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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



to be eaten,fuch as oxyticanthus or the Hawthorne bringethnotlb«h^vri — • v - 



difference^ xyac am J> a the Barberry bufh,and Oxyacanthn the HaivrWn m he P laine lymade , 



tfcorides 



foeminine 



det hath not made mention of this Thorne $ for that which he c'iTV 

 gender,is Galens Oxyacmhut in the mafculine gender. callet n Oxyacamh^ 



Aviccn feemes to containe both thefe herbes vnder the name c&AmsrhcrU h 

 neither ofaffinitie nor neigh borhood,although they are both prickly 



The fhrub it fclfc is called in fhops Barberries, of the corrupted name ^t mr k 



iters Cretan**: in Italian, Creffiino : m Spanifh,£#, W dtnJvdat i in hieh lC 



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w vinette > and thereupon by a Latinenam cT^ 

 nghfh, a Barberry bum, or f ipr Jge^S2£S 



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;g>aufeb00m : in French,^ 



ta, Spina acidu^ud Oxyaumba Gdeni : $ in ] 



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fl" The Temper at ure . 



The Ieaues and berries ofthisThorneare cold and dry inthefeconddeor^^,^ , ., 

 firmeth,they are of thin parts.and haue a certain cutting fiwiltie. de S tee ' and » <^alfoaf. 



f TheVertues. 



The Ieaues are vfed of diuers to feafon meat with,and in ftead of a fa Had as be thofenf^ h 



Thedecoaion thereof is goodagainft hot burnings and cholerick agues' fcafot* £?* 



of the b!oud,and tempereth the ouermuch hcateof theliuer g ' ltal]a y cththeh «t 



A T w« f j?* fl° r **?? ^ a gO0< l, rOr the famc thin S s »* nd ^ alfo profitable for hot Laskes and for 

 the bloudy fhx,and they ftay all manner of fuperfluous bleedings "««,analor 



i 7r" grC r n Ie ^ C$ i° f the , B ; rbe £ r y buf ^ Aanpcdand made mWauceas that madeof Sotel cal- 

 c!fre?h a Cn 'e a tit C e e C ftomacks,and thofe that are vexed with hotbuming agues $0. 



A con feme made of the fruit and fugar pcrformeth all thofe things before remembrei & with 

 better force and fucccflc. » ° *i«mni 



The roots of the tree ftceped for certain daies together in ftrong lie made with the albs of the 

 A in trce,and the haire often moiftned therewith,maketh it yellow. 



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Of the white 'Thome or Hawthorne tree. 





^J The Kindes. 



Here be two forts of the white Thorn trees defcribed by the later writers,one very common ia 

 moil parts of England,anorhervcry rare,and not found in Europ,except in fome few rare gar- 

 dens of Gcrmay ; which differs not from our common Hawthorne, fauing that the fruit thereof is 

 as yellow as Saffron.We haue in the Weft of England one growing at a place called Glaftenbury 

 which brings forth his floures about Chriftmafle, by the report of diuers of good credit,whohauc 

 feenthe fame : but my ielfe haue not feen it,and therefore leaue it to be better examined. 



^J The Description, 



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the trunk 



T He white Thorn is a great fhrub growing often to the height of a peare tree, tnc 

 or body is great,thc boughes and branches hard and woody,fet with long (harp t^- 

 " the Ieaues be broad,cut with deep gafhes intodiucrs fe«5iions,fmootb, and ot *» 



rand Ies,of a pleafant fweet fmell/omtimes^ m , 

 ■.which hath moued fome to thinke a differea 



Ting green colour : the floures grow vpon fpoky 



and often dafht ouer with a light wafhof purple,wmcnnatn mouea iomc i<j uu»**>- --- . ^ 

 the plants : after which come the fruit,being round berries,green at the firft, and red wnen i / ^ 

 ripe j wherein is found a fbft fweet pulpc and certaine whitifh feed : the root growesdeepe 



ground,ofahardwooddy fubftance. , .. „ f hought it 



2 The fecond and third haue bin touched in the firft title, notvvithftanding I haue « &, 

 not vnfit to infert in this place a plant participating with the Hawthorne in floures anu 

 with the Servis tree in tree in Icaucs,and not vnlike in fruit alfo. . tbe fonafi 



Th phrrf*, hath fet forth this Tree vnder the name of xjiria, which growethvnto^^^ 

 of afmall rrccdelighting to grow in the fhadowie woods of Cumberland and vv. c « fcldofflC ia 

 fctwny other places of the Nopth countrv,where it is to be found in great quantity .» 



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