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[he [heater of 'P'Lints. 
Chap.i. 
called Ania, bordering on France, as fisny our ot Theopbrnfim lpeakah ot one in 2 hajine ngro ubi Sybarisjiui: 
that did not fpring till Midl'otnmcr, and kepc thegreene leaves in the w inter. 
2 . Hemcriifive Robnr. The Itrong or Gall Oke. 
ThedrongorGallOke (call it which you will, tor both names lit it well, the one from the Latine word-fev- 
bur that is ftrength, and the other becaule it efpecially bcareth Gailcs^ growtth not fo high or great as the for- 
tner,but (hotter and more crooked, y et (pleading faire branches, let with Jong leaves like the former, but more 
cut in on the edges,and hoary underneath : they Bower and beare Ackornes like the former, but not fo plenti¬ 
fully are grcater.danding on longer flalkes.being fweeter allo.bt fides which Ackcrnes,it bcareth alfo a round 
wooddy fubltance which is called a Gall: the wood or timber hcicof is hardly to be bored. 
Of this kmdc there are divers forts forae grow ing much lower then others, fome having their leaves lelTe cut 
in or jagged on the edges, and lome bearing more (lore ofGalles, others no Ackornes at all, feme agatne beare <T>«f iff- 
great Galles,other fmaller,fome knobbed or bunched,others lmooth : lome ot one fafliion, others of another, and %Cr f e - 
of colour fome white,(omcreddifli,others yellow,and lome (mail and greene,which is die Ompbttsiiie. 
}. 'Fbagut five Efcuhts. The lweete Oke. 
This fweete Oke called in Latine Ejculiu [ab efcavcUb <■/» becaule the Ackorne is the fweetell in tafle, and 
fitted to be eaten ofanyj hathafhtrt truncke or body incmnparil'onof the firft Oke, and like unto the GallOkej 
growing with thicker and more bufhing branches, full ot leaves which are thicker and narrower, and witli more 
feparatc gafhes.of a darke greene colour on the upper fide,and whiter underneath the Ackornes grow feldome 
two together on afliort thicke dalke (tenderer, more pointed and (ticking fader m the rough ptickly cuppes 
to the middle of them.butas I faid is the tweeted of any other, comparing with the Chefnuc. when it isroded or 
fod.and in many places in iy«Kc,fervc for the poore to feede on as tbeir daily food, and the Rich for j'unketsac 
their table,as weufe to doe with fruite of all forts,according to the time ot the yeare,and will as much intoxicate ^ ^ 
thebraihe as Darnell in bread. There is another differing fort hereof, whofe Ackorne is greater, and will more gi[ cm jp: 
ea(ilyfalloutofthecuppe,byreafonoftheheavinclleof the Ackorne. They have in Virginia a goodly tall Oke, j„e. 
which they call the white Oke, becaule the baike is whiter then of others, whofeleafe becaule it fo necrely re- -Alien 
fembleth this fweete Oke,I hav* j'oyned with it,the Ackorne likewife, is not onely fweeter then others, but by Fi/pnia'r 
boyling it long,it giveth an oyle which they keepe to fupplc their j'oynts. 
4 . i/Egilops five Cerrue mas. The male bitter Oke. 
The male bitter Oke fo called of the extreame bitrerneffe of the Ackornes, feldome groweth neere any habita¬ 
ble places, but mod ulually in great woods,and rifeth up with a tall draight body/pteading large armes and bran¬ 
ches, whereon grow thicke long leaves,with deeper gadies therein then in any other: the Ackorne is fmall (hort 
and blunt,and very bitter, almod wholly covered in the rough flat huske, which is fet with fhaepe prickles, of i 
grayifh colour: the wood or timber is drong if it dand upright, and durable being kept dry, but in that it is ot a 
loofer fubdance it quicklyerrotteth,yct is a fit fewellfor coales and the fire, if it doe not require any great hcatec 
a, Galia minor. 
The Idler Gall of the Gall tree. 
3. Th.igwt five Efcuhu noflras folium OjiercRt alb$ "tiitgmUni* 
The fwcece Oke»and a leafc of the white Oke of Virginia. 
