The Cor ollarie to this Orchard , 6 < 
longbedsinaGarden,beingamaruailous fine ornament thereunto , in re- 
gard it bothgroweth lowe, is cuer greene, and by cutting may beekept in 
what maner euery one pleafc,as I haue before fpoken more largely. 
I Satina. The Sauine tree or bull). 
T He Sauine tree orbufh that is moll vfuall in our country , is a fmall lowe bulb, 
not fo high asa man in any place, nor fo bigge in the flemme ormmkeas a 
mans arme, with many crooked bending boughes and branches , w hereon are 
fet many fiuall, Ihort, hard, and prickly leaues, of a darkegreen colour, frefli and green 
both Winter and Summer: it is reported, that in the naturali places it bcareth imall 
blacke berries, like vn to Iuniper, but with vs it wasneuer knowneto beare any. 
The Vfeof Sauine. 
It is planted in out- yards, backfides, or voide places ofOrchards,as well 
to call clothes thereon to dry , as for medicines both for men and horfes: 
being made into an oyle, it is good to annoint childrens bellies for to kill 
the Wormes : and the powderthereof mixed with Hogs grcafe,to annoinc 
the running fores or fcabs in their heads; but beware how you giue it in- 
wardly to men, women, or children, it is often put into horfes drenches, 
to helpe to cure them of the bots, and other difeafes. 
14. Paliurus. Chriftsthorne'. 
T His thorny fhrubbe( wherewith as it is thought, ouj- SauiourChriftwas crow- 
ned, becaufeas thofe that haue trauelled through Paleflina and ludara, doe re- 
port no other thorne doth grow therein fo frequent, or foapt to be writhed) 
xifeth in fome places to areafonable height, but in our country feldome excecdeth the 
height of a man, bearing many flender branches, full of leaues , let or. either fide 
thereofone by one, which are lomewhat broad and round, yet point. d, and full of 
veines, thicke fet alfo with fmall thornes, eucn at the foote of euery branch, and at the 
foote of euery lcafe one or two, forae Handing vpright, others a little bending Jownc: 
the flowers are fmall and yellow, Handing for the mod part at the end of the bran- 
ches, many growing vpon a long flalke, which after turne into round , flat, and hard 
fhelly fruit, yet couered with afoftflefhy skinne , within which are included two or 
three hard,fmalI,andbrowne flat feeds, lying in feuerall partitions. The leaues hereof 
fallaway euery yeare,and fpring forth afrelhagaine the next May following. The ra- 
rity and beauty of this Ihrubbe, but chiefly (aslthinke) the n?me hath caufed this to 
be muck accounted of with all louets of plants. 
The Vfe of Chrifls thorne. 
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Wee haue fo few of thefe Ihrubbes growing in our country, and thofe 
that are, doe, for any thing I can vnderfland, neuer beate fruit with vs ; that 
there is no other vfe made hereofthen to delight the owners: but this is cer-* 
tainly receiued for the Paliurus of Diofcorides and Theophraflus, and 
thought alfo by Matthiolus to be the very true Rhamnus tertius of Diofco- 
rides. Matthiolus alfofeemeth to contradidi the opinion is held by the 
Phy fitiarss of Mompelier, and others, that it cannot be the Paliurus of The- 
ophraflus. It is held tobe effedluall to helpe to breake the Hone, both in the 
bladder, rcines, and kidney es:the leaues and young branches haue an aflrin- 
gent quality, and good again!! poyfons and the bitings of ferpents. 
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