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Of the Hiftoric of Plant 



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Styr ax arbor. 



The Storax tree 



feed,wher 



the name of 



eto alfo clcaue cert^^^ 



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body when it is wounded. 



e truak or 



IF The Place. 





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This treegroweth in diuers plies of Franc, r„r 

 and Spame, where itbringeth forth litt eo 1 Jta,jr » 

 all. It groweth fa , Iud«a$ampWli. ?? hSBBB? 

 don,and many other places of Iury or Paleft, ea £?£ 

 m d.uers Mauds « the Mediterranean fea.nameh^? 

 prus Candy,Zant and other places, wher i b r L^X 

 forth his gummy liquour in full pkeaionofZ, 

 neiTe,and alfo m great plcnty,wh« it is gathered Urd 

 put into great Canes or Reeds, whereof Ss fomc deem 

 it took the name Cdmiu j others thinke of the !eau« 



Hereof! 



trees m my garden,the which I raifed of feed. 







^{ The Time. 



It flours in May,and the fruit is ripe in September. 







• ^[ 7 he Names. 



This tree, as may be gathered by fome, was called 

 Styr ax, by reafon of the gum of liquor which droppcth 

 out of the fame, being like to the hollow pipes of ice 

 that hang at the eaves of houfes in winter,ca!Ied Stjru y 

 or of the Canes or Jeaues of Reeds fpoken of before:in 

 Latine, Star ax Calamity • in Englifli, Storax, which is 

 kept in canes or the leaues of Reeds. There floweth 

 from fomc of thefe trees acertaine gummie liquour, 

 which neuer groweth naturally hard , but remaineth 

 alwayes thinne , the which is called liquid Styrax or 



Storax* 





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^J ThcVertues. 



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of 



Ifohelpcth 



Euill, nodes on the nerues,and hard fwellings proceeding of acold caufe, as alfo againft all cold 



Hemlock 



B 



bag 



fweetwafhing balls,and diueis other fweetchaines and bracelets, whereof to write were iroperti 



nent to this hiftorie. 



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HAP. 144 



Of the Sorrow/ft// Tree, or Indian (^Mourner. 



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^ The Z> cfcripion \ 



AMerTrijtu, the Sad or forrowfull tree , waxeth as big as an Olive tree, gamiflicd with 1 mtf T 

 . ^ odl y benches fet full of leaues like thofe of the Plum tree s among which come fortd m 

 odoriferous and fweet fuelling floures, whofe ftalkes are of the colour of Saffron,which floun 

 and fheW themfelues only in the night time, and in the day time looke withered and with a ma 

 Bingcheerej the leauesalfoat that time fhrink in themfelues together, much like a ^r r 

 that is froft-bitten,very fadly lumping, Iowring,and hanging downe the bead,as though itioa 

 the light,and could not abide the heate of the Sunne.I fhould but in vain Iofe labor in W^K 

 foohfh fanfieofthe poetical Indians,who would make fooles beleeuc that this tree was onct ^ 

 daughter of a great Lord or King,and that the Sun was in Ioue with her 5 with other toies w 



