Tribe iS, 
i . comm mas ft u fin rubro. 
The male red Cornell tree, 
rare the !aft groweth in c y ei-y Country of ihc Land, ferving for a hedge bufli; thefira flo.vrcfh very earely a' 
is before laid,i n March, andfometimes in February, the fruice is ripe in Augufl. The laft flowreth not until! 
and the fruite ripeneth not untill September be well over. 
The Names. 
The firft iis called in Greelce inLatine Cornu, and mm, to diltinguifh it from the other, which is called 
by Theophrastus Cornu, femina. There is much doubt and qudtion among many of our later VVii- 
ters, about this female Cornell ( for of the male there is no doubt, all tailing it Cornu, m.ts, or j*tma ) whether 
tt mould be the Virga Sanguine a of Pliny, or the HanricgcII of Tragu,, or his F au.lb.mm, fomei'cfrrrini it to the 
one, lomc to the other, but the generall tenet of the molt is, that in molt tilings it anfwcrcth both to the Thr/i - 
Crania of Theophra flu,, and may well enough agree with the Virgafanguinea 0 f Fliny % Cordm cafciii it PftmL- 
cmmatjuafifalfi, Cornu,, and fZ 5 m/,i»«j»,belides that he calleth it Cornu, li*«, taketh it to be the Opulus Cclu- 
faith m the 5 6. Chapter of his firft. Bcoke ofObfervations.that he found that fhriib, which the 
french in imitation of the Latines call des Sane mm, and the aunciert Grecke Comm fcmbii, betweene Philop. 
for, and Smepbala to b;little inferiour unto our greateff male Corncllian trees, thereby eileemingthem robe 
Dotli one : The Italians as Matthiolu< faith, call it Sanguineo, and Sanguincllo, but whether it be Tram, Hartric . 
gel, we are not well afliired, for he faith that the wood thereof is fo hard that it can very hardly be bored, and 
therefore lerveth for many Country inftruments, and long lading for the hardntffe, which we can notfayfoof 
this; wc for the m olt part call it the Dogge berry tree, becaufe the berries are not fit to be eaten, or to be given to 
a dogge. I heare they call this in the North parts of the Land.the Gattcr tree, and the berries Garter berries.vet 
lome lay they call the Enomjmus fo. 1 
The VertHes. 
JW < # he! , 1 a fruice very good and wholefome, plcafant with the aufterity, and helping to binde the 
beUy fubjeft « moieiled with a laske: both leaves and buds faith Galen, doe dry exceedingly, and therefore are 
^ood tofoder up great wounds in ftrong bodies, but not fo fit in fmall cuts, and more tender perfons, becaufe it 
drycth too much in fuch cafes: The Conferye made of the fruite, is of efpeciall ufe 111 all fluxes both in man and 
t . hc| iquour that commeth out ofthe leaves or {hikes, being heated with an iron, that the iron touch 
rnem not, is good to healc tetters, and ring wormes. The Female Cornell or Dogge berry, is put to no ufe that 
IamMs’ y 'If nne"^ la,th ) ch i ,t . th «P. eo P le , m b J bo y |in S the berries > makc an oyi/tbac P ferveth for their 
rf 1S CU L red of d,e bltlng ot a madde do ^ e > (ha11 within twelve moneth after touch thfc 
^ D °gge berry tree,or any part thereof, the difeafe will rcturne againe. Sckimkim obfervation. 
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