The Description.
The greater Ivie climbeth on trees, old buildings, and walls: the stalkes thereof are wooddy, and now and then so great as it seemes to become a tree; from which it sendeth a multitude of little boughes or branches every way, whereby as it were with armes it creepeth and wandereth far about: it also bringeth forth continually fine little roots, by which it fastneth it selfe and cleaveth wonderfull hard upon trees, and upon the smoothest stone walls: the leaves are smooth, shining especially on the upper side, cornered with sharpe pointed corners. The floures are very small and mossie; after which succeed bundles of black berries, every one having a small sharpe pointall.
The Time.
Ivie flourisheth in Autumne: the berries are ripe after the Winter Solstice.
The Vertues.
The leaves laid in steepe in water for a day and a nights space, helpe sore and smarting waterish eies, if they be bathed and washed with the water wherein they have beene infused.