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and after him Aetim) of the Perfians in their banquets for pleafure fake : it isgoodtobc aimei'i 
ted after bathes,in thofe bodies that hane need to be fuppled and warmcdjbut by reafon of lim ; 
it is not much vfed.' 
The leaues boiled in wine vntill they be foft, and made vp to the forme ofa pifltis, and arX \ i 
diflolue cold fwellings , wens, hard lumps,and fuch like outgoings. 
Of Tcruinlde. 
The Defiription. 
pEruinkle hath (lender and long branches trailing vpon the ground, taking hold here ant 
there as it runneth: fmall like to rulbes, with naked or bare fpaces betweene iointand 
ioint.The leaues are fmooth,not vnlike to the Bay leafe,but leffer. The fioures pron 
hard by the leaueSjfpreading wide open,compofedof fine fmall blew leaues. 2 * * * & 
We haue in out London gardens a kinde hereof bearing white fioures, which makethit to differ 
from the former. 
I Vinca V erumc. t minor . 
Peruinkle. 
li/tA-Crx vwt /v '-° s c- 
J 2 Clematis Daphnoidesfve Pertiinca malar, 
Great Peruinkle. 
0 tbvCVX. 
There is another with purple fioures , doubling it felfe fomewhat in the middle, with fmallcr 
leaues, wherein is the difference. 5 r 
2 There is another fort, greater than any of the reft, which is called o f fomc Clem at, s Vaphmdes, 
ot the firm nude the leaues haue with thofe of the Bay. The leaues and fioures are like thofe of the 
precedent, but altogether greater ; whereinconfifteth the difference. 
. IT Tie Place. * 
They grow in moftofour London gardens ; they louea moift and (badowie place : the branches 
remaine alwaies greenc. r 
The Time * 
The flouresofthem do flourith in March, Aprill, and May, and oftentimes later. 
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