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the latter, of two children, who perifhed by the fame 
means (io). 
Lobel (n) tells us, that the berries of this plant 
are prefent death ; and informs us of fome youths, 
who, after eating them, became ftupified, and died 
as from an over-dofe of opium. 
Matthiolus (12) relates, from his own knowlege, 
of fome children poifoned by the fame means. 
Among all the instances of the intoxicating nature 
of this plant, there is none more memorable than 
that mentioned by the Scotch hifrorian Buchanan (13), 
of the deftrudtion of the army of Sweno ; which 
is quoted by almoft all authors, who have wrote 
upon this plant. It is there faid, that the Scots 
mixed a quantity of the juice of thefe berries with 
the drink, which, by their truce, they were to fup- 
ply the Danes with ; which fo intoxicated them, 
that the Scots killed the greateil part of them while 
they were alleep. How far this anecdote is to be 
depended upon, or whether other concurrent cir- 
cumftances ought not to be taken into the account, 
I cannot determine. 
Our own herbalift Gerard (14) mentions the cafe 
of three boys in the Ifle of Ely, who, having eaten 
of thefe berries, two of them died in lefs than eight 
hours ; but the third, by drinking plentifully of 
honey and water, and vomiting after it, recovered. 
(10) See Sennert. lib. vi. par. 7. cap. 9. 
(11) Stirpium Adverfar. p. 103. 
(12) Oper. Omn. p. 754. 
(13) Rerum Scoticar. lib. vii. 
.<14) Ger. cm. p. 341. 
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