



Of the Hiaorie of Plants. T 



of March 



gardens,defending 



• M 



any 



rowing in Denmark 



cold at the b 



e» 



ivoniajOrRuffi^or 



ripe in v ttoDer. 



i. ^| ThcPlaccl 



th green winter and fummer : it flourethin the 



is 



f 



bcerfeaum: in low- Dutch, juurag boom 



to : in English, Laurel or Bay tree. 



high ; Dutch , fc^ 



ne- 



V 



is named in Oreeke a*,<a. . m Latine, Lauri facet : in hieh-Dutch 1L«t«>***.~ 



loue. 



with whom Afofa 



«fl" The Temperature and Verms 



A 



than the leaues. 



the 



l. I 



ore 



B 



C 



qualitie. 



hathalfo 



good in a licking medicine, faith Diofcorides 



Ptyikke or consumption of the iung S> dimcukie of breathing, and all kindes of fluxes or rheumes 



D Bay berries taken in wine are good againft the bitings and ftingings of any venomous beaft.and 



arainft all venom and nnifnn ? rh^v/*!<»nfe*i*i*« +u~~~—u ^u_ • r* k> t —_. t <•- 



theyclenfe 



medie for pain in the eares,and dcafnefle,if it be dropped in with old wineand oile of Rofes. This 



iq i%]ff\ rt\ivf>A with ninrm^nrc rTiifira rrr\r%A ~~~:~fL zr rr __i^i.-^r . .. i ••/• w» 



E 



wade away humors 



that Eeate and difcufle 



that 



baue 



— .. r , — r .._., — «. & . "« && *iw Hirnuim^ mcaubui tailing upiaicincuiLiuci,uriucu a 



any venomous or poifonous qualitie in them. 



F They are good alfoagainli cramps and drawing together of finues. 

 G We in our time do not vfe the beries for the infirmities of the lungsor cheft,but rainifter them 

 againft thedifeafes of the ftomacke,liuer,fpleen,and bladder : they warmeacold flomacke, caufc 



dine. 

 H The oi 



Iiuerand fplecne,prouoke vrin.brine downe the menfes.and 



the loathing of m 



fobs 



and fuch like filth of the skin. 



I 1 1 cureth them that are beaten blacke and blew,and that be bruifed by fquats and falls : it remo- 



ueth blacke and blew 

 thered about the grieued part. 

 K. Etofcortdis 



(eafesofthe 



wade thereof to bathe and fain: that the greene leaues doe gently binde,that being applied tbey 



are good againft the fling 



affwage all kinde of inflammations : and that being taken in drinke they mitigate the paine of tin 



ftomacke^ut procure vomit. ,. 



t The berries of the Bay tree ftamped witli a little Scammonie and faffron, and labored in a mor 



- part of the head.do greatly ceafe the p; 

 M M " reported that common drunkard 



formeofalin 



the temples and fore 



failing 



N 



thereof againft drunkenneflfe. 



fe to boile the leaues 



ially &- 



© 



fhcs,and by fo doing there hapneth no defire ofvOmiting,butthe meatfeafoned hercvritn 



meth more fauorie and better for the ftoraacke. , . vrinc breakef 



The barke of the root of the Bay tree,as Galen writeth,drunkcn in wine P ro « oketn nd ^1 other 



the ftone and driueth forth grauell : it openeth the ftoppings of the liuer,the Iplc en t, the c hil<* 



ftonnino-s nfthr inward nitre. ,~U:~i. ►»,:„» ».iA» tv:«C-*~;J,? *ffirmpfTi addioe.Tfiat J 1 



the 



■a 



alfo piefcoride 



It 



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