PImics Natiirall Hiftorie. 



. A others againCjthat extend peculiarly to Ibnie certaine kind or other. As for the former fortjge- 

 nerall it is^that no trees are exempt from.thc wormc, the blafting^and the joint-ach . Hereof ic 

 commcthjthat we fee them more feeble and weake in one part or member than in another ; as if 

 they did participate the maladies and iniferies of niankind/o common are thenamcs ofdifeafcs 

 unto them both.For certesjwe ufe to fay indifferently ^Thattrees are headieflejwhen they be lope 

 and toptjas well as men who arc beheaded : wee tearme their eies to bee enflamcd^fendged ^and 

 bloud-fhottenjwhen their buds be blafted:&: many other infirmities, according to the like pro- 

 portion. And thereupon it is^thatwe fay they be hungerflarvedand pined: and contrariwife^that 

 ihey be full of crudites andrawundigefted humors^namely^when mbiftureaboiindethin them. 

 Yeajand fbmc of them arc faid to be grofle and overfatjto wit, all fuch as bear rofin^ when b.y the 



B mcanesof too much greafe (as it were) they begin to putrifie and turne into Torch- wood : yea, 

 and it falleth outjthat they die withall^in cafe the faid greafe take once to the roots, even as living 

 creatures being ovcrgrowne with fat. Moreover^ yce lhall fee a kind of peflilence light amongft 

 one peculiar kind of Kces: like as it farethfomctimes with men in fund rieffates and degrees : 

 whereby one while flaves only die of a plaguCjanother while the CommonSj3nd thofc either ar- 

 tifans in a citiCjOr peafants and husbandmen of the countrey. 



Now as touching the Worme^ fome trees are more fubjedl: unto it than others : and to fay a 

 truth jin manner a]l,more or Icffe 5 and that,the birds know well ynough, for with their bils they 

 vjilljobuponthebarkCjandby the found trie whether they be worme-eatcn or no. But what fay 

 wee to our gluttons and belli- gods in thefe daies,who make reckoning among their daintie di- 



C fhes , of vyorms breeding in trees 5 and principally of thole great fat ones bred in Okes_, which 

 wormes they call Coffi^and are efteemed amoft delicat meac?Thefe forfboth they feed in mue^ 

 and franke them up likefat- ware^with good corne-meale.But above all othcrSjPeare treeSjApplc 

 trees^and Fig trees^are fooneft worme-eaten : and if any trees efcape^thcy be fuch as are of # bit- 

 ter wood in caftjand odoriferous in fiiielLTouching thofe worms that be found in Fig trees/ome 

 are engendrcd of tliemfeivesjand of the very wood : others arc bred of a bigger vermine called 

 Cera lles.Howbeitjall of them(which way foe ver they come)are lliaped in manner of the faid Ce- 

 raflesjand make a certaine fmallnoife like the flirill and creakingfoundofalittlecriquet . The 

 Secvife tree likewife is haunted and plagued with little red and hairie wormes^ which in the end 

 doe kill it.pie Medlar trees alfo when they be oldjare fubjc£t to this maladie. 



D As for the mifliking of trees [called Sideratiojwherby they donfumcjwither away^and crum- 

 ble to powderj it is a thing caufed oncly of the weather and influence of fome Planet. And there- 

 fore in this ranke are to be raunged Haile, Blaff ing with fome untowaid windsjand Froffs which 

 bite and nip them to the heart. And verily it fallech out, that in a mild and warme Springjwhen 

 plants bee too forward and put foorth their f oft buds and tender fprouts over-foone, the blacke 

 wind taketh them on a fiiddaine^and a certaine rime fetdeth thereupon, fcndging and burning 

 the oilets of the Burgeons jwhiles they be full of a milkie fap : which accident, if it light in bloo- 

 ming time upon the bloflbmejis called properly Carbuncukisp.a Mieldeawji^sfor the Froif at 

 fuchatimCjitis farworfethan the blaffingafoicfaid:for when it falleth upon any trees or plants^ 

 it there reffeth and remaineth flilljit congealeth all into an yce, and no puffe of wind there is to 



E remove and diflodge it: for why? fuchfroflscommonly arenotbutintimeof aflilljclearCjand 

 calmeaire.Touchingthat manner ofBlafting or mifliking called Sideratiojasifthey werefmit- 

 ten with themaligne afpedoffome planetjthis daungerchaunccth peculiarly by fome drie and 

 bote windsjwhich are bufie commonly about the rifingofthe Dog lkr,at what time we fhallfec 

 young trees and newly graffed,to die outrightjcfpecially Figge trees and Vines. The Olive^over 

 and befides the worme(whereto it is fubjedt as well as the Figge tree)hath another greefe and fo- 

 rancc called in Latin Clavus^Fungus or Patella [/.a KnutaPuffe-^Meazil or Bliffer]chufeyou whe- 

 ther : and nothing is it but a very fendge orb urne by the Sunnc. 



Furthcrmorc,Cd/^)faith,That the red mofleis hurtfull untotreesXDftentimes alfo wc find that 

 as well Olives as Vines, take harme by overmuch fertilidc and fruitfulnes. Asfor fcab and skurfc, 



F what tree is eleare of it ?Thc running mange or tettar, is a mifchcefe peculiar unto the Figtree : 



g as alfojto breed certaine Hoddy-dods or fhell-Snailes flicking hard thereto and eatingit. And 

 yet thefe maladies are not indifferent and alike in all parts of the tree. For thus you mufl thinkc, 

 that fbmedifeafes are appropriateto one place more than another. For like asmcn are trou- 

 bled with the Arthriticall torments, or the Gout , even fo be trees: yeaj^ after two forts as well as 



they. 



