the North fide,and Hyphear on the South, which Theophraftus faith of the Ilex to doe fo” The Hi ft: is generally 
called Buxus & arbor ,or urborefcens by all.The fecondhath not beene mentioned by any Writer before me, The 
third is called Chamapyxos by Tragus, and Tabcrmcntanus, and ’Buxus huimlisby Dodonaus. The laft is the A~ 
nonymosflore Colut*£ oiClujius, the Anonymos Fervinca folio oiCamcrarius in horto : and Rhus Myrttfolius Flfc 
7 jij (jefneri alfo, (jefner in Collatione JHrpium callcih it Cham£buxus ,and Bejler that let out the great hortus Ejfte* 
ter>fi(,Pf*udocham£bHxus as I doe. Thalius calleth that final! plant Myrtus tenutfolius , that Cordus callcih in Ok* 
fervationumJylva , Fruticulus exiguusfolijs myrtints , which is this very plant. Box is called Bojfo by the Italian^ 
and Box by the Spaniards,Boys by the French , Buxbaum by the Germar.es , and Palmbbom by the Dutch f 
The Vcrtues , 
The leaves of Box are hoc and dry,and aftringent withalfas the tafte dectareth, and therefore alfuredly doth dry* 
and binde, yet is it not much ufed in Phyficke by any now adayes that I know, although many doc trumpet out 
the praife of it to be good for fluxes,and the French difcafc,as much as Guajacum. Fernclius onely doth number 
the leaves hereof among thofe things that doe purge, but the pra&ife thereof is v/orne out of ufe, yet I rfcmeid« 
her that Dodor Smith , that was one of Quecnc Elizabeths Phyfitions, appointed the dccodion of an ounce of 
the leaves of Boxe for a purging medicine, to be boy led in whey, andadramme of the pouther in broth. But: 
cJMatthiolus contefteth againft fuch astookeit,andthef7«<ij^«wtobeboch one : the leaves and the dull of the 
wood boyled in lye, will make haires ofan Aborne (or Abraham) colour, the dwarfc Boxe is fit as is laid to bor¬ 
der the beds ofa Garden,&c, and either they or the leaves of the other dry ed and given to horfes, cureth them of 
thd Bots,or Wormes: the wood is ufed for many fmall workes among the Turners, and the diverfified boxe thae 
hath crooked veines therein,fcrvcth for inlaying to Joyners: there is no ufe knowne of the laft as yet. 
One medicine that I learned of a friend, who had tryed it effedluall, I will here fet downe unto you. to cure the 
biting of a mad dogge,is to take the leaves and rootes of Cowflips,of the leaves of Boxe and Penny-royall, of each 
a like quantity, Aired them fmall and put them into hot broth,and let it be fo taken three dayes together, and ap* 
ply the hcrbe,&c.to the bitten place, with fope and hogges luec melted together. 
C H A . X XIX. 
Salix. The Willow* 
He Willowes are to be divided into fundry parts, for fome grow high, fome low, fome with broad 
leaves, fomc with narrow and long, and that both high and low, fome alfo onely growing in the 
waters, others delighting to grow by water fides,and*ditches,yet will alfo grow on the land. I will 
therefore^iftribute them into foure peculiar forts or orders, that is to fay into thofe chatgrow high 
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