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' Kiet s ‘, ' | acer te 4) oy bee reas Age j oh i G i) ASS e ut concerning difeafes:as medecines) ¥eabe for the moft parteither borrow- E Zed from the Greeke, or, fach as the aS Jes gunlearned be not acquainted with, a Very (which pardy upon necefsitie I was “s™torced, and partly for varietieindu- ced toufe) I could notcontent my felt to let them paffe with- out fome explanation: For fince my purpofe efpecially isto profit and pleafere the moft ignorant (for whole fake Phinie alfo himfelfe, as he profefleth, compiledthis worke) | would not bee fo injurious unto them as to interrupt their reading with obfcuriue of phrafe, when the matter otherwife 1s moft familiar. In regard whereof, I thought good to prefixea briefe Catalogue of fuch woords of Art, as ever and anon fall offer themfelvesin thefe difcourfes that enfue ; vvith the explanation thereto annexed,and the fame delivered as plain- ly as I could pofsibly devife for the capacitie of the meaneft. Inthe handling whereof, fo I may fatsfie my countreymen that know no other language but Engli(h,I fhall thinke my paines and labour well beftowed, and leffe feare the cenfure p Ki r} vA g ¥ 4 AIS SSS i Z Me 3 ~ 4 4 4 4 Ky 4 A 4 - | &, _ of thofethat haply expect fome deeper learning : for ever full Ay the iy t& TO THE READER. the verfe of that Comicall Poet refoundeth from the ftage . in mine ears, auaSisepar pedrov wy ctpistp. deff, Speake with leffe fhew of learning, fo it bee with more rh | cuitie. Vale. Af) U “7 is UAE A es A briefe Catalogue ofthe words of Art, with the explanation thereof, A Bort, ot abortive fruit, is an untimely birth. , Abfterfive,i,.{couring, cleanfing, or wi- ping away, fuch as the Greeks call Smecti- ca, and they enter into fope and wafhing balls. Accefe,i.a fit, whethet it be of an ague, falling ficknefle, or any fuch difeafes as returne at times. Acetabulum,or Acetable,a meafure among the Romans of liquor efpecially but yet of diié things alfo : the fame that Oxybaphon in Greeke: and for that (as both words do im- port) they ufed to dip their meats in vine- gre out of fuch, it may well goe fora faucer with us :forit containeth (as fome thinke) fifteen drams, which grow near to two oun- ces, of which capacitie our {mall faucers are: but as others fuppofe, it receiveth two ouncesand an halfe, the meafure of ordina- rie faucers. _ eAcrimonie, i, Sharpnefle. “‘Adtually, 7 fenfibly and prefently as fire is aQtu- ally hot. cAditiales, or Adyciales epule, were great and fumptuous fealts or {uppers , held by the Pontifices or high priefts, in teftimonie of publicke joy. Almonds, See Amygdals. Amphora, ameature inRome of liquors only: It feemeth to have taken that name of the twoears which it had, of either fide one: it contained eight Congios,which are much abouteight wine gallons,or rather between feven and eight : fo as inround reckoning it may go for a ferkin,halfe kilderkin, or halfe fefterne with us. Amygdzis, be kernils at the root of the tongue, fubjeCt to inflammations and {wellings, oc- cafioned by deflux or falling downe of hu- mours from the head : they be called Antia- des, Parifthmia, and Tonfillz : the forefaid infirmities alfo incident unto them, do like- wile carie the fame denominations. A (Antidotes,é. countrepoifons properly,defen- fatives, or ptefervatives againft poifons,pe- ftilence, or any maladie whatfoever, Antipathie,z, contrarietie, enmitie, and repug- nancie in nature, as between fire and water, the viné and the Colewort;&c. S, Aathonies fieis arifing in the skin occafio- ned by hote bloud mixe with abundance of choller, andfuch bethe (hingles and other wildfires called in Greeke Eryfipelas, Aguofities, be waterifh humours,apt to engen- der the dropfies called Afcites and Leuco- phlegmatia. AromattXed,i, Spiced. Arthriticall griefs,fuch as poffefle the joynts, as all the forts of gout. A firidive or Affringent,be fuch things as bind the bodie or any part thereof, ~ Attractive, 7, drawing ; as the loadftone draw. eth yron, amber ftraws or bents, DiQamnus arrow heads or fpillsout of the bodie, and cupping-glaffes (or ventofes) humours and wind, r; Auftere,harth or hard, asin fruits unripe, and hard wines of hedge grapes, Axinomantic,a kind of magicke divination by an axe head red hot. | B B,4/sina compound medecine is,that drug or fimple which is predominant and carieth the greaceft force in it,as the ground therof, whereupon the whole taketh the name; as Poppiein Diacodion, Quinces in Diacy= — donium,&c. Bole, is the forme of a medecine when it may be given in groffe manner at a knives point —_ to the quantitie of anutmeg at a time, un- till the whole receit be taken. Browuing,a tearme ufuall in the mouths of ma- riners and winnowers of corne, when they are calmed and doe call for wind. Bulbs , although Plinie feemed to give that name unto fome one fpeciall hearbe, yerie A ij fignifieth * SAUNAS eee * fignifieth generally all thofeas haveround roots, as Onions, Squilla, VVakerobin, and . fuch like; whereupon thefe & other of that kindarefaidro have bulbousroots, ©; - | Cacochymic, is that indifpofition of the bodie wherein there is abundance of illhumours;. Calcining, 7. the burning of a minerall, or any thing, for to correct the malignitie of it,or’ reduce it into powder,&c. Callofitte, thicknefle and hardnefle of skin in manner fenfleffe, as in fiftulaes, and under our heels, 7 To Carminate, isto make more fine and thin the groffe humors, by fuch medicinsas by their heat are aptto cut and diffolve them ; wherupon they likewife be called Carzzina- tive sa tearme received by Apothecaries, > and borrowed from thofe that card wooll. Cancer, is a {welling or fore comming of me- Jancholie bloud,about which the veins ap- peare of a blacke or {wert colour, fpread in manner of a Creififh clees; whereupon it tooke thatname in Latine,likeas in Greeke Carcinoma; And{uch ulcers-as in that fore be maintained and fed with that humor,are called Cancerous, & be untoward to heale, worfecommonly forthe handling, Carnojizze,, fle(hly fubftance, Cataplifn,a pultefle or grofie maner of plaftre. Cartilage,in man and beaft,is a griftle ; in roots and fruits, that fubftance which we obferve inthe Radith root, and the outward part of the Cucumber,as Plinie feemeth to take it; which therupen be called Cartilagineous. Cataradi, isa dimneffe of fight caufed by an humor gathered and hardened between the twoicle of the eye called Cornea, and the Cryftalline humour 3 it is next coufin to blindneffe. Cauflicke,’. burning,bliftering, or fcalding. To Cauterize,isto feare or burn by aCauterie. Cauterie adtuall,ts fire it felfe,or fcalding liquor: and fo afearing yron, gold or other mettall madered hor, is called an AQuall cauterie, whichwithout the help of our naturall heat doth worke prefently, Casterie potential, isthat which will raife blie {ters and burn in time after itis once fet on worke by the heat of our bodie,as Cantha- tides, Sperewort,&c. : Ceres, the firft inventrefleof corne, the fowing © and ufe thereof. : 219i Cerote, is of amiddle nature, between an oint- *s ment and a