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oieufin t C c::. 
TIic baflard or Cu sett wiloe Olln 
other p aces with us alfo : and fiowreth in the begin* 
ningof Summer in the warmer Countries, but very 
late with as the fruireripencth in Autumnc in Spline, 
&c. but feldome with'us, yet CMartbiolus faith, hee 
law fruiteon the tree that grew in the Empsrours 
Orchard in Vienna, 
The Names. 
This tree is diverfly taken by divers learned Wri- 
ters, for ATatthiolui calleth it OleaBohemica, and ca- 
kethittobe Eleagnm of Tljeopbraflw, bccaule the 
name being deduced from Olca and Agnus, theOllive 
and the Chalte tree, as hke unto them both, this ha¬ 
ving leaves and branches like the Chafte tree, and ber¬ 
ries like the Ollives : but that it cannot be Eleag-nw, 
let me fhevv you that this is a great tree. Thcophra - 
fins faith it is fi'tsticofa planta, a fhnubby plant, and a- 
gainc, he (aith the flower of the white Poplar u hich 
all know, doth grow in fpiked heads not icattetingly 
on the branches,and laftly he faith,it beareth no fruit, 
and this is plentifull in any of thofe places,where The - 
opbrafius chiefly gathered his knowledge of this and 
other Plants, and therefore as Thcopbrafiw faith, be¬ 
ing fo like unto the kindes of Willowes, it is moft 
probable to a kind.c of Willow, which are though: to 
beare no leede or fruite, and therefore Amatus Ltifita- 
nus would make it to be Sahx Amerina, without any 
good ground or reafon. ‘Bellonius 3 C!?*jiui i and Came- 
ycirim call ir Zizipbus alba CohmelU , whereunto it is 
very like: Gefner alfo in hortis focaliinc it, and Ole - 
*fin fpecies cjuibufdam alfo : Bellonius, c Dodon£W % and 
Lttgduncnfis, take it to be the Ziziphut Cappadocica 
Plinij. which it is very probable to be alfo, Lobel cal¬ 
leth it OleafylvcPlris Septentrionalium^nd zsElcacnitt 
alfo,and fome like wile Olea Germanica ,butin my opi¬ 
nion Lobel and Bauhimis ,and thofe in Gefiners time do 
come neereft unto the name, whereby it may be mod 
truely called Oleafiylvcfirjs or Oleaficr t which Ihave 
follo wed and added Cappadocicw, becaufethac inleafe ic doth m ire ncerely ref mble the Cliive tree then the 
Istjuhe, and that it is more naturall to be of Cappadocia then Bohemia, or any of thefe Northerly Regions: fome 
alfo call it c sTrbor Paradifiea , and (otneThuU odorata , and fome take it to be the Barb.i lovU of Pliny lib o c Q 
Rauwo/fius faith it is called in Syria Seifefan . J ' * * 
The Vertues. 
We have no efpcciall Phyficall property slotted unto this tree,or the fruite, but that as tchn'w and Cluliat 
have recorded, the fruite is eaten by the people where they grow, with delighr and pleafure, and without a-v 
° U on qt,a , llty ' The flowers as Lugimenfis flicwetlnmight he employed to perfume gloves, or Garments or 
to be diddled into a iweete water as well as the flowers o( C*Uf which BcUtuu»fu tooke co be this wee 'and’aro 
tiled in the manner atorefaid. ’ * c 
Chap. XXXVII. 
Oenopliafimiifi, & friKofa Jive Naplesfive Zizipkiu aU>a. 
The white Injuhe tree, with thornes and without. 
N regard that^ this tree doth fopeere refentble tlieother hijuke tree, mentioned here before in this 
Worke I might have joyned them together, but that I could not alfnre it yon to be of the lame pro- 
perty,Ihave therefore referved it for this place, as partly partaking with the OUiveas the Juiuhe 
tree, and is or two forts, the one bearing thornes, and the other none, in all other things fo like 
fr u r 'fl atonei | c ^ crl P t,on may fervethem both. Itgrowcthtohea tree as great as amCane fifed Peare- 
tree.whofe body and branches are covered with a whitifh afh-coloUrcd batke, full of (mall (hort and (harp 
prickes or thornes, two let ar each leafe not farre in funder, in the one fort, and without any in the other: the 
leaves are lomewhat broad and (hort, very like to the leaves of the other Injube tree but greater, round nointed 
for the thoft part, witn three ribbes in each,running all the length, of a darke ihining greene colour on the upper 
fade, and fomewhat tending to an alh-colour underneath, (landing finely at the branches, one on this fid-and 
an°thc r on that up to the toppe; at the/oynts with the leaves come forth divers fmall greeniih white flowers 
"^.'‘'^■.“flomcsoftheOllivcormjubttree forthelorine, each (landing on its ovvne fmall foottdalke after 
Which being falne come many finall round fruite, as bigge as a great Cherry, yetfometimesas great as a Wall- 
nut.tn . me w ™ , ,ln others more yellow, and reddifh on the one fide like an Arple,ofa very iive*te rafle with 
a done in the middle thereof,like an Ollive done,but round and not long, J ’ W “ h 
The Place zn&Tithe, 
Thefe grow in SjrU.Egift, A-ntia, and the parts ncere unto them,where they hold their greene leaves all the 
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