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Show “Lis. 3. I V Tfcamor Miffeltoe hath many flende: branchés {pred ouerthware One ato, baw ther, and Wrappedandinterlaced one within another:the batk whereof is ofa liohtateen - or Popinjay-colour sthe ‘leaves ofthis branchins excrefcence be-of aibrowne ‘greene -colout: the floures be fmaland yellow : which being paft,ther appeare {mall clufters.of white tranflucent erties which arecleare that a man may fee throueh them, and are full of clammyorvifcous moilture whereof the beft Bird lime is made, far exceeding that which is made of Holme or H olly barke sand within this bey is a fmiall blackeketnell or feed: this excrefence hath not anyroot, neither dothencreafe himfelfe of his {eed as fomehaue fuppofed, but it rather commeth of a certaine moifture and lubftance gathered togethervponthe boughesand 1o1ntsof the trees, through the barke whereof this vapotous moifture proceeding, bringethforth the Miffeltoe. Many haue diuerfly {pokenhereof: fome of the Learned haue fetgowne that it comes of the dung of the bird called a Thrufh, who hauing fed ofthe feeds thereof, as eating his ownebane,hath voided and left his dung vpon the'treewhereof was ingendred this berry, a moft fit matter to make limeof to ‘intrap and catchbirds withall, 2. Indian’ Mifféltoe groweth fikewifevpon the jad branchesof trees,running alongft the fame inman- ner ofPolypodie :the ftrings ofthe roots ate like thofe of Couch. grafle; from which rife vp diuets flalks fmoorh and daites with ioints and knees at certain dittances : toward the top comesforth one leaf ribbed like the Plantain leafe, whereon are marked certaine round eyesfiuch as arein’the haft of a knife; from'the bofomie whereofcom meth fortha chaffie branch, fet with {mall leaues which continue greene winter and Sommer. 2 Vifcim Indicum Lobely, 3 VifcumPeruviannm Lobelf. Indian Miffelroe. s K \ AY t, y Miffeltoe ofPeru. i is Wie Ae, TY ee j Ss lovlikewife,and of a purple colour: aniong which comes fortha branch like that ofHaftula Regia, mtheKing’s Speare,refembling the buth of Otes,couered with awhite filke,fuch as'is to be found in Aftlepias, ofa {alt and nitrous tafte, and very vnpleafant. @ The Place. Thefirft kinde of Miffeleoc’proweth vpon Okes anddiuers other trees almoft eucry where s as fortheother twotheyare ftrangers in England. : G| The Time. : ' Miffeltoc'is alwaies greene as wellin Winter as in Sommer ; the berries aré ripe in Autumne 5 theyremaine all VV-inter thorow,andarea foodfor diuers birds, as Thruthes, Blacke-birds, and TACOS 66° se scopreet! aeach & / Gf The Names, Miffeltoc is called in Greeke iz, andiz:in Latine, Vifcum : in high-Dutch, Qpiftell : in LowDutch, Maventackens sin Iralian,7//chio : in Spanithy£iga: inthe Portugallanguage, Vigo: in Englith, Miftel;and Miffeltoe. : Theglue whichis made of the beiries ofMiffelis likewile called Vifcum and Ixia : in Englith, Bint-lime. Is/ais alfo called Chamsleon albus, by reafonofthe glue whichis oftentimes found a- boittheroot thereof. This wordis alfo afcribed to Chamaeleon niger, as we teade among the baflardnames. “7x22 is likewife reckoned vp by Diofcorides, ib.6. and by Paulus Aigineta,ib.’5 amor, thepoyfons ; but what this poyfonfome and venomous Lxvais itis hard and doubrfull to declares, matywould hauie it tobe Chameleon nigcr : others, the glue or clammy fubftance whichis made of theberties ofMiffel-toe ; who dotruly thinke that Zia differeth from Chameleon niger > for Paulus kgintta,lib.5. cap. 20; in reckoning vp of fimple poyfonshath firft made mention of Chamaleon mer,then a Tittle after of Ixia : and whileft he doth particularly difcourfe of cuery one, he intrea- tthofCharseleon niger, cap. 32.and ofIxia (whichhee alfonameth Vlophonon) cap.47.and telleth ofthe danéérous andfar differing accidents of themboth. And Diofcorides himfelfe, Hib.6. where iletteth downe his iddgement of fimple poyfons,intreatethfirft ofChameleon niger, and then a ittleafterofIxia. Thefe things declare that Chameleonniger dothdiffer fromIxia,whichis recka- tidamiong the poyfons. Moreouer, itcanno where be rad that Chameleon wiger beareth Bird- lime,or hath fo glutinous and clammy a fubftance as that it ought to be called Txia : therfore Ixia, s sone of the poyfons,is the glue that is made of theberries of Miffeltoe, which becaufe it is Matpe and biting, inflameth and fetteth the tongueonfire, and with his flimieand¢lammy fibflincedoth fo draw together,fhut,and glue ypthe guts,as that there is no paflage for the excreMats, whichthings are mentioned among the mifchiefes that Ixia bringeth. + Tean by nomeanes approueof,oryeeld tothis opinionhere deliuered out of Dedoneus by aut Author which is, That the Bird-lime made of the berries of Mifleltoe is poyfon ; or that Ixia \e gy The Defiription, ee tet forth by Diofcorides and Nicander fox a poy{onismeant of this.: for this is manifeftly treated of i Ditforides. lib.>. Cap.103. by thenameof# : whehas the other is mentioned, Mib.6.. caps2%s by 4 ine ofzi... Alfo dayly experience fhewesthis plantto haueno maligne norpoifonous,butra“era contrarie facultie, being frequently vfed in medicines againft the Epilepfie.Sueh'as would. ,.Mote concerhing Txia or Ixias, let themhaue recourfe to the firft chapter ofthe firkt part ofFa- "4sColumna, de Stirpib.min.cognitis & rarioribus, where they {hall findeit largely treated of. + §| TheLemperatureandVertuts. | FILS? oI The leattes and berries of Miffelroe are hot anddry, and of fubtill parts; the Bird-lime is hot nd biting.and confifts ofanairy and wateric fubftance,with fome earthy qualitie ; for'according the judgement ofGalen,his acrimony ouercommethhis bitrernefle for ifit bewled in outward PPplications it draweth humors fromthe deepeftor moft fecretparts of the body, {preading and 7 Ubetfing themabroad,and digefting them, 4, HPehethfivellings in the groine, hard fvellings béhindethe eares, and other impoftumes,be- “s\Mpered with rofin anda little quantitie of wax. ; lied : Frankincenfe it mollifieth oldvicers and malicious impoftumes, being eS W; re orwith Gagate lapide, or Afio,and applied, it wafteth away the baseso a ieeand Orpment or Sandaraca it taketh awayfoule ill fauoured nailes,being mixed w haa ine lees it receiuethgreater force, ; ; 6 :‘hath been mo crediblyreported vnto me, thata fewoff thethe berries bruifed and ber ie of Miffeltoe alae itedinto Oyle, and drunken, hath prefently and forthwith rida grievousandfore ftitch, ax S ee GHAR: STia i Vifcum, Milffelroe, = 3 There is found alfo anotherplant growing vpon the boughes or branchesoftrees, in maner asour Mifleltoe doth, and may very well be'reckoyedasa kinde thereof : the plant cleaueth yato the branches,being fet thereto as it were withthepillings-of the fea onion,ofthe bredth ofa mans hand toward the bottome, and fomewhathollow : the tops whereof are very {mall andrufhy , hol- or Of M iffeltceor MZifteltoe. i Of theHiftory ofPlants, |