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Vy a il n ut tree leaves grow, bat each lcafe refembling thofe of the greateft Myrt le : at each knot on the branches 
where the leaves thoot (land one or two fmall fbort weake thornes on t ach fide: the fuither relation wee cannot 
o lv e i' u becaulc che plant petilhed through the imempetature ol the climate. 
. a The i lace. 
The firft as I fayd groweth not onely neare the Sea coafts in the low countries and in our Land alio, bnt in the 
uplands alfo of the higher and lower Germany alio by rivers fides,as Cerdas, Gefner, da fas and others have fet it 
downe : the lecond as Clnfius faith gro» eth in divers places ot S r mne,Pcrtugell, m A Narbor.c in France: the third 
he faith he onely found at the farther border of the kirgdome of Valencia in Spaine about the Citie Horiiela nearc 
the River Sac,ire. and in no place elfethe fourth he likewile faith he found plentifully among other fhrubbes in 
the wade grounds of the kingdome of Granada and Marcia. 
The Time, 
They flower in the Sommer,and the fruit is ripe in September. 
7 he Nantes. 
There is great controvert among our moderne writers as I faid before concerning this P'cuit©- Rhamnns, as the 
Greekss and Latincs call it, every one almofl appropriating one thorny bulh or other thereunto, for Gamer arias 
and T>a{ ns judge the Grejjnlari* or Vancrifpa our Goofe berry bufh.tobethe Rhamni tertian genus of Diofcori- 
sles, nd call the Spina infebloria before fet forth in this worke to be Rhamni aliafpecies, notknouing any purging 
qualitic therein as others afterwards did, and thereupon called it Rhamnm Catbartictu or folutivus. CMatthsolus 
iecttth forth likewile a kind of prickly bufh forth sRhamnusfecnnctus Diofcoridii which Tena and AcG/miflike, 
giving another in the (lead thereof, which they fay commeth nearer to thedelcripcion of Dio/corides : and even 
the ancient authors thcmfelvcs are not conftanc nor free of variation herein : for as before faid Tdiofcorides hath 
three forts of Rhamnns ( whereof the third fort is much doubted ol by divers, fomc thinking the Text of 7 'it/co. 
des co be corrupt, and the third fort to be added or fupcrfiuousj Thecphrafias hath but two forts, white and blacke 
and mentioneth Faliarm as a peculiar p'ant by it felfe, faying alfo it is of many forts, and galen maketh mention 
butofonefort, asifthere were lut one or that the reft were comprehended under that one. F Imy maketh two 
forts, bnt he. without confiderationreferreth them to ihc Rabas or Bramble. The firft here fet forth is the Rham- 
ansfccundus Diofcoridis of OMatthiolus, T) odonttss ,Cluftsss ,Luedtsncnfis, as alio of Lacuna and Lonicerus, but Vena 
and Label in Adverfarijs make it the firft of TSiofcorides, Corctas upon TSioJcerides and in his hiftory alfo calleth ic 
Oleafler Germanicas, and in his Obfcrvtticnam jjha,Oleafth pecaliare genus : Cnmerarius in bone and in Epitome 
calleth it Rhamni fpecies, and Cafalpinus Rhamni alteram genus , Bellenius in his Obfetvations maketh mention of 
a Rhamnus baccis rtsbentibus which it is p;ohableis this. Columna taketh it to be Hippophac Diofcoridis, and Baa. 
binas calleth it Rhamnas Salicu folio anguflo fruSlu flavefeente ; the lecond is the Rhamnus primus Diofcoridis of 
A / lattbiolus,Anguilara,Lacuna, Loniccens, Clafias.Dodoneus.Lagdunenfis and Rauwo/fas ; Lobel calleth it Rham- 
mu alter T)infcondie Monfprliacus, Cordas upon TX.ofcondes and "Bauhinus call it Rhamnns candidaTheophraJli, as 
alfo Rhamnns fpints oblongis flore candicante, Rauwolfius faith that the Arabians call it Baofer, and they about 
Tripoli in Soria or Syria Hanfegi ; the third is Clnftuj his Rhammi primi altera ff cries : the fourth is his Rhamnns 
tertius,mA lo alfo it is of Dodonecm indTabermontanus, and of Lobel Rhamnm prims fpecieiiertius and is likely 
to be tire Rhamni genus baccis nipris in Gracia of Bellonius , Banhinns calleth it Rhamnns niger Theopl rajH ar.d 
Rhamnns tertius flore herbaceo baccis nigrit ■ the fift Lugdunenfis exhibiteth from a skilfull Hcrbarift as hec faith 
that brought it to“Z latcckampiw gathered in "Bavaria, and not knowing unto what plant roreferre it better called 
it Rhamnus Bavarian which name doth fo continue untill it can be better difpoledof: the lad lacobas Cornatus 
onely exhibiteth in his Canaderfiam planrarum bijlona. The Arabians call it as is aforefaid : the Italians Ramno 
and A faurnca the Spaniards Scambrones, the French Boargefpine in fome places, for that name is given to divers 
plants in fundry places : Anguilara faith that generally Dio/corides his full Rhamnw is taken to be that plant which 
at Rome is called Sptno far,to, and f others Spino de Chnfio, Marcellas in his booke de re mtdica calleth it Saluta¬ 
ry herba and fpina alba : Cor dm alfo witnefeth that Rhamnus is called by the Laiines Spina alba, but wifely advileth 
that this (hmb Spina alba be not confounded with the other two forts of Thiflles fo called alfo. Ovid alfo fpca- 
keth of it lib.ti.fajlorum fhewing the ule of it in his time to expell incantations in thefe verfes, 
S icf.itas.fpinam cjua triflespellerepoffet 
Aforibus noxas. bxcerit alba, dedit. 
And in another place not farre from the former he faith the fame of the fame plant, otherwife called Virga Ianalis 
in this manner; 
Virgacj-, lana’is defpina fumitur alba. 
Qua lumen thalamis,parvafeneflra dabat. 
The Vcrtaes. 
Thefe thorny plants are in qualitie one much like another, being as Galen faith cold in the end of the firft de¬ 
cree or in the beginning of the fecond and drying and digefting in the fecond, a d thereby helpcth inflammati¬ 
ons saint isfnthonies fire and other fretting and eating Cankers and is good againff pufhes,whcales,&c. inuling 
the young leaves whiles they are frefh. A dccoftion of the leaves and inner barkc thereof made in water where- 
,i, ro a little allome is put is very good to walh the mouth when there is any inflammation or Vlcer or other di- 
1 ate the'ein. (Clujhn faith that the Spaniard , dne eate the young (hoots of his firft Rhamnw as a Sallat herbe, 
S id that they ufe the decoftion of theBlacke beriies ofthis fourth fort,to bathe thofe places that are out of joynt, 
and to helpe the paincs of the Goute. 
Chap XXIIII. 
Lycium five Pyxacantha . Box thornc. 
VAjf^jT.though we are not certaine that any of thefe thorny fhrubs here fet forth in this Chapter is the true and 
^ right Lycium of T>iolcorides agreeing thereunto in all things, yet becaufe all of them have fome corre- 
; _ ■31 fpondence therewith in divers particulars, they have bee ne by the judicious finders out ol them e- 
ferred unto it as fhall be Chewed. 1 • d-jetum 
