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Of the Hiflorie of Plant 



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^f 7 'he D efcripion 







THe Saunders tree groweth to the bignefle of the Walnut-tree pam'a, j 

 goodly branches jwhereonarefetleaueslikethofeofthe Lentiskerr!! ? mthrn ^y 

 among which come forth very faire floures, of a blew colour teJ;^ T! aies S r <*o. 

 th theW of the bignefle of a Cherry, grcene at the fi£ and ^JjSW* 



without taftc. and 



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or no 



another which groweth very great, the flour,., * n i r •* 



■ood U , of . yd.oU co^le^fiZh £?d§£g" » ilh *« 



3 inermraiorrwhichwecallRed-Saundetsisavery bard and fnlliH »~S t" • 

 ftnell.rhe colour thereof ,s very red, it groweth not in thofe l c «„h" re SS^"*^ 



s;£r dcfc,ibcd by i,n, that ' know of - u " ? «S'cKKf 



t ? The 



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rupr name W,/ • in Timor Malac. and in places neere ad JopA^LSSSSn^cS' 

 rare,^W4 .in Latrne.i W<(» and i^/„», adding theteto fw the colour^! 

 trtmm&A &ubnim,that is,white,yello«r ) and red Saunders. 



flavm 





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Winter 



not one knowne from another, but by the Indians themfelues, whohaue taken very certaine notes 



meth. 



haue been fufficicntly fpok 



may the more fpeedily difting 



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 ders 



«J[ The TemperAture. 



L " * i the third degr 





A Tnc.Indians dovfe the decodion made in water, agaii 

 flowing otthe menfes,£r^/*Vthe gout,and all inflamm 

 jtiyce of Night- fhade,Honnceke,orPurflane. 



B The white Saunders mixed with Rofe-water,and the t 

 of themegrim,and kecpeth backe the flowing of humors 



C K^tmcen affirmeth it to be good for all panions of the 

 therefore good to be put into collifes,jellies,and all delip 



merry. 



and reuiue the fpirits. 



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.ng faculty, but are not cordiall as the other 



medicines and meatcs both for their faculty and pleafmg red colour 



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Chap. ij6i Of Stony wood, or wood made Stone 





^ The Defer ipthti 



>A Mong the wonders of England this is one of great admiration, ntidcoaWt£ v ^ 



f\ Teai ™ and capacitie,that there ftould bee a kinde of Wood alrerable into tfien^ 



of a flone called Stonie Wood, ot rather a kinde of water , which hardnem v ^ 



other things, into the nature and matter of ftones. But wee know that the W orKC \~ ondcr f u J,, 





