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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, 1408 = seen Le Ta Lin.3 ia Be an "ham 3 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. co cae lyin Spaine and fuch hot regions,we plant and fer it in gardens, defendingit fromcold at the be. ginning of Marchefpecially. : Thaue not feene anyone tree thereof growing in Denmarke,Sweuia,Poland, Livonia,or Ryfla, d 5 or in any of thofe cold countries where [ hatie trauelled. Ithelpeth the dropfie and the iaundife,and procureth vnto womentheir defired fickneffe. N > QurAuthor here allo gaue the two Ggures ofTubernamontarus 5 the firlt by thename of Laurer masorthe male Bay trec,andthe other bythe nameof Lire jeninasbe female Baysthedifference inthefigures waslittleor none, wherefore hauc made oneferuc. @] The Time, ‘The Baytree growethgreene winter and Sommer: it floureth in the Spring, and theblack fruit is ripe in O@ober, Cusr. 69. Of the Wilde Bay tree. @ The Names, This tree is called in Greekeatom: in Latine,Zaurws : in Italian, Lauro: inhigh Dutch, Poppy q The Defcription. beerbatti: in low Durch,Laurus boome: in French,Laurier :in Spanifh, Laurel, Lorel,and Loureiro; in Englith,Laurell,or Bay tree. The fruit is named in Greeke write:in Latine,Zavri bacce: in high Dutch,Looetbeeren: inlow Dutch, wBaweleer:in Spanith,Yaya : in Englith, Bay berries. ThePoets faine that it tooke his name of Daphne, Lado his daughter, with whomApollo fell in loue, @ The Temperature andVertues A Me a and leaues ofthe Bay tree,faith Gale#,are hot andvery drie,and yet the berries more thanthe leaues. B ‘The barkeis nor biting and hot,but morebitter,and it hath alfoa certaineaftrictiue or binding I Aurus Tinus, or the wilde Bay tree, groweth like a thrub or hedge buth, having many Past and pliant branches,fet full of leaues very liketo the Bay leaues, but fmaller and more crumpled,ofa deepe and fhining greene colour : among which come forth tuft dwhitith foures,turning at the edges intoa light purple: afterwhichfollow{mali berries of a blew colour,containing a few graines or feeds like the ftonesor feeds of grapes : the leanes andall theparts ofthe plant are altogether without {mell or fauour. 1 Laurus Titius. 2 Laurus Tinus Lufitanica. Thewilde Baytree. The Portingale' wilde Baytree. ualitie. c . BayBerries with Honyor Cute,are good ina licking medicine, faith Diofcorides, againft the pthificke or Confumptionofthe lungs,difficulty of breathing, andall kinde of fluxes or rheumes about the cheft. BayBerries taken in wine,ate goodagainft the bitings and ftingings ofanyvenomous beaft,and againit all venomeandpoifon:they clenfe away the morphew: the iuicepreffedout hereofisaremaedyfor paine ofthe cares,and deafeneffe,if it be dropped in with old wine andoile ofRoles: this is alfo mixed with ointments that are goodagainft wearifomnefle, and, that heate and difcuffeot wafte away humors. ; ® E Bay berries are put into Mithridate,Treacle, and finch Jike medicines thatare madeto fe frefh fuch people as are growne fluggifh and dull by meanes of taking opiate medicines,or fuchas haue Fs any venomous or poifoned quality in them. ‘ They are goodalfoagain{t cramps and drawing togetherof {inewes, Lode We inour time donot vfethe berries for the infirmities of the lungs,orcheft,but minifter them againft the difeafes of the ftomacke,liuer,{pleene, and bladder: they warmea cold ftomacke,cau € conco ‘tionofraw humours,ftirre vp a decaied appetite, take awaythe loarhing of meat, open the {toppingof the liuerand {pleene,prouoke vrine, bring down the menfes,anddriue forththe fecondine. 2 Theoile preffed out ofthefe,ordsawne forth by decoction, doth in fhort time take away {cabs H and fuchlike filth of rhe skin. Y Seat ite I Itcareth themthat ate beaten blacke and blew,and that be bruifed by {quats and falls,it Los ee uethblacke and blewfpots and congealed bloud,and digefteth and waiteth awaythe humors gthered about the gricued part. ‘ hb Diofcorides faith,that the leaues are gaodfor the difeafes of the mother andbladder, ifa bat % 7 made thereofto bathe and fit in: that the greeneleaues dogently binde, thar being applied, Be are good againft the ftingings ofwafpes and Bees,that with Barly meale parched and bread, they affwage all kinde of inflammations, and thatbeing taken indrinke they mitigate the pane8” ZL ftomacke,but procure vomite. : od it The Berries ofthe Baytree amped with alittle Scammonie and Saffron, and labouree temples mortar with vinegerandoile of Rofes to the:forme ofa liniment, and applied to the forepart of the head,dogreatly ceafe the paine of the Megrim. . a It is reported that commondrunkards wete accuftomedto eat in the morningfafting ox thereofagaintt drunkenneffe. ; ive The later Phyfitions doeoftentimes vfe ro boyle the leaues of Laurel! w ith diuers mé risk ally fithes,andbyfo doing there happeneth godefireof vomiting : but the meat feafonce ™* becommerh more fauoryandbetter for the ftomacke. al ee 9 prouoketh v rin : The barke of rhe root ofthe Baytree,as Gales writeth,drunken in wine theftone,anddriveth forth grauell : it openeth theftoppingsofthe liuer, the iplecnen and toppings of the inward parts : which thing alfo Diofcorsdes affirmeth, who likewale aece™® killeth the childe in the mothers wombe. be ie Lufitanicaexc wethvericlike to Cornus Faminaorthe Dog-berrytrce, bur the branches in oe more ftiffe,coucred witha reddifh barke mixed with greene: the Ieaues arelike the Set larger,hauing many finewes orvaines running throughthe famelike as in the leaues of Hay the floures hercof growin tufts like the precedent,but they are.of colourmotedeclining to Pi fond: thefmall branches are likewife ofa purple colour: the leaues haue no’ fmellat all, either eorbad: the berries are {maller thanthe former,ofa blew colour declining toblackneffe. a @ The Place. _ He wil de Bay groweth plentifiullyin eueryfield of Italy, Spain,and other regions,which diffe *ording tothe nature and (cituation of thofe countries; they grow in my garden.andprofper.velwet ing #PAL . 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