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as though you fhould fay Feriquercus ,as Ga?aexpo uncleth it. or Fere Jguercuj, the true Oke. We 
may name it in Engliilr, the tamer Oke-tree^-iin French, Chefne ■ in Dutch, Ofyefeen booth. 
The fruit is named inGreeke inLat in e flans : in high Dutch, Cstljfl : io low Dutch, 
fed : in Spanifh,Bf&r«r : in Italian, Chiandc in Englifh, Acorne and Mall. 
The cup wherein the Acorneftandeth is named in Greeke «f,*»*v,as Ptwlus */£gineta in his third 
booke,42 chapter teftifieth, faying JDmphacis is the hollow thing out of which the Acorne groweth : 
in Latine, CdixglmdU : in thops, Cupula glandis : in Englilh,the Acorne cup. 
T he T cmperature and Fertucs. 
The !caues,barke, Acorne cups, and the Acornes themfelues,doe mightily binde and drie in the A 
third degree, being fomewhat cold withall. 
Thebeftof them, faith Galen, is the thin skinwhich is vnder thebarkeofthe tree, and that next, B 
which liethneereft to the pulpe, or inner fubftance of the Acorncrall thefe flay the whites, the reds, 
{pitting ofbloud and laskcs : the decoction of thefe is giuen,or the pouderof themdried,for the 
purpofes aforefaid. 
Acornes ifehey be eaten are hardly concofted, they yeeld no nourifhment tomans body, but G 
that which is grolfe, raw, and cold. 
Swine are fatted herevvith,and by feeding hereon haue their flefh hard and found. f) 
The A corns prouoke vrine,and are good againft all venome and poifon,but they are not of fuch E 
a flopping and binding facultie as the leaues andbarke. 
The Oke apples arc good againft all fluxes ofbloud and lasks,in what manner foeuer they be ta - p 
ken,but the bell way is to boile them in red wine, and being fo prepared, they are good alfo againft 
theexcefliuemoiftureand fwellingof theiawesand almonds or kernels of the throat. 
The decoftion of Oke apples ftaieth womens difeafes, and caufeth the mother that is falne G 
downe toreturneagainetothenaturallplace, ifehey doe fit ouerthe faid decoction being very 
hot. 
The fame fteeped in ftrong white wine vineger,with a little pouderof Brimfione, and the toot of H 
Irens mingled together, and fee in the Sun by the fpace of a moneth, maketh the hairebl acke,con- 
fumeth proud and fuperfluous flefh, taketh away fun-burning, freckles, fpots the morphevv,wirhall 
deformities oftheface, being wafhed therewith. 
TheOke Apples beingbroken in funder about the timeof their withering, do forefhew the (e- I 
quell of the yeare,as the expert Kentifh husbandmen haue obferued by the lining things found in 
them : as if they finde an Ant, they foretell plenty of graine to infue : if a white vvorme like a Gen- 
till or Magot,then they prognofticate murren of beads and cattell ; ifa fpider, then (fay they) wee 
fhall haue a peftilence or fome fuch like fickneffe to follow among!! men: thefe things the lear- 
ned alfo haue obferued and noted; for A/ writing vpon Diofeorides faith, that before they 
bane anhoJethrough them, they containeinthemeithera fiie,afpider, or aworme-if a flic, then 
tvar infueth, ifa creeping worme, than fcarcitie ofvidfuals,if a running fpider, then followed) great 
■ficknclfe or mortalitie. 
Chap. 33. Of the Scarlet Oke. 
The Kindes. 
A Lthough Theophrajtus hath made mention but of one of thefe Holmeor Holly Okes one!y,yet 
■**-hath the 1 ater age fet downe two kindes thereof ; one bearing the fcarlet grain, and thetther on- 
ly the Acormwhich thing is not contrary to Diofeorides his opinion, for he intreateth of that which 
beareththe Acorne, in his firftbooke, among or the Okes ; and the other hee deferibethinhis 
fourth booke, vnder the title ^t"'*>or Coccus Baphice. 
The Defcription. 
T He Oke which beared) the fcarlet graine is afmall tree, in manner of a hedge tree,ofameane 
bignefle,bauingmany faire branches or boughes fpread abroad : whereon are fet leaues, green 
aboue, white vnderneath.fnipt about the edges, and at euery corner one flrarpe prickle, in manner o f 
the fmoother Holly : among which commeth fometimes,but not often, fmall Acornes,ftandingin 
little cups or husks., armed with prickesas fharpe as thornes, and of a bitter tafte. Befides the 
Acornes, there is found cleauingvnto the wooddiebranches.a certaine kinde of berries, or rather an 
excrefcence,of the fub ftance of the Oke Apple, and of the bignefle of a Peafe,ac the firft white, and 
of the colour ofafhes when they be ripe, in which are ingendred little Maggots, which feeme 
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