948 Of the Hiﬂorie of Rants:

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1“ The Kizzaler. ’ . :1 OF trees thatbring forth Galls there be diners forts, as may appeare by the drueirs f0{m,e%5i;[:s,

forts of Galls fet forth in this prefent chapter, which may ferue for their feueral. drflirnve few whereof fome bring forth Acornes likewife, and fome nothing but Galls rthe ﬁgures of 0‘: ring of the treesfhall giue you fufﬁcient knowledge of the refs: for all the Acorne or Mail treedicinc, forth Galls, but thofe trees whofe ﬁgures we haue fet forth doe beare thofe galls lit for wt’- and to thicken skins with. d more

Dz'ofeorz'der and Galen make but two forts of Galls 5 the one little, yellow, full of holes. anfmooth

fpongiein the inner part,both of them round,hauing the forme of a little balhand the 033“, knob, and euen on the out ﬁde: ﬁnce the later writers haue found moe, fome hauing certarne 11“ ° to the flicking forth, like in forme to the Gall , which doth alfo cleaue and grow without 33”“ in e leafe. There is alfo found a certaine excrefcence of a light greene colour,fpongie and Wafefy’ middle whereof now and then is found a little flie or worme :which foft ball in hot countrlli‘. oftentimes become hard,1ike the little fmooth Gall,as Zlreopbraﬂm faith.

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, hauing leauesdeepely diuided on the edges like The little Gall tree.

the Oke,green aboue, but hairy and hoary below : it carries a‘ great gall of the bigneife of a little ap~ ple, and that in great plenty, and without any or-. der. This growes in diuers parts of old Cafiile in Spain, and in all the mountainous Woods about Vienna in Au Prria. ii p H 3 ‘ The lefier Gal tree differs not from the for. mer,‘fauingthat it is altogether lelT'er:the fruit or gall is likewife lefI‘er,’whe-tin efpecially conﬁﬁeth‘ the difference. . V _ ‘H '1’ be Place. . The Galls are found in Italy, Spain, and Bohé.‘ mia,and moi’: of the hot regions. a . I; The Time. ‘ , A The Gall , faith Pliny, appeareth or commeth forth when the Sunne comes out of the ﬁgne Ge-

: 2“ This growes to the height of a tal man,

im'm7,and that generally in one night; 4 _ 1] T6eNa,me:_., ._ . A y The Gall tree is galled ,Qu_r:re’ar,Ro6ur,a11d Gal; Another great G811 ‘[5?! Le my : in Greek. Jim -“the Apothecaries and Ira. ‘ I T i lians keepe the name Galla for the fruit :‘ in high-_ la, ,,y ;. Dutclr,d5alop‘_ﬁ€ll3 m low-Dutch. ﬁalnoten: In, §' 3', .42 l ' Spanifh, Ladgat/M,G.zl@a, and Eugalba .- in French, ', /‘ - “ Noix dz Ga/le .- in Elng11fh;Gaules.and Galls. ff ' .

_1 GA/14, jizee Roéar majm;

; 2 Roérmﬁue GaZ7a major Alfwt The great Gall tree.

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"J The "Temperature em! I/ertiues.‘ , . : , _. . _ _ . , Tim Gall called o'm;/Eacérzk, as Galen writeth,is dry in the third degreemnd cold in the fecond:it {S a my ham, medicine 5 it falieneth and draweth together faint andailacke par_ts,as the ouergtow-V . 85 in the ﬁefh : it repelleth and keepeth ba’cke,rheum‘es {rid fllcll llke ﬁ.“X°52““d_d°‘h,€ﬁ‘°‘?“13“,Y dry VP the famcﬂ-p,_,c 331 1y when’ they haue a defcent into the gums,alrnonds of the throat, 8: other

places of the mouth. , _ , , , _ , . x 2 A r _ The other G.a11do:h dry and alfo'binde,but fo much_lcﬂ'er,_by ho_w much the harlh _or choking "ﬁling is djminimed : being boiled,beaten,and alfo applied in rnannerof a planter it IS laid with %°0d fucceffe vpon theinﬂammations of the fundam’ent,a"nd fa_llmg__down thereof. It is boiled in hater ifthme be need 053 lime amigtion ;.and in wine, efpecrally in auliere wine , if more need

quire. ,_ _, L . _ y _ (33115 are very proﬁtable againﬁ the D yfenterie and the C09l13Ck P359“. being drunk in Wine,‘ ‘he pouder thereof ltrewed vpoh m€3t5- * _ V , , V, ; . .. l _ Calls are vfed in dying and colouring of fundry thgrngsuafld In making of 1nlC€.j , V _ . ’ aPtly,burnt Galls do receiue a further f,ac’ulty,namlcly_ I0 ﬁaﬂch b1_0ll,d.a11d_ are of thinne parts, D :“d Ofa greater vertue to dry than be thofe that are not burnt. The)’ m“ﬁ bi? lard vponhot burning E °1°9 vnrill they come to be thorow whrte,and then they 3f“. to be ‘lueﬂcheflln vineger and wine.

5 .M0reouer,Galls are good for thofe thatbe troubledwrth the bloudy flute and common laskes, F_

_°lng taken in wine 0,. wategand alfo applied or vfed in meats : ﬁnally, thefe are to be vied as of:

need rcquifcch todry and binde. . Q _ V ..

ke apples am much of the nature of Galls, yet are they far inferior to rhem,and of leffer force. G A

‘f our ' - = ~ ‘ .ﬁaurcstoffo-l.lrt¢CnY:|ricIiCSicfaalls5{bm¢b°i”gl3T§C,9tl1cl‘sfinal-Pfomciroun iorhorslongiﬂtgand othcfothidiimilr Comm‘ Author ouroffabem. garmh. a 2 dz

1; The De eripioni Wm“:

He Gall tree growes vp to a fuﬁicient height,hauing a Very faire trunke orb°§’;;cke3

on are placed long twiggie branches bringing forth very faire leaues,b1'°“‘:1’: gh the 5;

g in the edges like the teeth of a faw : among which come forth acornes, Wee which "R __ .. ,

‘gum exprelfe not the fame, like thofe of the Oke, and lrkewrfe a wooddy excrefc_eD 5, the mfzb Xx 5‘; xx

a name the Gall, hauing certaine fmall emrnences or bunches on the out tide, grow1nhge,cof,wb{ng . art vpon the ﬂender branches without Pcalks,and fometirnes they grow at the end5 ‘her accord‘

hy the heate of the Sun are harder, greater, and more follid in one country they 339‘ ’ his

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