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armes it creepeth and wandereth far about: it alfo bringeth forth contiuually fine little one

which it faltneth it felfc and cleaueth wonderfull hard vpon trees, and vpon the fmootheﬂ walls : the leaues are fmooth, lhining efpecially on the vpper lide, cornered with fharpc_ Pom“ corriers.The ﬁoures are very limall and moﬂie 5 after which lucceed bundles of black berriﬁsscucry one hauiug a {mall lharpe pointall. ,

There is another fort of great Ivie that bringeth forth white fruit,whr'ch forne call <_ﬂ£/W”"””’ irrigzmm .- and alfo another leﬂer,the which hath blacks berries. This P/my calleth Sc/mz'IitW-

We allo ﬁnde mentioned another fort hereof F pied abroad, with a fruit of a yellow Satfroﬂ C0’ lOlll‘,CailCd ofdiuers, Dioayﬁm, as Diofco;-ides writeth : others B4.rc,é:ic:i,of which the Poets viii make garlands, as P/my teltifieth, (M. 1 6.cap. 34.

2 Barren Ivie is not much vnlilte vnto the common Ivie aforefaid, fauing that his branches 5"“ both ﬁnaller and tenderer,not lifting or bearing it felfe vpward, but creeping along by I135‘ glow]

vnder inoiﬂ and lhadowie ditch bankes. The leaues are molt commonly’ ihrec fquare, C°’““ed’O

ablackifh greene colour, which at the end of Summer become brownifh red vpon the lower ﬁd" The whole plant beareth neither ﬂoures nor fruit,but is altogether barren and fruitlefT‘:- I ) it ; i There is kept for noueltes lake in diuers gardens a Virginian,by fome (though ‘mm Y termed a Vine, being indeed an Ivie. The ﬂalkes ofthis grow to a great heighth,ifthey b5 Plants nigh any thing that may fuftaine or beare them vp :and they take ﬁrit hold by certaine {mall ‘en’ drels,vpon what body {oeuer they grow,whether ltone,boords,bricl<e,yea glalTe,and that fo ﬁrmely, that oftentimes they will bring pieces with them if you plucke them oﬂ’.The leaues are larﬁeicom iifting 0ff0uI'C,ﬁUC,Of more particular leaues,each of them being long,and deepel y notched 35°“ the edgcs,f‘0 that they fomewhat refemble the leaues of the Chelhut tree: the Homes gf0W Cl" C‘ ring together after the manner of Ivie, but neuer with vs {hew them felues open, fo that we cannot iullly fay any thing of their color,or the fruit that fucceeds them It puts forth his leaues in AP“ ’ s and the ﬁtalkes with the rudiments of the ﬂoures are to be feene in Augu[l;,I: may as I {aid be my called Hedmz Virgizziamz. 1:

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Q] The Place. ,,‘ Ivie groweth commonly about walls and trees 5 the white Ivie groweth in Greece, and ‘he ba ' ren Ivie groweth vpon the ground in ditch bankes and {hadowie woods.

. _ _ 17 The Time. Ivie ﬂourilheth in Autumne -. the berries are ripe after the Winter 501 [1 ice,

I" lid‘ L 6] ' G qi<mNm“' vie is ca e in atine,He em: in rec e K177: ,and xi». :1“ hi hp I h g :‘n low ‘Maple: in Spanifh,T aim: in French, Liarre: ‘ i g u C ’ pm“ 1 I: The great Ivie is called of Tbeophmjlm, .i4t.x;..,,,,= in Latin.’ Hedmz mollem’ or He‘/M aﬂrgeiice IGa_{a interpreteth it Harlem excelﬁ. The later Herbariﬂs would haue in to be Hm/,3,,,' 4réorW‘a or I vigbecaufe it groweth vp_on_trces,and_Hea’mi mum/i'a,which hangeth vpon walls. _ doth it hcgping or barren Ivie is called in Greeke,zar,4.. rim: : in Englifh, Ground-Ivie: Yet 1-l,,,1,;, _muC iffer from Hedmz terrejlrrlr or Ground-Ivie before defcribed :olfomeit is called Cldzjvmﬂt

and Hederaﬂerilis 5 and is that hcrbe wherein the Borg dgﬁghterh, accofdiﬂg to

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Ivmaas Gm” ram’. is compounded oqfrcontciaribﬂlliitrcaiiiltriiees - for it h th ' binding earth’ and COM ﬁlbﬂaﬂctaand alfoafubﬁance fomewhat bitin viihiche a licenameﬁe dot thew ‘S be hot Neither is “Without a third faculty as being ogoiia certaiiieerwirrﬁiveeirilagry fub ce,an

