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Show 606 Lhé Corolla rietathis Orchard ierae : grater st Prouence in France,infomeof their. hedges,.yet she faith it is neglected in the naturall places, andto be of no vfe with then : neither doc] heare that it is applyed to any Phyficall vfe with ys, but (as Lbefore {aid) itis prefer. ued with divers as an ornament toa Garden or Orchard, byreafonof his euct greene leaues, and red berries among them, being a pfeafant {pecatle and fitto be brought into the forme ofan hedge,as onepleafeto leadit SE SUT aE E }.VRE Lhe Corollarie to this Orchard, long beds ina Garden, being a maruailous fine ornamentther eunto , inregardit both growethJowe, is euer greene, and by cutting may whatmanereuery one pleafe, as I haue before {poken morelar beekept in gely. Sa 1g. Sabspa. The Sauine tree or buh, — HH rr. Taxas. The Yewetree. He Sauine tree or buh that.is moft viuall in our country, isa ftiall lowe buh nor fo high asaiman inany place, norfo bigge in the femme ortrunkeasa mans are, with many crooked bending boughes and branches, whereon aie fet many fiiall; fhort, hard, and prickly leancssof'a darke green colour, ftethandgreen both Winterand Sunimer: it is reported, thatinthe, naturall placesit beareth {mall blackeberrics, like yatoluniper, but with vsit wasneuer knowncto beare any. ; He Yewe tree growethwithys in many places to bee areafon able great tree but in hoter countries mitich bigger, couered-with a reddith gray {caly barke ) the younger branches are reddifhJikewife » whereo leaues, that is, many narrowlong darke greene leaues, feron n grow many winged bothfidesofalone ftalke * or branch, neuer dying or falling away, but abiding on perpetu elderboughes: the Aowers are {mall, growing by the leaties ally, except it beon the ) Which turne into round red betries, like vnto red Afparagus berries, intafte fwweetith » witha little bitterneffe, and caufing no harme to them forany thing hath been knowne ia our country," | The Vie of Sauine. Itis planted.in out-yards, backfides, or voide places ofOrchards, as well to caft clothesthereonto dry, as tor medicines both for men and horfes's being madeinto anoyle, it isgoodto angoint childrens bellies for to kill The Vfe of the Yewetree. the Wormes: and the powderthéreof mixed with Hogs greafe, to annoint Ieis found planted both inthe corners of Orchards, and aghinft the wiadowes ofHoufes, to be bothia thadowand an ornam ent, ‘in being alwayes Steene, and to deckevp#Honfes in-Winter : but ancien t Writers ‘haue ever reckoned itto be dangerous atthe leaft, if not deadly . the running fores or fcabs in their heads ; but beware how you giueitin- Wardly tomén, women, ofchildren?’ It is often purinto fortes drenches, “tohelpétocure them ofthe bots, and other difeaics. 14. Paldurus, Chriftsthornes"*: (12. Baxas. The Boxetree, { He Boxe treein fome placesisareafonablet alltree’, yet growingflowly ; the trunke or body whereof is ofthe bigneffe ofa mansthigh, whichisthe biggelt that euer I faw: but fometimes, and in ‘other place s it groweth much lowet, vfually not aboue ayard, ora fes,andin the Orchards | Ts thorny fhrttbbe (wherewithas it isthought; op Saniour Chrift was crowned, bacaufe'as thofe that hatic trauell¢d through Paleitina’ and fudza, doe res portno other thorne doth growtherein fo frequett, ‘or fo aptsro be writhed) rifeth infomieplaces toa rcafonableheight, burif our country feldome exteedeth height 6Fa man, bearing many flender branches, full of lcayes’.” fet! on either fe ¢ thereofSie by ore, which are fomewhat broad ‘and roupid)yet pointed, and ful - veinies, thicke fet alfo with fall thornes, euen atthe foort of cyery brant i, “ atthe Foote ofeuery leafe one ar two,fomeftahding vpright, others 2 Hitelebend 1g downes Bese aba, Buxus anybys. heads or berries, with foure horhes within them: There is another kinde hereofbut lately cometo, our knowledge y whichdif hot in any thing from the former > Dit th onelythat all the Ieaues hane'd yellowfere lif of gard aboutthe edgeofthemon thevpper lidesand none onghielower which maketh Buses Buses b bnmilis, - oe pai ntIl andisthetefore called gilded Boxes...) aueyct ak * f anot Dwarfe Boxe, fore ora foote highher kinde of Boxe) growine{mmall and lowe, norabouchalfes atthe moft, yalei beneeleced oe San aka ali tle more fhrubby, bearing thelike leaues, butfi €pergrcene colour : I could neuer know naller, according to th@eroiwth, and of thatthis Kindecuer bore floyer.or fetil eg itis propagated by flipping the root : e; whichencreafeth very much, \ (\ ; = a The Vic of Baxes” 6 Nw “i re HE The wood ofthe Boxe trecis vied'in many-ki urners, beeaufeitis hard, clofe, andfirmesan ndés-of finall worksamong dias fome haue faid,the roots — Much more, in regard of the divers»waues crooked veldes running through it. It hath no Phyficall vfe among theand mott and heft Piyyfitians,al though fomehaue reporte d it toftay fluxes, and to be as good.as the woad Guaiacum, oy Lignum vite for the French difeafe. The leaues and brani ches ferue both Summes-and Winter. to.decke vp-honfes sand-are many Umes given to hotles for the bots: ™ Theloweor dwarfe Boxé is ofexécllent vfeto'border a ypaknot, % the . ; on the flowersare fmalland yellow, ftatiding forthe moft parr at the ane fhe be ches; ihany growing vpon along ftalke, which afterturneint} route } m peta fhelly fruit, “yet coucred with afoft fethy skinae, within euredate edema: ; three hard,{mall,and browne flat feeds,lying in fetcrall ee f renee fallaway euery yeare,and {pring forth afrefh againe the next ‘May fo ee oe td ~ rity and beauty ofthis fhrubbe, but chiefly (as I thinke) the name hath caule c be muchaccounted of with alllouérsofplaatsy . TheVfeofChriftsthorne: Wee haue fo fewof thefe fhrubbes growing io our COM ear eithat are; doe; for any thing 1 can vallerftand, newer pease! areas ; ae thereisno other vfemadehereofthento delight the gr it pee ~ 5— etainly ‘teceined for thel Patiarus of Didfcorides and I sears -10) C08 Ol)1 thought alfoby ‘Matthiolasto bethewery truc Reams ferés9s yy thethe opiniondss sheldyby, t the! opihiond radiGurhe! i us alfo feemeth to contradic | wirides,: Matthiol as Revadom of Mompelier,and othetsjthat it cannotbe the ae e a or ane ophraftus. Ivisheldtobe effectuallto helpeto breaketh bladder,reinésjand kidneyes:the leaves and patois — : gentquality, and goodagainft poyfonsandthe bitings of ferpents. a i idti 185s Barix) |