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of; ifit be fuffer'd to look up ina Garden,it vvill vvind about all Herbs 
and Plants that have ftalks, pull them dovvn and deftroy thems or ifit 
find the Vvayinto any Orchard, it vvill clime up by the bodies of the 
trees into the branches, and there invvrap them fo, as to draw then 
(as it were) into a purfe, (for out of the min ftalk, hundreds of {mall ' 
{prigs will grows) and if,any other tree be fo neer as to touch it,it will 
fiad the way to it, and pull the tops of them together, and utterly | 
disfigure thetrees, and hinder the growth of the fruits and: if you cut ' 
bove in the branches, will thruft down a Vineinto the ground, and get | 
a new root: Nay, this is not all the mi(chief, for it will reach the | 
| higheft timber, and involve and enwrap fo the branches, as to hinder : 
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their growths.and many times faften one tree to another, that one hall 
hinder the growth of another. Acoupleof Colonel Draxes Axemen. 
were felling a tree, and about the time it began to bend, that they | 
perceiv'd which way it would fall , got clear on the other fide , and | 
thought themfelves{afe: But this betng faftned to another by ftrong'’ 
allie a great branch of that tree after it, which fell uponthe | 
3 ‘ a fe 
| Cleere a palfage of ten 
| wood, all will be cover'd with. 
| the fame things are done in the aes or entrances of Caves, where , 
% fe Sa é ‘can ©, : ott ¢ ; t 
: FE ( oot broad, that goes between a wood and a | 
land of Canes.overnight, and come next morning , ard you fhall find ' 
the way croft all over with Withs, and got neer the Canes; So that | 
if you had left your vifit till the next Say they had gotten into the | 
Canes,and then it would be too late to help: for whenthey are mixt | 
wich them you cannot defte | 
cannot deltroy the.one without the other, for where- | 
foever they touch ground 
roaps or cords are. required,as for binding our Wood and Canesinto | 
faggots, or what élfe roapes are needful for; and without them we | 
were inill condition for we have not any wood fit to make hoops for | 
hogtheads, barrels, rubbs, or what not$ and we can have them of, 
what length and bignefs we pleafe , and they are for that ufe very | 
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fomewhat bigger then the Cod ofa Bean, which being divided long, 
wile witha fharp knife,you fill perceive the mo!t variegs and beauti- | 
4ulleft Colouts that can be, and fo well matcht, as to make upa very 
great beauty. sa Nhe: 
- Fell a dofen acres of wood, going on ina ftraight line, and wher | 
the ground is cleered, the fide of that wood you left {tanding will Pe 
likewile in the {ame ftrait line, and ina few years thefe Withes will | 
mount tothe tops of the Trees, which are forthe mof¥ part, eighty or 
foc foot high, and from that topto the ground, on the outfide of the 
‘be cove it ved: and thofe are broad, green,and 
thining, fo that if you be abfent from the place two or three years , 
and Took to find a wood, you find a fair green Curtain, 360 paces 
|long, and 80 foot high, which is as pretty a deceptio vifus,as you can 
find- any Where, and this is one of the pleafantelt Viftos in the Hland? 
you 
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the main {talk below, neer theroot,in hope to kill it, the moyfture a+! 
lers, and bruifed them fo.asthey hardly fcap’d with their lives.} 
ey 2 et me pots, and 10° 
every place, arid as they go pull down 4ll. Thefe harmieful Withes , 
_| have withall thefe vices (ome virtues. They férve for all ufes where | 
everal kinds of thefe Withes there are , fome that bear fruit, 
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