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| you cannor pull it up without breaking; which gave occafion to the name | 
| Trees, as if the Branch were fet with the Bark on, they wouldnor grow, yer} 
| beft, but the Bark contiaueth it onely. 
| clutter by clutter inthe Roof of awarm Room, efpecially, if when youga- | 
| ther the clutter, youtake off with the clufterfomeof theftock. © = | 
| Body. 
|as Figs. In Mulberries, the Sap feemeth to be (almoft) towards the Bark} 
| morehardly 5 as iris faid, of zrifh Tiees. _ Befides, there be a. number ¢ 
a ae 
Natural Hiftory ; mete 
the Olive-is full of Oily Juyce, and Afh maketh the belt Fic, and 
Cyprefs is an hot. Tree. As forthe Qak, which is of the former fort, it 
loveth the Earth, and therefore groweth flowly, And for the Pinc, and 
Firr likewife, they have fo much heat in themfejves, as they need lets ¢ ve 
heat of the Sun. There be Herbs alfo, that have the fame difference; as | 
the Herbthey call ¢%7orfus Diaboli, which putteth the Roor down fo low. as 
and fable, for thatit was faid it was fo wholefome a Root, That the Devil} 
when is was gathered, bit it for envy. And fome of the eAncients do teport, | 
that there was a goodly Firr (which they defired to remove whole) | 
that had a Root under ground eight eubits deep , and fothe Root.cameup | 
broken. at “4 we 
‘Tt hath bebe obferved, that aBranch of a Tree being unbarked fome | 
{pace atthe bottom, and fo fet into the Ground , hath grown even of fuch 
contrariwife we fee, thata Tree pared round inthe Body above Ground will | 
die. » The caufemay be, for that the unbarkt part draweth the nourishment A 
Grapes willcontinue trefh and moift all Winter long, if you hang them i; 
The Reed or Cane is a Watry Plant,and groweth not but in the Water. | 
It hath thefe properties, That itis hollow, that it is knuckled, both Scalk | 
and Root, thatbeing dry itis more hacd and fragile then other Wood, that | 
it putteth forth no Boughs, though many Stalksout of oneRoot. Itdiffer- | 
eth much in greatnefs, the fmalleft being fit for thatching of Honfes, and} 
{topping the chinks of Shipsbetterthen Glew ar Pitch... The fecond bignefs | 
is uted for Angle-todsand Staves, andin China for beating of offenders upon} 
the Thigss. The differing kindes of them are, the common Reed, ihe} 
Cafie Fiala, and the Sagar-Reed.. Of all Plants it boweth the eafieft, and] 
rifech again. It feemeth, that amongft Plants which arenourifhed with | 
mixture of Earth and Water, it draweth moftnourifhment from Water 3} 
which maketh it the fmootheft of all others in Barks and the holloweft in} 
onely 3 for if you cut the Feea little intothe Bark with a Stone, it willcome 
| 
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