Of the Hifiorie of 3iaI’i.tS—.

Oliue tree:which being vadechthere come fmall long berries, wliich at the firfi bee egreene and red when they be ripe 305?“ auflere and liarlh tel’-re , with a certaine fourenelfc : within this hcrty is a_ Tm? fionefixceediiig liardr white within like that of the Oliue,wlfiertiiit<) it is like bflfh in the fafhiori and Qf[€fiElIi,1Ci;ifl the D15‘. neffe of the fruit. - 1]’ P./11155’. . This gtoweth in molt places of Germa- nic without manuringnit growes not W11 in England. But yet there he fundry “€55 of them growing in the gardens of inch 85 lone rare and dainty plantspwherof I hall‘ a tree or two in my garden. {I The T me. e ~ The tame Cornell tree floureth fom" time in FCbI'U3fy>8C commonly in l‘vW‘a’s and afterwards ' the leaues come _0‘,‘b r an vntimely birth : the berries or fruit 3 ripe in Auguilt. q The Names. The Grecians call it rem. : the L . Comm : in high Dutch, Qtngtlelbfillnh 5 low Dutclirdiopnoelc boom: th€1‘*’J“5" -’ Comic/o : in French,Carm?l!zer: in 5 Carnizalas .- in Englifh , the Cornel and tlieComelia tree3offomC,10fl8 tie tree. a .l _ _ The fruitis named in Latina; 5” "#31 i in high Dutch,®gg,nell : in low Durch,<l','o@t10€l¢$ in Italian—,_Carnole : in Englifh, Cornell be’ and Cornelian Cherries. V _ Ma This is Comm mm ‘Thea}>hr'afli,0r T heophraflm his fmall Cornell tree ; for he fetterh d0W“e ad forts of the Cornell trees, the male, and the female: he maketh the wood of the male to b‘? road‘; as in this Cornelltree 5 which we both for this can-fe and for Others alfo haue made to be I11? “' M,‘ The female is_ that which is commonly called Virgafiingainea, or Dogs berry tree, and CarWf7 ft‘ris,or the wilde Cornell tree,of which we will treat in the next chapter following. ’ 0,} The Tem}>cr.4tm'c wdVcrtm:r.

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C’€«"7mi 71:449.. The male Cornell tree;

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As i The fruit ofthe Cornell tree hath a very harfh or choking taflze : it cooleth,drieth, and bifldem’

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yet may it alfo be eaten, as it is oftentimes. 3‘-6,1,

It is a remedy againfl; the laske and bloudy flirt, it is liurtfull to a cold flomaclce, and iI1¢"“' king the rawnelfe thereof: the leaues and tender crops of the tree are likewife of an harlh and Cho ta{te,and do mightily dry. .

. . . , 110 C They heale greene wounds that are great and deepe, efpecially in hard bodies, but they 3“:

fo good for fmallwourids and tender bodies,as Galm vvriteth.

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C H A P. 105. Oft/Jefemale Cornell or flog/harry tre e;

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it groweth not into a treeibut rcmaiiieth a {hruo : the young branches thereof are )f0é‘;3‘;r’ . , A

‘ , be of an obfcure red purple : they haue withinawhite fpongie pith like that 0 hole the old ftallces are hard and ltiffe, the fiibftance of the which is alfo white, and anfwerab ‘7 C fiallces of the Cornell tree : the leaues are alfo like, the middle rib whereof as alfo the brittle 00%: mm

grefomewhat reddifh r at the top whereof am what: ltlonres in fpokie rundi¢s.rv,h1°l‘ “Eel

Hat which the Italians call Virgafarzy/ine4,or the bloudy Rod 3 is like to the Co

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' Pl°i\fant,and require a long time before they can be ripe.

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Carnxafarmim. _ _ The Dog-berry tree. when they bee ripe, in talle vnpleafaut , and nor; . cared for of the birds. V ’

11 The Place.

This fhrub groweth in hedges and bufhes in euery country of E ngland.

V (J The Time.

The floures come forth in the Spring in the moneth of Aprill:the berries are ripe in Au. tumne. ‘ _

M qr The Names.

The Italians doe commonly call it Sanguine;

and Sangamclla. Petrzar Crefcenmu termes it Sm.

guimas and tfltatthiolm, Virga fingzrinea: Pliizy,-'

lih. 24.ca}>. ro. hath written a little of I/jirga San-

guinea .- Neither is V irgir fhnguiflea , faith hee,-, counted more happy -, the inner barlcewhereof

doth breake open the fcarres which they before

haue healed. It is an hard thing, or peraduen-

ture a rafh part , to affirme by theft: few words,

that Pliny his Virga flmguinea is the fame that

the Italian Sanguine is. This is called in high

Durc.-h,19attriegti: in low Dutch, 119111): (Eng:

noelle, that is to fay, Comm fyl»e_/bi‘; , or wilde

Cornell tree : and in French,Corm=llicrfiiuaage.- in

Englilh, Hounds tree, Hounds berry,Dogs ber-

ry tree, PrickeeTimber : in the North countrey

they call it Gaten tree,or Gater tree; the berries

whereof feeme tobe thofe which Chaucer calleth

Gater berriesrl/'-alerim Carder nameth it «ieumpi...,~

' that is to fay, Falfla or Sparia Comm, falfe or ba-

flard Cornell tree :this feemeth alfo to be Theflfkr‘/5"’ his 9”"”‘*"“°" or C”m”5f’mi”‘4= female Cor‘ nell tree This hath little branches hauing pith within, neither be they hard nor found, like tholé of the ,n;1C : thekruit is Maw,’ that is, not lit to be eaten, and a late fruit which is not ripe till after‘ Autumne }Ecluino.?ciall;and fuch is thewilde Cornell tree or Crater tree, the young and ten-

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branches whereof be red,and haue (as we haue written) a pith within : the fruit or berries be vng The T emperature. i The berries hereof are of vnlike parts 5 for they haue fomff t_l95sbitWa and °l°“fi“g: and Very m3§ “V °01d,dry harihand binding,yet they haue no vfe in medicine. 3 ‘ The Vertrm. Wattbiolm writeth That out of the berries firft boyled, and afterwards prelfed, there iffueth an °Yle which the Am (fiat, counuy peopledo vfe in lamps : but it IS not certaine nor very like, that the batke of this wilde Cornell tree hath that operation which Pliny repotteth,0f Virga S anguinez: ; °f he faitmas we hang already fet downe,that the inner barke thereof doth breake and lay open the

cm which they before hatie healcd -

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C H A P. 106. Of S_pimlle tree or ‘Pricheawood.

q[ The De/Eription.

t . Riclte-wood is no high [hrub,of the bignelfe of the Pomeglm" ‘fee ’ it Qmadeth fami P with his branches : the old (talks haue their barke ,fon11l::vi[Ll‘11::%‘:r1“c“:°05f‘t11‘1"e‘::‘(’)V0‘:‘n?S3:3:

‘ h b 1 1 b , d foure fquare :r ' _ zllld mixed wtitittlta leigahtte ;1e{gl1g)v\:?:heec;eg;:::1gc3l?)Dg, broad, flender, and {of t . the floures bee white, an

. . : fruit is fame I‘ uare red Y ftandino v one foot-{talke like almolli to a (‘poked ruf’d_I° the _ ‘I _ 3 _ s and °'JntaininD2, fihchrie white feedsreufery one whereof is c_0“¢“id Vim 3 M0“! C°§‘aW.h.",‘i.h bang ta.“-

e“°"f%*“eth3y=11°w dies 3 This

greene at the firlhairl-C1 Of a {hinirig blackse colour ‘