the Hiftorie ofPknts. ' 7^7 



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Of the Myrtel tree. Chap.xxiij, 



T^zxt is notD ttuo fojtcs of sp^^feU, f Ije one calleD i%t great 

 0; common ^trteU)t|)e ot^er t^t fine 0; noble ^tM^* 



}i> The defcription. 



1 npi^e great £pt>;f ell ut a fmall f reegrotomg in tljts country 



1 totiie{)etg|}tofaman,tuttl)manrMncf)e0couere&tDttb 

 blacktl^ leaueieijtn fal^ton ant) qaantttie almoU like tlje leaner of 

 perininde: amongd tjDl)ic[] leaue£((in a W rearon)tt)ere is founD 

 in tlii0 f oanf re^ fatrc tuljite anii pleafant flotoertf, not muci) tn^* 

 Ithe tt)f fiotoerst 0^ blolfom^ of ttje C^errie %xky bvA romeU)f)at 

 fmaller* 



2 2D!)e fmal oj noble mirf el ts a little lotoe plant in p:opo^tion 

 anti making not muct) tnlthe tbe oti^r , but mncb fmaller* W^t 

 leanes be fmal and narrotD^Qnaller ano l^aigbter, 0^ narrotoer 

 tben tl;e leaue0 of Bore , of colo; not fo blac^il^ a^ t^e leanee of 

 tbe greater mv?tel SClje floiuersbe alfo tDbite,notbins Differing 



from tbe otber^jfauing tbat tbe^ be (brnto^at fmaller, ano fom* 

 times in leaned mo^e Doible. 



3 0lfo t^ere is nolo founD a feinbe of 9^^ jtell tobofe leaues be 

 greatettjtubif b be almoll as large as tbe leaues of periuincle,cal^ 

 Ceo in JLatme Pcriuinca, in all tljings elfe lifee to tbe otljers* 



^Theptace. 



SDbe sp^i^ell tr& oj bufl?, groluetb Plentifully in ^paine anD 

 3ltalp about /15aple0,3it grotoetb not in tijts tountrep, but in t^t 

 garbens of cerfaine ^erbo;iaes, tlje tubirti do f«t it in paniers 0; 

 balfeets, ano \3!iit^ great be^D ano Diligence tber p;efcrue it flrom 

 tbe colD of tointer : foj it cannot inonre tbe colje of tbis Coun^ 

 tre j?.2Dbe fmall mp^tell is mo;e common in tljis countrc^ , ttian 



tbe greater* 



^ The time. 



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2:be sp^:tel tree flolDtetb bat fclDome in tbis Couritrep,ercept 

 fcmtimes in atjeri? bot fommentben it flotojetb in 3"nf > ^»^ 

 out bearing eitber fruiteoj (eebe. 



^ The /tames. 



W^ Spp;tell is caineD in<S>mUtf*-?^y^- in J^tineMyrtus : bv 



