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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. t_Cerri minoris ramalus cumflore. A branchofthe fmaller Holme Oke with floures, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, - Lis. 3 bringeth forth oft rimesa certain fnoor, kinde of Gall not altogether vnprofit able, This Oke likewife bringethforth another kinde ofexcrefence,which the Grauerhath omitted in the figure, whichis called in Grecke ede: Gaza nameth it Penis. This Penis or pricke is hollow,moffie, hanging downehalfea yard long, like a long rag of linnen cloath. 2 eneelin oaCae SMUT aE Oziar, whereupon do grow leaues like thofe of the precedent, but Jonger,andlittle or nothing indented about the edges : the fruit growethin fuiall cupsas the Acornes doe: hey are Jefler than thofe of the otherkinde,as is the reft ofthe tree, wherein is the chiefeft difference. + Thisvarics inthe leafe, (as you may {ce in the figure) which in fomeis fnipt about the edge,in other fome not atall. 1. 2. Suber latifolium & anguftifolinm. The Corke tree with broad and narrow leaues. The fecond is altogether like the firft, fauing that this bearethfmaller A. cornes , and the whole tree is altogether leffe, wherein confifteth the difference, + Both this & the former cary floures cluftering vponlongftalkes, likeas in the common Oke ; but the fruit dothnot fic. ceed them , but growforth in other places. q. The Place, This Oke growethin vatoiled places,it is feldome. times found, and that but in Woods onely : it is for the moft partvn- knownein Ttaly,as Pliny reporteth. @| The Time, They bring forth their fruit or Acomes in the fall ofthe leafe. q The Names. : This Oke is called in Greeke-anie): in Latine, Cerrus : yet doth Pliny make mention bothofe#igélops, and alfo of Cérru ‘Anibal is likewife one, of the difeafes o! corne, called in Latine Fe/tuca : in Englith, wilde Otes, and far differing from the tree Agiaps. That which hangethfromthe boughs, Pliny ,lib.16.cap.8.calleth Panus onely : thatacotnetrec named «£¢z/ops bringeth forth Panos arentes withered prickes, couered with whitemoffie iags hanging downe, not only in the barke, butalfo from the boughes,halfe a yard in bigneffe, bearing 2 fweetfmell,as we hauefaid, among ointments. q] The Temperatureand Vertues. Wefinde nothing writtenofthe facultiesof this tree among the old VVriters, neither ofP ou owne experience. q The Place. , ate Itgroweth in the countrey of A quitania,neere to the moumttainesealled Pyrensei: it a oxre tthplentifully inthe kingdomesofSpaine,differing fomewhatfromthat en \ Me cclareth; ir is likewife foundin Italy, and that in the territorie of Pifa,with a longer lea ts an tharper pointed ; and about Romewitha broader, and cut inthe edges like a faw, and rqugher, as Cuar. 36. Of the (orke Oke. Matthiolus teftifieth. I He Corketree is of a middle bigneffe like vnto Zlex, or the barren skarlet Oke, ‘a with a thicker body,andfewer boughes; the leauesbe for the moft part greater,01o? der, rounder, and morenicked in the edges: the barke of thetreeis thicke,vely Ms ged, and full of chinkes or crannies that cleaueth and dididerh it felfe into pieces, which they be taken awayin duetime do giue place to another barke growing viiderneath, which ° the old is remoued is marvellous red, as though it were painted with fome colour: theAc ftandeth ina cup, whichis great, briftled, rough, and full of prickles: this Acorneis allo gentor binding, more ynpleafant than the Holme Acorne, greater in one place, andlefle 19° ther. gaa 2 The Corke tree with narrow leaues erowethlikewife to the height and bignefle of 2 § tree; the trunke or bodywhereof is coulered witha rough and fcabbed barke ofan ouerworn : kith’colour, whichlikewife cleaueth and cafteth his coat when the inner barke groweth 10% thicke: the braichésare long, tough, and flexible, eafie to be bowed any way,like or ' e. | The Tim Theleauesofthe firft are alwaies greene in Spaine and Italy, about the Pyrenzan mountaines «| The Defcription. : "ey fall away in Winter. q The Names. aes Sn This tree is called in Greeke om’: in Latine Suéer : in French,Liege - in} Italian, ‘ee fame Names do alfobelongto the barke : the Spaniards call the tree A/cornoqut' : the eo oe ee Otke tree . and the barke, Corchade Alcornoque ; whereupon the Low-countrey menand Eng *enalfo do call it Corke ; and yet it is called in low-Dutchalfo wlothout, q| The TemperaturcandVertues. This barke doth manifeftly dry, with a binding facultie, om . Peing beaten to pouder andtakenin waterit ftancheth bleeding in any artof the body. The Cotke which is taken out ofwineveffels, faith Pay/us, being burnt, maker Pies which do migh- lilVdry, and atemixed in compofitions diuifed againft the bloudy flix. patcat thins Hi. Corke is atfo profitable for many things : iris vfed (faith Pliay) about the rf SFA fo andto top veffels with - and in VVinter for womens thooea,which Se ectae rad gr s day: fifhermenhang this barkevpon thewings oftheir nets4o¥ 1¢ar Haxers put it in fhooes andpasitoffes for warmineffe fake, CHAP. |
