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2 Cztfhmezz .E(g/aim: czmzﬂ02'e. Both: Cheiitin: tree in ﬂows.

‘ . - - » thew the ordinary Cheflnnnnertlrer vnd“ the 0.

ter coat hath it any peelingwithiﬂ 35 ﬁC_ 1; ther hath, neither is it of In good 3 [3 is 31. 33 3 This Americane C1163-nut don

moi’: round, but that it is a little _3‘

the ﬁdess efpecially whereas it isl

the fl-alke : the vtter coat is It th.icke,yet brittle,and as it were fuﬂgom 3. a brownifh yellow colour :vnder T ‘S f ft boundanceof fmall,yet ﬂiiﬂ’e prick“; ﬂicking to the {hell that conraincst hick, nel:the{hellitfelleisbrowni{h,ﬂ0” an but tough and hard to breake, fmO°‘l.’ Ed 3 Ihining on the inﬁde,wherin is contra!“ kernell of the bignefle and color of an 11, kidney,white within,and fweet in $3 62/” ,. an almond or the common Cheﬁﬂ”" 1'” of as: cals this Cafhmea Peruamz, or Cheﬁnhc fa. Peru sand hee faith hee had it 50”,“ who mous Geographer t/Iérzzkam OWIW’ ,7”. had it fen: him by Beazea’/65:45 A/(W Make mm. The figure is exprelt vndcrtllﬂto Horfe Cheﬁnut. i:

‘ll ‘I/3eP1.4:e. The ﬁrﬂ growes on monntai

d0Wi€ places,and many times in th

they loue a {oft and blaclrefoile.

fnndry woods ofCl1el’tnuts inliﬂgl

L r 3. 3. Of the Htfiorre of Plants. 144; .%__&F_____:____ mile and a halfe from Feuerfham in Kent, and in fundry other places : in {ome countries they be glare: and pleafanter :in others l‘mallcr,and ofworfe tafie. The Horfe Chelknut groweth in Italy, and in fundry places Ofthe Ealhcountriess t It is now gmwing with M“ Tradtfcam at South Latnbeth. 1: . ' V e . 1]‘ '1" be Time. _ The blowings or aglets come forth with the leaues in Aprill 5 but the Nuts later,and be not ripe t1l1Autumne. ‘

1,)‘ 7‘/ac 7\Qtme:. Q Q _ The Chelinut tree beares the name of the Nut both in Greel-re and Latrne : 11’! high Dutch, 339;, ueﬂbgum, and ikaﬂauibaum : in low Dutch, Wﬂaﬁttibﬂﬂmﬁm Fmlcha Qﬂdégwer .- in Englifh, C1 nut tree. A . ' I s . The Nut is called in Greelce, x.%.—um=in>l.atine,Caﬂa22aa,Ifw3!g147".5'470§'i”i4g{4n:k inhigh Dutch; lkelten: in low Dutch,¢aﬁanien : in ItalIan,C4jZqgme .- m l-rench,Chg/fazgne .- in Span1{I1,g;¢0,.¢,,;m.?

.C“ﬂavm .- in E nglilh, Che ftnut : the greater Nuts benamed of the Italians, Marram .- of the French

men and ofdiuers bale ALlmanes,Maro;z:. p _ _ The Horfc Cheflnut is called in Latine, Eqaina Caﬂdnea: in Englrlh, I-Iorfe Cheﬁnut, for that

the people of the Eall countries do with the fruit thcreofctrte their horfes of the coughdhortneﬂe

°fbtcath,and fuch like difeales. 4 . t A _, T11: Temperature and Vertues.

our common Cheﬂnuts are veiy dry and binding,and be neither hot not cold, butinia mean be; All

tweene both ; ye: haue they in them a’ certaine windine(fe,a'nd by reafon ofthis,vnleﬂe the {hell be ﬁrﬂ cut,they ski fuddenly with a craclre out of the ﬁre whileﬁ they be rolling.

of-all the Acornes,faith Galnnthe Cheﬂnuts are the chiefefhand‘ do onely of all the wilde fiuits B‘

Yecld to the body commendable nourithmentgbttt they {lowly defcetrd,they be hardly concoﬁedy : 9? make a thiclce bloud,and in-genderwinde: they alfo ﬂay the belly, efpecrally if they be eaten aw A

Being boiled or roﬂed they are not or ii) hard‘ digefiion, they more ealily defcénd,-and are leffe ’C

“"’1dy,and yefthey alfo make the body coﬂiue.

. Some afﬁrmc, That of raw Chcﬂnllts dfied. and afterwards turned into mcale, there is made a D’

be, that this fhould be dry and brittle, hardly concoéted and very

Ind f d; ' "R ds , C0 bra Yentmu nee butthis bread may be good againﬂthe laske and bloudy ﬂiix,

W in palling through the belly;

An Eleauary of the meale of Cheﬁnuts and honey is very good again?‘ the cough and {pitting E;

°fb10ud'.

The bake of [bc C hcﬁnut tree boyled in Wine and drunlce, ﬂops the laske, the bloudy flix, and

all Other iffues of blond .

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A P. oz. Of tbe Beech tree.’ 0;; The Dcfrription.

TH e Beech is an" high tree, with b‘ough€S fPl“d_il'g °fFie“t‘im‘3i5ii_“‘im3“'{‘e' Off‘ Circle. and With a thicker body hauing many armes : the barkie IS fmooth :' the umber is white, hard, and very'_ C proﬁtable: the leaues be fmoorh,thin,br0ad,and Ieﬂer thanthofe of the blacke Poplar : they Patkins or blowinos be alfo leﬂ‘er and {hotter than thofe or the Birch tree and yellow : the fruit or t 3 is containedtin a hu‘sk'e or cup that is prickly, and rough briffled, yet not fo much as that of. he Cheﬁmi: : which fruit being taken forth of the {hells or vrchin huskes,be coue_red witha fofc‘. and ﬁnooth skin like in colour and fmoothnefle to the Cheﬁnuts, but they be much leffer, and_ of Tliuiher forme,that is to‘faYitriaﬂ'g‘l€d 01' ‘hm Comemd = the kernellwithin is fwﬁetswith 3 C€"3‘"¢.

"étion or binding qurlitie : the roots be fewiand grow not‘deepe.and1i“1° 1°W‘“" than ‘mdér the

tUl'fe_ ’ T V . ‘J Piﬂfed ‘ and he Beech tree Iouetha plaine and open country,andgrowéth defart places of Su~l’fex, Kent, and {undry Othe!'C0uﬂtrics.‘ D rhe Beech ﬂoureth in April! and May ahdethzemtfiuiti is ripe in y5¢Pt€_Fnb¢"a 3'7 What time Ch‘? anffle do eate the fame very greed ily, as greatly delighfi“S‘h"°ii“ 5'“’.hl°h hm‘ ‘iaufed l°“°ﬁ"“" hunt‘ l'm‘en*t‘o“ call it Buck-malt; 7

very plentifully inmany Forreﬂs'

at that