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Show Chap. 111. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. times perifhing without this preparation. Cato advifes the Buse hand-man to relerve 240 bufhels of Acorns for his Oxen, mingled witha like quaiitity of Beans and Lupines,andto drench them well. But in truth they are more proper for Swié, and being fo made {inal will fattenPigeons, Peacocks, Turkiet, Pheafants, and Poultry : nay‘tis reported, that fome Fifbes feed onthem,elpecially the Yxxthe uy, in fuch places of the coaft where trees hang over Arms of Sea, Acorns were heretofore thefood of Afen, nay of jupiter him- felf, (as well as other produttions of the Earth) tll their luxurious palats were debauched : and even in the Romans time, the cuftom wasin Spain to make a Jeécond fervice of Acorns and Auf, (as the French nowdo of Alarrons and Chefauts) which they likewife ufed to roft under the embers. Fed with the Oaken Maft The aged Trees themfelvesin years furpafs’d. — Et quernd glande reprta AEquiffe annofas vivendo corpora Quercus. And men had indeed hearts ofOak, I mean, notfo hard, but health, and freagth, and liv'd naturally,and with things eafily parable and plain. ri RS) Bleft Age o'th’ World, jut Nymph, when Mandid th y fhade,whence his provifion fell; (dwell Under Saltads the meal : Wildings were the Differt, No Tree yet learn’d byill-exampled rt With infititions frait to fymbolize, Asin an Emblem, our Adulteries. xe Felix ills atas mundi juStifiima Nymphe, Cam dabat umbra domum vivam tua, chm domusipfs Decidua Dominos pa(cebat {ruge qusetos, Solique prabebant Sylveftria poma fecundas Gramineis epulas menfis; nondum arte magifira Arbor Adulteriis praluferat infita nestris, Sc. Couleii PI. L, 6. asthe {weet Poet befpeaks the Dryad But ‘tis in another place where | thew you what this Acorz was 3 and even now Iam told, that thofe {mall young Acorzs which we find in the Stock-doves Craws, area delicious fare, as well as thofe incomparable Salads ofyoung herbs taken out ofthe #amsof Partridges ata certain fea~fon ofthe year, which givesthem a preparation far exceeding all the art ofCookery. Oaks bear alfo a kvur, full ofa cottony matter, ofwhich theyanciently made Wicktortheir Lamps and Cazdles 5 and among theSelectiora Remedia otJo. Prevotiws there is mention of an Oil é querna glande Chymically extracted, which he affirms to be of the longeft continuance, and Jeaft confumptive of any other whatfoever,for fuch lights, ##a ut uncia fingulis menfibus viz abjumatur continuo igne.The leaves ofOaks abundantly congefted on Snow, prefervesit aswell for wine, asadceppit, orthe moft artificial Refrigeratory. Varro afirms, they made Salt of Oak afhes, with which they fometimes feafoned cat, but more frequently made ufe of it to fprinkle among and fertilize their feed-corn : which minds me of acertain Oak found buried fomewherein Tranfilvaniay near the Salt-pits, that was intirely converted into an hard falt, whenthey came to examine it by cutting. This experd- ment (if true) may poflibly encourage fome other attempts for the multiplying of Salt, Ofthe Gal/s is made the ground and bafis of Inks and feveral Dies, efpecially fadder colours, and area great revenue to thofe who have quantities of them. Thevery Asofe of the Chap.III. A Difcourfé of Forett-Trees, the Oaks te Bie is white, coripofes the choiceft Cypreffepowder, which is efteemed good for the head : iliarly vend other Moffes unde r that name, theydaeoe the true Agaric, tothe great feandal of Phyfi leaves decotted in wine, make an excellentS ck, Young red Ouken argle for a fore mouths and almoft every partofthis Tree ig fove raign againit Fluxes in general. ‘The dew that impearls the leave s in May, infolated dae orizes and fends up a liquo r, whichis of admirable effect in Ru, tures: Anda water diftill’d from the Acor Pithifick , Stitch in the fide, and heal as-ate good againkt ae sinward Uleers a the Stone, andr efrigerates Inflammations, being applied with Linnen dip’d therein: nay, the Acorns themfelv worms, provoke urine, and (fome affir es eaten fafting kill the felf. The Coals ofOak beaten and mingm)ledbreak even the Stone it with honey, cures the Carbuncle 3 to fay nothing ofthe Vifco us'ssPolypods,and other Exerefences, of whichinnumerable Remedies are compelled noble 4ztidotesy Syrups, &c. Nay, ’tis repo rted, that the very Shade. of this tree is fo wholefom, that the fleeping a prefent remedy to Puralyticks, and or lying under it becomes recovers thofe whom the mift aken malign influence of the Waln To conclude, and uponferious meditati ut-tree has {mitten ofthis and other trees, we cannot but on of the various ufes take notice of the admi rabl e Aechanifix ofVegetables in general fpecies 5 that by the diverfity ofPercola 5 as in particular in this tions and Strainers, andb ; mixtures asit were of divine Chymifirg, various concottions me thefap fhou ld be fo greenonthe inde leaves fo luftily eftulent for our hardier and ruftick Conftitutinted ons in the “fruit 5 fo flat. and palid in the .4tramen tal Galls as and haply fo prognottick * in the Apple s fo Suberows in the Bark (for even the Cork tree is but a courfer Oak ) fo Oozie in the Tanners p53 and in that i derfully Specifick in corroboratin g the Loins, Back, @c. whichare all but Entrails, ee the gifts and qualities with m ; ny more, thatthefe robutt fons ofth e Earth afford us ; and that in other . fpecific’s, even the moft defpicab le and Parts to usin its rind, leaves, buds bloffows, berri @c. Which hint may alfocarry of Shape, Leaf, Seed, Fruit, Timbe formsthat Philofophers have enum Injuriousfor us to repeat, When Shipsfor bloudy combat we Prepare, Oak affords plank, and arms our Men ofWar s vulgar Elder fi? j Pe dioeeeee Siquando armanda waves, & bella paranda, oe ‘ires.makes plows to till the ground, Belawtnms deslipesfadee armafureri tmber like the Oak is found. Aus ahis ales parva farenturinwae, ne |
