1414 Of the Hiftory oi Plants. L 1 b. 3 . ' 
from fheddingjwithftandeth drunkenndfe,if it be taken failing, and preuaileth againft poifon and 
the bitings of any venomous bead. 
G There is dravvne out of the green berries thereof a iuice, which is dried and referued for the forc- 
faidvfes. 
H T here is likevvife preiTed out of the leaues a iuice, by adding vnto them either old wine or raine 
water, which mutt be vfed when it is new made, for being once drie it putrifieth , and as Dtofeorides 
faithjlofeth his verrues. 
Chap. 7 z. Offmct Willow or Cjauie. 
Myrtus Braha»tica,fve El&tgnus Cordi. 
Gaule, fweet willow ,or Dutch Myrtle tree. 
' yriii/rCc !«-- Sj aJx. - 
The Defcription. 
G Aule is a low and little fhruborwooddy 
plant, hauing many brown & hard bran- 
1 chesiwhereupon doe grow leaues fome- 
what long, hard, thicke, and oileous, of an hot 
fauour or imell iomewhat like Myrtusi among 
the branches come forth other little ones, 
wherupon do grow many fpokieeares or tufts", 
full of froall floures, and after them Elected 
great ilore of fquare feeds cluttering together, 
of a ftrong and bitter taile. The root is hard, 
andofa wooddie fubllance. 
The Place. 
This Gaulegroweth plentifully infundry 
places of England, as in the lie of Ely, & in the 
Fennie countries thereabouts, wherof there is 
filch ft ore in that countrey, that they make fa- 
gots ofit and fheaues , which they call Gaule 
fheaues,to burne and heat their onens. Itgrow- 
eth alfo by Colebrooke, and in fundry other 
places. 
w If Tit Time. 
The Gaule fiourethin May and lune, and 
the feed is ripe in Auguft. 
The Names. 
This tree is called of diuers in Latme,Myr- 
tus Brahantua , and Pfeudomyrfine-pnd firdus cal- 
ieth it EUagnus , Chamxleagnus^ and MyrtusBra- 
. - _ T ... — , „ bantict. Elxagms is deferibed by Theephrifius to 
be a fhrutbic plant like vnto the Chafte tree, with a foftand downie leafe,and with the floure of 
the Poplar treqand that which we haue deferibed is no fuch plant. It hath no name among the old 
writers for ought we know,vnlefIe it be Rhusfylueftris Plwij, or Pliny his wilde Sumach ofwhich hee 
hath written in his 24.book.11 chap. [There is.faith he, a wilde herbe with fhort ftalkes which is 
anenemy topoifon,andakillerof mothes.j It is called in low Dutch, (BagdtinEnglifh, Gaule. ' 
If The Temperature. 
. ° ai ’ k ; or tke vvilda Myrtle, efpecially the feed, is hot and drie in the third degree : the leaues be 
not and drie ; but not 10 much. ° 
IT The Verities. 
A manv vihrn joW l ’ b! f f T e J°r the W’? 08 pUt , int ° beere oraile whileft ic « ^ boilingfwhich 
man >' v e . to ° j lC maketh the fame heady,fit to make a man quickly drunke. 6 
ti The whole fhrub, fruit and all, being laied among clothes, keepeth them from moths and worms. 
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