8 00 The fixt bookc of 



01 tiiapt of a tree Ctje Giixtte ano b^attcfies of tW 3Bap are uH* 

 Di(^,anb fomcttmcsUer^ reo,atto tobeii tl^e^Ujare olDe,tI)et) are 

 b^olone reu* ne leanes be like to t^e ot^eris , (^nmgtbat t^ei^ 

 be mo^e teniier ano (bft,anD as toell flneUtng as t^ie otiier* 



ii,The place. 



^at srotoet^ plentifully in ^patne anD tlje like fiof (ountrteic;, 



in t^is lotoe Count rei? tl)ci? plant it in garfiens ann Defend iA in 



t^e tDinter time from coU) toitl) great Dili6ence,(amng Zealand 



ano b^ t^e ^ea fioe in faltifl^ grounfies: fo j tfeere it grotoetb toel 



. 0f bis otsne acco^De,ant) ^\st^ not in tlje tointer feafon,a0 iX Dot^ 



in ftoeete grounoe^* 





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SC^be HBa^ tree Icofetb not bis leaues , but abibetb greene botb 

 fointer ano fommer* 0nD about ^arcb q% 0pnlt it puttetb fo^tb 

 netu leaues ano fp^inges, it bnngetb fco^tl; no fruit in tbe loloer 

 <I£^ermanie, but in d^nglanD it bearetb plentte* 



^Thcftames. 



I Cbe Ba^' & f aileb in ©rake ^iv»- in Jlatine, Laurus : in bigb 

 ^oncb y iLo.:beerbaum : in bafe 0lmaine r Haurus bcm : in €nf 

 gilfte,ba^o^ ilaurcU tra, 

 « ibefrnite is calleb in 3latine,Iauri bacae : in CSnglilb , )15a|? 



berries : in iFrencb>%^-f. oj Grawes de hmrier: in bigb B>oucb> 

 3lo;besren : inbafe Blmaine, HBaheleers. 



\^' The catife of the name. 



SCbe 515ap tree is raUeD in dSreeke ^^m, bp t}^t name of a pong 

 ^impbe, calleD SDapbne tl^z bangbter of llabon, ano tbe eartb, 

 tnbom tbe €^0D ^poljo Ioueb,anb T»as mncb enamdureb of ber,fo 

 tbat be foUotoeb ber euerr Inbere fo Iong,tbat at t\fz laff be take 

 Into of ber ano belb ber fait, "Bnt (be not otiierlsife able to anoiD 

 tbe importunate fuite of HpoUo , fobainelp calleD fo; fnccour of 

 Iper motber tbe eartb , lobo pretentli* openeb anD ftualloiDeD 

 in berDaugbter jBDapbne, anbin tteebe of ber b^ougbt fffljtb a 

 faire 51Bat? SEra. OTben 0pollo fatoe tbis cbange,be loas mncb 

 adonieb, ano nameo tbe ^res SDapbne , after tbe name of bis 

 beloneD B>apbne,anD toske a b;ancb tberof anD thiti&i a garlanD, 

 0^ cap,anD fetit on W beaD,Mberbp from tbat time %it)^zttQ t}^z 



^ai7 W^ ^i^ continneb as a token of p^opbeCe, f iB oeDicateD to 



japoUo, 



