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Strabofi. 1 7. affirmeth 3 that n< 

 oiiti: Firft, faith be,lieth Syrtis 

 Jed Ccrcinnitis ; next to this is 

 of this gulfe is almoft idoo fur 



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nynx is the couni 

 maketh mention 

 for there be in it \ 



Menynx 



cape 



«jpau e 

 iere be 



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the 



defcribcd by T^ophrafmji. a. whcteh 



colouras Grapesdo.The fruit of which the Lotophagi eatis fweet nleafant ha miW Cr f h , his 

 fome for the belly,but that is pleafanter which is with™ f^SSsSS^^!^ 

 This Lote tree,as the fame author affirroettys by nature euerlaftin&witneflb thofe S? 

 T t ■ I ^7' 44- At RomeCfaith he) the Lote tree in L»c M coanfL^^J^S 

 thechurch of the city (built in the yeare which was without magiftrats, A e 9 ) isvncertabie C 



45oyearesold. 



hich is fyrnamed CWp/jKj 



_, _ , ._ . . .. „.,.. „ „„.„ *>t;n<«uui ^apuna or uairy,oecauie tne hair© oi the Veibl 



Virgins was brought vnto it:but the other Lote tree in Vuluns church,which Romulm builtbv he 

 yictone of tenths,is taken to be as old as the city,as Majfurius witneffeth. 





is ripe in September 



The tree is c 

 24£0/4r*.-inEng]ifli 



% The Time. 



firft approch of winter, and recouer them again in AprilL-tbcfi 





% 



Creek, &*<*< : in Latine by Pliny, Celt is : in Italian, Perlaro.by 



«J The Temperature md Venues* 



The Lote tree is not greatly bindings Galen faith,but of thin parts,and of a drying nature. 



B The decoftion of the wood beaten fmall , being eitherdrunke or vfed clifter- wife, helpeth the 



bloudy flix,the whites and reds. 

 C It flops the Iask,and maketh the haire yellow >and as Galen faith keepeth haires from falling. 

 D The fliiuers or fmall pieces thereo^as the fame Author faitb,are boiled foratimes in irtter,fom- 



times in wine^s need Qiall require. 







Chap. 12,4.. 



Of Italian Wood of Life^orToc^ood , vulgarly called Lignum vim 







1 



^j The DeferiftitnZ 



/ 



Talian Lignum v'tt* or Wood of life grows to a faire and i 

 and vpright body couered ouer with a fmooth and dark g 

 twiggy branches fet forth of goodly leaues like thofi 



twiggy branches tet forth ot goodly leaues nice tnoie or tne rear w*v»" v,7branches,al- 

 ty,and fomwhat broader ; amongft which comes forth the fruit, growing cloie to "« cbef . 

 moft without ftalks • this fruit is round,at the firft green,but black when it is "P e « ** » a Gt &. 

 rie$,of an excellent fweet taft when it is dried. But this is not the Indian Xj ***)" firft planted 



cum whereof onr hnw!« and nhvfical drinks be made.but it is a baftard kinde tnerc , r J- m1tlm 



in the 



fuppofed 



tnmon garden at Padua by tne learned Fauoptusymv wppuicu «*~ Vnahdnenioa 5 jikc 

 * 2 The leaues of this are longer and narower than the former.but firm alio a ft & rJpe> 

 tbey are • the fruit is in fhapc like Sebeftens,but much lefle, of a blewifh i coiow { r ea hlow y 



many little ftones within ; the tafte hereof is not vnpleafant.UW^^^*; aueV ' n fItly 



1 fie ma 5 whofc figure our Author 

 the ZizyphiuCAfpAdo 



and 



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\4iacum Pattvimm growetb plentifully about L 



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