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2 gucrcus vulgaris cum excrement it fungefis. 



The common Oke with his apple or grecne Gall 



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 The dwarfe Oke, 



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There is a wilde Oke which rifeth vp oftentimes to a maruellous height, and reacberh very I** 

 with his armes and boughcs,the body wherof is now and tbeuofa mighty thickenefle, iacomme 

 two or three fathoms : it fendeth forth great fprcading armes,diuidcd into a multirudeofbougbs. 

 The lcaues are fmootb,fomething hard,broad, long, gamed in the edges, grecne on the vpper ude : 

 the Acorncsarc Iong,but ("hotter than thofe of the tamer Oke ; euery one fattened in his ovvne cup, 

 which is rouah without : they arc couered with a thin rinde or (hell : the fubftance or kernel! wi 



in is diuiclcd into two parts,as are Bcans,Peafe,and Almonds:the bark of the yong Oke sis tm ^ 

 glib,and good to thicken skins and hides witb,but that of the old Okes is rugged, thickc ; ,nai ■ > « ^ 

 ^ull of chops : the inner fubftance or heart of the wood is fomething yellow,hard and found, ^ 

 older the harder : the white and outward part next to the barke doth eafily rotating fob f* ^ 

 woTme,efpccially if the tree be not felled in due timerfomeof the roots growdeepe intotn 

 and otherfome far abroad,by which it ftiffely ftandeth. 



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The Oke doth fcarcely refufe any ground • for it groweth in a dry and barres foile, y , 

 profperbettcr in a fruitfull ground : it groweth vpon hillsand mountaines/and Iike ^'f L So uth 

 itcommethvpeuery where in all parts of England, but it is not (o common in otner or 

 and hot regions. *' 



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TheOkedothcafthisleaues for the moftpart about the end of Aurumne:iomeK v 

 Jeaues on,but dry all Winter long,vntill they be thruft off by the new Spring 



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The Oke is called in Greekc<„.', , in Latinv&tmw .-of fome/WM s Ga^v* 1 ._. ._.„,„, 



be called S att^Vrbm^oi Cnlta^ feme riSofywas mutton, and frofar: the M*ce« 



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