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Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants. L 11:2’

Vitis 4/54, or white Vine, and it is named, ¢",uwtMt.b€Cal3| le it is not onely like the vine in leaues, alfo for that it bringeth forth his fruit made vp after the likenelfe of a little cluﬂcr, allﬁhougl; L,’ berries ﬂzand not clofe together : it is called of Pliny, Bryonia, and Marion .- of the Arabians I’ 5 _ [era .- of Matfhzez/at, sylaatzcm, Viticel/4 .- in the poore mans Treafure,Raraﬂrum .- of Apuleima/11”” ,e , lam, Vita} Tamiimz, rm‘; alha, and Vitalha : in high Dutch, ﬁutbtnuttgz in low Dutch, 1539?”: in Engli{h,Briony, white Briony,and tetter Bertie : in French Crmlmree .- in Italian, Ztlmlh’ tim : in Spanilli, Alacza hl.-mm.

q[ The Temperature. V M, White Briony is in all parts hot and dry, exceeding the third degree, efpecially of heate,f W tb an exceeding great force ofclenling and fcouring, by reafon wherof it purgeth and draweth OT 5 not onely cholerickc and flegmaticke humors, but alfo watrie.

{T The I/ermes.

A Diofmridc: writeth,that the firlt fprings or fproutings being boiled and eaten,do purge by $56’

and wine. Galen faith, that all men vfe accultomably to eat of it in the fpring time,and that it 133 nourilhment wholeforne, by reafon of the binding quality that it hath , which is to be Vlldﬂﬁo C of theft of the wild vine, called in Latine, Tamra 5 and not of the f proutings of this plaﬂﬁs for I C fproutings of the ﬁrll: f prings of white Bryony are nothing binding at all, but do mighllll’ Pmg the belly, and torment the liomacke. " = 1)iafé‘0ricle.r alfo allirrneth, That the juice of the root being prelfed out in the fpring» 3 _

with meade or honied water, purgeth ﬂegme : and not only the juice,but alfo the deco&1_0ﬂ 9 root draweth forth ﬂegme, choler, and waterifh humors, and that very ﬁrongly -, and it LSW1‘ oftentimes fo troublelome to the Ptomacke, as it procurcth vomite.

C This kinde of Ptrong purgation is good for thofe that haue the dropfie, the falling ﬁcknﬁlreﬁnd

D The root put vp in maner of a pelfary bringeth forth the dead childe and afterbirth : being E

the dizzineife and fwimrning of the braine and head, which hath continued lon , and is haldly to T

be rcrnoned : yet notwith ﬂaanding it is not daily to be giuen(as Diofwrider adrnonifheth) $0 ‘ .53 thathaue the falling licknelTe,for it will be troublefome enough to take it now and then = 39d ‘go, (as we ha ue faid) ‘an exceeding ftrong medicine, purging with violence, and very forccﬂblc ' mans nature. - ' bol- led for a bath to fit in, it worketh the fame elfeét. nd Itfcourcth the skin, and taketh away wrinkles, freckles, fun burning, blacke markcs, fP°’5’-lied fears of the face, being tempered with the meale of vetches or Tares, or of Fcnugrecke : Ohbm 0:1 in oile till. it be confumed 5 it taketh away blacke and blew f pots which come of ﬂri es : it 15 goes, againl} Whitlowes : being ft-amped with wine and applied it breaketh biles,and fmall ap0ﬁ"m A

it draweth forth fplinters and broken bones, if it be ﬁamped and laid thereto.

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The fame is alfo ﬁtly mixed with eating medicines, as Diafcoridc: writeth. Au, .

The fruit is good againit fcabs and the leprie, if it be applied and anointed on,as the fame thorafﬁrmeth.

Gttlenwriteth, that it is proﬁtable for Tanners to thicken their leather hides with. ma;

Furthermore, an eleétuaty made of the roots and hony or fugar, is fingular good for thﬁmbm, are ﬁlo” winded, troubled with an old cough, paine in the (ides, and for f uch as are hurt and {ten inwardly : for it diliolueth and fcattereth abroad congealed and clottered blond . f U 1;

The r00! ﬁamped with falt is good to be laid vpon ﬁlthy vlcers and fcabbed legges. The r is likewife good to the fame intent, if it be applied in manner aforefaid.

L The r00t0fBri0ny and of wake-Robin ftamped with fome fulphurorbrimﬁone, and made VP

5 into a maffe or lump and wrapped in a linnen clout, taketh away the morphew,freckle5i 3”‘! {Pot

of €113 5305: if“ be Ribbed with the fame being dipped ﬁrft in vineger.

C H A P. 321. Of éldck? fBriom'e, or the wi/ale ‘Ume.

{I The Defcription.

