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OftheHiftorieofPl 



Chamtlea Ardum 



Widow-w 







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ChAmale* Gcrmamca^five Mtztrton. 



Spurge Flax,orthedwarfeBay. 



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hoc temoeratl ° f a bunun B *** extreme 



hoc cemperacure. 



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Diofcorides 



flegme and choler ^33 ^S^ 

 thac two pares of Wormwood htZltS 

 one ,°f S P»rge Olive, and made v™&* 



the belly, buc as many as be taken are voided 



efu 



hereon, 



Olive CyetSyl 

 5purge flaxjbut in ftead of wormwood he ta- 

 keth the outward fubftance of the yellow Mi. 

 robalans and Cepula uitmUatis t and maketh 

 them vp with Tereniabm, that is, with Manna 

 and foure Dates.which they call Tamarinds, 

 diffolued in Endive water 5 & appointed the 

 fame leaues to be firft tempered with very 

 ftrong vineger,and to be dried. 



Thefe pills are commended againft the 

 dropfic, for they expell waterie humours,but 

 are violent to nature ; therefore wee muft vfe 

 them as little as may be. Further Diofcoridts 

 addeth,that the leaues of Spurge olive beaten 

 with hony do clenfe filthy or erufted vlcew. 



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CHAP. 55. 



OfCjermane Olive Spurge. 



H TheDefcriftion. 



Hedwarfe Bay tree,called of Dutchmen 



Mez,ereon,is a fmal flirub two cubits high 

 the branches be tough , limber, and eafie to 

 beud,vcry foft to be cut : whereon grow long 

 leaues like thole of Privet.but thicker & fat- 

 ter : the floures appeate before the leaues,ofc 

 times in Ianuarie , cluttering together about 

 the ftalks at certain diftanccs^fa whitifh co- 

 lour tending to purplc.and of a fragrant plea- 

 fane fweec fmelhafter come the fmall berries, 

 green at the h"ru\but beeing ripeof a (Tuning 

 red,and after of a darke biacke co!our,of a ve- 

 ry hot and burning raft, inflaming the mouttJ 

 and throat,with danger of choking.Tncrooc 



iswooddy. 



f The Place and Time 



ill and 



- • This plant growes naturally inm< 

 foadowy woods of moft of the Baft country 

 efpecially about Melvin in Poland from 



whence I haue had great ?^1 %hJtoite 

 den,wherc they flour in the firft of the fprmg, 



•and ripen their fruit in Anguft. 



m 7 be Names. . 



It is vfa.lly died in MgMWjJgfflJ 



