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Of the Hiftorie of PI 



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ants. 



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orf//tt» *£** fivefiangula 



The blacke Aller tree. 



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T . . 5 T ^ fw*,. 



The inner batke hereofis v f^ c- 

 countrymen.who drinketi f / d,Uer$ 

 when they would be pur ee \t ^ thcr <* 



St y no^ he , ft ° 0lejbut0ft "^s S' ,°J 

 mrt,not without ereat tronhi* , n j - y 



?w c1 it t t han for ciui| t*opi X 



Others affirme the dried barke is more 



^ntl^ndcaufethleirepain.fort^^ 



»rkc(fty they) which is not yet dricdV 



tains a fuperfluous moifture which caufeth 



gnpings and vomitings , and troubles the 

 itomacke. 



The fame bark boiled in wine or vineger 

 makes a lotion for the tooth-ache , and is 



. commended againft fcabs and filthinefle of 

 r, the skin. 



The Ieaues are reported to be good fod- 

 tier forcattell, efpecially forKine, caufing 

 them to yeeld good (tore of milke. 





Chap. 108. 



Of the Service T'ree* 



. 







^ The Defcripion 



1 ' ■ " He SeTv * s fee groweth to the height and bignefTe of a great tree, charged with many 



great armes or boughs,which are fet with fundry fmall brancheSjgarnifhed with many 

 great Ieaues fomwhat long like thofe of the Afli : the flours are white,aod /rand io clu- 



ners,whtch turneinto fmallbrown berries fomewhat long, w hich are not good to be eaten til they 

 haue lien a while and are foft like the McdIar,whereto it is like in tafte and operation. 



2 The common Servis tree growes likewife to the height ofa great tree,with a ftraight body 

 or a brownifh colour, full of branches, fetwith large difplaied Ieaues like the Maple or 



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tbornejfauing that they are broader and long. 



there 



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nels. 



of an 



■rowmcuiwiwuii-" — 

 f?de,and reddifh toward 



WL, 





the 



Thefe trees are found in 



% The Place. 



fmall 



>efpe 



a little wood a 



beyond I fling ton by London : in Kent it 

 fleet and Grauefcnd. $ The later of theft 



former at any titne 



They flourein Marcb,and their fruit is ripe in September. 



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The rirft is called in Greeke <*. and <* * . in Latine 



Sorb 



^ejbffcboom : in FtcncbjCermier .• in Enghfh,Servis 



V IM " la '»"- - - Mtttbami : a 



The 



