f links Natural! Hiftorie, 54.7 



A be wet and foked in iliarp^ vinegre and ftale chamber-IeCjand then they flioiild bee well covered 

 and flopped with a kind of morter made thercwithjand otten digged about. As for Olivesjf they 

 make (hew of fmall encreafe^their roots murt be bared and laid open to the cold in winter^ for by 

 this manner of chaftifement they will amend and doe far better. 



In all thelc remedies, proceed wee muft according to the eourfe of the ycare ; for l()metin)e 

 the fealbnrcquirethjthat the meanesfhould be fooneruledjandothcrwhiles later. Some plants 

 there be that fire is good forjand namely^canes and reeds : for if they be burnt.they will come up 

 againc the thicker and more fmooth. AsforC;j/<?3heehathcertaine<:ompound medicines for 

 trees, diftind by fundrie meafures by him prelcribed :for hee hath ordained to ehe roots of the 

 greater trees an *Amphore,but of thcleffc an ^ Vrna oneIy,of Oile dregs^with an eqiiali qnan- *^^p^^^'%pT, 



g titie of water : all which being tempered together,he would have to be poured by little and iicdc TmelfmcKol 

 to the roots,but they ought before to be digged about and laid bare. And for the Olive, hee ad- inan oHiquor. 

 deth moreover,that the roots fhould have a bed of litter or ftraw made before, and then u(cd ac- csr^v^hifh is 

 cordingly.In like manner alio would the Fig tree be fcrved : but efpecially at the roots of it there mucli about 16 

 {hoiJldbeerailedabankcof old earth: for by that meancs it will come to pafle, that the grceoic f^^*^ gallons. 

 Figs will notfall,they will beare more plenteouflyjand thefruitbee more fmooth and pkalant, .^r, io^* 

 To prevent in like manner, that the worme "^Convolvulus bred not in a Vinejhee appointed two wn, 8 gniions, 

 gallons of oile dregs or lees, to be boiled firft to tht thicke confiftence of honie, and then after- ^ vSp"J fjcttcJ* 

 wards to take a third part of the flime Bitumen,anda fourth part of brimftone, and feeth all to- or the Divels 

 getheragaine in the Open airejfor within dores there would be Ibme danger oflcttii'jg the houfe g^^i'i-'ing. 



C a fire. With this mixture , if a Vine bee well annointed about the joints, and under their hollovv 

 armepits,he aifureth us,that there will no fuch worme breed therein. Some concent themfelves 

 10 perfume Vines onely with the finoke of this compofition, Co as it bee done on th>e wind fidcj 

 that it may carie the fume diredly to them ; and this iliould bee continued for three daies toge- 

 ther .Many are of opinion^hat wine being mingled with a like quantitie of water (bccaufe alone 

 of it fcife it is hurcfull) is as good for this purpole as the oile dregs abovefaid, which Cato hath 

 prefcribed.Anotherkindof verminc or worme there is,that gnaweth the tender buds or burge- 

 ons of the Vinejand the faiiie is called Volvox: To prefervc Vines from this harmcfuli creature^ 

 men are wont to take their Vmehookes when they be newly ground & fharpencd,then to fcoure 

 them with a Beavers skin,and with them to prunethc Vines : or clfc after they bee pruned,to an- 



D noint them with Beares bloud.Moreover, Ants or Pifinires makefoule woike otherwhile among 

 trees. If you would drive them away, dawbe the ftock or butt end with red Sinopre and Tar tem- 

 pered together.Or doe but hang up any filh neare by,and all the Pilinires will leave their former 

 liaunt,and gather about it.Othcrs make nomorS adoe^but ftampe Lupines with oile,and there- 

 with annoint the roots.Many there are,who kill both them and Moldwarpcs with oile dregs, Al- 

 fo,3gainft Palmer- worraes or Caterpillers, and to keepe Apples from rotting,thcy give order- 

 for to annoint the top twigs and branch ends of trees with the gall of a greene Lizard.But mote 

 particularly againft thefaid Caterpillars, they would haveawoman whiles hermonihlyficknes 

 is upon her,togoe round about every tree by itfelfe, barefooted and barelegged^ unbraced and 

 unlaced, and her hairehangingabout her eares. Moreover^topreferve trees from wild and . noi- 



E fome beafts,that none of them come neare to brufe and marre their gteene fpring,they doe ap- 

 point to beipreint their leaves with greene Cow or Oxe fhearnCjand water together,betweenc 

 Ibme rhowers,that the r^ine may walli away the mallicc and hurtfuil qualitie of the medicine. A 

 wonder to fee how inventive men are to devife remedies for every milcheefer for many yoiifhall 

 have,who be verily pcrfuadedjthat there be certain charmcs and inchantments to drive away the 

 haile.Butfor mine owne patt,I thinkeit meere raockerieto fet downe the very words, althougb 

 Cato hath done it before m^c. Who alfb fpeaketh of another fpell for diflocations or meiiibers 

 out of joint(an accident happening to trees)which he would have to bee joined clofe witMin the 

 clift of canes . The fame writer hath permitted men to cut downe facred groves, trees alfo^di- 



► c^ted for religion and fequeftred from prophanc ufc ( after a folemne facrifice to the gods firft 



F performed:)the reafon and manner whereof he hath put downe in a certaine Trcatifc^wbich hc 

 con)piled of purpofe as touching that argument. 



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