Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. L 1 B. I.

moﬂ: Writers,and in (‘hops called by the name of T erra mcrim, and Curmma; yet fome terms it

Groom Indium, and we in Englifh call it, Turrnericke. In Tbe Temperature arzdf/‘ertites.

"A This root is ceitainely hot in the third degree, and hath a qualitie to open obftruétions, and it

is vfed with good fuccelI'e in medicines againll the yellow Iaundife, and againft the cold dillzern- pets of the liuer and fpleene.

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1 C H A P. 2.8. Ofzedoarie.

Edoarie is alfo aroot growing naturally in the :3; Zeruméctb,/iue Zedoarizi rotmmiz, woods of Malaver about Calecut and Cana_- Round Zedqarie. nor in the Indies-,the leaues thereof are larger than Ginger, and much like them 5 the root is alfo as large, but conﬁlting of parts of dilierent ﬁgures, fome long and fmall, others round 5 their colour is white, and oft times brownifh on the inﬁde, and they hauemany ﬁbres comming out of them,but they are taken away together with the outward . _ . . rinde before they come to vs. Thele roots haue a {hang medicinelike fmell, and fomcwhat an vngratefull taﬁe. ‘ ‘Me szsgmzes.

Some call the long parts of thefe roots zedoma, and the round (whofc ﬁgure we here giue you) Zemméetb, and make them differengwhenas indeed they are but parts of the fame root, as Laéel and others haue well obferued. Some make Zwloami and Zemmbetlz diﬁerent, as i/{imam : others confound them and make them one, as R/mfe: and Smzpio. Some thinke it to be 'Api¢'3n of y£gj”g_ Ill: but that iS D01‘. f0; {Or he faith, '1’W°‘t3wMsm;’2vmv $11,753::-ré‘u,.w'e;ic/.t;IA:;-u,iu';wm; It is an Aromaticke’ and therefore chiefely mixed in ointmtnts :which is as much as if he fhould haue faid, That it was out into ointments for the fmells fake, which in this is no waies gratefull,but rather the contrary.

’ The Temperature and I/ermes,

it is hot and dry in the‘ fecond degree -, it d ifculfcs ﬂatulencies, and fattens by a certaine hidden A

qualitie. lt alfo diﬂipates and amends the vngratefull fmell which Gatlicke, O nions, or too much wine infc€t the breath withall,if it beeaten a rer them. It cures the bites and things of venomous creaturesﬁops laskcs,reTolues the Abfcelfes of the wombe,ftaies vomiting, helpes the Co-llicke, as alfo the paine of the fiomacke.

It kils all iorts ofwormes, and is much vliad in Antidotes againlt the plagutgand fuchlilte con-i tagiousdifeafes. #1 r ‘

CHAP. 2.9. fﬂzﬂgey,

Do not here inteiad to trouble you with an accuratedillinétion and enumeration of Ru.‘

mess?‘ 1f § fh_‘i‘l‘1 >";Wg“{1_d _bb‘°- tCd(1i0U-51:0 Y0U.1ab0r1_0us to me,and beneﬁcial to neither.

_ _ There ore wi one y e cri e an rec on vp theychiefe and more note-worthy ofthem, beginning with the molt vfuall and common. i

gt Tlye Defcription.

1 The roots of our common Ru {hes are long and hairy, fpreading largely in the ground, from which,as from one entire tuft, proceed agi-eat company of fmall\rui’hes 5 lb exceedingly well ymowncj that I (hall not need to fpend mnch time about the defcription thereof.

2 There be fundry forts of Rufhes b_€ﬁS1€-9 thc form“, Whole pietiires are not here expreﬁ, ‘and’ the rathcf for th“ the gﬁnelau d‘3fC”PW’“ of R”5h€S.f1S alfo their common vfe and feruice are fufﬁcient to leade vs to the knowledge of them. This great W'at‘er-Ruﬂi or Bul~Ru{h,in ﬁead of 1¢aues bringetli forth many {trait twiggie {boots or fprings, which be round, fmooth, {harps poimcchand without knots. _Their tuft _or ﬂOLl1‘C breaketli forth a little beneath the top, vpon the one ﬁdc of the Rufh, growing vpon little_fhort items like Grape cluftemwherein is contained the feed after thﬁ 51111100 Of 3 fpﬁafes polnt. The roots be {lender and fullof ﬁrings. ,3?/iffy and T /Jeqp/Jraﬂm before him, affirm: that the roots of the Ru{hd.ocdi‘e elIer)'yeal'e)and that

