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LlIBo 3-

or the Hiﬂorie or Plélntsr

lliihhling a Chalice: after which fucceedeth the fruit,couered with a browniﬂr yellow fl1€ll:Ve’Y

.3 iite vnto the fruit oflujubes (whereof Dsdormm in his lafi edition rnaketh it a kinde) of a ranckti; Ti; ittergand vnpleafant ta{te,with a ﬁx cornered Prone within,which being drawne on a firing, felllel make ‘oeades of for want of other things. _ 1 f

2 Zieyphm Capparlecica groweth not fo great as the former-,hut is ofa meane ftature,ancr furl 05 hou.ghes:the barke is fmooth and euen,and that which groweth vpon the trunke and great hﬁﬁlghe is or rhining learlet colour rout of thefe great armes or houghes grow ﬂender ttviggesawlme 3.11:6 fr); twhich are fer full ofwhitifh leaues, but more white on the contrary or backe parts and 3” 1’ V to the leaues of VVillOw,but narrower, and whiter : amongll thefe leaues come forth fmall hollflfla _yellrwvilh lloures, growing at the joynts of the branches, molt commonly three togethﬁfa anddoih pl«;:a.farrt fauonr, with forne few threds or chiues in the middle thereof. After which fucc€'3~ 5.“ the irniz-,r)ftlie higneffe and fafhionofthe ftnallelt Oliue,white both within and without, where‘ is contained a fmall {tone which yeeldeth a kernell ofa pleafant taiteand very fweer.

qr '1'beyPl.4ce. _ _ I to <1’,/Izzttrﬁiolzas writeth,that Zizzplzm candida is found in the cloiﬂers of many monallerres ID If?‘ 7’ Label faith that it groweth in many places in Venice and Nathan; and it is wont now of late 50 Planffcl and Cherithed in the goodlieft orchards of all the low-(; onntries. _ . am; zizypfmr Cnpfatqhcica groweth likewife in many places of Italy,and lpecially in S paine = “ls the chertlhed in gardens both in Germany and in the low—Countries. 1 It groweth alfo herﬁ 1“ garden of M‘ 10/1'}? P.¢r/rzisﬂm. it

13-] The ‘Time. s a,

Thefe trees Home in lune, in Italy and Spaine ; their fruit is ripe in September 5 but in Germ ny and the low- Countries there doth no fruit follow the ﬂoures. _ qr Tlze Names. _ { Rh

:4"‘r‘?175%’4 54?”/244 Ladzriccn calleth Ax'{gr!cracb,orasdiuers read it,/Iﬁgderzzeth; and they name it, an bell“ Rfchiiudréar Mirobzzlzmorzmz, or the Mirobalane tree, but not properly, and in Tahralleﬂsard Kien, and Thihich. The later writers are farre deceiued in taking it to be the Sycomore U55 5 age they as much,that would haue it to be the Lore or Nettle tree : it may be named in Englifh; 3“ tree,lor the caufe before alledged.

.. The other is alien; gbccies Zizyp/7i,or the fecond kinde ofluiube tree,which Colume/la in hi5 ninth

- booke and fourth chapter doth call Zizypbm 4/54, or white Iuiube rree,for dilrererace from the or — that is fyrnamed Rmtila, or glittering redde. Plmy calleth this Zzzypbm Czrp;mlocz'czz,in his 21 00

ninth chaptegwhere he entreateth of the honour of Garlands, orwhich hee faith there be CW whereof fome be made of ﬂoures,and others ofleaues : I would call the Homes (faith he) bloc - 4, for of thofe is gathered a yellow ﬂoure,and R/lmfodmdrozgalfo zzeyjalo, which is called C4?!’ The homes ofthefe are fweet of frnell,and like to Oliue floures. Neither doth Ca./mncllzt 0‘ Vﬂacluiffdly take this for Zizipbzu, for both the leaues and ﬂoures grow out of the render an lbw fmung twigs,as they likewife do out of the former:thc floures are very fweet offmell, and C6 fauor far abroad : the {fruit alfo is like that of the former. I _ Q} The Temperature. ,, mi,- Uhmcn writing and intreating oft/1(_tt«5/amcrlv, faith, that the ﬂoures thereof be hot in the degrﬁsaand dry in the end ofthe ﬁrﬂ. Z”~7I”’”4 C4}2pzza'ocz"ca is cold and dry of complexion. h The Vrmm. T 9 ﬂ‘_3“_"33 °fZ)'—'<y1>bu»:,or A{adaraetb open the obftruétions of the braine.‘ I The dllllllﬁdl W356: thereof killeth nits and lice preferneth the haire of the head from £31 <s’5"‘*‘;r*yral1yl?€€“g mixed with whitewine,and the hezid bathed with it. I gas,‘ It to fruit 15 very hurtfull to the cheP:,and a troublefome enemy to the ﬁomacke- it is danger and oeraduenture deadly. ‘ ° ad_ ' MOYEOW‘-Ya it is reported, That the decoétion of the barke and of Fumitory,with Mirobalans ded,is good for agnes proceeding of ﬂegm¢_ ‘ The juycc Ofthe Vppermoft leaues with hony is a remedy againft poyfon. . S of The like alfo hath Rbzrﬁ: : the Beade treejfaith hee, is hot and dry : it isgood for {iopP‘”§0f_ the head : it maketh the hairc long 3 yet is the fruit thereof very offenliue to the ftomackea a tentimes found to be pernitious and deadly. I I 0y. Ulfatt/ziolm writeth, that the leaues and wood bringeth death euen vnto beafis,and that they fonjlrercof is reﬁtted by the fame remedies that olezmder is. “Scary ’— ’f"*)’P}7m Czzppadorim preuaileth againﬂrthe difeafes aforefaid, but the decoétion ‘hero fuch as gom for thof_c whofe water fcaldeth them with the continuall iffuing thereof, as alfo 0‘ :.i2.. 1.!‘ the running of the reines and the exulcerations of the bladder and priuy parts. A leach

