I4-Z3 Of the Hiflorie of Plants. L I B; 3.

{T The Farmer. ~ A h Tfhe tender leaues,faith Diofcoria’e:,being flamped and laid vpon cold fwellinggdoe walle 39")’ t e ame. . V B They are drunke in Cute to the weight of a dram againﬂ: the ﬁufling ofthe lungs, and do bring downe the menfes,the birth,and the after-birth. ‘ ' - “

C They cure the headache being drunke with wine; the juice of the root digeliethand ripcﬂﬂh '9 i

if the feed be taken it procurcth vomigwhich thing,{‘aith Matrbzo/us, the feed not only of (linking Bean Trefoile doth effe 6%, but that alfo of the other. "

-CHAP. 81. Ofilzalar Tree.

Aréor Indie. 1; T/ye 1) gﬁ'riP;joﬁ, Iudas Tree.

V144 Tree is likewifc one of the hedge; plants;it groweth vp vntoa trecqf 3!“ °‘

nable bigneﬂe, couered with at dark ,C°l9"' .

red barke, whereon grow many tough,‘_"‘g& gy branches of a brownc colour‘. 83"". b_ with round leaues like thofe of round ‘“ wort or ‘Sow-bread, but harder, and 0f per green colour: amonglt which come fort! fmall ﬂoures like thofe of peafornofa Pl"? 6 colour mixed with red, which turn int0 1°”? flat cods preffed bard togeth er,ofa tawnlgic wan colour , wherein is contained fin?” ved is-eds like the Lentill, orratherlike the few or Mm’icu,faﬂ.rioned like a little kidnc>’- T :00: is great and wooddy. '1‘ 5! Place. This ihrub is fhund in diners prollincesgf Spain,in lredges, 8: among briers and braids bles : the moamtaines of Italy and th‘3 ﬁe,- of Languedoc are not without thi5. "" ' growes in my garden. dl Tbe Time. , and The floutes come forth in the Spring‘ in before theleaues : the fruit or cods he 5 fummer. i The Name:. 4 m It is commoﬂy named in Latine,«4’5" I‘ de .- fome haue named it Sycomarxu 0‘ X ht 1110” fret”-‘sand that becaufe the ﬂours and cods hang down from the bigger brar{ches5but the 3, 5YC0m°‘‘? ‘"33 131_ike the fig tree in irnit,and in leaues to the Mulberry tree,whereupon if I .°-n ,, med-Other‘ take "5 *0 he mm, of which Tbeoplaraﬂur wrireth thus - Cerczk bringeth forth 51”“ n Cod = Which Words are all fo few as that of this no certaintie cari be gathered for there be fhruhs that bring fﬂrth fruit in ccids. The French men call it Guaiaier as though they ﬂI°“ld. fay; I/»z\;rinzzl.4,or a little {heath = moﬂ of the Spaniards name it Algarow low: that is,S'i1z'qrm[y/‘W ' ff: f“"”‘i‘”’ld 0‘ foohlh _C°d‘°‘h0rs,Ar6ald’amor,for the brauenelfe fake: ii: may be called in “g lids; Iuaia tree,for that it is thought to be that whmon 1,',,1,,, hanged himfclfc and not Vpon the E tree,as it is vulgarly faid. ’ q]' T be Temperature and!/emm. . K, The tcmPerature and vertues of this fhrub are vnknowne ; for whereas Mattbiolw mak€5 ‘tins I be Ac.rcia,by adding falﬂ y thornes vnto it,it is but a furmife. '

em‘-nth chapter of Lwit. Thefe kindes of creeping things neit

E 13. L P Of theiijiiﬂoriel of Plants.

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C H A P. 82-. the_ (‘ma tree or S. Io/Tin: Bread.

qr The Deferiptio».

