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Show Mathioluswriteth,that the leaues and woodbringeth death euenvnto beafts, and that the poyfon thereofis refifted bythe fame remedies that O/eanderis. H. Ziziphus Cappadocia preuaileth againft the difeafes aforefaid, but the decotionthereofis very good forthofe whofe water {caldeth themwith the continuall ifluing thereof, as alfo for fichas haue therunning of the raines, andthe exulcerations of the bladderandpriuie parts. 1. Aloochorlicking medicine made thereof or the firupe, is excellent goodagainft {petting of ‘ blood proceeding ofthediftillations offharpe of {alt humors, Of the Lote or Nettle tree. Chap.u17. thereis not far fromthe lefler Syrtis; the Iland Menynx, firnamed Lotophagitis oe the dkicat ' : 5 Lotetrees. Strabo in his 1 7.booke aftirmeth that not onely Menynx, but alfothat lefler Syrtis, is faideto be Intophagetis:firtt faith he, liethSyr##a certaine long Land by the name Cercinna, & another leffer called Cercinnitis snext to this is the leffer Syrtis whichthey cal Lotophagitis Syrtis: the comp Ss of this gulfis almoft 1600, furlongssthe bredth ofthe mouth 600,By borh the capes therebe and ipinedto the maine land,thatis Circinna & Menynx,oflike bignes: they think thar Menynxis the & The defcription. He Lote whereof wewrite,is a treeas big asa Peare tree,or bigger andhigher: the body and armes arevery thickes the baike whereofis {moothe, ofa gallant greene colour tending to blewneffe : the boughes are long, and fpread themfelues all about: the leaues belike thofe of the Nettle, fharpe pointed,and nicked inthe edges likea fawe, & dafht hereand there with ftripesota ycllowith white colour : the berries beround, and hang vponlong ftalks like Cherries, ofa yellowith white colour at the firft, and after- wards red,but whé they bexipe,they be fomwhat blacke. & Theplace. This is arare and ftrangetree in boththe Germanies:it was brought out of Italy where there is found ftore thereof, as Mathiolusteftifieth : [havea finall tree thereof in myga den.Thereis likewife a tree thereofin thegatdenynder London wall, fomsetime belonging to M.Gray,an Apothecary ofLondonsandan other great tree in a garden neere Colman ftreetein London, being the garden ofthe here: ueenes Apothecary at the impreffion of,called M.Hagh Morgana ey ofrare fimples. Lhe Lote ae i in Affrike butit fomewhat di see aed att (/Z tnd aS sa Z GE. Ray fhort works: this is there the nature of the tree: thus far P/mie. In the fame place he faith chacek renowmed tree doth grow about Syrtes and Nafamonzandin his 5,booke 7.chap, he homes c coitntrey of the Lotophagos, or thofethat feede of the Lotetrees, of which countrey Homer ma- Lotus arbor. The Nettle tree, iS _ aimies haue beene fed therewith,as they hauepafledtoo and fro thorow Afinke4 aT _ woodis blacke :they vie tomake tlutes anid pipes of it:the roote ferueth forknines haf siodeghal < WY Iralian Lotein frnit,as Plneeinp fot there bein it great plenty of Lote trees, whofe fruit is woonderfull fiveete: Thus far Strabo, This Loteis alfo defcribed by Theophra/fusin his 4 book,he faith that there be very many kinds, whichbefeuered by the fruit:the fruit is of the bignes of abeane,which when it waxeth ripe doth altethiscolour as grapes dorthe fruit which the Lotophagos doeateis fiveete,pleafant,harmlefle & holfomefor the belly but that is plefanter which is without kernels,& ofthis they make cheit wine, This Lote tree as the fame authoraffirmeth, is by nature euerlafting, as for example,the Lote tees wherof P/zay hath written in his 6.booke44.chap. At Rome faith he,the Lotetreein Lwesmat court how much elder it was then the churchof the citie built in the yegre which was