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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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pon tne trunte or naked pare or tne ltpikcs certain 

 \flia fungous fubltancc/like thofe of Touchwood 

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ftape to thofc of Rofcmarie, fee by couples but not very thicke rlhc branches whereon the fiourcs 

 doe grow are flender^nd the feed veiTeisarcdiuided into fiue parts as in other plants ofthiskinde 

 Tbis Clufitis found in Spaine ? and fets forth for his Ledum mnum. £ 



This growes focne cubit or better high 



Ion 



Giftus Ledon 



5f The Place. 



ere: it is 



edon growcth in the Ifland of Candie, as BelUnitu doth teftific, in vntiJIcd places cuery 

 alio lounJ in Cyprus,as Pl,»j (hewctb, and likewife in many places of Spamc thai lie 



wa 



open to tne >un : moreoikr.bottl the torme and bignefle 01 



k'ues,as well of thofe that bting forth Ladamm^% theotfi t 



ner,according to the diucr fitie of the places and countries where they groir "they arc ft 

 tbcfc Northern ly parts, being very impatient of our cold clymatc. 



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the 



v , ,: , . ,r : ., . , — /„ ; J . »«5««..i.m.«.i.»uiuiy maucrwnicn uuctn 



vpon the Ieaues.wiiich is a liquid krnde of Rofen of a fwect fmcll,is gathered in rhc Spnn- time as 

 DiQfcondes faith:but as rctrm Bellemm affirmeth(beingan eye witnes of the gathering) in the midft 

 of fummcr.and in the extreme heat of the Dog-daies, the which in our time not without great care 

 and ailigcncc,and as great labours gathered from the whole plantfwith certain inftruments made 

 in manner of rooth-prckcSjOr care-pickes, which in their tongue they call Eretfliri) and not gathe- 

 red from the beards ot Goats,as it is reported in the old fables of the lying Monks thcmfelucs cal- 

 MC*loh,eros, that is to fay Greckifh Monkes, who of very mockery hauc foiftcd that fable amon<* 



others extant in their workes. ° 



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how well hce vnderftood them, here to fet downe in Englifh the words of Bellomus concerning the 



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tongue they ternie Ergajl, 



like to a Rake without teeth,to this are fattened fundry thongs cutout of a raw and vntanned hide 

 they gently rub the fe vpon the Udamm bearing (hrubs, that fo the liquid raoifturc concrete about 



thelcauesmav iiirL-prnrh/»m Mrhi/-Vi^ft-«.««-..J :.ui._: .1 «_-.* _cc.t.-r-^L • _• . 



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which afterward 



ing they muft of neceffitie ftay in the mountaines all the day long in the greater! heat of the Dog- 

 daies: neither vfually fliallyoufinde any other who will take the paines to gather it jbefides, the 

 CMhtem s that is, the Greeke Monkes. It is gathered no where iri the whole Ifland of Candy in 

 greater plenty, than at the foot of the mountaine Ida at a village called Cogualino, and at M1I0-* 

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Names 



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Diofi 



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Ltdanon, according to the Greeke : the Apoth 



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Ladanti 



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firft deg 





oinding quality^ it is likewife of a thin fubftance, and therefore it fbfteneth, and withaii doth mo- 





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ladmim hath a peculiar property againft the infirmities of the mother, itkeepethhairesfrc 

 Jailing ; for it wafteth away any fetled or putrified humor that is at their roots. 



Mv^rlf ° r J d A fa / tb vL hat f a<k "T dot t S" ndc ' J cate > fou P Ic » and open,being tempered with win 

 25 u °? k ° f M ? rtl f '? kc T th ha,res from fallin g^eing annointed therewith • or laicd c 

 »mxed with winc,rt makcth the markes or fears of wounds faire and v^ell coloured ' 



« taketh away the paine of the eares if it be poured or dropped therein, mixed with honied ira 



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ter,or with oyle of Rofes. 



trf A fume made thereof drawcth forth the after-birth, and taketh away the mwu ™- 



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