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Show T beatrum Botantcum. —Tripe 16 1. Quercus humilis, The dwarfe Oke, Truss 16. Cuars The Theater of ‘Plants, 41337 called Audes, bordering on France, a8 P4ny out of Theophraftus {peaketh of one.in T hurino agro whi Sybarns finit that didnot {pring till Midfommer, and kept the greeneleaves inthe Winter, 2, Hemeri five Robur. The {trong or Gall Oke, : Theftrong or Gall Oke(call it which you will, for both names fit it well, the one from the Latine word Roe bar that is ftrength, and the orher becaufe it efpecially beareth Galles) groweth not fo high or great as the for- mer,but fhorter and more crooked, yet {preadingfaire branches, tet with long leaves like the former, bat more cut in on the edges,and hoary underneath : they flower and beare Ackornes like the former, but not fo plenti- full,and are greater,{tanding on longer {talkes,being {weerer alfo,befides which Ackotnes,it beareth alfo’ round wooddyfisbltance whichis called a Gall; the wood or timber hereofis hardly to be bored. Ofthis kinde there are divers forts fome growing much lowerthen others, {ome having their leavesteffe cut ; in or jagged on the edges, and {ome bearing more ftore of Galles, othersino Ackornesatall, fome againe beare G28: digreat Galles,orher {maller fome knobbed or bunched, others {mooth : forne ofoné fafhion, others of another, and 1/4 of colour {ome white,(ome reddifh, others yellow.and fome {mall and greene,which is the Omphacite, 3. ‘Phagu pve Efculus, The tweete Oke, This fweete Okecalled in Laine Efculus (ab efca vel ab efbecante the Ackorneis the {weeteft in talte, and fitteft to be eaten ofany ) hatha (hort truncke or body in comparifon of the firlt Oke, andlike unto the Gall Oke; growing with thickerand more bufhing branches, full of leaves which are thicker and narrower, and with more feparare gathes,ofa darkegreene colour on the upper fide,and whiter underneath: the Ackornes grow feldome two together on a fhott thicke {talke flenderer, mote pointed and fticking fafler in the rough ptickly.cuppes tothe middle of them,butas I {aid is the {weeteft of any other, comparing with the'Chefnur, whenitisrofted or fod,and in many places in Spaine,ferve for the pooreto feede onas their daily food, and the Rich for junkets ac their tablejas we ule to doe with fruiteof all forts,according to the timeof the yeare,and will as mtich intoxicate the braine as Darnell inbread. There isanocher differing fort hetcof, whofe Ackorne is greattr;and will more ee eafily fall ot of the cuppe,by reafon of the heavineffe of the Ackorne; They have in Virginia a goodly tall Oke, a os whichtheycall the white Oke, becaufe the barke is whiter then of others, whole leafe vecaule itfoneerely tee shera femblech this fweere Oke, I have joyned withit,the Ackornelikewife, isnot onely {weeter chen others, but by ”i gintane boyling it long, it giveth an oyle which they keepe to fupple their joynts. 4. cLgilops five Cerrut mas. The male bitter Oke, J The male bitter Oke {o called of che extreame birterneffe of the Ackornes, feldome groweth neere any habita- ble places, but mot ufhally in great woods,and rifeth up with a tall fltaight body,{préadioglarge armes and branches, wheteon grow thicke long leaves,with deeper gafhes therein then in any orher : the Ackorné is {mall fhore and blunt,and very bitter, almoft wholly covered in therongh flathuske, which is fet with fharpe prickles, of a grayifh Colour : the woodortimber is ftrong if it ftand upright, and durablebcing kept dry, butin thatitis of a loofer {ubftance it quicklyer rottech, yet is a fit fewell for coales and thefire,if ic doe not require any great heateé « Galla major altera lenis, Anothergreat Gall:that is imooth, of the Gall wee. 2. Galla minor. The leffer Gall of the Gall tree. 3. Phagus five Efeulus woftras (°Foliam Quercus albe Virginiane, The {weete Oke, anda leafe of the white Oke of Virginia; - nye Nm \ Ny WEA Se pS yl 7 NR Bayt © —_—_— d fi iV a, S |