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15 18 Of the Hiftorie of Plant 



Syria be tnebeit : ttiey grow liicewiie in moit places ot tne fcaft and Weft indies nh u ~"" 

 diuers forts,as well wild,as tame or manured. > WDcre wrc be 



^f The Time. 



greene,and floureth in the fprling 



September, 



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' * 





The tree is called in Greeke, »»«! : in Latine Palma .• in Englifl 1} Date tree. 



The fruit is named in Greeke, b*w *<»•« \ that is to fay, Ghns P* Waw.or the fruit of rh n 

 trees : and by one word, *m«f .a«k ; in Latine Palmula .< in (hops^affylus : in high-Dutch a ♦ C 

 letl : in low-Dutch 5 Ba&eIetl : in Italian,©*™// : in French, Dattis i in Spanifh, T*wr J *???* 

 //^.inEngliOi,Date. F J """".^^ 



The cod ©r fheath wherein the floures and Dates are wrapped.is called felt and of fome 



^f The Temperature andvertues. 



A All manner of Dates whatfoeuer are hard of digeftion,and caufe head-ache : the worfcr fott be 

 thofe that be dry and binding, as the Egyptian Dates 5 but the (oft moiit and fweet ones arc kite 

 hurtfull. 



The bloud which is ingendred of Daces in mans body is altogether grofle,and fomewhat clam 



my : by thefe the liueris very quickly flopped, efpecially being inflamed and troubled with (ome 

 hard fwell ing : fo is the fpleen likewile. 



C The Dates which grow in colder regions,when they cannot come to perfect ripenelTe, if eaten 

 too plentifully,they fill the body full of raw humors,in£-~ J — =—»—*-« • /• .. . 



B 



D 







c 



ofnrides faith, be good for thofe that fpit bloud, for fuch 



fl 





E 

 F 



throat and 



Cooks 



comfortable and nourifhing medicines,that procure luft of the body very mightily. 



G They doalfo refrefh and reftore fuch vnto ilrengtb as areentring into aconfumption, for they 

 ftrengthen the feeblenefle of the liuer and fpleen 3 being made into conuenient broths and phyfical 



H 



medicines dire&ed by a learned Phy fition. 



\ 



that 



ip^dand 





as a pectoral planter. 

 I The a(hes of the Date ftones haue a binding qualitieand eraplaftick facultie, they heal puftes 



in the eics>Stapbylomdta y and falling away of the haireof the eie-lids, beeing applied together with 



Spikenard : with wine it keeps proud flefh from growing in wounds. 

 K The boughs and leaues do euidently bind,but efpccially the hofe or cafe of the floures : vvDere- 



(t 



L 



coole 



hot inflammations 



M Galen in his 



pofiti 



uaien in nis oookc or meaicura auuiuiug w ww *"^rr mmm rzrf ~.u; nn ™ Air with 



than that it may receiuc thereby 



hap, 138. 0/ the wUeDate trees 



^ ThcDefcripion 



THeophraftta maketh this plant to be a kindeof Date tree,but low and ofi fma g^ ^ 

 feldome attaining aboue the height of a cubit 5 on ^^^T": from the 



ttues like thlfe of the Datettee,b u t }ffi"*$S^ gar- 

 of thteddy firings, amongft which n^g^ vnper fea 



-_-»res, in which before they be opened ™»^J^ u i $ >bicb 



fliapes of leaues, clofely compalTed about with an innumerable fort oi tninn : sk 7 ^ ^ jth 

 rude fhapes with the flours are ferued vp and eaten at the fecond courle among ' fc f ones 



a little fait and pepper,being pleafant to the tafte, * The ftalke is about tee ra JittIc 



fides whereof breake 

 ihed with clutters of white flo 



