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Of the Hiflorfc of Plants. 



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in the deco&ion thereof,af ter which the feces or wooddy ftufFe rauft becaft away, and that which 

 remained! boiled againe till it become as thicke as hony . Plinj faith that the roots and branches 

 are very bitter, and for three daies together they mud be boiled in a copper veflell , and the wood 

 and flicks often taken out till the deco&ion be boiled to the thicknelTe of hony, 



^ 7 he Time. 



They floure in Fcbruarie and Marcb,and their fruit is ripe in September. 



• ^f The Ntmes. 



It is named in Grecke wf«w*«, which a man may call in Latine Buxcdjfsnd ; and in Engcifh,box 

 Th6rnc:of fome, AlTes Box tree,and prickly Box; it is alfo named Ljcium 9 of the juice which is 

 boiled out of it : the juice is properly called aiAm*, and retaincth in Latine the fame name Ljcium • 

 it is termed in Englifh/Thornc Box, But it feemeth to me that the original! name Ljcium is fitter, 

 being a ftrange thing,aod knowne to very few : the Apothecaries know it not,whoin (lead thereof 

 do vfe amiflfe the juice of the fruit of Woodbindc,and that not without great error, as we hauc al- 

 ready written, X It is vnknown in our fhops,neither is there any thing vfed for itjt being wholly 

 out of vfe : wherefore our Author might here very well haue (pared Dbdontm his words, $ 



X>iefcori<tcs teachcth to make a &*n* or Sumach which is good f<?r thofe things that Ljcium is 

 and is vfed when Ljcium is not to be had,and it is fit to be put into all medicines in ftcad thereof 



^f The Temperature. 



Ljcium jx the juice of BoxTkorne is,as Galen tcacheth, of a drying qualitie, and compounded 

 ofdiuers kinds of fubftances,onc of thin parts digeftingand hot,anothcr earthy and cold, whetby 

 it enioycth his binding faculitic : it is hot in a mean,and therefore it is vfed for fcucrali purpofes. 



* The Virtues. 



Ljcium cleareth the fight,faith Diofcori Jesuit healeth the fcuruy feftred fores of the eye lids, the 

 itch,and old fluxes or dift illations of humors : it is a remedic for the running of the cares, for Vi- 

 pers in the gums,and almonds of the throat,and againft the chaps or gallings of the lips and funda. 

 ment. 



f The figure whfch wis in the fecond place was of the Lyutm faUcum of Mstthklmt and ocheu ; hot the defcription a jjd title beaer fitted this Ljeum Hfti 

 nuumoiLtbcl^hxih thcrcfoiel put thereto. The figure al/o of the Ljcikb Itslutm of Mtukiglmovt Author gaue againe in tht next chapter due two. 



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HAP. 



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Of Ttyn or Harts Thorne. 



<g The Kindts. 



K Ffter the opinion oiDtofiorides there bee three forts of Rhmnvs jone with long fiat and foft 

 **lcaues,tbc other with white Ieaucs 3 and the third with round leaucs 3 whicharc fomewhat blac- 

 kifh. Theephrafius and Plinj affirme that there are but two,the one white,and the other black,both 

 which do beare Thornes.But by the labor and induftrie of the new and late writers there art- found 



f+ \ **• *«*««. k a a* m * ft P 1 j*% • « v- 



fundry forts 



Mia 



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ftarp pricking 



fubftance,bauing alfo ma 



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^ The Description. 



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His is a fnrub growing in the hedges, and bringing forth ftraight branches and hard 

 tbornes like thofc of the Hawthorn, with little long Ieaucs fomething fat and foftrand 



this hath that notable learned man Clufim more diligently defcribed in tbefe words - 



The Ram is a ilhrub fit to make hedges of,with ftraight branches parting it fclfcinto many twigs, 

 white,and fet with ftiffe and ftrong thornes^airing Icaues which for the raoft part grow by foures 

 or fiues at the root of euery Thorne, long, fomething fat, like to thofe of the Oliue tree, fomewhat 

 *vhite,but tender and full of juice ; which in Autumne do foraetimes fall off, leauing new growing 

 in their places : the floures in Autumne are fomthing long,whiti(h,diuided at the brims into fiue 

 parts: in their places is left a feed in fhew as in Gelfeminc, notwithstanding it was neuer my chance 

 to fee the fruit : the root is thicke,anddiuerfly parted. 



t I obierued another,faith the fame Author, almoft lik* to the formcr,but Iower,and diuided 

 into more branchcs,with IelTer leaues,more thick and fait of tafte,and whiter alfo than the former: 

 the floures are like thofe of the former in all things but their colour,which in this are purple. 



* This hath more flexible ftalks and branches,and thefealfo fet wirh thornes : The \caaesAre 

 narrowband not to thicke and flefhv as thofe of the former,yet remaine alwayes greene like** tbc l 

 do : the floures are final! and moflie,of a grccnifh colour,growing thicke about the branches, ami 



they are fucceeded by a round fruit, yellowifh irheo it is ripe^ remaining on the (hwbbeall tbe 



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