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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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fmell,and nicked roundabout the edges : out of the yonger fort of the boughes, hard to th^fettinp- 
on of the leaues, grow forth banging together many Ipng narrow and flat cods, as it w?relikeab 
moft todiuers birds tongues, where the feed is' perfected, which is of a bitter taftf: the roots be 
many, and grow deepein the ground. 
1 be Afh doth better profper in moift pla- 
ces, as about the borders-of Medowes and Ri- 
uer fides, than in dry grounds. 
ThcTime . 
The leaues and keyes come forth in A prill 
and May, yet is not the feed ripe before the 
fall ot the leafe. 
The Names. 
This tree is called in Greeke, and of 
diners, p&m ■ in Latine, Fraxinm ■ in hiVh- 
Dutch , Cfcijcrnbaum , Cfcljetnboltt , and 
^)tcpneftl)crn :in low-Dutch, OEaajen and 
Cffcljenboom.-in Italian, Frafinodn French 
Frefne : ii\Spani(h, Frefno t Fraxino } and Fret' 
xo : in Fnglifh^ Afh tree. 
The fruit like vnto cods is called of the A- 
pothecanes,T/»|-(/a Auis jciTid Linnua P ajj'erina: 
it may be named in Greeke, y ct 
fotne would haue it called Orneogloffam : 0 _ 
thers make Omus or the wilde Afh to be cal- 
led Orneogloffum : it is termed in Englifb,Afh 
keyes, and 6f fome, Kite- keyes . 
51 The Temperature and Vert ties . 
The leaues and bark of the Afh tree arc dry 
and moderatly hot : the feed is hot and dry in 
the fecond degree. 
The iuice of the leaues or the leaues them- 
felues being applied, or taken with wine, cure 
the bitings ofvipers,as Diofcorides faith. 
C The leaues of this tree are of fo great vertue againft ferpents,as that they dare not lo much as 
touch the morning and euening fhadowes of the tree, but fhun them afar off, as Pliny reports, li.\6. 
cap. 1 1 . He alfo affirmetb, that the ferpent being penned in with boughes layd round about, will 
fooncr run into the fire, if any be there, than come neere the bough es of the Afh : and that the ? Afh 
doth floure before the Serpents appeare,and doth not cart his leaues before they be gon againe. 
D _ We write (faith he) vpon experience, that if the ferpent be fet within the circle of a fire and the 
bougbes, the ferpent will fooner run into the fire than into theboughes. It is a wonderfull cour- 
tefie in nature, that the Afh fhould floure before thefe ferpents appeare,and not call his leaues be- 
fore they be gon againe. 
E Both ofthem, that is to fay the leaues and the barke, are reported to flop the belly :and beino- 
boiled with vineger and water, do flay vomiting, if they be laid vpon the ftomacke. ° 
F 1 he leaues and barke of the Afh tree boiled in wine and drunk, do open the Hoppings oftheli- 
uer and fpleene, and do greatly comfort them. 
G Three or toure leaues ol the Afh tree taken in wine each morning from time to time, doe make 
thofe leane that are far, and keepeth them from feeding which do begin to wax fat. ’ 
Ik or Kite-keyes of the Alb tree prouoke vrine,increafe naturall feed, and ftirre vp bodily 
^yiulbelpeoally being poudred with nutmegs and drunke. 
i_. Cue wood is profitable for many things, being exalted by Homers commendations, and Achilles 
fp^ary as Pliny writeth. The fhauings or fmall pieces thereof being drunke are faid to be pernici- 
ous and dcadly,as D i ofcorides affirracth. 
K Ihe Lee which is made with the A flies of the barke cureth the white feurfe, and fuch other like 
toughndlc ol the skin, as Plmy teftifieth. 
F rax inns. 
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