». r ca» He black Briony hath long ﬂexible branches of a woody fubllance,cpuered 3; S ping or clouen bark growing VCTY far abroad, winding it felfe with his fang vmeﬂh about trees, hedges,and what elfe is next vnto it,like vnto the branches 0f_ l _ C we ,

leaues are like vnto thofe of Iuie or garden Nightthade, {harpe pointed, and of a {Inning ,, fwd

c9i10“r==he ﬂames 4?? Whireafeallwd !P°‘T1°sVY11i€l! being pathtlxczs fussesd. little ‘l““°’i§nics

' Of the Hiftorie of Plaritsi

berries,fornewhat bigger than thole of the f mall Raifins or Ribes, which wee call Currans or fmall Raiﬁns. The root is very great and thicke,often- times as big as a mans leg, blackifh without, and very clammy or ﬂimy within ;which beeing but fcraped with a knife or any other thing lit for that purpofe, it feemes to be a matter fit to fpted vpon cloath or leather in manner of a plaiiler of Sear-cloath:which being (0 fpred and vfed,it fer- ueth to lay vpon many inﬁrmities, and vnto verie excellent purpofes,as (hal be declared in the ptoé per place.

2 Thewild black Bryonie refetnbles the for-é met as well in {lender Vine-{’talkes,as leaues 5 put claf ping tendrels haue they none , neupertheleife by reafon of the inﬁniteneﬂe of the branches,and the tendernelfe of the fame, it takes hold or thofe things that {land next vnto it, although -ealie to be loofed,contrarie vnto the other of his kinde. The berries hereof are blacke of colour when they be ripe 5 the root alfo is blacke without, 3ﬂ_d Wltllm of a pale yellow colour like Box. 1 This which is here defcribed is the Bryonia nigm of Dodonaah,-, but Baahine calleth it Bryomfa.allm,and faith it d if- fereth from the common white Bryonie, onely in that the rootis of a yellowifh Box colour on the in-fide,and the fruit or berries are blacke when as they come to ripene ﬁfe.

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I Brytwia F’H;’S"/""rt, Blacke Bi-yoiiie.

Br am}: 711 'mﬂorem‘ 770”‘“37”’”f"’§‘°”’- ,

This is altogetherlike the ﬁrﬁ defcribed

M1 in roots,branche<,aﬂd 1€8"¢5:°{1)l.V 3;"-‘_f°0t (mks Green th _ . . H. . . . . h 1 ;:he floures are omet ring greater, gaining neifhgfhidfdiirgyaﬁirafhzﬁ fll(§t1~rirrOg1.afIrily:tb1err}\ifiel:s()rO{‘l‘1%w thereof,bu‘t the ﬂours {st fontﬁalks 0 foo” Wither and fall away. This I haue heretofofﬁ and now this Summer 162 I, diligently ob;

femedibecatife it hath not bin mentioned or obferucd by any that I know: 10/?” Goody"? 1‘

Th H q[ The Place. I R W where 3 rft of 5}, f 1 ' ‘ h 'nhedges and bufhesa m0 8113 _ _- T _ _ T __ D. e econd g:o::,§sa;,t:;%Ev§,e§asionie,Weﬁpha’1ia,Potnerland,and Mrfnia, where white Bryo-V CE: g’°Weth not as I/alerim Cﬂrdtu hath written-,who faith that it growes vnder hafcll trees n_c€f,¢ 33 Y of ermany caucd Argentine or Strausborougba

(‘J The Time. The)’ fpring in March bl‘ll)o~fO1‘[l1'tllC ﬁoures in May,and their ripe fruit in September. r J C!

B 1] The Names. , V w- l“°ke Bryonie igcauad in creeke wmm «cw : in Latine Bryania nzgrd, and Vi:£rfylaejfrI5a_°\f V1-Id i“e'n0t 'thl-E div ' hcliffets from Lahmfca or,Vz'm ruiniférafyluejiﬂkﬁhat issthie “'1”

‘.“°iwhic’h bvyl 1: n mg kg mucll d A la: arrria VVh both thefe were called by one name P!” as: e¢r;3%ce:v1fOYth‘ldne (ff fliciegtzley exfiotrnd theth L212 23. cap 1 but confounded anti’

io con no u : - - ' ‘ ad?-them allone:it1 which error are alfo the Arabians. , . . lu named, it a” 1: vnilde Vine is alfo called in Latine,T4mm;and_th_e fruit thereof Vrua 1i’s1a”I)'{o called. 5 Mm. " "4ﬂmm. Ruellim faith that in certain {hops it is called Szgz/lam 3- »

ﬂu; 4[;er4,but not properly , in Enguﬂ]’Btla_Ckc Bryonigwilde Vl.DC,8Ild out I.-3dl€S fC3lC.

nOThe roots of the wilde Vine are hot andTd?y?i‘nAt{h:‘fh.ird degree : the fruit is of like temper, but t f° f°"C€a-ble :both of them fcoure and waﬂe away. I 77,,- . D d d d 2 ‘ll ” "