I4<?4 Of the Hi ftory of Plants. Lib. 
Strabo'mh'is iy.booke affirraeth, that not onelyA/«?y#x,but alfo the lelfer Syrtis is faid to be 
Lotifhigitis : firft, faith he,lieth Syrtisacertaine long Ifland by the name Cercinna, and another 
lefler, called Circinnitis . next to this is the Idler Syrtis, which they call Lotophagitis Syrtis* 
phe compalfe of this gulfe is almoft 1 600. furlongs ; the bredth of the mouth *oo. By both the 
capes there be Iflands ioined to the maine land, that is,Citcinna and Menynx,oflikebiene{Te • 
they thinke that Menynx is the countrey of the Lotopbagi,or thofe that feed of the Lote trees-" 
of which countrie Homer maketh mention, and there are certaine monuments to be feen, and vld- 
fes Altar,and the fruit is felfejfor there be in it great plenty of Lote trees, whofe fruit is wonderful 
fweet : thus faith Strabo. 
This Lote is alfo deferibed by Theopbrajlusjn his fourth booke he faith, that there be vervma 
ny ktndes, which be fettered by the fruit : the fruit is of the bignes ofa bcane, which when it wax 
eth ripe doth alter his colour as grapes do : the fruit of which the Lotophagi do cate is fweet 
pleafant, harmeles, and wholefome for the belly, but that is pleafantcr which is without kernels’ 
and of this they make their wine . ’ 
This Lote tree, as the fame Author affirmeth, is by nature euerlafting: as for example the Lote 
trees whereof Pliny hath written in his 1 6. booke, 44. chapter. At Rome, faith he theLotetree 
in Lucinas court, how much elder it was than the church of the citie, built in the yeere which was 
without magiftrates, 4 69 itis vneertaine : there is no doubt but that it was elder becaufeLucina 
bare the name of that or groue. This is now about 45 o.yeeres old. That is elder which is 
furnamed CxpilUta , orhairie; bccaufe thehaireofthe veftall virgins was brought vnto it 'but the 
other Lote tree in Vulcans church, which Romulus built by the victory of tenths is taken to be as 
old as the citic, as Maffuriw witnefleth. 
5 T The Time, 
They lofe their leaues at the firft approch of winter ; and recouer them againe in Aprill • the 
fruit is ripe in September. r 
The Names. 
This tree is called in Greeke,!.-*. in Larine by Pliny, Celtis: in Italian, Pci-/, u-e.by thofe of Trent 
Bagolaro . and in Englifh,Lote tree, and Nettle tree. 
ThcT emperaturc and Vert ties, 
A The Lote tree is not greatly binding as Galen faith, but of thin parts, and of a drying nature 
B The deco £i ion of the wood beaten fmall, being either drunke or vfed clifterwife, is a remedy 
for the bloudy flix ; and for the whites and reds. r 
C It ftoppeth the laske, and maketh the haire yellow, and as Galen addeth,keepeth haires from 
falling. f 
D The fhiuers or fmall pieces thereof, as the fame Author alleageth, are boiled fometimes in wa- 
ter, fometimes in wine, as need {hall require. 
Chap. 124. 
0/ Italian iv ood oj Life, or Tocl^e mod vulgarly called Lie num vitae, 
The Vcfcription. 
I T Tahan Lignum viu, or Wood of Life, groweth to a faire and beautiful! tree hauins a 
]_ftraight and vpright body couered ouer with a fmooth and darkegreene barke’ yceldiL 
neater bS forth ° fS °° dIy Icaucs > ,ik e thofe o § f the Peare t’ree butof 
•1= „ kh „„ , th „ 
it is ripe, as big as Cherries, of an excellent fweet tafte when it is drip.l ■ hnr.t,- 5 ■ * e e T W J , . en 
SfiffiTl G “ m ’ whrreof ° l,r bo 7 les and phyficall drinkes be made'but Sbaftard 
.0 he th ““ the lend f „ ppoll d it 
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ripe, with many little ftonpt v PC \ ke but much Idle, of a blewifh colour when it is 
/«J,and^^^ e /r J ,th *" ? th e wfteh^fisnoc vnpJcafant. calls this-Py«A- 
vnfitly for the Ziuyphus Cappadoc1u‘T * ° ° fi§ureour AutIlor ln the laft chapter faueone gaue 
„ fll "The Place. 
g.owe.b plcn.ift.liy abo „. Lugdunum, O.Lion. in F.anc , I pta.d i, i„ 
the 
