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Show THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE Seaaarwnivh: (Chap.68. " 7; Gaule. r ifs ow,o Of ifrecete Will HISTORTECOR! NTS, at PLAINT : \ oe Blacke VWhortes or)Whortle berries. rtm Brabantica,fine Elaagnns Cordi. Gaule.fweete Willow,or Dutch Myrtle tree. %& The deféription. Auleis a lowe and little fhrub orwoodie plant, hauing many browne and harte branches: whereupon doe growe leanes feePen fomwhat long, hard, thicke & oileous, of anhot’ fauourorfinell fomwhatlike AZprtae5 amongthe branches come forth other litleones, wherupon do growe many {pokic cares ortufts,full of{mall flowers, andafter themficceede great ftoreof {quarefeedes cluftering togither,ofa ftrong and bitter tafte. Therooteis hard, andof a woodie fubftance. % Theplace. This Gaule growethplentifully in fundry places of England, asin theIle of Elie, andin the Fennie countries thereabouts, whereoftheteis fuchftore in that country, that they make fagots ofit and fheaues, whichthey cal Gaule fheaues, to burneand heatetheir ouens, It growethallo by Colbrooke,andin fundrie other places, % Thetime. This Gaule fowreth in Mayand une,and the feede is ripe in Augutft. & The names. Thistree is called of diners in Latine Ayr calleth BrabanticaandPf adomys/iee,and CordisBralat- q cc F NWA rz Myrtus it Eleagnus, Chamaleagnus, and tice. Eleagnusis defcuibed by Theophrafiusto be afhrubbie plant like vato the Chafte tree, wit, a foft and downieleafe, and with the flower ot the Poplartree, and that which we hauedelct writers for ought weknowe, valeffcitbe bedisno fuch plant. Irhathno name among the olde he hath writtenin his 24.booke 11,chlapwhich Sumach,of wilde his Plinie Pliny,or Rhysfilucfirts biller - , andakill ae to poyfon ysisan enimic eroof : fhort ftalkes, which {ai he, a wilde herbe with is. faith ter. Thereis, Eneli n i h Gaule. 5 +in Englif lediin lowe Dutch ®agel i called moths, Itis f ature is es be ; : ra ai %& The temper Sir third degree: the lean the in drie and hot is feede, the ially Gaule-or the wilde Myrtle,efpec air . = alfo hot and drie,but not fo much A vip & The vert 1tUeS. ; RISES i poe eS boyling (which e cublele Te being putinto beere or. ale whilefticisin ileftic isin boyling 1¢ fruit is troublefome to the braine.r worms , many yietodo)it maketh the fame headie.fit,to make aman quickly drunke eth thermfrom mothsan Ww s.kee clorhe amon laid being CRP andal g fruit § LThewhole fhrub, > B A: ; c = neyy ‘ % Thekindes. m éa?reck0. ” from Violets 3 neicher , nts cie wor or Whortes, ofwhich weintreat in this place, di ffer gun outbythe flowers, butberries: ofthefe Whortes there be three forts found ning the matrith VVhortle for one: the'later writers haue foundmore. 8% - mei sy The defeription. zante SY RS ats an lowe tre 01 ater P af 1? V lecinia nigra,he blacke Whortle,or Hurtle,ts abalband f id hich b vi 4 fe a 19 eve of a CHOLES; ging foorth manybranches cones sahil lour,no XC5 tered, and at the Jatt ltl Sarees valike pnenaiee g fimall berries, into OW towers anny ngginto ; little ehiatie whitith berries, Br lmali kecol ofablac ete es t ch our,andfull ofapleafant andfwe ateate ther t Aves | utl lonrt uth d. berries docolo *€aS5 thete ur ni Ha g. growl of gto ’ odie,{lender,and nowandthen ¢ . i Ue),is rubra oxthe red. VWVhortle', etsmer \ ate greater and harder,almoft like the carnation come foorth {mall Og samong which come arna é akformer inl the maner of the tng ¢¢ greene ie tec, abiding Bowe tree, abiding $ fche the Boxe flower 2 ie A and bignefle Like the is fer which fucceed E berric Ne top of the brancl ede’ {mall anches.,after which { beautrftill a formerbutt often llentred colour, and fullofivice, of fo Durple utthat theyare of anexce be compated th a tolimme withall;that Indian Lacca is notto s Art, > as my “cording £ to withaall drefled laoaccordl d and wit prepare S$ areiled and e 2 th to; efpec | etaleis roughand attringenti and therooteisofawoody fubftaneein ftalkes ane OfWhortes,or Whortle berries. Chap.69a ee 1 practi . e former, boelt beriia alba orthe white VVhortle,isilike yntoth ence, 2 ' . ate ofa white colour,whereinconfifteth the differ another tes Maa Clufius iwhis Pannonicke obferuations hath 1 fatureb hame of itis Idea’, which differeth not from tin leaues-and,fruite alfo. ‘ errie : : ofthe Whore b |