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37- 0 Of the Hiﬁorie of Plants.

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is the molt principall,and belt agreeing vnto the nature of man,as an excellent cordial,and of a very, plealant fmell. V ‘

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CHA ii. 4.7. Of t/ae ‘Yew tree. l '

l 1; Tbe Difcription.

Si'2zxmJ The Yew trees

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4 Z 1 IN ﬂead of the defcription an Edi:

mentioned by our Auth0r(whlCi1Wl_th not amilfe) giue me leaue to prefent your‘;/M

' one much more accurate, fent mice by

Tami: glandifera éacczﬂriqﬂe-‘ . The Yew bearing Acornes and Berr1€5- He Yew tree that beareth Acofnis (:3 berries is a great high tree remalﬂmv 5 waies greene, and hath vfually 8 done, trunke or body as big as the Oke, collffe. U 0, with a {cabbed or fcaly barke, often p1”‘“°ing falling ofliand a yorig {mooth barke 3PP€‘" ed vnderneath,the timber hereof is fomiiw text’ neere as hard as Box, vniuerfally coucfcdli of the barke with a thicke white fap 151$ ihad in- the Oke,and hath many big limmes CW‘ 16 was to many fmall fpreading branches :t 5 665 of be about an inch long,narrow like the C3 we Rofemary,but {month and of a darkﬁr 5-Us or colour, growing all alongft the little tW’=6ﬁ,¢ ‘branches clofc together, feldome 0115 OP {the agaiﬂfli another,often hauing at the 5“ 5 oaues twigs little branches compofed ofmany 10(6- like the former, but {hotter and br03 er’; the ly compaét or joyned together : amo” care, leaues are to be feene at all times of ‘ ncuer {mall ﬂender buds Iomewhat long» P” ofthe _ ~ ' ~ any ﬂ0Ul'CS5WhiCh at the very begirm_l“ kernel! Spring grow bigger and bigger, till they are of the fafhion of little Acornes, with a white eddim within: after they are of this forme, then groweth Vp from the bottoms of the Acornes 3 ;,cl,m-

, Imtfﬁrimaking beautifull reddifh berries more long than round,fmooth on the out fid€:"

lrnie wirhin,and of a fweet talie, couering all the Acorne,only leaning a little hole at the ‘O ’ the top of the Acorne is to be feene : rhefe fallen, or deuoured by bird s, leaue behinde the 3 whitiﬂi huske made of a few fcales : appearing like a little ﬂoui:e,which peraduenturc mall lfome,taking it t0 he fo indeed : it fee-mes this tree, if it were not hind red by cold vveaihcr’ alwaies haue Acomes and berries on him, for hee hath alwaies little buds, which fo T00“ -I, Spring yeelds but a reafonable heate, they grow into the forme of Acomes : about the C .1 of Auguﬂs fﬁldome befofﬁ‘-i YOU {hall ﬁnde them turned into ripe berries, and from £113‘ ‘dim _ChrilhnalTe,or a little after,you may fee on him both Acornes and red berries.

Tzixm tzmtumﬂarms; The Yew which only ﬂoures;

The Yew which onely beareth ﬂoures and no berries, is like theother in trunke, timb and leaues 5 but at the beginning of Nouember, or before, this tree doth begin to be Vcryds fet or fraught on the lower lide or part of the twigs or little branChes,with fmall round buou} more as big, and of the colour of Radifh feed, and doe fo continue all the Winter, I1 ' beginning or middle of February, when they open at the top, fending forth one {mall fhafh ral1.1i!£l9 lonsetthai the huske.diui§ed inre maniparrsror garniriied towards the top w is

