48 Adam in Eden, Or, 
- CuHap. CCLXXX. 
Of Agnus or the Chaft Tree. 
S ‘The Names. 
effe€tss_ for both the Seeds and Leaves do preferve Chaftity very much; and 
avy@-, Lugos, quafi Vimen, for its wonderfull flexibilicy ; The Latines cal] 
it Vitex, and the Phyfitians and Apothecaries call it Agnus Caftw, butnoe 
without errour; for Agnus and Caftus fignify the fame, the one being theGreek, 
the other the Latine Name, fo that whofoever ufeth them both is guilty of me a 
great Tautology; we in Englifh the Chaft Tree, ee Seer 
A gue os 5 The Kindes. dee 
~ The Chaft Tree is of two forts. 1 Narrow Leafed Cha Tree. 2 The broader 
Leafed Chaft Tree. fie gee ga ee 
The Forme. : : = 
The Chaft Tree rifech up higher then a Shrub, yet feldome attaineth toany 
great height, having divers branches covered with a dark colour, very pleafant 
and eafy to be bent without breaking, like unto the Willow, with fundry large 
Leaves, cut or divided like unto thofe of Hemp, either into five or feven pars 
or Leaves, each of them being long and narrow like unto Willow Leaves, buc 
{maller ; The Flowers do grow at the uppermoft part of the branches in long 
fpikes, fomewhat like unto thofe of Lavander, growing at feverall fpacesup ta. 
tops of a blufh white colour,after which come fmall round feeds of the big- 
neff and likeneffe almoft of Pepper, being ofa blackifh gray colour, and ta 
fting fonrewhat hot and ftrong, and therefore fome have called it Piper agrefte. 
: ~The Places and Time. | | ee 
They both grow by the Water-fides, and in the moifter grounds of Fralyand 
Spain, and in the furtheft parcof France, and other hot Countreys, where they 
flower in Fuly, and their feed is ripe in Auguft; but with us where they are plan- 
_ ted fortheir rarity, as in Mr. John Danvers his Garden at Chelfey, &c, they will — 
hardly flower. E +33 : 
cet 7 The Temperature. a es 
~The Leaves and Seed of the Chaft-Tree, as Galen faith, arehotanddry inthe 
third degree, and of a very thin eflence or fubftance, fharpalfoand binding. = 
| eo Dev thes } fee 
Not only the Seeds of Agnus ufed and taken in what manner foever, dore- 
I: iscalled in Greek dy@-5 Agnus, which fignifieth Caftus, Cha, from the 
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