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Show 1268 7 Of the Hiftoryof Plants. Rofa Cinnamomeapleueflore. $ 8 Rofa Cinnamomeaflorefimplici, is The double Cinnamon Rofe. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Li B, 4. The fingle Cinnamon Rofe, e are thought tobe equal with the white Musk There jenoe any thing extantofthe others, but s, kinde be to n Rolewhereof they are taken and holde ° . Cuar.3. ee anette Sisal Ofthe wilde Rofes, | The Defcription, 1 THefeet Bricr doth oftentimes grow higher thanall the kindes ofRofes; the fhoots of itarehard,thicke,and wooddie;the leauesare glittering, and of a beaurifull greene co. lonnoffnell moft pleafant : the Rofes are little, fiue leaued, moft commonly whitith, feldom ten- ding to purple,oflittle or no fmiell at all:the fruit is long,of colour fomewhat red,like a little oliue foneand like the little heads orberries ofthe others,but lefler than thofe of the garden :in which iscontained tough cotton,orhairie downeandfeed, folded and wrapped vp in the fame, whichis fnalland hard : there be likewife found about the flender fhootshereof,rouid, foft,and hairie fpunges,whichwecall Brier Balls,fuch as grow about theprickles ofthe Dog-rofe, i 1 Rofafjlucftris odorar @ The Place, beg Rofes are planted in our London gardens, and elfewhere, but not found wildein Eng: and. The Eglantine, or fiver Brier. Do EK ® CROSS Yea AA a The Time, The Muske Rofe floureth in Autumne;orthe fall ofthe leafe : the reft floure when the Damask and red Rofe do, @ The Names. Thefirft is called Rofa Mo/thata,ofthe {mell of Muske,as we haue {aid ; in Italian,Rofa Mofchette? in French, Refs Mufquecs,or Mufcadelles : in Low Dutch,QPutket roofers : in Englith,Musk Rok: the Latine and Englithtitles may ferue forthereft. | The Temperature. The Muske ro€is cold in the firft degree wherein aitie and {piritual parts are predominantith¢ reft arereferred tothe Brier rofe and Eglantine. A q The Vertues. Conferue or fyrrup made of the Muske rofe,in manner as before told in the Damaske and red, rofes,doth purge very mightily waterith humors,yet fafely, and without al! danger, takenin the quantitic ofan ounce inweighe. . : Theleaues ofthe floures eaten in the morning, in manner ofa falladwithoile,vineger and pep- per,or any other way according to the appetite and pleafure of them that fhalleatit, purge se notably the belly of waterifh and cholericke humors, and that mightily, yet without all perillr paineatall,infomuchas the fimpleft may vfthe quantitie, according to their ownefancie for they do defire many ftooles,orfieges,they are to cat the greater quantityofthe leaues, if fewetst° lefle quantitie ; as forexample:the leaues of twelue or foureteenefloures giue fix or eight foo, and fo increafing or diminifhing the quantitie,moreor fewer, as myfelfe haue often proued. c : Thewhite leaués ftamped ina woodden difh with apeece of Allumandthe juice ftrained sore ; into fomeglafedveffelk.dried in the fhadow, and kept, is the moft fine and pleafant yellowc0 - that maybe diuifed,not onlytolimne orwath piaures and Imagerie in books, butalfo toc’ meates and fauces,which notwithftanding the Allumis very wholfome. : ave haue in our London gardens anotherfeet Brier,hauing greater leaues,and nine fivee2 if. € floures likewife are greater, and fomewhatdoubled, exceedingfweet of {mell, whereinit eth fromthe former. . aec Brier Bufh or Heptree,is alfocalled Rofa caning, which is a plant fo cater and wt aa = itwere to {mall purpofe tovfe many words in the defcription bere oe chileWay : teat delight eat the berries thereofwhen they be ripe, make calorge a her praie difhes for pleafure es, tt fruit : cookes and gentlewomenmake Tarts and fuchlike “ol,and therefore this (hall furffice for the deferi ption, : ‘ie Pimpinell rofe is likewife ane ofthe wilde ones ,whofeftalks fhootforth ofthe ground ¥ places,ofthe heightof oneor two cubits, of abrowne colour,and armed with fharpepric- 5 la O0C00s4 kles} |