certify mi* a ^Ijus imm.itura. 
T/ic wiripc Ackome of the 
female hicccr Okc. 
divers through neceflity eate of the Ackornes, notwithftanding the bit- 
ternelfc, buftheydoc engender much headache: Dyervallo ufethisto 
llrikcablacke colour, but it will hold leffe then that which is made with 
Gallsby much. 
y. HaliphUm five Cerrut famina. The female bitter Oke. 
ThisotherbitterOkc(which from the Grccke name, might tc called 
the thicke barkt Okc,or elfe from the thicknefle of thebavke be reckoned 
a kinde of Corke tree, but that other things doe not agree r! crcunto)hath 
arcafonabletall thicke, but fomewhat crooked body, co vered with a ve¬ 
ry clicke afhcolouiea grayifli barke, having fuch (hort branches, that it 
feemeth as continually kept lopt and poled, the leaves are like to the male 
kinde, butnarrower and longer, whofe entsor gafhes are no: fobroad 
open being hard,rough,and of a darker greene colour: the Ackomc here¬ 
of is fmallvr then in any other, except the Scarlet Holme .’kc, hereafter 
fet forth, and is (o fliort that it fcarfe fhevveth it felfe out of the (harpe 
and prickly cuppe,like to the male kinde,and is aimofl as bitter,the wood _ « 
or timber hereof is loofe, weake.ind foft,neither firuic nor llrong, whereby it is the more fub jeCt to putre. action, 
and unfit for building,or any other but fmal! worke. , 
There is another fort oblcrved hereof in fome woods, whofe leaves are not fo much gafhed.and the AcKornes 
being greater, grow three or foure together,without any (hike, whole huske or cup is as fiiarpe and prickely as 
the other of thele kindes. 
7 he Place anUTime, 
The firfiOkeisthemoft gencrall throughout the land,growing on high or low grounds indifferently,yet flow* 
riflibeftinafmitcfull ground: the other kindes that I can heare of, are not growinjany where withus, al¬ 
though there is (ome variety found ill the timber of ours,fome being of a finer graine, and fmoother, inortcr, and 
whiter wood,others a courier graine,tougher,ftronger and more coloured: but they are moll frequent in Italy, 
Spatne,and other hot climates,their long catkins or bloomings come forth early in the Spring, and fall away for 
the moft part,before chc leaves doe come forth,the fruite or Ackornes arc not ripe untill OHobtr. 
The Names, 
The Oke is called in Greeke I'jur, and is a generall word for all trees that beare Ackornes,as the Latines Q_uer. 
cue is,buc more ftriCfly taken, it fignifiech this Oke,which is called by moll in Grccke , in Latinc La- 
t folia, after gatjx. The IttUais call it the Spaniards Q*r*i<r», the French Chtfae and Qatfne. Do*. 
"" ' 'vobant, and the fecona he calleth *pua [jlve/iru, or Kebrtr, whe n 
as the 
»«;» calleth it Hintern querent quafi fativA velvobana, 