plaftre, not fohasd as the one -norfofoftasthe other,» ° | ra ‘ Ph : | Lhe explanation of — oe - Cicatricesin eyes, beewhitish fpots, otherwife called Pearls: they bethe skarrsalfo remiai- ning after afore is healed up: andfo a place _ isfaid to bee cicatrized, when it isnewly — skinned upandhealed. . sj) Circulation, is therdevife of {ublimiag or ex- — | 4 3 of : ft -e9) ee _’ tating water or oile,by a ftillatorie,a lem. '‘bickeor fuch, becaute the vapour before it be refolved into water or oilefeemeth to go round circlewife, ChfteriXed, isconveighed up by aclyfter into the guts. A A Celiact,be thofe that through weaknefie of fto- macke are troubled witha continuall flux of thebellie. : 2 vey Colature, a thin liquor that hath paffed tho- row a {trainer or colander. abla’ Colliquation,is a falling away, 8 confumption of che radicall humour, or folidfubftance of the bodie. ' hy, Collyries, are properly medicins applied to the eiesin liquid forme; whereas the drie kind be rather called Sief & Alcohol, efpecially in powder : howbete: Pdeme aturibureth this’ - tearmeto all eycfalves whatloever ., Alfo it feemeth that he meaneth thereby, tentsto _ be putina fiftulousulcer,as in the pa.5cg 6. , 510k: 1th} Collutéon a liquor properly to walhthemouth, teeth,and guimbs withall. . | Concoéted, i, alteredtothat fubftance by natu- rall heat, as either in health may ferve to nourith, or in ficknefleis apt to be expelled. Confolidat, to knit,unice, & make found againe* that which was broken or burft. Concrefe,? ardened and growne thicke. Condite, t, preferved in fome convenient li- quor. To Concorporat,é, to mix and unite togither into one maffe. : Confiftence,i.fabftance orthicknefle, Conftipste,ito harden and make more faft and compact. | Coutraétion in finews, afhrinking or drawing of them in tco fhort. Contufions,t. Bruises, Convulfions, painfull cramps. Criticall daies be fuch, as in fhort difeafesand thofe of quicke motion, doe give light un- tothe Phyfician of life or death. Plate ob- fervetl the odd daies to be moft fignificant, and thofe ufually determine of health ;and the even daies contrariwife: fo that the fe- venth is Rex, /, a gracious princes the fizth Tyrasnwsy.actuclityrant. ! Craditie,. Cruditie, SeéIndigefion. -. Cyath, afmall meafate,both of liquid ss atic things; the twelft part ofa Sextarius, which -wastwentie ounces : whereby itappeareth, that acyath was one ounce, one half ounce, one dram,and one {cruple :irmay.goe with us for foure ordinariefpoonefuls... Cubit,a meafure,ftom the elbow to the middle finger ftretched forth at length, which went ordinarily for 24 fingers breadthor 18 in- - ches,which is one foot and an halfe: yet Pi- niein one place maketh mention ofa fhor- tercubit, namely from the elbowtotheend of the fift or knuckles, when the fingers bee drawne in clofeto the hand. Cutancan eruptions, bee fuch wheales,p uthes, orfcabs, asdoebreake out of the skin, and disfigure it, D Ebilitie Jweakenefle or feeblenefie. Decoction, aliquour wherein things have beene fodtien, Decretoriedaies, be fuchina afickneffe, as fhew fome chaunge or alteration in the patient, either for good or bad, Defenfative, in medicines taken.inwardly, are thofe which refift\venome or peftilent hu- mor:in oucward applications, fuch as de- fead the fore or place affected from the flux orfall of humours thither, Denarius,acoine of filver in Rome, and ino- ther countries of gald,the fame that Drach- mia Attica,/.a dram in weigt, which ts v7.4. 06, ofour money; and the peece in gold an- fwereth neare rq a full French crowne, In poife it goeth for adram, Dentifrices, are meanes in Phyficke to pre- fervethe teeth, and make them white and faire. Depilatorie, are thofe medicines which either fetch off the haire, or hinder it from com- ming up againeatall, or at leaftwife from growing thicke, They were called in Greeke and Latineboth,?ilothra, Deficcativey drying. Digeflives,be thofe medicines,which taken in- wardly, helpe concoction of meat or hu- mors; or applied without untoafore, doe comfort the pladsjand make way for{peedy healing, Diflocations, when the bones bee either out of joint,or elfe difplaced. To Difopilate y.to open. To Difinatess to (eatter anddifpatch. Diftertioa, crookednefle or ising awiie Un- naturally. . Diureticall, fick things as provoke urine, Dofey i. that weight ot quantuti¢ of any mediz cine that may.be given either convenigntly or without daungex tothe. patient... 4, Dram,the eight parcol ai, ounce, waich is the weight of aRomane denier or Denarius. Dyf: nierzesis properly che exulcération ox fore intheg guts,whcrenpon entuerh h-befides the ._ Panett wrings of the bellic, a duxalfo of bloud atthe feege,and therefore itis ulually taken forthe ploudic Ax, dais aoa fy 1 Ene Ficheue See Eidyls,, : 4 Elecivaries bee medicinable compofitic tions orconfections to betaken inwardly,made of choife drougs,either to purge the humorss to ftrengthen the priticipall parts, or to .withftand any infirmiziefor which they are, made. The fubftance is betweeneafyrrup anda conferve, but more eaclining tothe confiftence of eonleriet: Eidylls,ox Esdylla, bee fall Pogines or Pam- phiets written by Poets, fuch as Theocri tus th Greeke compiled, and much like unto the Paftorals or Eclogues of Virgél in La- tine. Embrochation,is adevife that Phyficians have for to foment the head or any other part, with a liquour falling from aloft upon it, in manner of raine ; whereupon it tocke the name in Greeke Embroche, and hath foundnone yerin Latine,uoleffey we {hould ufe Superfufio. Evmollitives, medicinesthatdo foften any hard fwelling. Empirickes,were thofe Phyficians , who withs out anyregard either of che ici in adif- eafe, or theconftitution and nature of the patient,went to worke with thofe medicines whereof they had experience in others, fall it outasitwould, Empiricke bookes of Diodorus, conrame re- ceits approvedand found ffetuall by CX~ perience, Emunctories,bee thofe kernellie places in the bodie, by which the principall and noble ‘parts doe void their fuperfluities, or fuch thingsas offend. to wit, under the eares for the braine, the arme-pitsfor the heart, and the fhare for'the liver,&c. ts wey Rage ok et Rute ¥ » Lhe exp Emplaftrationin the Hortyard, is grafting by inoculation with afcutcheon;in Phyfick, the applying ofa falve or plaftre. Epilepfie,i.the falling fickneffe. Errhines be devifes made like tents, fharper at one end than the other, to bee putup into the nofe,either to cure fome ulcer there, or to draw downe and void humors out of the head,or to provoke fneefing ,&c. Efchare,is that cruft which arifeth upon a cau- tetie,cither actuall or potentiall, as alfo the roufe or {cab that groweth upon a fore. Evacuction, 7Voidance and riddance of any thing out of the bodie by vomite,purging, bleeding,fweating,&c. Excalfctorie,7.Heating or chaufing. Excoriation, fretting the skin off,when a part is maderaw:a way to exulceration. Fxcrefcence, z.overgrowing unnaturally of any thingin mans bodie. Exoricall, i.forraine, and brought from other counties. Exorcifmes,i.coniurations by certain charmes and fpels. Exorcifts