' ‘ ' . _ _ _ _ _ 3 .r 4 that 15 1f" be gmene -f°1’Wh1Ieﬂ: it is in drying, this watery fubltance bein earthy; C01 dmg C°“ﬁ‘m“-Th aWay,and that which is hot and bitinv remaineth g D I

. ' 5 . The leaues of Ivie frelh and gteene boyileciié he-'11‘: 0“ VICE“. and erfeétly cure tltoﬁ

i avenomous and malitious ' ' - . ' 03‘ and fcaldirigs. . . .quamy ioyned wuh them 5 and are a remed)’ hkewlfe an Moreouer, the leaues boiled in vinegre are good for fuch as haue bad 1‘ leenes - but the or fruit are of more force, being very ﬁnely beaten and tempered with viii: re efpet-‘i3 Y they are commended againﬂ‘ burnings. g ’ . The juyce drawne or lhift vp into the nofe doth effeétually purge the head ﬂaieth the runmlng of the cares that hath beene of long continuance, and healer}, 0151 V1eers both in the cares 811 3 in the noﬂhrils : but if it be too {harpe,it is to be mixed with oile ofRo{es or fallad oyle . 1. C6 The gum that is found vpon the trunke or body ofehe old {rock of 151-6 kjﬂeth nits and ‘C 5 and taketh away haire: itis of f0 hora quality, as that it doth obfcurely biirne: it is as rtcivgine ,_,,_, .._ ,. __,. « .., _, V -' C

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certaine waterifh liquor congealed of thofe gummie drops. Thusfarre Galen.

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be very fame almolt hath Dz'ofcarider,but yet alfo fomewhat more:for ouer and beﬁdﬂs he faith»

‘ 3‘ ﬁne of the berries beaten ﬁnal] and made hot in a Pomegranat rinde, with oyle of roles, and ‘°Pl?€c_1 into the contrary eare,doth bale the tooth-ach-,and that the berries make the haire blacke.

"C in Our time is very feldome vfed, {aue that the leaues are laid vpon little vlcers made in the es=1‘3g5s 01' other parts of the body, which are called iﬂhes 3 for they draw humors and ware- “: 1 U dance to thofe parts, and keepe them from hot fvvellings or inﬂammatrons, that is to fay, eaues newly gathered,and not as yet withered or dried.

6 troubled with the {tone and difeafes of the kidnies. ‘es’ ‘fthﬁy be bathed and wafhed with the water wherein they haue beene infufed . C H A p. 316. Of rough fliintieznaeed.

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Ough Binde-weed ofPe_ru.

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A 311)’ C§"Y‘Z4’{4, gt S4rfF:z pariild, whercwith diners gricfes and maladies arfefégﬁrdea :2:

{mail 1- - that thefe roots are very well knowrie to all 5 yet fuch_hath beene thehcirggiuen V8 in‘ ﬂruﬁﬁ) :‘;y1d€n_ce of llich as haue trauelled into the Indies, thathithcrto nccﬁggaﬁrdw faith that it hath long uﬁﬁcient, either concerning the leaues, ﬂoures, or fruit : opal)’ mat learned mat; mould ten t C re. T0<l>ts deepe thrult into the ground : which is as much asll :1 ﬁjm who is {.0 blinde that teeth théfgoir that ltfrur common carrion Crow were of a blacke cpoili Nomi-[hﬂandin there is in the reports 0;}; ehe, bfut can eafily afﬁrme the root tr; lip verrywmé, fame mmadiaiogg or Com trarietie _ fome uc as aythey haue feene the plant it e e g , tn f h B_ dweeds: - 1 report that it 1S a kind ofBmdweed,and efpecially one 0 thefe tong In mhm

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thatgme likﬁwife afﬁrme that the berries are effeétuall to procure vrine 5 and are giuen vnto thofe G

~ he ‘Canes laid in fleepe in water fora day and a nights fpace, helpe fore and fmarting waterifh H

which we vf'u-li