‘ igiri. Of the I-liflorie of Plants; L 1 B5 3' V 13.5.. Of the Hiliorie of Plants.

5 EnglifhDwarl'e Broomehath many twiggy branches,very greene, tough, fomewhat flf?l“d T Thliglarine being ftillyblowne, ﬁamped and mixed with {wines greafe, clot: cafe the paine oi" L

or cornered,leaning toward the ground :whereon doe grow leaues fet without order, fometimcz i §°lAt. A _ ‘ e , two together,and olten three or foure growing fait together,like vnto the common Broome,gf€5“ ml Mcfzee writetli,That this tempered with hony ofliofes, or with an egge,doth confiimaz away M

on the vppcr ﬁde, hoary vnderneath, and of a bitter talte : among which leaues come forth Yew: the Kingseuill. )’ _ _ _ _ _ _ floures like thole of common Broome, but leller, of little or no ftnell at all : after which appw . he Rape of the Broome or Broome Rape,being boyled in wine,is corn mended againii tl'i=:; mains N

fuiall cods fomewhat hairy, wherein is contained fmall feed : the root is tough and wooddy, 1 1;-ma e 0f the kidneyes and bladder,prouoketh vrine, breakcth the Prone, and expelleth it. ‘

lame iuclges thele two laﬂ defcribed to be onely varieties of the common Broome 5 to whole 0P‘“." cc The lUYC€ Pfﬁllhd f0”h 0fBl0°m€ Tape healeth greelle Wounds,-and cleiilbrli hlci and ﬁlth vi.- on I do much incline. yeti haue let our Authors defcription Ptand, together with the 58”” oft . V ' ‘ rs: the 13:“ PhYﬁ“°“5 doaﬂllme that "315 am’ §°°d {mold "CD°m°“5="““‘i ‘“3llCl"—',1" Vl€€l'€~-

latehivhlcll feeminglyexpreffes the greatelt difference. 1: I That worthy Prince offamous memory Henry 8.Kiﬂg °fE“gl3hd,Was wont .',()<.i.i.‘lLliC the:li£.i..il- P J

6 The Dwarfe Broome of Hungary hath fialkes and yellow ﬂoures like thoie of the lall «hf; e “fatﬁr Of Br00m€ ﬂ0“Y€5i3g3iﬂlt fuffets and ‘M53165 '5he“"°f“‘-”‘l“;§§- __ fcribed ztheleaues hereof are different, they are longer and more in number: the whole Plan‘ I S" Thomas Fitzbcréert Knightiwas Wont t0Cl1t€ the b_l3Cl<€ l3““dlCC* With this drinke onel y. Q altogether greater,wherein cf peciall y conﬁfieth the difference. to ake 35 many haﬂdfulls (35 YOU thlhke goodlof ‘hf? dlle-f_l E31365 Olyl-l~1’%>*“)?’?7tt?gztthere./l and l3r>.ye(7l H 7/” Flam ahP0uder in the moneth ofMay,then take vnto each handiull of the at l'lt“G lc~aii..;-s~. 0512:: l,:~.:r:_)n{,,1a_ 3, The common Broome groweth almoli euery where in dry pafiures and low woods. 6 V th alfe of the feed of Broome brayed into ponder : mingle thefe together,,ant_l let the llCi..;‘ . « W,»_;« The Broome Rape is not to be found but where Broome doth grow - it groweth in a BN0“, ereofeach day 3 q“3ml‘Yi Hill and l3llaVmill he ﬁnd‘? lﬁilnf? <‘~3l€- T116 mﬁdlclﬂe malt he (T _,n»r2- ﬁeld at the foot of Shooters hill next to London . vpon Hampﬁgad Héath and in diuers ot . tied and fo long vfechvntill it be quite extinguifhed : for it is a difeafe not very fiiddenly CLlI'cd1l)i_;_r places. ’ , dog mull by little and little be dealt withall. _ _ _ T Spanifh Broome groweth in diuers kingdomes of Spaine and Italy; we haue it in Our L0“ 00t0banch or Broome rape ﬂiced and pL1t1'ht0°Yl‘3 Ol’“°‘>‘9}“l~‘.“l_"3 0‘ macaw? ‘“ the f‘}me>35~’ Y9 S ardens_ Eng‘ ofes for oyle ofRofes,fcoureth and putteth away all i'pots,lentils,_freclrles,pimples,wneals and 1

