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Of_theHil1orie of Plants, L m. 3.-

the fun,arid then they creep,and feekc to HR? 3' way. But the people of the countrey (whic make a gaine of them) doe watch the time Of their ﬂying, euen as wee doe Bees, which I119)’ * then take and put into a linnen bag , where‘? they {bake and boult them vp and downe vnrl they bee dead , which they make vp into git’-3‘ lumpes oftentimes , and likewife fell them I0 diets apart,euen as they were taken forth 0 I C b3g»Wh51’€0fiS made the moﬂ pcrfeft Scarlet- ’ WT The Place. . This Oke groweth in Lal’lgBICd0Cl(e: and ‘n the countries thereabout,and al{oinSpain:bU‘ it beareth not the {carrier grain in all placc5:b_”‘ in thofe efpecially which lie toward the _ land fea,and which be fiibjcét to the fcorching heat of the Sun,as cmlm Clufita witneilef 3 not there alwaies,fot when the tree waX€'h Old it growes to be barren.Then do the $950916 “:5 and lop it downe , that after the young fh°°.t haue attained to two or three yeares growth!’ may become fruitfull a aine. . . , Petra: Bellaniris in his books of S ingulﬂﬂﬂe fheweth , That Came: Baphicu: or the Scar gtaine doth grow in the Holy land, and 9°?" to the lake which is called the Sea of T 15" €51 and that vpori little trees,whereby the inba h‘ “ms 8“ SW33 {lore of wealth,who T€P”“t ‘s husks from the pulpe or Magots , ‘and fell ill!‘ V being made vp into balls or lulmpcsimmb deg’ , Of this graine alfo Pauﬁnias hath made mentionrirri hliintdhlflfgoibtliieﬂdhld ?li(Ii]V:I::‘l:.th8t the tier which bringeth forth this graine is not great, and alfo gtoweth in Phhcjs which is’; counttcy 1“ Macedonia neere to the Boetians,not far from the mountaine Parnalfus ’ Thcophraﬂm writeth,that mfm, or the Scarlet Oke,is a great tree and yiféth V I he hcjgbt0f‘,hc common Oke: amongﬁ which writers there are fome contrarietih Pemu Bellp 9t e orteth it is! little tree,and Thcophraﬂm a great one, which may chance accordiiig to the fo';;’é”;[:dl;,ymgte; for

that vpon the {tonic mountains they cannot grow to that greatnelfe as thofe in the {mill gtoun

Ilex Ceccigem.

The Scarlet Okei

17 T he Time.

The little graines or berries which grow about the boughes begin to appeare efpecialllmi

SP‘i“g=""he“ the Southweli windes do blow : the ﬂoures fall and are ripe in Iune,togethet W

Maggots growingin them which receiuin life b th h f — ‘ aW3Y(m mam, r Of, M h * . S Y 6 eat 0 the Sun,doe forthwith ﬂrc . dby mucheand oftegtfhgli il?]i;ttt;:‘:=ffll:c:t)()iéi‘i:ltc1:1l§:,l;ygflﬁggpdand diligence of the kc¢l>er5, the)’ be 10”‘

The tree or lhrub h th h' 1 ' - ‘ S gipei feldome before new cdrne vfllsilﬁthlhii Slldhzes greens . the Acomcs be very late before they be

. The Name: ‘ - ' The Scarlet Oke is called inc: 1; - ' , . . I-CM“ ﬂint; in S panifh, Cofmia .- for want Chef 2;: I51: Ili:l'i1ur1if!’tiil:fwetd] hhhtecilhvdhghstaghtg ii-:t§tel’l.aif b Eh; name of Scarlet 0ke,or Scarlet Holme Oke: or Ilex is named of fomein Englifh Holme,whic ggnifyeth Hollyl 01'] Il“IllC£lil(€l'.fBu‘tj tihfis Ilex,as well as thofe that f'ollow,migh; be cauéd Holme 01¢; caﬁlelzleii ?)l1§:;:’r‘H :1 I )y,a%deI,{1. :fu,eir.erence from the {limb or hedge tree /Igriﬁlinm, which is ﬁm.:e, The raine or berry t at erueth to die with is 1'0 A I 11 d ‘ W , ,,,,- .- ' L3“ . 5 Cacc_:m';%vé2'orz'a,or Comm inﬁﬁarium : Pliny alfo natihetheirt )C,:$uli?umlf-]o?;i:crI:1‘:)‘{°}“ 3:: dohnﬂadc ‘I’ -='-’Q‘;’f4"“1¢'!Im -‘ the fame Author faithrthat iris likewife named Smrlecim or Ma got: berry. i , ,

The Arabians and the Apothccaries doe know it by the name of Chifnm Cheri)!!! and K”””

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They are deceiued who thinke that Chefnc: doth differ from Inﬂﬂorium comm : it is called‘:

Vermiﬂapl

to be without life vntill they feele the heart: 0f S

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frtrmillomand Grd1'ﬂ€.6¥"eﬁ'arl4t€ : in Engliih, after the Dutch, Scarlet Berry, or Scarlet graine, and met the Apothecaries word, Carma Bagzhzms : the Maggot within is that which is named C_utcho3 9:38 molt do deeme. ’ Thcophraﬂm faith,the Acorne or fruit hereof is ‘called of diners, mi», Acylitm. The Temperature and Vertuer.