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°l°“d proceeding of the diftillations of {ha£P 0‘ £31‘ h“m°’_s'; I‘ ’ y ' V . Clil ‘The figure that formerly was in the fccond place was oftllli 03593” “ﬂed kind °r§Mmm qwﬂlﬂkmﬁhich you ma“ d: in me Rama Pu“ bf ‘he new .v‘P=crfaue one. V i '

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' Lam: aréor - .,-Wl ”eiD!ﬁ"ll"*'0ﬁ-I The Nettle tree}

‘big'as a Pear tree,o'r biggergg highql-A; the body and arms areﬂvery thiclgtheybarlt; whereof is fnioothpfagallant greene co- lour tending to blcwnelle , the boughs are long, and f prod themfelues all abroaclgthc‘ leaues be like thbfe of the Nettle, fharpe pointed and nick: in the edges like a (aw, and dafht here and there with lhripes of at yellowifh white colonthe beries be round"

A and hang vpon long {talks like cherries,of a yellowith white colour at the firﬂ , and afterward red,but being ripe they are form what black.

~ ‘ WI The Place.

This is a rare and firange tree in both the Germaniesgitwas brought out of Ira. ly, where thereis found ftore thereof, as Mattbiolm teﬂiﬁeth. Ihaue a {mall tree

thereof in my garden; There is alfo at tree thereof in the garden vnder London wall, forntime belongingto M’ Gray an apothe- carie of London gancl another great tree in a garden neere Colemanltreet in London,- belonging to the Q_ueens Apothecarie at the imprellion hereoﬂcalled M'Hqg/,2 Mgr.

I _ « v \ _ Q »_ gait, a curious Conferuer of rare Simplest

~\,*‘.. 5 '/"U The Lore tree cloth alfo grow in Alriclce,

‘ . but it fomewhat differs from the Italians

Lore in fruit‘,as Plmy in plain word~s'{hew'- ,lz'6.. 1 w. my) I , That part of Africlr.,faitlr he,thatelieth toward vs, brings forth the fanhotrs I_.ote tree wbicah théy Ea” Cdmﬂud the fame well known in Italy,but altered by the forle: it is as big as the pme me although NW; Carngfjm reporteth it to be fhorter; the leaues arefull of ﬁne cuts,» Otherw ife the‘ be thought to be like ghofe of the Iiolme tree. There be many drfferencﬁsshu’ _9I_ne are made fpecially by the fruit,which IS as big as a beane,of the colour of SaFErol:i,hU_- 1‘ 13 thorow ripe it changeth his colour as doth the gr-ape.It gtowes th1C1<?m°‘_‘S,‘h" 0“? b q p the mane; of Myrtle not as in Ita1y,aftcr the mane: of the Cherry : the frurtoflt 15 thﬁfeyfo if ‘ls it hath 31 fo giuenja name to that Country and land,Too hofpitable to ﬂrangers, and fofg“ “ their own co ‘ . —‘ . l ‘ t It is leliortedlihral: they are troubled with no difeafes of the bell)’ lb“ 3“ 1" Tl;e.:ft\;€;i1s £5.11?‘ W lich hath no kernell,which inthe other kind is ﬁony 5 there is a1fop_reﬂ‘ed otipob lmes ﬁne I 0.3 {weer wine which the fame 9‘C€P0r denieth to endure aboue ten dates, and I 1? ha eb amped “ll /1[z':aare rdferued in velfels for food. Moreouer,wchaueheard fallthat arm“? _ u em“ fe ’ Illﬂcwiﬁh as [hev balm to and fro tho‘-ow A_ﬁ'ick_ The C0l0ul' Of the WOOd 15 black, they vfc

:9 ‘mike flutes and pipes of it - the root ferueth for knife hafrs and other fl1OrtW0rks5.thi»s is there I

the net F " ‘ h faith that this renowned tree groweth h . Th f P! . In the fame place 6 . H _ Ur slliiris t:tnecltIl;Lel:a:famd!r1s:eiuiAnzc’lg,li6,5 .m.7.lhe fheweth, that there 15 not fat flom the lea?‘ Syr

Q5 the Iflancl Men rnx f yrnamed Lotophagitissoffhc P1699’ °fL°‘c “€535”. J l ’ s Kl’ M E k

A fooch 0, licking medicine made of in or the fyrrup is excellent good againlt the fpitting of

T H is. Lore whereof we writeis a tree a‘§ .