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Of the Hiftorie ofPIants. 





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2 There is another alfo which is rare and ftrange,for the berries of it are not black,but white: 

 this is like in leaues to the former. 



3 The jagged Elder tree growes like the common Elder in body,branches 3 {hoots,pith,flours 

 fruit,and ft inking fmell, and differs onely in thefaftiion of the leaues, which do lb much difguife 

 tbetree,and put it out of knowledge,that no man would take it for a kinde of Elder, vntill hee hath 

 fmeltthereuntOjWhich will quickelyfhew from whence he is defcended 5 for thefe ftrange Elder 

 leaues are very much jagged^ent or cut euenvnto the middle rib. From the trunke of this tree, as 

 from others of the fame kinde.proccedeth a certain flefhy excrefcence like to the eare of a man,e- 

 fpecially from thofe trees that are very old. 



4 This kinde of Elder hath white floures 5 bur red berries, and both are not contained in fpoky 

 rundles,but in clufters,and grow after the imnner of a clufter of grapes : in leaues and other things 



itrefcmbleth the common EIder,fauethat now and then it growcth higher. m 



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m 1 he Place. 

 The common Elder growcth euery where : it is planted about Cony-boroughs for the fhackw 

 of the Conies • but that with the white berries is rare : the other kindes grow in like places • but 

 that with thecluftered fruit groweth vpon mountains. That with the jagged leaues growes in my 

 garden. 



^ The 7imc. 



Thefe kindes of Elders floure in Aprill and May,and their fruit is ripe in September. 



% The Names. 



This tree is called in Greeke,A^: in Latine and of the Apothecaries, Sambucus-oi Cululmus 

 Salicet^Befa . in high-Dutch, I^OlUnDet, fcOttW : in low-Dutch, fHfet : in Italian, Sambuco : in 

 French,/7** 5 and Suin ;in Sp&ni{h,Sauco£auch y Sam6ugueyro: in Englifh, Elder,and Elder tree.thac 



tbiolus calls it Mont an a fix mountain Elder. 



be called Sambucusfyheji 



q The Temperature and Venues. 



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 GaUn attributeth the like facultie to Elder that he doth to Danewoorc , and faith that it is of a A 



drying qualitie 3 gluing,and raoderatly digefting : and it hath not onely thefe faculties, but others 



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hauewithall a purging qualitie,but not without trouble and hurt to the ftomacke. 



The leaues and tender crops of common Elder taken in fome broth or pottage open the belly, 

 purging both flimy flegme and cholerick humors : the middle bark is of the fame nature,but ftron- 

 ger,and puigeth the faid humors more violently. 



wine for a certain fpace. 



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nough a little oilc of iweet Almonds added thercto^r a little Linefeed oi!e,then taken forth, and 

 laid vpon a red cloath or a piece of skarlet,and applied to the hemraorrhoids or Piles as hot as can 



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*n a readinefle,applying one after another vpon the difeafed part by the fpace of an houre or more, 

 and in the end fome bound to the place,and the patient put warme a bed ; it hath not as yct'failcd 

 at the firft drefling to cure the faid difenG: : but if the Patient be dreffed twice it muft needs help 

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The feeds contained within the berries dried are good for fuch as haue the Dropfic,and fuch as C 



' tOO fat and ivmiM fainr* hn iMruar if fTl#MI Uf* r*\r/*n in * momlnrr tr\ tUa muhh'i^ #%f * /4*<im m—i+U 



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The inner and green bark doth more forcibly purge • it drawcth forth choler and waterifh hu- F 

 ^ors . for which caufe it is good for thofe that haue the dropfie , beeing ftamped,and the liquour ' 

 preffed out and drunke with wine or whay. 



ftoole : being dried they lofe as wel their 



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qualme as their moifture,and retain the digeftin^ 



The vineger in which the dried floures are ftceped is wholefome for the ftomacke. Being vfed H 



with meat it ftirrethvp an appetite, it cutteth and attenuateth or maketh thin erode and ri*r hu- 

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facultie of the feed is fomwhat gentler than that of the other pa 



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