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g,ci.;-;‘honie groweth neere the borders of ﬁelds,in hedges,woods,and in other vntoilecl P13‘: r'_ it; rlelighteth to grow in riuers and in water ditches : it groweth in Kent in fundry places» 35 3' .

. . . . 5 in ’ mrigliam vpon the cony burrowes belonging fometime to M? Szhzl,as alfo vpon cony burrowc

.. - - ‘ ’ '/lzkm Saw? V1130 3Ou[h_hecc,efpec1ally in a {mall and narrow lane leading from the houfe of M W! don Longge1d_downes,a1{o in the hedge vpon the right hand at Dartford townes end tOW3l‘d5 L0“ ’ and in many places more vpon the chalkie bankes and hedges.

- 1] T he T zme. . It ﬂouretli in May the berries be ripe in the fall of the leafe: q‘ The Names. _ The later Her-barii‘ts call it in Latine Rhamﬂm_ﬂ3lutivm,bCCallfe it is fet with thorncS,11l<€ am Rarn,and bearcth purging berries.tJl/tatthia]://5 tiameth it Spimi z'hﬁc'r'orz'45V4lerz‘ua Cor§lt45,S,’il_”:) SIM; and diners call it Bnrgi/]2z‘mi. It is termed inhigh Dutch, olzreuitheet neegbnogn: In Italiarac: i t:«mr!a,S;2z’izo Zcr.ﬂi.-:o3.s;2ii2o Cemmo : in Englifh, Laxatiue Ram, Way-thorne, and Buck-t 0 .

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iow Dutch they call the fruitor berries aabrgnbeaen, that is, as though you fhould fay 1IlrL3““ ’

.b'.’I(i6'zt’ Rhemzme : in Engli{li,Rheinberries : in Frencl1,N erprsm. ‘ cry The Temperature. .. d in he berries of this Tliorne, as they be in taﬂe bitter and binding, {o be they alfo hot and f)’ the fecond degree. - ’ r The I/ertrm." " -

The fame do purge and void by the ﬂoole thicke ﬂegme, and alfo cholericltehumo 3 tics’ giuen being beaten into pouder from one dram to a dram and a halfezdiuers do number the lzfgoﬂe who giue to Ptrong bodies from ﬁfteenc to twenty or moresbut it is better’ to breake them 8}‘ 16 mg, them in fat ile (11 b rorh wichom; falt, and to giue the broth to drinke : for fo they purge with ' trouble and fewer gripings. » . [ed

There is prelfed forth of the ripe berries a juyce,which being boyled with a little Allum 15 V of painters for .1 deepe greene,wliich they do call Sap-greene. ' . it , C1.‘

The berries which be as yet vnripabeing dried or infufed or ﬁeped in water,do make :1 fiwcy ' lew colour : but if they be ripe they make a greene.

0] the Holme,'H0/ly, or Hzzhzer tree} q The Dtfcriptim.

__ ' KTHe Holly is a lhrubbic plant, notwzfggg. i din it oftentimes rowes to a trec ,5 ‘.3’; N /[Mg fonablegbignelfe : thegboughes whﬁfeob fad ,, M /”" tough and ﬂexiblc,couered with a {m0°.‘ ha,-d “*‘“ ,, , - green b31’k€.The fubﬂance of the w00d‘5.[h;n, T * " ‘ and found, and blackifh or yellowifb W h the , which doth alfo linke in the water,a5 d0‘ , the Indian wood_"which is called Guaidiimg . leaues are ofa beau tifnll green colour: leﬂrer, and glib, like almoﬂ the bay leaues, bl", I5 and cornered in the edges with that? Pﬂc few which notwithﬂanding they want of hi‘ when the tree is old : the flames be Wh“ big. {weer offmcllzthe berries are round,0 ‘ cc‘. of nelfe of a little Peafe, or not much gf?“‘ﬂgn¢ colour red,oftai.’t vnpleafant,with aWh"e bu in the mid {hwhich do not ealily fallawaggt is hang on the boughesa long time : tbc ’ " wooddy. There is made of the fmooth bark and tree or fhrub, Birdlime, which the birders ul COUDUY men do vfe to take birds wit17=‘l"’y,l: , off the barke, and make a ditch in the gliﬁlcr. fpecially in moilt,boggy,or fogg)’ ‘aim?’ W’ into they put this bark,couering the C boughcs of trees, letting it remaine the‘: be rooted and pt1trified,rvhic}1_[Y_i1l be

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The H oll y tree;

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the fpace of twelue daies or rhereabout : which done, they take it forth; and beat in morters vntﬂl V '3 Come to the thickenelfe and clammineffe of Lime: Iafily,that they may cleare it from pieces

_ ‘ “Ike and oth er filthineffe, they do wafh it very often: after which they adde vnto it a little oyle

0 nutsailild after that do put it vp in earthen velfels.

