Trib* i6. 
Chap. i. 
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ARBORES, 
ET 
FRV TICES- 
TREES AND SHRVBS, 
CLASSIS DECIMASEXTA. 
THE SIXT EE^T H T< 1 { 1 BE, 
CHAP. I. 
Q«m», The Oke. 
N thisClaffis, I am to (hew you all thofe kindes of Trees, whether they be tali and 
great, or lelier, ufually called Shtubbes, which grow naturally in thefe Countries of 
TT*"’’ th k eheth . cr P WoUfric*, bed and longed knowne to us.and Europe, and 
that have not beene difpcr edly already (poken of heretofore : For the infinite kindes 
that grow m Jfia major the Eafl India, and America,the Weft India, befides that we 
want the knowledge of the moll ofthem; would furnifh a capacious volume by them- 
felves: and therefore in my laft Claffis I will onely give you a hint of fomej either 
of beftuie .or bed knowne, and in this.as I thinke is fitted,begin with the Oke 
The Trees that beare Acornes, called inlatine CUndfera arbores, doe compre- 
„ , hendfive (everall kmdes, which are Qaems, ilex, Saber, Smilax 
f r 1 ’ and Ph / la * r J ! > and [° r want of fit Exgliji names to lort unto each,we are forced to call them all Oke 1 i and 
to ditl.nguilh them, give: them feverall epithites, according to their qualities. The Q uercas or Oke ^parjed a- 
game into five forts.all of them having divided leaves.called Rtth,PhtjphjUos Latifolia Quorcur, Homeri, ^hicEty- 
modry, for.qaerc«s or * »*., Efculnr,Mf, Corns mas vel majors gUde, and Hali hUosCorn. fJmU 
ofZZrJte ' ° ftllefeandt heirfoverall#««r,n this Chapter, andofthe red in the focceeding, {Zy 
ti • t-t t i . . Q genus latifiha, 7 he broad leafed Oke. 
1 his Oke, which as T cake it is the moft common in our Land cro Wcfri to be a prear tree nf r 
ance efpeciaUyifitgrow ma fertilefoyle, thettunckeor bodfwWiseov^d wENAkfeXT; 
full of chops and clifts: the armes or boughes like wife are great, difperfinBthemfelvesfarreabroad andlv 7’ 
cut in or gafiled about the edges,fmooth, and of a firming grecne colour, whereon is often k a ’ a r ” y 
dew.feme what clammy, and upon divers ofthem are found growing a round fponnye fubftan^ LT? ^i" 
Apple, whereof I flaall fpeake more hereafter.amongthe fortsof excwffences Ebeareth t a M „'^ 
fmTrc"’ a” " s C T fe “ 5 °" A” 3 fhlkeS ’ which wholl >’ fal1 aw ay in the beginnhw of the hT TE- 
fru.te or Acornes r.fing up in fundry other places, upon fhort (hikes, two or three for the mod part ovnedTo'’ 
ether, who.e outer rinde or skinne is brownebeine ripe and toupb the lower end befna Or- i \ ^ r°~ 
rough hollow cup.the nut or kernell within being hard.cleaving inw twoand ofaiafonab ef “ 3 ^ 
The root: s are great,and fpread farre and deepc, fome ihinkJfoatthey^runneas deene wn if T ^ 
grow high above ir. The timber or wood is firmc.ftrong tough and yellowifii.with a fmood creatTat' 5 ^ 
imoother and firmer in fome places then in others, beinq the moft durable either above nr™, a § rain ^ > f ec 
hni, or m the water,beyond any other kind of timber almoft.and enduring both mailing and^rou whT’ °" ' ' = 
the outer part being called the fappe, is as all know whiter and lefie durable. J g h toVe a “ ! 
Some have made one or two foits more of this kinde, one with greener,yet more hairv or wonli i j 
with fo many deepe cuts therein,that they feemc as curld thereby , another with™ fliortefoeafe n J V ,. 
at thebottome, bath ofthem with fmaller Acornes then the former r/.n r I , d morc I i >gge-d f'"* 
kinde hereof moll likely.not farrefrom LifrbZ not Iboveafoote hi^bearin‘V f ° lWd ^Ttfe^- 
edges,whofe acornes were as great as thofe of the common Oke but ver/hl’rrcr ‘ n =^. roa( ? leaves with fliarper 
and faith alfo that on the hilsneere the Straights or HercJle /pillars thereto ft " ndl . n 8 m> ‘moodier cuppe, H> ,lu ‘ 
leaves all the Winter, and T> Mmpm reporteth the fame to be found on the hihf’and foofodi^ ate r‘T 
failed 
