

Lib. 3 



OftheHifforie of Plant 



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Oziar « whereupon do grow Ieaucs like thofeof the precedent, but longer, and little 

 dented about the edges : the fruxt growctb in fault cups as the Acornes doc • thev *„ u<r ,"i " 

 tbofc of the other kind* as is the reft of the tree, wherein is the chiefeft difencc ?S£22 

 in theleafe, (as you may fee in the figure) which in fomc is fnipt about the edge, rnotLr ton* not 

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I. 2. 



Subtr Uti folium & tmuflifoltum. 



The Corkc tree with broad and narrow Ieaucs. 













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«f[ The Place. 

 It growth in the country of Aquitania.ncerc to the mountaines called Pyrcn*i i italfo growth 

 plentifully in the kingdomes of Spainc, differing foraewhat from that of Aquitania, as Clufim de- 

 clarcth : it is likewife found in Italy,and that in the territory of Pifa,witha longer lcafc, and Shar- 

 per pointed 5 and about Rome with a broader,and cut in the edges like a faw.and rougher a as cm at- 

 Wrttoteftifieth. 



K The Time. 



Theleauesofthefirftarealwaiesgreenein Spaine and Italy, about the Pyrenaean mountaines 

 they fall away in Winter. 



^ The Names. 



This tree is called in Grceke •*»*.- in Latine,£*£;r : in French, £/>£? : in Italian, fr^ir* : the fame 

 names do alfo belong to the barke; the Spaniards call the tree ^/ror^^r.theEngliftimcn, Corke 

 tree • and the barke,Or^4 de ^Icornoque^ whereupon the Low- country-men and Englifh-raen alfo 

 do call it Corke • and yet it is called in low Dutch aIfo£J!otl)OUf# 



^J The Temper Attire And Venues. 



This barke doth moftmanifeftly dry 3 witb a binding faculty. 



Being beaten topouderand taken in water it ftanchcth bleeding in any part of the body. The 

 Corkc which is taken out ofwinc vcflcls,faith Fdulus being burnt,makcth a flies which doe mighti- 

 ly dry 3 and are mixed incoropofitions diuifed againft the bloudy flix. 



Corke is alfo profitable for many things ; it is vfed (faith Pliny) about the anchors of (hips, Fi- 

 bers nets, and to flop vcflels with ; and in Winter for womens fhoos, which vfe remaines with •* 

 eucn to this day :fiftiermen hang this barke vpon the wings of their nets for fearfe o[ fmkiag • * Q <* 



ftoo-makers put it in fhooes and pantofles for warranelTe fake. 



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