the Paradise of ¥lants . 79

Tibs V'ertueSi

Common Cirickfoil is held to be effectual! for all the purposes, whefeuntd

distort and Tdrmenttll, is applyed^as well for preserving against venomous and in-fectious Creatures and Diseases, in each respect, as in keeping from putrefaction,for binding and restraining Fluxes, either of blood or humours, which are exces-sive, especially bleeding at the Nose, which it performeth, if the juyce be drunk inAle, or red Wine, or the Roots or Leaves applyed to the Nose, Some ho! d, thatOne Leaf cures a Quotidian, three a Tertian , and four a Quartan, which is a meerwhimfey; but the truth is, if you give a scruple of it, (which is twenty grains) at atime, either in White-vvine, or White-wine-Vinegar: you shall seldom misie theCure of an Ague in three fits,be it what it will, even to admiration, as Mr. Culpep-ptr affirmeth. The juyce hereof drunk about four Ounces at a time, for certaindayes together, cureth the Quinfie, and the yellow Jaundice; and taken for thirtydayes together, cureth the Falling-Sicknefs.The Roots boyled in milk,and drunk,is a most effectuall Remedy for all Fluxes, either in Man or Woman, whether thewhites, reds, or Bloody Flux. The Roots boyled in Vinegar, and the decoctionthereof held in the mouth, easeth the pains of the Tooth-ach. The juyce, or de-coction .taken with a little Honey, helpeth the hoarfness of the Throat,and is goodfor the Cough of the Lungs. The distilled water of the Roots and Leaves, is alsoeffectuall to all the purposes aforesaid: and if the hands be often washed therein,and suffered every time to dry of it self, without wiping, it will in short time helpthe Palsie, or shaking of them.

CHAP. XL.

Of Sow-bread*

The Names,

T His Plant is the last that I shall treat of, in relation to the Nose. TheGreek Names of it are, KweAa^r« and IIt \vas called by thefirlt Name, a Ctrculo, because both the Leaf and the

Root are of a circular or round Figurejby the later,** Qtfttt T if

because it was used to kill Fishes. It is called iii Latine Tuber terra,& Terra ra-ptm, because of its knobby Tur-nep-like Root; and Umbilicus terra , because asthe Navill of a Mans Body strutteth Out a little above the Belly,so this sometimesabove the Earth; of (ome,Orbicularis ^ others Talatia,Rapum porcinum,& ma -Ium Terrs.. In Shops, Cyclamen,Panis Porcinus,& n^rtanita. In English, Sow-bread, or Swine-bread, because the Swine love it, and feed upon it in those Coun-tries, where it is plentiful.

’ The kinds.

Parkinson in former book hath reckoned up a dozen forts, or more hefeof; thewant whereof will Constrain me to content my self only with the menrfonmg orthree, which are i. Common round Sow-bread. a. Ivy -Sow-bread, z. A strangePlant sent for a bastard Sow-bread of the Spring,