The Cor ollarie to this Orchard. 
would fuithet vndcrftand of that matter. 
Mulberries arc not much defired to be eaten, although they be fomewhat 
pleafant, both for that they ftaine their fingers and lips that cate them, and 
doe quickly putrefie in the ftomacke, if they bee not taken before meatc. 
They hauc yet a Phyficall vfe, which is by reafon of the aft tingent qua- 
lity while they are red, and before they bee ripe, for fore mouthcs and 
throats, or the likc,whereuntoalfo the Syrup, calledDiamoron,isetFe(ftuall. 
inita 
Corollarium. 
A COROLLARIE 
To this Orchard. 
Here are certaine other trees that beare no fruit fit to bee eaten, which 
Elii y et arc often feene planted inOrchards,and other fitand conuenient places 
2H ilM bout an houfe, whereof fomeareofefpeciall vfe, as the Bay tree &c. others 
Saj^EiS for their beauty and fhadow are fit for walkes or arbours; fome being euer 
green arc moft fit for hedge-rowes ; and fome others more for their raritie then for any 
other great vfe,whcrof I thought good to entreat apart by themfelues,and bring them 
after the fruit trees of this Orchard, as an ornament to accomplifh the fame. 
i. Laurui. The Bay tree. 
T Here are to bee reckoned vp flue kindes of Bay trees, three whereof haue been 
entreated of in the firft part, a fourth wee will only bring hereto your confi- 
deration, which is that kinde that is vfually planted in eucry mans yard or 
orchard, for their vfe throughout the whole land, the other we will leaue to bee con- 
fidcred of in that place is fit for it. 
The Bay tree rifethvp oftentimes to carry the face of atreeof ameanebigneflein 
our Countrey ("although much greater in the hoter) and oftentimes (hootethvp with 
many fuckers from the roote, (hewing it felfe more like to a tall fhrubbe or hedge- 
bufh,then a tree, hauing many branches, the young ones whereof are fometimes red- 
difh, but moft vfually of alight or frefh greene colour, when the ftemme and elder 
boughes are couered with a darke greene barke : the leaues are fomewhat broad, and 
long pointed as it were at both the ends, hard and fometimes crumpled on the edges, 
of a darke greene colour aboue,and of a yellowifh greene vnderncath, in fmell fweet, 
intaftebitter, and abiding euer greene : the flowers arc yellow and moffie, which 
turne into berries thatare a little long as well as round, whole (hell or outermoft peele 
is grecneat the fir ft, and blacke when it is ripe 5 wherein is contained an hard bitter ker- 
nell, which cleaucthin two parts. 
The Vfe of Bayes. 
The Bay leaues are of as neceffary vfe as any other in Garden or Orchard; 
for they ferueboth for plcafure and profit, both for ornament and for vfe, 
both for honeft Ciuill vfcs,and for Phyficke, yea both for the ficke and for 
the found, both for the liuing and for the dead : And fo much might befaid 
ofthisonetree,tharif it were all told, would as well weary the Reader, as 
theRelater : buttoexplainemy felfe ; It ferueth to adorne the houfe of 
Godaswellasof man : to procure warmth, comfort and ftrength to the 
limmes of men and women, by bathings and annoy ntings outward, and by 
drinkes&c. inward to the ftomacke, and other parts : to fcafon veflels &c. 
wherein are preferued our meates,as well as our drinkes : to crovvac or en- 
circle 
Jill .. 
