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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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Amara-dulcis , 
Bitter-fweet. 
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The other fort with the white floures I 
found in a ditch fide agamft the right honora- 
ble the Earle of Suffex his garden wall at his 
houfe in Bermonfey ftreet by London, as you 
go from the court which is full of trees, vntoa 
farrae houfe neere thereunto. 
The Time. 
The leaues come forth in the Spring, the 
floures in Inly, the berries are ripe in Auguft. 
The Names. 
The later Herbarifts haue named this plant 
Dulcamara, .-Imaro chile is, arid Amaradtilcis-, that . 
is in Greeke,>w 'mxfti : they call it alfo Solatium 
lignofum,and SiLiquaftrum : Pliny calleth it Me- 
Icrtnm : T heophi aft us, Vit is fy lueftris : in Englifh 
we call it Bitter-fweet,and Wooddy Night- 
fhade. But euery Author muft for his credit 
fay fomthing, although to fmall purpofe ; for 
V it is fy lueftris is that which we call our Ladies 
Seale, which is no kinde of Nightfhade : for 
Tamils and Vitu fy lueftris are both one , as like- 
wife Solatium lignofum or Fruticofum-^ and alfo 
'^^amirn rubrum • whereas indeed it is no fiich 
plant, nor any of the Nightfhades, although I 
haue followed others in placing it here. Ther- 
fore thofe thatvfe to mixethe berries thereof 
incompofitions of diuers cooling ointments, 
in (lead of the berries of Nightfhade haue 
committed the greater errour ; for the fruit of 
this is not cold at all, but hot, as forthwith 
fhall be (hewed. Diofcorides faith it is Cycla mi. 
mis altera ; deferibing it by the defeription of 
thofe with white flouresaforefaidjvvhcreunto it doth very well agree. f Diofcorides deferibeth 
his Mufcofoflore with a moify floure,that is, fuchan one asconfifts of fmall chiuesor threds,which 
can by no meanes be agreeable to the floure of this plant. X 
The T emperature. 
The leaues and fruit of Bitter-fweet are in temperature hot and dry,clenfing and wafting away. 
af[ T he Vert ues. 
The decodion of the leaues is reported to remoue the ftoppings of the liuer and gall ; and to 
be drunke with good fuccefle againft the yellow jaundice. 
The iuyee is good for thofe that haue fallen from high places, and haue beene thereby bruifed, 
or dry beaten : for it is thought to dilfolue bloud congealed or cluttered any where in the intrals, 
and to heale the hurt places^ 
Hieronymus Tragus teacheth tomakeadecodionof Wine with the wood finely fliced and cut 
into fmall pieces ; which he reporteth to purge gently both by vrine and fiege thofe that haue the 
dropfie or jaundice. 
Diofcorides doth aferibe vnto Cyclaminus altera, or Bitter-fweet with white floures as I conceiue 
it, the like faculties. 
^ Thefruit(faithhe)beingdrunkeintheweightofonedram,withthreeounces of whitewine, 
for forty dayes together helpeth thefpleene. 
f It is drunke againft difficultie of breathing : it throughly cleanfeth women that are newly 
brought a bed. 
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Chap. Of H'lndeAVeed Jfigbtfhade. 
The Defeription. 
NchantersNight-fhadehath leaues like to Peti-morel, fharpe at the point likevnto Spinage: 
the ftalke is ftraight and vpright,very brittle, two foot high : the floures are white tending to 
carnation,with certaine fmall browne chines in the midft : the feed is contained in fmall round 
bullets 
