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1388 J Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

qf T he Defcription.

1 rm.-,or the Chafie tree, groweth after the manner of a bufhie {hrub or hedge "5531: hi: Vuing many twiggie branches, very pliant and eaﬁe to be bent without breaking: h C 1. the \/Villow : the leaues are for the molt part diuided into fiue or feuen feétions 0‘ H‘ uiﬁons,much like the leaues of Hemp,whereof each part is long and narrow,very like vnto the W 1,‘; low leafe, but {mallet : the ﬂoures do grow at the vppermoft parts of the branches, like vnto {P1 IL eares,cluilering together about the branches,ofa light purple or blew colour,and very fweet fm¢ - the fruit is {mall and round,like vnto the graines or comes of pepper. “ _ Eh It 2 Lahelmcntions another variety hereof that diﬁers from the former onely in that “ha broader leaues,and thefe alfo fnipt about the edges. 1: . q The Place. a S, Vim: groweth naturally in Italy,and other hot regions, by water courfes and running fireame ' I haue it growing in my garden. q[ The Time. Vitex beginneth to recouer his lot’: leaues in May, and the ﬂoures come forth in Augufh Q1‘ The Names‘. . . his Jr The Grecians call this {hrub «:;m,and xu';v=- Agnes (i.) Cajlm, Chaﬁe:becaule,faith P/M)’ ‘“h0_ 24.booke,9.chapter, the Athenian Matrons in their feafi called T hefmaphoria dedicated E0 th°_ the . nour of Cem,deﬁrous to kecpe themfelues chaﬂe, doe lay the leaues in their beds vnder than ‘R- Latines name it Vitex, and ofdiuets it is termed, as wee ﬁnde among the baliard and cOUf_?‘°' 5, names, .'y.m =in Latine,Salix mm'mz,orSalix Amerina, and Piper ufgreﬂe .- in high Dutch; 5‘ .2“ mulle,ikeuf_cbbaum: in low Dutch,and allb of the Apothecaries, Agma Cajha .- the Italians VI wt Agno caﬂo : in Spani{l1,Gattz‘lecajla.-in Engltlh, Chaﬁe tree,I-lempe tree, and of diuers, Ag?“ ” inc rl: The name L/Ignite Caﬂm comes by confounding the Greelte name Agm with c,,_/2,”, the L3‘ interpretation thereof. 1: _ q] The Temperature. -we The Ieaues and fruit of Agmu ca_/ha arehot and dry in the third degree :they are ofvﬂ)’ ‘bl parts, and mile or confume winde. ' .. ‘ 11 The Vermer. ' for it A L/Ignm Caﬂm is a {ingular medicine and remedy for fuch as would willingly liue chaﬂes . withftandeth all vncleannes,or deﬁre to the ﬂefh, confuming and drying vp the feed ofgcﬂem t in what fort foeuer it bee taken, whether in ponder onely, or the deeoetion drunke, or Whethctane, leagues be carried about the body 5 for which caufe it was called C4/lw 3 that is to fay,cli39‘°'°lc an pure. . C,‘ B The feed ofutgma C4/ix: drunken, driueth away, and dilfolueth all windineffe of the ﬂ_°‘,”ack openeth and cureth the {toppings of the liuer and fpleensand in the beginning of dropﬁcsa“ ‘S 5 to be drunke in wine to the quantity of a dram- i ads’; \

C _The Ieaues ﬁamped with butter, diffolue and affwagc the fwelling of the genitories and ‘ ‘ being applied thereto. . wig,‘ D _ The decoétion of the herbe and feed is good againﬂ pain: and «inﬂammation about £116 ‘” my. if Women be can fed to [it and bathe their priuie parts therein : the feed being drunke witltpqt cu.‘ mia“ brineeth downe the menfes, as it doth alfo both in a fume and in a pelfaric :in a um‘ 1 re.‘ rcth the headache, the Phrentickc, and thofe that haue the Lethargie are wont to be tiached h‘ ‘

With,o1lc and vinegar being added thereto. E b _ The l°‘“°‘Vf°d in a fume,and alfo fltowed,driue away ferpents 5 and being laid on d 1:10 S. V i ’ . i Thg‘? Md med 0“ with Water doth heale the clifts or rifts of the fundatnengwith the leaves: 1‘ is

a remedy for lims out of joynt,and for wounds,

G ” It is rcp_0rted that iffuch as journey or trauell do carry with them a branch or rod of 13”” ch ‘ ﬂea in their hand,tt will keepe them from Merry-galls,and wcarinelfe : Diqfcarider.

