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i lealtof them, which wee daily behold - much . . . V‘ ' /.3, ., I '3’ 57’ rim. _ . 3 dl 7779 De’ crzjmon. 9 ' L’§’“‘W L4?“-/""“’?%,!~‘~ ‘”dL*“":”,:::fn:sf more if wee turne our eies vpon thofe that are ~ ' _ e t l - _ U‘ . ,1 mm’ Stoniewood,0rW00 9”‘ ‘'‘' " feldotne (cent, and lmowne but ofafcw , and 1 He Saunders tree groweth to the bignelfe of the Walnut-tree, garnilnecl W_1Iz 3*”.-h I that of fuch as haue painfully traueiled in the goodly ‘branches Swlfiereiclnn are i;et IGEUCS like t?O{%;)£the}Lcnt1s.kfwtf€(3:3]}‘?a.:€§€%E:bI.f}:;A? . -_\

among which come ort very taire oures, o‘ a ew CO our tenring tiia -*3" l_ '5 . ~ 0 . in I .~ h fifi db} «lz =trl*r%’2l£1Si‘1°5‘55

aftercornmeth thelruitofthe bignelf. of a Ciicrry,gretnc «tr e r ,an acne t .f

A , . , « . ,. - - ~ - - V‘ ' a - ~ . . w§thou* taite, and readyto fall downe with emery little blall; of winde : the timber or wood is 0: waters and C3fthsWh1Ch‘_3l13flgel‘_’Ch things in- white co‘iour,and a very pleafant fmell . /_ - 31 rl‘~€: to {tones as do fall therein,or which are ofpur- >—< ‘ i“ “‘ . ' “ A - “ll ' rd . ‘"331 -‘ ' " ' .

2 l-here is lll{€WilC aiiotlieiyvlricn growcth very great,e.lrt. flourcs and rrtnt agree 3.: pofe for man Pu; mto.;hem_ In the North other or’ his; kinde : the wood 18 of a yellowifh <:oloiir,w_herein confifleth the nirference. " was part of England there is a Well neere mm :§: 3 Tire third fort which wecallRed—Saui'iticrs is avery hard and follid wootn. 1‘:r3ll1-“lg Deb Knaesborough, which will change any thing or no fmeihthe colour thereol: is very red, it groweth not in thofe places where the other groyw C65 into (tone, whether it be wood, trmbc,-3 [ewes their is the iorme of the treedelcrihed. by any that I know of, it is frequently vied to colour all = of trees, mo{{‘¢)1ea[he;- genes 3 or fuch 11-kC._

and for fish lll£C vfes. 1: There he diuers places-in Beclfordfhire, War- q TM Place wickfhire, and Walls, where there is ground

6 - ' ° ' hat art of the {lake which is within the ground . . . «— >.'§ M ad of - » - be driuen into it,t_ P . .

The white and yellow Saunders grow naturally,and that in great abundance, titan lllant. talfiqs ' wig]? quahm’ that lgaflfhhxéeand all that which is aboue the ground retaineth his former fiibihmce Timor, and alloin the Eaihindies beyoncl the riuer Sanges or rather Ganges,which the Indi L and 53 filme and barf [f biaing at Rougby (about fuch time as our fantallzicke people did with call H/lifiqzl, and alfo about lauawvliere it is ofbetter odour than any that growes clfe-viiihereh mar‘ gmattiature. Aflfo fifldewdcs rcpaife and run headlong vnto thelgactcd off: Nenmam Raga;

The red Saunders strowes within the tiuer Gan2;es,efpecially about T anal‘arim,an in I ‘3 r . concour can _ {me which con cufea 1 33 es) [Went “Om

