Tribe 2. 
Tbe Theater of ‘Plants. Chap. 38. 34 3 
be knowne from the Mum tmlgsrU, whofe barke is whitTlh and the wood more'Ved, and bearcth not berrieTaa ~~ 
this doth : Tngw calleth it Fmlbaum that is foule tree, of the evill fent and trade, the Idea fin ,j mftra five 
FrunguU vulge of Lugdrnienfis, differcth not from this, although he would feeme to make it. The/ot/iaiu call 
It FrangoU, the Germans, as is before faid with Tf*m Faulbaum, the Dutch Sporrekgnhout and Hoxdtiboom and 
we in the blacke Alleror Alder tree. “ 3 
The Vert ties.' 
The inner yellow barke hereof as CMatthiolus faith, purgeth downewards bothcholler and flegme, and the 
| watry -i 11 ? 01 ? M^picke perfons, and flrengthneth the inward parts againe afterwards, even as Rubarbe 
c n “ c j^ r ^ e ^ lCre . beboylcd with Agrimonie, Wormewood, Dodder, Hoppes, and Tome Fennell and 
t Smallage,.Endive and Cichory rootes, and a reafonable draught taken every morning For fome time together 
i is veryeftecltiall againft the Iaundife, the dropfie, and the evill difpofition of the body, fo as fome efpeciali 
^ 1^ u I^ l^ Ine ^* C ^ ^e, kave heene taken before to avoyd the groffer excrements, and then it will the better loofen 
the bclly,and keepe it foluble without trouble or danger to the (fomacke, purging and ft rengthning the liver and 
lplecne, in fo good manner that diverfe have beene cured by this onely medicine, who have had their livers and 
lpleenes fwolne with humors and hardnefle; by opening all obftru&ions in the inward parts, and clenfing them 
from fuch evill humors as they were full of before: the dried barke is onely fit for thofe purpofes.for the frefh or 
greene barke being taken inwardly, provoketh ftrong vomitings, paines in the ftomacke, and gripings in the 
bedy; yet if the decodion thereof may ftand and fettle for two or three dayes, untill the yellow coloiir be chan- 
ged into blacke, it will not worke fo violently by much as before, and in not provoking vomiting or purgings 
j rcn § cken the ftomacke, and procure an appetite or defire to meate: the outer barke contrariwife doth bind 
the body, and thereby is helpefull for all laskes and fluxes thereof; but this fhould be given after it hath beene 
dried alfo, to worke the better: the inner barke hereof boiled in vinegar, is an approved remedy to kill lice, to 
cure the itch, and take away fcabbes, and drie them up in a very fhort fpace: the fame alfois lingular good 
to wafh the teeth, both totake away the paines, to faften thofe that are loofe, to clenfe them from corruptions 
a , c ° kce P e ckcm f° u nd : the leaves arc faid to be good fodder for Kine, to caufe them give the more abundance 
of milke. 
Chap. XXXVIIII. 
Evonymut. The Spindle tree or Pricke wood. 
Lthough the former ages^ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
yet Clufitu m his Panonic^e travells, hath fet forth two other forts, not knowne before to any^ 
which I will here fhew you together. 
. T * Evonymw vulgaris. The common Spindle tree. 
Our ordinary fpindle tree, is alfo but a (hrubbe or hedggebiifh, riling up with many (femmes, or fometimcs 
Evonynus vulgaris. 
The common Spindle tree. 
. Evcnymus PannonieuS latijsiiiiiS Clufii. 
Biond leafed Spindle tree of Hungary, 
