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1;, 24 Or‘ the Hifcorie of Plants.

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‘ colonnrotind,light,and i3i[EC1‘,COLYCl’Cd with a threefold skin or ﬁlm,wherin is to be feenﬂs M”,”""

Jr’:-15 and diuers Oti1€1‘S:'Cp()rZ,‘fl1E: form of a dragon, hauing a long neck and gaping moutlbthe? g or i.':£‘iCi{ armed with ﬁiarp prickles like the POl'CL1pii‘l€3VViEl1 along taile and foure feet vet)’ ‘*3 ‘cure he difcerned : the figure of it we haue fer forth vnto you according to the gr-eatnes ther€Qf:belC:. _ our words and meaning may be the better vnderftood 5 and alfo the leafe of the tree in h_lS fl‘ leg neffe,bt?catiiE it is inipoﬁiblc to be exprelied in the figurezthe trunk or body ofthe tree is coueernt. witli a tovgh bark,very thin and ealie to be opened or wounded with any fmall roole or iniirtitnuor, which beiiige; fo wounded in the dog days,bruifed or bored,yee1ds forth drops of a thick red liiq u 3 of the nameﬁof the tree called Dragons tears,or Shhgmls dmro2iz'a,Dragoiis blond : diuers hall‘? g.’m_ ted whether the liquor or bloud were all one with C'z'mmhzirz)s ofDiofcoria’es(not meaning that ‘ perature worke the like effeéi. ‘ The Place.‘ mes This tree groweth in an Iﬂand which the Portugals call Madera,and in one of the Canal?’ 2; called Iiiflzl/lPu97”flI5f(172.C7Z' 5 and as it feemes it was ﬁrft brought out of Africke,though (Om? are °O COI1l.'l'a1’lCOplfllOl']5£lﬂCi fay that it was ﬁrlt brought from Catthagena in America,by the B1ﬂ10P . the fame prouince. _ qr The Time.’ _ , em The time of his growing we haue touched in the Cl€fCriptiOn,Wl1Cre wee faid that it ﬂourifh V and groweth green all the yeare. 1}’ The Names: ~ _ , The names liaue been fuﬂiciently fpoken of in the del'cription,and in their feuerall titI€5-

qr The Nam-.rc and V ermciﬁ

r , . - - ' v ‘ t 1 A i fhe Si’E.’ﬁ"g%l«5' Dmtamr which is thought to proceed from this tree,hath an altringentgfacul _Y»

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. . . . , i and is with good fuccefiiz vfed in the ouermuch ﬂowing of the courfes,in ﬂuxes, dyfenterlffsa P ting ofblotrdfaftnitig loofe teeth,and fuch other alfeéts which require aftriéltion.

. _ . . . . . en? 8 miths allo vfe it to vernifh ouer their works, to giue them a fanguine colour, and l<CCP° th from tuft. i

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C H A p. .142; Ofthe Saﬂlzfrrw or ex? gaze tree;

q] The Deﬁrzftion.

He Saﬂhfras tree growes very great much like to the Pine tree : the trunk or body is ﬂ‘3‘g‘},1Prf fmoothsaﬂd V0id 0fb0ughs,of a great height :it is coucred with a twofold grofle riI1d:‘h{‘:) rd, permolt of the colour ofafhes,that next the wood of a tawny colour: on the top cam" hof, many goodly branches like thofe of the Palm tree,whereon grow green leaues fomwhat like 5 mg of the fig tree,of' a fweetfmell when they be gteene,but much fweeter when they be dry,d€Cl’."he, to the fmell offennel,with much fweetneffe in raft :they are green Winter and Summcfanellt to bearing fruit nor floures,but is altogether barren as it is {aid : the roots are grofI'e,conform3b 6' the gf€am€ﬂ'e of the tree,of a tawny colour,dil'perﬁng them (‘clues far abroad vnder the vppe’ C3 0 Of the Eafthaby means whereof they are often caﬂ down with mean blafis of wind. cl: The W00 or‘ ‘I19 FY59 is "my ﬁY°Dg,hard,and brittle,it hath not fo ﬂrong 8: pleafanr a fmell as that of £115 to h; neither is it in fhch Vfe. The leaues are of two {orts,fome long and fmooth,and not fnipt ab_°“” edges 5 otherfome,and thofe chiefely on the end of the branches, are deepely gafhed in,85 “W- diuided into three feuerall parts. I haue giuen the ﬁgure of a branch taken from a little tf€e'wh ' ’ grew in the garden of M‘ Wilmer at Bowswho died fome few yeares ago.

