1406 Chap.13. 
Theatmm 'Botanicum. 
Tries 16' 
fcribeth it but miketh it like to Fraxinw which is an er- 
rour in him ,when he fhould rather have fet Fdgxi, for it 
no way refembleth the Afh, but very much the Beeche. 
Tragus takechictobe Ormu, and faith he cannot agree to 
RhcIUu j, who faid that Or mis was a fpecies of Fraxinm, 
Afatt bin [us callcth it Carpinus when as Flirty fheweth that 
Carpimts is a kinde of 1 Acer y yet CDodonxw ,Lobcl t and ci¬ 
thers, call it fo afterliim. Vodonxm alfo in making this 
to be Carpinrufiic calleth it f # J fi conjugalis of Pliny , 
and Gerard doth the like verbatim, his.Conigiderletting 
himfopaffeasifitwtrenofaulcorerrourin him, when 
as the true Carpinui or Zygia is not knowne what tree 
meant by it, for the other Maples that arc knowne, 
are in leaves one like another, yet Dodonjzut in his Dutch 
Bookemaksch it his third kinde of time, and doubterh 
if it be not the Vlmtu fylvefiris of Piny, Lugdunenfis gi- 
vethus the figure of it for V lotus Attinia, but Co,A m or 
‘Dalecbampius t as I laid before, as I taker,firft tooke it to 
be Ofhya and [oGefner after him, and BeUonim^Thalim , 
ClufiM and Camerarixs, doe ail hold it to bee the ripht, 
and (o call it, yet Cjefncr in hartU calleth it Feigns fepiaria, 
Lqbe l Betulus , and Clvfiui F again herb amor tiro. The 
Italiansci\\ it Capino according to Matthtoliu , and the 
French in t king it to be Carpinus, call it Char me and Charm 
pene, hut C tiffins faith that his Country men of Arras cal¬ 
led i: Hefire t the Germanrs Hanbuchen } znd Hagenbuchen 
or Hainbtichen } and we in Englifij Hornbeamc,and Hard- 
beame tree* 
The Vertaes. 
We have not learned that any Author hath knowne 
this tree to be applyed to any Phyficall ufe, but as a wood 
for many necefl’ary imployments, both for Milles and o- 
therfmaller vvorkes in good account for the hardneffe, 
ffrength,and durability. 
Ofirys five Oftrya Tbcopbrafli. 
The Horncbeamc tree. 
Chap. XIII. 
Tilid. The Line or Linden tree, 
^1 He Line t ec is accounted to be of two forts,the male and the female : that which we call the female 
J is in great requeft both for the large growth and goodly verdure and greene fiiade that it makeeb, as 
j • k dj Vte i. e nl * 1 * r yfe^eth.elpecially in the blooming time, when a, it is much pleafure to reft 
under tt.bchdts the Phy l.call vermes, but the male as it is more Orange and lefle feene, folikewife 
P, ■ - r°j!a~ , and U,C J r e , 'n es that man >’ doe ful P ca it not to be a Jp'da thcreof.bur rather a kinde of 
time,it is fo differing in forme and fubftance. 
*• Tiliamas. The male Line tree. 
The male line tree groweth to be a great tree,and fpreadeth the boughes largely,yet not fo much as the female, 
covered with a thicker barke, nothtng oflexible and fit to binde things withall, bciaufe it is harder and more ea 
lie cobteake . tne: leaves artTomewhac like unto Elme leaves but foinewhat (mailer and longer,hard in handline 
and on every one for the mod part grow fmall bladders orblifters, full of-fmall wormes or flyes, which be,’of 
ripe doe flyc away (but Dodo^u, cenyeth ,t ro-have any bladders on the leaves.and that they ate deceived which 
fo pitSure it, but he might be deceived therein , foralthough tranfplamed it bore none, yet naturally it might) 
I his very feldomebearech either flower or finite and therefore it is held to be barren, not bearing any thing • 
yet when it doth beare, it carryeth round and Art jiuskes, many growing clofe together, each whereof hanged 
on a fmall long fooceftalke by it felfc,w.tn a notch or cleft at the head or end : the wood or timber hereof is har- 
der, more knotty alfo and yellower then the female,and ramming neerer unto the Elme, whereupon many have 
J . ge ? IC k, " d ° f . E l me * B * u ^ nm maketh another fort hereof with larger leaves which he taketh 
torbe that which That*, fetteth downein his t0 have found there wildc, and calleth Till* five- 
^X f Z ! ^ r£l >; 1 ' hl " ke lcd ! ff , emh f "«i r0,n Tr«, ;M his TitU which both he and ndum* 
b^efrufe thefcma ekl " de ’ andthereforecannotfo ‘y be referred to the male, becaufe he never faw it 
1. TiiaftTmria major. The greater female line tree. 
This greater Line tree groweth greater then the former (efpecially if it light in good ground, for I f aw at Cel. 
h. m inKem, a tree whole branches were led into two leverall arbours one above another, befides that on the 
ground under the branches, which was a goodly (peffocle, and a large fhadow that itrccldedj covered with a 
darkecofcA-edbuke, the new thereunto.being very obftquious, and pliant to bend and binde, having fome o- 
ther thin nodes within it, whereofarc oftentimes made, baskets, and as ’BtBnim faith,, the Greekes dbe bottles 
whichb'ing pitched or Imcd with meftedroffin, ferveto catty wine or water in from place to place, asalfoto 
make cords,ropes or the nke:the leaves are fame and broad,greener, fmoother, gentler and rounder then Elme 
leaves.but with a longer end.dented alfo about the edges and of a teafonabie good lent: at the ends of the bran¬ 
ches oftentimes,and from the foote of the leaves alfocome forth long and narrow whitifh leaves, alongft themid- 
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