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Show 1356 Of the Hiftory of Plants, Lis, 30 & i Be 30 they call Coccalus,and Strobilus,as we hauefaid before ,that thefe arenamed in Grecke aimu;, This apple is called inhigh Dutch,Zpabels in low Dutch,40ijnappels in Englith,Pine apple,Clogoe 2 and Cone. q The Temperature and Vertues. A B c The kernels of thefe nuts do concoa and moderately heate,being ina meane betweene coldand hot : it maketh the rough parts fmooth,it isa remedy againft an old cough,and long infirmities of : the cheft, being takenbyit felfe or with hony,orelfe with fomeother licking thing. It cureth the Ptificke,and thofe that pine ‘and confume away through the rottenneffe of their lungs : it recouereth ftrength; ir nourifhethand is reftoratiue to the bodie. It yeeldeth a thicke and goodiuice, and nourifheth much,yetis it not altogether cafe ofdigg: j ftion,and therefore it ts mixed withpreferues,or boyled with fugar. The fameis goodforthe ftone in the Kidneies,and againft frettings ofthe bladder,atid {calding ofthe vrine,for it alayeth the fharpnefle,mitigateth paine, and gently prouokethvrin es Moreouer,Ns it increafeth milke and feed,and thereforeit alfo prouoketh flefhly luft. D Thewhole Cone or Apple being boyled with fre(h Horehound, faith Galen, and afterwardsboi: led-againe witha little hony til the decoGionbe cometo the thicknefle ofhony,maketh anexcel : lent medicine for the clenfing of the cheft and lungs. £& Thelike thing hath Diofcorides;the whole Cones, faith hee, whichare newly gathered fromthe trees,broken audboiled in fiveet wine are good for an old cough, and confumptionofthe lungs,if a good draught ofthat liquour be drunke eueryday. F Thefeales of the Pine apple,with the barke.of the tree,do ftoppe the laske and the bloudy flixe, they provoke vrine;and the deco@tionofthe fame haththelike propertie, ~ OFthe Eliftory ofPlants. 1357 q The Defcription, I THe firft kinde of wilde Pine tree growethvery great,but not fo highas the former, be- ing the tame or manured Pine tree; the barke thereofis glib : the branchesare {pread a- broad,befet with long fharpe pointed leaues: the fruit is fomewhat like the rame Pine tree, with fomeRofine therein, and fweet offmell, which doth eafily openit felfe,and quickely falleth from the tree. 2 The fecond kinde ofwilde Pine tree groweth notfo high as the former, neitheris the ftem growing ftraight vp,but yet it bringeth forth many branches,long,flender,and fo eafie to be bent of boned,that hereof they make Hoops for wine Hogs-heads and Tuns:the fruit ofthis pineis grea- ter than the fruit ofany ofthe other wilde Pines. 3 Thethird kinde of wilde Pinetree groweth ftraight vpright,and waxeth great and high, yet not fo high as the other wilde kindes:the branches do growlike the pitch tree:the fruit is longand bigalmoft like the fruit of the faid Pitch tree; wherein are contained fmaltriangled nuts,like the quts of the Pine Apple tree,but fmaller,8 more brittle,in which is containeda kernell of agood tafte,like the kernelof the tame Pine apple:the woodis beautiful,and {weet of{mell,g0od to make tables and other workesof, 4 There is another wilde Pine ofthe mountaine, notdiffering from the precedent but in ftature,growing for the moft part like a hedge tree,wherein is the difference. 3 Pinus{ylueftris montana. 1 h The mountaine wilde Pinetree, 4, Pinus montana minor. The {maller wilde Pinetree? Cuar. 42. Of the Wilde Pine tree. I Pinus fylucftris. The wilde Pinetree. 2 Pinus{jlucftris mugo, The low wilde Pine tree. 5 This kinde of Pine,called the fea Pine tree, groweth not abouethe height ofwomen,ha- ting leaues like the tame Pine tree,but fhorter: the fruit is of the fame’ forme,butlonger fome: i anne likea Turnep: this tree yeeldeth very much Rofine. + Bayhine iudgesthis allone 1th the third, + : fi...be fixt kinde ofwilde Pine being one ofthe Sea Pines,groweth like an hedge tree or fhrub of the Larchtree, but alwaies ‘ldome exceeding the height ofa man;with little leaues like thofe “ontinuing with a verylittle cone,andfine {mall kernell. 7 7? Thebaftard wilde Pinetree groweth vp to ameane height ; the take ox bodie, asalfo the ’ branches |