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qt '1' be Defcriptiwa. I ‘ fofmyjdcs makes mention of/1caci4,wl.1ereo_frthe firfl is the true and right Acacia, which is a {limb or hedge tree,but not growing right or ﬂraight vp as other {mall trees doe: his branches are w-ooddy, befet with many hard and long thomes 5 about which grow the leane-s,compa& of many fmallleaues cluﬂering about one ﬁdqas in the Lentil : the ﬂours are ‘ mini, the huskes or cods be plaine and ﬂat, yea very "broad like Lupines, efpccially on thatﬁde: M1"? the feed growes,which is contained fom'times’ir'i" one partﬁflcl f0ff_l.timeS in two parts 0i 51263 3gt0wing together in a narrow neck : the feed is fmooth aDd_g1!3§fl9g.Th_ere is a blaclcjuyce take“ Out of thefe huskes, if they be dried in the {bade when they be ripe 5 but if they are not ripe, then it is fomwhat ted : fome do wring a juice out of theleaues and fruit: there ﬂowes alfo a gurri °“t ohms tree,which is the gum ofArabia,called gum Arabick, . _ 2 . l A . Ci ‘2 D;,,f¢m'dg; hauing defcribed spam Acacia, fcts downe a {eco‘n_d kinde thereoﬁ calling it Arc-T 4 a/tcrcz,WlliCh bath the WW6 leaues of Rue or Cytzﬁcsgand coddes like thofe ofaemjfc/la,buc fome. ' at more blunt at the end,and» thicke at the backe li_l<e_a Rafor,'and tiill groweth forward narrower} and narrower vnrill it come to haue a fharpe edge: in thefe cods are contained three or foure Flat f”° 5 like Geiizﬂe/1a,WhiCl1 before they wax ripe areyellow, but afterwards blacke : the whole plant‘ glliwes to the height ofGem'{la /pinofzi or Gorﬂ'e, both in fhape, height, and refemblanee, and not to the height Of 3 "C635 A l '1 t M i "1 l“ W0uld perﬁiade vs,but full of {harp thomes like the former. _ qt Tb: Place. . . : _ g . The true Acacia groweth in Egypt,Paleliina,Lornbardy,and Syria,as_ D‘iofcorider writesiamong‘ ﬁx“ fhrubs and trees that remaine alwaies green , Acacia is noted for one,by Perm: B6//0731115; 115- I- “["44.of his Singularities. _ _. L . ._ 5 _ _ .:_ l _, he other Acacia growes in Cappadocia and Pontus, as Diafqorfflef Wr_.I_t<=th =_I€_ 1? 8!:f0g10llHd Ion. °"ﬁCa, and in diuers mountaines of Italy, and likewife vpon all the coaft of Liguria and Lom- 3rdie,and vpon the Narbon coaﬂ of the Mediterrmean‘ (‘cal I _ q['TbcTc'me.‘ . Thefe ﬂoure in M ay,a'nd their frtiitis ripe in the end of Auguﬁ; I‘; 7}): Names. _ .. '_ 2 .—¢ ' A. ~ .- The tree Acacia is named of the Grecians xwa, yea cuen "n out tIm€s3€_11kewife of the I.atines;§ “tic .- it is alfo called Egyptiajpina : this firarige thorrie hath no" Eﬂgllfh ‘lame that I 93“ ‘Calm; 319$ therefore it may {kill keep the Latine name Acacia; yet Ihaue _1'1aII‘I€,d 1‘..d_:“? E8Yl’J13.“ thorn?» . e Wired out ofﬂoes or fnags,which they therefore call Acacia crmamca. Matt/nolu; piéturcth for am the tree which the later Herbarillts call Aréor rm, to which hc.11ath v""“‘.Y5*¢'ded rhprnes, that he might belie Acacia :and yet he hath not made it agteewith Dwﬁmdti lusjdcfcription. __ r. _ ey can this E.‘1i'5¢ W... : in.Latine, Acacia 4lccrc,' or the other A:ca‘cia,and Pomica »icacz'4,‘or P0114 {“°Acaciai n r qt Tb: Nature. ’

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{I The Vertuef. V, V, . T __ . ._ V A 3 , V\ I The juieg oi,‘ Acacia {toppeth the laslre,the_ inordinat courfe ofwomens term'es,and mans invo- 'IE&tie iifue called Gonorrhea, if it be drunke In led .“'me- . E V A

h . healeth the blaftings and inﬂammations of the eies, and maketh the skiri andppag-lmes of the agnds Tmooth,after the healing of the Serpigo : it healeth the bliﬂers 3: extreme heat in the mouth, millfakegh the haifes blacke that are wafhed therewith.

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my gum‘ doth binde and fomwhat coole :it.hath alfo jorinedivnto it an emplafliclce quelitiesby D: lc ' ' '