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Of the Hiftorie 



Ilex Ctccigcrd. 



The Scarlet Oke. 





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make a gaine of tLm) d oe '"^ ^ 

 heir flying, euen as wee d 0e Bees ^ > f 

 then take and put into a 1 inn„ l' * h,ch &y 

 they fl^^taSS^Sfi'?' * bei 



they beedead . ^ScS^P. ^ddownevnrii 



1 fo /W^ 



diets apart,euen as they were tal-ln £ f? ro 



This Okegrovveth in Languedocke an A ■ 

 the countries thereabout^ Palfo & J' 

 it bearcth not the fcarlet irain in a uT l UC 

 in thofe efpecially wWcSES^ 

 knd fea,and 1 which be fob je A to the fco£ 

 heat ohhe Sun,as CmJckjm mtnefi 

 ? ot there alwaies,for when the tree »«$£ 

 it grams to be barren.Then do the people cut 

 and lop it downe , that after the youVftoot, 

 haue attained to two or three yeares growth it 

 may become fruitfull againe. * ' 



Petrus Bellonius in his books of Singularities 

 iheweth , That Coccus Baphicusox the Sarlet 

 graine doth grow in the Holy land, and Deere 

 to the lake which is called the Sea of Tthtm, 

 and that vpon little trees,whereby the inhabi- 

 tants get great ftore of weal tfa,whofepant the 

 husk s from the pulpe or Magots , and fell this 

 being made vp into balls or lumpcs,muchcb. 

 rer than the empty fhels or husks. 



tenth booke, and fheweth, that the tree 



y r cms graine anu raujawas nam maae mention m his tenth booke, and flieweth, that the tree 

 Which bnngcth forth this graine is not great, and alfogrowcth in Phocis 3 vvhichis acountreyin 

 Macedonia ncere to the Boctians,not far from the mountaine ParnaiTus. 



Tbccphraft„ % T — ,w. . M w 



common Oke : amongft which writers 



great tree,and rifeth vp to the height of the 



* v,u,ijui1 ^-^ ■ «««^ii 5l * "lixvu niuua niw.it rt ic lumcconiranecic. retrus BeuofmsTepQiiciuuH* 



little trce,and Thcopbrajtus a great one, which may chance accordiug to the foile and ciymare 5 for 

 chit vpon the ftonie mountains they cannot grow to that greatnefle as thofe in the kttill grounds. 



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appeare efpecially in the 



:« r.. n . tnaether with the 



Magg 



maggots growing m tucra,wnicn receiumg me oy tne neat ot tne bun,cioe tortnwun nic-«»; v- 

 manner ofa Moth or Buttcrflie) vnlcflc by the care and diligence of the keepers, they be killed by 

 much and often fliaking them together,as aforefaid. 



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The free or 



'cldome before new come vp in their place 



Acornes be very late before they be ripe. 



C T be Names 



The Scarlet Oke is called in Greeke«rW=in Latine,//«f .• the later writers//** Cocc % er fi°[\ tl , e " 

 fir a j in Spanifh, Cofioia . for want of a fit Englifh name, wee haue thought good tocalut dv 

 name of Scarlet Oke,or Scarlet Holme Oke : for Ilex is named of fome in Englifh, Hol^ 

 Jgmfyeth Holly or Huluer.But this 7/«r,as well as thofe that folIow,might be called Holme » 



Hll!ilPrnt«,^.TJ_tl_^, r • •*• /• t_ .«.. _t -_ i_- 1__' 5.-;^/;^ which IS fl^W 



called Holme, HolIy,and Huluer. 



for difference from the fhrub or hedge tree Agrifeh 



■•"•««i.«c,no» y ,anaHuiuer. , - . r n Latine ; 



The graine or berry that ferueth to die with is properly called in Greeke »*'"***:*& it, 

 reus tnfccloriajx Cgccum hfeftorium : Plinn alfo nameth it CufcHlium ;. or as moll men aoc 



that it is likewife named Scarlecmpt JYiagg<" Ml "' K(r0(S 

 ies doe know it by the name of Ckfms.Chcmesfi 



i ne AraDians and the Apothecaries doe know it by the name of Chejmes, UJer r:> 1[c a 

 They are deceiued who thinke that Chcfmes doth differ from Infcforhm Coccum :ittsc ^ ^ ^ 

 tiap,Gr4tio dctinfari ; in Spanifh, Gram de tinclorem : in high Vutcb&tymwW** * 



