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Show HISTORTE OF PLANTS i sk The defeription. ft 4) THIRD BOOKE OF THE . 1165 aa . ee the later writers haue founde moe, fome haning certaine ‘ He Corke tree is of a middle bignes , like vnto slex, ot the barren featlet Okes bur withs thicker bodie,and fewer boughes :the leaues be for the moft part greater, broader, roun. le . cn i, like in farme tothe Gall, which-doth alfo cleaue and srowe withoue ‘ddl a re foundea cettaineexcrefence ofalight greene colour fpungie ae eit th der,and morenickedin the edges ; the barkeof the trecis thicke , very tugged, and fillof chinkes or cranies, that cleaueth and diuideth itfelfe into peeces , which vnlefle they be taken 0 os rig ¢ whereofnowe and thenis foundea little fic orworme: whic fottball fi rs Herre ace aautsy nines become harde, like the little finooth Gall, as Theophrastus away in duetime, do give place to another bake growing vnderneath, which whenthe oldiste. mooued,is maruellous red, as though it were painted with fome colour : the Acorne ftandeth ina cup which is great, briftled, rough, andfull of prickles; this Acorncis alfo aftringent or binding, és more vnpleafant then the holme Acorne,greater in one plac¢,andlefler in another, The Corketree with narrowe leaues ,groweth likewife to the height andbignes ofagreatttee: 2 the trunke or body whereof is covered with a rough:and {cabbedbarke , ofan ouerworneblackith colour, which likewife cleaueth andcafteth his coate whenthe inner barke groweth fomewhat ni 2 Galle minor; Thelittle Galltree. 1Galls,five Robur maius, The pet Gall tree, thicke: thebranches are long , tough,andflexible, eafic to be bowed any way, like thofe ofthe Oziar, whereupondogrowleaues like thofe of the precedent, burlonger, and little or nothing indented.abont the edgesisthe fruite groweth in fall cups as the Acornes do; they are leffer then thofe of the other kinde,asis the reft of the tree,whereinis the chiefeft difference, %& The place. It growethin thecountrey of Aquitania, neereto the mountainescalled Pyrenzi:italfo groweth plentifullyin the kingdomes of Spaine, differing fomwhatfrom that ofAquitania , as C.Clufius ce clareth: itis likewile foundinItaly andthatinthe territory ofP//a,with a longerleafe,andtharper pointed ; and about Rome witha broader, andcutin theedgeslikea fawe, and rougher, as athiolws teftifieth. %& The time. The leaues are alwaies greene in Spaine and Italie, about the Pyrenzi mountaines theyfall awayin winter, %& The names. This tree is called in Grecke os0::in Latine Saber :in FrenchLiege inItalian Sagaro :thefame the Englih men Cone names doalfo belong tothe barke: the Spaniards call the tree Adornogue, tree; and the barke Corcha'de Alcor moque,whereuponthe low countreymen,and Englithmenallo, do callit Corke ;and yetitis called in lowe Dutch likewife Gathaut. A B__ % The temperatureandvertues. Thisbarkedoth manifeftly dry with a binding facultie, Beingbeaten to powder and taken with water,it ftancheth bleeding in anypart nee of the bodie:the Corke whichis taken out of wine veflels faith Pau/ws, being burnt , maketh afhes which domigh- reg tilic dryjand are mixedin compofitions ,deuifed againft the bloudieflixe, vis Corkeisalfoprofirable for manythings 5 itis vfed faith P/mée about the ankers offhips, C yferemaineth with nga nets, and to {top yeflell with 5 and in winter for womens fhooes, which of finkings a° to this days fifhermen hang this, barke-vpon the wingsoftheir nets for feare fhoomakers put it in fhooes and pantofles for warmnes fake, The defiription. Of the Gall tree. Chap.34- I a. Gall tree growethvpto a fufficient height, having a verie faire trunke or bodies %& The kindes. ; cal ‘ormes? i ; E trees that bring foorth Gals there be diuers forts as may appecr¢ bythe ce aE their feuera flo forts ofGals fet foorthinthis prefent Chapter,which may ferue for : but Gals sthefiguice” asSONS whereof fomebring4 foorth Acornes, likewife,and fome nothingah me Aicine, of the trees fhall gine ;youffficient 2 knowledgeof the reft, for allthe Acorne, = otGals Ma for mem‘ Gals fit thofe foorth Gals :but thofe trees whofe figures we hauefet foorth do beare mort 1 mote and wi ins with, i skins and to thicken na! ; othet the eee full yellow, little, one ofGals,the twoforts but make Galen and Dioftorides of alittle fpungie in theinnerpart: both of them rounde, hauing the forme : " . . . i { all bal s 5 s an och = verie faire leaues , broade, whereon are placedlong twiggic branches, bringing foorth come foortn Acornes, alshich awe? 2EE ra fawe: Ts ‘ ni and paar teethofa the like edges the in tug oe collexcrefcence, Mhich we 5 igure expreffe not the fame, likethofe ofthe Kc ae ¢ te growing 5 > or Be i Pa a P varteenies ot Gall , hauing° certaine le a at grow y fometi alkes, and fi . , !talxes, ane morefolide in one couinereythen er, f whi {lender branches without whic:Patt yponthe : anc harder, greater,f, aun Bpeate ofthe funneare ay Soloe fruice thefrnite lefler: the tate. +1 : igaltovither .charie clyA 2 The} : Ing g to the foile and1 clymate. that it is aleogither eer; ying si aa oe tree differeth not from ere eae i WV: ic leffer,wherein efpecially confifteth the ae. : irere v6 L The prea riteitrTheoretpatsttottyPed THE 1164 |