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An Appendix to 







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OxjMMth* Thtefhrsfii, 



"he euer- green Thorne 



Hisg 



it 



rows vp like a bunnies you kec 

 n prunme,and th™ w...J. ***? 



tune 



. , grow to the heSht ofTfmaiT!! J " l 

 Hawthorne- v.h* r *£ :. ". -V™ 411 rree « » the 

 w< 



couered 



are 



t • : « 



L"!«w«K 



•uer with the like barkej but WC 

 ^^^^thofeofrheDamSe 

 gift, ftaiK pointed, and fnipt abou 

 ge> : they grow alonga the branched » 



owing, at each knot, where 



tnaner 



there is a (harp prickle,gro wes out one of fi 



then v 

 thereof 



inch 6c half 



broad: 

 ineout 



fmailer leaues : now thefe leaues are ofa faire 



and oft times in the middle of the 

 come forth clutters of vmbels of li 



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con 



leaues apiece.with forac Jitrlechiues in their 

 middlsrthen follow clutters of beries,in fhape 

 taft and bignes like thofe of Hawthorn, & of 

 the lame, but much more orient and pleating 

 it feed. 



Now thefe berries hang long vpon „ 



and make a gallant (hew among ft the greene 

 (eaues.but chiefely then when as the aurumne 

 . blafts haue depriued other trees of rheir won- 



ted verdure.This flours in May and Iunc,and ripens the fruit in September and Oaobcr.lt grows 

 wilde in fundry places of Italy and Province in France, but is kept in gardenswith vs, where it is 

 held in good efteera for his euer-greenefle and pliablenefle to any work or forme you defire to ira« 

 pofe vpon him. 



The fruit hau< 

 and therefore I 



the fame faculties that are formerly attributed to Haws,in the third book.f 



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C h a p , 13. Of the Egyptian ZhQtp, or great hjube tree 





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«|J The Eefctiftfan, 



tree.which for his leaues and manner of growing I thinke may fitly be referred 



of two 



you out 



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thereto that which Prober Abinus hath written of it, ^.5. dtfhnt. JBgjP 



grows to the height of an indifferent Pear tree,and the body and branches 

 a whitifh afh coloured batke : the leaues are like thofe of the Iujubes 

 broad, with three nerues running along them, ofa deepe fhining 



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they grow alternately vpon the branches, and at their comming .forth 1 j?JJ£ 

 floures banging vpon 



tufts 

 ivnto 



fmall apple, of the bignelte for the raoft part ofa large Chef ry,and fometimes as bl &"*\ 

 nut,of a fweet taft,containing therein a kernel! or ftone like that of an Olive. It beares iruu 1 » 



hath ripe fruit both in the Spring and Falljyet the vernal fruit feldom comes 



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