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ran be *1’/aymrelea .- for T _ f Ty _ blaclte.This may be called in Engli{h,S purge ﬂax,or mountain VViclow-waile. The feed 0 _t I melee is called in (hops Grmmm Cm'dmm'. WI The Temperature. _ 1. de: 8 purge Flax is naturally both in leaues and fruit extreme hot,biting,'and of a burning qua 1 qt The Vertues. ’_ has A The gtaines or berriesgas Diofcorides fair-h,purge by ﬁege choler,ﬂegtn~e,and watei',1f 2_o 8”“ . of the inner part be drunke 5 but it burneth the mouth and throat : wherefore it is to be giuen W ﬁne Home of Baily ineale,or in Rai{ins,or couered with clariﬁed hony,that it may bf? fwalbwcdi B The fame being Ptamped with Niter and vineger ferueth to anoint thofe with which can hat fweat. C The leaues mullzbe gathered about haruefhand being dried in the (bade, they are to be layd VP and referued. _ mm.‘ D They that would giue them mull; beat them and take forth the ﬂringszthe quantity Of5W° u_ ces and two drammes Put into Wine tempered with Watery Purgetb and draweth forth Wawrlijop. mots : but they purge more gently if they be boiled with Lentils,and mixed with p;0t-hﬂbs C l ed. l * , E P The fame leaues beaten to ponder and made vp into trochiskes or flat cakes with the IUY“ 9 foure grapes,are teferued for vfe .

F The herb is an enemie to the ﬂ:omacke,which alfo deftroyeth the birth if it bc 8PP1icdx' , V aerate‘: 1} Our Author Formerly following Tu2‘.=ci'n. gauctwo ﬁgures and dcfcriptionsin this Chap.but being both of one thing, I omitted thc wot?“ 53”“ and .

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C H A P. 6 5, i 0fSpurge Laurel.

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Lmireala cumﬁwifu. Laurel or S purge Laurell flouting.

Laurel with his fruit.-

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Pllrge Lantell is a fhrub of a cubit higlipftentimes allb of two,_ and fpreadeth with many little 4 °0ughes which are tough and lithy,and couered with a thicke rinde : the leaues be long,broad, 1. §l0fl‘e,fmooth,blacki{h greemlhining like the leanes of Laurell,but lefI‘er,thicl<er,and without: mell,vety many at the top cluftering together. The ﬂoures bee l0n_g,hollow,of' a whitilh‘ greene, “Sing beneath and among the leaues: the berries when they be ripe are blackc, with a hard kerm °1[Within,which is a little longer than the feed of Hemp : the pulpe or inner fubﬁzance is white : t (3 T00t wooddy,tough,long,and diuerﬂy parted,growing deep : the_leaues,f'r_uit,and barl<,as well“ the root as of the little boughes,do with their ﬂrarpne He and burning qualitie bite and inﬂame

t etongue and throat. ‘

T/ye Place. V It is found on mountaines in vntilled tough lhadowy and wooddy places,as by the lake of Lo;

zanna in Geneva, and in many places neere the l’1l]€l‘ 0fRherie and of the Maze. It It growes abung “my alﬂza in the woods in mofi: parts of England. i

q T5eTimc. '1 A _ _ 4 The homes bud very foon,a little after the Autumne IEqLl_l1‘lO6tl8l : they are full blown in win-‘ I” 01' in the ﬁrit Spring :the fruit is ripe in May and lune 5 the plant is alwaies gt-cent, and enduL_'_‘ M11 the cold ftormes ofwintcr. '

q} The Names.‘ V ,- .. It is called in Greelte Aaevaiﬂsi of thelikenefi‘e it hath with the leaues _of the Laurel or 1333-tree-; "‘ Latine likewife Dztpimazdcr: the later Latines for the fame caufename It Lt_mreola,as though they “mu-‘Id {av Mirror Lzmrw or little Laurel. It is called xemaovh. and 7n'7rIu0v = notwith ﬁanding there is a- “Otlier C/aamadap/.1nc and another Peplioaa. This {limb is commonly called in Engli{h,- Spurge Lau‘-_ I S0fdiuc1's,Lawrell or Lowty. ‘ l ' A _ . _ _ some fay that the Italians name the berries thereof P1737 m0”W’”_”’-°_‘ m°““t‘”“ PGPPGWS 31- O the berries of Dutch Mezereon : others afﬁtme them to be called_1nhl§?;11-1_3ll_tCh 8W0 Zﬁilﬂﬁtoil It may be Tbeapbraﬁm his Cnearon 5for it is very like the Myrtle in leafe ,_ it is alfo a branched Planggough and p1iable,hauing a deep root without fniiell,with a blacke fruit.

q; ‘T ﬁe Temperature. _ It It is like in temperature and facnltie to the German S purge Oliue, throughout the whole ﬁlb-‘ “"66 biting and extterne hot

6 _ 9 q.fT5e Vemrer. __ r _ I i The clry’0T gieen 1““'e5 0F S purge Lautel,faith Diojbaridagpurgeth by liege ﬁegmaticlt humoris; h‘eP:!0tiolteth vomit and bringeth downe the menfes,and being chewed it dtawcth water out of the a

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lt'likewi{'e caufeth necﬁng. Moteouerﬁf teen grains of the feed thereof drunk are a purgation;

C H AC 1»; 66‘. Of ?{rJe,73ay or Oleander; ﬁf T56 Dffcriftiom

ore bay is a final‘ fhrub’ofa‘gallan‘t fliew like the Bay trﬁﬁabeaﬁng 163*‘ thickerigfeazx

ter,longer,ai'ntl rougher than‘ theleaues of the Almond tree : the floats b¢ 0* ‘} ff"! red,

like _ C°10llfidiuidcd into ﬁne leaues,not much vnlike a little ROTC 3 €110 C0d_ 01.51!!! 15 long"

ogffvlepzav or VW€f0'-viw.m,and full of fuch white down, among which the fced lteth hiddenxche ‘ls long,fmooth,and woodd y. i

H. 3 The {econd kinde ofRofe Ba)’ is like the ﬁFﬁ;an_d dlfeii Eh”? hﬁithi White

i re‘ shut inothet refpeéts it yery like.

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