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Show 3 ‘Tbeatrom Botanicum. Trise Guar, CXXI, Quercus natalitgs Di virens, The Chrifttide greene Oake, Nhe new Forrelt in Hamp/biere neare a place called the Caftle of Matwood groweth anold great =>; doating Oake, which bytherelation of thencare Villagers, is alwayes obferved to fhootforth freth Sp} but {mall greeneleaves every yeare a little before Chriftide, which abide not long thereonafter thar timesbot fall away,others {pringing out inthe due timechat other Ozkes.doe, bearing both leaves 3 ~ and fruic asand ufually tree,went faw other it,and Oakes doen theirfeafon. King Jamesin, his time underftanding of this ZL R TBE17, The Theater ofPlants, tafting like Peafe at the firft, buca little bitter afterw ards, Cuari25.) hofe, relembling an Hipocras or Syrupebagee, fome bes ing twenty two incheslong, others two foot anda halfe long, ‘yet all being very {mall at.the end and growi ng larger up to the toppe,where they were about feveninches wide,and compofed of a number of browni fh threds or haires difperfed all over the cafe, fome running ar the length ture, and fome croffewife by a wonderfull Workeof na- canfed it to be paled about and benches made thereat, both for People to ficand contemplate the wondrous workes of Godtherein, andtokeepe unruly perfons from breaking and {poy- ling itzbut(sitimersnvetitums femper)the more it was intended to be preferved,the more: wilfull people were bent tobreake and {poylsir (being the more famoufed by that provifion ) and breake downe the pales and carry them asSe away. I have had both leavesand Ackornes brought me fromthis tree, taken by Mafter 7ohn Goodier each in their feafon. Cuap, CXXV. o CHap. CXXL Arbor Vevereosftimulos domans, The Chalts makingtree, Etrus de Ofina in his letter to <Momardie maketh mention of a certaine tree growing thetein the Wel Indies whofe timber was of a {pongie-{ubftance-whercof the Indians would never take a fticke to borne, neither by any-meancs, although they were treatnedto death could be brought-to-burne-itor abide whereit was burned, for they faid that whofoever came neare the fire or fame thereof, or whom{Sever the fmoake onely touched, was made utterly impotent and unabled to anyvenereous as, cl B £3 2 Arbor metrofideros, The Iron hearted tree, BEG Caliger maketh mention ofa cettai ne fmal! tree, W922 KyeR ig reported .to grow in the He of Java major , whofe heart or core is as impenitrab le as Tron, fromthe’ bottome to the toppe : and the finir whichit beareth is likewifeas hard, bue the report faith he,is of fo little credit and foneare a falfitie, as lam from beleeving its yet Nicholans Co/tinys in his Iournall doth report the fame thing, Cuar, CXXYVI, CHAP. CXXITI. Arbor Farinifera, The Bread tree, Ome'that accompanied Sir Francis Drake in compaffing the wholé world’did relate chat diathe Itand of Ternate, whichis neare the Equinoétiall line, towards the North pole gtoweth a {trange kinde of tree abourten foot high, whofe toppeis'formed like'anto’a Cabbidge, in the ‘middle whereof is found a fine White meale which the poore landers gather, and by pitting a little water therero 4 and letting it ferment they make paft or dough; whereof they make thinne Rat (quate Cakes, and ~ bakethem in certain long earchen pans,with fireput round about them which they eate while they arc hot,for when theyare erowne olderand hard;they fteepe them in warme waterjand bring them to akinde of Nthe Ie of S#mstra anciently called 73rapobae na Or Taprobana as Thevet relareth itsgrowetha tree not very great, called there Gebuph, andin the Indies Cobbam, whofe leaves are many {mal : <Q\\ <SS\ ones fet otra rib together, fomewhatlikeunto the Caffia folutiva, or parging Caffia leaves, fet on thort branches SS = \ covered with a yellowith barkes the fruit is fomewhat ZX it thicke and as round as aball,/ where under is contained a Z FY rx Nut as pultageand fo eatethem, butthis Cake or bread i¥in a manner’ withoiit ralte or rellifh, ‘but when {ome Pepper big as an hafel Nuc,witha very bitter kernel with- Spell, inicyertafting likean Angellies'reote ; they ul the fruic—7/ ra WHS to quench ftrange bread tree growing inthe kingdome of Fanfur, whofe tranke two men could’ fcarle fadome, the barke Guallin the difeafes-of the Liver and Spleene, wherewich theyare miuchaffided, and therefore draw an oyle or Cinamon with Steatis purthereto, icisa pleafant food to many; but AfarcusPolus'Venetws recordeth a moré vinifera, Arbor Gebuph, The Splene tree of Sumatyiz, ‘Arbor Gehwph,.. The Splene tree ofSushatra. A whereofbeing thicke; and'takem away, the wood‘thereof about three inches thicke in compafie isas hard as Iron being fo heavy tha itfinkethiafantly in water, whereof the natives make them thoit pikes or fpeares fharpening‘and bursing them arthe end,fothat they willbe able to pearee Armour+ butthé whole middle of this tree is foft like unto ameale,which puttingin water and flitting ito take away all the droffe that fwimmeth above, they mould up the'refidence intra takes,and divers orhier forts'of viands fit tobe eaten;"and whereof as hee faith he brought fome with hjinte Kenice. CuareiGKXITLIEL : Arhayfive Palma [accifera. The Bagpe bearing. Nuttree, DUISErtaine Dutch Marriners having bya cafualtie loft their thippe, whereinthey wich others were Y fayling tothe Welt - Indies, in their returne home, in their fhippe boate lighted on a defart Iland fg called Coronopex, wherein they found whole woods full of thefe kindes of ftrange treesy and others 5, growing among them whofe fruits being ronnd Nuts, as bigge as Wallnuts with their greene outer fhell, and within them other ffriafler"Nuts fo round as a ball, and with fo harda thel!, yet not very thicke that they couldhardly be broken with an Iron hammer, anda white hollow Kernell in the — talting thirlt bur the-bitter kernell isthe moft effe- out offthe kernelis of the Nuts, which they-take for eight dayess together; in whichtime the difeafeis much abated and quickly-aftér cured: thofe thateantot by rea- fon of the bitterneffe take it fo willingly,as women and children, itis appointed unto them tobe annointed with the oyle on the belly;back bone and fides, which worketh the cure alike: the {aid oyle js in much ufe with them alfo, and ofgreataccount for the fingular helpeand remedyit giveth to all joynt aches, gouts and the like: the gum likewife ofthis tree being diffolved with a lictle oyte and {pread plafterwife is applyed toithe grieved places with goodeffect. The inhabitants doe plant this tree neare their Honfes intheir Orchards and Gatdens for.to have the benefit thereofnigh at hand. 1647 Artor fivepaima faccifera, The bagge bearing Nur tree, like a Lupine, wereinclofedina long fheathe or hollow 3= 2 sa —<S aS SS =sae Cuwaril2t lagi N |
