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C h a p . 43.- Of the Fine or Deale Tree. 



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He Firrc tree groweth very high and great, hauiag his leaues cuergrecne , his trunkc or 

 body fmootbjeucrund ftrai<>ht,w.thout toynts orknors.vnrill ir l.arh on,r, n k~ ~xZ 



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2 There is another kindc of Firrc Tree, which Is likewife a very high and tall trce,and higher 

 than the Pine: the body of it is ftraight without knots below, waxing fmallcr and fmallereuen to 

 the very top : about which it fendeth forth boughes, fourc together out of one and the felfe fame 

 parr of the body,placcd one againft another, in manner of a^bffc, growing forth of the foure fides 

 of the body, and obferuing the fame order euen to the very top : out of thefe boughes grow others 

 «Ifo,but by two and two.one placed right againft another, outof the fides which bend downevvards 

 when the other bearc vpwards:the leaues compaffc the boughs round about,and the branches there- 

 of: thev be lons.round.and blunt DOinred.narrow/r.and mnrh whif/»r than »v.«r« ^r »u„ r»:.._t. t w 



-_._,, -o--r>-- — »— ■— -— ~ «w.w» oount. «.uivui . Luc wuiits ur ciogs oe long, and 



ipngcr than any othersof the cone trecs:thcy confift ofa multitude of foft fcales,they hangdowoe 

 rrotn the end of the twigs, and doc nor eafily fal 1 downc, but remainc on the treea very long time ■■ 



the kernels in ffiPip am I mall nnr<rrc»arr>r rhan t\\P Imnnle aj" rU^r^u-.. :_ a ..• i u: n rw ikitl 



tnc kernels in thefe are (mall, not greater than the kernels of the Cherric ftone, with a thinoc 

 growing on the one fide, very like almoft to thewingsof Bees, or great Flies: the timber* 



ftanceoi the wood is whitc,and clad with many coats,! ike the head of an Onion. 



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