they that praétifed fuch Exorcifmes, To Expectorat ito rid and difcharge out of the breaft by coughing or reaching. Expiatorte,were factifices or oblations fog to make fatisfation and attonement. Exiccative, See Deficcative, Extenuat,i.to make thin. Exulceration,t.aforenefle of any part inward or outward,when not onely the skin is off, but the humor doth fret deeper ftill. Exulcerative, bee {uch things as are aptto eat into the fleth and make an ulcer. F Ermentation,i.an equall mixture of things working as it were together: a tearme bor- rowed from the levaine, which difperfeth it felfe into the whole mafle or lumpe of dough. . Filaments bee the {mall ftrings that hang to a rootlike threads or haires, which fome call the beard of the root : and inrefemblance thereof, other things growing likewife, bee fo called. Fiffures, clifts,or chaps, whether it bee in the hands, feet, lips,or fundament. Flatuofities, i.windinefle gathered within the bodie. Flora, the goddeffe of Flowers among the Pai- nims, , ey oe se ae * > cae : es b ano Fomentations properly be devifes for tobe ap- plied unto any affected part,eitherto com. © fort and cherith it,orto allay the paine, ot elfe to open the pores to make way for oint- ments and plaftres.If they be liquid things, they arelaid too by the meanes of bladders, {punges,or fuch like :if drie, within bags or quilts. — : Fractures,i. bones broken, Frittions or Frications tubbings of the bodie upward or downeward gently or otherwife, as the caufe requireth. Frontall, the forme of an outward medicine — applied unto the forehead,to allay pain, to procurefleepe,&c, | Fukes,t. paintings,to beautifie the face in out- ward appearance. They are called at this day complexions,whereas they bee cleane con- tratie: for the complexion isnaturall, and thefe altogether artificial, ‘ Fumofities bee vapours {teaming up into the head,troubling the braine. Fungous, i, of an hollow and light fubftance like to Fufles or Mufhromes. G fe Argari{mes bee collutions of the mouth, and parts toward the throat , either to draw downe and purge humours out of the head,or to repreffe and reftraine their flux, or to mundifie and heale any fore there growing. Gargarifing or Gargling isthe aQtion of ufing a liquor to the faid purpofe, Geftatton, an exercife of the bodie,by beeing carried in coach litter, upon horfebacke,or ina veflell on the water. Glandulows{wellings. See Kings evil. Gleir,i.the white of an egge. Gymnicke exercifes, were thofe, that were per- formed by men naked, and the place for fuch exercifes, was therevpon called Gym= nafium. ; H te of the bodie, is taken for the outward parts therof, oppofit unto the bowels and principal within ;which beeing comforted and fortified doe thruft forth offenfive mat- tersto the habit and exterior skin, Hemine,a meafure in Rome, as well of liquors as drie things: fo called, becaufe it was halfe Sextarius : it contained ten ounces, and is oh ep fomewhat - % - fomewhat under our wine pint , it is the fame that Cotyla in Greeke. Aumiditie j.moifture, Hydromantia, akind of magicall divination or foreknowledge of thingsto come,by obfer- vation of the water. . Hydrophobie, isa{ymptome or accident befal- Jing to them that are bitten byamad dog, whereby they are afraid of water. Hypochoudriall parts,be the flanks or foft parts under the fhort ribs. . I yr paflion, the wrings and torments of the upper {mall guts, occafioned by wind or {harpe humors, Some improperly call it the collicke of the ftomacke, | Imbibition, a drinking or receiving of any li- quorinto a thing : aswhen drougslie ftee- ped therein untill they be throughly foaked therewith. i Impoftumes properly be collections or gathe- rings of wind and humours efpecially be- tweene patts of the bodie, wherupon there appeareth a rifing or{welling, andin time they become corruptand doe rankle,unleffe by {ome meanes they be either drawn away or difperfed.Some tearme them wens,how- beit, the word is taken for inflammations and biles. To Incorporat,is to mix and unite well toge- ther. | To Incrafsate, isto make thicke. ! Indizeftion ; i.want of concoction and digefti- on, by which meanes many crudities and raw humors are engendered, and by confe- quenee abundance of rheumes. Inflation ,7.Awelling or puffing up withwind. Infrangible,zthat cannot be broken. Jofifion fignifieth the conveighance of fome medicinable liquour into the bodie by cly- ftre or other inftrament. Itimporteth alfo - the fteeping of drougs in a convenient li- quor:and the liquor it felfe, when tt is ftrat- ned from thereft. Ingredsents, be thofe fimples that goeunto the making of any medicine compound. Inietiion, is the conveighance of any liquid medicine by fyringe or fuch hike inftrument into’any part of the bodie orhollowandfi- ~ ftulous ulcer. Infedts, little vermine¢ot fmallcreatures,which — fisigC --Longaon, is the nethermoft gut reaching to >. the very feat or the fundament. | have (asit wereya cut or divifion betweene their heads andbodies, as Pifmites, Flies, - thewords of Art. Grafhoppers,under which are comprehen- ded Earthwormes,Caterpillers,&c, Infefsions be bathing tubs or veflels halfe full; wherin the patient may fit up tothe middle or above in fome convenient decoétion. Intermittent feaver,, are thofe which come by fits, and yeeldfomereft betweene whiles. Inunclios,zannointing, ©. Talebs ox Iuleps, be drinkes given commonly as pteparatives for to open the paflages ofthe inward parts, and to prepare the humours fora purgation, made either of fome ftil- Ted waters and fyrrups mixed together, ot of a decoction fweetened with honey or fu- _ garjorelsmingledwith{yrrups, K K’? gs evill , is the hard {welling of the Glandules or Kerne]s commonly about the necke: they be called alfo Scrophules, L 3 cetedayel, is the cornerof the eye wher-_ - in the teares appeare firlt,and thereof it taketh the name. , Lafsitude, is wearinefie or untuftineffe. Lavature, Lotion, or Loture, is a liquour to bath or wath withall : likewife to cleanfe and mundifie any part. Ligula, Lingia, ot Lingnla, a{mall meafure a- mong the Romanes, both of liquour and drie things, containing the fourth part of Cyathus, to wit,three drams and one {crip- tule or fcruple, fomewhat under halfe an ie and may goe well for our {poone. full. - Ay Liniment is thicker than oyle, and thinner than’an ointment,it may be taken for athin- netkind of ointment. : Lobes and fibres are the lappets andextreame parts of theliver, with the maifter veines growingthereto, oe Lecall medicines,be thofe which are appropri at forthe forehead, Evrbive or Na/a/ forthe nofthrils,&c. or to be applied outwardly.as ointments, which are nottobe ufed before general or univerfal] means by evacuation. Loch or Lohach,is amedicine more liquid than »-an eleétuarie, appropriat forthe lungs and windpipe, and is to bee lickedandlet goe downe leifurely. Luted, *» T he explanation of 4 Luted, i. clofe ftopped with cley, dough, ot fuch hike. steers. Leer ee M M 4esratives be medicines that help toripen any {welling impoftume,bile,or borch. Maturities the ripeneffe thereof, Membranes, be fine skins which enwrap other " parts,as the brains, cyes,and mufcles of the fiefh. Metrenchyte,an inftrumentferving to infufe or injeCt a liquid medicine into the matrice of a woinan,in manner of clyftre. Mitigatives, be fuchremediesas doe affuage paine. : Mna or Minawas aRoman weight, which pot- - fed twentie ounces, thatis to fay, the ordi- narie pound, called Libra or Pondo, & two . third parts : forthe common Libra called Medica, weighed twelve ounces, fo that Mina feemed to an{were unto the meafure Sextarius. Mollitive, See Emollitives. Mordicative, is biting and ftinging,as Senvie feed, Mucilage,is aflimie liquor drawne from fome roots or feeds,as fromthe marfh Mallow or Althea root, the feed of Pfillium or Flea- wort and others, 7 Jéufcles be the ficthie parts of thebodie, con- tained within their feverall membranes or skins. N Arcoticke medicines, bee thofe that be- num and ftupifie with their colduefle, as Opium,Hemlocke,andfuch like, | Nafalsbe Nofe-tents. See Erzhina. Nerves,t. Sinewes. So bertal: Nodbfities, hard kaubsand knots growing up- on the joints in. old gouts,, and in other palts. O Cehalea (criptule,orthe fixt part ofa Me dramas: p10 lis Obstructions i.Stoppings. Opiats, were ptoperly at the firftfiach eleGtuas 2 ¥ies or confeQions , which had a good “ quantitie of Opium, 2. thejuice of Poppie ia them, -fuch‘as Philonium and Requies, “which were deviled to mittigat intolerable paine, and to bring thepatienttofleepe: — howbeit,inthefe daies: all cleQuaries, even cordials,in aliquid forme be called Opiats, although there be not one grain of Opium ~ in them. coghon i Opilation. See Obstruction, Orthopnoicke, are:thofe that have thedifeafe a: Ae a ah | ee ee - Orthopnoea, which isa difficultie of draw- _ ing their wind,unleffe they fic upright. O/éessbe words caft forth atunwares, prefaging . fomewhat, adignorn of Otenchyte, an inftrument, devifed for to infufe or pourefome medicinable liquor intothe eares, Oxycrate, a mixture of water and vinepretoge- ther. | P Top Alliat,i.to cover. And fuch curesbe cal. led Palliative which {earch notto the root and caufe,but give afhew only of cures as whena fore is healed up aloft, and yet fe- ftereth underneath : and fo {weet Poman- ders doe palliat a ftinking breath, oceafio- ned by acorrupt ftomack or difeafed lungs, andfuch like. ; Paradoxes ftrange opinions. Pedtorals, i. {uch medicines as bee fit for the breaft and lungs. Pellicles, See Membranes, Penetravive,.Percing. Periodicall, {uch agues bee called,as retutne at their inft courfe from day to day, every third ~ fourth or fift day,8c.. Peripneumonie , isthe inflammation of the lungs, Peffarze, is a devife made like a finger or fup- ° pofitorie;to be put up into the natural parts of awoman, | . Phlebotomie, i.bloud-letting, or opening of a veine by incifton or pricke, 21 Phihyficke,to fpeake properly,is the confump- tion of the bodie occafioned by the fault of exulcerae and putrified lungs. But P&aie otherwhiles feemethto.take it for any other > .confumption. Pomonas.a deviled goddefle among thePai- » oohims;of applesandiisch fruits...) Prodigiesbe {traunge fights and wonderfull to- _ kens, prefaging fome fearetull ching to come. _ Propingquitie, nearencfleot affinitie, ||. Profeription; was a kind.of outlawingand de- priving a’man of she protection of capt Wit with confifcation of his lands and goods. Prepagat, to growandenctreafe,after the man- ner of Vinebraunches, which being drawn along in the ground from the motherftock doe take root. . Propitious j.graciousand merciful. Proximitie, neere neighbourhood or tefem- blance. Prifane, the deco&ion of husked Barley : 2 grewell made therewith, or the creame thereof. qi a Pulpous, i. full of pulpe, or refembling pulpe, which is the foft fubftance in Apples or fuch fruits, anfwerable to the flefhin living bodies. | Purulest,yeelding filth and Attyr. Putrefactive , {ach venomous medicines or humors,as do corrupt and putrifie the part of the bodie which they poffefic, = Vindecemvirs were certain officers, fifteen ~, in number, joined in one¢commiffion. R Reese a yeflell {tanding underneath, \. __readie to receive that which, droppeth atid deftilleth from fomething above it.” Reciprocall, going and comming, as the tides - of the fea ebbing and flowing, . To Reétifie, 7, to fet freight, teforme, or a=: Anurine, 1 £07 2: byt gait Retentive facuitie,:.thenaturall powerthatech part or member of the bodie hath to hold that which is committed’unto it, the duc time, asthe ftomacke, meat;the bladder, - urine, &c. ; Reverberation, 1,rebounding ot {triking back. Rhagadies, be properly the chaps ithe funda. ment or feat. re Rabified, 4, madered,as when byapplication , of muttard plaftres, called Sinapifines:; or beating a partthat is benummed with Net- tles, it recovereth a frefh colour againe,: whereupon fuch plaftres be called Rubifica= tive, and the operation is natned by the; Greekes Phoenigmos, guts or other parts fall downe into thebag of the coeds. the words of Art. 4 Soa a drawing of humours to the mouth, and a deliverie of them from thence in manner of {pittle. Sarcling is the baring of roots, by ridding a- way the earth and weeds from about them, that did clog them, 7 Scarification,is akind of pouncing or opening of the skin by way of incifion ff ghely, with the fleame or launcet, either to give fome iffue for the bloud 8¢ humors to pafle forth, or to prepare a place for the cupping- glafie toextrat more, it Schirreyisa hard {welling almoft fencelefle. Scriptuleyor Scruple,is foure and twentie grains weight, or the third part of adram. Strophules, See Kingsevill, , iis a Seat, is thecircumference or compafle about thetuillorfundament,,.. Secundine,.the afterbirth chat infolded thein- _ fant within the mothers. wombe, Seege, a ftoole of eafemenr; whereupon we fic . to difcharge the ordure and excrements of the guts. an Serofities or Seroushumours, bee the thinner parts of the maffe of bloud,an{wering tothe whey in muilke,fuch as wefeeto floate upon bloud that hath run out of a veine. Sextarsus a meafure among the Romanes, _whercol fix goe torheir Congius swhereup- on it tooke that name: tt containech two he- mines, and is fomewhat leffe thana wine quare with us,it beareth twentie ounces. Sinapifme, a pracife by a plaftre of muftard feedsand fuych like,to revive a place in man- net moctified,and to drawfrefh humors and colourto if... MVGSET 4h. Sy Solftice,.the Sunneftead, as well in Winter as Summer, when hee is come to his utmost points North and South, but ufually it is put for Midfummer onely, Sophifticated,s falfified and made cortupt,how- -beit, goingfortheright. Thus drougsand “gems ar€ many times thruft upon us, | Spafmes, be painefull crampes or pluckings of _- the finewes and cords of the Mufcles, ‘Spafmaticke,are {uch as be thus plucked. Species, be cither the fimple ingredients into 2 »¥compofition, or els the bare pouders min-. ~**7~ led together, readieto be reduced into an Rupture, the difeafe of burfting,as when thé “=<” electuaricliquid,or ables. “Speculative knowledge or Speculation,is the ine fight intoa thing by reading only and con- templation The