74 . Of the Hiftorie of PI 



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^J The Names. 



The Bramble is called in Greeke,*™.- in*Bter\ch,Rouges,Loi Duyts Brtlmers ; 



rep 



and 



?j>re latens boflilU 



Oracanum. 





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Or to the Hare,tbat vndcr Bramble clofely lvinff fnies 

 The hoftile mouth of Dogs. i ' 7 SjP 



iglim,Bramble buflynd Blacke-berry 



berries. 



uit is named in Latine OHorum rutipnd as Fucbfitu thinketh Vaccin 

 xJMora Bati : and in fuch (hops as are more barbarous, CMora Baft 





which it 



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TheRafpis is called in Greeke, ttvb?. . in Latine,\R«£** idsAfii the mom 

 groweth .• in Englifb,Rafpis,Framboife,and Hinde-berry. 



^f 7&r Temperature and Vertues. 



A The yong buds or tender tops of the Bramble bum, the floures, the leaues, and the vnripc f ruiL 

 do very much dry and binde wit hall : being chewed they take away the heate and inflammSion of 

 the mouth,and almonds of the throat : they ftay the bloudy flix,and other fluxes, and all manner of 

 bleedings : of the fame force is their deco&ion,with a little hony added. 



B They heale the eies that hang out, hard knots in the fundament, and ftay the hemorrhoides if 



the leaues be laid cherennto. 





it is DOC 



C The juy ce which is pre (Ted out of the ftalks,leaues>and vnripe berries 3 and made hard in tbc Sun, 

 is more effe&uall for all thofe things. 



D The ripe fruit is fweet,and containeth in it much juyce of a temperate heate, therefon 

 vnpleafant to be eaten, 



E It hathalfoacertainekinde ofaftri&ion or binding quality. 



F It is likewife for that caufc wholefome for the ftomacke,and if a man eat too largely therof/aitb 



fhallhaue the head-ache : but being dried 



nit 



re than the ripe fruit. 



G The root 



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wafteth avray the ftone in the kidnies, faith Galen. 



tliny writethjthat the berries and flours do proi 



is a prefent remedy againft the ftone. 



thereto 



, with honey, allum 



of man 



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d 



fruit 



fUUItf«jailU IUC IcUlIC UCtUUiUll liUUJCUJ IIJC tCClli. 



thought to be like the Bramble in temperature and vertues, but not! 

 The Rafpis, faith Diofcerides, performeth thofe things which the Br. 



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C h a p. $. Of Holly %ofes y or Ciilus. 





% The Deft 



C^ljlus hath beene taken of diuers to be a kindeof Rofe : the old Writers hauemade t wof«g 

 /^thereof, male and femalejand likewife a third fort, which is called Ledum : the later mo 



hauedifcouered diuers more,as (hall be declared. 





^t gentr d T> efcriptlon t wherein aU the forts of Clfiw are cemprifed. 



u* and his kindes are wooddy flirubs full of branches, of the height of two or three ct «»; 

 -ehauebroad leaues, others rough, vneuen, wrinkled, fomewhat downy, and tnoi ^ 



#»«r>fc~- -i.u. , r . ° \ . m.c' ..i,^ thf forme ot tnoic«» 



icaucs ui oage 5 although fome haue the leaues of Rolemary, otners nie '"»";" r* 3S ^ 

 Poplar tree : the floures grow on the tops of the branches, like vnto the w» d J* 0, % y " nle colour; 

 quickely vade,peri(h,and fall away : thofe of the male are moil of a reddifh blew or pure .^ i$ 

 and of the female white : in their places come vp little heads or knops fomewhat rouiiu, 



ftuall feed : the roots of them ail are wooddy 





