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1494, _; ,__Ofthe, Hiflerie of Plants. , L1 B. 3. Szm{ao,li.. 1 7.. aflirnreth,thatrrotiorrly Menynx but alfo the leffer Syrtis is thought to be Lot? 94 ' gin’: : Firfi,faith he,lieth Syrtis,a certain ionglfland by the name Cerc’inna,and another Ieiflhiiacal‘ led C.¢.TSinnitis 3 rrextto thisis the lefier. S.)’1ftis,which they cal Lotophagitis Syrtiszthe C0mP'*‘ C of this gulfe is almoi} I 600 furlongs, the bredth of the mouth 600. By both the capes there 3 Iflands ioined to the main land,that.is,Cireinna and Menynxpf like bignefl'e:they think that MC‘ nynx is the country of the Lotophagipt thofe that feed ofthe Lote trees. 0 f which country F1”””’ maketh mentiongand there areiicertain“nronuments to be feen,and Vly/fé:altar,and the fruit it felfe,

for there be in it great plenty ofLote trees,whof:.fruic is wonderfull fweet. So faith Str450- _ h

This Lore is alfo'defc.ribed mo;/mi/r«a;;zz.e4;where he faith there are very many kinds whic. be feuered by the fruit: the fruit is of the bignes ofa bean, which when it waxeth ripe altereth bl‘ colour as Grapes do.The fruit ofwhich the Lotophagi eat is fweet, pleafant,harmlCl.T€»3Pd “fho ‘ fome for the belly,biJt that is pleafanter which is without ketnels,whereof' they make their Wm?’

This Lote tree,as the fame author afHrmeth,is by nature euerlaiting,WitnelTe rhofe wherol‘P/my writ,1i&. I 6*;cap. 44. At Rorne(faith he) the Lore tree in Latina’: court, how much elder it wasf-than the church of the city (built in the yeare which was without 'magif‘trats, .. 4 69) isevncertarne. doubtleffe it was elder ,‘ L bec_-aufe’Lzwz'mz bare the name of that Litre: or groue. This is now aboul‘ 450 yeatres old. Thatis elder which is fyrnatned Capi/lam or hairy,becaufe the haire 0f'the‘V€fl§ Virgins wasfbroughtvnto itzbutthe other Lore tree in Vulcan: church,which Ramulra builtby‘ 5 viétorie of tenths,is’ taken to beas old as the city,as Mdflilriza witneffeth. T

= .‘ ~ ‘A - ~ ' ffi ‘T56’ T5026. ' " They lofe their leaues at the firfi approch of winter, and recouer them again in Aprillahe {IN is ripe in September.» , e -. T ‘ ,. A _ r 4- ; . fir TbcN4mt5. . I , The tree IS called in Greek, rm‘, _; in Latine by Plir1y,c'elt~:3.¢ : in Italian, Perlaro.-by thoffl Ofrwa ’ Edge/are in Englilli,Lote tree,and Nettle tree.

“ 0g 7}»: Temperature and Verifies. . The Lore tree isnot greatly binding,as Ga/m fititln,but—oFthin parts,and of a drying nature. bc . The decoétion of the wood beaten f mall , being, either drnnke or vfed cliflcr-wife, helped” bloudy flix,the whites and reds. . - i ' _ It {tops the lask,and maketh the haire yellow,and as Galen faith keepeth haires from falling’ m_ ». The fhiuers or i'mall.p.ieces thereof,as the fame Author fairh,are boiled fomtimes in w8l€”{° times in wine,as need {hall require.’

e C H A P. 124.. Of Italian PVood0fLife,or Toe/tanned , wlgzrly called Lignum Vim‘,

q} The Defirziptfengf 3*“

and vpright ‘Cody coueredouer with a frnooth and dark green barke, yeelding f0F‘h mtg

If I T3113“ L’i’s’”“m wine or Wood of life grows to a faire and beautiful! tree,hauing 2 {mi

_ twlggy manches Tet forth of goodly leaues like thofe of the Pear tree,but of great“ 6 31. ty,ann iornwhat broader s3mf’“_gfi which comes forth the fruiggrowing clofe to the branc ’ moft without {talks 5 this fruit 13 rotrn_d,at the firft green,but black when it is ripe, as big 35 -4 ries,of an excellent fweet tait when it is dried. But this is not the Indian Lzgnemfwéfum 0‘ tum whereof our bowles and phyfical drinks be made,but it is a baftard kinde thereof} Era» in the common garden at Padua by the learnedFa/[apim,whO fuppofed it to be the right 5” 1 It 2 The leaues of this are longer and narower than the former,but firm alfo and nerL}0_” ripe, as they are; the fruit is in {nape like Sebel’tens,but mueh leffe, of a blew ifh colour when 1‘ :l5m-m with many little (tones within 5 the taite hereof is not vnpleafant. t/"Plait/Jio/m eals this Pf?” : O,- and Tzzéem. Lam: e/1fiz'mmr;whoie»figtrre our Author in the lafl chapter faue one gauevflfi‘ 5' the Zizyp/mt Ca}2pzzdo'cica.-i it _ , A V The P3456. ed it in Grmiamzn Pzzmtxiizurn groweth plentiftrily about Luggdtrntirn or Lyons in France. 1 Plant the

I 3_ 3, Ofirefiifiorie of Plants-

the gggén OfBamfE1mes mew London mo n'ees;bc'fides,thCl'C groweth another in the garden of

‘Gray an Apothecary of London,and in my garden likewifcr.

2 Guaiacam Pataoinum angujfifii.

1. Gmziamm Patarvinum latzfalium. Nam“ leafed Italian Guam: .

Broad leafed Italian Wood of life.

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my the Time‘L' 3 V II flown «we were *“§;r::;*r‘::f- _ . , . outcdyfor the Laws of Tétopbrafim -“H1 Englifhlt IS Called the

b ’f€M.:l-1.:16".lIi.7l Patiwizmm hath hi{1.l~"~‘3

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:t 2:§,°,,°O affigigy with the true Indian Guaracum which is frequently vied in medicine: ‘ - The Nature and Vemm. .

The fruit of this is thought to beef thefame temp“ and ‘l“31i‘Y‘Wi‘h ‘ha? of ‘hi N631-C We-*

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(j H A1); 125., 0ft/9e Strawberry tree; [‘ Hg /9: Dtajtriptiam

He Strawb V roweth for the moi’: part low,very like in1_51'g“‘?‘r°‘ V,“‘° ‘he Quince W55

T(wl1eretrntoegzhEfr:a%t: compareth it.) The body is couered W_1t.h 8 Tfiddlfh bate goth "mgh and fcaly : the boughes ftand thicke on the top,fomwhat reddrfim The leatues e road, long.

mm ftnooth like thofe of Ba es fomwhat nicked in the ed8°5>3“d °f“ 931° gig?“ coloumhe flour‘ gm” in clufiers being hollogr ahd white and now and then 0“ the O“? W fomwhat Of“ pgfplc co; “*7 = in their p lhces come forth certain berries hanging d0Wfl VP°“ 11”,“ long “ems “kc ‘_° SWEW‘; .°r"‘-°S,btit greater without, a Prone within,~lbut onely with littlcj: f6"-’rd"‘" the fiffi §"°°“e:’”‘.l Pe.'ng“ PS thfl)’ are of a gallant red colour,in tafie fomwhat h2zr(l1r3“d m 3 manner W‘‘‘h°'~“‘- 33)’ ‘e”‘fh5°f

‘Ch Thrufhes and Black-birds do feed Win?“-

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