Tribe 1 6. The Theater of Tlants. 
gainft it. 
CHAP.65. 148^ 
which for brevity I here omit, hoping to declare them in another place. 
The Tlace and Time, 
The Bay groweth wilde naturally in divers places of Narbone in France,Spaine ,and hah and in other warmc 
Countryes where it groweth very great,efpecially neere the Sea,but is wholly planted with us, or railed from 
fowing the berries::t flowrethinOWay, the fruite is fcarfe thorough ripe either in Oliobcr ,or November. 
The Names, 
It is called An'®™ in Greeke, ejuafi quoiufta valdefanet, for nothing doth more crackle or make a noife 
in the hre then it: in Latin c Laurm •_ much Gentilifme might be inferted hereof Daphne the Daughter of La 
r"» w 1 hom zApollo overtooke flying from him, and by the implored aide offer mother earth was transformed 
m:o a Bay,from whence caking a branch,he in honour of her,crowned himfelfe: but under this rugged fhell 
hid a (moother kernell: for the Bay was a token of prophecy, and hy ApoUo isfignified wifdomel that is that 
wifdomc doth forefee events, when the paffionsbe overruled : asalfo that they wore a Garland of Baves to bo 
Kept late from lightening and thunder: that wifedome knoweth how to avoide the judgements of God when 
foolifhnefle is liable to them,and mult undergae them. The Arabia *r call ic q*urm C,ar the Italians Lau a the 
Spamards Lanrerro, the French Lamier, the Germans Lorbeenbaam, the Dutch Lmrmtmk and we the Ran 
the berryes are called in Greeke JltpA-hs, in Latine Lauri bacca. 1 
, The Vert ties. 
Galen {iich that the Bay leaves or barke doe dry and heale very much,and the berries more then the leaves • the 
barke of the roote is lcffe flaarpe and hoc, but more bitter,and hath fome allriftion withUll, whereby it is effertu 
all tobreake the ftone, and is good to open the obftrudtions of the Liver, Splcenc, and other imvard parts as the 
dropfie and jaundife = the berryes are very effeftuall againft all venome, and poyfon of venemous creatures and 
thelfings of Wafpes.and Bees, as alfo againft the pellilence, or other infefliousdifeafes, and therefore is out into 
iundry Trsakles for that purpofe : they hkewife procure womens courfes, and if (even of the berries be taken bv 
a woman in fore travel! of childbirth, it will caufe a fpcedy delivery, andexpcll the after birth alfo, and there¬ 
fore women with child that have not gone out their time, mull take heed of caking any, left they procure ana 
borfement.or dehverybefore their time: they wonderfully helpe all cold and iheumaticke diftillarions from 
the brame to the eyes, lungs, or other parts, and being made intoanele£hiary with honey, they helpe the con- 
fumption old coughes, (hortnelle of breath, and thin rheumes •• they likewife helnc the Meagromc.and miehti- 
lyexpdlwmde.and provoke urine, and helpe the Ventofiticsof the mother, and kill thewormes- the leaves 
worke alfo the like cffeRs, andboyledin fifta broth, give a fine rellilh.borh to mea eand broth, and helpeth to 
warmc the ftomacke, and to caufe digeftion,without feare of calling, which caken by therrifelvcs thev often- 
times provoke: a bathe of the deca&ion of the leaves and hrmpo !siinmiiirrToJk n .M„_ .... s . . 
* . . ca , ulc uisciuon, wunouc rearc ot catting, which taken by theaifelvcs thev ofrpn 
tnues provoke: a bathe of the decodhon of the leaves and berries, is lingular good both for women to fft in that 
thehl°dd W ' ththC TS"’ C u C d ‘ fea f Sthe /i of ’ or with thefto PP ln g s o'thfir courfes,orfor the dilcafes of 
the bladder, paines in the bowells by winde.and (toppings of urine : a decotftion likewife of cquall parts of Bav 
berries, Cummfeede,HyfTope, Origanum, and Euphorbium with fome hony, and the head barfied dierewitfo 
doth wonderfully helpe deftdlations and rheumes, and fetleth the pallate of the mouth into its place • the ovle 
which ,s madeof the berries is very comfortable in all cold griefes of the joynts, nerves,,rteries, P ftomacke belly 
or wombe, and helpeth palfies, convu lions,crampes,aches,tremblings,and numncfTc in any parr, wearinefte af- 
fo, and paines that come byJSFe travelling in wer weather, or foule wayes: all griefes and paines hkewife urn 
cecding from winde,either in the head.ftomacke.backe, belly or wombe, by annoynting theparts aff-ffed there" 
with, and by putting fome of the oyle, or boyling the berries in the decoftions for^iifters^ doth brfake w nd 
and eafe the torments of the belly by the winde chollike wonderfullyit helpeth alfo the paines in the eares c i 
heefome of the oyle dropped thereinto, or a dccoftionofthc berrie. brfng made to receive ihewarme fame 
thueof into the eares by a funnell: the laid oyle taketh away the markes of the skmne and fled,, by bruiles falls 
&c ‘ and difiolvcth the congealed blood in them: it alfo helpeth the icch,fcabs,and whealesin the skinne.’ ’ 
Chap. LxV. 
Arbutus cr Adrachne , The Strawbeny trees. 
|Hefe two trees doe both goe under one Engh/hmmt of che Strawberry tree, becaufethey are fo like 
Jthem"™ "fon"’ ln thc 4 growrh.leafe.and fruice, that one not very well acquainted with 
S onTcilapter! 0116 mldake one f° ran °'her, and therefore I have thought good to put thembothinto 
T[l - _ , Arbutui. The Strawberry tree with dented leaves. 
1 his Strawberry tree (in fome places,as in Mount Athos, as Be/lonim reporteth, eroweth to be a tree of very 
hianJ.ff- C1B l hth and blgne(1 ^ In , mo!t Qclier P lac es it groweth but low, or raiher like unto a flmib tree then of anv 
erfrifino tromrh 8 r ‘ Ugged bar K°. n tbe and fmooch or red on the young branches.and having many fuck- 
,l L V? h root f s > with faire frefh greenc leaves, fet without order thereon, very like unto Bav leaves 
dilla middlerih rtC f’ and fi " eIy d , enced 'he edges, and without any fent.asthe Bay leaves have, with a red- 
d n b (bmc L P Uccajblac notxl'nlly 1 ° with us, andabidingon the bullies like-he Bav ■ at thcendsof 
chw branches come forth long ftalkes.with very fine white flowers (etthicke together all the length of them whole 
bimmcs are a little red or blufli colour, formed like unto little bottles, or the flowers of Lilly convallv which 
being part,there rife in their places, (everall round berryes, creene at the firfi: vellmxnfh a^r^ir w e ^ 
in the narnralfw “'“r and fomewhat hoary witha H being full ripe, like unto a Strawberry, but mu!h greater 
in the naturall warme Countries.as greac as a plumbe, but with us,and in Ireland, where they have been!fo md 
fha°cTs I ifa'wIHde^la^tWm 0 ' 1 ft fp ' S a " d neere unt0 th efame, both forme and colour, 
tovCTCcj^ich^a thfoncTkini^ inC,0 ^ an aU ^ ere ta ^ e ’ and havingcettame fmall feedcs within them each of them 
i. Ill 11 ? 
d, oldrachni 
