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long anu bcr^ 5ari>e ffoite m tlje fame, Sitat it ts to be noteD tfjat 

 tlie male palme tree b^mgetli fm^tf) nothing ete buf f fje flotoer 

 02 bloITom tofjic^ tjantl^etl atija^,but t\it female bearet^ frnif e, 

 iDljtcl) aftertDarD commetl) to rtpenes* 



}$. The flace. 



snije E)ate ixk grotoetl) in Africa, Arabia, 3f njjta, ano ^i??ta, 

 31uoea,3no otfjer coiintrtc0 of t^z eaft o^ £D^ienf, 



3{^Thetime. 



n^ pjalme o? SDaf c tr® w altuaies grflme,anD flofe^ef fj in f Ije 

 fp^^ng ttme:but ti}e fruit in ^of countrte0 is ripe in j^uf amne* 



. ;yv 7j&^ names, 



ne SDate o^ palmc tree i£e r alleD in ©rafec <?'<"! = in JLaf in Pal- 

 ma : in ;aimatn E^aDelbomiano tbat i^fb^ hgbf palme. 

 nt fruit is callen in <3ri^ ?o/M|:Phc3enix, ano of (©alen <pw;«a- 



^'\«»f,Phoenicobalanos: in ILafinePaImula:in l^ops Da(Sylus: 



in iFrencl) Danes .- in big^ SBDoucb SDarteleniin bafe aimain,SDa^ 



[,anD SDauen : in Q^nglilb E>ate£ijanD t\}z fruite of tbe palme 



tm* 



if>Th 



SDbe b;ancbe0 anD leaner of the E^ate tree are cobe an^ aUrin 



f 



$ent 



nt fruite is bot anb b;ie ahnoll in tbe feconb begree,anD alfo 

 aliringent,erpectall^ toben it is not ^et tbaougbl? ripe* 



^ The venues. 



Watts be barue of tjtgelfion, tbev ff op tbe ftuer anO t^c miltt ^ 

 f bev engenoer tuinbinea in t\it bell^ ano b^ aoar b , alfo t%t^ ttw 

 genoer grolTe blojoe , efperiaHv f o be eaten gi ane ano ftt% foi 

 isben t}^t^ be tb,iougb ripe,tbe? are not lb burtftiU : i being ioell 

 DigeHed in a gcob ffomacbe,tbe? nourtfl^ inDifferentl^ 

 E>;ie SDates oo ffpp t\}t bellp anb ffat? i)omiting,anD toambling ^ 

 of tbe ff omar fee (efper iailp of toomcn loitb ibilfe) if tbep be laioc 

 as an emplailler to t^st bell? o; Soniarhe , o; if tber bemingleO 

 toitb ptber mtimms ano eaten. 



jaifotbepoorefto^eanottrengtben t^^t feebleneB of tU Uuer c 

 anD milte^to be mingleb \siit\ nieotcines connenient,eitber to be 

 applieo onttDart>lp,o; to be miniftreo ano taken miuaroli?. 



SDbe leaue5 f b;ancbc^ of tb^ E>ate tree do beale green U)ounti0> D 



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