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(end forth young Wooddy (hikes whereof feme will (land upright, others l^d^ne and take ropteYgaire a,, 
they fpread.asalfo in any wall they {land nigh unto, like unto our barren Ivie : the leaves are broad .S' 
three aUvayes fet together upon a long footeftalke: at the joynts with the leaves come forth the Dale g '* ‘ 
a loofetuftor duller, which turne into pale yellow berries,with fmall,hard,round aihcoloured leede in I? 
wrinkled skinne or huske,without any moiftnre at all in them, this plant yeeldeth a white milke wirhn V 
talle, being broken in any part thereof, which after it hath abidden a while will change to bee as blacke « 1 ? y 
and is therefore held fit to colour the haire or any other thing. lnke > : 
6 . Hedera epHinejaefolia Virginenjis, Virgin:Ay. Ivie. 
I have deferibed this in my former bookennder the.titleof VitUfeu potiui H:d:ra VirainenRs r n . 
were ncedleffe labour to doe it here againe, I muft thiffefore referre you thereunto for‘it; 1 onely flhewvoi^rl* 
figure of a branch thereof with the other. v } mew yon the . 
7. HaterAceisfolifSflanta Lobeii). Labels Ivie leafed plant 
Not finding a fitter place then this, let me with Bank,no, fet it with the Ivies for the leaves fake,although Label 
Ca ] C n h nC J c !* m,nos heeUritcrtifolijt. This plant(faith he) hath (lalkes about a cubit long or better which § are (oft ■ 
and (lender having Ivie like leaves upon them.-the flowers are long and hooddcd.ofa pale purple colour This hee ■ 
found on the h ills m paflins through Italy. v 1 ncc 1 
The Place, 
Thefirlt is well knowne to every child almoft, to grow in woods upon the trees, and upon the (lone walls of 
Churches,houfes.&c. orfometimes to grow aloneofitfclfe, as is before fayd, yet very fcldome • the fWll. 
fayd to grow w France and fome placesof Turfy ,and fome lay in Naples Mo : the third /Wand Label], 
mCempAmami Apuh.%, and yet fowen m gardens of Italy and alfo of Germany : the fourth "roweth ,„L„» 
and lhadowie places for the mod part, under hedges and the corner ofwafle grounds, lanes and the like the two 
next grow in the Northwefl parts of America, where our Englijb Colonies are planted, the lall as is before’retired 
The Time 
Our Ivie flowreth not until! Iulj ,and the berries are not ripe ufually untill about Chrijlma <, that thev have r, h 
the winter (rods; of the othertwo wee can fay no more, then that wee have little acquaintance with them vet 
Gefnei in harm faith.thau he law that with yellow berries in Germany ,the American forts ai e very late with us * 
The Names. 
T ll “J led in Greckc a " d of CiJ f W an ? C ‘ Um ' fabalamar Graci.pajiane Citti Roe 
Liber, patrufultantu tn He Jen,m ah ilia verfojj Athauenfes cnim Ciuum Bacchum ip[« m vacant,cJoL mm ilia cara, 
TrnZt r t,lef ^ er r vnK Mk'nrfem, vine. but Pen A and Label hy they thinke it is rather deduced 
C Z C "’°j m ,0 : dc ' m 1'“<^brat,cte»,m importttna amafta raj,cam ptapaaatianiL, arberes 
Tt.mt!ZrA\Tr X tT V T” m c,Ja nttllcaynam, itahac 
lignum textmaporafa,cfr ^iracalu mmimer* pervta vinnm tranfmtttit, unde Catoni & Varroni Cifflmbion noculum 
“ “ likdy fe j.r ata t “P madC 0f ,Vie wtod ;7„oS a/y wt 
therein,in Latin e Hedera. HederamveraTcmpemdtRamcenfa, eyaad hareat, vel potto, edita petal, velluU 7 d 
