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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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IB. 1. 



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Amara-dtdcis. 



Bitter fvveet. 





The other fort with the white flouresjl found i 



in a 



gam 



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Iuly 



rxhis garden wall, at hishotife in Bermondfey 

 : by London, as you go from the court which is 

 »f trees,vntoa ferra houfe neere thereunto, 



% The Time. 



The Icaue $ come forth in the fpring, the flours in 



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The later Herbarifts haue named this plant D U U 



c<tmara,Amarodulcis y &c Amaradulcis j that is in Greek 



fam/m*t*f t they call it alfo Solanum Itgnofum and SUU 



**4}najlrum : Pliny calleth it Melorturn : Tbeofhrafius Vu 



tis fylvefiris : inEnglifli wecall it Bitter-fweet, and 

 wooddy NightlhadeJJuteucry Author rauft for his 



\i credit fay fomething,althoughbuttofmalpurpofe. 

 for Vitis fylvefiris is that which wee call our Ladies 

 Seale, wnich is no kinde of Nightihade : for Tmt 

 and VitUfilvefiris are both one j as likewife SoUnum 

 lignofum or Jruticofum,at\d alio Solanum rufoumwhet. 



as indeed it is no fuch plant , nor any of the Night- 

 ihades^lthough I haue followed others in placing it 

 here. There fore thofe that vfc to mix the berries of it 



pofit 



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of the berries of Nightfhade , haue committed the 



for the fruit of this 



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— - - ^7 — *•—■■■ mmm — - w — «««^ » w www »^- m 



it is Cyclazninus altera, defcribing it by t 



on of thofe with white floures aforefaid , v 

 it doth very well agree, 



ifimdes defcribes his Muftefofii 



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vfemdes faith 



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a 



agreeable to f he floure of this plant, $ 



fids of fmall chiues or threads, which can by 



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m The Temperature 



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B 



leaues and fruit of Bitter- fweet are in temperature hot and dry, clcnfing and wafting away. 



f[ The Vertues. 



The deco&ion of the leaues is reported toremoue the (toppings of the liucr and gall,and tobc 

 drunke with good fuccefle againft the yellow jaundife. 



The juice is good for thofe that haue fallen from high places^and haue been thereby bruifed, or 

 dry-beaten:for it is thought to diflbluebloud congealed or cluttered any wherein the intrals, and 

 to heale the hurt places. 

 _ Tragus tcacheth to make a deco&ion of wine,with the wood finely diced and cut into fmal pie- 

 ces : which he reporteth to purge gently both by vrine and fiege , thofe that haue the Dropfie or 



jaundice. f . 



D Diofcorides zfcribeth vnto Cyclaminus altera, or Bitter- fweet with white floures, as I fiippo'** tDC 



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like faculties. 



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The fruit(faith hc)being drunke in the weight of one dram,with three ounces of white wine i"' 

 forty daies together,helpcth the fpleen. . , 



It is drunk againft difficultie of breathing : it throughly clenfeth women newly brought a dw 



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hap. 64. Of 7$indeweed J\(jgbt/bade, 



Night 



^r The Definition. 



petty Morel 1 



e: 



Carnation 



ght and vprigbt, very brittle, two foot 



certaine linall browne chiues in the mi 



white 



