T * urn 16. 
T be Theater of ‘Plants. Chap,i2. 14-03 
4. Vlmus minor. The leflcr Elme. 
There is in fome places ofth*s land found afore of Elmelomwhat differing from thofe before, in that ir grow- 
eth lower and leifer, and with Imaller leaves that are as rough on both (ides as the firfl, and ea(ie to be diflinguiftt- 
ed if they beheedefullyobferved. The Place and lime. 
All tbefe forts are as is faid,found in our owne Country yet the firfl is the molt frequent, and the fecond in home 
Countries as much or rather more then the firfl, rhe third is to be fecnc in many woods in £jfex : they all blcf- 
foiBc as is faid before the leaves come forth, and the fetde not long a: ter their Sift fp; eading ct large. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke tSaAt in Lacine VImm,Thccphra/hu and Coltimell. t,is I faid,mention but two kindes Thee- 
pbr.-jhte, Jllontiulmus, or montofa Vlmu f,and campeftruVImui,Colume!ia bath Vimw Gallica, and Vernacula, which' 
isltalica. P/ixyhath foure fort9, Attioia, GaUica, Ntftrai,andS}lvefirit, which will thus be reduced into the 
two (orts.his Attinia and GaUica, arc both one lotr,as Columella plainely fetteth downe,and is the fame evich Tbeo- 
pbrrflm his montofa, whichis cxcelfijfimat Pliny his npllras and [ylvefira, areboth one likewife, ar.dthcfame 
with £olamella t Vernacula, which as I faid is called ltalka, and the famcalfo with Tbeophafhu hhvi- 
mm campe/Irk, fo that our third fort with Imooth leaves, wasknowne to none ofthem, nbr yet fcarfe to 
anyofour moderne Writers, unleffe they put it for the Carpimu as it is ufually called , or tor O'nm as T'anu 
calleth it,as (hall be fhewed in the next Chapccr: fo that our firfl here fee downe agreeth with the Attinia 0 f Pliny, 
GalicaoiColamella, and MontofaVlmu r of Theophrafttu, and our fecond with ihe cnmpestru ol 7 beopb-aflm ,Ver. 
nacula of Columella,and nofiroi cr fplveflrii of Pli»y, and called alfo luttfolia by divers, but Battbir.m in my judge¬ 
ment hath much confounded them,putting one for another, the feede of the time is called Samarra. The Arabi¬ 
ans call it Didar,Dirdar,and Lutpuch, the Italians Olmo ; the Spaniards fYxie.thc French Orme , rhe germanes Rr.fi-, 
bo/tx,,Vlmerbaum,lffenholtzl t andLindbafi as Tragus faith, the 'Dutch Olboom, and we in Engltjh the Elme tree. 
The Venues. 
All the parts of the Elme are of much ufe in Thyiicke, benh leaves, barkes, branches and rootes: the leaves 
while they are young were wont tobeboylcd or flowed,and foeatenby many of the common people, CWarcellus 
faith that the leaves hereof beaten with fomc pepper,and drunke in M almelie doth help: an old rotten cough to 
be taken fading, both r Diofcorides and Galen, upon his owue experience fay, that qrcenc wounds are healed by 
applying lome btuifed leaves thereto and bound upon with the barkc of the Line cr Linden tree, or with it owne 
barkc, the leaves ufed with vinegar curcth the feurfe and lepry very efteftaally.fo doth the barke alfo in vinegar as 
galtnia\th,Diefcorides andColumella do borh fay,that the outer bark of-the Elme drunk in wine hath a proper ty to 
purge flegme, w hich I know of none in our time hath tryed to confirms it: the decoction of the leaves, barke or 
roote being bathed,healeth broken bones: that moi(lure or water that is found in the bladders on the leaves 
while it is frefh is very effedually uled to cleamc the skinne and make it fairc.whether of the face,or of any other 
place. Mattbioltu faith, he hath (ufficient tryall that the water in the blifters on the leaves, if clothes often wet 
therein and applyed to the ruptures ofchildren will hclpc them, and they after well bound withatruffc. The 
faid water put into a piaffe and fet in the ground, cr die in dung foray, dayes, the month thereof being dole 
flopped, and then the bottome fet upon a lay of ordinary fair,that the feces may fettle, and the water become ve¬ 
ry cleare.is fo Angular and foveraigne a balrne for greene wounds, that it is a wonder to fee how quickly they will 
be healed thereby, being ufed with loft tents; the decoftion of the barke of the roote fomented, mollyfieth hard 
tumours,ar,d the fhrinking of the linewes: the rootes of the Elme boyledfor a long time in water, and the fat ri¬ 
ling on the toppe of the water,being cleane feummed off, and the place annointed therewith that is grotvne bald, 
and the hair e falne away,will quickly reffore them againc; the (aid barke ground with biinc or pickle untill it 
come to the forme of a pultisand laid on the place pained with the gout, giveth a great deale of cafe. Jt hath been 
obfervrd that Bees will hardly thrive well where many Elmes doe grow, or at leaft if they upon their fii ft going 
abroad after Wnver doe light on the bloomings or feed thereof, fo: it will drive them into a loolcncffe that will 
kill them all,if they be no: helped fpeedily. 
Chap. XII. 
Ofhytfive Ofirya TbeophraJU, The Hotne bcatne tree. 
His tree which as I faid before, is fo [ike unto rhe Elme, but notably d fferingfrom itrifeth up to 
be a realonable great tree with a whitifh rugged barkc, ipreading well, anil bearing fotnewhac 
. . .. - earing 1.. 
longer and narrower Taves then rhe ordinary Elme,and more gentle or loft in handling, refcm- 
bling in fome fort the Beech leaves, turning yellow before they fall, for which caule fomc have 
taken it as a kindeof linall Beech : at the end of the branches hang downe a large tuft of whitifh 
gtcene narrow and long leaves, being almoft three lquare fet together, among which rilefmall 
round heads, wherein are contained final!' yellowifh feede like unco barley comes,the timber or wood'hereofis 
whitifh- like the Beech,but tougher and fironger then any Elme and more durable in any workc,growing as hard 
as Home, whereon came our SngUJh name. 
Cafalfix tu feemeth to fet forth another fort differing in the heads of feede which in Italy are fmaller and clofer' A’f ra 
and in 5'™‘"i7.Jnd with us more loole and larger. ’ 
’The place and Time. 
This grnweth in many Countrycs in this Land,where as I faid lome take it for a kinde of Beech, and fame for 
a kinde of Elme : the tuft of leaves appeared) in I»xr,and is ripe in the end of AuguJI, or in September. 
The Names. 
This tree hath found almoft as many names as there havebeene Authours that have written of ir, but by the 
judgement of the bed it is the if ft or U : C*, 0 t Tbeophrajhu, which he deferibeth fo plainely in his third Bookc and 
tenth Chapter, that ic is a wonder that fo many learned men as have called ic otherwife ihould not batter heeds 
it, but led by tradition or conceit have rather taken it to be any other thing then whit it is, Pbny Lb it c i, de- 
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