An ‘Appendix to

1504.’

0xyaﬁanﬂJa‘T5eop1§rq/ii. all Tires Dq[irz}>tr'ax<.. The euengreen Thorne. ‘ ‘ His grows vp like a bufh,vnles y9ll lice? it with pruning, and then it will In “me ‘ii [7 grow to the height ofa fmall tree, 35‘ C s ( Hawthorne, whereto it is of a flinitici {W ‘ ‘e wood is white and hard, like it, and 90”“ ouer with the like barke;but the leallts are fomewhat like thofe of the Damfon tree, 0"’ gilh, fharpe pointed, and fnipt about the C ges : they gtow alonglt the bl'anCl'1eS,yvltll0ur any order,yet fomtimes they keep this man‘ of growing, at each knot, where comma!‘-hY there is a {harp prickle,growes out one Of‘ 5 larger leaues,which may be l‘ome.inch‘8£ baa _ 1ong,8c fome three quarters of an inch broa then vpon the prickle 3: at the commlﬂg °" thereof are three or foure, more or lell'6,m“.c fmaller leaues: now tht-fe leaues are ofa fall“ 8: fhining green aboue, but paler vnderncﬁ‘ 1 and they keepe on all the yeare. At that and oft times in the middle of the branch‘? come forth clulters of vmbels ‘ of little W “ tilh Blulh-coloured ﬂoures conlifling Om"? leaues apiece,with fome little chines in tht“ middls:then follow.c-lulter of beries,in lb“ f tall: and bignes likethofe o Hawthorn, 3‘ 0 the fame, it: much more orient and plcﬁﬁllg colour,an containing in them the like [33 ' Now thefe berries hang long vpon the U55’ and make a gallant fhew amonglt the gﬂ‘-‘Cue

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leaues,but chiefely then when as the autllmne V

blaﬂs haue depriued other trees of their W°“‘

‘ ted verdure.This ﬂours in May and Iune,and ripens the fruit in Se ptember and O <5tober.It gff"'.‘ wilde in fundry places of Italy and Province in France, but is kept in gardens with vs, whet‘? ‘F

held in good elteem for his euer-greenelle and pliablenelle to any work or forme you deﬁre t0 ‘mi pofe vpon him. ‘ 8 .

The fruit haue the fame faculties that are formerly attributed to Haws,in the third bool-of-*3’ ' and therefore I _will not here repeat them.

_ V ' CH A P. 13. Of t/9eiEgJ}7tz'zm 5\QzP,argre4r Iujzzée tree. 1; The Defcriprion.

His tree,which for his leaues and manner of growing I thinke may ﬁtly be referred to the j ubes tree, is of two forts,that is,the one prickly_,and the other not prickly, in other r6lP‘°".

they are both alil<C,f0 that One figure and hiﬂory may ferue for them b0tll3VVhlCh I will 5 370“ Out °fC1“ﬁ“‘aWh0 teceilled ‘hi? ﬁgure together with a defcription thereof from Hanariuf ‘It lm,and alfo added thereto that which Projjzcr Alpirm: hath written of it, nip. 5 . deplmt. .£gy}”- .th grows to the height of an indifferent Pear tree,and the body and branches thereof are couefed W‘ C a whitifh afh coloured barke : the leaues are like thofe of the Iujubes tree, two inches long,5‘.O-[Eh broad, with three nerues running along them, of a deepe fhining greene aboue, and more W “ft; vnderneath, and they grow alternately vpon the branches, and at their comming forth gr0_W ‘“ O of little white ﬂoures hanging vpon tingle long foot-{talks :after thefe followes the fruit,11l“’ ‘mt _ a fmall apple, of the bigneffe for the molt part of a large Cherry,and fometimes as big,85 3 W3 a

1.1l",0fa fweet tal’t,contai_ﬂirI€» therein a kernell or {tone like that of an Olive. It beares fruit twice yeartgfor it hath ripe fruit both in the Spring and Falliyet the vernal fruit leldom comes t0 300

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thc Hiitorie ofiPlants.

____,,,._...~_._____ by reafon of the too much rrioiltute of the feat. fon, which caufes it to become womie~eateri,, The Tl1_0!‘I1Y lﬂllcl is defcribed by .4i:;7i:2i./,5, vtrhg rightly iudges it the Cammrzrs of xiii‘/:I(’mer,<u‘, but the figure he giues is not very accurate. That which wantsprickles growes (as well as the prickly 0_I1€)l{1 3;3gYptand_‘Syria,as allio in the citylihetirrio in(,andy,whither it was brought out ofsyria.

