Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
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to be without life vntill they feeleth e heat of 
the fun, and then they creep, andfeekerofliea- 
way. But the people of the countrey (which 
make a gaineofthem) doe watch the time of 
their flying, euen as we doe Bees, which they 
then take and put into a linnen bag, wherein 
theyfhake and boult them vp and downevntil 
they be dead, which they makevp into great 
Jumpes oftentimes, and likewife fell them to 
diers apart, euen as they were taken forth of the 
bag, whereof is made the moft perfeft Scarlet. 
The Place. 
This Oke groweth in Languedocke, and in 
the countries thereabout, and alfo in Spaimbut 
it beareth not the fcarlet grain inall places,but 
in thofeefpecially, which lie towards the Mid- 
I and fea,and which be fubietfl to the fcorching 
heat of the Sun, as Carolus Clufius witne(Ieth-& 
not there ahvaies, for when the tree waxeth old 
it growes to be barren. Then do the people cur 
and lop it downe, that after the young (hoots 
haue attained to two or three yearcs growth, it 
may become fruitful 1 againe. 
Petries Bellonius in his books of Singularities 
fheweth , that Coccus Baphicus or the Scarlet 
graine doth grow in the Holy land , and neere 
to the lake which is called the Sea of Tiberias, 
and thatvpon little trees, whereby the inhabi- 
tants get great (tore of wealth, who feperat the 
husks from the pulpe or Magots, and fell this 
being madevp into balls or lumpes, much dea- 
rer than theemptie fhels or husks. 
Ofthis graine alfo Paufanias hath made mention in his tenth booke, and fheweth, that the tree 
which bringeth forth this graine is not great, and alfo groweth in Phocis. which is a countrey in 
Macedonia neere to the Boetians.not far from the mountain Parnaffus. 
T heophra/lus writeth,that •<»«. or the Scarlet Oke,is a great tree, and rifeth vp to the height of the 
common Oke : amongft which writers there are fome contrarierie. Petrus Bellonius reporteth it is a 
litrle trce,and Theophraftus a great one,' which may chance according to the foyle and climate ; fof 
that vpon the ftonie mountaines cannot grow to that greatnefle as thofe in the fertill grounds. 
The Time. 
The littlegrainesorberrieswhich grow about the boughes begin to appeareefpecially in the 
Spring,when the Southwell windes do blow : the floures fall and are ripe in Iune,togetherwith the 
Maggots growing in them, which recoining life by the heat of the Sun, do forthwith flie away (in 
manner ofa Moth or Butterflie) vnleffe by the care and diligence of the keepers, they be killed by 
much and often fhaking them together, as aforefaid. 
Thetreeor flirub hath his leaues ahvaies greener the Acornesbe very late before they be ripe 3 
feldome before new come vp in their place. 
% The Names. 
The Scarlet Oke is called in Greeke «i*w: in Latine Ilex : the later writers, Ilex Coccigtrapt Cocci- 
f era l in Spim(b,Cofcoia:for want ofa fit Englilh name, we haue thought good to call it by the 
name of Scarlet Oke, or Scarlet Holme Oke : for Ilex is named offome in Englifh, Holme, which 
fignifierh Holly or Huluer. But this ilex, as well as thofe that follow, might be called Holm Oke, 
Huluer Oke, or Holly Oke, for difference from the fhrub or hedge tree folium, which is (imply 
called Holme, Holly,and Huluer. 
The graine or berrie that ferueth to die with is properly called in Greeke ».«!&»«.': in Latine, 
Coccus wfetforia, or Ccccum infetforium : plinj alfo nameth it Cufculium: or as moft men doe readeit, 
gnifqtiilium : the fame Author faith, that it is likewife named Scolecionpi Maggot berrie. 
The Arabians and the Apothecaries doe know it by the name of Chefmcs , Chermcs , and Hermes : 
They are deceiued who thinke that Chcfmes doth differ from Infetforium Coccnm : it is called in Ita- 
-ian,Grano detintfori : in Spanifti, Gram detintoreros : in h igh Dutch, ;§?Chatl8C!;bP?t ; in French, 
Vermilion, 
ilex Coccigcra. 
The Scarlet Oke. 
