Lib. 5 



Of the • Hiflorie of Plants. 



14.0? 



^J The Description. 



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Laurell is a (hrub of a cubit bigb,oftentiracs alfo of two, and fpreadeth with many Tittle 



fmooth 



and 



fmell,very many at the top cluttering together. The floures bee Iong.hollow.ofa wbitiOi greene 

 hanging beneath and among the ieaues : the berries when thev be ripe are blacke, with a hard ker- 

 nell wichin,which is a little longer than the feed of Hemp : the pulpe or inner fubftance is white : 

 the root wooddy,tough,Iong,and diuerfly parted,growing deep : the Ieaues/ruit^and bark,as well 

 of the root as of the little boughes,do with their fharpneffe and burning qualitie bite and ii 

 the tongue and throat. 



flame 



% The Place. 





wooddy plac 



fRheneandofthe Maze, i 



■*■ -■•«««« wv*iv>**ji*uu uj iuaiij ^iat'vJ i*ltlt HJt UUL1 KJ 



dantly alfo in the vvoods in moft pares of England* t 



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^J The Time. * 



The floures bud very loan, a little after the Autumne jEquinoftial : they are full blown in win- 

 ter Or in the firft Snrincr -rhe frnir isrinp in \Aa\i smA Inn#» . rh~ nl^nr ;* *!.—: -_ t ■ 



reth the cold ftormes of winter. 



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iphrwdes .-the later Latines for the fame caufe name it Laureola.isthoua 



r *** r\r 1 irfl^ <*t«*»y*1 T»,\ «.1LJ 4 % 1 * • A 





rcll 5 of diuers 3 Lawrell or Lowry . 



fflion. This (hrub is commonly called in Engjilh, Spurge Lau- 



! the berries thereof piper montdnumpx mountain Pepper.as al- 

 •u m* umm ui ^uicn mezcreon : others affirme them to be called in high-Dutch alfoZeilflttt 

 It may beTheophrafa his Cneoron , for it is very like the Myrtle in leafe , it is alfo a bunched 



Riant,tough andpltable,haumg a deep toot without fmell,with a blacke fruit. 



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^f The Temperature. 



It is like in temperature and ficnlticco the German Spurge Oliue, throughout fhe whole fob- 



ltance Dltmff and exfremehnr ' r> ** **" 



^uigand extreme hot. 



TficcC 



% The Venue*. 



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it nm.*i y * gree " lea jf ? f S P" r f e Laurel/aith z>/,/W^purgcth b,y fiege flegmatick huraorst X 



head V ° mU bnn S cth downc the menfes,and being chewed it draweth water-out of the 



Itlikcwifccaufethneefing. Moreoucr, fifteen grains of the feed thereof drunk are a purgation, B 







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HAP. 



66. 



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Of %ofe~<Bay or Oleander. 



^ The Defcript 



R Ofe bay is a foal (hrub of a gallant (hew like the Bay ^bearing Ieaues thicker ere* 

 terlonger,and rougher than the Ieaues of the Almond tree : the flours be of a faS 

 AKU. ■ colour > dlulded into , fi r ue Ieaues,not much vnlike a little Rofe : the cod or fruit is lone 



^t^T^'Z^ Ml ° f " WbitC ^ am ° ng Which the fced uS usss 



!^$S^^^ Ilk • the firft ^ differs in that ' * at * is ^ ** " fi/re 



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