. _ h d _ b r d _ i-. more“ : b g_ Its_o ea y ig it a e may wit great a uice _e v e in ﬁich cafes. as Perri- your gardtflslgigll twill follow my counl‘ell,dcale not with the fame in any cafe, and banifh it from eaten thereofm t giﬁol it alfo, being a plant {'0 i-"urious and deadly : for it bringeth fuch as haue experience boxth 9 aE ea lleepe wherein many haue died, as hath beene of ten feene and 4 proued by ammé: It Gama tin ngland and elfewhere. Burro giue you an examcple hereof it (hall not be eautifu” fr _. lppalfe that three bpies of\_Nisbich in the me of Ely d eateof the pleafant and them Th ui_t ereof, two whereo.__died in leffe than eight houresafter that they had eaten of Cauﬁr-lg hi {en third child had a quantitie of honey and water mixed together giuen him to drinke, the e pemitig°V0lIr1it often: God bleifcd this meanes and the child recouered. Banilh therefore women with clIl]S_ 1% guts put of your gardens,_and all places neere to your houles, where children or much morelaﬁgafﬁ Oftiwtlllghoffsntimes long and Iuli after things moft vile and ﬁlthie ; able‘ to allure any fuch tgrgytg Smrégﬁt inmgblacke colour,and offuch great beautie,as it were

In . C leaues hereof laid vnto the temples caufe ﬂeepe,cfpecially'4if they be imbibed or moiftened C‘

Win '. . . . agucse Vmegrﬁ‘. It eafeth the intollerablc parties of the headache proceeding of heat in furious

scauling rel’: being applied as aforefaid.

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CH AP. 57. Of Winter C/Jerrier. 11 T11: Defcrqrtion.

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'-]iHf§r::iwy]\;’:nt(eirdC1i]ierricI: bringeth forth Ptalkes a cubit long, round, {lender,l'mooth and

4“ to Fund V hit, {tie mgtf is way and that way by reafonofhis weakenelfe, no; 31316 191 Common Nightmag t wit out a upporter_: whereupon do grow lea_ues not Vflhke to thofe me {man leauesin th e, :5 greater‘; among which leaues come forth white ﬂoures, conﬁ ﬂing of J ﬁpedn C0101-W of 6 mi 1c of which leaues {tandeth out _a beri-y,green‘at the ﬁrfgand red when ‘I? bl mm is Oh 0;“ Common Cherry and of the fame bign_efI'e,incloled in a thin huske or lit- colour-_ . C roots bgalggeddilh co_lour,in which berry is conreined many imall ﬂat feeds of a pale "PPer crui‘t of the Cal't%1)?0t mhlkedo dire roots’ of Coulghigraﬂieimmplng and creeping within

H 2 he blacke. Wint ége a roa ,w ercby it cncrea eth greatly. - ﬁle tendrels ofthe Vine “fr €_Yfy_h3Eh Weake and {leader itallces fomewhat cre{’ted, and like vnto Ii ereupon are fer ‘sea snlg it {elite allabour, and taking hold of {uch things as are next vmo _ . be. e Cures bclvggef Elalucs _ eepcly indented or cut about the edges almolt E0 the middle em I-ucceed the ﬂ)’OufIr1=1 and vghitc ﬁanding vpon long footltalltes or ftemmes. The skin»- and no more ofthe bﬁfapafiitc finite three fellsor chambers, euery ofthewhich conteineth pom each berrry in Due _e 0 a mall peafe,and blacke of colour, hauing a mark of white

3 proportion of an heart. The root is very {mall and threddy.

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1 Th d g 3; T6: Place. i . ere - r - $1313 ;hadowi;7§I;';‘;°sT glgefryh groweth vpon‘ old broken walls, about the borders _of fields, and in _ Others for the g,.ea’t a, d.1§Irno[’t gardens, where fome cherrilh it for the beantie ofrhe berries, whz The blacke Winter: éV;]0rthy yegtues. thereof. _' ’ _ ' _ _ andegce 1 ha-Us ha do fthO{_evbIa€Cfl!'{l”€1:eflSd rough’: out_of Spaine and Italy, oi; other got regions, from fmi aue planted them in my ard ee E marked with the {hape of a mans ieart,w itesagaforspald: t gourd grow g en w ere they haue borne ﬂoures, but haue perilhrgd game 55¢

t ,. . . 0 maturitie, by reafon ofthofe vnfeafonable yeares, 1 394, 9 5‘ F f at 2'56

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