L>IB.J 



Of the Hiftoric of Plants. 



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although you (hou Id fay Viriqncrcu$,zt GA^zrpomfethitptVere gutreus, the true Okc. Wc 

 may name it in Engli(h,the tamer Oke-tree : in FrmcbjChefoe: in Dutcb,<£pfketlbOtmu 



The fruit is named in Greeke i^r: in LzzlncfiUm : in high Dutch,© efje! : in low Dutches 

 ^ : in Spani(h,Bf##f«tf .- in ItaIian,C/;/W<r : in Englifh, Acornc 3 and Mart. 



The cup where in the Acorne ftandcth is named in Grcckc W-» V, i s /W*/ %&gincta % inbU third 

 booke,4 2 chapter teftificchjfayingjOw^^r^ is the hollow thing our of which the Acorne grow cth: 



u : in (hops, CapalagUndti : in Englifh,thc Acorne cup. 



in Latine, Calix glaniis 



^J 77* Temperature and Vcrtucs. 



The lcaucs, barke, Acorne cups, and the Acorncs themfclucs, do mightily bindc and dry in the 



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ch is voder the barke of the rrcc, and that next. 



the third dcgrcc,being fomewhat cold withal!. 



The beftofthem, faith Galen, is the thin skin vvhi , ^ 



which licthneerc to the puIpc,or inner fubftance of the Acornc^all thefe ftay rhc whites, the reds, 

 (pitting of bloudand laskes: thedeco^ionof thefc is giucn^ot the pouJcrol them dried, for the 

 purpofesaforcfaid. 



Acorncs if thevbeeaten are hardly conco&cd, they yceld no nourishment to mambody,but C 



that which is gro(U',ravr,and cold. 



Swine arc fatted hcrcwith,and by feeding thereon hauc their ficfh hard and found. D 



The Acorns prouokc vt inland arc good againft all vedome and poy fon, but they arc not of fuch E 

 a (lopping and binding faculty as the leaucs and barke. 



The Oke apples arc good againft all fluxes of bloud and lasks,in what manner focitcr they be ta- F 

 ken,but the beft wav is to boile them in red winc^and being fo prepared, they arc good alfo againft 

 the execfltucmoifture and fwcllingof the jawesand almonds or kernels of the throat. 



The decoftionof Oke Apples ftaicthwomensdifeafes, andcaufcth the mother that i s falnc G 

 downe to returnc againe to the naturall place,if they do fit ouer the faid decoftion being very hot. 



The fame fteeped in ftrong white wine vineger,with a little poudcr of Brim ftone,and the root of H 

 lreos mingled togetbcr,and fet in the Sun by the fpace of a moneth,maketh the ha ire black c,confu- 

 meth proud and fuperfluous flefh, takcth away lun-burnidg, frccklcs/pots^thc morphcw,with all 

 deformities of the face, being wafhed therewith. 



The Oke Apples being broken in funder about the time of their withering, docforefticw the fc- 

 quclloftheyeare, as the expert Kcntifh husbandmen hauc obferued by the liuing things found ia 

 them rasiftheyfindean Ant, they foretell plenty of gtaine to enfuerifa white wormc like a Gm- 

 tillor Magot,thcn they prOgnofticate murren of beafts and cattell 5 if a fpider, then (fay they) wc 

 fhall bauca pcftilencc or fome fuch like fidcenelfe to follow among ft men : thefe things the learned 

 alfo haue obferued and noted ; for Matthiolus writing vpon Diefcoridcs faith, that before they hauc 

 an hole through them, they containe in them cither a flie, a fpider, or a wormc ; if a flic then warrc 

 infueth,ifa creeping worme^hen fcarcitie of vi&uals^if a running fpider,then followeth great fick- 

 nefTe or raortalitie. 



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HAP. 33. 



Of the Scarlet Ofy. 



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A Lthough Tbtephrajlus hath made mention but of one of thefe Holme or Holly O kes oncly, yet 

 **hath the later age fet downe two kinds thereof- one bearing the fcarlet gxain,and the other on- 

 ly the Acorn.-which thing isnotcontrarie to Diofiorides his opinion for he intreateth of that which 



bearcth the Acorne, in his firft booke,among /&* or the Okcs : and the other bee defcribeth in his 

 fourth booke,vnder the title ***** e*v**, or Coccus Bapbicc, x 



^ The Description. 



THe Oke which beareth the Scarlet grainc is a fmall tree s in manner of a hedge tree, of a rneane 

 bignefle,hauing many faire branches or boughes fprcad abtoad:whereon are fet leaues, green 

 abouc,white vnderneath,fnipt about the edges 3 and at euery corner one (harpe prickle, in man- 

 oetof the fmoother Holly ; among which commeth fometimcs,but not often,£mall Acorncs,ft^ - 

 <hng in little cups or husks, armed with prickles as (harpe as thornes, and of a bitter tafle. Beit j^ 

 the Acornes,there is found cleauing vnto the wooddy branchcs,a certaine kind of berries*** *** 

 a nexcrefccoce,of thefubftanceof the Oke Apple,and of thebigneffeof a Pcafe, at the Br « * ^ 



and of the colour of allies when they be ripe, in which arc ingendred little MtSff**' ° * to 



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