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Show — Of the Hiftory of Plants. 1424 H Thevinegar in whichthe dried floures arefteepedare wholfomefor the ftomacke : being vied withomeateit ftirteth vp an appetite, it cutteth and attenuateth or makeththin groffe andraw hy. mors. The facultie of the feed is fomewhat gentler than that-of the other parts : it alfo moueth the belly, and drawethforth wateric humors,being beaten to pouder,and giuen toadram weight: be. ing new gathered, fteepedin vineger, and afterwards dried, itis taken, and thar effectually,in the likeweight of the driedlees ofwine, and with a few Anife feeds, for fo it worketh without anyma. ner of trouble, and helpeth thofe that haue the dropfie, But itmuft begiuen forcertaine daies to. gether ina little wine, to thofe that haueneedthereof. ~ The gelly of the Elder, otherwife called Tewes eare, hath a binding and drying qualitie:thein: fufion thereof,inwhichit hath bin fteeped a fewhoures,taketh away inflammations ofthe mouth, and almonds of the throat in the beginning,if the mouth and throat be wafhed therewithanddoth inlike manner helpe the uvula. Diofcorides faith, that the tendetand gtecne leaues of the Elder tree,with barley meale parched, doremouchotfwellings, and are goodforthofe that are burnt-or fcalded,and for fuchasbebitten witha mad dog, and that theyglew and heale vp hollowvicers. Thepith of the young boughes is without qualitie: This being dried, and fomewhat prefled or guathed together, is good tolay vpon the narroworificesor holesoffiftula’s andiffues,ifitbeput therein. Cua P. 78. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis, 3. Of Marifb or Water Elder. cettaine diftances, and haue in them great plenty ofwhite pith, therefore they haucleffe wood which is white and brittle : the leaues be broad,cornered, like almoft to Vine leaues, but leffer and fofter: among which comeforth {poked rundles which bring forth little floures, the vttermoft whereof along ft the borders be greater, ofa gallant white colour, euery little one confifting of fiue eaues-: the other in the mid ft and within the borders be {maller,and it floures by degtees,and the whole tuft is ofa moft feet fmell : after which comethe fruit orberries, that are round like thofe ofthecommon Elder, but greater,and ofa fhining red colour, and blackewhen they bewithered. 4 Sambucus Rofea,or the Elder Rofe groweth likean hedgetree, hauing manyknotty branches otfhoots comming fromthe root, full of pithlike the commonElder : the leaues are like the vine leaves ; among which come forth goodly floures of a white colour,{prinkled and dathedhete and theewith a light and thin Carnationcolour, and do growthicke and clofely compaétogether,in quantitie and bulke of a mans hand, orrather bigger, ofgreat beauty,and fauoring like the floures ofthe Haw-thorne : but in my garden there groweth not any fruit vpon this tree, norin any other place, for ought that I can vnderftand. 3. Thiskinde is likewife an hedgetree,very like vnto the former in ftalks and branches,which aeiointed and knotted by diftances, andit is full ofwhitepith: the leaues be likewife cornered: the floures hereof grow notoutof{poky rundles, but ftand ina round thicke and globed tuft, in bigneffe alfo and fafhionlike to the former,fauing that they tend to a deeper purple colour,wherinonly the difference confifts. q The Place. _ Sambucus paluftris, the water Elder,growes by running ftreames and water courfes,and in hedges bymoift ditchfides. o Rofe Elder groweth in Gardens, and the floures are theredoubled by Art,asit is fup- ed. 1 Sambucus aquatilis, fine paluftris. Marith or water Elder. 2 Sambucus Rofea, i The Rofe Elder. Thefe kindes of Elders do floure in Aprilland May,and the fruit of the water Elderis ripe in September. q The Time, ' @ The Names. The water Elder is called in Latine, Sambucus aquatica, and Sambucus paluftris : itis called Opa- i,and Platanus, and alfo Chameplatanus, or the dwarfe Plane tree,but hot properly : Valerius Cordus mikethit to be Lyco/taphylos : the Saxons, faith Gefwer, docallit Ywa'Lupina; from whence Cordus lttented the name Avamedc : itis named in high-Uutch, Balt holder, and Hirich holder; in low Dutch, Stweleken, and Stwelckenhout sof certaine French men, Obiere : in Englith,Marith Elder, and Whittentree, Ople tree,and dwarfe Planetree. The Rofe Elder is called in Latine, Sambucus Rofea,and Sambucus aquatica, being doubtles a kind ofthe former water Elder, the floures bein doubled by art, as we hauefaid: it is called in Dutch Gheldericye Boole s in Englith, Gelders Rofe,and Rofe Elder. - @]_ The TemperatureandVertues. Concerningthe faculties ofthefe Elders, andthe berries ofthe Water Elder, thereis nothing Gund in any writer, neither can wefet downe any thing hereofofour owne knowledge. ae Cuap. 79. : Of Dane-Vort, Wall-Wort, or Dwarfe Elder. | The Defcription. Ane-wort,as it is nora fhrub,neitheris iraltogether an herbyplant, but as it were a Plant participating of both, being doubtles one of the Elders, as may appeare bothby the leaues, floures, andfruit, as alfo by the {mell andtafte. f Wall-wore is very like vnto Elder inleaues, {poky tufts, and fruit, but it hath not a wooddie es ¢; it bringeth forth only greene ftalks, whichwither away in Winter: thefeare edged, and e oF ioynts, like to the yong branches and fhoots of Elder: the Jeaues grow by couples,with di- ceeds: and confift ofmany {mall leaues which ftand vpona thicke ribbed ftalke, of which @ The Defcription: eg : a } i te opowetlt Arifh Elder isnot likef to the common Elder in leaues, but in boughes: 1 groul| fa: id after the mannerofa littletree : the boughes are coueted with a barke of rs by uoured Afh colour, as: be thofe of the commonElder: theyare fet wyalle - 'y One is long, broad, and cut in the edgeslikea faw,wider and greater thanthe leaues of the ae Elder tree : at the top of the ftalkes there growtufts ofwhite floures tipt with red,with = “ti chiuesin them pointed with blacke,whichturne into blackeberries like the Elder,in the ‘ae belittle long feed :the rootis saugh, and of/a good andreafonable length, better for PhySvfe than the leaues of Elder, Dddddd 3 q THe |