"at certai-ne diﬂrances : toward the, top comes forth one leafe ribbed like the Plantain leafea “' s are marked Certain round ei_es fuch as are in thehaft of a knife; from the bofome wherofco forth a chaﬂie branch,fet with fmall leaues which continue green VVinter and Summa-

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I y,f,,,,,,” . ' qr T/16 Drgfcriptzon. 'ﬂI=:ltoe. — .1 - -V Ml — Ijiam or“Milfeltoe»hatl1"many ﬂﬁﬂdg branches f pread ouerthwart 009. 3“ 6 ther, and/liwrapped or inter_laced 0;) within another, t~he_—bark wherof is of a light %".°' or Popinjay colour : the leaues of this branchmes excrefcence be of a brown green colour:the £10”: _ be fmall and yellow : which beeing paﬂs thcreieﬁ peare fmall cluliers of white tranﬂucent b6” 0“; which are fo cleare that a man may {(35 dim re them , and are of a clammy or vilcous m01ﬁd‘}ng’ whereof the belt Bird. lime is made, far 6X5“ .1“ that which is made of the Holm Or Holly bath“ , within thisberry ‘isa fmall blaclte kernel 0! ‘ah this excrefcence hath not any root , H61‘ 3‘ O, increafe himfelfe of his feed, as fome hall? [999 fed 5 but it rather commeth ofa certaine H101 hs and fubﬁance gathered together vpon the ‘mg and joints of the trees, through the barke W this vaporous moiflure proceeding , i the lvii{l’eltoe.Many haue diuerﬂy fp‘ _ m Some of the Learned hauc fetdown,that 1! ‘'3’ ha. of the dung of the bird calleda Thrulh 1 ‘Y ow hing fed of the feeds thereof, as eating 1115 ac bane‘,hath voided and left his dung vp0¥1 the ‘ire; whereof was ingendred this bery, a mo“ 5‘ '9“h31l.‘ to make lime of to intrap and catch bir_d5 '71:” t 5 2 Indian Miffelto groweth lijkew1l'cVP9 mg.’ branches of tre.es,running alongft the T3“/‘a 1: like A _ _ _ _ net of Polypodie : the ﬁr.in.gs of the root‘ ‘zllknegs thofe of Coucl1—graffe,from which rife vp diners (‘talks fmooth and euen,l‘et with joints 3“ hem

mﬁl“-1’

2 Vifwm Imlicum L066/y’.

. « . ml?-i 3 Vzfcum Perrwmnum 1'» Indian Miil'e_ltoe. °

Miffeltoe of PCT“-

hef“_’£

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3 There is found allo another plant growing vpon the boughes or branches of tr_ecs,in maner is our Milfeltoe doth,and may verywell. be reckoned as a kind thereof: the plant cleaues vnto the hlaﬂches, being fer thereto as it were with the plll1DgS of the feat Onion , of the bredth of a mans l.‘"‘d toward the bottom,and fomewhat hollow : the tops whereof are very (‘mall and rulhy, hollow

l.°W1fe,and ofa purple colour: among which Comes forth a branch like that oftlaﬂula Iiggia, or ."‘85 fpearegefembling the bufh of ()tes,couered with a white ﬁlk fuel: as is to be found in Africa P""’:0f a falt and nitrous‘ tal‘te,and very vnpleafant. " '_‘. ' . V q} The Place. _ V V V f The ﬁrii kinde _ofMiﬁ'eltoe groweth vpon Okes and diners other trees almoft euery where . ag m the other two they are lirangers in England. . ’ A q] 7/23 Tim. . _ Mlffeltoe is alwaies greene as well in winter as fummer : the berries are ripe in Autumne,the§; emam all winter thorow,and are a food for diuers birds,as Thruﬂ1es,Blacl<-b1tds,8e Ring-doues. {I ‘fly: Names. __ . 1 _ D Milfeltoe is called in Greeke ‘riac. and ‘ism in Lat‘ine,Vzfcrma : inhigh-DI-1535:9951?" 3 in LOW? l.“‘Cli1,%at¢ﬂtatlmI: in Italian,VzfclIi0 .- in Spanr{h,Lz'g4 : in the Portugal tOngue,Vz[;ro.- in En- 3 ‘Q3sMilfel,and Milfcltoe. 4 _ _ _ _ The glue which is made of the berries of Milofel is likewife called Vzﬁzrmﬁnd Ixm in t Englilhﬁ? th" ~lime. Ixm is alio called C/Jam;/can 4l[2u.r,by reafon of the glue which is oft times found about E T00t.thereof. This word is alfo afcribed to C/mmtelesa m'gcr,as wee reade amongllt the _ba{ia-rd “PCS. Ixzfa is likewife reckoned vp by Dz'ofEoride:,lz'6. 6.: and by Paula: o£gz‘rzcta,lié. 5. amongit the gmfoﬂs : but what this poifonfome and venomous Ixia is it is hard and doubtfull to declare:many ~°"ld haue it to be Clmme/can m‘_ger:others,t_he glue or clammy fubltance which is made of the bets:

, He‘ °fMiffeltoe ;who do truly thinlte that I xia differeth from Chameleon mger ,- for Paalas tﬂgineo:

::’l.i5- way. 30 . in reckoning vp of ﬁmple poifons hath firll made mention of chameleon m'ger;then 1

I 1 ‘tie after Oflxia .- and whileﬁ he doth particularly difeourfe of euery one,he treateth of C/Jamal-, C ’?igcr cap. 3 2' . and of Ixia which he alfo na-meth Vlop/row», mp.47-and tellcth of the dangerous ind far differing accidents of them both. And Diojkoriderihim felfe',12"5_..-l 6-Wh_.“—"°' be rated? Cl0Wﬂ his ‘E, gmenr of ﬁmple_poil'ons,intreateth ﬁrﬂ of Chzmwlcdﬂ m‘ger,and then a littleafter (_)fIxi4. Theft: 0 ‘Digs declare that c}_;,gm,lm¢ nigci differs from 1xz'4,which isreekoned among the porfons. M ore- efrit can no where he read,that Clzkzmtéleoa nigcr beareth Blird,-lim_e,0r hath TO glu_t1nou_s or clam. t= ya lhbﬂance as that it ouwht to be called Iximtherfore Ixidias “'15 0116 05 the P°1f°“9s13 the glue 5'‘ is made of the berries tiDfMiif:ltoe,which becaufe it is 333?? and bi‘l“§’s»l“ﬂ3m°'Yh 311d, fetteth V e.‘°Dgue on iireland with his flimy and clammy fubﬁaD€“» doth {O dial” t°gC5h¢F;ﬂ1llt,and glue. guts,as that the re is no paﬂfage for the excrernenrs,which things are mentioned among‘ the C iefes that Ixia brin eth. A. , ,‘ . , v —» . .: .. _ , A3‘ I can by no means agpproue ago: yccld to this opinion here delru-cred out Qfﬂotlanrzm by our goffggrg which i-s,Tha’t theEird-lime manila 0? ‘“° b°"if5§)-f M;Wi11:?e;is,}:,°g(i.“fi?t that rm fet “ ' ‘ ",‘ . ’ EJS: or is are ‘ ' 1)i”f'€0rz'yd¢fzl(i'f6‘0ﬂ:f: tag? 21? 6:l/i-fr: ai?ri::)i)?(r)£:;?$vl:e?1‘E1:2i3gorher is mentioned. lz'ﬁ.6 . ilaizﬂiai eil)}Cifti12 ii me 0f'xtia. Xl.fodail'y"exyp‘erience [hcwes this plant to haue no nialigne,0X1.poilonous, bi“ mg,‘ m ‘.’"fra'rie facnltie,bcing frequently vfed in medicines agaiﬂfl the Epilepfie. Such as would fee. Ce ’°°oncerning Ixia or Ix7'.a4,l<':t them hauc recourfe to the ﬁrii chapter of the ﬁrll parrof pmg; umm,a't Sfi.?j;,iié_mj7;_;gg;;f[j5é' ragyagizriygiri :ll’1z«;:{y;l'l£1;1’ltl‘,f$inde IE largely treated of. :t

Bignhe leanes and berries of Milfelto are hot and dfY»_3;11df0f.ﬁlbtill parts :»_the Bird,.l,ime is hotsand wa:::r:2z?‘:s it2:*a::‘;";::::>:)f,2?,,‘::lr::";:a:“:(l,l?::al;'Y z‘2<“‘:2'd;2r :3 r ¢ - _ am, 15 fl.‘ , ,A " V _Ave_,m_uw . pl- fm‘°:gs,it draweth humors from the deepen or molt fecret partsiof the body,fpreading and difper- * ﬁm abroad,ancl digeliing them-

in trlpeneth fwellings in the groin,hard fwellings behinde the cairesgandi other impoﬂumes,5ii- .31

tempered with roﬁn and a little quantitie of wax."

lth Frankincenfe it rnolliﬁeth old vlcers and malitious impofliLImeS,,b€iﬂ§b°i'1¢‘l limb V3‘

ﬂaked .

1ime,or with Gagatc lapiie or A[z'o,and appliedﬁtiwallieth away t_l1€yh.,3,Td“¢. ie9f‘h-3 {Plano ‘

u

lgm 1th Orpment or Sandamtba it taketh away foule ilfauored nail-es, being mixed Witl1V1'1ﬂakcd D

e - - - , and wine lees it recerueth greater force.

fl 5 hath been molt credibl)’ rcported vnto me,-iTh8!.3 few Om” beriieé Qfmmieltae bmifed and’: El

tamed into oile and drunken,hath prefently and forthwith rid a grieuousrahd {Gite hitch.

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