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p H I N Of the H.1Pcorie. of Plants, L I B. 3- _.__..___.,,‘_______ ____$,_,_ fmelhand nicked round about the edges 3 out of the ycnger fort of the boughs, hard to the fetting onof the leaues, grow forth hanging together; many long narrow and fiat cods,asit were likca ' rnoft to diners birds tongues,where the feed is perfeéted, which is of 3 birggr mm: the roots be‘? many,ancl grow deep in the grounch

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1] T176 Place. The Aih tree.

The Afh doth better profpet in moiﬂ: places,” €150“? the bmders of medows and riuers (ides; ‘hm in dry grounds.

I // ' 1; ‘Tl2e‘1" . , Theleaues and keyes corlrizcforth in Aprill 3nd ~ ' ~ .- ' . May,yet is not the feediipe before the fall of £113 leafe. r V.‘ , , _ _ ii ‘_I£c Namrr. , 5 . .. »__ -. "ﬁg, . This tree is called in Greelte Mara, and Ofdme’. ’ ’ """°"' ' MIA-~:it is named of the Latinas, Fraximis : in

high-Dutch, etcbetnbaum, cﬁtebernboltf» ‘‘‘‘i

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"hi - *4 | .:;.. Fbiftbﬂqm: in Italian, Fraﬁmo .- .irrF4'ench, Fﬂffﬂ : X1paniﬂ1rFr6f7zo,Fraxino,and Freixa: in E113 1 ’ t ' tree.

The fruit like vnto cods is called of the ap0‘b" caries,Lingmz 4ruzJr,and Lingrm Pzﬂérina : it may bee named in Greeke, 'o,w.srmm. : ye; fame would bfme it called orneoglrzjﬁim .-others make Orma or Wilde Aih to be called ormmglajfumx it is termed in Eng‘ 1197:4431-k€yes;,and of fame Kite-keyes.

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re canes and barks of the Afh tree are I moderatl y hot, the feed is hot 8: dry in the 9350" degree.

'_1‘he juice of the leaues or the leases them_{€_l"‘s bcmg 3PP”€d. or taken with wine cure the bit” 5 0fvipers,as Diafcorider faith. ,

Thefleaues of this tree are of F0 great vertue ‘I; . . '{terentsl l d ]irst0“ d p t r 8410 p t rat t rey are not fo muc 8 1e morning and euening {hadowes of the tree,b_m; {bun tl1em’afarOg.‘,as Pliny mpom’h5~ 1 615,43. into the ﬁrqif my be thereithan Come zegrignteld itn Wltlill boughes laid round about, will foonctfj be. fore the ferpems appeam and doth not caﬂ h. e oug s of the Afh 5 and that the Aih ﬂouret /

= 1s leaues before they be got) againc_

Pent be for within a circle of ﬁre 8C the bﬂgri the boughes. It is a wonderfullcourteﬁel

ches,the ferpent will fooner run into the fire than into Serpents appcarer and not caﬁ his leaucs beforc ‘hey

natnre,that the Afh fhould ﬂoure before the be gon againe.

Both the leaues a d b k . , _ K , ' do my mmitingsifiiheyaéceiggrgggolrfﬁg gzlize belly,and beiﬂg healed with vincger gt watch ' li-

h tre b ’ ' ‘ » - ., M Mr and fpleemand do greatly Comforf tloélﬁd 11} wine and drunlrc,do open the ﬂoppzngs of the

Three or foure leaues of the A » fh tree tak ' ' J ,- .. » - - 3145 thofe lean that are fat,and keep them from feeeldiiihviiihtehlch.m:’"““z% Emm “me *0 Umezdocm v D egm owax

The feed or Afh keyes prouoke vr' ' ~ , .. - . , . ' Hy being pondered with nutmegs and drllfllrtfféiicreaie natural! fced,ancl ihrre VP bod11)’Iuﬂ,C{PeC1a ‘

The wood is proﬁtable for mam’ rhino b ‘ ~ , . re as Pliny wﬁteth. 4 :35: 519% highly ﬁxalted by Home/, and by Ac/J1//c:J"rPea ’

aﬁgrgﬁtgiauings or fmall pieces being drunks , are {aid to be pernitious and dead 1y, as hrizﬁ-orides:

«fhe Lee which is made of the afhes of the bathe cureth the white fciirfgand {ugh oghcr zoughd

Eleffeof the skin,as P/in} teiiiiieth.

