The fixteen th Booke of 



fo and Filbard trccsjbefides^thcif nuts doe carie 'mtm^ chmyi'^^h a calious ftifcftance of 4kales G 

 joincdonevvithinanothcr^butgoodfornothing^ij /r>; y.iL^v^ 



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^^Of the to}i-tree: the Weeke Bern or ihe Lotus ^ ■[ 



/ •Mongthefeis to bee raungcd the Box;. tree, which bringeth forth the jnoft varietie pf all 

 ^ others. For itputicth fortii afeed of herownc, alfcTjagraine which theycall Carihcgon : 

 r -befidcsj on the North fide MilTelto, and on the South Hyphear-.wheteof wee will write 

 anorie more at large: fo that otherwhiles a man fhall find fouce diversthings iipon the^oxe all 



together. io j,..'.ti!im..;wkl iou-'^n.-.t^-^ 'j\(£iocv:i' .■ i • ivafij..^*.-. H 



i Moreover octrees, fome bcfimple or fiiigfej to wit/trch' ^sfrom therootrhaveonef truftie or 

 bddrejand no more,and yet many boughes and braunches 5 as the Olive^Fig' tree^and the Vm 

 others be of afhrubs kind, and put forth many (hoots fronithc root bcfidcsthe mainettunkej 

 astheRhamne-thornc Paliurus,and thcMyrtle. In likemanner the Hazell nut-tree. Howbeitj 

 thebetrer isthetrec. and more plenteous in fruit, when iris well braunched from the bqdi^^ and . 

 hathiiot ihofefuckers from the root. Yee fhall find fonie againe have noprineipall fldcke at all, 

 as we may fee in a kind of BoxCjand a certaine Lotus beyond fea. Others bcforkcd in twain jyea, 

 infecjimmediatdyftom the root: and yee fhall meet with thole that putupmany trunkes out 

 of tbe^atthjbutbraunch notintoboughes, asjiamelyjthe Elders j asalfo with others that forke, 

 iiot^dor are deyidedat alljhowbeitjthey be ^ullof armes and boughesjas the Pitch-treiss.More-' % 

 over/ome there be which have their boughsdifpofed in good orderjasthe Pitch-tree^FirrejOr 

 I>i^lc : others againe be as diforderlyjas the Gke^ Appk^treCjanQ Pyrrle. As for the Firre verily^ 

 where it is dcvided intoboughs^they grow dircdly uprighmjnto heaven^St fpread not in breadth 

 about the fides. But a ftrange and wonderousthing it is of this tree, that if it bee headedjor the 

 tops onely of thofe armescutoff,the whole dieth thereupein :butif they bee lopped offclofe to 

 the bodic,it continueth ftill aKvcNay^in cafe it be cut under tjie place where the braunches put 

 forthj.iheftockeorftumpethatisleftjwilltakenoharmebyitj butremaineand live: crop the 

 head ondy therecf,and the-wlaol^ tree dieth. To proceed/ome trees fprcad into armes immedi- 

 ately from the rbotjas ihe ElmCjOthers branch onely toward ihetopya-s thcPineaand die Greek 

 Bcane^which at Rome for the pleafant taft of the fruit^refembling cherries very much^although K 

 it bedf a wild natUrejtbey c^bLotus. This tree is much planted about faire houfes,in the court 

 yatdsjefpecially becaufe the boughs fpread fo large , for albeit the if ock or bodie itfd'fe bee but 

 very fhort and fmalljyet it brancheth fo^as that it yeeldcth much fhade ; ycajand oftentimes the 

 boughs reach to the neighbour houien . But there is tTot a tree againe that maintaineth this 

 fhade a lefTe while : for when Winter isonce come, the leaves ihed, and then it admittcth the 

 warmcSunne for it. Moreover, there is not another tree that beareth a fairer barkCj nor more 

 pleafant toiheeie, nor thai;cacieth either longer boughs, and moreinnumber than it,orftron- 

 ger : a man thatfeeth thenl, would fay they were fo many trees by themfelves. As touching the 

 life and commodities of thistrecj the bad<e fervcth to colour skins and leather: the root to die 

 woollAnd as forthe fruit or. Apples thatit beareth,they are a fpecialll<ind by themfelves : for ali^ ^ 

 the world they refemble the fnouts or miizzksofwildhcafts, andmany of thefmalierXortfeeme 

 to hang to one that is bigger than the reft. 



As concerning boughs of trees^ feme are tcarmed blind^bccaufethey putnot forth certaine 

 cics or chits where they fhould bud : which happeneth fometime by a naturall dcfed^ when they 

 arc not of validitietothruft out a bud ; otherwhiles it is occafioned by fome wrong andinjurie 

 done^namely, when they be cut offhand in the place of the,cur,there groweth as it Iwiere a calious 

 skar that duUeth the vertue qf the tree. Furthermore, looke what iithe , nature that forked trees 

 havein their boughs jthefanid hathrhc-Viae in her eies aind burgeons 5 the fame alfp havecanes 

 and reeds in their joints and krK)ts. Over and befides, all trees toward their root,and the neareft 

 to the ground, are thickerthan elfewhcre. Some run up altogether in height, and thterein i"hew M 

 their growthj^as the Firre or Deale treeythc Larch, Date-tree, Cypre^e, Elme, and generally, all 

 thatrifeup in one entire fi:ock€,and areaotdcvided.Of thofe alfo that branch and putouc many 

 boughes, jhiETC is a kinddf Cherry-trdeihat is found to beare armes like beamesfdrtiecubiiei. 

 l<kig,and two fobt in thicIoaelTe iquare tfettjiighout the whole length, . r;»:ii«v; • >; : ' ' • 



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