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Show a, ah Cemetias te 1484 Of the Hiftory of Plants, Lis; 3. Lis.3. Darke and wanedleaves of ble the Vile Lindenor Listesees Linetree, are ofat , giv1¢ bancisna emperate heat,fomewhat drying anj 2 aftringent, q The Vertuese A The leaues ofTi/7a boiled in Smitheswater witha piece of Allomand li fores in childrens mouthes. Rete adie see 8 Theleaues boiled vntill they be tender :; and pouned very y fmall withh hogsgreafe, andthe pox: {mall with der of Fenugreeke and Linefeed, takeaway hot fwellings and bring i ft ‘ being applied theretovery hot. : aos oe I ¢ The floures are commended by diuers againft paine of the head proceeding i of a cold caué againft diffineffe,the Apoplexie,and alfo the falling fickneffe,and not onely cheHees but thei ftilled water thereof. The leaues ofthe Linden (faith Theophy ; arevery fw i cattle: the fruitcan be eaten of none, erat) to very Lies ae be a fodder for moft kindeof Ths Bees Mm Potornie flows nother Oo et cee forts of Homnat. Som ae A COOP nee aaa Se be eae € (Disccyiusetns Cuar, 118. Of the Maple tree. Ex Acer maid. Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants, 1485 whichare great, broad, and cornered leaues, much like to thofe ofthe Vine, hanging by long teddith talks : the floures hangbyclufters,ofa whitith greene colour; after themcommeth vp long fuit fafkened together by couples, one right againft another, with kernels bumping out neerero theplace in which they are combined: in all the other partsflat and thin like vnto parchment,or embling the innermoft wingsof grafhoppers : the kernels bewhire andlittle, 2 There isa fmall Maple which doth oftentimes cometo the bignes ofatree, burmoft com- . monly it growethlowafter the maner ofa fhrub sthe barxe ofthe young (hootshereofis likewife fmooth;the fub tance ofthe woodis white,and eafie to bewrought on:the leaues are cornered like thofeof the former,flippery,and faftened with a reddith ftalke, but much leffer, very like in bignesand {moothnesto the leafe of Sanicle, but that the cuts are deeper: the floures be as thofe of theformer, greene, yet not growingin clufters, but vpon fpoked roundles:the fruit ftandethby twoand twovpona ftem orfoot-ftalke. q The Place. The {mall or hedgeMaple groweth almoft euery where in hedges and low woods. The great Maple isa ftranger in England,onlyit groweth in the walkes and placesofpleafure ofnoble men,whereit efpecially is plantedfor the fhadow fake, and vnder the name of Sycomore tees : @ The Time, \ Q Thefe trees floure about the end of March, and their fruit isripe in September. t 2 Acer minus, The great Maple, ee eee SE q The Names, This tree is called in Greeke epirteune > in Latine, Acer : in Englith, Maple,or Mapletree, The great Maple is called in high Dutch, Avorne,and ngaldetcherne: che French men, Grand The leffer Maple. Erable,and Plafne abufiuely,and this is thought to be properly called opidayes s but they are far decei- ADS EEN| pes IS ued that take this for P/atanus,or the Plane tree,being drawneinto this errour by the neereneffe of the French word. for the Planetree doth muchdiffer from this. # This is now commonly(yet not lightly)called the Sycomore tree, And {eeing viewill haueit fo,I thinke it were notvnfit to callit thebaftard Sycomore. + The otheris called in Latine, Acer minor : in high Dutch,upat{holder:in low Dutch,Booghout: inFrench, Erab/e : in Englifh,{mall Maple, and common Maple. @ The Temperature and Vertues . What vfe the Maple hath in medicine wefinde nothing written of the Grecians,but P/iy in his 14. booke, chapter affirmeth,that the root pounedandapplied,is a fingularremedy for the paine ofthe liuer, Serenws Sammonicus writeth,thatit is drunke with wine againft the paines ofthe fide, Silatusimmeritum morbotentatur acuto, Accenfumtinges lapidem ftridentibus undis. Hinc bibs = aut Acerts radicem tundis,cy una, (ms vino capis: hocprafens medicamen habetur, Thyharmeleffe fide if harpe difeafe inuade, Inhiffing water quench a heated ftone: This drinke.Or Maple root in pouder made, Take off in wine,a prefent med’cine knowne, ——__ er Cuar.1ig, Of the Poplartree. @] The Kindes. . Herebe diuers trees vnderthetitle ofPoplar,yet differing very notably,as fhall be declared in G The Defcription. é Pitt great Maple is a beautifull and high tree, with a barke ofa meane {moothnefie: the fis ftance of the woodis tender and eafie toworkeon; it fendeth forth on eueryfide very 74°? goodly boughes and branches,whichmake au excellent fhadow againft theheateof the Sus; whic the defcriptions.whereofoneis the white,another the blacke,and a third fore fet downeby Phin Whichis the Afpe,named byhim Zybica,and by Theophraftus,Kerkis : likewife there is another Of Metica,or of the Indies,which is not to be foundin thefé regions of Europe. liiiii 3 ame |