Steyntrrbetn: in low-Dutch, acumen, and W‘

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d i the Hiﬁorie pofmantsay

Of the wilde eﬂ‘/79, ozberwzjé ca [led Qa_z}cke«‘$6’4ma07’ Qwkenvtreea

Th Sorbus fylrueftrzk, /irue Fraxinsg §u5tt_l4. e _ ‘ii The D‘/5"P”””4

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6 Quicken tree,wild A1h,or wil erv “tr THC wildé of Am Quicken tree Pew ref. , teth forth for the wilde Service. This tree groweth feldom or V neuer to the ﬁature and height of the Ark treemotwithiiandisng it growes to the bignes of a large tree. the leaues be great and long , and fcarce be dif- jcerned from the leaues of the Service Tree;

i The ﬂoures be white ,« fweet of fmell,~ and grow in tuft,which do turn into round ber.; ries,green at the ﬁrfhbut when they bee ripe.’ of a deepe red colour , and of an vnpleafant ratio. The branches are as full Ofjuicﬁ 35 the oﬁar 5 which is the caufe that Boies do make pipes of the barke thereof, as they d0C with Willowese. N

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The wilde Afh or Quicken‘ tree groweth on high mountains and in thicke Woods in moﬁ places of England , efpecially about Namptwich in Chelhire, in the Weilds of Kentgin Suﬂizx and diuers other places.

1; The Time. The wild Afh ﬂours in May,and the bet-' ties are ripe in September. (I The Nanm.

The Latines call this trce- 0mm, and of-' MW e e . ~‘ — - tentimes Syloeﬁri: Frzzxinu: or wilde Am;

3 /" r - . _ and it isalfo 1-'r4lxirz'ij‘$ecier,or a kind of Afh:

‘/ ' for the Grecians(as not onely Pliny writeth,

but alfo 'i.'7J6’o[:/yr/zffua)‘ haue made twokinds of Ar‘h,tIre one high and tall,the other lower‘-,.the high and 53;} one is 1.~,‘,,x,',4,,,, rwglgarzhor the common Afh 5 and the lower, Omar, which alfojrs narrred °‘eer.i,t.r.,, or Mm;-,m,r pmxi;m,mountain Aih ;. as the other, M»: or ﬁeldpAfh, which is alfo’ named

‘*°viu>..r., or as (241.1;tranﬂateth.it;Bubu/aﬁaxinmgbut more truly Magna %’ra5r‘znu3, or Great Aih ; f0f

fhe fyugble are is a ﬁgne of bignes. This ormu or great Afh is named in high-DLltCh,%ﬁlﬁaum:

11} low-Du;ch’19au"¢[[g;{)¢u,or .®u2t¢fC1)m,Ofdiuergﬂualftetzin French,Frefnefmmmge .- in En-

11fh,vvi1de Afhaqujcken.[ree,Qu1Ci(-beam rree,and W icken trec.~ Mmbiolus makes this to bee S0r£ur_fy-lveﬁrr's,or wilde Service tree.

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Touching. the faculties of the leaues,ba‘rke,or berries,as there is nothing fo_und_am0ﬂ8 d1’,°k°1fi= 50 is there nothing noted among the later writers : but Pliny feems to make this wilde Afh 1 6 In

ﬂculcies to the common Am 3 forlié. 1 6.5417. 1 3. where he writes of both the Aihcs, hee faith,thar':

‘ 9 Common Afh is Crzﬂm, and the mountain Afh SPIW‘. And fofthwkh he adds

ans write I , , o " .a tel-a i urt not thofe that chewt _ I '5‘ C 01d VVIi‘?ttetrE:1hti:::;?cfdtE)??hci3 frets, a’ndird:bi1the Afh tree. Pliny was dccelued by the “eerneffe ofthc words him, and Maxim .- Mike; is the Yew tree, and WW ‘I16 An‘ "Cc: {O that hee hath am? attributed that deadly facultie to the At}: tree, which belongeth to the Yew tree. _. The leaues of the wilde Afh tree boiled in wine are good again pig 5f the liucr',and~ afI'w3.ge the bellies of thofe that haue the tympany and d._f0pﬁe. med‘ ‘ A ' ‘ ' ' e hi . . waiiZ:;f2’I;Z,ii?a?£f£Z§”:;:: giiiéuiiiiiietriec ; for out Of Virsilé. Yszfss 99 inch thins “F ﬁhhhhrr 3 . gig

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{gory of 0rmu,when he thinks out of Virgil: