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Of the H iftorie of Plants. 



fmell,and nicked round about the edges 3 out of the yenger fort of the bouehslTl u * 



on of the leaues, grow forth hanging together, many long narrow and Hat cods a" t0 ^ ttin Z 

 rood to diuers birds tongues, where the feed is perfected, which is of a bitter taft iT^ likcal - 

 many 4 and grow deep in the ground. Uc : c «e root* k- 



roots bee 





Frax'wut. 



The Afh tree. 



% The Place. 



The AOidoth better prof per b moift _, 

 out the borders of medows and riueTiS 



abo 



in dry grounds. 



n «» fides, than 



% T berime. 



The leaues and keyes come forth in Apr|ll and 

 May.yet is not the feed ripe before the fall of Z 



% : The Names. 



( This tree is called in Grecke*.*. andofdiu ers 

 "--•it " named of the Latines, Fraxim ' £ 



JZL ?££? ' ^tyttmnum, tumnUti and 



&Uvmtc\wn J in low- Dutch, COtyen, andW. 



C&etlbQOm ? in Italian, Frapno ■ in French, Frtfa ■ 



m Spanifti^r^Fr^/'w^and Freixo: in Englifo 

 Aditree. ° ' 



The fruit like vnto cods is called of the apotfae- 



* a avUflnd Lingua Fajferint .- it may bee 

 named in Greeke, 'Qf&yk**, . yet fome would hauc 



■lop. 



lop 



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lifh, Aflvkeyes,and of fome Kite-keyes. 



^[ T^ Temperature and Femes, 



The leaues and barke of the Afli tree are dry aid 

 moderatly hot, the feed is hot & dry in the fecond 

 degree. 



The juice of the leaues or the leaues themfelues 



taken with wine, cure the bi tings 





Diofi 



f 



gain ft fcrpents,that they dare not fo much as touch 



reports 



d in with bouehes laid round about 



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into the fire.if any be therc,than come necre the boughs of the Am ; and that the Afli flouretb be- 

 fore the ferpents appearand doth not caft his leaues before they be gon againe. 



We writc(faith he J vponexperience,'that if the fcrpent be fet within a circle of fire & the ban- 

 chcs,the ferpcntwill fooner run intothe fire than into theboughes. It is a wonderfull coartcfic in 





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be gon againe. 



Serp 



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_ - r the belly,and being boiled with vineger & water, 

 do ftay vomiting,if they be laid vpon the ftomacke. 



The leaues and barke of the A fh tree boiled in wine and drunke,do open the flopping* of the Ii- 

 uer and fpleen 3 and do greatly comfort them. . 



,odiIy luft,efpeciaUy 



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The feed or Am keyes prouokc vrine, increafe naturall feed,and ftirre vp 

 being poudered with nutmegs and drunke. 



Thewood is profitable for many things.being highly 

 asP%writetb. 7 



affirmeth. 



fhauines or fmall nieces beins drunke . are faid to be nernitious and deadly, a s 



ifttrifa 







ncflcof the skin.as vlini 



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