Tbeatrum Botanicuni, 
Tribe z 
244. Chap. 49. 
flrong, and not eafie to bend or to breake, whereof flrong bqwes may be made, and hath beene in times paft .• : 
the fmaller branches are furnifhed with many leaves like unto thofe of the crab tree, but fmaller,with fmall long 
llraight thornes in many places fet with the leaves, the ends of the branches ending in a thorne alfo; among the 
leaves come forth many flowers, every one upon a feverall footeftalke, confifting of foure leaves apeece,ofa 
whitifh greene colour; after which come fmall round berries, greene at the firft, and blacke when they are ripe, 
full of pulpe or Juyce that is greene, with one or two fmall graincs within them of an unpleafant tafle. 
2. Rhamnus folutivus minor Pannonicus. The letter Purging thorne of Hungary, 
This leffer Rhamnus groweth much lower than the former, with fmaller branches, not above a yard and a i 
halfe high, having many leaves thereon, fmaller and narrower than the former, almoft as fmall as thofe of the ! 
blaeke thorne or flowe tree, with a few thornes fet here and there upon the branches, but ending alwayes in a i 
thorne : the flowers arc like unto the other but Imaller, and of an hcrby, or whitifh greene colour, with fmaller | 
berries alfo f ucceeding them. 
The place , 
The firfl groweth in many places of this land, but efpecially in Kent, as at the hither end of Dartford nextun- • 
to London, Famingham upon the Connie burrowes,and in a narrow Lane neere South Fleete , and in many other i 
places. The other Clupus found in Pannoniu, and in Germany neere the bathes at Baden. 
The Time. 
They flower in Aprill and May, their fruite is ripe in September and O&ober. 
The Names. 
It is called Rhamnus, alchough it can be referred to none, either of Diofcorides or Theophraflus , yet ail agree, ! 
it is a fpecies or kind of Rhamnus,and fo even the thornes declare,and therefore the word folutivus is added there- ! 
unto, to denominate the difference. Matthiolus I thinke firft called it Spina infettoria, and is by many followed » 
therein. Tragus calleth it Rhamm alia fpecies,yet knew not of any purging quality in it.Dcdonaus called it Rhamnus r 
folutivus and Lugdunenfis Rhamnus Cathartic us & fo doth Bauhmus-C or aus calleth it Cervi fpina,Gefner Spina Cer .- j 
vina .and C<sfilpinus Spina Cer vain vulgo, and fome alfo Burgi fpina , from the French word Bourgefpine whereby 1 
they call it as alfo AVr/>r«».The other is called of Clufius Spina fnfettoria pumilap r ima:a\thouef\ Gerardhath cal- 1 
led it in Fnghfh Laxative Ram and Bucks home,yet I have rather entituled it a purging thorne,as moft fitting to it. i 
The Venues. 
The berries hereof dryed and a drame of the pDwder, given in wine or the broth of flefh, doth purge both ! 
flegme and groflethicke humors alfo, yet Pena faith it rather draweth forth thinne flegme, and that ffomthe : 
Joints and Arteries, and therefore is Angular good for dropAe^ fome doe make an Ele&uary and lom'e a Syrupc 
of the Juyce of the berries clarified, and Sugar or Honey put thereto, but becaufe it worketh a little trouble- \ 
fomely, f ome fpices are to be added thereto to aromatifeit, as Cinamon, Ginger and Cloves, and fome adde 
Mafticke and roles alfo, which doth correft the evill quality therein, and caufe it worke without paine : an ounce :£ 
or more of either Electuary or Syrupe may be given at a time, diffolved either in wine or in the broth offlelh, I 
which will draw forth raw whayifli humors,and choller aboundantly, as alfo tbicke clammie flegme,for itwor- >;• 
kethnot wich any troublelome heating of the parts, but doth flrengthen them after purging, not caufing any , 
flux to follow : Of thefe berries are made three feverall forts of colours, as they fhall be gathered; that is being J 
gathered while they are greene and kept dry, are called Sappe berries, which being fleeped in fome Allome wa- J 
ter, or frtfh bruifed into Allome water, they give a rcalonable faire yellow colour, which painters ufe for their l 
Workes,and Bookebinders to colour the edges of bookes, and leather drefftrs to colour leather, as they ufe alfo :i 
to make a greene colour called Sappe greene, taken from the berries when they are blacke, being bruifed and put :ii 
into a brafie or copper kettle, or pan; and there fuffered to abide three or foure dayes, or a little heated upon the i 
fire, and fome beaten Allome put unto them, and after pre fled forth, the Juyce or liquor isufually putup into:: 
great bladders, tyed with flrong thred at the head, and hung up untill it be drye, which is diffolved in water or h 
wine, but facke is the befl to preferve the colour from ftarving as they call it, that is from decaying and to make I 
it hold frefli the longer : the third colour (whereof, none that I can finde hath made mention, but onely Tragus') 
is a pur pi i lh colour which is made of the berries fuffered to grow upon the bufhes, untill the middle or end of h 
November, that they are ready to droppe from the trees. 
Chap. XL. 
Anagyris & Laburnum. Beane Trefoiles. 
He Anagyris and Laburnum ate Cnchcongeneres,Co\\ke the one unto the other, that diver fe writers .1 
doe calf that Anagyris, which others call Laburnum, and indeed I know no other diftin&ion be-: 
tweene them,than of ftetens & nonfeetens, major & minor. 
1. Anagyrisfeetida. Stinking BeaneTrefoilc. 
The {linking beaneTrefoile in his naturall places, which are the hot Countries of Spalne and Nar - ;■ 
bone in France, feldome groweth to be higher than a man, but tranfplanted into more cold and temperate cli- ; 
mates, rifeth twife fo high; having the barke of the body, and elder boughes, of a darke grayiffi greene colour,: 
the younger ofafreflier greene, from whence fhoote forth at diverfe places three fome what large leaves toge¬ 
ther, (landing upon a pretty long footeftalke, of a greene colour on the upperfide,and of an hoary or filver fhining >■ 
colour underneath; of a flrong unpleafant fent, like unto {linking Cjladwin efpecially in the hot countries, for in 
the colder countries it is nothing fo much, and very little in ours, as I have tryed, who have had it many times: 
growing with me: at the Joynts with the leaves come forth many flowers, (landing upon a long flaike, one by 
another, which are larger than in any Cytifus, almoft as great as the Colutaa, the lower leaves being of a paler 
yellow colour, and the uppermoft which cover them, of a deeper gold yellow, which after turne into large and 
long flattifh cods; wherein lye foure or five feedes, twife as big as in the other, almoft as big as Kidney beanes, 
and more difcoloured than the other, that is of a darke purple (potted, which were of a fairer purple, before they 
were 
