OCR Text |
Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, Paliurus: Chrifts Thorne. L13. 3. Lis. a the thornewherewitht] ey crownedour Sani. our Chrift : his reafon forthe preofehereof is this, that in ]udwa there wasnot anythornefp common,fo pliant,orfo fit for to make acrowy Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 4 1 Rhamnusfolutives, Buck-thorne. aa, 35;7 | $2 Rhamnusfolutivus minor, Middle Buck-thorne, or garland of 3 nor anyfo full of cruell:tharpe prickles, ‘It groweth: throughout the whole countrey in fuch aboundance , that itis their commonfuel! toburne ; yea focommon with them there,as our Gorffe,Brakes,and broomeis here withvs. Jofephus in his firft booke of ‘An. tiquities,and 11.chap. faith, that this Thorne hath the moft fharpeprickles ofany otherand therefore that Chrift might be the motetor. mented, the lewes rather tooke this than any other. OfwhichI haueafmall tree growing in mygarden, that haue broughtforth by fowing ofthefeed. ‘ The Time, The leaues fall away and continuenotalwaies green,as dothofe ofthe Rams:it buddeth forth in the Spring,as P/iny teftifieth. The Names, This Thornie fhrubbeiscalled in Grecke ‘e\wee: the Latines and Italians reraine the fame namePaliurus : for want of anEnglihh name, it may. be termed RammeofLybia, or Chrifts Thorne: P/izy reporteth, thatthe {eed is called Zura. The Temperature. The leaues and root of Chrifts Thornedoe euidently bindeand cut. A q Thevertues. Byvertue ofthis cutting quality the feed doth weare awaythe ftone,and caufe toughand flimy humors to remoue outof the cheft and lungs, as Galew faith. B Thedeco@ionofthe leaues and root of Chrifts Thiftle,as Diofcorides writeth, ftoppeth the bel- ly,prouoketh vrine,and isa remedy againft poifons,and the bitings offerpents. D i The rootdoth wafte and confume away PAymata,and Oedemataif itbe {ftamped and applied. The feedis good forthe cough, and weareth away the ftone in the bladder. Cuar.30. Of Back-Thorne,or laxatine Rem. @ The Defcription. Vck-thorne groweth in manner ofa fhrub or hedgetree ; his trunker bodyis often a5 big as amans thigh; his woodor timberis yellow within,and. his barkeis of the cart ofa Cheftnut, almoft like the bark ofa Cherry tree. The branchesare befet with Jeaues that are fomewhatround,andfinely {nipt aboutthe edgéslike the leauesof the Crab ot W ileing tree :among which comeforth Thornes which are hattand prickly:the floures are whiteane ‘er which being vadedthere fucceedlittle round berries,gseene at the firft,bur afterwards blackw?at of that excellent greene colour is made,which the Painters and Limners do call Sap-grecne 30 thefe berries before they be ripe do make a faire yellow colour,being fteeped invineget- 1 brat + 2 Befides the common kinde,C/ufizs mentions. two.other: the firft of whicg ee ‘hat ches fome two cubits long,fubdiuided into diuers others, couered witha {mooth arKe ;1 HAY anerifh bitteriil of the former,which,the vpper rinde being taken off, is of a. yellowifh greene colour,an¢ tafte: the branches haue {ome few prickles vpon them, and commonly-endin them:the almoft like thofe of the common kinde, but fmaller,narrower,and fomewhat refemblin the blacke Thorn,hauing fomewhata drying tafte :the floure confifts of foure leaues of8 t 3 Rhamnusfolutlouspumiluse Dwarfe Buck-thorne. greene colour:the root is wooddieas in other fhrubs:C/ujius found this growing in themoun. tanous places of Auftria, and callsit SpinainfeCforiapumila. : 3 This other hath branches fome cubite long,and ofthe thickneffe of oneslittle finger, or leffer, couered with a blacke and fhriuelled barke: and towards the top diuided into little boughs,which are coucred witha thin & fmagther karke,and commonly endin a fharp thorn: the leaues much refemble thofe ofthe Slo-tree yetare they fhorter andleffer, greene alfo, and {nipt about the edges; firft of an aftringent,and afterwards offomewhata bitterith tafte ; the floures which grow amongft the leaues are of an herby colour,and confift of foure leaues : the fruit is not muchvalike that of the former; but diftinguifhed with two,&& fomtinies with three crefts ordents,firft green, and then black when itis ripe: the rootis thicke, wooddie and hard. Clufius found this on the hill abouethe Bathes ot Baden, hee calls it Spina'infectoriapumila. 2. This catatthiolusand others call Lyciam Itals- cum sand our Author formerly gaue the figure ofMatthiolus and Tabernamontanus, by the name ofLycium Hifpanicum, and here againe another forhis Rhamnils folutivis, which made mice to keepe itin this chapter, andomit itinthe for mer, it being defcribed inneither, ¢ Vuuuu g The |