L i b. 3 . Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Dtofaorides faith, that the feeds and floures being drttnke in the quantitie of a dram, with Mede r 
or honied water, doth catife one to vomit ftrongly,as the Hellebor or neefing pouder doth, but yet 
withoutieopardieordangeroflife: the feed purgeth by ftoole. ; 
The iuyce which is drawne from out of the branches fteeped in water.being firft bruifed.is a re- C 
medie for thofe that are tormented with the Sciatica, and for thofe that be troubled with the 
Squincie, if a draught thereof be drunke in the morning j fomevfe to fteepe the branches in fea 
water, and to giue the fame inaclifter,which purgeth forth bloudy andflimieexcrements. 
cdaStfcE SSSSlrf! 1 ? w h ,! . a S lin . c fi 5“ rc r d ” ,d . d 5 fct:btd or Spanifil Brooke ; which I Iiauc new onrnttd, bcesnifc it 
I a urcd and delcribcd in the lad chapter fauc one befo-e. In the fccond place was defc ibed chat figured in the third : and in the third Diace was a defcri i. r m„ r „ „ 
purpofc, which I therefore omitted, and as you fee deferibed anew and put in the fird place that which formerly held the fccond. ? P o no 
Chap. 2.0. 
Of Furies, fjorffe, JVhin, or pric/fey c Broome. 
The Kindes. 
'T* Here be diners forts of prickly Broome, called in our Englifli tongue by fundry names,accor- 
* ding to the fpeech of the countrey people where they doe grow : in fome places Furzes ■ in 
others, W hins, Gorlfe,and of fome, Prickly Broome. 
The Defcn pi on. 
1 r T~’He Furze bufh is a plant altogcthera Thorne, fully armed withmoft fharpe prickles 
1 without any leauesat all except in the fpring,and thofe very few and little and quick! 
ly falling away : it is a bufhy (hrub, often riling vp with many wooddy branches to 
tee height of foure or hue cubrts,or higher, according to the nature and foile where they grow - 
the greateft and higheft that I did euer fee do grow about Excefter in the Weft parts of England* 
where 
