‘#1396 Of the Hifiorie of Plants.

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The Vcrtms. '

A They take away the heate of burning agues,and alfo the drought, they quench the furious ha: ofcholer, they flay vomiting, rellore an appetite to meate which was loll by reafon of ch01€“‘ and corrupt humors,and are good againli the peflilent difeafes. ’ ; -S

‘B The juyce of thefe alfo is boyled till it be thiclte,with fuger added that it may be kept: “’l"°hl good for all things that the berries are,yea,and far better.

3} I hate brought this chapter and the next following from the place they formerly held, and feared them here amongll the ref! ofihci-rk3n<'v1'¢d*

C H A P. 75'. Of Cloud»her2;y.*

V49‘57’54 T{'!5i54 The D: m’ rim? Cloud-berries. ‘I f P i 11 He Cloud-berry hath man)’ {mad threddy roots, creeping farre 85”“ vnder the vppericruft of the C3"; and alfo the moll‘e,lilte vnto Couch-g" mi of an ouerworn reddith colour, fet h€";’.::)m

.(§':.i"’* . /L ' there with fmall tufts of hairy firing"

, \_ s h ,/ — - gong ' which rife vp two (mall llalks, hard: no,

and of a wooddy fubfiance (neuer m0 .kC leffe) on which doe fiand the lead“ 1' C thofe of the wilde Mallow,and of the {am colour, full. of final! nerues or linewe" he ning in each part of the fame: betvV_€“”Ot

leaues commeth vp a {ialke lll(CW1{c W 3 wooddy fubliance, whereon dot gm an {mall floure confilling of line leauffsé ‘bore

Ii b 11 ' ' 11 of the wilde Auens. After commeth the fruit, greene ateihh l)i‘il)’:alSiiev171f}}')el%i)€vi:]arCii(:l’li)liJ<:r fides nail‘:

the Sun red when they be ripe 5 in forme almoli like vntoa little heart made as it were 0 ‘W0’ c. is no more but one,open aboue,and clofed together in the bottompf ayharfh 01' fharpe tal.le,w 5‘ in is contontained three or foure little white feeds . _ y {I The Place. 5} _ This plant groweth naturally vpon the tops of two high mountaines (amon the moflie place fr‘ one in Yorlieihire called Ingleborough the other in Lancailrire called Pendlegtwo of t 6 ll’ be mountaines in all England, where the cloudes are lower than the tops of the fafne an wintfif 1.005.’ whereupon the people of the countrey haue called them Cloud—berties found there by 3 “mow gentleman in the knowledge of plants,called M‘ Hes/:tth,often remcmbied, Thl ~ - . ii T.‘‘‘TW- \ ° “"3 fprmg VP111 Mayra: which time it flourcth : the fruit is ripe in Iuly. . _ Q} The Temperature. Th6 {Wit is cold and dry and very allringent. qr The Vemm. as

‘A The fruit quencheth th’ ll 11 . . - ,, catefl vvom Meier the decoaign ;n‘;‘C’l‘e’l$g filiflnfelflackea and all3Yeth rnflamtnations, hemp

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I” My friend M .'7’' Bl ofMar'bone ‘ a . _ . , h€‘5"” formal}, d¢fm,bcd,Pag" £7 rncithlfl do t§f:§;‘:.:n.;Pl‘“‘ hfleofollt of Lancafhrre and by the fhape ofthe leafe I could not mdgeit to differ ff°;'f;g 09"

‘°“‘ NW5 difer in any materiallpoint : the figures differ more ;:but Iiudgcfhis aver)’ WP

CH lip; 76} Ofjhmh Heartewort qfflithiopia‘.

WT The Dcfcriptionl \

Hifiliincl 0fSel'ely,being the Ethiopian Sel'ely,hath blacltifh flalkes of a woodd)’ ‘, ‘L this plant diuideth it felfc into fundry other armes or branches, which are be Cf W, its 395! eilseszs lsaussa fsfhisnsd fflnsrvhat like theWood-binde ieauesbm‘

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L I B. 3. W W Oi tire Hiliorie .oi‘Piarits;.m

S , S.efeli eéfithiopicurrzfiategr, _ limb Se{ely,or l-Iart-wortof Ethiopia. ieaiies a';fOlcandCr both in rhape and l‘ubllance,=

' heir 5 deepe OT darke greene colour, and ofa very good {aunt and fmel l, and continueth green in my garden both winter and fummer , like the" Bay orLaurell. The floures grow at the tops of the branches,in yellow rundles like the Hours of Dill :which being pail-,there fucceedeth a Clarke or duslry feed refembling the feed ofFennel,e.nd of a bitter talie. The root is thicke,and of a woo. dy fubliancc. i

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q{ T he Place. L A

it is found in llony places and on the feat coali»

not far from Marlilles, and likewife in other ply,

§ "'ii.r;,-, ces oflianguedoc : it alfo growetli in Ethyopia p in the darke and defart woods. It groweth in my‘

~ garden.

air The 7'z‘me.

It liourillieth , floureth, and ieedeth inluly

and Augull. E — {I The Names.

The Grecians call it i’us.m,am'ni. = the Latines likewife ufithiopimm Sefilz‘ .- the Egyptians , xiiorai opium that is, Dogs Horror: in Englilh, Sefely of Ethiopiapr Ethiopian Hartiwort.

The Temperature am?!/crtrres. Sefely of Ethiopia is thought to heme the fame faculties that the Seibly Of Marlilles hath; wherehnto I refer it. ‘

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C H A P. 77.} Of the Elder Tree: qr The Kiredes.

Herebe diuers forts of Elders , fome of the land , and fome of the water or mariih grioundis‘;-,9 form: with Very jagged 1ea.ugs,and others with double floures,as {hall be declared.

or The Dcfcrzprioa.

‘He common Elder growerh Vp now and then to ~thelbigr"iel1"e ofa mean tree,ca'iiin’g his bouglics all about,and oftentinies remaineth a {limb : the body is almoft all wooddy; jg. bauing very little pith within -,but the boughs,and efpecially the yang ones,which be intcd, are full of pith within,and hauebut little wood without : the barke ofthe body and great mes is rough and full of chinks,and of an ilfauored’ wan colour like allies : that of the boughs is °‘ Yery fmooth,but in colour almofl: like 5 and that is the outward barke - for there is another vnr. “flit neerer to the wood,of colour greemthe fnb fiance of the wood is fouiidfomwhat yellow,a_nd that may be eafily cleft: the leaues conlil-’t of line or fix particular Ones faiined to one ribberllkeg PE,0l_‘e of the \/Valnut tree,but euery particular one is lell‘er nicked in the edges,and.0f3 {alike and aggkiflg fmell. The floures grow on fpoky ru'ndles,whichJbe thin and fcattered, Of3'Wh”“~‘ C0101“ pr fweet fmell :after them grow vp little berries,green at the firfhaftfifwafds bI“"ke>wh°“30Ut is fofmid a purple juice,which being boiled with Allom and fuch like thing‘ a doth {ewe VCW We” Th the Painters vfe,as alfo to colour vineger : the feeds in thefe are a“ little flat and fomwhat long. ledere gloweth oftentimes vpon the bodies of rliofe old trees or _{hr’ubsaCetta1ne excteicence cal—' th Arrricula lad; or Iewes eare,which is foft,blacki[lr,cou‘ered with a skin,fomewhat like now and

t 13 Elder groweth euery where,and is the common ENCY-

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more gummy , approehing very neere Vlltothe

Cl‘ ‘O 3 mans care, which being plucked off and dried, {lirinketh together and becommeth hard.