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Show 2258 HISTORTE OF PLANTS, THE THIRD’ BOOKE OF (THE The frniteisnamedin Greeke péverce: in Latine Glawsrin high Dutch ichel + in lowe Dutch oast Gekelsin Spanith selloras sin Italian Chécmde vitt Englith: Acorne and Matt. _ The cup wherein the Acorne ftandeth,is nattiedin Greeketyvpuxis, as Paulas AEgins in his 2, booke'42.chaprer'teltifieth faying, omphacisis the hollowthing out of which theAcatag wtowveth: in Latine Gedsxglandis::in hops Capula glamdas in Engliflathe Acorne.cupi we Thetemperature and vertues. A 1p) Theleaues,barke,acormecupssandthe Acormes themfelues 5 do mightily binde aid drie inlates nore thirde degree, being fomwhat colde withall. B ~-Thebeft of chemfaith Gelemis the thinne:skin which is vndet the bark of thetree; and that next, which licth neereftto the pulpe,or inner fubftance of the Acornesal thefe ftayithewhitessthereds, fpitting of bloud,andlasks: the decoctionof thefeis giuen , or the powderof themdriedforthe cC avay. But the people of the countrie (which makea gaine of them) dowatch the time of their fly i 1 2 yh . 9 certs \hodlew Coccigera. The Scarlet Oke, ayn j : : thoferefpeciallys:which lietowards:the Midland Swineare fatied heerwith,and by feeding hetreon,haue'their fefh hard andfound. The Acotnes ptouoke yriné sandiare:good:agdinft all venome andpoifon, but theyarenot of {uch aftepping and binding facultie.as the leauesandbarke. F TheOke Apples are good againftall fluxes ofbloud andlasks in whatmaner foeueritbe taken, but the beft way.is,to boileitin redwine,andbeing\fo prepared, itis good alfo againft theexcelline noifture and fwelling ofthe iawes and almondsiot kernels ofthethrote. G The decoétion of the Oke apples ftaicth womens difeafes , andcaufeth the mother thatisfallen downetoreturneagaine to the natural places; if they dofit our the {aid decoftion being very hot. H___ Thefame fteepedinftrong whitelwine vineger,witha licle powder of Brim{tone, and therootot Ircos mingledrogither,andferinthefunne bythefpace ofa moneth,maketh the haite black,confimeth proud andfiiperfuous fleth taketh away {unburning, freckles,{pots the morphew,withaldeformities of the face,being wafhedtherewith. forefhewe the fe I The Oke Appies being broken infinder aboutthe time of their withering, do things foundeia quell ofthe yeeresas the expert Kentifh husbanidmen haye obferuedby the lining wormelikea Gen them :asifthey findean Ant, theyforetell plenric of graine to infue 3ifa white (faie one till or Maggot, thenthey prognofticate muirenofbeafts and cattles ifa Spider,then : thefe things the learne men amongft tofollowe ficknes fuchlike fome or peftilence a fhall haue alfo haueobferued and noted for Asarhiolus veriting vpon Dio/torides faith, that before they have an hole thoroughthem,they contejnein themeither a flie,a fpider, ot a wormes ifa fie,then wate infueths ifa creeping worme,then {carcitie of vidtualss if a runningfpider, then followeth great ficknes or mortalitic. the ltifine;asCavolus Clu/ias witneflech, and not otherealwaies }for whem the tree waxetholde,it ngroweth to be barren,Then do the people cut and t ne, tharafter the :yoong {hooteshaue Petrus Betonins im his:bookes of Singularities fheweehrs that! Cocoms: Baphicusor! the! Scarlet graine, doth growe in the Haly land, :ahd néere tothe/lake: whith isicalledithe Sea of Tberides, and:that vponlittle ‘trees ; whereby the inhabi« tants gen-greatftore of wealth; whofeparatethe biisks fromthe pulpe