‘WZSZMMAF if Of, the Hiﬁorie of Plants. ml:r~o.tti"fhedding5rvithlianding drunkenneﬂ"e,if it be taken‘falting,and preuaileth againﬁ the bitings of any venomous beaflz, . . g _ _ _, s he'fm,c_ There is drawne out of the green berries thereof a juyce,which is dried and referued for t V faid vfes. » , - There is lilcewife pre ﬂed out of the leaues a j uyce, by adding vnt_o them either old w1n€,0£::l:;: water, which muli be vfed when it is new made, for being once dry it putrrﬁeth, and as Diff - faith,Iofeth his vertues. y . ’ V

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Ullyrmr Braléarzticzgﬁue Elztagmar Cmii.

Gaule,{weet willow,or Dutch Myrtle tree. WI T be Defm'ptian..

’ Aule is a low and little {hrub 01' ~V°gd;',’: A plant,hauing many browne 8: haldf :ne_ chesrwhereupon doe grow leaues 0 0 what long, hard, thicke, and oileous, 0”" fauour or {rnell fomewhat like M17?!“-"am

. es . the branches come forth other little 0“ ’

wherupon do grow many fpoky 631"? full of 1"'mall.ﬂoures,and after them great ﬁore oflquare feeds clulieringt of -a firong and bitter taﬂe. The mo and of a wooddy lub ﬁance,

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This Gaule groweth plentifully 1“ .

places of England,as in the Ile ofE1Ya&h ,6 is Fenny countries thereabouts,whereO ‘ cc . fuch fiore in that countrcy, that the)’: ‘lmulg guts of it and lheaues,which they C3” to fheaues,to burn and heat their oucﬂs-It g the; Cth alfo by Colebroolre, and in ﬁ1“d’y 0 places". ' ' ‘ .. .

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ﬁr The Time. d’ The Gaule ﬂoureth in May aﬂd lune’ an ‘ the feed is ripe in Agulfc, " . r q; 7.65 E~Ia_nm.i _ , My-i This tree is called ofdiuers in L3tlF“’5 C31. tusEraémtica,and Pﬁadomyrﬁngand C07”. r leth it Eleagnzagcbamzgleagnw ,and M}”Z"M/[,4 ' éamtica. Elmzgnzu is defcribed by T5”? ,6 of t0b€ 3 ﬂllubby plant like vnto the Chaﬂe tree,with a {oft and downy leafe, and with the 0“ I115 P°Pl‘“' mfegand that which we haue defcribed is no fuch plant.Itvhath no name am0I}% . ehhe writers for ought we know,vnlell'eit be It/zmfyluejlris Pliny, or Piiny his wilde Sumach,0f Wt“? is hath Wlim“ in his 24-.b00ke, I richap. [There is, faith he,awilde herbe with {hort il:all(C5awhlIC 73“ enemy I0 p0if0D,andakiller of mothes.] it is called in low Dutch,d5age| gin Engli{h,G3“ 6' , The Temperature. Hes be G3“l3 0*’ the Wlldc MYm°: Cfpecially the feed, is hot and dry in the third degree: the 1°“ hot and dry,but not fo much. ‘ L y 0 . 1,} T/:'ze Verrues. A _ _ hich 3; The fruit IS troublefome to the bta1n;being put into beere or ale whilelt it is in boyl1ﬂS(W ' many vfe to do) it makethrthe fame heady,ﬁt_to make a man quickely drunke. 5 and § The whole lhrubbe, fruit and all, being lared among clothes, keepeth them from m°‘hc ‘ WOXIIICS. ‘ '

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Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

Wort: or W arr/e derrier.

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\/Acciarizr, or W orts, of which we treat in this place, differ frorn_Violets , neitherare they .e‘l’t'ee‘-’ W ﬁned for their ﬂoures but berries :of theft: Worrs there be druers forts found out by the later . titers,

2 Vauinia mbra.

I I/accinia nigm. -- 1 Red Worts or Wortle berries;

ii Blaclre Worts or Wortle berries.

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1 Am,”-F, #13,“: the bhcke vvortle or Hnrtle, is a bafe and low lhrub or wooddy plant,

. bringing forth many branches of a cubic hrgh,fet full of fmall Ieaues ofa darlre greene

to colour, not much vnlike the leaues ol_ Box or the Myrtle tree : amongﬁ which come “Eh little hollow floures turning into fmall berries, g‘““?‘° ‘it the f_irl’c, afterward red,and at the W .°_f& blacke colour, and full of a pleafant and fweet _}uyce : in whrchdoe lie diuers little thinne‘ 1 ‘Nb feeds : thefe berries do colour the mouth and lrps_ofthol'e thateat them, with a blacke co-l

Ur : the root is woo-dd y,{1ender,and now and then creeping. , * ‘

2 Vaccinia mémpr red Wortle,is like the former in the manner of growi.ng‘,but that the leaues greater and harder, almoft like the leaues of the Box tree, abiding greene oil the Winter long‘

e ‘ﬁnches : after which fucceed f mall berries,in fhew‘ and bigneﬂé like th-€,f0fm€:T;b‘_’i‘ Phat ‘_ e Ofari excellent red colour and full ofjuyce, of [0 orient and beautifull a pur.plc_to limme with: hat Indian Lam: is not to be compared thereunto,efpeCi311Y W115‘! this iuyce ‘5 Pfepared and red With Allom according to art,as my {elfe haue proued by ‘3XP°"e“°.° “he “ﬁe 15 rough and ‘ngent : the root is of a wooddy fub ﬁance’. . i , , e 3. Vaccinia al5zz,0'r~ the white Wortle,is likevn to the former, both in ﬁalkﬁs and leaues, but the “e5 are of a white co‘lour,v‘vherein conﬁﬂzeth the difference-

; °“8 which comeforth {mall carnation ﬂoures, long and round, growing indllﬂefs “‘ ‘he ‘OE’;

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