a Lhe Corollarie to this Orchard. 599 z 
circle as with agarland,the headsof the liuing,and to fticke and ache) forth 
the bodies of the dead : fo that fromthe cradleto th . 
66 we laure G4 needeof it, the cradleto the graue we haue ftill vfe 
The berries likewife ferue for ftitches inward, and for paines outward: 
that come of cold eyther inthe ioynts, finewes, ae other iy ~ 
a9 ie Laurea Cerafus, fine Lanrivs Virginians: The Virginian Bay, 
or Cherry Baye. Lg 
; His Virginian (whether you will callita Baye, ora Cherrie, ‘ora Chertie Bay; 
| Ileaue it to cuery ones free willandiudgement, but yet I thinke I may as well 
B. callitaBayas others a Cherrie, neither of them being anfwerable to the tree; 
which neyther beareth fuch berries as are like Cherries, neither beareth euer greene 
leaues like the Bay: if itmay therefore bee called the Virginia Cherry Bay foradi- 
- {tin€tion from the former Bay Cherry chat bearett faire blacke Cherries, it will more 
fitly agree thereunto, vntill a more proper may beimpofed) rifeth vpto.be atree of a 
reafonable height, the ftemme or bodie thereof being almoft as great as amans legge; 
_ fpreading forth into,diuers armes or boughes, and they againe intodiuers fmall bran- 
ches, whereon are fet without erder diuers faire broade greene leanes, fomewhat like 
ynto the former Bay leaues, but more limber and gentle, and not fo hard in handling; 
broader alfo, and for the moft part cndigg ina point, butin many fomewhat rour d 
pointed, very finely notched ortoothed about the edges, of a bitter tafte, very neere 
~ refembling the tafte of the Bay leafe,buroflittle or no fentat all, either greene ot dry- 
ed, which fall away euery autumne, and {pringafrefh euery yeare : the bloffomes are 
{malland white, many growing together vponalong ftalke, fomewhat like the Bird 
Cherry bloffomes, but fmaller, and come forth at the eads of the young branches, 
which after turneinto {mall berries;eaery one fer in a {mall cup or huske,greené at the 
firft, and blacke whenthey areripe, of the bigneffe of afmall peafe, ofa {trong bitter 
rafte,and {omewhat aromaticall withall,but withoutany flefhy fabftance like aCher: 
at all vpon it ; foritis altogetherlikea berry. doares rs 
The Vie of this Virginia Cherry Bay. 
Being a ftrangerin our Land, and pofleffed but of a very few, I doenot 
heare that there hath beeneany triall made thereof what properties arein 
it : letthistherefore futfice for this ptefent, to haue fhewed you the defcrip- 
tion and forme thereof, vatill we can learne further of his vies. Lig 
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3. Piw. The Pinetree. 
of the reft that follow, but of that onekindeis planted in many places of our 
Land for ornament and delight, and there doth reafonably well abide : ‘take 
it therefore into this Orchard, for the raritie and beautie of it,though we hauelittleo- 
ther vicof it.. ‘ ae . 
The Pine tree groweth with vs, though flowely, to avery greatheight inmany 
places, with a great ftraight bodie, couered witha grayith ew the younget 
branches are fet round about, with very narrow long whiti ill 
away from theelder, but abide onthe younger, seine both winter and fummer al- 
waiesgteene. It hath growing in fundry placeson the branches, certaine great hard 
wooddy clogs (called of fome apples, of others nuts) compofed of many hard wood- 
dy {cales, ‘or tuberous knobs, which abide for the mof part alwaies greene inour 
M: purpofe inthis place isnotto fhew you all the diuerfities of Pine trees, Or 
Countrey,and hardly become brownifh,as in other Countries, where they hauemore ps 
heat and comfort of the Sun, and wherethe {cales open themfelues; whereinarecon- 
-d white long and round kernels, very fweete while they are frefh, butquickely 
