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Show 1348 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. _— Cuar.37. Lesigh Lins Of the HlitoryofPlants # 2 This growestotheheight ofatall man, hauing leaues deepely diuided on the edges like the Oke, andthey are green aboue,but 3 Galla minor. Of the Gah tree. The little Gall tree. hairy and hoary below: it carries a great Gall q The Kindes. ofthe bignefie of a little Apple , and that in great plenty, & without any order. This groweth in diuers parts of old Caftile in Spain, and in al] the mountainous woods about Viennain Auftria.$ F trees that bring forth Galls there be diuers forts,as may appeare by the diuers formes and O forts.of Galls fet forth in this prefent chapter, which may ferue for their feuerall diftinai. ons, whereof fome bring forth Acornes likewife, and fome nothing but Galls : the figures offomefewofthetreesthall giue you fufficient knowledgeofthe reft : for all the Acorne or Mat 3. trees bring forth Galls, but thofe trees whofefigures we hauefet forth do beare thofe Galls fit for medicine, and to thicken skins with. ’ The leffer Gall tree differeth not from the former, fauing that it is altogether leffer : the fruit and Gallis likewi(e leffer, wherein e- Diofcorides and Galen make but twoforts of Galls ; the onelittle, yellow,full ofholes,and more fpongie in the inner part, both of them round,hauing the formeofa little ball, and the other mooth and cuenontheoutfide fince, the laterwrirers haue found moe, fome hauingcertain|it- fpecially confifteth the difference. q The Place. The Galls are found in Italy, Spaine, and tle knobsfticking forth, like in forme to the Gall, which doth alfo cleaue and grow withoutflalke tothe leafe, There is alfo found a certaine excrefcence ofalight greene colour, fpongicand wa. terie, in the middle whereofnowand then is found little flie or worme:which foft ball in hor Bohemia, and moft of the hot regions, @ The Time. The Gall,faith P/izy,appeareth or commeth forthwhenthe Sun commethout of the figne Gemini, and that generally in one night, eountries doth oftentimes becomehard,like the little fmooth Gall, as TAeophraffws faith. $ 2 Robur,fine Galla maior altera, Anothergreat Gall tree. 1 Gala,fine Robur mains. The great Galltree. 549 a f The Names, The Galltree is called Quercas, Robur, and Galle arbor : the Gall is called in-Greeke wari: : the A pothecaries and Italians keepe the name Galla for the fruit : in high- Dutch, @atopffel s in low- Dutch, Galnoten: in Spanith, scatha Gillsand Bugatha : in Freneh, Noix deGalle : in Englith, Gaules,and Galls. @ The Temperature and Vertues, The Gall called omphacitss, as Galen writeth,is dry in the third degree, and cold inthe fecond: A itisayery harth medicine,it faftneth and draweth togetherfaint and flacke parts,as the ouetgrowi¢Sin the lef: it repelleth and keepeth backe rheumes and fuch like fluxes, and doth effe@ual- Wvdy vp the fame, efpecially when they haue a defcent into the gums,almondsofthe throat, and oliplaces of the mouth, ' ; Theother Gall doth dry and alfo binde’; but fo much leffer, by how much the harth or choking uilitie is diminifhed : being boyled, beaten, and alfo applied in manner ofa plaifteris laid with Wod furcceffe vpon. the iriflammations. of the fundament,and falling downe thereof: it is boiled “water ifthere be need ofalittle aftri tion ; and iriwine, efpecially in auftere wine,if more need require, Gills are very profitable againft the Dyfenterie and the C celiacike paffion,being drunk inwine, © “the pouder thereofftrewed vpon meats, Gallsare vfed in dying atid colouring of {undry things, and in making ofinke, D Laftofall, burnt Galls doe receiue a further facultic, namely to ftanch bloud,andare of thin B pats, and ofa greater vertue to dry than be thofe thatare not burnt: they muft be layd vpon hor Dttaing coles vnitill they cometobe thorow white, and then they are to be quenched in Vineger “wine, Moteouer, Galls are goodfor thofe that are troubled with the bloudy flix and common lJaskes, ‘intaken in wine or water, and alfo applied or vfed in meats: finally,thefe are tobe vfed as oft as teed tequireth to dry and binde. F Oke Apples aremuchofthe nature of Galls, yet are they far inferiour to them,andofleffer G tee, + On ays He Gall tree growesvp toa fufficient height, hauingavery faire 2 ap Pa dae . ntstdidh Athoeont oF Faberndmntaiiie 3gave the Fizures of fonrteene varigrigs Of Galls ;fome beingig large,, 3 larg | The Deferiptias. crank orbodyswbet broad,: ane me onare placed long twiggy branches. bringing forth very faire eae Jchoug! Whi rToence, ae fort come ich amongwh : ofafaw ked.in the edgeslike the teeth and likewifea sence — fort! the figure expreffe not the fame, like thofe ofthe Oke,or bunches onthe ones “8 re OF we namethe Gall, hauing certaine {mall eminences fomtimes they grow at ae anotheh moft part yponthe flender branches without ftalks,and . follid in one countrey which bythe heate ofthe Sun are harder, greater, and more Thi 2 at. andclym foile accotding tothe Y Cornered, bs 5 a ‘ cher fall ; Come round, ochers longith, and othey |