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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



is the moft principall,and beft agreeingvnto the nature of man,a$ an excellent cordiaTaadof^ 



plcaiant fmell. 



ery 



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h a p. 4.7. Of the Yew tree. 





Taxtu. 



The Yew tree. 



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of the 



if Tbt Defcrifthn. 



IN ftead of the defection and place 



mentioned by our Author (which were 



not amine) giue meleauetoprefcntyotiwirn 



one much more accurate, fent mee by M r ubn 



Gcodyer. 



Tax us ghndifera bACt'tftriquti 



The Yew bearing Acorncs and Berries. 



He Yew tree that bearcth Acornes and 

 berries is a great high tree remaining a!- 

 waies greene, and hath vfually an huge 

 trunke or body as big as the Oke, couered ouer 

 with a fcabbed or icaly barke, often pilling or 

 falling off,and a yong fmooth barke appearing 

 vnderncathjthe timber hereof is fomewhat red, 

 neere as hard as Box, vniuerfally couered next 

 the batkewitha thickc white fap like that of 

 the Oke,and hath many big lirames diuided in- 

 tomany fmall fpreading branches: the Ieaues 

 be about an inch long,narrow like the Ieaues of 

 Rofemary, but fmooth and of a darker grecne 

 colour, growing all alongft the little twigs or 

 branches clofe together, feldome one oppofitc 

 againft another,often hauing at the ends of the 

 twigs little branches compofed of many Ieaues 

 like the former, but (horter and broader,clofe- 

 ly compact or joyned together : amongft the 

 Ieaues are to be feene at all times of the yeare, 

 fmall (lender buds fomewhat long, but neuer 

 any flouresjwbich at the very beginning of the 



red 



long than 



naie within,andof a fweet tafte,coueringali the Acorne,only leauinga little hole at the rop.wherc 

 the top of the Acorne is to be feene : rhefe fallen, or deuoured by birds, leaue behinde them a little 

 whitifa huske madeof a few fcales : appearing like a little floure,wbich peraduenture may deceiuc 



th 



alwaies haue Acornes and berries on him, for bee hath al waies little buds, which foloonea. 

 Spring yeelds but a reafonable heate, they grow into the forme of Acornes : about the begim 

 of Auguft, feldome before, you (hall finde them turned into ripe berries, and from that rime 

 ru.:n.—m .... , t -" L nth Acornes and red berries. 



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The Yew which only floures.' 

 The Yew which onely beareth floures and no berries, is like the other in trunke >/'^\hTcke 



and Ieaues • but at the beginning of Nouember 

 iet or fraught on the lower fide 

 neere as big, and of the colour 



W 



iwtcre as oig, auu ui uiccoiourot Kadith ieed, ana aoeio continue »« «*»• » *-- Xji fharpep 



beginning or middle of February, when they open at the top, fending forth one iro v m3 



little longer than the huske,diuided into many parts,or garni 



fmall 