. - ‘ t \ V . . 1 - nto the water 0 , . , 6 . riih rounds about Charamandell : tA7azcen,Scr4 20, and molt of the Mauriranians call it b lithe ed eof VV3YWlCl(ll1ll‘Cs 35 V . cum, the {mm 3 fang A[h.t;-eeswhofe bou hes and g ' - ‘ - - ~ d G ‘ Cnce h f Wells wherelfound Slowmg g rupt na[I)f'3S/lfilléll : in T1¥DQT,lVl3.l3.Cfl,3.I1d in places neere ad ;oyning,C/mmimmz : in Decan an Ci.‘ a vnto t e e_ 3 r whereof fomc that wem {care and rotten, and {ome that of pmpgfe raE(’,Scr£4:2d'.<z .- in Latine,.Sana’aZzim and Szwtalzrm, adding thereto for the colour .zZz5;zm,_fl4vfl”’:°l W "3 W61‘ the fplmgz ofwiue ’ [er and were all turned into flones.Ofthefe boughes or parts 0,5 thgg rrz?22zim,antl 1‘€1:5?'ii77¢,tl1at is,white,ye1low,aud red Saunders. ere bmkfifl Ollifell 1”” E 1'3 wa - 1, [had broken in piccesgthemn ""8113 be feenea that the “C6 I br htinto London which w en . . f h f 1. . Pith do“ it S tutnéd into fiones - Yea many buds and flommgs 0 I 6 tree 31 mg mm the ‘ . 2 _ . . ' ' Th r l ' h 1 1 "c a if T366 film’ W’ a Summer and 2” aid lvliteillvlléfgiirdvfurned into hard fioncs, ihll retarnlfnéithe fame ““P° anddfalfilofgiag tiger .e e treesw llC are mew ii e an ye ow . aun ers grow green inter an i _a 5 a , I doubt not but i t is water were pfouc 3 011 e at cm mt 0”“ kfimwic “Om anothels but by the Indians ‘hCmf‘~’1“C.5a Who h3“€ Takfin Very Cemme mdltcl‘ hviere ofbefom they were )nl>bhe vlitaclli for the Preferuation of them, or other fpficiall ends,it would and marltes oi them,becaufe they may the more fpeedily diltinguifh them when the Mart C 4 0 Ilgof fome Cor;_fe&1<:_0:dmli'r;tiO[" for the health and benefit of mankinde, than it doth about - meth. "‘ ~ $36356’ OCC3 1°“ ° - d d‘ to vet little purpofc. . - inente ten in Y ‘ . In The Names. a “ll things as already haue beenc e!‘P°" ’ g Their names haue been fiilliciently fpolcen of in their defcriptions; qr The '1" em mzture. y _ VS; .\_____ 1‘ Yellow and white Saunders are hot in the third degrt.-e,and dry in the fecontifii hercd 53 r ders are not lo hot. ‘ -

7 W p“ I I . n - qr uT;3e Vemm._ — ~ much CH A Q 7 . The Indians dovfc the clecoétion made in water, againll hot burning ague's,and the 0116? 5

a ' the tree éedrm i ee e. flowing for” the menfes,£ryfipclm,the gout,and all inflammations, efpecially if it be mixed with th , ftbe goo]; t,-ge,B;zrntl(Zl€ treeaor » «V 3 g f ju Ce 0 Ni ht.-{hade,I-loullecke,or Purllane. , ‘g r . - 'i 4;; yThe whige Saunders mixed with Ro{e-water,and the temples bathed therewith,ceafeth the P31 i 3"£“”g_:;{z‘:£;:‘aZ{::. of the megrim_,and keepeth baclce the flowing of humors to the eies. and -T C -A - - ‘ tAuz‘cen affirtneth it to be good for all pallions of the heart, and maketh it glad and m€f"Y’hC ' i ' therefore good to be put into collifes,jel1ies,and all delicate meates which are made to flrengt and reuiue the fpirits. he, ilfi Red Saunders haue an allridciue and lirenghthning faculty, but are not cordial} as the 0:0”,

‘W0. flit‘? are vlcd in diuers medicines and meates both for their faculty and plealing rfid ‘O which they giue to them. 1:

{casts of Nature. This llrange alteration of Nature is to bee fcene in fundry parts of Eng- land and Wales, through the qualities of fame

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s Moog the wonders of England this is one of great admiration, and contrary Vfilodglcan reafon and c:apacitie,th;1f there fhould bee a kinde of Wood alterableintothe 1”” of a {lone called Stonie Wood, or rathcrakinde of water, which hardneth VV00d are 19?-her things, into thenature and matter of llones. But wee know that the ‘\N0!'l<€5 Oofnigfnjl. . >7 . _ , ._ . . __ W . .