PIfnies Naturall Hifiorie. ^83 



A vidcdintomanyknotdc joynts.Thofe onely of India, have fhort leaves. But inallofcbemjtbe 

 Icafe fpringeth out of the joynt, which embracing the Cane, doth clad it round about vyith cer- 

 tainc thin membranes or tuniclesj as farre as to the middle fpace betweene the joynts ; and then; 

 for themoft part chey give over to claipetheCanCjand hang downward to the ground. As 

 well Reeds as Canes, (pread their leaves like wings round one after another, on either fide up- 

 on the very joynts, and that in alternative courfe alwaies veric orderly ^fo as if ilieone ilieath 

 comefoorthof the right fide, the other at the next knot or joynt above it, puttcth out on the 

 left, and thus it doth throughoutby turnes. From thefe nodofities, otherwhiles a manfliall 

 perceive (as it were)certaine little braunchcs to breakefoorih, and thofebe no other but fmali 

 and flcndcr Reeds. . . 



B Moreover, there bee many kinds of Reeds and Ganes ;for fome of them (land thicker with 

 joynts, and thofeare more faft and folide than others, and fmall diilance there is betweene the 

 fame : there be againe, that have not fo many of them, and greater (pace there is from the one ^ 

 • to the other, and fuch Canes for the moft part areofathinnerfubftance. YefhallhaveaCane 

 all full of holes within,called thereupon Syringiasj and fuch are very good to make whiflles or 

 fmali flutes, bccaufe they have within them neither grifily nor flefhie fubllince . The Orcho- 

 menianCaneis hollow throughout from one end to the other, andthisthey call Auicticus,ot 

 thcpipc Cane ; for .IS the former was fit for flutes, lb is this better for great p ipes.Now you fhall 

 meet with Canes alio that ftand more of the wood, and have but a narrow hole and concavi- 

 tie within ; and this is full of a fpungeouspithor marowwithin-foorth.Somebeiliorter, fome 



C longer than other : and where you have one that is thin and ficnder , you Hiali Ipie a fellow to it 

 more grofle and thicker. That which brauncheihmoil:, andputieth foorth greaceft (lore of 

 fhoots, is called Donax, and is never knownctogrowbutin marifnes and waterie places, (for 

 herein alfo lyeth a difference) and preferred it is farre before the Reed that commeth up in drie 

 ground. The Archers Reed is afeverallkind by iifdk (as we have (hewed before 5) but of this 

 fort, thofein Candie have the greateft (paces betweene every joynt j and if they be made hote^ 

 they are veric pliable, and will bend and ibllow which way fbever a man would have them. 



Moreover3Recdsarediflinguifhcdonefrom another by the Leafe^notfor thenumber, but 

 the flrength and colour. The leaves of thofe about Lacedasmon, * are ftiffe and ftrong, grow- * /v^y«,o, 

 ing thicker of the one fide than the other. And fuch as thefe are thought generally to grow ' 



D along (landing pooles and dead waters, farre unhke to ihoie about running rivas: and befides, J/^^/lt' 

 to be clad with long pellicles, which clafp^e and climbe about the Cane higher above the joynt, 

 than the red doe. Furthermorej there is another kind of Reeds that groweth crooked and win- 

 ding travers, and not upright toany height^but creeping low toward the ground, and Iprea- 

 ding it felfcin manner of allirub. Beafis take exceeding great delight to feed thereof, and 

 namely, when it is young and tender, for thefweet and plealant that it hath . Some call this 

 Recd,Elegia. 



Over and befides, there brcedeth in Italic alio among the fennes, a certaine fait fome, na- 

 med^ Adarca, flicking to the rind orutmofi; barkeof Reeds and Canes, oncly under the veric *caiamac 

 tuft and head : palling good it is for the tooth-ach, by reafon of the bote and cauftickc qualitie 



E thatit hath like to Senvie or Muftard-feed. As touching the Recd-plots about the Orchome- 

 nianlake,Imufl needs write moreexaiSliy, confidering in what admiration they were in times 

 paft.-forin the firft place, they called that Cane which was the thicker and moteifrong, Chara- 

 cias; but the thinner and moreflender, Plotia. And this verily was woont to bee found fvvim- 

 ■ ming in the Iflands that floted in the faid lake whereas the other grew alwaies firme upon the 

 bankes and edges thereof, how farre fbever it fpred and flowed abroad . A third fort alfo there is 

 of Canes, which they called Auleticon, for thatit fervethto make flutes and pipes of; but this 

 commonly grew but every ninth yeare : for the faid lake alio kept that time juft , and encreafed 

 not above that tearme;but if at any time itchaunced topaffe that time and to continue ftiU 

 two yeares togither more than ordinarie, it was holden for a prodigious and fearefull figne. The 



F which was noted at Chxronra, in that unfortunate battaile wherein the Atheniens were over- 

 thrown and defeated : and many times elleis obferved to happen about Lebadia, namely, when 

 the river Cephifus rifeth fo high, that he fwelleth over his bankes, and is di (charged into the laid 

 lake. Now during that ninth yeare (whiles the inundation of the lake continueth) theie Canes 

 proove fobigge and ilrong withali^that they ferve for hawkingpolcs^ and fowlers pearches: 



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