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oftentimes be feene moft partof the W 

 ' ripe bernes growing both at one ril- 



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Englifli,w ilde Bay 



M&Laurmfjluejtru : i n Greeke>',» .>, . cm name* - r r 



in Spamfli, y ua deperr^othetwifeFoSado , . J!55- !t L ** r "W 



fylaatice.-'m Spanifli, yua def 



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Pliny nor any other of the Antients haue touched the faculties of this wild* a 



! any vnderftanding thereof by the later Writers.or by our owne exn™™™ y > ncuhcr hai * 



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The Box tree 





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U The Defer ipion. 



He great Box is a fair* tree,bcarine a great 

 body or trunkc : the wood or timber is yd 

 and very hard , and fit for fundry workes 

 mg many boughes and hard branches, be! 

 Ktmth fundry fmall hard greene leaues, both 



low 



Winter 



growing 



leaues, of a greene colour : which being vaded 

 there fccceed fmall blacke (h ining berries, of 

 bignefle of the feeds of Corianders, which are 

 inclofed in round greenifli huskes,hauing three 

 feet or legs like a jbraffe or boyling pot : the 

 root is likewife yellow , and harder than the 

 timber, but of geeater beauty, and more fit for 



haft 



foolifli 



me 



men leaches, doe minifter it againft the Apo- 

 plexie,and fuch difeafts:Turncrs and Cutlers, 

 if I miftake not the matter, doecill this wood 



eon 



ted daggers. 



There is alfo a certaine other kinde hereof, 

 growing low, and not aboue halfe a yard high, 

 but it fpreadeth all ahroad : the branches here- 



the 



light greene 



*fi The Place. 



2*x*e, or the Box tree growcth vpon fundry wafte and barrel* hils in England,and in diucrs gi 

 dens. 



The Box tree groweth greene Winter and 

 feed is ripe in September. 



If The Time. 



February and 



Grecians 



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€T The Names 



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©U^rjbatim tin low Dutd,33a« 



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fiOWIt 5 m Italian,^/* ; in Engli^Box tree. .- 



The leflcr may be called *w%.r. and in Latiocffum Buxm>oi Humilk Bum : in W" n 

 Box,or ground Box,and it is commonly called Dutch Box. 



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The leaues of the Box tree aree hot,dry,and aftringent/rf an euill and lothfi 



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