Tribe 2. The Theater of Tlantes. Chap. 24., 207 
derthereupon, two alwayes fet together at a/oynt, oneagainft another, bucof adarkc greene (Lining colour^ 
of no fent at all in them, and of a bitter (harpe unpleafant tafte, troubling the ftomacke, caufing loathing, and 
calling withall: at the toppes of the branches and cwigs,lland many fmall fweete fmelling flowers in chillers 
confiding of five white leaves a peece : after which fucceede fmall berries, being fomewhat long flat and corne¬ 
red, of an excellent pale bright blew colour, inflaming and burnig the mouth and throace.ofwhofoevcr (hall tafte 
it, that it is almoft infupporrable, and not but in a long time, and by drinking milke, and holding it in the mouth 
to be taken away or ealed; this abideth greene all the winter. 
1. Ltwrusf inns alter ml 2. Cltifti, The fecond wilde Bay tree of Clufuu. 
This other wilde Bay tree, rifeth to be a bufh, much about the lame bigneffe with the former, havin'* (Ironver 
flalkes, and more plentifully branching forth, which are reddifh being young, and more greene witlithe red- 
liefle when they are older : whereon grow the leaves in the fame order, but fomewhat longer, narrower, and 
more full of veines than itthe flowers {land at the toppes of the twigs and branches, in the fame manncr’thac 
the other doc, but are more purple and lefle fweete than they; which afterwards give fmaller, fuller, and blacker 
berries,than the former: this alfo holdeth his greene leafe all the winter without flieddin". 
3. LaurnsTinusfylveflriealter ftvetertius. The third wilde Bay tree. 
This wilde Bay groweth feldome to be a tree of any height but abideth low (hooting forth many (lender bran¬ 
ches, covered with a darke greene barkc, with fad greene fmooth leaves, fet by couples thereon, fomewhat 
refembling Bay leaves without any fmell: the flowers grow in tuftes or duffers at the ends of the branches,fome- 
what reddifh while they are in bud, but whiter being open with reddifh bdges, confiding of five leaves a peece, 
fmellihg fweete : there feldome followcth any fruite but are blacke round berries when it'beareth,yet not perfeft 
to fpring againc in any that I have feenc, 
4. LattrusTintts Cretica frttticofa. Thefhrubby wilde Bay of Candye. 
This Bay tree groweth low and fhrubby,bearing many (lender round fliort branches covered with a black bark 
with knotty joynts.wheron are fet s or 6 or more leaves like the former,but fmaller upon fliort foot (talks which 
are wholly without lent, but heating the mouth and tongue with a little aftriftion : the fruite or feede isas fmall 
as a pepper corne,with a thin rind opening into three parts like a Spurge feed, con'aining within each part a fmall 
long whitilh kernell like to a graine of wheatc, fmelling ftrong and tailing fomewhat bitter and heatin'* or bur¬ 
ning the mouth and tongue. The Tlace. 
Thefirlt groweth in Portugal and Spaine in diverfe places, as CH ms fafth, in Italy alfo on the hils of Florence 
and Romania ; and in the wood Valena in Nnr bone, and among the dwarfe fcarlet Oakes,in many places of Mount 
Cetus or Sejlius neere MompelUr in Trance. The fecond as Clttfms faith lie found in the Moncfierj of Pern lonttA 
in Portugal!, and neere the Seafide alfo, in other parts of Spaint-. the third he faith he onely fa w in Boyfot his gar¬ 
den, rayled from Italian feede, which afterwards communicating the fuckers thereof, became familiar in manv 
otherHerbarifts Gardens there, as it doth alfo with us in our Country-.and the laid in Candye, 1 
The Time, 
_ The firflflowred in July and Auguft, and the fruite was ripe in OcTobcr in fome places of Port tut all- when as 
in other places, Clufms faith he found it in flower in November, with the fruite on it then alfo; the fecond flovv- 
reth alfo and bearcth ripe fruite much about the fame time : the third flowreth with us onely in December and 
continueth flowring Ianuary and February, if the winter be not too early or too extreame. 
The Names. 
It 19 called by Theophrafius in Greeke &d<pvn dyes* Lauras fyhefiris, in his firft; booke and 1 5 chapter among 
thole trees that are ever greene , which Gaza tranflateth onely Laurus, not naming fy he fir is at all* for it is not 
remembred by Diofcondcs or Cjalen , or other of the Greeke writers. Vlinye maketh mention thereof in his 1 < 
booke and 30 chapter, and in other places, calling it Tinas, which fomeunderftand to be this Laurus [y he fir is 
wilde Bay.M. Cato alfo remembreth it in /. de re rufiica, by the name of Laurus fyheflris and no other ancient 
latinc writer befides: all the later writers doe call them Thins, Laurus Turns, and Laurus fyheftris as hu/fus 
doth. The Italians call it Laurofalvatico , and as Lobcl faith Lauro regio if he be not miftaken; the Spaniards and 
Tortingalls J'na deperro, hollado and Durillo^ the French Laurier fduvage • the Qer manes wilde Lorbeerbaum * the 
'hitch wild Laurus Boom ; and we in Engli/Jj, the Wilde Bay tree. 3 
The Vertues. 
There is nothing recorded of them by any Author, tobcufed either Inwardly or outwardly but ourlateex- 
penencehath found the berries, as I fayd before, to inflame and burne the mouth and throate.i’n as violent man¬ 
ner, or rather worle than Laurell or ChanuUa, and worketh downewards likewife with trouble and perturbs- 
tion or the whole body. r 
Chap. XXIIII. 
Sambucus, Elder. 
V number of thefe ftrong purgers, the Elders muft not be omitted to be fpoken of, whereof 
? 3re kindes, and the Ebulus w all wort or Danewort, is to be reckoned with them for 
I the likenefle both of forme and qualitie, as all Authors doe. 
1. Sambucus vulgaris. Common Elder. 
*,Lf- , The ^ e , r tree ^oWeth up fometime, if it ftaud alone and in good ground, to a reafo- 
hefohf forilrf 5ht ’? tberw ‘ fe ftandln S thicp ; c t0 S«her, as for the moll it is found to be," it is a (hrubbe of meane 
iglit, lpreading his branches farre and wide,covered with agrayilh batke for the outfide, hut underneath it 
mte“° art h than,Sr fu C ’’ aVin S a pithinthe middle even of the Elder branches,but the’young oneT much 
a l,vT J0 !i nt;S c j e braBches come forth on both Tides winged leaves,confiding of 7 or 9 upon a ilalke 
the flowefs 1 (landluh^tonn ' 'n S f ’ ^ C °!° l,r ’ but fmdling fomewl "t tancke and ftrong: 
iimbX nfa 1 PP r eS the fcV ^ aI1 branches and twigs, many growing together in broad tufts or 
umbells, of a w htte cologr, fmelling more ftrong than the leaves, which being pall, there, rife up in their places 
T 2 fmall 
