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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
L1B.3. 
The Vertucs. 
The inner barke hereof is vfed of diners 
country men, who drink the infufion there- 
of when they would be purged : it purgeth 
thicke phlegmaticke humors, and alfocho- 
lertcke, and not only by the ftoole,butma- 
ny times alfo by vomit, not without great 
trouble and paine to the ftomacke : it is 
therefore a medicine more fit for dowries 
than for ciuill people, andratherfor thofe 
that feed groiTely.than for dainty people. 
There be others who aftirme that the dri- 
ed barke is more gentle, and catifeth ldTer 
pame : for tbegreene bark (fay they>vhich 
rs not yet dried containeth in it a certaine 
fuperfluous moifture which caufeth gri- 
pings and vomitings, and troubles thefto- 
macke. 
The fame barke being boiled in wine or 
vineger makes a lotion for the tooth. ache } 
and is commended againft fcabs and filthi- 
nefleof the skin. 
— The leaues are reported to be good fed- 
v der for cattell, efpecially for kine, and to caufe them to yeeld good (lore of milke. 
i_xf Inns nigra, fine Frangula. 
..The blacke Aller tree, n 
All i T HiCiW— j 
TheTempcrature. 
The inner barke of the blacke Aller tree 
is of a purging and dry qualitie. 
C h a p . i o 8 . Of the Seruice tree « 
The Defcription, 
I r T"He Seruice tree groweth to the height and bignetfe of a great tree, charged with many 
1 great armes or boughes which are fet with fundry fmall branches, garnifhed with ma- 
ny great leaues fomewhat long like thofc of the Aih : the floures are white, and iland 
in cluflers, which turne into fmall brownc berries fomewhat long, which are nor good to be eaten 
vntill they haue lien a while, and vntill they be foft like the Medlar, wheieco it is like in tafte and 
Operation. 
3 The common Seruice tree groweth likewife to the height of a great tree, with a ftraight bo- 
dyofabro.vnifh colour, full of branches, fet with large difplayed leaues like the Maple or the 
W'h ite- Thorne, failing that they are broader and longer : the floures are white,and grow in tufts • 
which being fallen, there come in place thereof fmall round berries, brownc vpon one fide, and red- 
diili toward the Sun, of an vnplcafant tafte in refpedt of the former : in which are contained little 
blackifh kernels. 
«r The Place. 
Thefe trees arc found in woods and groues in mod places of England : there be many fmal trees 
tnereofina li-tle wood a mile beyond lllingtonfrom London : in Kent it groweth in great aboun- 
dance, efpecially about Southfleetand Grauefend. f The later of thefe I haue feene growing 
wilde in diners places, but not the former in any place as yet. p 
The Time. 
They fiotire in March, and their fruit is ripe in September. 
qj The Names. 
The firft iscalled in Grecke, ;i, and 'oa : in Latine, S or bus : in high- Dutch, ^feipClfoCtbSUltt t in 
on -Dutch, ©OJbtObOOm I in French, Cormier in Engliih, Seruice tree,andoffomc after the La- 
tmes, Sorbe tree. * 
The 
