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143° Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



Thus far Tremelim and Innius. vy «i«»i wu«.« uatn oeen laid it appeareth wha c ^ "~^ 



of.vnder the title Locufts,and that it is nothing like vnto this fruit Ceratilrr f Ba P tJ ft fed 

 husks or fliels of the fruit of this tree to be the cods or husks whereof theS'* „ rathcr ta ^ the 

 hauefed 3 butnonegauethemvntohim,thoughthefwinehad " wnodiaaii«i.:ij. 



dry are very like Bean cods,as I haue often feen. I haue fown 



nail/a r\ t- r\ ( *-^**+^A A %f^/iA^ in rr i«r/* II 



fill thereof 



haue profpered 



w j~.w. £,«,»*.<_ %,«»•<-« £j - . — w* w nicy 



* There is no doubt but the «<*» or */%*, mentioned in S.Lukes Gofoell <:,«> , 

 the cods or fruit of this tree. I cannot beleeue that either the fruit of this or rh t l6 ' VVere 



«V*, mentioned by S .Mathewjap. 3 . v. 4 . But I am of the opinion of the GrJS* c u Were th e 

 CtouwhoM. i.EPtft.i , i.hath thefe words . a^. At ^f ° 1 ' fieGreekeFaihe ^MrP,/ H . 



fiouyibojii. 1 . £///. 132. hath thefe words . *.% «•«,;•*', »•, I***, p, 



"*""""" **«»<. WfcJs*,,*,. 



^ which/*** fed vpon are not liuing creatures like toBeetIes,as fometnlefrned^ rh $ 1 7* 

 they are the tender buds of herbs and plants or trees. Neither nn rL«Zf S??/5 dly . *"*»*« 



— /----- , ,7 . * " w r J r t"*"» ur "ees. rseitner on tl 



any herb focaIIed,but mountain hony gathered by wilde BeeSj&c. 



the other fide is the CMeli 



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1$ The Time. 



The Carob tree btingeth forth fruit in the beginning of the Spring, which is no. ripe tiil Au. 



tumne. 





^f The Ntmes, 



Carob tree,and of fome.Bean tree,and S ./** Bread. The fruit or cJT^TZ.in^ 



ItTrSli q "* fl •* m v dl cT ^°^y l T a£ia : in ° ther ftopsof Italy,C4^,or Cmbck. of 

 the Apothecaries of Apulia £*«*: « -is called in Spanim, ^W,or ^Iganvas and wta 



an article,^*™.- m high- Dutch, fe^Wm* b^that is to (kyj«ff,nd.p*£ Saint /Z 



bread j neitnet is it knowncby any other name in the Low-Countries. Some call it in Englifh, 



% TheTemperature 



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TheCa 



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as Galen faith. 



and containeth in it a certain fiveeroes 



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being eat when it is green doth gently loofe the belly } but bceing 

 ftoppeth the belly, it prouoketh vrine, is good for the ftomackc, and 



nouriflicth wcll 3 and much better than when it is green and frefh. 



C h a p. 83. Of Caflia fiftula or Tudding Tipe. 



% The Defer ipt 



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Afta purgdtrijc or CapafiJluU groweth vp to be a faire trec,with 

 the colour of Box,whereupon fome haue fuppofed it to take the 

 CoriactHs : the arms and branches of this are fmall and limber, b 

 lofe of the Walnut tree : among which come forth fmall flour 



like leather, of 



goodly blacke round long cods 





---jwicrc lucceea gooaiy oiacice round long coas,wnereor lorae are wu iwi wr> — , ^ 

 lubft ance . in thefe cods are contaioed a bIacke pu i p V ery fwect and foft,of a pleafant w«e,a $ 



" in 8 t0 many vfes inphyficke j in which pulp lieth the feeds couched in && f el ]? x p ZL cva . 

 tnefced is fl at and browni(h,not vnlike the feed of Ceratidfiliqua, and in other refpetts very 



to it alfo. 



^f The Place. 



-, • *R ~*> e Flace - ... 1 -„ -nd moft parts 



This treegroweth much in Egypt, efpecially about Memphis and Alexandria, «" 

 of Barbary,and is a ftranger in thefe parts of Europe. 



^j" The Time. , eW arc ' cooft 



The Ca/lia tree groweth greene winter and fummer,itmeds his oldIeaueS j,he fruit is ripe* 

 by means whereof it is neuer void of leaues : it fioureth early in the fpnng, ana tDC 

 Jiutumne. <U The 



