The feventeenth Booke of 



they: for either doth the difeafe take the way to the fect,thatis to fay, to the rootSj snd there G 

 breaketh out and iheweth itfclfe ; or els it runneth to the cxteriour joynts and fingers, to wit.thc 

 fmall branches and top twigSj which be fartheft remote from the maine bodie of the tree. Here- 

 upon then begin they to drie^wiiheriand wax blacke : and verily the Grcckes have proper names 

 andtearmesrefpeclivetothc oneinfirmitie and the other, whichwe in Latine want . Howbcit 

 we arein forae fort able to expreffe the Symptomes following thereupon ; and namcly,when we 

 fay, firft, That a treeis ill at eafegfickc^and in paine every where : anon, that it falls a way, lookes 

 illjpoorejandleancjwhenwefeethefrefhgreene hcwgone,and thcbraunchcsfrailea{id brittle; 

 Jaft ot allj that it is in a waft,confumption,or fever hcdicke, and dieth fenfibly , to witjwhen it re- 

 ceivc,th no nourifliment(or not fufficieni)to reach unto all parts^and furnifii ihem accordingly : 

 and tame Figge trees of all others, are moft fubjed hereunto 3 as for the wild, they be exempt H 

 wholly from all thefe inconveniences hitherto named. 



Now as touchingthc fcab or fcurfe incident unto trees,it commcth of ceitaine foggie milts 

 and clammie dewcs^ which light fofily and leifurely after the riling of the Brood-hen ftarre Ver^ 

 gilix : for if they be thin and fubtilc,they drench and wafh the trees wcll,and do not inted irxm 

 with the fcab : howbcit in cafe they fall downe right, or that there be an over great glut of Oiow- 

 ers and rainCj the Fig tree takcth harmc another way, namelyj by foking of too much moiliure 

 mtotheroot. 



Vinesj over and above the Wormc and thcBlaft, have a difeafe proper unto themfclvesjCal- 

 ledArticulatio, which is a certain barrenncffe of theirs when they leefctheirfpring in the verie 

 joynt. And this may come upon three eaufes : the firft,when by unfeafonablc and ill wcathcr^as I 

 froft^heat^haile^ or other forcible imprcllions of the aire, they forgoe their young fprouts.-the 

 fecond, (as Thcophrafim hath well noted) if in pruning of themjthecut ftand upward and open 

 to th« vseather: the tnirdjwheathey be hurt by thofe that have the dreffing of them, for want of 

 skill and taking good heed: for all thefe wrongs and inconveniences they teelc in their joynts or 

 knots. A feverall kind of blafting or mortification there is befides in vines, after they have done 

 • blooming, which is called Rpratio 5 namely, when either the grapes doe fall olfjOt before they 

 come to their full grow[h,bc-baked (as it werejintoathickeand hard callofitie . It happeneth 

 alfothatthey be other whiles fieke, in cafe after their pruning, their tender oilets or buds be ei- 

 ther bitten with the f rolt, or findged with fome blaft.The fame befalieth likewife unto them u^on 

 fome untimely or unfeafonable heat ; for furely in all things, a certaine meafure and moderate K 

 temperature doth well, to bring them to their perfedion. To fay nothing of the wrong that is 

 done unto them by the vine-mafters themfelves and husbandmen as they drcfTc and trim them, 

 namely, when they bindthem ovcr-ftreight,as hath been fa id before 5 orwhen thelabourer that 

 diggeth about them, chaunceth to doe them one fhrewd turne or other by fome crooked croile 

 blow j or elle when the ploughman at unawares doth ioofenthc root, orglaunceuponit with 

 the iharcjand fo disbarke the bodie of it : fiinally, they have injurie done unto them, in cafe the 

 pruning-hookebe overblunt, andfogivethema bruife. In regardof all thele eaufes, they are 

 IcfTe able to beare either cold or heat j for every outward injuricis readie to pierce their frefll 

 galls, and a fcald head is foone broken, But the tendetefland wcakeft of all ptheis,be the Apple 

 trees, and namely, the haflie kind that bringeth fwcetlennitings. Howbeit fome trees there bcj L 

 which upon fuch feebleneffe and hurt done unto them^become barrenonlyj& die not snamcly, 

 the Pine and Date tree : for if a tnan fetch off their heads,yoii fhall fee them faile in beating fruitj 

 but this hurt will not kill them quite. 



Moreoverjitfalleth out otherwhiles,that the Apples onely or other fuch fruitSjas they hang, 

 arc difeafed, when as the tree aileth nothing ; to wit, if in due time they wanted taine, warmth, or 

 winds that were ncedfull ;or contiariwife,if they had too much of every one j for by fuch means 

 they cither fall fi:om the tree of themfelves, or els they are the worfe for it, if theyproovc worth 

 ought atall. 



Thegreatefl difpleafure thatcan happen to Vine or Olive tree, is, when in their very bloo- 

 ming they be pelted with violent lliowers of rainc ; for, togither with the bloflbme, downe goeth ^ 

 the fruit of them both , From the fame caufe, proceed the cankerwormes or caterpillcrs (a mofi 

 daungerous and huttfull kind of vermine to trees) which will cat out the greene bud, knot and 

 all . Others there be that will devourc the blolfome and Icafe of Olives alio,as in Miletum : and 

 thusliavingconfuraed all the grecne leaves, leave the trees bare, naked, and ill-favoured to the 



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