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Show 40 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, ries and fluxes of bloud,as Encelins affirmes, Cap. 51. de Lapid. co Gen, 3 L1Bi 3. L 18.3, + Carolus Clufiws xeporteththat hee found this bafé or low Oke notfar from Lisbone ofthe height ofa cubite,which notwithftanding did alfo beare an acorne like that ofour Oke-tree,ani that the cupts fmoother, and the Acorne much bitterer, wherein irdiffereth from the reft of his kinde, 2 Quercus vulgaris cum excrementesfuncofis. The common Oke with his Apple or greene Gall, Quercus humilis, 1341 sthough you fhould fay Veriquercus,as Gaa expoundeth ir, or Vere Quercus, the true Olke. We may name itin Engli(h;the tamer Oke-tree tin French,Che/ne : in Dutch, €pehen.boom, The fruit'is named inGrecke sA«inLat ine,Glans : in high Dutch,@fehel in low Durch, Ges adsin Spanith,Bellotus in Italian, Chiande ran Englith, Acorne and Maft. The cup wherein the Acorne ftandeth is named in Grecke. hugan’s, aS. Paulus e£eineta inhis third booke,42 chapter reftifieth,faying,0 mphacis isthe hollow thing out ofwhich the Acorne groweth: y jn Latine, Calix¢landis\vin fhops; Cupula elandis : in Englifhjthe Acorne cup. , j The Temperature and Vertues. nit BersThe eos dwarte Oke. Of the Hiftoric of Plants.) Theleaues,barkeyAcorne cupsjand.the Acornes themfelués,doe mightily bindé and ‘dric inthe A y thitd degree,being, fomewhat cold, withall: ; Thebeftofrhem,faith Galen,is the thia skinwhich is ynder the barke ofthe tree;andthatnext, B which lieth necreft to\the pulpe,or inner fb ftance of the‘Acorne;all thefe ftay thewhites,the reds, fittingdfbloud-andlaskes:: the: decoation ofthefe is giuén,or the pouder of them dried,for the = puipdfestaforefaid. » Acomes ifthey be-eaten are hardly concoéted, they yeeld no noutifhment to mans body, but C : thatwhichis groffe,tain,and cold... Sivinearefartedherewithjand byeeding hereon hauetheir fleth hard and founds + ‘Thé/Avorns prouoke vrine,and are good againft all venomeahd poifon,but they ate not offuch E joe; i afloppingand binding facultie asthe Jeaues:and barke. The Okeapples are good againftall fluxes of blondand Jasks,in what manner foeuer they beta- F ken,batthe beft way: is to boile them in red wine,and being fo prepared,they are good alfo againft theexceffiue moifture and fwellinigof theiawes and almonds or kernels of the throat. The deco@ion of Oke apples ftaieth womensdifeafes, and caufeth the mother that is falne G dovne'to rétnineagaine to the naturall place, ifthey doe fit ouer the laid decoction being very ( hot: Thefame ftceped in ftrong white wine vineger,witha little pouderof Brimftone,and the taor'of H Irss mingled together,and fer inthe Sun by the {pace ofa moneth; maketh the haireblacke,con- fimetli proud and fuperfluouis flefla,taketh away fun-burniiig, freckles, {pots the morphew,withall 7 es. deformities ofthe facey being wafhed therewith. The‘Oke:Apples being brokeniin fonderabdutthe time oftheir withering, do forethew the feqrll ofthe yeare,as the expert Kentifh husbandmen haue obferuied by the lining things found in thm:as if they findean‘A ntstheyforetell plenty ofgraineto infue:1f a white wormelike a Gentillor Magor,then they prognofticatemurren of beafts anceartell ; ifa {pider, then (fay they). wee thall haue a peftilence or fome ftich like ficknéffe to followsamongft men: thefe things the Jear- ned alfo haue obferued and noted; for Matthiolus writing vpon Diofcorides faith; rhat before they ueanholethrough them,thicy:containe inthem cithera flie,a {pidcr, or aworme,if a flie,then Watinfiieth,ifa creeping worme,than fearcitie ofvictuals, ifia running fpider,then followeth great > fickneffeor| mortalitie, There is a wilde Oke which rifeth vp oftentimes to a maruellous height,and reacheth veryfat with his armes and boughes, the body wherofis nowand then of a mighty thickneffe,in compas’ two or three fathoms : it fendeth forth great fpreading armes,diuided into a multitude ofbougi* The leaues are {mooth,fomething,hard,broad, ong, gafhed in the edges, greene onthe vppet fide: the Acornes are long,but fhorter than thofe of the tamer Oke; enery one taftened in his ownecups which is rough without : they are couered with a thin rindeorfhell: the fubftance or kernellwithinis diuided into two parts,as are Beans,Peafe,and Almonds:the bark of the yong Okests fmooth, glib,and goodto thicken skins and hides with,but that of the old Okesis rugged,thicke bard ful) of chops : the inner fub tance or heart of the wood is fomthing yellow,hard and found,and ue older the harder: the white and outwardpart next to the barke doth eafily rot,being fubiect to B® deepe into the car), worme,efpecially ifthe treebe norfelled in due time: fome of the roots grow and otherfome far abroad,by whichit ftiffely ftandeth. q The Place. ; : dothit The Oke dothfcarcelyrefufe any ground, for itgroweth in a drie and barrenfoile,yet ; ies profper better ina fruitfill ground: it groweth vponhills and mountaines,and likewifei oei it commeth vp euery where in all parts of England,butis not fo commonin other ofthe and hot regions. @ The Time. 90 their The Oke doth caft his leauesfor the moft part about theend of Autumne: fome keepe™ Jeaues on, but dry all winter long, vntill they be thruft off by thenew {pring. | The Names. - Temay 3 The Oke is called in Greeke 4s: in Latine,Quercus :of fome,Placida,as Gaza tranflarethit. ians Macedon the ; Rober and , mudion Emeros alfo, {ome Culta or _ be called SatiuaVroana, a Cuar. 33. Ofthe Scarlet Oke. q The Kinds. Uthough ‘Theopbraftus hath made mention but of oneof thefe Holmeor Holly Okes onely,yet | bath the later age fet downe two kindes thereofjone bearing the fcarler grain,and the other on- the Acorn:whichthing: is not contrary to. Diafcorides his opinion,{or heintreateth ofthat which Seareththe Acorne;in his!firfebooke, among ayvse or the Okés ; and the other hee deferibethin his tth booke',vnder the title xaBeptemorCoccus Baphice. q The Defcription . ofa hedge tree,ofa meane Ti Okewhich beareth the fearlet graine is a {mall tree,in manner en Igneffe, hauing many faire branches or boughes {pread abroad :, whereon are fet leaues,gre 4uswhite vnderneath,{nipt about the edges,and at euery corner one fharpe prickle,in manner of often,fmall Acomes,ftanding in ).. Oother Holly : among whichcommeth fometimes,but not the husks atmed with prickes as fharpe as thornes, and ofabitter tafte. Poe «cups or enetthere isfound cleaning vnto the wooddiebranches,a certaine kinde of Larabie ies = thefirft white,an cnicleence,of the fubftance of the Oke Apple,and ofthe bigneffe ofa Peafe,at “Mecolour ofathes whentheybe ripe, in which are ingendred little Maggots, which feeme VYuuun 3 £0 |