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L 113. I. ‘ Of the Hiflzorie of Plantg,

:5 groweth againe of the feed. And they aiiirme liliewile that the male is basis’: aiiii. CF ‘ n .. Ci 3. game of the young {boots 5 yet I could neuer obferue any fuch thin . D

i '1 .1 ' ~ . ' three yirdsigligrif i%l'3l£l:1:Sr:fh:Il)lIl]l; K:;2l§lCfé‘(3f.ll‘€k(?f‘a(l;€CCl,a{ld.EO lome two yards and an halfe, or is in . = V - . . vl_"ually make [?)a,[S,aL1Cl bottom cl§aires therewith Tgli‘e(l‘<r::§s3 htrls very P030” and JV1ghc7and they 111?) out at the top thereof The roots arelaf9,e and ioynt d dc'C0mam€ In redlliilm tufts) bread. - _ e an it grows not vnl-e ci 4. 1,,m, 6 t 1 . . . I , , nwaters. 1: M " “ "‘=°' ‘ 7° lh‘“P° Rlllhsls llkcwlfe common and well knowne 5 not much differin

mm Ilmcu/5 [mm but hard ' . ‘ any Ofthe rep‘ _ fa €FsT0Ugh€fs3ﬂd fharper pointtd, fitter to ﬂzraw houfes and chambers than - 3

l h = f F ‘ . duztgs évhefrebiggggsatargrte teﬁlslsarrgmoigofé gI£:<§i§j§l:[1-lE]l;:'Z’iitt111:E:I:Shf(yL]tr1L1(§r:::;Siggtn:)1ed.ﬁlth with much trea- fmooth ﬂan; 1 . g ho af(llO_ er pretty ' ma 'inee ofRu ﬂrgrowing to foine footin height haugn’ . w growes in watery places, but not fo frequently as

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I D/?‘1t2‘Z£5'[«t'I{i5' ‘ ' - I at - - 4 ” W ”‘”””- 3 Izmciac zzqzmtzczzr maxzmzzt.

Cgm R ,. L . .u I I rnon ullies Sharp» Ruﬂ1,0I11ard Ruth. GreatVVater-Ru(h,or Bul—Ru(h.

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.1 Iwzcm 1,,”-5 e row h. . f. . 17 7% P[””' , . . 2 3 S Gmgw inéiéaﬁléh egtile fIields,and rnedowes tliatare fomewhat mom. I 4 Mm” "“"“5 gmweth vmc?np3Q«esﬁdubd by mums ﬁdes In fmidfy places‘ . . ““d- I need not fpeake Ofthgr t. A’? 3f alien gr0und_s,cfpecia1Iy neere the furrows of plowed Th true 0 gfﬁyVl7I_l}2",[llCy being lo common as they are. ' CRMMS Md, _ ' n ‘n 0 2eTzmE. _ _ 23l¢l'm 3 in I[aﬁ:neGI.;:€Ef5Fl‘§>%"°f - In Latinef Iunm: : in high Dtitch,$’ittB8lt :in low Dutch, 2 - m pani{h,Iimco .- in French, lane: in Englilh, Ru{hes_

2 3 The G ' ' . . _ _ ~ . , . CCS termed Bumbligiiafls haue Callﬁd Ellﬁ BL1l-Rlll’l1)ox.%um- The greater are commonly 1n’II‘I21ny

I Itmc 1 ‘ ' - . , . 4 Iwm‘: a«::::;:Si:l]CaatlVg'llCh Drtfciirzde: called 9_«.-m rat. 5 is Called Lo£e[ [””r€euCf:tC u:,‘:§zr:; : Itﬂ DutC.h, . y , 3 . — gr . ti. mmar Gapztulzr Eqmferz : By Dalcﬂbampzma ;,,gm,,', cg“;-

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