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Show Fraxinws. The Ath tree, % The defiription. 2 The common Setuice tree groweth likewife to the height ofa great tree, witha ftraightbodi , : % The place, The Ath doth better profperiamoitt places, ofa brownith colour, full oftranches, fet withlong difplaicd leaueslike the former, fauing th theyarebroader,and not fo long: the flowers are white,andgrowintufts;which beingfallen, there as about the borders of M come in place thereof {mall round berries, browne vponone fide,andreddith towardsthe face ” Be The tim The leaues’ aid kei anvnpleafant tafte in refpe& ofthe former :in which are containedlittle blackith kernels, ; %& Theplace. The firftis called in Greeke 64, and én: in Latine Sorbus: in high Dutch Sperverbaum : inlow Dutch Soagbenbaowm ; in, French Cormier sin Englifh Seruice tree, andof{ome after the Latines Sorbe tree. The commonSeruicetree isnamedofPlinie Sorbus torminalis: in high Dutch Qrefiel, Elthe fel,and Giver Sperwerbaum? in Englith common Setuice tree. The berries or fruite of the Seritice tree is called vr, or aor: in Latine Sor bum :in high Dutch Speierling, Spozonfiels in lowe Dutch Speher: in Italian Sorbe,and Sorbole : in French Cermes in Spanith Seruas,and Sorbas: in Englith Seruice,of fome Sorbe Apple. % The temperature and vertues. Seruice berries are colde and binding ; and much more whenthey be harde,then whentheyare milde and {oft ;in fome places they are quickly foft , either hanged ina place whichis notaltogither colde,or laide in haie or chaffe : thofé Seruices are eaten whenthe belly is too foluble,, for they ftay the fame; andiftheyyeelde anynourifhmencat all,the {ameis verie lictle,groffe,andcoldjand therefore it is expedient notto eate ofthefe,cr other like fruites, nor to vfethem otherwife thenin yess medicines, Thefe do ftay all manerof fluxes oftlie belly,and likewife the bloudy flixe;'asalfo vomiting they ftanchbleeding if they be cut and dried in the funnbefore they be ripe, and.fo referued for Vie: thefe we may vie diuers waies according tothe maner ofthe greefe and ereened part. foorth in Aprill and Maie,yer is not the { efore thefall = The names. This tree is called in Greeke weafe: and of diuers ase: in Latine Fra n-high Diitch Cichernbaum, Elchernbalts, and Steviier Chernin low Dutch Efithen,and Eftchenbam: in Italian Fra/izo:in French Frejme+in Spanifl Frefa0,F fh Affi tree, ‘Thefruite like vnto cods is called of the Apo th palferinags 2 man may name itin¢ ke yroreer it is-termed in Englifh Athkeies , andof tome Kitekeies, : %& The temperatureand ve. Pee The leauesandbarke of the A cate dtic, A andstioderatelyhor; the feedis hot and drie in the fecond degree. Theiuice of the leaves , or the leaues them. B felues being appliedor taken with wine, do cure the bitings of vipers,as Drafcoridesfaith, athe ferpents dare notbe C The leaues of this tree ate offo great a vertue againft ferpent fobolde as totouch the morningand evening fhacowes of the rec, bur {hunneth them a farre ff he ferpent being penned ins %Plinyreporteth inhis 1 6.book 1 3.chap. He alfo affirmeth thar the re then ome neere to boughes laide rounde about , will fooner runne intothefire, if an theboughesof the Atthsand thar the Ath doth flowerbefore the fe oughes;the ferpent will fooner runneinto the fire thenintothet its appeere , and doth noe oughes, teliein nature that the Afh'fhould flower beforethele ferpents appeere,ans cle with wi hin the cire le ' d not calt his leaues be } He Afh alfois anhigh and cal tree;icrifeth vp with a ftraightbody;now andthen ae thicknefle, commonly of a middle fife, and ts couered witha fmoothbarke : che sAgochs! white,finooth,hard,and fomewhat roughgrained: the tender brariches ne pit sheold be new growenvparefet with certaine ioints,andhaue within a white andfpungie pit pee oe) boughes are woodie throughout , and be without either joints or pith : the leaues hee 4 winged, confifting ofmanyftandingby couples, one right againft another ypon ne wofwhich the vppermoft ofall excepted which ftandeth a etal tov, oras Theophraftus{aith 4 euery particular oneis long ,broade, like to a Baie leafe,butfofter,& ofa lighter Benes hatd fothe fwecte {mell,and nicked round about the edges : otit of the yoongerfort ofthe boug} ws cods).25it ferting on of the Jeaues, growe foorth hanging togither manylong , narrow ane ertaberte 1 were like almoft to divers birds toongs, wherein the feed is petficed,which isofa bi rootes be many,and grow deepe in the ground, Fraxie of Iris a woonderiull cur fore theybe gone againe, Bothofthem,thatis to fay,the learres andthe barke, are te ported. to ftop the belly oiled with vineger and water,do flay vomiting, if the belaide vpon the ftomacke %& The defeription. vetfome woulde haueitcalled Orzece/offum ; others make Ornus or the wilde Ah to be Orneogloflum> tafthis leaues before they be gone agaitie. belet c ent | 1 daferp Wewrite (faith he) vpofi experience; that hat ififif firean erp ent befet OfthecAfh tree. Chap.t03. wes, and river fides.themin dry gro nd Thefe trees are found in woods and groues in moft places ofEngland. There be many {inal trees thereof ina little woodea mile beyondIflington from London: in Kent it growethin greataboundance,efpecially about Southfleete,and Graues end. % The time, They-flower inMarch,and their fruite is ripe in September. % Thenames. B. , ] } F ; and being s of theI drunke, do open the {topping _ Theleaties and barke ofthe Ath tree, boiledinwine: » make G ust and fpleene,and dogreatly comfort them. ing from, time to time, Goth oftheAth tree taken in wine ech morn , Thtee orfower leaues Moféleane that are fat,and keepech themfrom feeding,whi vrine,increale _theleede or Kitekeies of the Athtree prouoke and drunke. Aiyluftefpecially being powdred with nutmegs os De api 7 Fd hg naturar is 1 doa! HWoode is profitable for manythings being exaltedby epee Greeke there beeen in Beate, as P4xje writeth. The fhiuers or {mall peeces Stinkeare faide to be pernicious and deadly,as Diofeartae nt , ee whichis made with theathes ofthe barke cureth the _eis ofthe skin,as p//nyteftifierl, 0000 3 am, being hother like K Of atet4d Ta98 Se . BL HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE Betroenae 1288 |