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H90 Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants. 33- 3‘

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m~—~--—-—~———— _ . y f ai- (geceiued if the ﬁgure which qziéermzmonmmr and our Author out of him game by the narneo _[Zm' aa’ziZterz':mr,vvere not of this. 1:

. . ' atll 13 Among the lhrubby bullies comprehended vnder the titleiof Czjlm Lealui1¢,{M tt;”i€‘;’el”’; [13 d 0 {ct forth one, whereof to write at large were impofﬁble, conﬁderingnthe Author is o L t [gay 6’ our felues we haue not any acquaintance with the plant it felfe : Dzofcorzrier to help: W E3 muss is faith, that it is a {limb growing like vnto the ﬂocke or kindred of _the Czﬂz : from W110 ‘jmm : - gathered a clarnrny dew which maketh that gummie matter that is in {hops called Lldfmmy map growethfaitlr hegin hot regions (but not with vs :) the Mauritanians call the juyce Or C_ 3 Owed] in tt3r,£ep./57,4, and I/(lrZ/€24 .- o fr‘ l‘ome,Lzm!422o,and Oalzmo : in Spanifh, X a_ra .-_ and further faith, 1518]’ {Cams Arabia,where the bulb is called Cbzyin: thus much for the defcription. 1:. Our Author “ﬁche was to malze Diofcarides to comment vpon Mm/aiolm, which fhewes his learning: and hOW Wflihe Plant exercifed in reading or vnderﬁzanding any thing written of Plants. But of this enough; V 21,“ ha: here ﬁgured which Mazzliiolm iudges to be the true Ledan, or 0%»: Lddpdﬂlﬁrl of Dﬂ_’f‘h”;Tc “hues ‘large ltalkes and branches, whereon grow very thicke leaues, broad alto and long,W1‘_ éonmined running alorigli the leaues:the Homes of this conﬁﬂ ofﬁue white leaues, and the feed 15 in a three cornered feed veﬂell. i

.1; I5 Cijfm Ledonﬁlijr R0rif”"’"'m'i

14 CZ/Zita Ledum Alpjimm Clﬂﬁj. ﬁoremary leaned Cipms Ledona

The Mountaine Cillus.

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. l ' 659 Th6 f0“‘€‘€€1“h Cmuss being one of thofe that doe grow vpon the Alpifh {“°“n:,l,n'lTe which Loéel fetteth downe to be Bwlﬁmm alpinum of Gefner.-notwithilanding I thinlce 15 “.0: mg is to infett it in this place, hauing for my warrant that famous Herbarift Carolm Clufim -' thasdpy far!- one of the beautifull_el’r, differing 1ﬂyV€l'y notable points, yet refembling them in the woo Wooden; ches and leaues : it rifeth_vp hauing many weake branches learning to the ground, yet Of}: 0 3 {hi- fubﬂancc,‘couert3Cl ouer with an alh-coloured barlcc‘: the leaues are broad, and very t9“B 13: nirig greerie colour,and a binding tafte:the lloures grow at/the tops of the branches like hanging downe their heads_,diuided at the lips or brims into ﬂue di'ui{ions,oF a deep F? I the out ﬁde,and dafhtouer here and there with Tome ﬁluer f pots 5013 the inlide_o{a bf 1?: 0 red colour, with certaine chines in the middle, and ofﬂa very fweet fmell, as is all the If making plant; after which come {mall heads or knaps, full of leed like dull, of a very f’£f0“% Wile; there ‘5 the head ofthcm to ake that fmel therto.-the root is long,hard,and very w_o0dd)’=0f‘““‘l found

'WhCil’ius Led on groweth in the Ifland o_fCandie, as Be/lonizza doth tellifie, in vntilled pl

B.‘ 5. ' V ‘T Of the Hiliorie of Plants. 12

f<:}1nd v 0 gal ﬁring

pon the trunke or naked part of the ilcallces certain excrefcences, or oiitigroiivings in manner. ls of a fun Ions fubliance like thofe ol fouchwood, white within and red without. of an a.

A _ ‘E-,A 1 2 . ent or biting talle. .

IS This growes fomc cubit or better high, and bath long narrow glutinous leaues like to thole of lloleniarie, fet by couples but not very thicke: the branches whcrean the aura;

fhape

°€_grow are .flend.er,and the feed veffels are diuided into fine parts as in other plants of this lciride.

T is Ciiiﬁm found in Spaintgand fats forth for his Lcdrim namim. ;l: qr The Place.

_ _ aces euer A. ere: it is allo found in Cyprus,as Pliny fheweth, and likewife in many places of Spam: that 11*: Open in the Sun : moreotier,both the forme andbigneffe of the leaues, and allb of the plants them- e“°S;as well oftlrole that bring forth Lac[.imzm,as the other L.il’tus,do vary in this wonderful ma-t thT,ra_ccording to the diuerﬁtie of the places and countries where they grow : they are [hangers in g e e B ‘ ’ ' I

Northernly parts, being very impatient of our cold clymate.

qt ‘I/ye Time. h _ , _. V. .