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£:2C1)llr(1l.irliy things like ﬂoures, of the colour of Ctlhie hl1Sl(FS;aECi ii‘ you {hall beate or throw ﬁoneg Omesls tree about the end ofFebruary,CI)1r?ggo} pqace a ter,t ere will proceed and ﬂy from thefe and th an abundance ofdufiy (moke. T e e ul y oures continue on the trees ttllabont haruelt, en fome and forne fall away,and ﬂloftlyjiftcrltlle round buds come vp as aforefaid. r {I e P ace. ' Thefe trees are both vet common in En land : in Ham {hire there is 000d 1 . ‘ST°wing wilde on the chalkii: hills,and in Cvhggrfh-yards wherg they haue beebn plaiirzgiy of them e '1' me. The time is expreffed in their defcriptigiis. Dec.i 9. 1 62 1.10522 Goodyer. 1: qr Tlzé Names. _ _ _ i —~,~ ‘C This tree is named by Diafcorz'r&s,:iu'wt - by fbcnpbriylw, I:(lM{! out Nicamifr in his booke of C oiin.‘ h rpOyfO{]s’.I,m'»\o£ : Galen doth alfo call it i<.'m;:it isvnamed in Latine Taxu; .- in high Dutch, (LE1), ~ mbﬂllm : in low D°L1tCh,1b€ﬂbUUm3Iilltallanifdjﬂ“ 1“ SP3“1ﬂ‘i70x0; and Taxo: in French, I ‘ - Dglilh, Ewe, or Eue thee: in the vnlearned {hops of Germany, if any of them remaine, it is Ci}; 5’ Tammfmswhere in times pal’: they were wont not without great error, to mix the barke hereof in °°mpound medicine:-.,in (‘read of the Tamariske barke. . qr The Temperature. I W :The Yew megs G4le7ztcporteth,is of a veno rnous ntiality,and agairili mans nature. Ditfaoridei: ~S’“_€th,and generally all thatlieretofore haue dealt in the facultie or Herbes, that the Yew tree fat?‘-Ty venomous to be taken inwardly, and that if any doe ﬂeepe vnder the fhadowthereof it can. n I ﬁckneife and oftentimes death. Moreouer, they fay that the fruit thereof being eaten is not thee Y dangerousand deadly vnto man, but if birds doe eat thereof it caufeth them to eat’: their fea- O “sand manv times to die. _Allwhich I dare boldly afﬁrme is altogether vntrue :_for when I was ‘ha? and went to fchoole, diners of my fcho0Ie-fellowes and likewife my felfc did eat our ﬁls of mo ﬁfties of this tree, and haue not onely {lept vnder the fh-zdow thereof, but among the branches . awithout any hurt at all, and that not one time, but many times. Theoplarajha faith, That Aiexpa, u""“lia, Gaza tranﬂates them Itimrnta, or labouring beans die, if they doe eate of the leaues 5 but ° Sattell as chew their cud receiue no hurt at all thereby. l t7‘_{zca7m’er in his booke of counterpoifons doth reckon the Yew tree among the venomous plants, ‘mg downe alfo a remedy,and that in thefe words,as Gormm hath tr-inﬂated them.

Farce Venmatie 'I‘axo,q:uefurgz‘t in 0834 Aéietiém ﬁmi/tégletlioquc a6fi4mit acerﬁd

Ni pricier marcm pleno mzttre meraca Ftmdere -vim: pare:,cum}7r!mum_]7mIieI agar L/Iréfari oéﬂraﬂm fhucermtimieque cimalemi

1 Shun th‘poys’nous YcW,the which on Oeta growes, Like to the Firre,“it caufes bittercleath,

Vnle {Ye beﬁdes they vfe purewirie thatiflowes

From empty’d cups,thou drinlce,when as thy breath Begins to failc,and paﬂageof thy life ‘ Growes (traight.--‘fj

it :’°"’4 and Label alfo obferued that which our Author here aﬂirrnes,and dayly experience fhewes 1;“ e true,that the Yew tree in England is not poyfonous : yet diuers aﬂirme,that in Prouince in

r“°°,and in moi’: hot couritries,it hath fuch a maligne quality,that it is not fafe to ﬂeepe or long _°& Vnder the {hadow thereof. It

\ C ria p. 48. Oft/9e Izmiper tree;

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AM°“g the Iuniper trees one is leﬂ'er ' another greater, being 3 Wang“ 3"‘! f°”°m° me E °“e ‘ ‘ ﬁfe bringeth forth a ﬂoure and no fruit - the other fruit and no ﬂoures. » - 3

_ 11 The Defcription. T I ' [‘He common Iuniper tree groweth in {ome parts of Kent vnto the ﬂtature and bignes <35

‘~ 5 faire greattree,but molt commonly it gf0!!€5, EFT)’ iikf ‘i“F.° $33599! E93555 ?“t1;;: , W. .-