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Show SS eee HISTORIE*OFSPLANTS, THE THIRD \BOOKE OF THE % Thetime, The fowers appeerein April: the fruite is ripe in theendof Auguft, or in the moneth of § tember. - x» The names. ; Theophratns calleth this fhrub tudes, and defcribeth it in his thirde booke ofthe hiftorie of Plants; diucrs do falfely reade it Amomiymos. Petrus Crefoentins calleth. it Fufanum,, bicaute Spindles be made of the woode heereof, and for thar caufeivis called in high Dutch@pinnel: Daum s yet mott of themipanbalin inlowe Dutch {Sanenbaut + in Iralian Eufaro:in French Fufia,and Bonnet deprefire:io Engliih Spindle tree,Prickwooede, and Pricktimber, x The temperatare anmAvertues. A This Ghrubis burtfull to all things, as Theophra/ius writeth 5 and namely to Goatess the fmite heereofas he fairh,killeth 50 dothe leaues and finite deftroy Goatesefpecially, vnleffethey.{coure as well ypwards as downwards 3ifthree or fower of thefe fruits be giuen ro aman, they purgeboth % The vertues. 2 ivarls Kot? : i As he inner aun heerof ae fed of diners countrimen;who drinke th woulde be purges pitt pe thicke flegmatike humours,and alfo choleric foole,burmany times alfo ey vomite, not without greattrouble and paine inlet r ratler for cini people; and far ciuill hen for clow ore fit fit forfor clownes, thereforean ned) dicine mote then thofe ; oflely,then for daintic people. paral dri bailHaute the dried affitme ethat ie ee s A EAnEe that the is more pentle,and canfeth leffér‘ pairic! + Gieipep ay ntainerh art WEG oe greene batkpitas (fay they) whichis not yer dried,conta neth init a certaine {iperfluous moifture which caufeth gtipings and vomitings,and troubleth the ftomacke. The fame barke being boiled in wine or vinegermaketha lotion for the tooth achsitis alfocom- C mended againft {cabs andfilthines of the skin. The leaues are reported to be good fodder for oxen, efpeciallyforkine’, andto caufe them to D yeeld good ftore of milke, byvomite and ftoole, Ofthe blacke Aller tree. Alnus nigra,fmse franonla, Theblacke Aller tuee. Of the Seruice tree.» (hap:103'" Chap.101. i Sorbrit. % The defeription. He blacke Aller tree bringeth foorth from the roote ftraightftalkes , dividedinto diuers branches:the outward barkewhereof is blacke,and that nextto the woodeyellow, and giueth a colourasyellowe as faffron: the fubftance ofthe woodeis white and brittle, with a reddithpithin the midft: the leaues belike thofe ofthe Alder tree,or ofthe Cherrie tree, yer blacker, andalittle rounder: the flowers be fomwhat white : the fruite are rounde berries , in which appeereth acertain riftor chinke, as though two were ioined togither, atthe firfk greene, aftetbe wards ted, andaft of all blackes in this there onthe twolittle tones :the roote runneth along earth. : ve Theplace. The Aller tree groweth in moift woodsand 2 Sorbus torminalts, ; CommonSeruiicetiee The Setuice tree, coptfessl found great plétie of tina woeda mule ? fromIflington, in the way from thence rowatd therignt vpon Harnfey,lying called village fmall hand ofthe ways &inthe woods at Hamphteet the parts neere London, andin moft woods in about London. & The time. , The leaues and flowers appeere in th in Autun ning of the {pring,and theberries se The names. blacke AlThis fhrubis called Alnusgra, 0! ius der, and othets Frangula rather: Paes ce tus nameth it Anornus ;inlow Durch S Pa : themfelues arrowes heerof: inhigh Dae Hout, and oftentimes PiThaut, bicaufe boiesmake for Butchers Pricke tree. Faulhawm itis called in Englith Aller tree,and ofdiuers 4 % Theremperature. eve Theinner barke of the Aller tree,is ofa purgingand dry qualitie : " ee The de[oription. h to the heightana’ ae Service tree gtowet fer with {undriefn ines or boushes,,which are e of the Al : ¥ sho ike g, lon Ng > settsFomenchat w Medlar 5 he fomethe ies,like bro ‘o{mallynti be foft ll wne theyberr | a whilesand ane i¢n “Wél Qoo00 Brg Aess:aT: 1286 |