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He Date tree growethverygreat andhigh : the bodyortrunke thereof is thicke,andcoue. red with afc alie rt ed barke : the boughes Low onely« n the top,confift ng of feaueette vpon a woodie middlet ib like thofe ofReedes or flags ; theinner part of which tib or ftalke light, hollow and {poongic; among theleaues come foorth the flowers includedinalong membrane, asit werea {heath or hofe, like that which couereth the Flow erdelucebeforeit which being opened of it felfe, white fowers ftart foorth, ftanding vyon fhortand flen. ened with certaine{mall-filaments orthreadie ftrings like vntolittle der footttalks, which are nuie ch bein branches: after which {pring our from the famebranches thefruit or Dat fafhion t harth, of ayell Jong andround,jin tafte fweete,and manytimes fomewha and {eede,t kernell of {teed in is which e, hardfton d along is containe uiers times in my garden, andhaue growento the height of three footes butthe ped them in fuch fort,that prefently chey. petifhed,notwithftanding my induftry by couering them, ; or what elfe I could do for their fuccour. charist 6 thethe hole, e, but: efpecially do euidentlybind and leaues The° boughesaielie nole, that is to fay ty ; Nee erEN : ry, > fheath ot K ther is neede oft asasthereis thelefo needeo rbinding, tovle good itis t f o l erefore 5 andth of vss flowers vicers and tileofthe wounds greene heale branches do tree anches of the Date a Theleaques and 5 refrefhand eo hotinfammations, . f; ofFiestas i bookes d Thereis n inGalenhis medicines according to the kindes,called Diapals M itioni i a compofitic tree, in ftead ofa fpature orath yeall ; is _ mwhichis tobe ftirred with a bough of the Date to tirwith, nips i" 5 he waaay ANCA or a If 2 Of the wilde Datetrees. I Palmites,fine Chameri iphes. Thelittle wilde Date tree. & The place. diuers fortes thereof,as weil wilde as tame,or manured, Thetinte. , The Datetree is alwaies greene, and flowreth in the {pring time: the fiuitis ripe in September d tranfporte both betrer the maybe cthey funn, the in dried theyare gathered andbeing then rotting at home. % Thenai'es. The tieeis called in Grecke cote :in Latine Pa/ma :in Englith Date tree. inav, thatis to fay,Glans Palmarum, orthe Acorneof the The fruit is namedin Greeke 227 sin fhops Daétylus : in high Dutch ula duos: Datetrees, and byone worde ¢ Dattes : in Spanith Tamaras French in : Dztto/oz Italian in Dattelet:inlowe Dutch Davelen: : and Dattiles: in Englith Date. fome The cod orfheath wherein the fowers and Dates ate wrapped, arecalled iam, and of % Thetemperature annhvertues. the woorlet fortbe Allmanner of Dates whatfoeuerbe hardofdigeftion, andcaufe headach: the foft, moyft, and fweete ones arelelie thofethat be drie and binding, as Aegypt Dates; but hurtfull. groffe and fomewhat clam 3 Ticblood whichis ingendred of Datesin mans body, is alrogither or troubled with fomelat inflamed being ly efpecial topped quickly very is liner the mie :bythefe Je ae ie fwelling; fo is the fpleene likewife. if they to perfect ripenefle, I C The Dates which growein colder regions, whentheyc annotcome de, and often win ingender humors, rawe fullof be eatentoo plentifully, do alfo fill che bodie ave times the leprofie, , for fuch as nave Thedrier fortof Dates, as Dioftoridesfaith, be good forthole that {pet b. lood D A h the bloodie flixe. bad ftomacks,and forthofe alfo thar be troubled with os, forthe roughneffe of the threste and lungs. Thebeft Dates, calledin Latine Carjote are good ellentcordia!, exce iuers Cook¢s,d and ioners Confect cunning Thereis made heerof both bythe very mightily. for they comfortable, and nourifhing medicines,and arprocure luft ofthe bodie as are entring intoa confumptions or They doalforefrefh and reftore fuch vnto ftrength G_ E FE o conuenient brothes,4 ftrengthenthe fecblenefle of the liuer andfp! ene being madeint {tomacks call medicines mixed therewith bythe learned phifition, g and the wambling of Saree % Drie Dates doe ftop the belly, and ftay the vomitin or otherwife,or ftamped and appiee¥" that are with childe.ifthey be either catenin meates one ing facuse ftomacke,as a pectoral plaifter. } or dawbing om Theathes of the Date ftones hauea binding qualitie, and anet splaifticke J «wmmar® lids, eic of the H it healeth puthesin the cies; sraphy/owaraandfalling awayof the haire with wineit keepeth proud flefh from growing in woundiS. thing Chap 132 Ame 2 Palmapjinus, fue Palms conifers, The wilde Date tree bearing cones, The Date trees growe plentifully in Africke and Aegypt, but thofe which are in. Paleftina and Syria be the beft: they growe likewife in moft places of the Eaftand Welt Indies, where therebe into other countries far diftant,as alfopreferued from ofa forno other caufe than thatit may receiue thereby fomekinde ofattridtion or binding force, Thedeferit : agtna this plant tobe a kinde:6! Date feldome attaining aboue the height of anheags (for the moftp rt) long leaues hi ethote ok MS Whereof breaketh foorth a bufh ofthread 1 with clufters of whitepafled flowetsabout , 1 with eaties,clofely con pes withthe flow halicele faleand' tree that bringeth fo htto bebarren of Dates, ¢xc ) = ns ae Poe ZS Sade THE THIRD BOOKE OF |