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Show that are the feeds,the which being fowen,do bring foorth plants,round bodied, like vntothetrunke of other trees , with leaues placed thereon like the other ,which being fet in-the ground bring foorth trees of leaues,as we haue fhewed, %& The place. This plant groweth in all the rra& ofthe eaft and weft Indies, and alfo in the countrey Norem: bega,sowcalled Virginia,from whenceit hath beene brought intoItaly, Spaine, England, and other coontries: in Italyit fometimesbeareth fruite, but more often in Spaine, andneueras yetin England; although I haue beftow ed great paines andcoft inkeeping it from the iniutie ofour cold climate, It growerhalfo at Saint Crux and otherplaces ofBarbarie, Xalfoinan Tland of the Mediterra- neanfea called Zante, about a day & nights failing with a meane winde fromPetrafle a porttown thiswood or defarc of trees, is hard to be knowne fromthe children, t diewhich three men can{car fely fathom about: vponthe braunches w ; andwrinckled, in fhapelike thofe of the Quincetree, greene aboue 4 swhitith | h id colo a awajuth : a fruit the foorth come widerneath,whereupon the Elephantsgelight to feed: among which leaves ofthe bignes ofa mans thombe, in fhape like a fmall Fig,but ofa fanguine or bloudie colour.and f afweete tafte,but not fo pleafant.as the Figs of Spaine:notwith{tanding good to tobe cacen pe caten, ale ood they are elainethey o a a : snd withall very holefome, great ftore of ubftance; from / before remembred, did {ee not onely in Morea, wheremyferuant Wsiiam M thofe trees made of leaues, bur alfo diuers other rounde bodiedplants,ofa wor whence he brought me diuers plant places to the endtorecciue thereby the freth coole aire that entereth theratsas al{o & Pmiicnstls chink tora js : i on theymay {ee their cattle chat feedeth thereby, to auoid anyd either by the enimieorwilde beafts : from whichivaulrorclofewaike, doth . Sea on ire Ras pes au rableeccho,ot an{weringvoice(if one of themfpeake vnto another witha lowdevoice refound or anfwer againe fower or fiue times,according tothe hei ; anfere , andthatfo planly, that it cannot be knowne.tromthe voice it felfe Arbor Goa,fuse Indica. eof in tubs ofearth, veryfrefh and pteene formygarden, ThearchedIndian Fig tree, where theyflourifhedat the impreflion heerof. %& Thetime. This wonderous tree groweth in diuers places oftheeatt Indies,efpecially neere ynto Goa, and alfo in Malaca,itisa ftranger in the molt parts of the world, Thefe plants do growgreene andfrefh both winter and fommer; bythe relation ofmy forelaide of feruantshotwithftanding they muft be very carefully kept in thele countries fromthe extremitie s The names. winter, in his 21. This isthoughtto bethe plant called of Péinie Opuntia, of which he hath written % Thetime. fiveete,anditisto booke 17.chapter in this maner;about Opuns is the herbe Opuntia,to mans tate a city be maruelled that the roote fhould be madeofthe leafe,andthat it fhouldfo grow. Opunsis called in This tree keepeth his leaues greene winter and fommer. % Thenames, but itis commonly neere vnto Phhocis in Greece,as Panfanias,Strabo,and Plinieteftifie: as teftifierh Belomins: in Latine Ficus Indica: of the Indians Tuve, and Tunas, andalfo Apapallus, Englifh IndianFig tree. : ; in his fourth booke, Lhereis a certaine other defcribed for the Indian Fig tree by Theophraftus, words, but tutfame the almoftin which Pényin his 12.booke 5,chapter,doth eloquently exprefle ned into Latine , whereof we intendto {peakein the next Chapter. * Thetemperature andvertues. facultie ofthis plant, Wehaue no certaine inftru@tionfrom the ancients of the tempera ture of more knowle know dge,oe owne our of write to whereof lled This tree is called of thofe chat haue traue z nd Arbor Goa Fig,a n India ,the Indica Ficus place where it groweth 1n gr te The temperature am dwertues, changedtheir vrine tothe colour of blond, who at the fight thereof haue ftoode in great doubto by experience, to be ey theirlife, thinking it had beene bloud,whereas it prooued afterward fromthe iuice ofthe fruit, and that without a elfe but the tin@ure or colour the vrine had taken hurtor griefe arall. e ers of Jongcont It is reported offomethatthe ivice ofthe leaues is excellent good againft vic nuance. 3%: The defeription. wrice of the emperati We hae néthing our owne) of tree, s ofthi s or vertue others,i neitherhatle we receiued from generally caren, ane that the fruic heereof is but ra without anyhurt atall, nourifhing, Chap.129. i tog yellowith barke Tai His rare and admirable tree is very great, flithe secouered witha and jou > ee ‘ol long, tough, very many, are branches and boughes the ; tawnie to and weake, een thole very long in fhort fpace,as dothe twigs of Oz: rs,andthofe fo long in fue a nat anches grow and roote take they where ground, the thereofhang downe andtouch greatnes , docat : ag whereas twigs become great trees; and thefe being growen vp to the like se Indians 40 and twigeie tendrels ynto the earth,whete theylikewife take hold androote; DY flyvex d: it commeth topaffe that ofone tree is made a great wood.or defart oftrees, which avereavaull gree" theyare wherewith funne, he heateoft extreme the againft vfe for covierture byadire Jine along walke,or asit¥ hrovgh fome likewife vfe chemfor pleafure,cutting downe ¢ arched . maycall itin Englifhithe orofthe fruit thereof: neither haue we any thing eatenliberally of the fruite heetof, thatit a then that we hatie heardreported by fuch as haue Of the arched Indian Fig tree. Paes Figs are inuitonedwith certaine {calyleaues like a ctowne,wherein are alfo conteined final grains HISTORIE OF PLANTS, 133 : ‘ loope holes or window part,aya ftom whic throughthe thickeft ps hich alfo they cut certaine resin fome ny THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE 30 Of eA dams Apple tree. Cbap.1 I defeription. % The y.¢ 'Y> verl r a treetreet prope? Hetherthis plant maybe reckoned fora whereo*! nce fta fub bie rer and t fof table, confidering the o theheigoht of fixe orHes feauen cust when it hath attainedt g e atone ftroke wit pated eo.; a Mans th; ‘thigh. notwithitanding it may be cut down! land allo edTT ar 3 1330 below,and bigger aboue,ofa greene colour, {tuffed full ofa red. pulpe andiuice,ttaining thehands of themthat touch it,as do the Mulberies, with a bloudyor fanguine colour : the top of which |