The VVhite Broome groweth lilrewife in Spaine and other hot regions 5 it is a ﬂrangerlﬂ _ $38 from the face,or any part of the body,being annointed therev_vith._ \ la-ndsof this Tim: Ce:/pbarnim makes mention in his fecond Eclog of his Bucolicks, Writing‘ ' th Df‘0fC0ria'e: writeth, Tliat Otobanch may be eaten either raw or boiled, in nianncr as we vfe to eat 11 . e I W V . Pflgs or young lhoots <»:)fv:\4’ﬂ/1%‘/lrdg‘({J. . _ _ CW2“ 7” 2”“ ‘T P” ” =17 ‘W ”““'_‘“'” OW’? WW9 T . th he lloures alive!-l‘CCdS of 9 pain = h Broome are good to be drunlrc _W1£h meade or horned water in V. *’”’’/[‘‘’f‘’5 5"f“"‘ “W "‘Pl““"‘ .‘s"”’f‘i4- : 6 quantity ofa dram,to cattle one to vomit with great fotceand v10l€ﬂC€3€l1€ﬂ 38 White Hellfzhor, .

See Fathelahow the Kine firetch out their tender fide - " l—ne°.ﬁ“'é’$ P0“d“Y- . . - . .. Viider the hairy Broorne,that growes in ﬁeld {,0 wide. If it be taken alone,it loo fenetli Ilia: belly, driueth forthgi-eat quantitie of waterie and ﬁlthy hu- X

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Broome floureth in the end of Aprill or May, and then the young buds of the ﬂoures alclﬁabd a

gathered and laid in pickle or falt, which afterwards being walhed or boyled, are vied fol 3 e . as Capers be, and be eaten with no leffe delight: the cods and feeds be ripe in Anguﬁ 5 the R P A . - appeareth and is feene elpecially in the moneth of Iune. T C H A P. I8. Of ["91/é ﬁroome or g7’€6’7lZIlg 127666]. The Spanilh Broome doth ﬂoure foonenang is longer in ﬂouting. ’ , I TeN . .' - Tb D. , This {limb is calledin Latine, Gem'ﬂa,§as fomgxiiuld haue it Geneﬂa: in Hanan Gent/mu‘ in e A ’ ‘J 6 ymfmﬁ Spanlil].l1l(CW1l:C,Gt’7'1£ﬂ7a,Ol‘ Greﬂra .- in high Dutchggfcimmen : in low l_)utch,23;em$1“ Fzfyyym H is bafe kinde of Broom called Green weed or Diets weed, hath many tougli branches , Gymji‘ r in _Englilh Broome. t I he Spanilh Broome by molt Writers is iudged to be the 5}’ pmcecdgng from a wooddy root:whereon do grow great {tore o leaiies~,of a deep green 0 D’‘’f‘‘‘’’' 14'“ - 13 - In colour,fomvvhat long like thole of Flax : the ﬂours grow_ at the top of the branches not of 3 y ‘ uch vnlike the lealles Of‘ Broome, but (mallet; of an exceeding fairc yellow colour, which turne

“R0 {mall ﬂat cods,whcrein is contained a little ﬂat feed.

