02 The Corollarie to this Orchard. 
prickly onthe edges, efpecially in the young trees, and ibmetimes on thole branches 
that are young and newly iprung forth from the elder rootes, but elfc in a manner all 
fmooth in the elder gro wne, abiding greenc all the winter as well as fummer, and are 
of a grayilh greene on the vnderfide.lt bearech in the fpring time cerraine (lender long 
branches (like as other Okes doej with (mail yellowilh moflie flowers on them, which 
fall away, and are vnprofitablc, the acornes not growing from thofe places, but from 
others which are like vnto thofe of our ordinary Oake, but fmaller and blacker, and fet 
in a more-rugged huske or cuppe. This and no other kinde of Ilex doe I know to grow 
in all our land in any Garden or Orchard :for that kind with long and narrower leaues, 
and not prickly .growing fo plentifully as Matthiolus faith in Tuicane,I haie not fecn: 
and it is very probable to bee the fame that Plinie remembreth to hauethe leafeof an 
Oliue ; but not as fojne would haue ir, that 5w;/«Theophtaftus maketh mention of 
in his third Booke and fixteenth Chapter of his Hiftorie of Plants, which the Arca- 
dians fo called, and had the lcafe of the /lex, but not prickly : for Theophraftus faith, 
the timber of Smilax is fmooth andfoft, and this of the ilex is harder, andftronger 
then an Oake. 
The Vfeof the Ilex or cuer- greene Oake. 
Seeing this is to be accounted among the kindesof Oake (and all Oakes 
by Diofcorides his opinion are binding) it is alfo of thefame qualitie,but a 
little weaker, and may ferueto ftrengthen weake mcmbers.Theyoung tops 
and leaues are alfo vfed in gargles for the mouth and throate. 
6 Cuprejfus. The Cypreffe tree. 
T He Cypreffe tree that is nourfed vp by vs, in our Country, doth grow in thofe 
places where it hath beenc long planted, to a very great height, whofebodie 
and boughes are couered with a reddifh a(h-coloured bark ; the branches grow 
not fpreading, but vpright clofe vnto the bodie, bufhing thicke below, and fmall vp- 
wards, fpirefafhion, thofe below reaching neere halte the way to them abone, where- 
on doe grow cuer greene leaues, fmall, long and flat, of arefinousfwectefmell, and 
ftrong tafte, fome what bitter : the fruit, which are called nuts, grow here and there a- 
mong the boughes, flicking clofe vnto them, which are fmall, and clouen into diuers 
parts, but clofe whilethey areyoung, ofa ruffetifli browne colour s wherein are con- 
tained fmall bro wne feede, but not fo fmall as motes in the Sunne, as Matthiolus and 
others make them to be. 
The V fe of the Cypreffe tree. 
For the goodly proportion this tree beareth, as alfo for his euer-greene 
head, itisandhathbeeneof great account with all Princes, both beyond, 
and on this fide of the Sea, to plant them inrowes on both fides of fome 
fpatious walke, which by reafon of their high gro wing, and little fpreading, 
muff be planted the thicker together, and fo they giue a goodly, pleafant and 
fweet fhadow : or elfe alone, if they haue not many, in the middle of fome 
quaiter, or as they thinke meete. The wood thereof is firmc and durable, 
or neuer decaying, ofa brown yellow colour,andofaflrong fweetefmell, 
whereof Cherts or Boxes are made to keepe apparell, linnen,fut res,and o- 
ther things, to preferue them from raoths,and to giue them a good fmell. 
Many Phyficall properties, both wood, leaues and nuts haue, which here 
is not my purpofe to vnfold, but only to tell you, that the leaues being boy- 
led in wine,anddrunke, helpe the difficultie of making vrine, and that the 
nuts are binding, fit to bee vfed to flay fluxes or laskes, and good alfo for 
ruptures. 
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