20 : Adam in Eden, Or, 
: —— s ae 
while, yer at length becometh black, but never very bigge, of an exceeding 
harfh caft, before they are ripe,yet afterwards the harfhne fie is lomewhatabated" 
The Root is great and woody, f{preading under ground, and thooting forth a- 
gain in divers placcs. | 
seemed 
: The Heder and 8 : : 
~The Sloes and Skegges grow in He esand Copies of moft parts of this Lani 
being oftentimes ee to make the divifions and fences of enclofed cher 
onely the Bulleis are commonly found nearer home in Orcbards or Clojes, They 
all flower early, as in March, or April, be che weather never fo hard, yet ripen 
not their fruit till che Amimmne froftshave bittenthem. 
Peo: ‘ The Temperature, 
All the parts of the Stoe Bufb are binding, cooling, and dying. - 
or . The Vertnes. Wigs oc ae 
The juyce of the frait of Shes, being alfo a Subflitute of Acacia, and thore 
often ufed then any other in moft of our A pothecaries Shop‘, muft be likewife 
‘effeGtuall for all kinds of Lasks and Fluxes dfblood, both in Menand Wowen, 
or elfe it would noc be ufed infted thereof, yet divers conceive that the conden. 
farejuyce of Sumeck or Myriles, is more anfwerable to the qualities of Acacia, 
_ then thagof Sloes, which hath only the binding qualicy thereof, and cherefow 
better : But indeed it were to be wifhed that Sublti 
é&ted; for certainly they cannot but be dficient or exceffive in fome quality or o~ 
ther, and that the things chemfelves, which we want onely through our owne 
negligence, might be more diligently fought after. The decoétion of the Bark 
of the Root or more ufually aegis either frefh or dryed,performeth the 
se 
like effetts, and helpeth to cafe the pains in the fides,bowels and guts,that come 
by overmuch fcowring or leofneffe. The conferve is alfo of very much ufeand 
. mot familiar] — 7 or: urpofes aforefaid peeled water of the flow= 
~ mnénight in Sack,and d wne therefrom ina body of glaffc,is amoft 
the fides and bowels, orany griping pains in either of them, to drink a imall_ 
quantity when they are troubled herewith. Good ftore of Sloes ftamped and — 
ut into an earthen pot with new Ale, and fo drunk, helpeth the pain 
fing in Bed. The Bark boyled in warer till itbe black and thick with R : 
and Honey added thereunto, is available to confame the dead fieth which keep. 
~ eth wounds oftentimes from healing, and cureth the Cankers being applyed. . 
throat, 
The { are good to make Lotions, to gargleand wath the mouth and i 
so 2a troubled with fwallines fores, Meitenae and co flay the © 
diftillations of Rhewme into the eyes, or other parts, as alfo tacoole the heat sf 
and inflammation of them, and to cafe tot pains of the Head,the Forehead and 
Temples being bathed therewith. The diftilled wacer of the green Berries is al- 
fo ufed for the fame effects, and fo isthe water that is diftilled from the Flowers 
only. The Moflethat groweth on the Black Thorn;draweth Pricklesand Thorns 
. efh, and this ic may be faid co pertorme by the Signature which i# 
ated by the FhornesgrowingontheBulh, : 
tutes Were not fo much affes 