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. _ Tire Temperature and Vertrm. V “.0 th,-The twigs, ﬂ0l11‘eS and feeds of Broome are hot and dry in the {econd degree: they 3“ 3 no; [0 . fuocefﬂ{:ence,and are of.f0rce to clenfe and open, and efpecially the feed, which is dryer and A i \ 2 _ Cm/m cluﬂm letteth forth another kinde of Broome, which Daelwzezze calleth Gc;:t,y;,, ,.y,,5;,_ B The Sgﬁgfgliousggoéﬂurez d V T _ ,It and kid! i :)’b°1hg another fort of Diets wctecl : it groweth like the Spahiflih Brcciiome :vpon whole branches mes on t e twigs an tops of Broome doth clenfe and open the liuer, mi 3 e H grow long and {mall leaues like Flax, greene on the vpper it e_, an . of an hoary {liming colour C It driueth awa b h ii l ‘ ‘ that mac foithe other’ The ﬁollhes gmwraf the EDP Ofthe ﬂalkes’fp1kcfammn’mfmmc and Colour like ‘he h dm 1, r _y y t e oo e watery humors, and therefore it is wholefome for them I me; ;the mots are tmcye and woudcly. D t erhelyelfaealggciisally being made with wine -, but better for the other inﬁrmities with ware . a 3 Carolpg Clwﬁm fcttech form um kindes ofBroome.The_ﬁrl.’t is a low and bale plant,'Ct€ep.lfl§‘§ . commended for the fame purpofes. - . ire fl lying ﬂat V on the round, whofc long branches are nothingell‘e,hut as it were mikes Conga- - -‘- .._ > V e - uesii * la _- eas"- ’ A E The” 15 31 [0 made Ofthe allies ofthe lialkes and branches dryed and burnt a lie with :hinW ﬁe mg Gaza 3 icke ingthe mi we ‘t and tbmne about the Cdneg and in it were dimdcd with {man W%°{§:sIE£)‘:t‘}]l1{h.WI11lt‘.°l’wh‘°h 15 highly commended ofdiuers for the greene {icl<en_ell'e and .d[:;)P3ﬂd :“°l<S ;at which place it beginneth to continue the fame leafe to the end,and lb from leafe to leafe. an b h bl [3213 ‘by exliellangl driue forth thin and watery humors together with the vri n , fret _ ntill it haue incmafed 3 gr;-ca: fort, all which doe as itwere make one fiallte 3 and hath noneotlier ' illiztintlitlilgs a as M W” mu It doll‘ bl’ feafon of his {harpe quality many times hurt 3 T eeagekfauing that in {ome of the nicgtacar Eiiuifions there commeth forth a frlnall lﬁafglike a lﬁtttlle , .‘t ._ , —‘ . ,d~ , _ ' ' ircs0 o Mejia: faith_,_That there is in the ﬂourcs and branches a cutting moiﬂure, but full of excremﬂgﬁ °°mmghtg;::en[:::; E ifgghcirfd Of: y:1(1::v:.1:§)Orf,l: $y?;§}?lTlie roots apd therefore“ Caufethllom": ’ and that the Plan‘ doth 5“ all his Pam trouble: Cl": attenuate’ i "every lorlg tough and viroodd hill of ﬁbres clolin at tile to of the root from whence the)’ Pm‘ violently purge by vomit and fiooleﬁegme and raw humors out of the joynts. t the C“ as from brie bodv l 3 g . ’ G But thefe things are not written of Broome., but of Syartium, which purgeth by VOm1C7lftC W qr This kinde 0f*G,emw,ﬂ,d C, “Pd Om-,me (_j],4m,¢ﬂ4rti1¢772, hath a thicke wooddy root : from‘ H manner ofHelIebor,as both Dzqfearzele: and Plzny do teﬁiﬂe. _ _ fugereth E lch rife V diuers lone?’ 1(.w¢;, 5‘ yr 2% »ki;'xg§ as it were of many pieces fet together like a petite oi r M?e alfo addeth, That Broome doth breake the {tone of the kidnies and bladder, and a s(as may better be},Qm,;._,,,,,_g .«_, ,, g ,{ifg'L1I‘t.‘.',tl‘laﬂ exprcfled by words)greene on the vpper ﬁde, I not t e matter whereof the [tone is made to he long,or to become a Prone. am [0 fhd whitml Vnde,n¢grl3,ln_>i~ 3: :1-. ....zh :2 an’: as it were of a rufhie ﬁibﬂance : among which rife Vp very The young buds or little ﬂoures prelerued in picl<le,and eaten as a fallad,fiirre vp 3“ “PP mall naked mfhy ﬁalltes ; on the l‘«:3~p "c"\lv'l\f'*“(‘,()i7r_. groweth an care or fpike of a chafhe matter, hauing

ml‘.-‘RIC éhfl Open the ﬂoppings of the liner and milt. 1h_c eh? and time in the [aid cares diam: now ﬂames like Bfrygiinegiiiit very ftiiall or little. TE" V‘ i ’ ‘ ‘ Sf 2_ A ll ‘S‘.<z1Q,:'