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Of the Hiilorie of Plant 



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Theduft or downe, faith Galen, that liethon the leaues of theTreelstoh^TirT — — -— 

 be drawne in with the breatb,it is offenfiue to the winde-pipe bv his exrrerl 5 £ ed of > for ifit 

 the fame roughed hurting the voice as it doth alio the fight and hwffif &j ^ **ng 

 ezTK.Diofcmdes doth not attribute this to the duft or downe of the leaues oil J k T/ hc *>«<* 



c K«ues oneiy, b«t alfo to that of 



the balls. 



HAP, Hi. 



Of the Wayfaring tree. 



taa t fiue V'tbu 



Wayfaring 





% The Defection, 



HTHe Wayfaring mans tree growes vp to the 

 * height of an hedge tree,of a meane bigncs 

 the trunkc or body thereof is couercd &h a 

 nifletbarke: the branches are Ion g) tough,and 

 eafic to be bowed and hard to be broken/*** 

 tbofe of the Willow, couered with a foft wh i- 

 tifli barke,whereon are broad leaues thickeand 

 rough^eightly indented about the edges of a 

 white coloured iomewhat hairy wbileft they 

 be treOi and green jbut when they begin towi. 

 ther and fall away, they are reddifh,and fet to- 

 gether by couples oneoppofit to another. The 

 floures are white, and grow in chiftcrs: after 

 which come clufters of fruit of the bigneffe of 

 a peafe,fomewhat flat on both fides,at thefirft 

 greene,after red,and blacke when they be ripe : 

 the root difperfeth it felfe far abroad vnder the 



vpper 



f The Place. 



This tree groweth in moft hedges in rough 

 and ftony places,vpon hils and low woods, fpe- 

 cially in the chalky grounds of Kent about 

 Cobharo>Southfleet,and Grauefend,and in all 

 the traft to Canterbury. 



Thefl 



f The Time. 



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are ripe in the end of Autumne,and nc\r leaues 

 come forth in the Spring, 



% The Names. 



This hedge tree is called Viurna of Ruellius i in French, Fhrne^and Fiorna : in Mi^Lantm: 

 it is reputed for the tree Viburnum, of which Virgill maketh mention in the firft Eclog, where hee 

 commendeth the City Rome for the Ioftinefle and ftatelinefle thereof, aboue orher Gties,fay mg, 

 that as the tall Cypres trees do (hew themfelues aboue the low and (hrubbv Viorne, (o doth Rome 



that as the tall Cypres trees do (hew themfelues aboue the low and (hrubby Viorne 



aboue other Cities lift vp her head 



Ftrum &er UntUm Alias inter 'caput extulit vrbes y 

 Quantum Icntafolent inter viburna cupnp. 



But this all other cities fo excels, 



As CyprelTe 3 which 'mongft bending Viornes dtvels. 



bending 



/ 



low 



of the foftaclTe of the leaues. $ 



any name of this : he anfwered 





^r 7 he Temperature, 



Jhe leaues and berries of Lantana are cold and dryland of a binding quality 



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