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1405 Of the Hifiorie of Plants. LI 3. ;.

Iy in Spaine and ftich hot regions : we plant and let it in gardens,defending it from cold at the b6: ginning of March efpecially.

I haiie not feen any one tree thereof growing in Denniarlte,Suevia,Poland,Livonia, or Rufl.1“:°’» in any of thofe cold countries where I hauc trauelled.

’ Q] 7795 Place: . ,, . The Bay tree groweth green winter and fummer : it floureth inthe I'pr3rig,‘an'd the black fruit -19 ripe in O ember. . _ 11 The Namer.’ . y 7 ~ This tree is called in Greeke am. .in Latine,Lmw: .- in Ita1ian,Laura: in high-Dutch . 73999.” beethaumz in low-Dutchfirautug boom: in Frcnch,Lmm'er: in Spani{b,Laurel,Lorel,and L4W“» ro .- in Engli{h,Laurel or Bay tree. . 3 ._ . The fruit is named in Greeke «wait: 2 in Latine.,Lauri éacaz : in high.Dutch , Il.o002I3bB¢Wfl3 m low-Dutch,$ake«lcet: in S pani(li,Vay4/r .- in Engli{h,Bay berries. . . .3 I The Poets feigne that it tookc his name of D419/me,Ladohis daughtet,wi.th whom 490/10 £5” l one. I; The Temperature‘ and 7’ crime}.

‘A The berries and leaues of the Bay tree,faith Galeagarc hot and very dry.and yet the bferriefi main

than the leaues. , B Iii‘? barke is not biting and hot,but more bitter,and it hath alfo a certain afiriéiiue Or bifldmg qua itie. 1,: » A C The berries with I-lony or Cute are good in a licking medicine, faith Diafcafider gr agaihfitihgr ~ Ptyficke or confumption of the lungs’,-iiflicultie of breathing, and all ltindes offluxes or rhéumg ' about the cliefi- 5 D Bay berries taken in wine are good againfl the birings and fiingings of any venomousbegflz againlt all ve_no_m and poifon : they clenfe away the morphew : the juice preffed out here Ii ¥“‘3d"3 £0? P31“ 1“ I116 earcs.and d€afnefl'e,ifit be dropped in with old wine and oile of Re es. is alfo mixed with ointments that are good againfi wearifomngfre, and 5113; ffeagg and dif V wa fie away humors. i A 3 _ B3)’ bmies are Put into Mifhfidate, Tteflcle, and fix ch like medicines that are made 15 “mm fucli people as are growne fluggiih and dull by means of taking opiate medicines or {uch as ham’: 4 any venomous or poifonous qualitie in them. ‘ ’ F They are good alfo againtt cramps and drawin together of finues. m‘ G \_’V¢ ii} Oug time do not vie the beries for the in rmities of the lungs or cheft,but minifiel ‘bet-5 3g_"‘",1fl‘ Eh“ dtfeaflis Qffhe P‘°‘“_'-"“3lS°.liuer.J'pleen,and bladder : they warme a cold flomackcic u C..°“‘3°_5“.°,“. 0f ‘a_“’ h“m0"Y5: “WC VP 3 dficayed appetite, take away the loathing ofnieat.°P‘9 on. §iQi1}:pm’$ 0*-the hue.‘ and rP1e°9e2P‘°”0ke “Wiring downe the menfesfind driue forth the {cc 1 H _, The 95“? piefied out Oflheffior drawne forth by decoétioii cloth in fhort time take aW3Y (“hi and fueh like filth oi the skin. ’ ~ 1; rem‘;'.,

and

I i I t cureththerri that are beaten blacltc and blew,and that be bruifed by fquats and falls: “ah blacke and blew 1" pots and concealed blond and digefleth and wiafteth awa the hummus g thctepd about the rieuecl part. b J t y be K r D’WW~’e-*5 fair that rlicleaues are good for the difeafes of the mother and bladder,ifa bath 6 ‘Iliad? Fh¢T€0ftogbat’he and lit in : that the grecne leaues doe gently binde that being applied ‘b y aliigood 3-E‘-Qaililfl the fiingings of waf ps and Bees: that with barley meale ’ arched and bread £1157’ ammge 3“ kind“ Ofififlammations :and that being taken in drinke they mpitioate the paine Ofthc fiomacl<e,but procure vorriir, F " or: L , The be.t“efs °.f ‘bl: 53.)’ ‘"35 flampedwith a little Scaminonie and fail’;-on. and labored in afinret‘ *3’ Wuh Vlnegfland 0115 °fR°f°5 ‘.9 the foirme of a liniment,and applied to the temples an ‘ part of thehead,do greatly ceafe the pain ofthe megrim. ‘ ‘ “es M It is l‘€P0l’f€d that common drunkards were acculiomed to eat in the morning fafiing M9163 thereof againfi drunkenneffe. . _p _ i _ I 5” N _ The later Phylitions do often vfe to boilethe leaues ofLaiirell with diners meats,€fP“"“I ym. flicsrand by fodoing there hapiieth nodelire ofvorriit‘ing,biit the meat feafoned herewith been meth more fauorie qpd better for the flomaclte. _ _ b em; 0 The barke of the root of the Bay tree,as Galen w+rit’eth,drunken in wine prouoketh vriiie, f ‘hex’ the ftone and driueth forth grauell :' it o_per'ieth the fioppings of the liuer,the fpleetjeaaf‘ , ‘:16 child _fl°PP"1g5 Ofthe inward parts:which thing alfo Zliicgfcoriziar afl"irmeth,adding,Th-at 35 kl!‘ ‘ in the mothers wombe.» ' " i it

Of the Hiflorie of Plants. U t4.o9 T

and procureth vnto women their de fired lickeneffe.

3.

Ithelpeth the dropfie and the jauridife,

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firmi'na,thc female Bay»: the ditfcrcncc in the figure: was little or £10116.

C H A‘ 1,,_ 59, 0] the Wilde Ba} tree. 1; '1"/iebefirigztiofl.

. . ' V . ‘ dd ebulh hauin than * I Aura: Twas, or the wilde Bay tree» %’°“'°‘hm‘°_3 [hmb °‘he *5 a S Y ' h f f 11 fl auesverylilte to the Bay lea_ues,bur fmaller and tough and plum bmnc es’ at u Gin; greene colour :among which come forth tufts

l d f d e and {hin _ _ , “F Whitifh nl‘i(¢I))‘i!c1’::J:‘1tE)n":né(:ltathee gggcs into a light purple : after which follow {mall berries of it blew colour, containinga few graines or feeds like the {tones 0‘ feeds of g’“P‘35 ‘ the “"55 “mi 3".

‘h° parts of the plant are altogether wighggg fF§I¢1_! 0! f3“°“T°

2 Laura: Tina: Lu/iumicai

I Lam" Tim‘; The Portingale wilde Bay tree?

The wilde Bay tree;

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.2 7-,',,g, L,,j;mic4 growetli very like to Corpus Fwmznaz or thc_D0g'b:’r¥tt£:°iE:';:s acre like the e ‘hicker,and more {lifi‘e,couered with a reddifh barlte mixed with 3'?“ C ' pk" as in the reams of

Sormenbut largenbauing many finewes or veines running through th<(:,li:aan‘1:c(:k1m‘: more deeming to “bl? = the fioures hereof grow in tufts like the prcceden.t,but the)’ areas ham no {men an a11,’¢i‘;h¢;3

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