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about the middle of September 1624- from whence I brought fbnic 'final 1 plants of it, not a foot 

 inlengtb,whichnovv J itf33.arerifenvptenorwcIuc foot high, & grow with me by the firft kind, 

 but are eafily to be difcerncd apart,by any that will looke on both. 





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This growethtobea very great tree,and alfo very high,efpccially when he growcth in woods 

 .igft other treesrthebarkeonche outfide is blacker than that of the firft,and is alfo very tough, 

 fothatwhen there is plenty offap it will ftriporpeelefrom the wood of the boughes from the one 

 end to the other, a dozen foot in length ormore,withoutbreaking,whereof are often made cords or 

 ropes: the timber hereof is in colour neere like the firft; it is nothing fofirme or ftrong fornaues 

 of Carts as the fruit is, but will more eafily cleaue j this timber is alfo couered with a white fappe 

 next the barke : the branches or young boughes arc grofler and bigger, and doc fpread themfelues 

 broader,and hang more downewards than thofe of the firft ; the floures are nothing but chiues,very 

 like thofe of the firft kinde : the feed is al Co 1 ike, but (bmething bigger : the lcaues ate much broa- 

 der and longer than any of the kindes of Elme,vfually three or foure inches broad, and fiue or fix 

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low vallies in good plenty in raoft places in Hampfhire, where it is commonly called Witch H*- 

 fcll. Old men affirme, that when long boughes were in great vfe, there were very many made of the 

 wood of this tree, for which purpofeit is mentioned in the ftatutesof England by the nanif o 

 w «ch HafclUs 8.£/.io. This hath little aifiaitie with Carping which in Effex is calJed W^ca 



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