or Magots,, and fell this being mwadeivp:into bals or lumps, much deerer than che ¢mptiefhels of husks. Of this graine alfo Pau/antas hath mademen- tion inhis tenth booke,and fheweth,that the tree which bringeth foorth this graine, isnot gteat, andalfo growethin Phocis,which is'a countriein Jonianeere to the Boeotians , not ‘farfrom th mountairie Parnaffus. Theophrastus writeth, thateyi o, orthe Scarlet there commehcearses mmoh Oke» amongft which w cof the eee and rifeth vp to thel a eons Maj chance tm Belanins repo eth Misia sty e tree,and : ty : & The kindes. s e. or Hollie ke lm Ho fe he oftk butofone mention made © A Lthough Theophya/tws hath e {carler graines 40° 4°% yet hath the later age fet downe twokindesthereof's one bea ring th a tethol trea his opini off, forhe jn other onely the Acorne ;whichthing is not contraryto Diafeorides peau;-and the oth ere defett ; pars, Okes the oF 4yv¢s, : among that which beareth the Acorne in his firft booke bethin his fourth booke vnderthe title wus Aeprnd, or Coteus baphite. se The defeription. eane He Oke whichbeareththe fearlet graine tee tree, in manner ofa hedgete one oP ay aboue,white vnderneath,fnipt about the edges,andat eucry comer often ee taf (burnot commethfometimes netof the {moother Holly: among which ftanding inlittle. cups orhusks; araed with prickesas fharpeas thornies; and we ‘eo! be bignes,hauing manyfaire branches or boughes {pread abroad: whereon oy rf “icky ma arian thef rather anexcrefcence,ofthe fubftace ofthe Oke Apple,&ofthe bignesofa Peal ee “ and of the colour of athes whentheyberipe, in whichare engendred little Maggots + i feasanld which befubiecttothe fcorchingiheate of D E branches,a fides the Acornes, there is found cleauing vnto the woody : % The place. This Oke gtowethin Languedock yeountries thereabour, and alfo i ¢ »arbeareth noe the Scarlet graine'in all places, but in ¢ Ofthefcarlet Oke. Chap.30. a ing,euen'as we do Bees,wl lich they then take 8¢ putinto a linnen bagwherein they fhakeand boule them vp and downevntill they be dead, whichthey domake vpinto erearlumpes oftentimes and thewife fell hens to Diers jand fuch like,apart, cuen-asthey were taken foorth of thebag, whereof smade the moft perfett Scarlet. D : i purpofes aforefaid. Acornes ifthey beeaten are hardly concocted, they yeeldeno nourifhment to mansbodie, but that whichis gtoflerawve, andcolde. 1159 ibewithoutlife, vntill they fecle the heateofthefunne, andthen they creepe, and feeke to flic for that toth, nce according to the foylearid climate: mt gteatnes,as thofe inthe fertill grounds. se The time. The little erai vpon the ftonie mountain ; s, begintoappee pense Southwe vindesdo blow. The owe and areripein Iune,togit fi Gimme nein them, which receiuing! e bythe - £ the funne, do foorthwich rs, theybe killed keepe the of e igenc iddil nec: vnlefic much ano of Butterflie) nes or berries which growe a Be tice oe fhaking themtogither,as kldome ne orub hath his leaues alwaies green te new comeyp intheirplace. e beripe, they berip ! verylate hefore before they re Acornes be ot Tihenames. : i The Scarl a4 :in Latine J Greeke in called kes Soe sin Were ¢ later writers Mex Coccigera, OF the ee lanefTCole franca fiEnglbinanes Weaa ne ich chriften it by Toads I Jolme Oke, ecnieia = follow might becalled thok a But this slex, as well as thofe ply Of. : YorHuluer, Hulner ss Baal ae “G77 holy or hedge te from the Galled Ho} ot Holly. Oke, fordifference one,Holly, and Huluer, i fhrub Eff fff 2 The ‘ |