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The Art of 
To i^eep Anus fromyouni trees. 
F Of to keep the young trees from Snailes and Antes, it (hall be 
good to take Allies and lo mingle unflackt Lime, beaten in pou* 
der therewith, then lay it all about the root of the tree, and when 
it taineth, tf»fy (hall be beaten down into the Afhes and die : but 
ye muft renew your Aihes after every raine from time to time : alio 
to keep them riioilV, ye muft put certaine fmall veffels full of water 
at the foot of yourfaid trees, and alfo the Lees of Wine, to be 
fpread on the ground there all about. F or the bed dtftroying of 
the fmall fnailes on trees, ye mufl: take good heed, in the fpring 
time before the trees be leaved ^ then if ye (hall fee as ii; were ('mail 
ivarts, knobs or branches on the trees, the fame will be fnailes. 
Provide to take them away faire and fbfily, before they Be'luII clo- 
fed, and take heed that ye hurt not the wood or barke of the faid 
Lrce;a^ little as yc can; then burn ihofe branches on (he earth, or- 
all to treed them under your feer, and then ifany do remainr or 
icnewq ^Ipoke in the heat of the- day, and if ye can fee any, w hick 
will commjonly be on the clefts or forkes of the branches, and aifo 
upon the branches lying like tofts Or tops together, then wrap your 
hands all over with old clothes (and bind leaves beneath tfiem, 
and above them) and with your two hands rub them down there- 
in, and (Iraight way fire it, if ye do not quickly with diligence, 
they will fall, and if they fail on the earth, ye cannot lightly kill 
them, but they will renew againc : thefe kind of worms aie noi- 
fon^e. .Flies which be very ftrange, therefore take heed that thty do 
not call a certaine r^dneiTe , on, your face and body; for whereas 
there be many of them, they be dangerous : it is liriange to tell of 
thefe kind of Worrnes,ifye come uiitjer or an ong the trees where- 
as be many, they will cailybur face and hands (your covered bo- 
dy, as your iieclt, bfcaft and ajn;e; ) Tull of fmall fpct,s, iome Kcf, 
fome black, fonie blewilh, which will fd tingle and trouble you like 
Nettles, fomedmes for a day, dr a day and a night after: ihey be 
moll on Plum trees, .and Apple trees, nigh unto moift place?, a^nd 
ill sires : yet neverthtleffe by the gfa.ce of Gcd there is no danger 
(that hinderlland) to be takjcn by them. Ye (hall undefftand, 
fhat if it be in the evening, or in the morning, when it raineth, 
they will rernaine about the grading place of the tree, therefore it 
will be hard to find them, becaufe they are fo fmall. Moreover, 
if fucb branches do remain in the upper part of the boughes or tree, 
ye 