r«, adhafen, edit & enec.it : the Arabians call it Cajfa f,the Italians Hedera, the Spaniards Edera , the French tier re 
the Germans e g hen,the Batch Veyt, and we m Engltfh Ivie: The firft is called of all writers either Hedera fimclv’ 
oT Hederaarborea. (especially that which groweth alone by it felfe, which therefore the ancients called olha 
orh ’r fhrr’rd and of Phnj Hedera rtgens tmd/candens by fome to diflinguilh from the 
? V a J r } ° r T*’ C ? fliew i b r dlffe , re " cc fr ° m the f«<md called alba / white or gray : fuch faith lIm 
."WH.^wctetoe ntath/r, which Theophraftu, (peaking of the diverfities in histimeobferved 
and Pl.ny from him fay differ , fome having white leaves as well a, berries, which made Vir,il to fay Candidiar 
cjgnv bederafermofior a ba then Swarne more lovely or then the white Ivie.fome alfo having Sunder and thicker 
bunches of Berries which he called Corymb, 9r Hedera Cor,mb,a, and fome having great?r berries and thinner 
branches called Salem,,um : the third is called as pl.r,y faith Nijia and Bach.ca, of the Athenians eschar Jca Zd 
ofthe Grecians chrjyfocarpos whch Btafcandes and 'Da/echampiu, as Lugdnnenfis fairh call ‘Bianyfiat, where- 
With the Poets were wont to be crowned and yet the blacke berried Ivie, whereof it is a Jbecies, is in Ibme Au- 
thorscalled©i^aUoithe fourthiscaUed IHedera Helm .and. (lari.Its by all our moderne writers,and 
\ Hehxoi Dtafcoridesj-heaphrafttn, Pl,„ yi nd titered, which thev make 
the third#«»« ol their climing kinds, but we have not feenc it to climbc up in that manner, as the other'doth in 
our eonntrey, lyng as I fayd for the molt part on the ground, although fometimes it rilcth up (and therefore /■Z 
& LobelinAdver/arta fay that it ftiould more properly be called Hedera tcrreflrU then the former taken to be Cba- 
Tff" cMWcmAntom it is but h.s bate opinion wtthout good advife) yet lohanne, Thai,,,, in UarcynUMva 
called .Soto difiei in ill. length olihcln!allerbranttics,(Si[h 7/,in kngthclfth^lbi«!l 
betweene the joynts faith Pliny, ) and in each of thefe againe are certaine differences, as in the greene fort, foml 
vlhl?7® n | e ” a! T e cav£ !’ ( and 0t,ic rsfmaller,and in the white fort, fome that had greater 
oarred vel 1, ve t ;a ^ Ta ^ L u”’ -I. Wh °‘ e lcaveS werc thicker 01 thinner,or more or Icfle 
w rXl f f y er l n0t y l’i h u at 11 ,S b T n in all ' not Bringing any fruit, whichyet fomefaid 
P Vrr vlh mZ lf’ m f 10 r ‘” e f dl v dbeare ? and t[lrne into the other lorr thus fay Thlphraftn, and 
P .-‘"/.with many imore things too long comfert here: they that are difpofed to readc the Authors themfelves mav 
he informed of the particulars. Batthrm, maketh the HederaU of Tragtu to be a differing fore frbm others call 
ling It Hedera humi repens, which yet Tragus h.mfelfe diflinguilheth not, faying thaubat lv™ which whUe 
ind in ave e r’h Wl,ei ' d ? b ’ is nodiff «Mcein bis two fort! of Hedera 
and tiedernla but in the age: the two American forts are fo termed by us as they are in the titles. 
The VcrtHcs. 
Gaten fheweth that Ivie is of divers qualiries.fome Iharpe and hot,others hot, and fome moifl others cold drv 
and aftrmgcnt ; being therefore fuch an mconftant Hermes, it is the more carefully to beeapplved andefpeef- 
allymcaufingbarrenncffern man or woman, if they (hall take too often thereof, and proctifeth a weakepelfe 
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