without ma~ giltrates 469. it is vncertaine: there isno doubtbur that itwaselder, bicaule Lueema bare the name ofthat Lucws or groue : Hc mune corciter annum so habet.That is elder whichis {urnamedeapellats, orhairie; bicaufe the haire of the vettall virgins was brought yntoit:but the other Lotetree in #4/taschurch,which Romulus built by the victory of tenthes; is taken to be as oldas the citie,as Ataf fe The time. fries witnefleth, _ Theylofe their leanesat the firft approch of winter; and recouerthemagaine in April: the fruic { % The names. stipe in September This tree is called in Greeke oz: in Latine by Pliny Celtis: inItalian Perlaro: by thole of Trent Bigolaro: andin Englith Lote tree,and Nettle tree, se Thetemperature and vertues. The Lote tree is not greatly binding as Galen faithjbut of thir ine parts,andof adrying nature A, aremedie B The decoétion of the wood beaten(mall, being either drun ke or vied glifterwile 5 1s A, ae forthe bloudie flixe sandfor the whites and reds. haire yellow,& as Galen addeth,keepeth haires irom sang D Itffoppeth the lask,and maketh the water, Thefhiuers orfimall peeces thereofas the fame authoralleageth are boiled fometimesin emunes in wine,as neede fhall recuire. Of Italian woodofLife, or Pocke woode, vilearlycalled Lignumvite. Chap.u8. That dothfhewin his 13.booke 17.chapter. © art of Afrike, faith he, that Jiech Oak bringeth forth the famous Lote tree,which they call Ce/#és,and the fame well knowen in a : altered by the foile : itis as big as the Peare tree, although Wepos Cornelzus reporteth "Holme tite ter: the leaues arefull offine cuts, otherwife they be thought tobelike thofe of che asf |higBoe 254 bythe finite: the fruitis There bemanydifferences, but the fame are madeefpecially Beane,and ofthe colour of Saffron, but beforeit is thorowripe,it changethhis co! Grape. Ir groweth thicke in bouhgesafter the manner ofthe Myrtle,notasin Iraliey xe alfo giuen a namie totha ofthe Cherrie tree; the fruit of it is there fo fweete, as it hath and land, wimisho(pitali addenarum obliuione patrre. te t js that thateatcic, The bet Icisteported thattheyare troubled withnodifeafes of the belly keth mention,andthere are certaine monuments tobe feene;and /4/ésaltarand the fruite it felfe: whic! , is ; hedefeription. afaire and beaurifull a Be: afeaig t Talian Lignim vite, or woode ofLife, eet ’ ; gine em barke ee and yprigtit body need oner witha {mooth and datke greene twiggie branches, fet fullofgoodly leaues,like thofeof the Peare® Foleo the branches, iI omewhar stoaden? among which commeth foorth the ftuite, ort f "hoe icine. oil se Roftwithout ftalks :chis fruite is round,and atthe firft greene, burblassit nz roum (antlaa, e rofnfir tt cts o abaltard tties, ofan excellent {weet talte whenitis dried: but this 1sutnore eeksideche ie p S re made,b tae EH De to t I p * Ghaiacumwhereof our bowles and phificall drink esa ed ul op it, who up lop co G ed inthe nm : | ie . r .3 t learne-d d PF FalI Padua,by tha n garden at Tht SESEES found to be pernicious anddeadly. G pak)taeserei =<” tii43 Thelikealfo hath Rhafis. The Beade tree, faith he,is hor and drie : itis good forftoppings of the head,itmakeththe haire longsyet is the fruit thereof very offenfiue to the ftomacke,and oftentimes which hath no kernell, that is thought tohaue a {tone inthé otherkinde: thereis alo nrefle ot : ‘nbari ofita wine,like toa {weete wine ; which the fame Nepos deemethto indure ab betties ftamiped with Alea,to be referued in veflelsasa foode, Moreouer = fea he a IStia= A Sa FE Theiuiceofthe vppermoft leaues with honie isa remedie againftpoyfon, SS ZZSie ae BE HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE THIRD BOOKE OF (THE 1308 |