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I X/^* Mifleltoe fcth man* «^ 

 V Ranches fpread ouerC/oS 

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within another, the bark JU"$$m* °* 



or Popinjay colour : the Ieaues of \ bis fr 

 excrefcence be of a brown green coKl?"* 

 be fmall and yellow , wlrtlS^ 11 *** 

 peare fmall clufters of white trance ^ 

 which are fo cleare that a man may f ee £5 

 them , and are of a clammy or vifcous mo IT 

 whereof the beft Bird lime I madeS^ 

 that which is made of the Holm or Holly barj 

 within this berry is a fmali blacke kernel or M- 

 this excrefcence hath not any root, neither doth 

 increafe himfelfe of his feed, as fori haue fappc- 

 j V , U n" rather c °mmeth of a certainemoiftore 





and joints of the trees, through the barke whereof 

 th is vaporous moifture proceeding , brings forth 

 the Miffeltoe.Many haue diuerfly fpoken hereof: 

 Some of the Learned haue fet down,that it comes 

 of the dung of thebird called a Thrufh , who ha- 

 uing fed of the feeds thereof, as eating hisorae 

 bane,hath voided and left his dung vpon the tree, 

 whereof was ingendred this bery, a moft rltnwtter 

 to make lime oftointrap and catch birds trithall. 

 a Indian Mifleltogroweth likewife vpon the 



alongftthefameinmfr 



...-• ner of Polypodie: the Arings of theroots arelike 



thofe of Coucb-graiTeJrorn which rife vp diners ftalks fmooth and euen.fct with joints and knees 

 atcertaine diftances : toward the top comes forth one leafe ribbed like the Plantain ]eafe,wberoo 

 are marked certain round eies fuch as are in the baft of a knife 5 from the bofome wherof commeth 



forth a chaffie branch,fet with fmall Ieaues which continue green Winter and Summer. 



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