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Of the Hiftorie ot Plant 



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it be come to the thickenefle and clammineiTe of Lime : !a%,that they may clearc it from o^l 

 of barkeand other filth rocfle, they do wafh it verv often : after which they adde vnto it a lit JeovV 

 nrnnt5,and after that do DUt it vo in carrhpn^flTrU ta» "«-wyic 



of nuts,and after that do put it vp in earthen veffefe. 



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The Holly tree growth plentifully in all countries. It growth green both winter and furna 

 c berries arc ripe in Septeraber,and they do bang vpon the tree a long time after. 



% The K.imes. 



This tree or fhrub is called in Latine ^tgrifilttm t in Italian,//™/*,/,,,; and A'mifalh ■ in < 

 +jtzd, : ir i high Dutch ,IIM!DDillcU 1 andof diners fttecpillmcn : i n low Dutch, Dultt 



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^ The TcmpcTAture. 



The berries of Holly are hot and Jry.ahd of thin parts,and wafte away windc. 



^t The Vt> tuts. 

 They are good againfrthecollicke.-fortcnor tweluc being inwardly taken bring away by the 



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is marucllous clammy, it glucth vpalltbcintrails, it flwttcrh and drawcth together thceu* and 

 paflages of the cxcremenrs,and by this meancs it bringcth deftruaion to man, not by any quality 

 ut by his gluing (ub fiance. ' 7 j '• 



Holly beaten to pouder and drunkc, is an experimented medicine aeainft all tb< 

 belly,** the dyfentery and fuch like. 



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fluxes of the C 



t Querent vulgaris CumgUnde&mufctfuo. 



The OTcc tree with his Acoxnesand Mofle. 





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hap. ji< Of the 0(e. 





f The Definition. 



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THc common Oke growcth 

 great tree- the trunk e or body 



of iscouered oucr with a thickc roungh barkc 

 full of chops or rif ts:the armes or boughes are 

 likewifc great, difperfmg themfclues iarrc a. 

 broad : theleaues are bluntly indented about 

 the edges, fmooth, and of a iliiniog greenc co- 

 Iour 3 whereon is often found a mod fweet dtw 

 and fomewhat clammie,and a!fo a fungous ei - 

 ere fcence, which wee call Oke Apples. The 

 fruit is IongjCouered with a browne, hard, and 

 tough pilling, fet in a rough fcaly cuporhusk: 

 there is often found vpon the body of the tree 



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which we call Mi(Telroe,beingeithcr an excre- 

 fcence or outgrowing from the tree it felfe, or 

 of thedoung (as it is reported) of a bird that 

 hath eaten a certaine berry. % Befidcs thefc 

 there are about the roots of old Okes within 

 the earth cerraine other cxcrefccnccs % which 

 Bunhint and others haue called Vnst qntrting 

 becaufethcy commonly grow in clufters tol 



gcthcr, after the manner of Grapes and about 

 their bignes^eingfonnimes round, and orber- 

 whiles cornered,of a wooddy fub <\ance,ho!{o* 

 within s and fometimesofa purpIe,orftenr/?/^ 

 ofawhitifh colour on theourijde:rhe/r r « ,ftc 

 isaftringent.aodvfe finguferia*'* Dyfcnrc- 



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