1 424 Of the Hiftory of Plants; Ltb. 3; 
H The vinegar in which the dried floures are fteeped are wholfome for the ftomacke : bein°- vfed 
with meate it ftirrethvp anvippetite, it cutteth and attenuateth ot maketh thin groffe and raw hu- 
mors. , . 
I The facultie of the feed is fomewhat gentler than that of the other parts : it alfo moueth the 
belly, and draweth forth vvaterie humors, being beaten topouder,and giuen to a dram weight: be- 
ing new gathered, fteeped in vineger, and afterwards dried, it is taken, and that effectually, in the 
like weight of the dried lees ofvvine, and with a few Anife feeds, for fo it worketh without a’ny ma- 
ner of trouble, and helpeth thofe that bane the dropfie. But it mull begmen for certaine daies to- 
gether in a little wine, to thofe that haue need thereof. 
K The gelly of the Elder, otherwife called Tevves eare,hath a binding and drying qualitie : the in- 
fufion thereof, in which it hath bin fteeped a few houres.taketh away inflammations of the mouth, 
and almonds of the throat in the beginning, if the mouth and throat be wafhed therewith, and doth 
in like manner helpe the uvula. 
Diofcoridcs faith, that the tender and greene leaues of the Elder tree, with barley rneale parched, 
do remouehot fvvel lings, and are good for thofe that are burnt or fcalded,and for fuchas bebitten 
with a mad dog, and that they glew and healevp hollow vlcers. 
M The pith of the young boughes is without qualitie : This being dried, and fomewhat prefled or 
quafhed together, is good to layflpgn the narrow orifices or holes of fiftula's and ilfiies,if it be put 
therein. ' 
C h ■ a p , 78. Of Marifh or Water Elder. 
1 S.imbuctu aquatilis, fiucpaluflris . , SamLntu. nnO* 
«[ TheVefiriftion] 
M Arii'h Elder is not iike to the common Elder in leaues, but in boughes: it groweth 
a ter the manner of a little tree: the boughes arecouered withabarke of an ill fa- 
uoured Afh colour , as he thofe of the common Elder ; they ate fee withioints by 
certaine 
