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2 The white Mulberrie 



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as big as the former ; the leaues 



tree groweth vntill it be come vntoTgre^J^jTV-^ 



nes are rounder, hot fo fharpc pointed ™l £ J?**?*; ft . atu ^ 



fharpc pointed, nor fo deepel/fn 



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great wood 



Mulberrie trees grow plentifully in Italy and other hot regions whm r^„ j 

 oodsand groues of them,that their Silke wormes mav feel Si , Vtl d< * 



wormes may feed thereon. The Mulbe 



y the flip 5 it may alfo be grafted or inoculated into many trees 

 bringeth i forth white Mulberries, as Berttim in his Geoponickes 



in fundry gardens in England. 



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the Orchard I the ^Mulberry doth laft bloorae,and not before the cold * Mf W 

 cm, 'A- c - forcthcold Writers were wont to call it the wifeft tree) at wbic Si 



Silke wormes do >fccme to reuiue,as hauing then wherewith to feed and nourifc therafewlh 

 all the winter before do he like fmal graines or feeds.or rather like the dunging of a S£± 

 a glafle.or fomefuch thujas knowing their proper times both to performStheir duties fe.S 

 they were created and alfo when they may haue wherewith to maimaine and prcfcructK- 

 bodies,vnto their bufineflcaforefaid. v »w war owe 



{j and S eptember . U egefander in Kjithentui a ffumerb, that the Mul- 



oery trees in nis timedid not bring forth fruit in twenty yeares together,and that fo great a p] 

 ofthe gout then raigncd and raged fo gcnerally,as not onely raen 3 but boics,wcnches, eunuche 

 women were troubled with that difeafe. ***"*** 



,. . «J The Names. 



This tree is named in Greeke w*. .- and <***>«>{« * in Latine,c3/<ww ; in (hops, \Morm Celft 

 D utch,^aulbctbaum: in low Dutcb^oerbeflfC boom X in French,*/*^ ; in EngIirti,N 



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fbefiC : in Italian^™ : in French.Af eure : in Spanifh,c^/vw 



Iftnn high Dutch,^; 



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d before thev be rioe. are cold and drv alnioft in the third deeree.and 



and is drunke with wine and water. 



g dried they are good for the lask and bloudy fiix,tbepoUder is vfed 



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gainft inflammations orhorfwJi/ngsof 



jinning. 



hd be lull of iuvce.whicb bath to 



thins drying^nd not without a binding 



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the throat; for which infirmities it is lingular good. 



fwellings of the mouth, aijd Almonds of 



,.., r . berries is made a confe<3ion with fugar, called Diamorum:Wis, airer 



the manner of a fvrrun. which is exceeding good for thcvlcersandhot fwellings ot the tongue, 



Mulberries taken in meat 



throat 



fi ng in thofe parts, 

 oeedilvoafle through «i 



as Galen faith. 



ippcrineffe of their fubftanc 



ther 



Galen faith. riffnthefto 



They are good to quench thirft\thcy ftir vp an appetite to meatcthey are not nurtMll to 

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though they be* IefTe hurtfull than other like fruits,yet are 

 fpeedilvdefcend. \ 



.vnleffe they 



barkc of the nnot is h i rrer. hot. and drv. and hath a fcouring faculty 



:h the belly and dr.... 



The fame bark'e' being fteeped in vineger helpeth the tooth-ache : of the fame efl^^ ££# 



«"». war kc oi [hcjkjuc is oncer, uut,auuuiy,auu u**u 



doth open the ftoppings ofthe liuer and fpleene,it purge 



for £ K!£th 



9pridesjnho fheweth that about ^"^""fame «» vef y 

 etn out ofthe root a juyce, which the next day after is found to be hard, and that tne 

 good againft the tooth-ache $ that it wafieth away Phjma^ purgeth the belly. f j^both to 



bindeandfeoure 



faith,that there is in the leaues and fTrft buds of this 



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