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Show THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE 1218 OF PLANTS, Laurcola flore, % The defeription. 1 Laureo la CHF Laurell,or Spin ge OP urge Flaxebriing eth foorth many Bender bi anched fprigs sata high, coneted S round with i ong and natrow leaues like thofe of Flaxe, narrowerandleflex than bales of Spurge O] 1uc,afhe flowers are whi te,{mall,ftandingonthewppet paso the fprigs: the se at the firt } burred wheni tis ripe, like al moft to the round berries of theHaw. in which is. a white kernell coueted with a blacke skin, very hot and burning themouthlike 0 Mezcreoni the eee hardyand woodie. Branched Spurge Flaxe groweth likewife to the height ofa {mall fhrub, fet with diuers | ereon do we lot ike the precedent, but greater; the flowers.ftuite fereth not: theroote is very tough andwoodie, likewife theta feofthe fruit : %& The place. sh mountaines,and in vnroiled places in hot regions.It groweth in my garden, % Theti ¢ yeere,butthe fi £424, ut not prope Cuidios :notwit { 1 cophraftuscalleth Cneora, { ee rick igrum Cacoron be Thym clea: heophraftees faith that therebe stlhe otherblacke. 1[his may be called ir lith Spurge Flaxe, lin fhops Granum Gnidium ; whetcede ndusf tom GeceidC : % Th etempera ture. sand fruit extreme hot bitingx,andof a burningqualitie, Spurge Flaxe is naturally bédbinlesnesa ; Hh. % The vertues. 1 uith, purgeth byfiege che r, flegme andwater, if twenty ae graines orberries,as L ineth the month andthrotes wherfore itis tobe ines of theiinner partbeddiun fivalclarified honie 9 that irmaybee 7 yich fine flower or Barly @ meale, 2 or in Raifons, > or coueredwith BLN, 1 ved, can hardly The famebeing ftamped with Niter and vineger,feriethto annoint thofe with,»vhich . s é . a Inidevp yp belaide icadeaies muftbe gathered about harueft, and being driedin the fhade, they are to ferued. ounces the quantityof two {tbeat them, &take forth the ftrings: foorth waterie humors: th drawe and: eth ‘purg , water red with rbes chopped. pothe with mixed sand Lentil h with d 1ey be boyle pils, with theiuice of fower tento powder and made vp into tro chies or flat >) = They that would and two drams putinto wir i ed, grapes arc ied. Ff the bot is an enimic to the ftomacke,whichalfo deftroieth the birth ifit beappl : se The place. Itis found on mountaines.in vntilled, rough, fhadowie and woodiep laces,asbiythelaké of Lo- anna or Geneva and th manyplaces necre theriuer of Rheneandof Th we The hime. e le flowers bud very foone, a little affrer Aucumne 2equin greene,and end phefpring: the fies ripe in May and Inne: thepl antis alwaies coldand tormes of winter, = ‘eT he nay a Ie ay tiscdléd ir Gree foyerof thelikenes itHactrwich fhe feats Ofthe Laurellor Bay t th Porte Lanse cae Rime it Lawreolt.as it} aeeivite Dapihins arhe larer Latiniles nOtwiereta Wand mixioy Lauvusprlittle Eatél Leis alfo-called: Mila) Azirzop as ntBateamedaphne,aandanothercertaine Peplicn. iS ture} of ditic petaitilFOPEawry, .Sano OfSpurge Laurell. Chap.61. % The de[cription. jttle Lautell isa fhrubof a cubit high,oftentimes a lfo oftwo,and fpreadeth em sughes,which are tough and lithy,and.coueredwith athickrinde,“heleaues be one shole leffet sco a rofie,fin ooth,blackiith, fhining, like the leaues of Laurell,buit yitle,yet wit hout fine 3 very tnany atthe top,cluftering, ropither The flowersbe rhdkernet ¢ nitifh greene beneath 1 1 the leaues: the berries when they beripe areblacke,en a hisalitclelonger than the feede of Hempe : the pulpe or innerfubfee roote woodie,tough,long anddiverfly ppatted,growing deepe. The leanes,fran “aad fer onto the rooteas ofthelittle boughes, do with their fharpn1es and burning qualitie vies thetoo ng and throte, i Las Piper montan Italians namethe berries hereof ne fayth atthe vlth Hgpetties of Dutch Mezereon: ofthers afitine th em to becal Mirtle iA © Pheophr- airhis Creorow,for tt ismuich keto blackefrui "eghand pliable, hauing8 a deepe roote,witthout finell,|,witha _ ts The temper.dare, R tis jjlike in sitee Oliue,throus Hue theéwhol Oliue, purge temperatiire and faciileie #8tie Germaine Hagandextremehor, : Mess The wertues. 71c a1 , fe j tkeeens eroAnitell [faith Dio/corsae rOcteethvoniiteyatid bringeth dowhethe ie!ifes, an *ttofthe h| ead, g smoreouer 15.graines of the feec ace y¢ |