a cure ‘hm

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C H_ A P. 55'. Of the Willow Tree}

5] fI__‘he Deﬁriftion.‘

’ . as I lie common Willow is'an high tree,with a bod of a meanc thickncﬂ'€a3E‘d ”r°:,:]I?thc L-.. I-zgh§§9s!!9ssz¢c§s19sifirbcansoppesliatlas eginning,roonea£sesiwP“‘" 1,? re

B, 3, Of the Hiﬂzorie of igientse

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barke theI€0F is fmooth» tough, and ﬁgxible ; the wood is white, tough,and hard to b6hbi'0l.{t'fll :{t(li1e: eaues are lonrr lelT:r and narrower than thofe of the Peach tre€,f0m¢Wh"“ :‘—§"€e‘}€ °“_ ‘ ,5;'Pl’e’ ‘if

an ﬂipperieazgd on the nether ﬁde fofter and whiter ; [he boughes bC C0l'lCi'€Cl Cltilffl Wit ;tﬁ:r7£ iil.ll'§)

°‘ Elle with awhite barked: the catkins which grow on the €0PP€S of the branches “Ema ” 0 fit,‘ [Whtbcing long and moiﬁe,and quickly turne into whiteand {oft downe,that IS carried away Wm.

‘3 Winde,

2 Salixaquatica’. _

X 541m‘ The Oziar or water~V/Villowi

The common Willow»

.. . . ' h ftandeth fomewhat out, {lender wands or twigs;

_2 r Hr b th forrhofthchead Wluc . _ .. _

With 3 $3 :51, ff, géncgni barke, good to tnaice baskets and fuch like wotkes of. It is planted by the Wigs or cods bein thruit into the earth, the “PP” P3“ Whemofwhen ‘hell ale g‘°W“e VP” cu‘ °ﬁ; 0 that which is cagned the {mad mcmfeth vndet them, from whence the {lender twigs doe gcrl0WZ_

ich being Oﬁemimgs cm, the head waxeth greater: many t1mCS alfo the long rods or wanbs o

‘he hgghe, Vvithy mes be loppcd offand thrufl into the ground for plants, but deepenand E 0:5

mansheight : ofwhich do grow great rods, proﬁtable for many things,and commonly for an s,

ﬁrewith tubs and casks are bound. _ b _t

d 3 The Sanovv me or Goats Willow, groweth to a tree of a meane bignelfe . thE3.ttI'l:vI;lt<§I0e1;m:S

Yrs {oft and hollow timber, couered With a whittlh rough barke 3 the branches are e d Camus or

fomewhat roughgreene aboue,and hoarie vnderneath :amongwlnch come forth roun - a . glﬁts that turne into downe which 15 carried away with the winde. _ _ _ that is to fa ,

4 This other Sallow trdc differeth not from the precedent. bl“ “_' d?‘S.°“Ie§3l£;‘:_,ence_t Bolt:

the leaues are Greater and longer and euerv P3” M the ‘W~“€1a"SC‘>"’h.°mn is I 1 oms ofth f l

‘hm? lafi defciibed hath littlbe rbundilh leaues like little ear€5 growmg at thebott e Om‘

‘likes of the birmer leaues whereby they may bee dii’tinE‘a“‘[hed from auotherplnats of this ‘ bi’) D

dude. 1: ‘ . b 5 TheRo{'e Willow growethvplikewife to the height and brgnclfe ‘*3 “““bbY‘““—.° am" °

v hcreupon do grow VC- Vwher f’ .d with fcabby rough barke : the branches are rnan_ ,w I . ﬁ . R: ‘Y tlu“Yet3vilgSSc(:f9:Y:eddiﬂnabolout, garnilhed with {mall 109% ‘ewes: fomcwhat whmfh ‘ among

. - - I ' f leaues, ‘o nedto etherinf0rme°f3 ‘Ch C0me_forthl.rttle ﬂoures,or tatheramt1lt1P1‘C"‘”°n0 ‘J Y g e ~-A r‘ R

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