Lib. 3 



OftheHiftoricof Plants. 



151? 



j/i»/?^//«faich,Thatthc feeds and floures being d nke m the quantity of a dram,Vit 

 or honied water, doth caufe one to vomit ftrongly, as the I lellebor or neefing poodcr doth 

 without jeopardy or danger of life : the feed purgcth by ftoolc. 



B 



which is drawnc from out of the branches ftceped 



medy 



C 



cie^if a draught thereof be dmnke in the morning ; Tome vfe to fteepe the branches in Sea water, 



excrements 



4 la this chapter formerly in tncGrftpUce was igainc (tared a«4 defer bed the true lptrw»otSpini(h B«^r»oi»ej which I hate nowromtrtcd, hcctufeirwif 

 §gmt& anddefenbed in the Uicchapter fan* one before- In ^ LhcfeconJpiJcewaidr. »cd that figw J lathcii nd ' c hud place \sa*a dcic: p. >n vo 



par pofc.wh ch I therefore omittc J,au i as you fee defenbed anew and pit :n the 6 trt pUee chat which formerly held the . 



Chap, 20. 



0/ ' FursgjljorffeJtybinjDr prictycy'Broome. 



-v 



^ The Kindts. 



Here be diucrs forts of prickely Broome,calIcd in our Englifli tongue by fuadry names,accr.; 

 ding to the fpeech of the countrcy people where they doe grow : in fomc places, Furzes ^ in 

 othcr3,Whins,GoriTe 5 audof('ome,prickIyBjoome. . 



f 1 Gcnijla (pivo fa vulgaris. . 2 Gem ft a fyimfa minor . 



Great Furze bu(h. The finall Furze bull). 



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VJJ**t 



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„je*"„> 



*yv«^a> 



if 



i 



ij The Defiriftfon. 











He Furze buflb is a plant altogether a Thornc, fully armed with raoft (harpe prickles, 

 without any Icaues at all except in the Spring, and thofevery few and little^nd qald- 

 ly falling away : itisabufby fhrub, often riling vpwith many wooddy bran**** l ° 

 the height of foure or fiue cubits or higher, according to the nature and (bile where they ^J s 

 the greateft and higheft that I did eucr fee do grow about Excefier in the Wed P* rW ol tng ' h r J 



k wher« 



