Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
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riesand fluxes of blond, as Encdtm affirmes, Cap. si ,dt Laptd. & cent. % 
3 Carolus Clu(hss reporteth that hee found this bafe or low Oke not far from I.isbone, of tlm 
height of a cubite, which notwithftanding did allobeareanacornelikethatofour Oke tree Vanins 
that the cup is fmoother, and the Acorne much bitterer, wherein it differcth from the reft of his 
• kinde. 
3 SuercKs vulgaris cum excrement is fungous; 3 guercus b, mills. 
The common Oke with his Apple or greene Gall. Thedwarfe Oke. 
There is a wilde Oke which rileth -vpoftentimes to a maruellous height, and reacheth very far 
with his armes and boughes, the body vvherof is now and then of a mighty thickneffepn compaffe 
two or three fathoms : it fendeth forth great fpreadingarmes,diuided into a multitude of boughs, 
Theleauesare fmoothjfomething^ardjbroadj.ong^afhed in the edges, greene onthevpper fide : 
the Acornes are long, but fhorter than thofeof the tamer Oke ; euery one (aliened in his ovvne cup, 
which is rough without : they are couered with a thin rinde or (hell: the fubftance orkernellwith- 
in is diuided into two parts, as are Beans, Peafe, and Almonds:the bark of the yong Okesis fmooth, 
glib,and good to thicken sk ins and hides with, but that of the old Okes is rugged, thicke,hard, and 
full ofetops : the inner fubftance or heart of the wood is fomthing yellow', hard and found, and the 
older theharder : the white and outward part next to the barke doth eafily rot, being fubieft to the 
Worme,efpecially if the tree be nor felled in due time : fome of the roots grow deepe into the earth, 
andotherfome far abroad,by which itftiffely ftandeth. 
The Place. 
The Okedoth fcarcyly refufe any ground; for itgroweth ina drie and barren foile, yetdothic 
profper better in a fruitful! ground . irgrowethvpnnhills and mountaines,and likeW'ifein vallies: 
it commethvpeuery where in all parts of England, but is not fo common in other of the South 
and hot regions. 
The Time. 
The Oke doth caft his leaues for the moft pare about theend of Autumne: fome keepe their 
Seaueson,butdry all winter long, vntill theybethruftoffby thenew fpring. 
ei The Hames. 
The Oke is called in Greeke o*. in h»tine,3turciu .-of fome.p/.ie/^as Gaza tranflatethit.lt may 
psca\lcdSatma > Tria»a } oiC;ilfa !) {binea.lk ) Rmerot mudien , and Relur ; the Macedonians 
as 