Q] The Place.‘

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This tree groweth in moﬂ: parts of the Welt Indies,fpec_ia1Iy abort; the egpg gt‘ ﬂorid“: .

gandico,and Virginia,oth erwife named Norembega.

_1]' The '1‘i77:e§ 1‘ﬁ°“*i“*¢than§keereth sr¢=I!YlYi9t¢!a94Si!mti1er€

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' . . . . . — - A - - m- her made of Qiiiekliluer)but the receiued opinion is,they differnonby reafon their quality 86 ‘C . .

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S 45,4 1%” . qr The Mzmer.

The Safra[mme° The Spaniards and French men haue nal

med this tree; Sﬂﬂnafiwr : the Indians in their tongue,Pzmzzmc : for want of an Englifh name we are contented to call it the Ague tree,of his vertue in healing the Ague.

1]‘ The Tmpcramrc.

The boughes and branches hereof are hot and dry in the fecond degreesthe rinde is hot. tcr,for that it eritreth into the third degree of heart: and dryneﬁe, as is manifeltly percejued in the decoétion. ‘

The VEHIMS. . The beli of all the tree is the root,and that A

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worketh the belt effeét, the which hath the rinde cleaning very fat’: to the inner part, and is of colour tawny, and much more fweet of fmell than all the tree and his branches.

The rinde tafteth of a more lweet fmell B than the tree : and the water beeing fod with the rootisof greater and better efleéts than any other part of the tree, and is of a more fweet fmell, and therefore the Spaniards vfe

_ _ _ ,_ g it, for that it worketh better and greater cf. ' ‘ \ i . ' feéts. ‘ ’ x -s ‘ > - . It is atree that groweth neere vnto the (ca, /////////” /////’ III! * ' ‘ /w //T W; ’/,i and in temperate places that haue not much ‘ ' ;/6:12’//7”’ drouth,nor moillure. There he monntaines growing full of them, and they call: forth a‘ mﬁﬁ fvlveetffmexll, foﬁtlfitatdett beglinnling w entiey awtiem r , eyg oug t tiey ; had been trees ofCinnarnon,.a'nd-in part they - . . — - ‘ . ' " .hath landdoth we, . _ . I .1] , nae of this tree hath as fweet afmell as Cinnamon , _ iml:ant:(e)ti(C;1i€[‘1:ecl:l((:)‘E1i'£?1:ltfii1;:r::)n:li‘C oftalte,and_pleaI‘ant_nell‘e of fmelhand fofthe water that is made of it is Ufa moﬁ fwﬁct I-me” and ta{’ge,as the Cinamonis,and procureth the ame workes and effecfts ‘*3 Cinnamon doth. . T r —- v The wood hereof cut in {mall pieces and boyled in wateigto the colour of later Wln§,&fld‘dI'Lll1lC for certain daics together helped] the dmpﬁqgemouerh oppilation or {topping of the liner, cureth ~ - - ’ f s — ’ , _ . (1: aithilrgiiiozilbdf iseri (ti1‘;izii':sg lixzftsliasgihccii-I go Eghifgrt the litter, and free grdom c{>1ppti1latiplns,ft<f>£con}fo(:§_ EU I e 1; to caufe goo appetite to con ewi me e, e c ie e can e °ru<iiiick:ii::hi:ii,ii:;:oi£iting,and meke fweet 5 “”“““5’= b‘§""‘h' fr , B It prouokcth wine, remoueth the impediments that doe caufe arrenne e, and maketh women J am to concciue.

C H A P. 145: Of the Stomx tree-

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T ' . . . T ~ e 7 : Ilietrunke orbodyis’ He Storax t row th to the height and blgneﬂé °f the Qumcc me I - a Tcouered witii: harkee or rinde likevn to the_Birch ff.“ 3 ‘he,’gﬂgggisaﬁéewggsggluaggdggiégfﬁ wheron do grow leaues like thofe of the Quince tre6aS'°e‘“ ,3» fa’ n T f f 11 _ after mmlgwhich come forth white floures, like thofe of th¢O'“”ge"—°c’ O n V P Clara”: “Vb ‘mac c°mmeth the fruitor berries,fiandit1i‘c’- VPO“ 1°93 3”‘-I ﬁend“ foot-ﬁalkmcouered mm W“ a '

W00l1ineff¢.0f the biglieffe Ofia bladdfr’§ ‘lutaoi ‘Pf ‘he fame c°l9'."." 5‘Vhe._§9i.“ 1.5 °9“."i9§d