explanationof ce remplation, without practife & experience. _ Sperme, isnaturall feed, Spondyles be the turning joynts of the chine or backbone, — Stomachicall flax , is the famethat Coeliaca paffio. See Celiaci. - Stonaaticall medecins, befuch as are appropriat for the difeafes incidenttothe mouth, and the parts adjoyning. muah Stypticke, be fuch thingsas by a certaine harfh taft, doe fhew that they be aftringent, as medlats, and alumne, which thereupon is named Stypteria, and fuch like. Succedan, that drug which may be ufed for de- fault of another. The Apothecaries call fuch, Quid pro quo, Suffufion, See Cataraét. Suffumigation, is the {moke that is received in. to the body from under a ftoole, for the dif- eafes of the guts, fundament,or matrice, Supparation, is when a bile or impoftume ga- thereth to an head and mutt be broken. Sympathic,i.a fellow. feeling, ufed in P/inie for the agreementor amitie naturall in divers fenfleflethings, as betweene yron and the _ Joadftone, Symptome,an accident accompanying ficknes, as head-ach the ague; ftitch,hortnefle of wind ifpitcing bloud,cough, and ague, the pleurifie, Syringe, an inftrument in manner of apipeto injeGt a medicinable liquor into the bladder. ai T 2, the Earth. T enacitie, clammineffe, {uch as is in glew, birdlime,and bitumen. Theoricke,ox Theoretique contemplative know- ledge without action and pradtife, it > = Brg Foe? hy rs = 7 ‘ - \; c ¥% T inefme, an inordinat defire to the ftoole with- out doing any thing to the purpofe, Tonfils, See Amygdals, , T ran/parent, i. cleate and bright throughout ; as cryftall,amber,aire,and water. Tranfvafation, i, the pouting of liquor outof one vefiell into another. Triviall, i, vulgar, common,and of bafe rec- koning. Triumviratthe Tripartite dominion of 4nfo- nit, Octavius, and Lepidus, when they held all the world in their hands, each one their third part. | Trochifques ox Trofques be little cakes orroun- dles, into which divers things medicinable are reduced forto be kept the better, andto bereadie athand when they fhall be ufed, Til, the fame that the Fundement or neather- moft gut. - me V V Egetative that powerin nature which God hath given to creatures, wherby they live, are nourifhed,and grow. Ventofitie, windinefle. Vittnitie, neareneffe, or neighbourhood. Vittoriat, afilver coine in Rome,Halfe adena- rius, fo called becaufe it had the image of Victorie ftamped on the one fide:itis fome- what under our groat. Vatiton, anointing. Vaguent, an ointment. Vreters, beethe paflages or conduitswhereby the water of urine pafleth from the kidnies intothebladder. ee Vulnerarie, i.bclonging toa wound ; as Sani- cleis a vulnerarie hearb, and Machaon was a vulnerarie Phyfician. 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F , y >: bi om ; ‘ See oe ae Pe oy . % ai : “y e Be 2 co : Reated we ave in the former booke, of the flare aud fieues above which give ws in |!) telhigence as well of the feafons, as the difpofition of tbe weatherta come : und that ee in plain and eafie manner sby foevident andundoubted demonfirations alfo,as may = ! rightly weigh and confider rhething we fall find and under (land. That onr coup PSS SE! trie farmes and villages fland us in as good fleed to know the inclination of the hea vens and flarsses the skill of Aftvonowsie (erveth our turnes for good Husbandvie, Thef? points now be- ing well and throughly learned many have beer of opinion, That the knowleage of gardens cx the care thereto belonging, fhould by good right follow mext Howbest I for ny part am of thisemind,tharthere be other matters concerning Agricultuvedefervetabe bandeled, before we leape thus foone to gardce ning, Aud here Icannot chufebut marvell much at fome menswho making [ech prefefsion of learning , and namely,in the skill and ference of Agriculture,as they have done;yea,and {ecking thereby so win alt their creat: and name of erudition and litterature; have notwithjland:ng omitted many things requi- pt rberennto, without any mention made or one word fpoken of fomeny bear bes and fimples whith ci- D ther come up of themfelves, or grow by meancsvf manshand.: confidering that the moft part of them are in greater price and reputation,yea and in moreufe andrequefl far for themaintenance of this our life,than cither torne or pilfe,er any fruits of the earth whatfoever.: ilo + And to becin firft at thoferhat are knowne commodities and fo notorious asthas the uferhercofnat onely veacheth all over the maine and continent but extendesh alate the very {eas and overfpreadeth thera :W bat {ay we to Line or Flax,fo commenly [owed as it is ?yet may it not be raunged either among the fruits of the field or hearbes of the garden. Butwhat region(Ipray you)or part ef theearthis with- out it2and whatis there fo neceffarie sor this life of ours a all refpects? Againe gs thire any thing inthe whole world more wonderfull and miraculous,than that there fhould bean hearbe found of this vertue and propertit,as tobring Fizypt and Italie together ? infomuch, as Galerius, Lord Deputiein Zagypt E wader the Romanes was knowneto fez faile from the firth of Mefina ia the ftretchts of Sicilie, and in feven dsies to arrive at Alexandria : Babilius alfo Governour therelikewife, in fix 5 and that by the wscares of the faid hear be? Moreover, what fay you to this, which was feene walongecr fince than the Szmmer past; when Valerius Matianus, a Senatour of Rome, and late Lora Pretour, embarked and tooke {hip at Puteoliandin nine dates fa:led to the {aid Alexandviasand yethebad but.avery mild and Hill wind to belpe him in that voiage 2 Is not this a ftrangeand foveraigne hearbe thivke you, thatin afeven-night [pace can fetch Gades from as far as the treights of Gilbretar or Hereules pillars jntothe — harbour of Ofttain Italie 2 can fhew(ifay)the kingdome of Catalognein Spain before the faid:port-town ta foure daies,Provance in three, and Barbarieistwarne? For C.Placcus, liewtenant under Vibius Crifpus the Pro.confull,did as much as lfpeake of, and that with no great forewind, but amoft gentle E aad mild gale.oh the audacious boldneffe of this world, foralh,fo full of fin and wickednelfe that mas Shoala fow and cherifh amy fuch thing ys might receive and frallow the winds formes and tempelissas if the float and tide alone were not fufficient to caric fo prowd acreatures But now are we gromue more- over to this pafse, that fusles bigger than the fhipsthernfelves will not ferve our tarnes . For albeit oue waft be fi ficient tocariethe biegeft cropse-yard that can be deviféd,yet are not wee content with a fingle | BE mdine-(aile Dy | content the meane capacitie of the wnskilfall and ignoratity Ander ily, if weewill | , : The nineteentyBgoke of oe maine faile thereupon yunle(fe we fet-up faile upon failestopand top.gallant sanlelfedd fea keve fore G Sailes and (prit-fatlesin the Prow.mifns alfo boifed up and di{plaiedenthe poupe ; befides other trinkets and more cloth ftill : and all to {et us more forward upon our death, and to baflen our end. Finally,is there ought againe{o admirable ,as that of fo {mall azraine asis the Lidefeed, there flould grow that which