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Show i * Alfoifa drunkarddo eate one graine orberrie of this plant, he cannot bealluredto drinke any B Chamealea Germanica,fine Mezereon, Spurge Flaxe,or the Dwarffe Bay. % The defcription, He dwarffe Baytree, which the Dutchmen call Wesereatt,is a {mall fhrub two cubites high. The branches be tough, limber,and eafie to bend, very foft to be cut: wherondo grow longleaueslike thofe of Prinet, buc thicker and fatter. The flowers come foorth before theleaues drinke at that time ; fuch will be the heate of his mouth and choking inthe throte. This plantis very dangerous to betaken into the bodie, and in naturelike vnto the Sea Tithy. C oe (if itbe chewed ) fuchanheate and burning in the throte, thatitis hard tobe quenched, - Thethops ofGermanie and ofthe Lowe countries do whenneede require,vfe the leaues hereof D inftead ofSpurge Oliue,which may be done without error; for this Germaine Spurge Oliueis like myertue and operationto the other, therefore it may be vied in fteadthereof, and prepared after thelike and {elfefame manner. oftentimes in the moneth oflanuarie, clultering F 4 togitheraboutthe ftalks at certain,diftances,ot OfSpurge Flaxe. whitith colour tending to purple, andofa molt fragrantand pleafantiweet {mell; after comethe fmal berries greene at the firftand ofafhiningred colour when theybe ripe, W hich afterward waxe ofa darke blackecolour, ofan exceedinghotan burning tatte, inflaming che mouth andthrote of thofe that do tafte thereof, with danget ofcho- Spurge Flaxe,or mountaine Widow Wayle. % The place. and This plant groweth wae themoyft Baft counties, ofthe moft of woods e. fhadowi ee efpecially about Elbing, which wecall Polande, from whence 1 haue had great pie ih flower, flout! thereof for my garden where they and bring their fruitto maturitic. Thetime. he fuitis Tt fowreth in the firft ofthe {pring t ripein Auguft. te The names. + Itis commonlycalled in high Dutch ee , and elieTe sin Len(zhrauit Setpelbart 5 rat hercall itChameles OO ives Apothecaries of our countrie name it AZezereon, but we had Englith Dutch Mezereon,oritmay becalled Germaine Oline Spurge. We haue BeoLaureate innreateoF Pepper. Some fay t Italians do name the fruit thereof Pzper Afontanum, Mountaine Spurge Laurell is this plant, but there is another Laureola, of which wewill fc drotellstis N03" 4 sot butby what nameitis calledof the old writers,and whether they knew itor breuitie, we can eer ale thoughtto be Cueoron album Theophrasti,put by reafon ofhis te sae white blacke, the There is faith he,twokindes of Czeorom, the white and the : like Mirtle; the ie rues Jike in forme to Spurge Olives the blacke is full of fubftancé h ed whicharth$ ora tu without{mell,- The roote of both the fameis with{mell, and the blacke ; a mas : earth; ofthe out t great:the branches be many,thicke,woodie,immediatly growing EETy + [4 — 2 Thymelea ramofa. Branched Spurge Flaxe. * king.The roote is woodie. j Y Thymelen, (hap.60. L The Germaine Spurge Oliue isnot much vnlike tothe Oliuetree in leafe: the flbivesil fvcaseoF fmellsthe buds whereof,as we haue written, come forth after Autumne: the branches are woodie atid pliable:the roote long, growing deepe : all which fhew thatit hath great likenes and affinitie with Creoron(if it be not the very fame.) 4 The temperature. Thisplant is likewife in all parts extreme hot, the fruit, the leaues, ‘and the rinde are very fharpe andbiting: they bite the toong,and fer the throte onfire, ? % The vertues. howd, univer Ge 2 Sneha : A ——_ of Mezereon do purge downward, flegme,choler, and waterifh humors with great Chap:s9. Ls CoeeeSeistseee Biers. a | ~ 7. theearth , tough: wherefore they vfe thefe to binde: with, as with Oziars . They ; : : Ih budand I flower when the Autumme Equino ctiall is paft,and a long time after. Thus much Theophrastus a> é Of Germaine Oliue Spurge. a3 Leen Soe a— 2 Afefues likewile hath adefeription ofpils of the leaues of Spurge Oline (yer sylsinsexpounderh it Spurge Flaxe) butin ftead of Wormwood, he taketh rhe outward {ubftanceof the yellow Mito: balans and Cepula Mirobalans, and maketh them vp with Tereniabin, that istofay, withManna and fower Dates,which theycall Tamarinds, diffolued in Endiue water ;.and appointeth thefane leaves to be firft tempered with very {trong vineger and to be dried, C Thefepils are commended againft the dropfie, for they drawe foorth waterie humors, butthey be violent to nature:therefore we muft vfe them as little as maybe. Furthermore, Dio/cor ides addeth, that the leaues of Spurge Oliue beaten with hony,doclenfe filthic anderuftedyicers, HISTORIE OF PLANTS => B . THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE 1216 |