This graine is aﬁringent and fomwhat bitter,and allo dry without fharpenelfe‘ and biting,there; "A

f°'°: faith Galen, it is good for great wounds and {inewes that bee hurt, if it be layd thereon ; fome mper itwith Vineger ; others with Oxymel or fyrrup of Vineger.

It is commended and giuen by the later Phyﬁtians to Pray the Menfes : it is alfo counted among B

~ ‘ Ofe Simples which be cordials, and good to lirengthen the heart. Of this graine that noble and

ainous confeétion LA!/:ermc5, made by the Arabians, hath taken his name,v'vbi"ch many due 1, ighly °9'1lmend againll the iriﬁtmities of the heart : notwithﬁanding it was chieﬂy deuifed in the begins "8 f0! purging of melancholy -, which-thing is plainly perceiued by the great quantitie of Lapik -izulu: added thereto: and therefore feeing that this fione bath in it a venomous quality,and like- lfea property to purge rnelancholy,it cannot of it felfc be good for the heart,but the other things

° 800d,which be therefore added, that they might defend the heart from the hurts Of this ﬂone, “d Coireéi the malice thereof. _ i ' .This compoﬁtion is commended agai , “ES and melancholy pallions,and forrowiiproceeding of no euident caufe : it is reported to recre.

‘hc minde,and to make a man merry and joyfull.

_It is therefore good againlt melancholy dil‘eafes,vaine irnaginations,ﬁghings,griefe and forrow D,

“ out manifelt caufe, for that it purgeth away melancholy humors :after this manner it may be

°°'nforrable for the heart, and delightfull to the minde, in taking away the materiall caufe of for-

°" = neither can it otherwife ﬁrengthen a weake and feeble heart, vnleffe this {tone called Lap? 7"”!!! be quite left out.

hi Thereforehe that is purpofed to vfe this compoﬁtion againﬁ beatings and throbbings of the

. cart,and fwounings,and that not as a purging medicine,fhall do weland wifely by leaning out the . °rle cyanm . for this being taken in a little weight or {mall quantity,cannot purge at all, but may the meane ieafon trouble andtorment the llomacke, and withall thorow his iharpe and veno-' ‘PUS quality (‘if it be oftentimes taken) be very olfenﬁue to the guts and intrails,and by his ttncans

ME more harme than good .

ft the trembling and {halting of the heart, and for fwou.‘ C

M01'eoucr, it is not riecelfary, no not expedient, that the brillle died with Cochenelea Called F

Chefmes, 35 the Apothccmesterme it, mould be added to this compoﬁtion ; for this briltle is not

“died ﬁlke be boyled in them.

‘ed with t A ' ' 2 m called alfo Orpiment and other pernitious things joyned therewith, i Whore pohgnroigffgiitﬁs hie added to the juycds together with the colour, if either the briftle "

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he berries of the Cochenele mull be taken by themfeluesr which aI°“° 3'“ mﬂiciem t° die the ‘G

1 Vcemnd to impart vnto them their vertue : neither is it likewife needfull to.boile the raw ﬁlke aogether with the graines, as moﬂt Phylitiﬂrls thinkc : llhi5 may be 1°“ °“‘: f0‘ 1‘ maketh 110thing ‘all for the Ptrengthning of the heart.

CH 5 P, 34. Of the great S/(‘drier Oke."

El The Defcriptiom

THE great Skarlet C-)ke, or the great Holme Oke, groweth many times to the full height ofd tree,fometimcs as big as the Peare-tree, with boughes far fpreading like the Acorne or com- ,1 mon Mali trees : the timber is time and found : the leaues are {ct with pricklcs round about e °dges,like thofe of the former Skarlet Oke : the leaues when the tree waxeth old haue on them 0 Prickles at all, but are {omewhat bluntly cut or indented about the edges, greene on the vppcr hand gray vnderneath - the Acorne ﬁandeth in a prickely cup like our common Oke Acome, winch when it is ri e becommeth of a browne colour with awhite kerriellwithin of taﬁe “Or V11- §1°“anr. There ispfound vpon the branches of this tred a certaine kinde of long hairy moire of the 03°“? Ofafhes, not vnlike to that of our Englifh Oke. 1: This t1'¢¢ is 9"" 3'59"?’ an? at the t°P"'_ to he branches about the end of May here in England, carrieth diuers long Carkms 0 m°‘ﬁe Yd‘ — It ﬂ°“1’€S. which fall awav and are riot fucceedcd by the Acornes, for they grow om “P0” Oth“ au“‘C[“ﬁm in the care I ‘8 r obferued two trees - the One in 3 garden about the Bﬁdgea and the in Cr in the priuat ghrden ai White-Hall ‘ hauiti g he (Tet leaues than the former. The later ofthefc gzet (landing, and cuery year: beares {mill Acornes, which I could neuer ob ferue to come to‘arlY _ t ' _‘__5,____ ,.,___ .-'...._, _ ,, , .‘ ._ .._ . _.__.__ , _ v_ _‘ , , lltlty, 4; qr Eb;