He Carob tree is alfo one of thofe that beare cods,it is a treeof a middle bi gneffe,ver yflll of b0ughs,the lcaues l'o'ng,and conﬁli of many fet together ypon one middle rib , like thofe of the Afh, but cuery particular one of them is broader , harder, and rounder :the fruit or long °0_ds in fome places are a foot in lerlgth,in other places {hotter by halfe,an inch broad,fmootll and ‘}cke,in which lie Hat and broad feeds : the cods tliernfelllcs are 058 TWCCE ta lie, and are eaten of d‘“€rs_,but not before theybe gathered and dried 5 for being green’,th’o‘ugh ripe,they are vnpleafant *0 he eatenjby reafon of their bad ralle. Crrat2a_ﬁliq¢m,j§ve C¢’i’rlf071ld,, ql 775‘ P1455» The Carob tree. . - _ Q _ This growethin Apulla a Proulnce of the

lcingdorne of Naples,’ and alfo in diners vnu '

toiled places in Spain : it is likewife found in India 85 other countries E allward, where the cods are fofull of fweet juice as that it is vfedvlto preferue Ginger, as,t.z-tzlttbiolizr fheweth. Stralboilié. r 5'.-._ faith, That Arzjfoﬁu-_— la: reporteth how‘ there is a tree in India ,’ _ of no great bignefi'e,hauing great cods tenne ”' / «/7 inches longgfull ofhOnyJ%‘J4J qzri edcrmt man “I ‘.;),,,,,,,/I I//, A _ l _ _ , y. _ ff , ﬁzrrle ferwre .- which thing peraduentture is ,.,..~« ,, % only to be vnderﬂood of the green cods,and thofe that are not yet dry. It is very well

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known in the_coaf’ts of Ni_Cca and Liguria in

..~ Italy, as alfo’ in all the traéts and coaﬁs of the \/Veil; Indies and Virginea. It groweth ' alfo in fundry places of Paleliinc , where

there is {rich plenty of it, that it isleft vnto

fwine and other wilde bcafts to feed vpon,as

our Acorns and Beech uraf¥.MQreQL_1_CI,hOEl1

yong and old feed thereon for pleafrire, ‘and

fome haue eaten thereof to fupply and help

the neceffarie nourilhment of their bodies.

This of form: is called Sairltfal/ms bread,and

thought to be thatwhich is tranllated Lo;

c‘uiis,whereo‘n S’. To/m did feed when he was

in the wilderneffe, beﬁdes the wilde Honey

whereof hee did alfo eat : butthere is fmall

certainty of this :but it is moi’: certa_in,that

of \‘\x\\\\

the people ofthat country doe feed on thcfé i

cods, called in Greeke XApaz'11:a- in Latine Sili-

qmc : but Saint Io/am food is called in Greek

._ V y rm, which word is often vfed in the Rene-_

lation Wrl{;l;(:Ii by Saint Ia/Bngand tranﬂated Loculis.Now we mu ll alfo remember that this Greel:__ :”_0rd hath two feuerall interpretations or {igniﬁcations ; for taken in the good part it ligniﬁeth 3 ‘Wide of creeping creature or fly, which hoppeth or skippeth vp and downe as doth the _Gra{h0P’_. per 5 ofwhich kinde of creatures it was law full to cat,Levir. 2 2 . and Mat!/L 3- 4- 1'5 ﬁ‘:’»‘“f‘:°'h am) ‘h0fe Loculis which came forth of the Bottomlelfe pitnnentioned, Apat-9 - 7/~ 334- 35°-Whmh ‘”.°'F_ ‘lie vnto horfcs Prepared for battcll. The Hebrew word which the Englifh Traflﬂators We rm‘ tied Gmﬂ‘°PPer5, T rcmcliw dares not gm“ the name I-OCUR VHIO its bl“ “Hath " by the Hebrew

name Ari‘ afte the lett s ‘ ’ ' ‘ ' " ’ the 0030 VPO“ the 2 3 Verfe Ofthe 9"‘

and Heb w name - la 111 thus in K A . __ M M’ t at re ’ Y g her the Hebrews nor the Hlftorlo, gra llcill retain the Hebrew words for

all

Phers,nor our felues do know what they mean gwherefme We the foure kindcs thereof. But it is ccrtaine that the 1:

Thins

alt countrey Grafhoppers and Locuﬂs‘ I w°'°.f0‘met'irnes. vied‘ irrmeatg as Mmhais - 4. and IlI4rc.I. 6. 1’1?'*’- 5'59.‘ I.‘ 7_‘C’-’’’‘’ 2H '?/1' °i"‘«3i5~é' -29!