is able to carrie too and fro in a moment this round globe of the earth; the fame being fo flender a flalke as it is,and not growing high from the ground? confidering withall,that twifledit is not entire and whole in the fem : but before it. can bee occupied, it mufi.bee wateredy dried, braked, “tew-tawed, and with much labour driven and reduced in theend to bee as {oft and tender as wooll: anid ail to doe vielence to nature and mankind moft audacionfly évenin the highef degree, in uch (ort, asia man is wot able to proceed fo farre in execration as is due api Tavention, The firft devifer whereof Ihave inveighed againftin convenient placeelewhere,antinot withoutdefert :.as whocould not bee content, that a man [hould die upon the land but he muft perifh apes thefea,tofeed hadockes there, without the honour of fepultare.In the booke but next before this, 1 Gave warming and advertifed men,That far te enjoy corne and other victuals neceffarie for this life in [ufifance and pleutie,wee fhould beware of wind aud raine, And now behold, man is fo wicked and ungracious his wit foinventive,that he will be fow- ing tending and plucking that with bis own hand which cals for nothing elfe at fea but Wind; and ne- ver refis ill Buraing bee come. See moreover how well this anhappie hand of bis {peeds for thereis not 4 plant.againe commeth up {ooner yor thriveth fafter than this Flax . And to conclude, that wee may know how Nature her felfeis nothing well pleafed therewith, and that it groweth mauere her will, It burnes the field wherein it is fowedsit cateth out the heart of the ground,and maketh it worfe,wherefa- ever it comes sthisisall the good it doth uponaland. | | \ ark? Case tt" ef The manner of fowing Line or Flax: the fundrie kinds thereof. T he order howto areffe it, Alfo of Napkins and other Naperie, Of Flax and Linnen that will not burne in the fire, And when the T heatres or Shew-places at Rowe were Sir encourtained, F [Ine-feed loveth gravelly or fandie grounds paffing well, and commionly is fow- edwith one tilth.and no more: yet is there nothing maketh more haft to be SAU | above ground, orfooner commeth to maturitie. Being fowne in Spring, itis | *For that fo 4 pluckt in Summer:See how “injurious flill itis to the earth even this way alfo] qpecty rok Zy\ Well, fay tharthe Zgpytians in fome fortmay be excufed, for fowing it as Herne: they do,and making faile- cloth thereof; in regard of the neceflarie wafticke, they have into Arabia and India,for to fetch in the commodities of thofe countries;what need or reafon I pray you hath Fraunce fo to doe ?Can the Gaules be forted in the fame faunge with the Egyptians ? Whether would they goe? Is it not fufficient that they fee the mightie fhoun- taines {tanding juft betweene them and the Mediterranean fea? Will notthisferve to keep them from Navigation, that on the huge Ocean fide,thgy can difcover nothing bur the vaft elements of Water and Aire together ? Howbeit, for all this reftraint, the Cadurci, Caletes, Rutene, and ~ Bituriges ;the Morini alfo who are fuppofed to be the fartheft people inhabiting our continent, yea,and throughoutall pares of Fraunce they weave line and make failes therof. And now adaies alfo the Flemmings and Hollanders dwelling beyond the Rhene (Imeane thofe ancient ene- *Iefcemeth imiestothe State of our Empire) dothelike: *infomuch, asthe women there cannot devife to ae one uel goeimore rich and coftly in their apparell,than to weare fine Linnen. The obfervation whereof land cloth and Ra NTE ; A Cambrick was putteth me in mind of athing that #2./arro doth report of the whole race and familie of the i requeftby — Serrani:in which houfe this order was precifely kept, That there wasnot a woman among them » P&nics time, . : ‘ 2 knowne to weare any Linnen about her, not fomuch as in afmocke next her bare skin, Now in Gerinanie,thefpinners and weavers of Linnen,doe all their worke in {hrouds, caves, andvaults, buried(asit were) under the ground : fo doe they alfo in Italieand that part of Lumbardie that "Regione ada lieth betweene the Po and Ticinus, to wit, inthe *countrey Aliana ;where (after the Setabines reTuracb, — in Caftile,which is the beft)there is very fine workmanfhip of Linnen cloth,and may deferve the third place for goodneffe,throughout all Evrope. For the Retovines, bordering hard upon the forefaid Allianes,and the Faventnes who inhabite the broad port- way Aimilia, are to bee raun- ged > Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. A ged ina fecond degreeand next tothe Setabines forthe fine Linnenwhich they make, And in very truth this Faventine cloth is alwaies farre whiter than the Allian, which is ordinarily brown when it is newwoven,and beforeit be bleached: Likeas the Retovine is exceeding fine and thick woven withall and befides,not inferior in whitenefle to the Faventine;howbeit,no.nap or downe iccariech,a thing which astherebe fome whadoe greatly praife and, like; fo there bee ochersa- " gainedifcommendand diflikeasmuch . As touching the thred infelfe that shey make of theig Flax, itis more even(ifevener may be)than thatwhich the Spider fpigneth;; fo nervous alfo and flrong withall,that ifa man liftto make wiall thereof with his teeth, it will give a twang andring againe like a Lure-ftring sand thereforeitcarieth a doubleiprice to.other, As touching the Spa- - nih Flaxyland namely, thatwhich Aragonand Cartalogna.dooth yeeld, itis palling faire and B whie,byreafon ofa certain'brook or running water pafling under Tarracon, wherein it iswate- red: the nature whereofisto give ita fingular brightnes above the reft. VV onderousfine it is,and ' gunner intoa daintiefimalkthread: for there firft was devifedthe fine Cypres oriLawne,and the eurtainesthéreofdt isnorlongago,fince optofthe fame parts of high Spain,there was broughs into Italiethe Flaxof Zoela, moft commodidusand meet for hunters to,make great.ners.and coile.A matitimecitiethis Zoclais,in Gallitia; firuat neare che Ocean. Thereisexceilent good Line alfo to bee found at Cumes in Campainewithin Italie, which ferveth very well for {nares and {mall netsto take fifhes,and catch birds with; The fame alfo yeeldeth matcerjand ftutic. for the greatcord-nets abovefaid . For wote well this, that Flax fitteth our tutnes,.as well rof{nare and entrapail other beafts,as it dorh to endaunger our ownefelves [upon the fea.] But of all o- C_ thers, the toile made of Cumes Flaxen cords, are fo firong that the wild Bore falling into it,will beecaught: and no marvaile, for thefekind ef nets will checke thewery edgt of afword, or fitch lke weapon,>Imy felfe have feene fo fine and fmallathred; thata whole net knit thereof, toge- ther withthecordsand {tringscatled Courants , running along the edges to draw it in andlet.te ouaawould paffe al] through the ring ofa mans finger.1 have knowne one man alfocarie fo many bas ofthem (ealily) aswould goe abou: and compafiea whole forreft, Butthacisnotthe ereatett wonder of tient: for more than fo, every one of those threds that went to the making of che mathes, wastwifled.150 doublezand evenot late daies, Jebus Lupus, who died Jord Deputie or Governour of ZEgyps,had fuch. This may well feemiea marveile incredible to thofe who neither knew nor fawthe net. worke Habergeon or Curet of Amafis, aking fometime of Aigypt, which D was thewed of Jate daies within the temple of .