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thggle 'rlolly tree groweth plentifully in all countries. It groweth green both winter and fummerg

times are ripe in Scptember,and they do hang vpon the tree a long time after. , V s {I The Names. .

n. T his tree or {limb is called in Latine c.e!grifolz'um .~ in Italian,Agrz'fbglia: and Agmﬁglio : in Spa- “llsuizcho 7' in high Dutch, n9amm‘a¢1l,and ofdiucrs gtecpaimen: in low Dutch,=1gum.;; gm‘ r°“L‘lLHom and Houﬂim : in Englifh, Holly, Huluer, and Holme.

1} The T empcratzrrt. I The berries of Holly are hot and dry,and of thin parts,and wail: away windc.

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i. They are good againﬂ the collieke: for ten or twelue being inwardly taken bring away by the ‘°°l€ thickc ﬂagmaticke humors,as we haue learned of them who oftentimes made triallthereof.

» The Birdlimc which is made of the barke hereof is no leffe hurtfull than that of Mi{l‘eltoe,for it

maruellous clammy, it glueth vp all the intrails, it ihutteth and draweth together the guts and pa ages of :he excrements,and by this rneancs it b"rin’geth déiiruétion to man,'not by any quality, “by his gluing fubﬂance.

Olly berten to ponder and drunke, is’ an’eiiperimented medicine againlt all the ﬁuries of the C

euyias thedylentery and ft‘Jch'likic.

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‘ great tfee-5tl1é4tru.I)l(e or body wlier._

of is couered ouer with a thicke roungh barked full of chops or rifts:_the arme§ or boughes are likewife great‘,difperﬁngpthemfelues farrc a-_ broad : the leaues are bluntly indented about the edges, lmooth, and of a lhininggtéene co-l lour,whcr€_0~'1iS often found a molt fweet dew’ and fomewhat clammiéand a;1lfo"a'fungous cit’. crefcence, which wee call Oke Ap‘p)¢5_ The‘

fruit is long,-‘couered with a browne, hard, and

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t_ough.pilling,fet in arough fcaly cup or huskg :36 0ft€D_;f<;l1ngi vpog the‘ body of the tree? _ a o vpontie ranc es accrtainckindo tr A y I y t ions “"“‘° moire hanging downe from the ‘ /,,'/’..-/1' L { .ut‘,';‘\~i|."' fame : and fomctimes another wootldic‘ plant; . ,)r7 ;:rr§i‘ , yghilcch vie call [\/llli-‘Cl[Ofe,belnl%Citl1cfl:1al{i p;_tcroe;, . A‘ nJ‘V..‘ 1 ' e 1e routgtowin tom t e treeit e e, _ " _ _ of the doungias it i? reported) of a bird that TM hath eaten acertaine berry. it Bclidcs fhﬁfcg ,l"’( ,5)‘ ,;ly %- there are about the roots of old Okes within .1 y T sil(lhi‘rl}’['l '1' the earth certaine other excrefcences,, which 3 ii ‘ ‘Mil « ‘ Eawhinc and others liaue called 1’ W ‘i’“"CiW;. 3 ’ I I’ ‘ i \ becaufe they commODlY g!°“W ‘I! Cluﬁers 50- gether, after the manncr:0f_, Gf3P¢5_3I1§l about Iheircbignesjbcghg forririmes round, and ot_‘ber—V wliiles cornered,ofa wood dyfub {iance,hol low «vitliin;and fometirnes of_,a purpl.e,otherwhilesi Sfa whitifh colour on the outﬁde: their raﬁe AQ&l'iﬂgCnt, and vfe fi”t1gula“rih”alli Dyiénfgcgp Vuuuu a_‘ i 9 K163