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The fe venteeiith Booke of 



they bii cut and loppecJ.Set Acorncs of this tree Efciilus whercfoevcryou pleafc^thcy will furely q 

 take and come up: but the trench muft be a fpan dcepejand the Acorpes two foot afunder. And 

 ibuirtiriicsinthcycarcarethcy tobelighdy^raked andc^^ Aforke or prop 



ai!iadfijc£thisi»bmi;j laftcth very wcIIaqdrMech nofc : andin very tr^uthj the morcthat the tree it 

 iHfeisxutarid manglcdjthe better it fpringeth and puttethforth n.ew:(^^^ 

 h: Over and hcfidcs chefe cress abovertamedjthcre kcc others that ufe to be cut and lopped for 

 Vincptops itnd ftaiesjto^itithc Afhjfh^^ay trcCjthc Peach,and Hazell tree, lyea^'and the Ap* 

 ^It tnsc: but thcfe arc all of ithem lat^ted and flow of growth j.neithcr will they endure fo jsdi 

 jwithout rotiungjif they ftandany time in the ground,and much lefle willthcy abide siny wet^Sut 

 ^ theoiher fidc,thc Elder treeof all others is moftfiimeforto make poles andftaJkes of. It wiH 

 •growof fionsandimpcscvcnasthcEopltt* Asfojc^c%prciktt^^^ H 



7,1, Chap. xxi. 



V*: ■ > The^mnmr and skill of hmbanding and drefsmg fineyards, 



Ow |bjtc.we have ti^eatcd fufficicntly of the inftrumentSjfurniturCjand tackling(as it iverc) 

 belonging to VincyardSjit rcmaineth to fpeakc of the nature of Vines.and to deliver with 

 elpcciall regard the manuring and drcfTing them. According therefore as wee may fee ia 

 -Vines and ibme other trcesy which have within them a (pungeousmatterand light fubitance, 

 their twigs and braunchcs doc containea kind of marrow or pith cnclofcd between certain knots j 

 ior joints wherewith their ftalkes arc devidcd and parted. As for thefe fiftulous concavities^ they 

 .drchutfhoEtallof thern^ and toward thetopfhortcr and fhortcrj but evermore betweene two 

 knotSjthey enclofe the joints aforefaid. Mdw this matrow_,this vegetative and vital! fubftance > I 

 lay , (call it whether you wiil)runncth forward ftill on end all the length of the hollow kex or pipe 

 fo long as it findeth no reCiftancc by the way : but meeting once with a joint or hard knot which 

 makcth hcad upon it, not fuifering the fame to pafle forward, it being driven backe, returneth 

 downewardi; howbeitjin that reverberatjionjbreakcth out under thofe knotSjand putteth foorrh 

 iccrtaiac wingsoc pinnions like arme-pits, whereas the buds or leaves doe come ; but alwaies in 

 alternative CQi^CjOne of this fidcjand another of thatjaf ter the manner of reedsjcanes^, and fcn- 

 nell-geantjashathbeenlliewedbeforerinfuch wilcjthatif onewingrifeforthattbc botiomeof ^ 

 thelower knot on the right hand, another (pringeth for it on the left hand in that next above it j 

 and thus they>kcepc order the whole length of the braunch. Thefe fprouts when they arc come 

 once to Ibmc bigneiic,and do braunch tiiere, bee called of the Latines by a prettie namejGem- 

 mx,zs it wcdcep cecious floncs : but fo long, as they are no other than buds fproudng foorth un- 

 der the concavitie or pit-hole of the forcfaid joints,they tearme them Ocuios5[/.Oiiefs or Eies : ] 

 marie in thevei:y.top they be named by them Germina [/.Sprigs or Burgeons J After this order 

 arc engendred the raaine braunches/hc fmaller^fprigs yearely cut away^jthe grapeSj leaveSjand 

 yong tcndtils of Vines.But hereat 1 wonder moft^that the burgeons comming forth on the right 

 ndcjbe alwaies more tough and firme than thofc of the left. To come now unto the planting of 

 thefe Vines :Thc (hoots or branches muft bee cut juft in the middeft betweene the forefaid knots 

 or jointSifb lis the marrow in no wife run out.Andifyou would plant fig-fetsor fiqnsjthcy ought 

 ycrily to bcj^fpi^n long,andthen to be prickt into the ground, (but firft there lliould bee a hole 

 made with a little ftakc) with the greater end that grew next to the bodic of the tree downeward : 

 provided alwaies, that two oilets or buds fhnd above ground. Now thefe oilets are properly (in 

 twigs or fcts of ttces)thofeb.uds called^where the new Spring firfl ftooteth forth. And hereupon 

 it iiijthat thefe fions or cuttings being fet in nource- gardens, beare the fame yeate that very fruit 

 ivhich they yvpuld have borne upon the tree, if they had not been cut off : and namely,if they be 

 fet in the right fcafon whiles they be plumpc and full ;for having conceived on the tteCjthey doe 

 ^nfummaic thefadconccption fo begunjand are delivered thereof elfewhere. And lookc what 

 Jig-fets bc-in thi^ manner plantedjmay be cafily and without daunger remooved and tranflated ^ 



third yeareafter, ForceheSjas this tree of all others foone ageth and endurcth notlong ; fo 

 in rccompence of Ihort lifejthis one gift it hath of NaturCjThat it commeth forward apace^quick- 

 iy growcth'to the full bigncfTejand beareth fruit. 

 As/q|; AiM^^*^!^^^^ is "^ot a tree that is planted more fundric waies, nor affourdcth grcatcs 