#4inerva,in the Ile of the Rhcdians;every thred whereof carieda twift *three hundred fixtie five double.Certes, vaisavus,amsan of good credit * According ro (as who had been thrice Confull of Rome) hathrelated fo. much atRome upon his owne know- the daics of thé ledge : for whereas there remained yet certaine {mall reliquesand little peeces thereof,it was his #** hap of late to meet with fome of them,and by bis owne triall to find that truc,which had been re- ported by others. And verily, great pitie it is,thatfuch an excellent,richjand rare peece of work (as icwas){hould thus come to nothing ,by mens tojurious handling of it,raveling out che threds as they have done, for tofee the proofe of the thing. : Burtoreturme againe to our Flax of Italie. That which groweth ia the Pelignians countrey,is at this day in great account andrequeft : howbeir, none ule it but the Fullers, fhere is nora whi- E terFlaxtobetound,& indeed refembling Woollnearer than this Flax. Like as,for quilrs,ticks, and mattrafies the Flax of the Cadurci in Fraunce had no fellow: for furely the invention there- of,asalfo of flockes to fluffe them with, came out of Fraunce. As for us here in Italie even as our manner was in oldtime to lie and fleep upon ftraw-beds & chaffey-couches,fo at this day we ufe to call our pailets ftill by thename of Stramenta. The Line ot Flax of Zgypris nothing tong, howbeitthe peaplethere doe raile exceeding great gaine and profit thereof. And foure diftingt kinds thereof areknowne, according to the names of the fundrie countries where they grow, to wit, Laniticum, Pelofiacum, Buticum,and Tentyriticum, sicied-b Moreover, in the higher parts of gypt which bend toward Arabia, there groweth a certain fhrub or buth carrying cotton,which fome call Goflypium, others * Xylon,andthe linnen ther. ¢cotonor . FE of madetheytherefore call* Xylina. This plant is but fmall,and bringeth forth afruit refern- Pombace, bling the bearded nut or filberd; out oftheinner fhell or huske whereof| called *Bombyx there 7 bety-Wols breaketh forth acozton like unto down,fo eafic tobe foun:and there isno flax in the world com- Sincouthen parable to itfor whiteneffe and foftnefle. Of this cotton the gyptian priefts were wont to wear *Herevpon tifeir fine furplefies, and they tooke a fingular delight therein, A fourth kind of linen thereis, j.4 Setting Bij | calle The nineteenth Booke of called Orchomenium; it commeth froma certainefennie reed growing in matifhes, Imeane G © the tender muchets or chats thereof. batt therewith.] This manner of Line groweth in the deferts of India,where no rain falls, where the ~ éountrey is all parched and burnt with the Sunne, among the fell dragons and hideous fer- pents. Thusitis enured there to live burning; which is the reafon,that ever after it will — | | Ie. — te ae) ‘They thatcancomeby itand meet withall, efteemeitas precious asthe beft orient pearles In - Pliniee NaturalbHlittorie. 1 A Gre: GeaWnitis to be forind ards arbi bewoven3f hort and fall iris: Howfoever orhet: wi iebe nariilly of colourreddith, yer by the fireit' Perteth a (hining'gloffe and bright hew, Greeke they call this Line, Asbeftinum, according tothe nature and properue thar it hath, Notto confume with burning. Over and befidés; w#axilays faith, Thatifa man would cut down orfallaggebpittalch andiinfecret, lenhimtompafleriicbady-chereof with adheer.of xhis line nen, he may hew as long ashewi llavitsandall the ftrokes that he'giverh willhe fo drowned, that they (hallnorbe heard againe, To conclude wnall thelaefpects abovelaid, this Line may well be counted forthe principal and beftthatis inthe wholeworld, r oP he next toivini wogeaetlesis thie Lineicalled By Ms ee fine Lavine or Titanic whereof our wivesanddamesar home fe fo much fiore by! for tolttiin and -decke.thenifelves zit prowerh ia Achaia dathinilte rervicarié wbourElisy andi] Huodychataioldtime it was fold asdeareias gold, . fora * feniplethercofwaseoasinionly exehataged for *fonre DenicrsRotmine. 90108 }OUN E22 Tag graines. = Theliseartappic dowel which linnen dlotly besreth iA fitannerofa foft cotton, Petia! pipe ocace | fuchascormeechiof thip failesthar haveliayatiea, is-of srearufe in Phylicke. *The’atAts allo the graine,and madetheséofbecbunied 4 pood'S uccedaine'or Spodiunay 4nd for theilefficacie may goforit. [4 Moreover théte is a kitid of Poppies mach fought after for blaunching add bleaching oflinnen made Zi cloths} forbeing skoured thedwith ic is Woridertull how white and pure tliey. will looke? Aga yer wn), wherok forialbre@bearic tharcoqliteth in that colunrj peopleare grown to this difordér’& Vain ehor- er craves mitic, thatthey haveatlayed to faineaad diectierr liner atid naperie into orher colours,aswell wich which asitheir woollen cloth. Which praQifewgsfirtt feeneinthe! Armada or figet of K. U4 lexander Lakes: e 4 the Greatjapon the great Fiver Indusyat'what-time as hiscapraines and Adtnitals in acertaine faunched his skitmiflythar they dadewith che lndians, chautiged theatmesand enfigns of their fhips:wher- bleeding. atehe inhabitants (bceinguponthe there ang trond) weréaftonied to feetheirailes and firea- mers paeedwith diverscolours wavingiirtie wind: Semblably; the Sailes of that {Hip were, died purplepwiiercin 1. Antanies vogitherwichchopat/a egine to ACinhs, and in which they fied both froarthenceandeleapeds Anduntdead hereroforelated purple’ batines ereAed on the top of theminty wasthe badeseoresfieneof che royallAidimirall (hip : but dfterwards they be- ‘ gait atRiemhere eicouitaine their Theatre with hichvellesdied in colours,onely for fhade : an invention@evifed by 2. Casilvs at whine teas hee dedicated ake féliple of the Capitoll. In . procefle of time, Learalus Sprarer (bylrepOrt) was the'firlt mankhae A the! folemnitie of the © gamesandplaics Aipollinare}drew fine courcainsover the great Athphitheatre ac Rome: how- ie) beit not long after, Ce/ar DiGtatour canfedthe grand Forym or Common-place at Rome tobe covered alb over with fuch rich courtains syea and the biblyfaiie {treet called Sucra,to be hanged on both fidestrom his owne dwelling hate to the veryCapicoll cliffe: which magnificent and fumptuous fight, was morewondered ar'and (eene with ereater admiration, than the brave thew and Tourheyrhat he fet out attiie fame time of Sword-playets at (harpe and'to the utterance, Then followed Marcelixealfo the fonne of odavia, fille? tothe Esmperonr Avex /}us,who in his owne Zadilethip & in tiereneh Confalthip-of his uncle 442ifms beforetaid} upon the Calends or itt day of Auguft chatyeare, caufed theRomane Portittito be drawn’ all over and fhadowed with the ke courtaiis; although hee reprefented at thattime no folemnitie at all of games/and plaiesvand-chis he did onelyztivat they whocaineto pleadarthe barie, might ftand underthade more holefomely. Lord, waza chaunge was here at Rome fince thé daiés of Cato the