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Show NRAcnet PACREere Of the Hiftory of Plaines. Li By z Sirabo in his 17. booke affirmeth,that not onely Jtenynx , but alfo the leffer Syrt ® 18 {aid to Lotephagitis : firit, faith he, lieth Syrtis acerta be ine leffer, called Circinnitis shext to this is the leflerlong Ifland by thename Cercinna, and another Syrtis, which theycall Lotophagitis Sia. the compaffe ofthis gulfe is almoft 1600. furlon gs; the bredth of the mouth 600. Byboth the capes there be Iflands joined to the maine land, that is, Circinna and Menynx,oflike bignefe. they thinke that Menynx is the countrey of the Lotophagi, or thofe that feed of ofwhich countrie Homer maketh mention,and e trees. there are certaine monuments tobe theLot {cen, and piy/: fes Altar,andthefruit is felfe,for there be init great plenty of Lote trees,whofe fruit iswonderfij fweet: thus faith Strabo, This Lote is alfo defcribed by Theophraftus.i n his fourth booke he faith, that there be very ny kimdes, which be feuered by the fruir : the fruit is of the bignes ofabeane, which whenitw ma. ax. eth ripe doth alter his colour as grapes do ; the fruit of which the Lotophagi doeate js fiveet, pleafant, harmeles, and wholefomefor the belly, but that is pleafanter which is without kernels, and ofthis they make their wine. This Lote tree,as the fame Author affirmeth, is by nature euerlafting: as for example,the Lote trees whereof Pliny hath written inhis 16, booke, 4.4. chapter. At Rome, faith he, the Lotetree in Lucinzs court,how much elder it was than the church ofthe citie,built in the yeete which was without magiftrates, 469.itis vncertaine : there is no doubt but thar it was elder, becaufe Lacing bare the name of that Lecus or groue. This is nowab out 4s5o.yeeresold. That is elderih s furnamed Capillata, or hairie ; becaufe the haire ofthe veftall virgins was brought vntoit:burth other Lote tree in ¥ wlcans church,which old as the citic, as Maffurins witneffeth. ~ L1B, 3. Ofthe Hiftory ot Plants. C he ese garden ofBarne-Elmes : befides, i groweth anotherin the garden ¥ y neere Londontwotrees ¢ ofMt, Gray an Apothecarie of London,and in my gardenlikewife 2 Guaiacum Pataninum anguftifol. . Si , , Ze 1 Guaiacum Patauinume latifolinn Broad leafed Italian VVoodoflife. Nuartow lealed ttali: an Gaaiseoe b ee Rowulus built by the victory of tenths is taken tobe 2s M The Time, They lofetheirleaues atthe firft approch of winter ; and recouer them again€ in Aprill :the fruitis ripe in September. G] The Names. This tree is called in Greeke,ews: in Latine by Bagolaro: and in Englith,Lote tree, and Nettle Pliny, Celtis:in Italian, Perlaro bythofe of Trent, tree, @ The Teneperature andVertues, The Lote tree is not greatly binding as Galen faith, but of thin parts, and of a drying nature. The deco@ion ofthe wood beaten imall, being either drunke or vfed clifterwife, is a remedy for the bloudy flix; and for the whites and reds. : It ftoppeth the laske,and maketh the haire yellow, and as Galen addeth, keepeth haires from alling. The thiuets o: {mall pieces thereof,as the fame Author alleageth, are boiled fometimes in wa- ter, fometimes in wine, as need {hall require. | The Time, Itfloureth in May, andthefruit is ripe in ao Cuar. 124, Of Lalian w ood of Life, or Pocke wood,vulgarly called Linumvite. | The Defcription. : in the Lotus Zorus of Of Theophraftus 72 i Englith ith 1it iscalled the for the hath beenreputed foe ALACKIP Pataninum ale Guaiacum Meuynwood. : ; is frequent fr vf in medily vied the true Indian Guajacumwhicich is h tat affinitiewith a * @ The Temperature andVertues. wi that of the Nettletleth fame temp et and qualitie £ The fruit of thisis isi thought to be2 of the j itie with Talian Lignum vite, or Wood ofLife, growethtoa faire and ftraight and Vpright body, couered beautifull tree, h ouer with a fmootha darke greenebarke, ) orth many twiggy branches,fet forth ofgoodly leaues.lnd ike thofe ofthe Peate tice,buto!: greater beau tic,and fomewhat broader samong which commethforth the fruit, growi the branches, almoft without ftal ng cl kes: this fruit is round, and at Cuap; 1245. the firft greene, but black It is ripe,as big as Cherries, ofan excellent fweet tafte whe n itis dried : but this is nott Lignumfanttumor Guai acum, whereof our kind therof, firft planted in the common bowles and phyficall drinkes be made,butiti gardenat Padua,by the learned Fallopiu to be the right Gusiacum. s,whofup + 2 Theleauesofthisare longer and : narrower than the former, butfirme alfo and like as they are; the fruit is in fhapelike Sebe ftens, but much leffe, ofa blewifh colour w tipe,with many little ftones with in ; the tafte hereofis not vnpleafant. lotus.and Tabernamontanus,Lotu Matthiolgs calls th s 4fricana:whofefigure our Author in th vnfitlyfor the Zizyphus Cappadacica, + Y q The Place, Gualacum Patauioum grow eth plentifully about Lugdunum,or Lion sin France :I planted1:t Of the Strawberry tree. @ The Defcription. tothe Quinée tree =a ee Strawberr yd tree :groweth for the ery likeinbignelicfer! barks beet ats thi molt partlow,v 2 couered y ‘ (whereunto Diofcorides compareth it.) The body is ¢ fomewhat reddifh: the Ieaues bee foneh aud fealvethe boughes ftand thicke on the cop, — dges, and ofa pale greene broad lone aod (mooth, like thofe of Bayes, fomewhat nicked int meee, puss ca gh tone le mein clufters,being hollow and white, and DOW, fan gtha downe ack lige Coloura : the ea flou \ : lour : in their places ¢ come forth certaine berries hanging ‘ {? peat « uewhat of a purplecolour r: in theirir plzplaces ] wit h little : ftone within, but onely ee! baie ; tlane red colour Sema ji Sp Tike ae i evesfirft greene, Se i ooaces NAST in tafte3 fomewhat Saas and when they beripe theyav are a of a >gallar Black-birds dofeed in Winter: a The Black-bird and Thruthes which of ; relifh any ea eee dina s ,and in 2 ler W Kkkkkk 2 |