V They ﬁourc For the molt part from May to the end Of Auguli :thecla‘mrny matter which falleth l’_°D the leaucs,which is a liquid kinde of Rofeii ofa fweet fmell,is gathered in the Spring time,as 0;?‘-prides fa.ith:_but as Pttrtaa B6//072[:z!»3 aﬂirmeth(b_eing an ey,e_witncs ofthe gatliering)_in the midlt and“f1_N_11er,and in the extreme heat of the Dog-dares, the which in our time not without great care - qlllgenceﬁnd as great lanour,is gathered rrom the whole plant(WIth Cﬁftam IHREUWCDES made glaﬂner oftonth-pickesgor eare-pickes, which in their tongue they call Ergaﬂiri) and not gathe- led “Om the beards of Goats,as it is reported in the old fables ofthﬁ lying Monks ‘hem 561055: Cale

mhc‘?/Obieras, that is to fay Greckifh Monkes, who of very mockery haue foifted that fable among 6 .

TS extant in their Wcirkes. y y I thinke it notiamiffe for the better explanation of the matter here treated of, as a,ll'o,to {hew h “ after what manner out Authou-r in diuers places gaule the teﬂimony of lllfldry VVrit'ers,ai_id go” Well hee vnderllood them, here to fetdowne in Englilh the words of Be/la.m_znr concerning the . erino of‘.Lad4mim, which are thefe. [The Greekes (faith he) For the gathering ofLa:1.wam, pm. }'i‘k‘l€a petzuliar inllrument which in their vulgar tongue they téﬁnle E73"/3“"."1~h‘l“l5 an linﬂmmﬁnt . Cto aliake without teeth,to this are faftened furiclry thongs cut out of a raw and vntanned hide, they gently rub thefe vpon the Laalammz bearing ﬂirubs, that {'0 the liquid moiflzure concrete about bglﬁaues may ﬂticlte to them,which afterwards with kriiues they {haue oflthefe thongs in the heat, - he da . Wherefore tlielaboutof" atherin Ladmmm is exceeding great, yea intollerable fee‘ in Y . A g 3 2 gtllﬁy tnti'livofrieccli"itie (lay in the rnountaines all the day long in the greatell heat of the Dog- ¢4[:2_: neither vfually {hall you ﬁnde any other who will talcz the paiiﬁes rt? garner 1:1; l;€(l:lflCS, the — -' ‘Wi that is the Greeke Monkes It is athered no w ere in I 5 W 0 <1 30 0 andy in r 3 .- I ' , . . = = - . _ . §0t:‘:I31r plenty, than at the foot of the mountaine Ida at a village called Cogualino, and at Milo. 0 i

T, H _ q]"1l“5e:N47i2e':.‘ __ w. r_ ' g . ~ he rhmb it relfe is called in G~reeke,ii.riy, Ol‘AaEJ2ar: the Latines keepe the name Lcalm or L4/[g,«gJ;md

ls .~ . _ . . . . . is gklﬂde of Cﬂm or I-lolly Rofes: the fat or clammie matter which is gathered from the leaues-,

agkmanied Lazlaziaii and Leaéziioii, according to the Qreeke :_ the Apothecaries coriuprly call it Layla- Gem-‘ Dlaﬁwrjp,/£5 cgumerh than to be the bell which is fweet of frnell, and foinewliat gteenc, that Y

waxetli loft,is fa't,w'-itlioiit fand,a'nd is not eafily brokengbtiit very full ofRolir1 or gamma

. qé T/52 Temperature. , £44472" r- .-or ll dfl rricic- r - aw‘ i bin . um, faith Gar/M, is not in tie ater en 0 tie it egiee,haui_ng alfo a little allrictiue or dcmlng qiialirygit is likewifc of a thin fubﬂance, and therefore it fofterieth, and withall doth I1lO— °lYd1geFt,andal{oconco€t. y _ , L _ Laden ill ll * ‘ l’ ‘ -a'l'T;mY{mﬂe53 - r l i ' k V th hairs“ 1" Falling ‘f{”’ }at1';i%p.1eii_liar property againll: tlieinﬁrrnities oF_rhe mother. It ct??? ~-> ‘Om l_0fic;or§)al’.',l,Cfl‘r\"ahC[ hawayany fetled or putriﬁed liutnor that is attheitr)r‘?0ot5t-C m em(m“.[,_ . My i as art ,T 3CLIt61twMmdO[l] binde, heate,foupIe, and opcn,_ 619;» -P_ ~ A -l_Wme, IIij,{ed°"’}“d Oylﬂ <_3f Myrtlessit kcepetli haires from fall,ing,being anriointed therewitli 5 Or laied on * With wine,it maketh’ the marlces or {cars of wounds faire and well coloured .

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te; otaketh away the panic of the cares if it be poured or dropped them“: mixed with honied wa- C

’ ‘With oyle of Roles.

nix‘. “mt: made thereof draweth forth the after-birth, and taketh away the hardiiefle of the ma- E

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