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and draweth forth watery humors,being beaten to poude_r,and giuen to a dram weight : being 96" gatheredﬁeeped in vinegenand afterward dried,it is takenand that ef'feé’tually in the like weigh‘ of the dried lees of wine,and with a few Anife feeds", for 1'0 it worketh without any manerof tr_0"' ble, and helpeth thofe that haue the drop{ie : but it mull begiuen for certain dayes to'gerh€‘ m 3 little wine to thofe that haue need thereof. ' , . , K The gelly of the Eldenotherwife called lewes eare,hath a binding and drying“ qiialiliic ‘ the 1?; fu {ion thereof,in which it hath bin {ieeped a few honres,taketh away inflarnmations ofthf! mo”: and almonds of the throat in the beginning,if the mouth and throat be walhed therewithrand dot in like manner help the uvula. . L Dizzfcarides faith,that the tender green leaues of the Elder tree with parched Barly meale d0 fc‘ moue hot fwellings,and are good for thofe that are burnt or*fcalded,and for inch as be bitten W1‘ 3. mad dog,and that they glew and heale vp hollow vlcers. f M The pith of the yong boughes is without qualitie :which being dried,and fomewhaff Pfclred O

glualhed togethergis good to lay open the narrow oriﬁces or holes ofﬁllulafs and lfil!CS;lfIt be 9“: erern. 4

C H A P. 78. 0fe9ll4‘4I‘l'/5 or l3Vzzter Elder.

1 Saméucm aquntilis, fivepalzgjlris,

_ 2 Saméumr Rafa; Marrfh or water Elder.

The Role Elder.

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if T116 Deftripriorz. B Arilh Eldetis not like to the common Elder in leanes,but in boughes; It 5"?” (3. , after the manner of a little tree; the boughes are couered with a barke 05?" ‘

noured Afh C9199? ,3 as be thofe of the common Elder : they are fetwith 10);‘;::am

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terrain di{tances,&i haue in them great plenty Ofwhlte pith, therfore they hanelelle wood,which 33 White and brittle: rheleanes be broad,cornered,lil:e almoli toVme leaucs,but lelfer and fofter: “Gag which come forth {poked rundles which bring forth little ﬁoures: the vttermoll whereof a- °Ugf’t the borders be gteater,of a gallant white col0ur,euery little 006 C0Dﬁﬁing Ofﬁue leaues :the 9‘ er in the midll and within the borders be ftnaller, and it ﬂoures by degreegand the whole mfg 15 Ola molt fweet fmell : after which come the fruit or beries,that are round like thofe of the corn- “‘°I1 Elder,but g'reater,and of a (hining red colo'ur,and blacke when they be withered. 2 S4;7;5z;c.«a Raf.-..z or the Elder Role groweth like an hedge tree,haurng many knotty branches 0‘ ll30Ots cornming from the root,full of pith like the common Elder {the leaues are lilrethe vine l°3ll€s,among;which come forth goodly llonres of a white c'.0l0ur,i«pr1nkled and dafhed heere and ere with a light and thin carnation colour,and do‘ grow thrcke and clofely compaéi: together, in quantitie and bullte ofa mans hand,or rather biggerpf great beauty,and fauorrng like the ﬂout-es Ofthe Hawthorne :but in my garden there groweth notany fruit vpon this tree , nor in any other Pl3Ce,for ought that I can vnderfiand. T _ _ - 3 This kinde is likewife an hedge tree,very lilre vnto the former in {iallrs and branches,which are jointed and ‘Knotted by dilia‘nces,and it is fullofwhite pith‘: the leaues be lrkewife corner-ed, The Hours hereof grow not out of fpoky rundles,but {land in around thick and globed tult,in big. nelrﬁalfo and fafhion like to the former, fauing that theyaend t0'a deeper purple colour, wherein‘ ‘"1137 the difference conﬁfts. ‘ '

tS’¢zzm£'~;.:cm pair}:/frré‘ or water Elder growes by running ﬁreames and water courfes, and in hedges by moilt ditch (ides. r. ‘\ a . . The Rafe Elder groweth ih gardens, and the floures are there doubled by art, as it rsfnppofed; ‘ qr The Time.

Theft: ltindes of Elders Home in Aprill and Ma'y,and the frpit of the water Elder is ripe in Sep-= ‘

‘ember. qr TbeN4me.r. . V y _ _ T The water Elder is called in I,atine,S4m6ucm aqzmti64,and Saméacwpalaﬂm : it tscalled Opulw and P/Atantagand alfo Cbamplatanm or the dwarfe Plane tree, but vnproperly. Valmm Cordm rr_ra-: eth it to be Ly,,,yz,,},/93,10; the S.axons,l‘aith Gefner,doc call it V*z_/A lupimz 5 from whence tiardm 11'1-

‘lented the name Am. wrm : it is named in high D'utch,1198lt bother. ﬁﬂd ihiiltlitl) DOW?! '3 ill LOW-E k

inch’ §mguken)a_[1d gnoeltkenbout ziofycertaine French men,06zere: in Englifh, Matifh El- .°‘rV’Vhitten tree,Oppel tree,and dwarfe Plane tree. H : V V _ V _ . - _. -e r The Rafe Bldg: is called in Latine,Sam6zrma Roféaﬁnd Sambamr aquatzfuz-being doubtles a kind Qgwlhe former water Elder,the floures being dfoublced b){’_3éf1a:is We 113“? laid. It 15 called in Dutch,’ .' ' - ers 0 e an R e era . e E Wggrfcbeiauorc '1“ Engmbiceld T beeNat,are’ Admi’) Vertuer. . V‘ ». . ' y 1 Concerning the faculties ofthefe Elders,and the berries of the Water Eldier, there is nothing»

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Anewornas it is not a‘ lhrubmeither is it altogether an herby'plant',bu't as it were a plai1tiP‘*i’i" ticipating of both, being doubtlefli: one of the Elders, as may appeare both by the leauesa’ ﬂoures,and fruit,as alfo by the fmell and talie. ’

it bVVall—W0rt is very like vnto Elder in leauesfpolry tufts,a‘ndfruit,but it hath not a wood)‘ ﬂalksi‘

Hi Tingeth forth only green llalks,which wither away inwinter: thefe are edged and ful of joints 1.

C to the yong branches and {boots of Elder 3 the leaues grow. 5}’ C0“Pl°S’Wl“h-_‘l‘P‘““°°5> W15?» a"°l°0nﬁi’€ of many fmall leaues which {land vpon a thicke ribbed ﬁallce ,3‘ ‘Of Wmch °“e’Y 005 15 °"§.broad,and cut in the edges like a faW,wider and greater than'tl1_€l°‘i““’5‘ oithﬁ °°“!‘“°" Elde’ iii‘? = at the top of the ﬁalks there grow tufts of white »ﬂr)a.v}:S Ell“ Wm’ ‘:1 5 y‘.'”lthl.l‘.‘° l‘“_l‘* ‘°l"“°? fa ‘hem pointed with hlaclre,which turne into blaclre oemes like the El Cr91n’wh1ChbClltElC long

Ce -‘the root» is ton'gh,and of a good and reafonable leuggthﬁ‘-ﬁtter -f°‘ Phyﬁclfsvfﬁ ‘ha? ill“

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