Cenfor, who thought irmeet andrequifit, yea aid gave advife that the {aid Forum or great Hall ofcom- mon Pleas fhould be paved atid laid al] over wich caltraps under foor,Loketp our Lawyers and bufie pleaders from thence; Of late daiesthete were feenein the Amphitheatres of Emperour Nero, traverfes drawne upon cords and ropes, with fine courtains of blewaztire colour likethe skie ,and'thofe befer with ftars';where the very floore of the ground under mens feet, wascolou- redred, And wherefore ferve thefe in cloifter-courts and walkes now,but to keepe the moffe for- footh upon the ground, orrather the fine fret-worke in pavements,from Sun-burning ? But for allthefepaintingsand rich dyes yet when allis donc, the white linnen-heldthe owne {hill & was. highly eheemed above altcolours.And no doubt in great price fuch cloth was in the time of the Frojane wart'and in good faith [fee noreafon why it thouldnot be as well in bloodie battails as at brokenthipwracks. Howbeit Homer teftifieth chat few there were who went t6 the wars with lin- “peokabergeons or curets:but it fhould feem that thePoet(as the better learned expofitors do in- B ij terpret) ’ 6 ~The nineteenth Booke of terpret) meant, That fhip-tackling, failes,cords,andropes,were made of this Line; {peaking as G- ‘ Called y he doth of * Sparta, whereby hee underftandeth in deed Sata, #.cordage offowne Line orgar- CUVEAS, SC- y . aon - 3 a he au ifs den Flax, LSBs enol’ e 9 dsb eaveerhingsh yd ond rie aioeeedhe. vilia, as Fefius noteth. { 20s NOH ces Sai see 9 SCL Ra ~ Cuaretads, 2vO.aningud daivi Sta. 09 06 264 9 | P& The nature of Spart.or Spanifhbroome “the manner of handling andidveaneiti 112 “eed clog when it was firt ufed in cordage swhat plants therebetbat live (ano . | and grow without root. Od att Sus W9o xd 20ulicd} i013 ow stodw odtniet iss Ded bag lisuicnivensrigget pained se > Part verily was not in ule and requeftfor many hundred yeares after, neitherwasit knowne _ "y before the firft voyage and expedition that thé Garthaginianstnade_ in warlike, manner in- Ho ~ , to Spaine, An hearb this is alfo,growing of it felfe without fetting orfowing(which indeed « itcarinot abide.) Full well and properly it moughtbecalled,theruth of.a. dry andleane ground, and 3.very defect or imperfection appropriate) cothatcountrey alone of Spaine:for,to faya truth, it is the fault and badnefle of the foile in the higheft degree, that breedeth its and where it cometh up, nothing elfe can be fowed and {et,or will growat all. That in Africke on Barbarie is very {mall, and good for nothing. In the territorie of new Carthageor Cartagena(whichisin the higher part of Spaine) it growethmuch: howbeit all that tra is not given to. breed it, but looke where it commeth up,youthallfeewhole mountains all over-{pread and. covered with it, Hereof the rufticall peafants make their mattracesand beds; this is their! fewell’ wherewith they kcepe fires; ofitthey make their torchesand links togivethem light; withitthey arecommon- ly fhod; and the poore fhepheards cloaththemfelves therewith. Howbeit,hurtfullisthis plant 1 unco cattaile unleffe it be the tender tops and crops of the braunches, which they may broufe and. eat without harme. For other ufes, when the Spaniards would plucke itup, they have much adoe withall, and a great toile aboutit ; for their legs muft be well booted as it were with grieves 5 _ their hands covered with thicke hedging gloves,as gantlets: and beingthus armed atall points, yetthey lie tugging ait, pulling, writhing,and wrefting the fame with hookesandcrooks either of bone or wood, untill they have cheirwill of it, Come they about thisworkein wintertime, it is in manner unpoffible to get it up: but fromthe Ides[7. the mids] of Mayunto mid-lune, itis 5 very tractable: for this. isthe gime and feafon when itis ripe, and then commonlythey gather it for their ordinarie ufes before named. Being once pulledand forted,the good from thebad, itis made up into bundles and faggots with the hife ftillin it, and fo piled on aheape forthe firfttwo K daies ; the third day they unbind it, Jayit loofe and {cattering inthe Sun forto be dried : which done, they make it up againe into faggots, and fo bring it in and lay itup within-houfe, After all, this, they {teepe itin fea water (for that is beft) orels in freth,for want of the other, After this wa- tering,it muft be dried in the Sun, and chen fteeped in water a fecond time : but ifa man have ur- gent occafion to ufe it prefently out of hand, he muft put itin a great tub or bathing veflell, and let it foke there in hot water a time. Now if when it is dried againe,it be ftiffe and will ftand alone, they take it fora {ure figne that icis fufficiently watered, and hath that which it fhould have, This is a very neare and readie way, and faveth them much labour, Thusbeing prepared one ofthefe two waics, itoughtto be brayed and beaten before it will ferve the curne ; andthenno,cordage in the world is better than that which is made of it, norlafteth fo well within the water and the fea efpecially,for it will never be done, For drie worke,] confeffe,and out of the water,the gables. and ropes nade of hempe are better ; but Spart wrought into cordagewill live and receive nou- rifhmene within the water, drinking now the full as it were to make amends for that thirft which it had in the native place whereit firft grew. Of this nature is Spart befides, thatif the ropes made thereofbe worne,and (with much occupying) out of repaire, alittle thing will mend and refrefh them,yea & make them as good asever they were ; for how old foever it be,yet will it be wronght very well againe with fomenewamong. A wonderfull thing it isto confider andlooke into the nature of thishearbe,andnamely,how much it is ufed in allcountries, whatincablesandother {hip-tackling what in ropes for Mafons and Carpenters,andin a thoufandnecefiities ofthisour M life.And yet {ee!the place which furnifheth all this ftore, lying along the coaft of new Carthage, we fhall find to bee within che compaffe of thirtie miles in breadth,and lefle fomewhat in length, | And verily, if it were ferched farther off within che maine, the cariage would not quit for the coft and expences, hut eiagt om ThE A | Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. | ,, The!Greekes in oldtime emploiedcheirrifhes.in drawing of ropes: as may appeare by the very word cxoruos,whichfignifiech with thema rith,andaxope,But atterwardsthey ofe their cor- dageof Date tree leaves,and.the thin barks ofthe Linden or Tillet tree: from whence verily, like and probable itis, Tharzhe Canhagians borrowed both theirufe of Spartum, and manner alfo “Si Sparsvm of dreffingit. “rns ¥ ie ey eae She He it, Cfo $P2GS : dy lantd é ana T heophraftus writeth, That there isabulbous plantywitharootlike an Onion-head growing +efes fin, aboutthe bankes of rivers betweene the utmoftrind wherof,and thar pare withinjwhich is good Sigpagra to be caten,thereis acertaine cotton or woollie fubftance; ‘whereof folke uferomake *woollen * pppitia. ritu fockes and fomefuch flight peeces of apparel, But heneither named:the.countrey wherethey