Lib.}. Of the Hiftory of Plants; 1 2. 9 ; 
found vpon the tninke or naked part of the (talks certaine excrefcences,or Out-grcvvings in manner 
ofgalls,ofa fungous fubftance, like thofe of Touchwood, white within, and red without of ana- 
ftringcntor biriding tafte. 
t 15 This growes fomc cubite and better high, and hath long narrow glutinous leaues like 
in fhape to thofe ol Rofemarie,fet by couples, but not very thick : the branches whereon the iloures 
do grow are {lender, and the feed veffels are diuided into fine parts as in other plants of this kinde. 
This Clttftus found in Spaine,and lets forth forhis Ledum nonum if. 
Tht PUce. 
Ciftus Ledon groweth in the Ifland of Candie, as Bcllonius doth teftifie,in vntilled places cuery 
where :it is alfo found in Cyprus,asP/i»y (heweth,and likewife in many places of Spaine that lie 
open to the Sun : moreouer both the forme and bignefle of the leaues, and alfoof the plants them- 
feIues,aswellof thofe that bring forth Lad, mum, as the other Ciftus.dovariein this wonderful raa- 
cer, according to the diucr'fttie Of the 'places and countries where they grow ; they are ftrangers in 
thefe Northerly parts.being very impatient of Our Cbld clymate. 
•: The 'time. 
They floute for the mbit part from May to the end of Auguftithe clammie matter which fallcth 
tipon the leaues, which is a liquid kinde of Rofen ofa fweet fmell,is gathered in the Spring time as 
Diofcorides faith : but as Petrus Bcllonius a(firmeth(being an eye witnes of the gathering) in the midfl- 
of fommer,and in the extreme heat of the Dog-daies,the which in our time not without great care 
and diligence, and as great labour,is gathered from the whole plant(with certain inftrumeats made 
in manner of tooth pickes, or eare pi ekes, which in their tongue they call Ergafhn) andnot gathe- 
red from the beards of Goats, as it is reported in the old fables of the lying Monks themfelues,cal- 
Ied C<i/!>/;ifw,that is to fay GreekifhMonkes, whoofvery mockeriehaucfoiftedthatfableamong 
Others exrant in their workes. 
t I thinkeit not amifle forthebetterexplanationofthe matter here treated of, as alfo to (hew 
you after what manner our Author in diuers places gaue the tellimonies of fundry Writers, and 
howwellhevnderftood them, here to fetdownein Englifh the words of Bcllonius concerning the 
gathering of Ladattum, which are thefe. [ The Greekes (faith he) for the gathering oC Ladantm.pxo- 
uide a peculiar inftrument which in their vulgar tongue they terme Ergaftiri: This is an inftrumenC 
like to a Rake without teeth, to this are fattened fundry thongs cut out of a raw and vntanned hide; 
they gentlv rub rhefe vpon the Ladamm bearing fhrubs, that Co the liquid moifture concrete about 
the leaues may fticke to them, which afterwards with kniues they fliaue off thefe thongs in the heat 
of the day. Wherefore the labour of gathering Ladanum is exceeding great, yea intollerable,fee- 
Ing they mu ft of neceflitie flay in the mountaines all the day long in the greateft heat of the Dog- 
daies: neither vfually (hall you findcalry other who will take the paines to gather it, befides, the 
CalohieroiflpM is the Greeke Monkes. It is gathered no where in the whole Ifland of Candy in 
greater plenty, than at the foot of the mountaine Ida at a village called Cogualino , and atMilo- 
po tamo, if] 
The Names. 
The fhrub it felfe is called in Greeke Mt, or : the Latines keep the name Ledon or Ladon, and 
is a kinde of Ciftus or HollieRofes : the fat or clammie matter which is gathered from the leaues, 
is named Ladanon and Leda/ton, according to the Greeke : the Apothecaries corruptly call it Lap. 
dunum : Diofcorides counteth that to be the beft which is fweet of fmell, and fomewhat greene, 
that eafily waxeth foft, is fat , without fand, and is not eafily broken, but very full of Rofine or 
Gumme. 
The Temperature. 
Ladanumflzixh Gdengs hot in the later end of the firft degree, hauing alfo a little aftri&iueor bin-’ 
ding qualitie ; it is likewife ofa thin fubftance, and therefore it fofteneth, and withall dothmode- 
rately digeft,and alfoconcoift. 
•j The Vertues. 
Ltdanum hath a peculiar property againft the infirmities of the mothcr,it keepeth haires from A 
fallingjfor it w afteth away any fetled or putrified humour that is at their roots. 
Diofcorides faith, that Ladanum doth bind, heat, fouple,& open,being tempered with wine,Myrrhe, B 
and oile of Myrtles ; it keepeth haires from falling, being annointed therewith ; or laiedon mixed 
with wine, it maketh the markes or fears ofwounds faire and well coloured. 
It taketh away the paine in the eares if it be powred or dropped therein,mixcd with honied wa* C 
ter,or with oile of Rofes. 
A fume made thereof dravveth forth the afterbirth, and taketh away the hardnefle ofthema- D 
trix. 
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