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to haue the leafe of the Oliuc tree ; but Subtr in G reeke, called P hellos, or the Gorke rree,hath a lit- 
tle leafe. 
«{[ T he Temf er attire and Vertues. 
The leaues of this Oke haue force to coole and repell or keepe backs, as haue the leaues of the A, 
Acornes or Mad trees : being damped or beaten, and applied, they are good for foft fwellings,and 
ftrengthen wcake members. 
The barke of the root boiled in water vntill it be di(Tolucd,and layd on all night, maketh the B 
haireblacke, being firft lcouredwith Cimolu, as Viofcorides faith. 
Clufttu reported:, that the Acorne is efteemed of, eaten, and brought into the market to be fold, C 
in the city of Salamanca in Spaine, and in many other places' of that counrrey ; and of this Acorne 
Pliny alfo hath peradnenture written, lib, i 6.caf,^. in thefe words : Moreouer, at this day in Spain 
the Acorne is ferried for a fecond courfe. 
Chap. 35. Of the great Holtne-Ol^e. 
1 CerrismaiorcGLmdc. 
The Holme Oke with great Acornes. 
2 Ccrns mimre Ghnde. 
The Holme Oke with lelfer Acorns. 
The Defer/ fill on. 
1 A Mong the w ildev Okes this is not the lead, for his comely proportion, although vn- 
profitable for timber, to make coles, carts, Wainfcot, houfes, or fhips Of: the fruit 
* is not fit for any man or bead to cate, neither any propertie knowne for the vfe of phy- 
ficke or furgerie : it groweth vp to the height ofa faire tree, the trunke or body is great, and verie 
faire to looke vpon : the wood or timber foft and fpongie, fcarce good to be burned : from which 
fhooteth forth very comely branches difperfing themfelues faire abroad; whereon are fee fot 
the mod part by couples very faire leaues, greene aboue, and of an ouerworne rudet colour vnder- 
neath.curor fn'ipt about the edges very deCpe : the Acorne groweth fadvnto the boughes, with- 
out any foot- da Ike at all, being very like vnto our common Acorne, fet in a rough and prickly cup 
like an ' iedse-ho^ or the Gheihut huske, of a haxlh tade, and hollow within : this tree beareth or 
0 - • ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ~ bringeth 
