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Show The Corollarie to this Orchard. tise prickly onthe edges, efpecially in the young trees, and fometimes onthofe branche thatare young and newly {prung forth fromthe elder rootes, but elfe ina manner il fmooth in the elder growne, abiding greene all the winter as well as fummer, and a of agrayifh greene on the vnderfide.It bearethin the {pring time certaine flender long branches(like as other Okes doe) with{mall yellowith moffie lowers onthem whict fall away,and are vnprofitable, the acornes not growing from thofeplaces butfes others whichare like vnto thofe of our ordinary Oake, but fmallepand blacker and fer in amore rugged huske or cuppe. This and no otherkindeof s/ex doe I knowto orow in all our land in any Garden or Orchard :for that kind with long and narrower leauel and not prickly,growing fo plentifully as Matthiolus faith in Tufcane,I haue notfens and itis very probable to bee the fame that Plinie remembreth to haue the leafe of al Olive ; but notas fome would haneit, that Smi/ax Theophraftus maketh mention of inhisthird Beoke and fixteenth Chapterofhis Hiftorie of Plants, which the Arca- dians focalled, and had the leafe of the //ex,but not prickly : for Theophraftus faith the timber of Smilax is{mooth and foft, and this ofthe Wex is harder, and fironger thenan Oake. ; The Vicofthe //ex or euer-greene Oake. Seeing this is te be accounted among the kindes of Oake (andall Oakes by Diofcorideshis opinion are binding) it is alfo of the fame qualitie,b uta little weaker,and may ferueto ftrengthen weake members.The young tops and leauesare alfe vied in gargles for the mouthand throate, 6 Caprejus. The Cypreffetree. He Cypreffetree thatis nourfed yp byvs,in our Country, doth growin thofe places where it hath beene long planted, toa verygreat height, whofe bodie and boughes are couered with a reddith afh-coloured bark ; the branches grow not {preading, but vpright clofe vnto the bodie, buthing thicke below, and {mall wards, {pire fafhion, thofe below reaching neere halte the way to them aboue,whe vpreon doe grow cuer greeneleaues, fmall, long and flat, of arefinous fweete{me ll, and ftrongtafte, fomewhat bitter : the fruit,whicharecalled nuts, growher e andthereamong the boughes, fticking clofe vntothem, whichare fimall, and clouenint o divers’ ae re whilethey are young, ofaruffetith browne colour 3 Wherein are con- . er oP but not fo finall as motes in the Sunne, as Matthiolus and The Vfe ofthe Cypreffetree. For the goodly proportion thistree beareth, as alfo forhis cuet-green€ head, it is and hath beene of great account withall Princes, bothbeyond, and en thisfide of the Sea, topiant them inrowes onboth fidesof fome {patious walke,whichby reafonof their high growing,and little {preadingy muftbeplanted the thicker together,and fe they giue a goodly,pleafant and {weet fhadow : or elfealone, ifthey haue not many,inthe middle of fome Quaiter, or as they thinkemeete, The woodthereofis firme and durable, or neuer decaying, ofa brown yellow celour,and ef a {trong {weete finell, whereof Chefts or Boxes are madeto keepe apparell, linnen,furres,and 0ther things, to preferuethem from moths,and to giue them agood {mell. _ Many Phyficall properties, both wood, leauesand nuts haue, which here - ~ my purpofeto vnfold, but only to tell you,that the leaues being boy- eece eee, helpethedifficultie of making vrine, andthat the rita inding, fit to bee vied to ftay fluxes or laskes, and goodalfo for 9 Arbatat ~ The Corbllarse to this Orchard, 7. Arbatas. The Strawberry tree. : Te: Strawberry tree growethbut flowly, and 'rifeth-net to the height of any. greattree, no notin France;Italy, or Spainesiand-withvs the coldneffe’of our country doth the more abate his :vigdur, fo thavit feldome rifeth to theheighé ofa man: thebarke ofthe bodyis rough; and {meothin theyounger brariche ss: ithe leaues are faire and greene, very like vito Baye leaies}finely dented ior thipped about the edges , abiding alwayes greene'thereon both Winterand: Summer :the Hawers come forthat the end ofthe branches vpon fongftalkés not clattering 'thickeumeel ther, but in long bunches, and are {mall; white,and Hollow;likeadictle bortleworthe flower ofLilly Conually,, which afterturne inte rough dp rugged:berties 5] reoR ile vnto Strawberries (which hath giuenthe nametothe'tree) fomewhat reddith wien they are ripe, of a harfh tafte ; nothing:pleafanc; :»whercin are céntaitied many-finald feedes : It hardly bringeth his fruit to ripeneffe in ourcountrey ¢forintheitmatarald * places they ripen notvntill Winter, which there is much milder then with svi ‘The Vieofthe Strawberrytree, ‘dios Amatus Lufitanus] thinke's'the firftthat ‘cuértecorddd, that thewater diftilled fromthe leaves and flowers hereof, fhould bee! very powerfull'a- gainftthe plagueand poyfons: for all theancient Writets doe report)-thae the fruit hereof being eaten, isan enemy tothe ftomackeand head..°;And Claufiuslikewife fetteth downes-that at: Lifhbone, and otherplaces in Pors tingall wherethey are frequent, they arechiefly eaten, but of the poorer fort;"womenandboyes, They arefomewhataftringenror binding, and therefore may-well ferue for‘fluxes: It is chiefly nourfed' with’ ys for the beauty and rareneffe ofthe tree; for that it beareth his leaues alwayes green. 8: cdlaternas, The euer greenePriuct, T He treewhich we haue growingin our country called Alaternws, groweth not to bea tree of any height; but abiding lowe, fpreadeth forth many brandhes, whereon arefet diners {mall and hard greene Jeaues, fomewhat ‘round fofthe forme, and endenteda little by the edges : it beareth many {mall whitith greene Mow ersat the ioynts ofthe ftalkes,and fetting on ofthe lowerleanescluftering thickétogether, which after turne into fmall blacke berries, wherein are contained many {mall prairies orfeedes : the beauty and verdure ofthefe leanes abiding fofrefh all theycare, doth caufeit to be ofthe greater refpect , and therefore findcthplace intheir Gardens oncly, that are I curious conferuersofall natures beautics. The Vfe of the energreene Priuet. Ie is feldome vfed for any Phyficall property, neither with vs, nor in the places whereit is naturall and plentifull: but as Clufius reporteth, hee lear* ‘ned that the Portingall Fifhermen do dyetheir nets red with the deco¢tion of thebarke hereof,and that the Dyers in thofeparts doe vic the fmall peeces of the woodto ftrike ablackifh blew colour. 9. Celastrus Theophrasti Clufio, Clufius his Celaftrus, of Tre. Lthough the Colleétour (who isthought to be Joannes Nae d generally bearing Dale{champius name, bepl i I os i ion ofdnacs ofdinersher herbest ince exprefled,Eis appropiate A tists ee Writers dothfirft of all othersaprelation of dix and finding canfeghe to him,and printed at Lyons) ofall our moderne t Writers of point the Ce/a/irus , whereof Theophraftus — amon @ all the ancien plants ce a |