IB. j. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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TheDefcripion. • 
1 mention of Acacia, whereof the firft is the true and right Acacia which 
. , • ~^ ,s a *fi lub or-hedge tree, but not growing right or ftraight vp as other Lllfmalf trees 
dorhis branches are wooddie,befet with many hard and long Thorns- about which a mt v rh„ 
compaft of many fmall leaues cluttering about one fide, as in the Lentill : the homes are - S 
the husks or cods be plaine and flat yea very broad lrke vnto Lupines, efpecially on that fide where 
the feed growes, which rs contained fonietimes in one part, and fometimes - re 
in two parts of the husk. 
growing together m a narrow necke: the feed is ftnooth and glittering. There is a blacke imVc'r, 
ken out of thefe hashes, if they be dried in the ftadow when they be ripe 5 bu r if when they are not 
ripe,thenrtisfomewhatred: feme do wring out a iuiceout of the leaues and fruit: there flow 
eth alfo a gum out of this tree, which is the gum of Arabia, called Gum Arabicke. 
2 Dtofcondcs baaing deferred Spin* Acacia, fetteth downe a fecond kinde thereof calling it 
yteacu t altera , which hath the three leaues of Rue or Cjtifa and coddes like thofe of GcmLl bu 
fomewhat more blunt at the end.and thickest the backe likea Rafor, and (fill groweth forward 
narrower and narrowcr,vntill it come to liaue a (harpe edge : in thefe cods are contained three nr 
foure flat leeds like Genijtella , which before they wax ripe are yellow , but afterwards blacke • the 
whole plant groweth to the height of Gemftajpincfifli GorfTe, both in (Rape, height and refem 
Sedbc form ^ r t0thehel S htofatrce > as would perfuade vs, but full of iTrarpe Thornes' 
«ff The Place. 
The true Acacia groweth in Egypt, Paleftina, Lombardie, and Syria, as Diorcorideswtheth • 
among the fl, rubs and trees that remame alwaies greene. Acacia is noted for one by P tints Belloni 
»i»r,in his firftbooke of Singularities, chap. 44. 1 ani 
The other Acacia groweth in Cappadocia and Pontus,as Tiofcondes writeth : it is alfo found in 
Corfica.and on diuers mountaines of Italy ,and likewife vpon all the coaft of Liguria and Lorn 
bardie, and vpon the Narbonecoaft of the Mediterranean fea. 
*f The Time. 
Thefe floure in May, and their fruit is ripe in the end of Aumift. 
.11 The Names. 
ic tree Acacia is named of the Grecians yea euen in our time, and likewife of the Latins 
Acacu : it is alfo called ^pptiatfina , this ftrange thorne hath noEnglifh name that I can learn, 
and therefore it .may keep (fill the Latme name Acacia,yet I haue named it the Egyptian thorne- 
thenuce ‘s called alfo Acaciaaftet the name of the plant: the Apothecaries of Germamedovfe 
in Read hereof the mice that is prefTed forth of floes or fnags, which they therefore call Acacia Gey. 
ZtirvL M Ct 0Ui - P , iai 7fth for Acacia the tree which the later Hetbarifts do call Arbor luda, to 
I,=mi S ht Ac«ia.„d yeche h«h made i t a g«<= 
ticke h Acacia thiS “ La “ ne ACMi * ’ or the ocher Acacia, and Pontica Acacitjat Pon- 
f Tfl ‘ Nature. 
‘ UICe Acacia,as Galen faith, confifteth not of one only fubffancc,but is of fubftanceboth 
cold and earth le, to which alfo is coupled a certame waterieeflence, and ic likewife hath thin and 
hot parts di fperfed in it f elfe .-therefore it is dry in the third degree, and cold in the firft if it be not: 
and thdrot parts 10 feC ° nd;lflt be vvafhed : for b y wafhing it lofeth his fliarpe and biting quality 
.... . . - , , ej The Venues. 
luntarfeTflbe bedrunke ^red winef° Ur ^ °^ vvomens t errn es,and mans inuo- A 
h ind ! ^ a,etl ’, th * Dladit JS s and inflammations ofi the eies, and maketh the skin and palmes of the E 1 
an 1 m .1 L- °n l * > tCr r C f leabn § ot tbe Serpigo- ithealeth the blifters andextreme heat in the mouth, 
and make, h thebaires blacke that are wafhed therewith. 
loJeV! S °° d ’ nUth ^ Ww ’ a S ainft S - Anthonies fire, the fhingles,ChimetIa, Pterygia, and whit- C 
bn ? de fi° mev vhatcooIe : it hath alfo ioined vnto it an emplaiftick quality bv D 
Si w rh °l' aI Tr t lc fharpnefle of the medicines wherewith it is mixed .Eeinrapph-ed 
he white and yolk ofan egge,it fuffereth not blifters to rife in burned or fealded pans ? Diofi 
tie medicines” ^ ° lher)faith °"M^,doth alfo binde, but it is not fo eflfedfuall nol fo good in fi 
tioo h°tlli « 1 o£cm“in! tfor ' nerl! ' “’''’S" 1 '','’'! 11 * ill Jt in the ftcond pbM,and he would hnieperlMiled rj.&at ft hk ofthe light Ms 
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