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C/mmalca G crm.mz'c¢z,firuc M ez cream 8 purge Flax,or the dwarfe Bay.

1; The Tmzperaturt.‘ 1. 6 Both the leaues and fruit of 591" S6 O W :3 as we haue faid, are ofa burning an‘? “mm hot temperature. ’ 1; The I/ertues. b [h The- leaues, faith Diofcomler , Plllge, Ofo flegme and cho1er,efpecially taken ill» P115’. that two parts of‘./Vormwood be ml_X€ “QB; one of S purge Olive, and made vp 1050 P‘ .n with Mode or honied warer:theY melt D951 the belly, but as many as be taken are V01 5 whole. _ f be Mefirc alfo bath a defcription ofpils o I C leaues of MeI{t;rean, that is,C£r4ma¢lW‘ 0‘ fP‘"gOr Olive (yet Sylvia; expounds it 7’/Jymw/M, ‘ S purge flzixjbut in itead ofwormwood he _ keth the outward {ubfiance orihe yellow robalans and Cepula tmzrabalanr, alld W3 “M them vp with Termiaéize, that is, with M? ds’ and foure Dates,which they call Téilmalmxhc diflolued in tindive water; 8.: appointed’

fame leaues to be firfi tempered Wllh my‘

flrong vineger,and to be dried. _ the‘ T hefe pills are commended againfl at dropfie, for they expell waterie hum0l“"’ V G are violent to nature ;therefore WCC 1?“ "-4,, them as little as may be. Further 1_3“’f‘”amn addeth,that the leaues of S purge olive mm with hony do clenfe filthy or crufi€dV

Ci-IAP. 53. Of Qermane Olive Sfl”rge' ‘ll Téebefiription.

II He dwarfe Bay tree,called of DllF°I":1-‘£1; Mezercamis a {trial fhrub tw0cub1[sf'e to the branches be tough , limber, and 3“ bend,very loft to be cut ; whereon gr? . fat- leaues like thofe of Privet,hut thicket oft ter : the floures appeare before the 163 360“; times in Ianuarie , clufleriug togeth. Tn Co. the {talks at certain diliances,oi"a W 1”. Ca. lour tending to purple,and of a fragtal“ pries, fant fweet fmcll:after come the {man bcfning green at the firmbm beeing ripe of8 ‘M. red,and after ofa darke blacke colour,0 oath ry hot and burning raft, inflamiiig E 151.16 may and throat,with danger choking-T is woodd y.

This plant growes natural 1 {hadowy woods ofmofi of the E23 efpecially about Melvin in P0l3“d3 whence I haue had great plenty {OT A dclliwliere they flour in the firfl 0 and ripen their fruit in Augulh

an ‘Tie N mm. l at, Itdis vfually Called in lri(gli«D“§cb’¢ael";a:the 223?ettIelbatml»et1t§ktaut.~ a§1§l53l“°'?\P0;hc,

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AP0theearies of our countrey call it Mezereorgbut wee had ratllfil‘ Ilame it C iwmelea Germmica, or

‘ Dmch iVlE‘ZCIC;'()ll,Ol’ it may be called Getmane Olive Spurge. We halls? heard that diners Italians:

°“-'1me the fruit thereof Piper 7720I¢tz171irm¢,0r Mountain Pepper. Some fay that Laurw/4 or Spurge aurell is this plant shut there is another .Lflll7’€'0la‘1,OfVVh1c_h WC W1” hffifiamif H635 = but bi‘ W113‘? “amt iris cal. red of me ancient writers, 8: whether they knew it or I10,‘lt is hard to tel. It is thought to be Czzcorozz alézmz T/’acop/;rafiz',but by teafon of his breuitie we canaihrme no certaintie. . There isfaith he,r.wo kindes of Cm:oron,tl1e white and the blaclte,th:e white hath a long leaf like 1“ f0lme to S purge Olive, the blacke is full of fubflzance like Myrtle ;the low one is more white,; the fame is with finell,and the blacke without fmell. The root OfbQ5h;CVlI'hlCi‘l groweth deepe, is great : the branches be man y,thicke,wooddy,immediatly glffwmg 9*“ Q‘ the ealthgol‘ little about: I ‘3 <?arth,tou0'n -wherer'ore they vfe thefe to bind with,as with Oziars. f hey bud and flourewheri the Atitunirrebfiduinoélial is pafhand a long time after.Th*us much .T9””P}”’“/5% t The Germane Spurge Olive is not much vnlike to the Olive tree 11116358: [116 floure is fweet of fmelhthe budswhereof, as we haue written, come forth after /.\utumne :‘the branches are wood-d_y anfl pliable,the root longgrowing deep : allwhich fhew that it hath great likeneife and affinitie “ll Cneormif it be not thevery fame. , V I q; The '1‘ cmpcr4mre._ _ ‘ V r . _ _ . This plantis likewife in all parts extreme hot:the fruit, 1eaues,and rinde are very lharpe and bi- mg 3 they bite the tongue,and fer the throat on fire. » r qffbe Vemm. ‘ . . _ ._ . _A , . Pie leanes of Mezereon do purge downeward,fiegm€;Cl1°l€T:9"d Walwfll hllln0m5> With Ema‘ 0 ence, . » _Alfo if a drunltard doe eat one graine or berry of this pla‘n§,l1€€_ 9? 9”“ b‘ auulfid ‘O dlmke ‘ml’ dmlke at that time,fuch will be the heate in his mouth and choking '1” the ‘h’°“~ _ . This plant is very dangerous to be taken into the body,aIld in nature llkeyto the T33 Tltllymalea ealliiig (if it be c'hewcd)fuch an heate and burning in the throatflm ‘F ‘S hard to be ‘lllenchcd - _ The mops 0fGmmny and the LOW_C0um,ie5 do when new requires vie the leaues hereof in

i {had of spurge olive 5 which may be done Without error, for this Germiane S purge Olive is like

"1 Vertue and operation to the othentherefore it may be vfed in‘ Read thelohmd P"°P3Y€d 3&9‘ ‘W

{W9 fame manner. . __ . t CH AP. 64. Ofsfurge F1495- cg T/2: Defcriptio».

Purge Flax btingethforth many {lender Sbranched fprigs about a Cubit high, couc- red round with long and narrow leaues like more of Flax , narrower and lelfer than the leauesof Spurge Olive. The flours are white,‘ fmal,llan-ding on the vppet parts of the f prigs: the fruit is round, greene atthe firihbut red when it is ripe , like almolt to the round her- riesoi the Hawthorne ;in which is a white keruelleouered with a blacke skin , very hot, and burning the mouth like Mezereon. The’ root is hard and wooddy. s

T/2eP14lce. p A — _ A It growes in rough mountaines and vhtoi-1 led places inhot regions. It gtovveth In 114)!

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It is green at any time of the Yearc’ but t. e iiuit is perfefied 1“ Autumn?‘

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The Grecians cal it 8v?m=«_m = th€,3_}’l‘1aIls, as'_ Diofamde: witneffetli, Apotztlon : Diners alfo’ C;,4m1e,,,bu: vnproperly;Dzofcorm’es laith the leafe is propttrly called Cnearon, and the fruit Com: Cnidzo: : vnotwithftanding thofe which Tbeapbraflw calls Cneom feetne to diiferf£.0m W9/”""""r°:i. SPA“-‘%“".1.‘!?‘a‘~’_¥?.‘l°.fl_¢"E %¥é£?"”*‘”‘”f

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