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14 14. 



Of the Hiftoric of PI 



from {heddingjwithftanding drunkennefle,if it be taken fafting,and prcuaileth asainft DoifiT~Ii 



♦»,<.hirinCT«nfanv venomous beaft. Or 10 n,and 



the bitings of any venomous beaft. 



There is drawne out of the green berries thereof a juyce,which is dried and referred for the f 

 faid vies. orc " 



There is likewife prefled out of the leaues a juyce, by adding vnto them either old wine or rain* 

 water, which muft be vfed when it is new made, for being once dry it putrifietb, and as Diofcl T 

 faith Jofeth his vertues. ' J rta " 



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7 2 • Offaeet Willow 



Gauli 



tJUyrtui Brdaniica^fiue EUagnus C*rdi. 



Gaule,fweet willow,or Dutch Myrtle tree. 



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eft 



GAule is a low and little fhrub or irooddy 

 plant,hauing many browne & hard bran- 

 chesrwhereupon doc grow leaues feme- 

 what long, hard, thicke, and oileous,of an hoc 

 fauour or fmell fomewhat like Ji/jfrfw: among 

 the branches come forth other little ones, 

 wherupon do grow many fpoky eares or tufts, 

 full of fmallfloureSjand after them fucceed 

 great ftoreof fquare feeds differing together, 



ooddy 



root 



f ThePfoce. 



. This Gaule groweth plentifully infundry 

 places of England,as in the He of Ely 3 & in rbe 

 Fenny countries thereabouts,whereof there is 

 fuch ftore in that countrey, that they make fa- 

 gotsof it and (heaues, which they call Gaule 

 (heauesjto burn and heat their ouens .It growr- 

 ethalfoby Colebtooke, and in fundry other 



places, 



€f[ 7 be Time. 



The Gaule floureth in May andlune,and 

 the feed is ripe in Aguft. 



^j The Names. . 



This tree is called ofdiucrsin Utinejfjr- 

 tusJtrdanticatnA Pfeudomyr fme-M Corduscn- 

 fed, it £/« ?W ,C*W^»*,^~ 4m 



Bhu 



iu uc a inruuuy y cant n*c vuw ■.*»%* ^**»**w •**»«*> " 



the Poplar tree^and that which we haue defcribed 

 writers for ought we know,vnleffe it beRfwfylueft. 



banttca. EUag 



1 a foft and dovi 

 no fuch plant. 



iththefloure 



booke,n.chap. [Th 



/faith he,a wilde herbe with ftiort ftf?J« 



IS 



3 



an enemy to poifon,and a killer of 



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] it is called in low Dutcb,<!5agel 



hot 



Myrtle, efpecially 



m The Temperature 



the third degree , the leaues be 



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m The Vertues, 



The fruit is troublefome to the brainjbeing put into beere or ale whileft it is in 



boyling( vrh 



ich 



maketh the fame 



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among 



lan quickeiy aruu^. hcs 



clothes, keepeth them from m 



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nd 



tvormes 



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