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or the Hiao1~rei’or‘1>Iaiité.

Syria be thebelt-. they grow liicewifc in molt places of the Bait and Wei’: Indies,wheretheIC be diners forts,as we1lwild,as tame or manured. t T '1‘ /1e Time.

The Date tree is alwaics greene,and floureth in the fpring time :the fruit is ripe in Septcmbeg and being then gathered they are dried in the Sunne,that they may be the better both tranfporte into other countries far difiant, as alfo preferued from rotting at home.

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The tree is called in Greeke, mi; : in Latine P417124 2 in Engli{h,Date tree.

The fruit is named in Greeke, isn«ua;¢wm- : that is to fay, Glam Pal7?M7’!¢m,Of the fruit of the Date trees ;and by one word, qsomru£:A¢'vo: = in Latine Palmnla .~ in {hops,Dzzc‘2‘ylm .~ in high-Dutch, mm-_ 1211: in low—Dutch,aaDe1en: in Italian,D;ztI0!i : in ‘French,Dattis ,~ in S paniih, T amarzmafld rile: .- in Engli{h,Date. _ , '

The cod or {heath wherein the Homes and Dates are wrapped,is called am», and Of fomea ""‘”°'

The T empmzture and V ertzm. be

A All manner of Dates whatfoeuer are hard ofdigel’tion,and caufe head—ache: the worfer fort thofe that be dry and binding, as the Egyptian Dates 3 but the {oft moifi and fweet ones are 5 hurtfull;

B The bloud which is ingend red of Dates in mans body is altogether grofl'e,and fomew _ my : by thefe the liueris very quickly itopped,efpecia11y being inflamed and troubled wit hard {Welling : {O is the fpleen likew iie. _ an

C The Dates which grow in col- ier rag,’ ions,when they cannot come to perfect ripeneiie. if 93

too pleiitifullyghey fill the body fuli of raw hu=..nors,ingender wind, and_oftentimes caufe ‘he LC‘

rofie. D P The drier forts of Dates,as Diofcorzdts faith, be good for thofe that f pit blond, for their 35 mus bad l‘tomacl<s,and for thole alfo that be troubled with the bloudy flix. E The bcft Dates,ca1led in Latine Caryn it-yare good for the rotighnelfe of the throat and 10933’. 21 F There are made hereof both by the cunning Confeéiioners 85 Cooks, diuers excellent,C°’ 1 ' comfortable and nourifhing medicines,that procure luit of the body very mightily. hey G They do alfo refrefh and refiore {uch vnto Ptrength as are entring into a confumptiona £0‘ If-C31 flrengthen the fceblcnefle ofthe liner and fpleen,being made into conuenient broths and Pby ‘ D medicines dircéted by a learned Phyfition. 3“: Dry Dates do {top the belly and fiay vomiting,and the wambling of womens flomacks tmtack «A with childe,if they be either eaten in meats or otherwife,or ftamped and applied vnto the W’ as a peétoral plaiiier. V (be; I The afhes ofthe Date {iones haue a binding qualitie and emplafiick facultie, they h€31Puwith in the eies,Stzq;6_ylor;2zita,and iaiiing away of the haire of the eie~1ids, beeing applied toget Spikenard : with wine it keeps proud fleih from growing in wounds. here. K The boughs and leaues do euidently bind,but efpecially the hofe or cafe of the fioures 1 W fore it is good to vfe theft: (0 oft as there is need ofbiuding. 0013 L The leaues and branches of the Date tree doe heale green wounds and vlcers, refrefh and 5 hot inflammations. y _ D174, M Galen in his booke of medicines according to the kinds, mentioneth a compofition calléd id,’ }7rllmzz,whiCh is to be flirted with the bough of a date tree in Read ofa fpature or thing t0 9“ W for no other caufe thanthat it may teceiuc thereby foine kind ofaliriétion or binding force-

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CH A P. i38. the wi/dc: ilzte trees.

1]‘ The Defcriptiorz.

Heoplmzjlm maketh this plant to be a kinde of Date tree,but low and of final} Srzwgr’

feldome attaining aboue the height of a cubit 5 on the top whereof (hoot 0 the

the moi’: part long leaues like thofe of the Date ti-ee,but leifet and {hotter = “Om 3,.

{ides whereof breake forth a bulh of threddy firings, amongli which rifeth vp fmall branches fig: niihed with clufiers of white floures , in which before they be opened are to bee feene vn Cgicli fhapes of leaues,clo{eIy compalfed about with an innumerable fort of thinne skinny hu15 5 with rude fhapes with the flours are ferued vp and eaten at the fecond courfe among othcf'l“*"“ 6 f ‘a little faltand peppenbeing pleafant to the taiiei :1: The fialke is about the thickneife 0 -

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IV _ Palmim,five Cbamarriploex. The little wildc Date tree.

1 Frmfim Palinapisi. The fruit of the Cone Dates

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2 P4lm4pz'nu:,[i1/e Palm: c‘mfzfer4.y The wild: Date tree bearing cones.

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little fingeghere 8: there fat with A few crooi

ked prickcsrthe leaues within fome handfull y

or two of the fl‘alk_c are cut vp and made into

gftle btpfomesiwhigh are fold in many glaffc ops ere in on on.

2 The wilde Date tree that brings forth cones or key clogs, is of moft trauellers into the Indies thought to be barren of Datcs,ex- ceptforrietimes it yeeldeth forth fomie final! 3552?? li‘§aZ”§?o?vi§§"5’"i§’¥i; “Ed ~“%i”§3§

- _ e ei bilgnefiié offaflow tffee , Fihé trunke gr bpdy W me is o t, o a fun cm or ‘ ith ub- fiance, vnfit for buildingfis is the iiianiiured Date tree. The branch it felfe was brought time vs from the Indies,dry 85 void of leaues, wherefore we mufl defcribe the leaues_ by 16- pott of the bringer. The branchefii filth my Authour,ar‘c couercd ouer with long flaggie reams, hmgi;-ig_downe of a great length like thofe of the Date tree : the branches are alfo. couered with a fcalyg or fcabbed bathe ,, very, rough,one fcale or plate lying ouer another, as tiles vpon a houfe : the fruit growes at the end of the branches, not vnlike a great Pine Apple cone: houered ouer with ya skinric l.i_..1<;¢ the lndian"Nut,wh erein is contained a‘ (hell, within which (hell lieth hid‘an acorn or léhg

M mmmrrirn 2 kerneli