The hiltory of both thefe trees is in Sgrapag by the name of Sad4_r :but he,according to his cuﬂiome confourids it with the Lama of .Dli:0ﬂ‘0.-J n'a’t'5,from which it very much differs . 3817022255; in his fecond booke, and 79. chap. of his Ob~ feruations,reckc_>ns vp Nzzpeca amongfi the trees that are alwaies greene : which is true, in thofe that grow in Egypt and Syriagbut falfe in fuel! as grow in Candy.That tree in [Egypt and Sin. ria is Called N e]J,oi' NL1/7./-4[Pi?}l46 calls it Pzrlirtrirr At}:eimi,Aor Naém oﬁgyptz’orzr.m,~tl1inking it (as I formerly faid) the Cazmarm mentioned in the 14.booke ofAr;9emm,his Deipnofopliifts.

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oesrapiia non yglvinajlz. The great Iujubes trcci

qr The Vcrtrws rim‘ qf’,4[‘g,'”,,,_

The fruit is of acold and dry f,-;¢'u1[;{.;’ am; the vnripe ones are ﬂequently v&d to {’trez3<t- then the ftomacke,and ftoplasks :the juyce gii them being for this pui-pole either taken by the moiith,or injected by cly fters:of the fame fruit dried and rnacerated in water,is made an in fulfi- on proﬁtable againll the relaxation and vleea’

ration of the guts.

The decoction or infu {ion of the ripe dried fruit, is ofa very frequent vfe againlt all petti- lent feuers {for they alﬁrme that this fruit hath

awonderfu” cascade agagng venenate qualities, and putrifaétion, and that it powerfully ftreng.»

thegsl of the Pmfe my ripe {mic is very good to purge choler forth of the flzomacke and

ﬁtft veines :and they willingly vfe an infufion made of them in all putride feuers to rnitiéate theiﬁ Gate or burning.

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C H A P. 14:’ Of the Terﬁan ‘i311/zm_.

1; TIM Def‘r;',r;2>:'iaiéi.

. V ’ ' I - .1 .4" V I‘. 9' ‘_ .1 . 1 V - « Cl rat to whom lam heholden. for the hiﬂot)’ “J llgmc) E0 I r treefis thczugrlggrljfionfci by(P1irzy and Z"lr./i‘rr:rur!23 but he fomwhat doubts whether It be t cPer war or - .A . 1‘ ‘ _ - . 3 thatwhich is memionﬁd by fbgoP}J7’4ﬂIl5.; .Dzofcorm’c5 aifzag Galen and Sftrziéofpiiake l'I.1€[tlIl.'1I.eO‘f;1::)ll1 Perfga 4,5,, and they all make it a tree alwaies greene,hauinga lOIJg1_ll)1l‘Fll3. iiitvp I F - -‘int _ °0at of an Almond -with which how ‘ms agrees Y?“ may fee by this C C CHPUO-n O ‘ Ii’-M5" This rre€(faith ht:)is like to a Peare U166» {Pleading it ME‘: far abroad’ and bcmg 31‘.."'a“"5 Elfttnea - v‘ " . r in ‘ii , 4 :.v . hauinéi branches of a Yellowilh grew °°l°m‘ The lealles 3” M.” thfme Ofthe broafltil 1-[e'm“‘;,‘£ Elly” treesgieene about: and ofa gralim C01OuWnderm.lath’ﬁ.'l m’ham.n g- Omc niilues iul‘nJ.n§’?Q.@?1I{i‘?‘e“‘JE- ofagood t PE Chm-“ gt biting the tongue with a little aftri<Sti_o_ri,”t"he ourcs are l1l§6f£ll0— f.‘ m t e B 3 8 an “ ’y hm. and conﬁﬁ Qfﬁx fmall whitifh yellow leaires. Thefrurt at , .

a vrowin man thicke t0°€t . . _n . . the firllilicé 1'i!.ma%>lumyantl afrerwiirds it becomes Peare» fa{l110D€d; 0?‘ l3l3~Cl<4~3 C’-Jl0|J?» and Pl‘E“l,-‘lift Salt: ; ichalth in it 3 helm, famioned kernellim mile not vnlirtea Che iiut,or fweet Almc_)nd.IK. gr» 1;. It Wrinrri h S r" and I vnclerltood the fttiitwas Hp“ 1“ A“',‘l.‘l:“li“3:t’Y ‘7l~1e¥¢l?“‘°“0" ” a‘su*u;§F. i.P£““§» .. ~ ' e Tttttr 19//It

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