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% The Defer ifiton 



. l T^ e fi ' ft kindc °»w»Mc Pine tree growth very grcat,but not fo high as the former bee 



* ing the tame or mannurcd Pine tree : the barke thereof is glib > the branches are ibred 

 .broad, bdec with Jong fharpe pointed lcaues : the fruit it fomewhat like the tame Pine tree with 

 fome rofin therein,and fweec of linell.which doth cafily open it fclfe.and quickly falleth from the 

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g«wu. s iir-ig nc v P ,oiu yet it ormgetn forth man;.- branches,long ( ilcndcr,and focafie to bee bent 

 or bowed that her, t they make hoops for wine bog (head sand tuns:tbc fruit of this Pine iscrca- 

 tcrrhan the fhutofanyoftheorbcrwildc Pines. 6 



3 The third kind* of wild Pine tree groweth ftraightvprighr, and waxeth greatand hieh vet 

 not fo high « the other wilde k indes . the branches grow like the Pitch tree, t! fruit is lott and 

 big,alraoft hkc the fruit of the faid Pitch tree; wherein arcconraincd fmal rrianglcd nuts like the 

 nuts of the Pineapple trec,but fmallcr,and more brittlcrin which it contained a kcrncll of a cood 

 tart like the kernel of the tame Pine apple: thewood is beaut! ful.and lircetof fmcllxood tomakc 

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4 There h another wilde Pineof the mountaine,notdifTaing from the precedent but in fta- 

 turc,growmg for the moll parti ike an hedge trec,wherein is the difference. 



3 PwHsfjlvejlris mentana. 



The mountain wilde Pine tree. 





4 Pitws m$M.iMm:n»r. 



The fmaller wilde Pine trcr 







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. This kinde of Pine,callcd the fca Pine trec,growcth not aboue the height of two men, ha- 

 uingleaues like the tame Pine trec,but (hortcr:the fruit is of the fame form,but longer, fomwhat 

 failu'oned like a Turncp.This tree yecldcth very much rofin. % 5a«&/w iudgeth this all one wirh 

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6 The (lxt kind ofwildc Pinc.bcing oneof the feaPincs.groweth like an hedge tteeorihrab 

 J cldome exceeding the height of a man,with little lcaues like thofcof the Larch t?ee, burafw a y cs 



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