Ch a P.22, Theatrnm Botanicum. Trib* i6 ( 
Rome called it Sambucw vaUida, and Angnilara faith 
the Italians in other places call it Albero de I'vua, and 
Piflachio (alvaticc, the French' Nex, coupes. the Ger¬ 
mane: Pimpemufxlin, as they doe the former, the 
Hatch Pimptrnoeten, and wc Bladder nut. 
The Vertues, 
The Nuts are as is before faidjoathfome and over¬ 
turning their ftomackes that eate them, although Sca- 
liger commendcth them to be of the like tafie and qua¬ 
lity with Piflackes, but wee will give him leave to 
pleafe his palate, and Aomacke with them, and will 
not envy the good he fhallgetby them, we never yet 
could leame that they were accepted among our peo¬ 
ple, except with fome flrong clownifh (tomacke, 
which can almoft digeff an horfc raile. 1 h cyhave no 
ufeinPhyficke, with any judicious that I know, but 
fome Emperickes, that dare venture to give any me¬ 
dicine, be it never fodaungerous have boaflcd of the 
helpe they have given to thofe that were troubled 
with the done,and others to procure Venery, 
Huxvefcam five Stapnlodtadrcn. Tie bladder Nut. 
Chap. X XII. 
Fraxinw, The Afh tree. 
He Adi according to Theophrajlw and other of the later Writers, is diflinguifhed into a taller and a 
lower fort,or as with us into the tame and the wilde fort, which (hall be here declared. 
r. Fraxinw vulgaris. The common great Afh. 
The common Alh groweth high quickely, and in time becommeth to have a reafonable big trunke 
or body, covered with a fmcoth grayilh barke, under which there is a thinner which being deeped 
in water a while, will give a b!ewifh colour,lprcading reafonable well,and bearing winged leaves of many, let 
on both (ides of a middle lialke,and one at the end, each being long andfomewhat narrow, gentle,of a pale green 
colour,and dented about the edges,rt iundry joynts with the leaves commech forth abunche of flowers,and after 
them a thickeruft of many thinne hrowne huskes hanging dowr.ewards,each upon a very Imal! fhort footeflalke, 
within which 1) eth a l’mall hlackifh hrowne long flat feed very like unto a birds tongue, tailing fome what flrong 
and hot in the mouth: It beareth alfofometimes, and in fbme places cer taine fmall round balles called apples, 
confiding of a clammy mode,gathered into a Inmpe with a hard knot inthe middle, the wood is white flrong and 
tough fit for many ules.lor by the toLK'hr.clTe, not being apt to cleave or rend,it is much employed about Coaches 
Carts ,&c. and tor handles for tooks.and inftruments of husbandry. Homer chaunts the praifes thereof in Achilles 
fpeare, made of Alh.which holdeth good in all the fpeares, pikes.&c.ufed in warre ever finec. 
2 . Ornw five Fraxinw fylvefirii. The wild Afh or Quicken tree. 
The Quicken tree groweth fi Idome to any great height, with fundry fpread branches, covered with a more 
rugged and darker barke then the Afh, the leaves are winged like unto them, butare lefler and fo is every par¬ 
ticular one by it felfe, not fo clofely fee together, dented about the edges, and of adeepegreene fhiuing colour : 
at the end of the branches come forth white flowers in a reafonable great tuft or umbell, fmelling pretty and 
fweete,after which follow final! round berries, greene at the firft,and datke red, when they are through ripe,of an 
unpleafanc tafle, ready to provoke calling, if one eate many of them,the wood is fomewhat hard and firme, but of 
a browner colour then A fh. 
The Place and Time. 
The Alhdclightethbed to grow in the wetter rather then in the dryer grounds and by Medow (ides : theo- 
thcr groweth in fundry places of the Land, in woods chiefly ,and thofe by Heigh gate in Iundry parts, the balles 
or apples of the Afh come forth in the end of Winter, and then they are to be fecne, but the feedc and fruite of 
them both is not ripe untill September. 
The Names. 
The Afn is called in Greeke >«*■'*, and in Latine Fraxinw : the feede is called lingua avU, but the inner kernell 
isfo called rather then the whole huske; the other is likely to be the SjceueAM, Fraxinw mens ana ofTheophraflw, 
which 
