IB. 



Of the Hiftor ie of Plants. 



1419 



HAP. 



8l. 



Of the Carol? tree or S. Iobns 'Bread. 



4 • 



5f The It eft 



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yfuiof 



cod 



boughs,thc Jcaues long,and confift ot many Cet together vpon one middle rib , like thofe of 

 the Afb, but euery particular one of them is broader , harder, and rounder j the fruit or Ion 



i 



to be eaten,by reafon of their bad taftc. 



P c 



CerAtUfrfiqttd,fi 



The Carob tree. 



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11 



V4&: 



tF 



This growet h i n Apulia a Prouince of the 

 kingdome of Naples, andalfoindiuers vn- 

 toiled places in Spain : it is likewife found 

 in India 5c other countries fc aftward, where 

 the cods are fo full of fweet juice as that it 

 is vfed to preferue Ginger, as LMatthiolm 

 flicwcth. Strabojib .15. faith, That Ariftofa- 



lus reportcth how there is a tree in India 

 of no great bignelTc,hauing great cods tennc 



? __f_ t r 11 /«i —^ . ■ 



faeiU ft 



£» 



bevnderftood 



tfeCfc that are not yet dry. It is very well 

 known in the eoafts of Niceaand Lisuriaia 



Weft 





fl 



ft$of 



Itgroweth 

 alfo in fundry places of Paleftine, where 

 there is fuch plenty of it, that it is left vnto 

 fwine and other wilde beafts to feed vpon,as 

 our Acorns and Beech tuift. Morcouex.both 

 yongand old feed thereon for pleafure, and 

 fome haue eaten thereof to fupply and help 

 the neceflarie nourifhment of their bodies. 

 This of fome is called S&mtlobns bread,and 

 thought to be that which is tranflated Lo- 

 Cufts,whcrcon S. John did feed when he was 

 inthewilderneflTe, befides the wilde Honey 

 whereof heedid alfo eat: but there is fmall 



certainty ofthis : but it is moftcertain,that 

 the people of that country doe feed on thefe 



cods, called in Grecke«r«™ - y in Latine Stli- 



and : but Saint lofm food is called in Creek 



i*ftfi^ which word is often vfed in the Rcue- 



*ord hath two feuerall interpretations or fignifications • for taken in the good part it fignifieth i 

 kmde of creeping creatureor fly, which hoppeth orskippeth vpand downcas doth the Grafhop- 

 l^ r ;of which kinde of creatures it waslawfull tot^Lcvit. 22. and Mattb.7>. 4. It fignifieth alfo 

 |hofc Locufts which came forth of theBottomlelTe pit,mentioned 5 /*/w\9. v. ^4. &c.which were 

 ,l ke vnto horfes prepared for battell. The Hebrew word which the Enslifh Tranflarmrshaiiprnr- 



/ 



L 



4 



verfeofchec* 

 nor the Hi (lorio 



j^me Arbis^ after the letters and Hebrew name j faying thus in the note vpon the 2 



Je «enth chapter of Lcvit. Thefekindes of creeping things neither the Hebrews nc. ^ 



8 ra phers,nor our felues do know what they mean -wherefore we flill retain the Hebrew vrords for 

 a " the fourekindes thereof. Butitisccrtainethatthe Eaft countrey Grafhoppers and Locufts 



*wt fornetimesvfedinTneatj as il/^. 3,4. and Mdre.t. 6\ Flit. Lib.ii % 7teur.nifa*.**&* g - 



v Thus 



