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1314. Of the Hiftorie of Plant 



5 fcngliih Dwarfe Broome hath many twiggy brai 

 or cornered Jeanine toward the ground : whereon doe 



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'" vw-wpRw,^ lUHMU W v gi^iwu . nuacuu uuc pw leaues fee withniir r, j ? l Itra «d 

 two togetber,and often three or foure growing faft together,like vnto the coll ? 0a,etiD >tt 

 on the vpper fide, hoary vnderneath, and of a bitter tafte : among which leau^ ™ T^'g^e 

 floures like tbole of common Broome, but leflcr, of little or nofmellataU afr ! 0rth y cl| Q» 

 f mall cods fomewhat hairy, wherein is contained fmall feed : the root is miio^H? ch a PPca: e 

 bine iudges tbefe two laft defcribed to be onely varieties of the common Broom. W °°l dy ' ™* 

 on I do much incline, yet I haue let our Authors defcription ftand, together with If ? fe °P^ 

 later,wbicb feemingly exprefTes the greateft dirference. * S " h the fi 8 u *of thi, 



6 The Dtvarfe Broome of Hungary hath ftalkes and yellow flours lit* ,w r l . 

 fcribed : the leaues hereof are different, they are longer and moTeTnumber t °l ^ M *■ 

 altogether gieater, wheitio efpecially confifteth the difference ' ** Wh ° lc ^ " 





^J The Place. 



The common Broome groweth almoft euery where in dry paftures and low woods 

 The Broome Rape is not to be found but where Broome doth grow . it oroweth'in . it 

 field at the foot of Shooter, hill next to London 5 vpon Hampfteid Hea^nd in ££* 



places. 



SpaL, 



gardens. 



Broome groweth 







White Broome groweth likewife in Spaine 



Bucolicks 



Cernii vt^eccefater^quas tradidit Ornite voce* 

 UHollefub kirfuta Utus explicuere genifta. 



See Father,bow the Kine ftretch out their tender fide 

 Vnder the hairy Broome,that growes in field Co wide. 



fT ThcTime. 



bud 



gathered and laid in pickle ur (alt, which afterwards being wafhed or boyled, are vfed for fallads, 

 as Capers be, and be eatenwithno lelTe delight: the cods and feeds be ripe in Auguft } the Rape 

 appeareth and is fcene efpecially in the moneth of Iune. 



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The Spanifh Broome doth floure fooner 3 and is longer in flouring. 



Names 



In is flirnb is called in Latine, Genijla^ or as fome would haue it Genefta : in Italian Getefi 



m(hlikcwiCc 5 GeneJ}ra y ot Gtc/tra t in high Dutcb^&fttmmetl : in low Dutch^ettl X in Fl 



eft : in Englifli Broome. J: The Spanifh Broome by moft Writers is iudged to be thety* 



^i of cm ides. % 



% ThtTemperatureandFertues. 

 m hc twias, floures and feeds of Broome are hot and drv in the fecond decree : tbey arealK 



thin eflence,and are of force to elenfe and 

 full of fuperfluous moifture. 



Broome 



nies. 



doth elenfe and open the liuer, milt, and kid- 



, „, ,,_ therefore it iswholefomefortbemtbatltf« 



the dropfiejefpccially being made with wine 4 but better for the other infirmities with water. 

 The feed alfo is commended for the fame purpofes. . . . t,- K 



fc There is alfo made of the aflies of the ftalkes and branches dryed and burnt,a Iie^tn"^" 1 fi 

 wmcas Rhcnifh winc,which is highly commended of diuers for the greene nckeneffe ana oiw » 

 and this doth mightily expell and dri'ue forth thin and watery humors together with the vn 1, 

 that by the bladder 5 but withall it doth by reafon of his fharpe quality many tunes nun 

 themtrailes. J eDtS) 



F Mefr faith,That there is in the floures and branches a cutting moifture,but foil of ««" 3 

 and therefore it caufeth vomit : and that the plant doth in all his parts trouble, cut,attenu 



r* u ..t v ~7- -/ - — ^ »»« ftoole,fleguii- -iiu 



But tbefe things are not written of Broome, b 



manner of Hellebores both Diefcmdes and Pliny 

 H Mefie alfo addeth, That Broome doth breake 1 



not the matter whereoftheftone is made to lie long.or to become a ltone. appe tite 



1 The young buds or little flours ™„r»r.„.ri ; n «,>u- *nH men as a faliad,ttirre vp *» rr 



after the 

 fofferetb 



ftone. .ffteto 



aod open the flopping* 



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