Plinies Natunll Hiftorie. 



nourirhecij and permitted to grow on end, unleflfe her fceblcnes be againfl it : But when the third 

 ycare is comejand not aforCj be bold to give herthe head with two braunches more; and never 

 let her goe but with foiire at the moft.In one word,hold a vinedowne as much as you canjnevcr 

 cocker and cherifh her, hui rather repreflc her fruitfulnefle 5 for of this nature is the vinc,Rather 

 than her lifejlhec would be alwaies bearing j neither takcthflicefuch pieafure toliveiong,asio 

 beare much rand therefore the more you take away of her rankc and fuperfluous wood, the 

 bettcrwill fhe employ her radicallfap and moitture to frudific and yceld good ftorcof grapes: 

 yet by her good will ftie would be ever putting forth braunches for new pjanis, rather than bu- 

 fiein bearing fruit jfor v^ell Woteth Ihe^ that fruit will fail and is but tranfitoric.Tiius to her owne 

 undoing and overthroWj while flicc thinketh to (pread and gaine more ground, fhee fpends her 



B ftrength,herfeIfeandall.Howbcitinthiscafe3thenatureof thefoile willguide amanand ad- 

 vife him well : In a Icane and hungrie ground, although the vine be ftrong enough, you ought 

 lokecpc it downc with cutting, that it may make abode under the head of the traile aiid fi-amc 

 abovej and howfocvcrfhc may have fome hope that her young braunches fliall get up to the 

 top (as being at the verie point to mount above it^and fo ncare as that they reach tl?ereiinto)yec 

 let her ftay there and proceed no farther .-fuffer her not(I(ay)to lay her head thereupon and 

 couch upon the traile, nor wantonly tolpreadand run on at hereafe.In this manner (I fay)hold 

 her head in with the bridlCjthat Ibc may in the end chufe rather to grow big in bodie and ftrong 

 withall, than to fhoot forth braunches about her every way farre and neare. The fame braunch 

 now that is kept fhort of the frame, ought to have two-or three buds to burgen at, and to bring 



C forth more wood in time : and then let it be drawneand trained dole unto the traile and tied fait 

 . thereto, that it may (eeme to bearc upon it and be fupported thereby, and not to hang loofcly 

 thereupon. Bceing thus bound to the frame, it muftlikewifc be tied anon, three buds or joyncs 

 off:for by this means alfo the wood is reclaimed and reprelfed from runningout in length be- 

 yond all meafurCjand the burgeons in the way between will come thicker & (hoot up on heigth^ 

 to furnil"h the husbandman with ftore of new lets and (ions for the next yeare.The very top end 

 in no wife muft be. tied. Certesihis propertie and qualiue hath the vine^That what part foever of 

 it is dejedcd and driven downward,or els bound and tied faft,thefame ordinarily bearcth fruir^ 

 and principally in that very placewhere it is bowed and bent in manner of an arch* As for the 

 other parts which be backeward and nearer to the old maine ftocke, they fend out ftore of new 



^ braunches indeed^ full of wood, but otherwiiefruitlcfle thatyeare;by reaibn (I fuppofe verily) 

 of the fpirit or vegetative hfe, and thatmarowor pith whereof wee fpake before, which findeth 

 many flops and lets in the way, Howbeit thefe new fhoots thus puttingfbrth, will yceld fruitthe 

 next yeare. Thus there offer unto us two kinds of vine braunches: for that which fpringeth out 

 of the hard and old wood, and promifeth for that yeare following nothing but fprigs and twigs 

 oneIy,is called Pampinarium: whereas that which commethmore forward beyond the cut or 

 cicatrieejand beareth ihew of grapes, is named Fru(ftuarium. Asforanother ,lpringing from a 

 yeare-oldbraunchjitis lefcalwaics for a breeder and kept fhort iiadct the frame; as alfo that 

 which they teatme Cuflos,^/. theKeeper,or Watch : ] A youngbraunch this island no longer 



_ than it may well carie three buds ; which the next yeare is like to beare wood and repaite ali^in 

 .cafe the old vine ffockefhould mifcarrieandfpend it felfe by carying too great a burden. Alfo 

 another burgen there is clofe unto himjbearing out like a knob, of the bignefleof a werr, (cal- 

 led he is Furunculus) who mull icrve the turne and makcfupply, if pcradvcnt^jre the forefaid 

 Watch or Keeper faile. 



Moreover, a vine if it bee fuffered to beare before the fevenih yeare after it was firft (et of a 

 cutting or fion,decaiethfenfibly and foone dieth: neither is it thought good to let the old wood 

 run on {fill in length upon the frame, as farre as to thefourth forke that underproj^eth itj.(fuch 

 old crooked braunches fome call Dracones, others luniculos) to make thereof huge and great 

 trailcs of vines rearmed Mafculeta.Butworfl of all it is, to feeme for to propagate or draw in a 

 long traile within the ground vines in a vineyard, when they be growne hard with age . When 



F the vine is five yeares old, a man may boldly wind and twine the very braunehes,fo as out of eve- 

 rieonetherebeatwiglctio growat libertieithushe may proceed forward to the next, cutting 

 away the wood as hec goeth that bare before. The futet way evermore isfuppoiedtolcavc the 

 Watch or Keeper behind j mary heemuft be next unto the vine maine bodie, and neareft the 

 joot, and no longer than is before fet downc . Now in cafe the braunches pfoovc over rankc. 

 ^ ^ Zz ij they 



