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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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A looch or licking medicine made of ic or the fyrrup is excellent^ood againft the foittint? of 

 bloud proceeding of the diftillations of fliarp or fait humors. t w <=> * 



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hap. 115. 0/7£«? JLo^ ©r ^A(W//^ tree. 



Lotus Arbor \ 



The Nettle tree, (y£* 



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His Lote whereof we write is a tree as 

 big as a Pear tree,or bigger & higher; 



fmoochjOf a gallant areene co- 



lour tending to blevvncfle , the boughs are 



chemfeluesall 





pointed 



fharpe 



anddaflit here and therewith (tripes of a 

 ycllowilh white color:the beries be round 



yellowiih 

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This is a rare and Grange tree in both 

 the Germaniesjit was brought out of Ita- 

 ly, where there is found ftorc thereof, as 

 MAtthtolus teftifietb- I hauc a fmall tree 

 thereof in ray garden. There is alfo a tree 

 thereof in the garden vnder London wall^ 

 fomtime belonging to M r Guy an apothe- 

 carie of Londonjand another great tree in 

 a garden neerc Colemanftrcct in London, 

 belonging to the Queens Apothccaricat 

 the impreilion bereof,called WHagb Mor* 

 gAn> a curious Conferuer of rare Simples. 

 The Lote treedotb alfogrow in Africke, 

 but it fomewhat differs from the Italians 

 , Lote in fruit.as Pliny in plain words (bew- 



ctn,//£. 13. cap. 1 7. That part of Africk,faith he,that licth toward vs, brings forth the famous Lote 

 tree which they call CtUu^xA the fame well known in Iraly,but altered by the foile : it is as big as 

 the Peare tree 5 although Ncfos Cornelius reportetb it to be fhorter • the leaues are full of fine cuts 

 otherwife they be thought to be like thofe of the Holme tree. There be many differences,but the 

 fame are made fpecially by the frui^which is as big as a beane,of the colour of Saffron,but before 

 it is thorow ripe it changeth his colour as doth the grapc.lt growes thick among the boughs after 

 the manerof Myrtlc 3 not as in Italy ,aftcr the maner of the Cherry : the fruit of it is there fo fweet 

 as it hathalfogiuenaname to that Country and land, Too hofpitable to ftrangers, and forectfuil 

 of their own country. ° & 



It is reported that they are troubled with no difeafes of the belly that eat it. The better is that 



which hath no kernel l.which in tTip nrhpr tinrl ic n<-\mi . rk»,„ ;«. „rr,->~.~fr\j r -~ . .«,. 



f^cfos dc 

 for food 



Wine like 



therewith as they haue palTcd to and fro thorow Africk. The colour of the wood isblack they vfe 

 jo make flutes and pipes of it ; the root feructh for knife hafts and other fhort works- this is there 

 ™e nature of the tree. Thus far Pliny. In the fame place he faith that this renowned tree groweth 



and Nafamons. And lib. 5 .ca.jjhe flaeweth, that 



Ifland Mcnynx,fyrnamed Lotophagitis,of the plenty oi 



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