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OxjaCMthu T hcofhrajli,' y 7 he D cfcr ipion . 
TheEuer-greenc Thorne. 
T His grovvesvp like a bufh, vnleffeyou 
keepe it with pruning, and then it will in 
time grow to the height ofafmal treejas the 
Hawthorne, whereto it is of a ffinitie, for the 
wood is white and hard, like it, and conered 
ouer with the like barke; but the leaues ar e 
fomwhat like thofe of the Damfon tree, ion. 
gifh,fharp pointed, and fnipt about the ed- 
ges: & they grow alongft thebranches, with- 
out any order, yet fomf times they keep this 
maner of growing : at each knot, where com- 
monly there is a fharpe prick le,grewes out 
one of the larger leaues, which may be feme 
inch and halfe long, and lome three quarters 
of an inch broad : then vpon the prickle, and 
at the commingout therofarc three or foure, 
more or leffe, much fmallerleaues.-row thefe 
leaues are of a faiieand fhining green aboue, 
but paler vnderneath, and they keep on al the 
yeare: At the ends, and oft times in the mid. 
ales of the branches come forth chillers or 
vmbels of little whitifh blufh coloured 
floures, confining of fine leaues apiece, with 
fome little chines in their middles : then 
follow cluflers ofberriesp'n fhape,tafle, and 
bignefle like thofe of the Hawthorne, and of 
the fame, but much more orient and pleafing 
colour, and containing in them the like feed: 
now thefe berries hang long vpon the tree, fie 
make a gallant fhew among!! the greene 
leaues, and chiefely then, when as the Au- 
tumne blafts haue deprtued other trees of their wonted verdure. This floures in May and Iune,and 
ripens the fruit in September and October : it growes wilde in fundry places ofItaly,and Prouince 
in France, but is kept in gardens with vs,where it is held in good efteeme for his euerVeenefie and 
pliablenefle to any vvorke or forme you defire to impofe vpon him. 
The fruit haue the fame faculties that are formerly attributed to Hawes, in the foregoing booke 
1 3 i 8. and therefore I will not here repeat them. 
Chap. 13. Of the Z Egyptian 3 \(ap, or great fuiubes tree. 
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*T»His tree, which forhis leaues and manner of growing I thinkemay fitly be referred to the Iu- 
iubes tree,is of two forts; that is, the one prickly, and the other not prickly, in other refpedis 
they are both alike, fo that one figure and hifloric may feme for them both , which I will giue you 
out of who receiued this figure togetherwith a defeription thereof from Boxen us Stilus ,a nd 
alfo added therto that which Proffer Alpm. hath written of it inhis 5. chap.de PUnt.vEgypt.lt grows 
to the height of an indifferent Peare-trce, and the bodie and branches thereof are couered with a 
whitifh afh coloured barke : the leaues are like thofe of the Iumbes tree, two inches long, and one 
broad, with three nerues running alongft them ; of a deepe fhining greene aboue, and more whitifh 
vnderneath : and they grow alternately vpon the branches : and at their comming forth grow tufts 
oflittlewhite floures hanging vpon Angle long foot-ftalks : after thefe followes the fruit like vnto 
afmall Apple,ofthebignefTe forthemoft part of a large Cherry, and fometimesasbigasa Wal- 
nut, of a fweet tafte,containing therein a kernell or ftone like that of an Oliue.lr bcares ftuit twife a 
yeare, for it hath ripe fruit both in the Spring and fall • yet the vernall fruit feldcm comes to good, 
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