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''fbe '£ beater of Tl-mts. 
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the 
. . The Names. 
in Latine M-, and the fruice p v/- ./, ^ 
„V- \ th =^«th°r skin which enclofcth the flowers, is called *’*6* EU,,wA «&» , rH , nmp 
onekindeof Date is called PalmaElate • the b-dHorr^nwAo,, , „ opat.a, and lomethinkc 
were aKo called «j«, bccaule they were ficteft for the dveful Kmn, “rfl ^ *"? e / J * KIC ° 6 “ / -‘”“’ which 
hadlitclefubfhnceinthem: the ancient Writers have ferdowne m/ ‘- Jancs were the leane dry D^tes, that 
female,and that they both bearc fruite,lo that they be within die fiX n n,e h n(? S ° f | UatCS ’ ‘m c . tbere ,s maIe and 
but I pray you account this amon» the reft ot their fables Theft a ■ d n ?' 1Lr ’ or che they will not bearc, 
in Latine by ^^ f^T by and 
the vulgar in Italy,St Jr, &c. the Greekesalfo « h c- y C ?*‘‘“ h '° h ’' and P " / ' m ' r '° r /'*W 0 by 
iT'u ds C fte lio * ! ’ The other is called by L» g i aKt -,fi s ChlmL'^Phri! " Krts,, > *'>d 
The pertttes. “ ' 
Ine unripe Dates are very harfli and binding and rherinr alf„ i r n 
dry, (laying womens courfes.vomictings.andthc laskeof the belly andfhaT I T h'n “T* thC j r V ^ Cn they are 
of the fundament and piles, being taken in red wine - if hev he „f ft1 ^ aUo ! beb! “ dl "g and a ‘ ! “g downe 
and roughnefle of the throate, thf fha p^cough ^afon of Ln “Tv* th f y ^ lhcbcarfc "'«= 
deioflion of them taken, aJayeth the force of ho^ues and ftweth h r * bre ' 11 and lun S s = the 
and bowels, bccaufe of a flux, and boy led in old hLomel [hac is me le^rh b J °h ‘ * p3 ' neS i" ftomacke 
frefli the fpirits : ufed likewile in brothes or meates they d oe the like and fo ! w Wate [’ ^ Cakcn d ° th re ‘ 
being taken too often.or too libe. ally,they breed head achand aieinde ? P 7? ke “ nt0 cn ‘ r y> b « 
drunkenneffe, and the lepfofte alfo as icisfaid, ihe ftteath outofwh;kh?h P fl b 1°" ^^ bralne > llke unco 
fo are the leaves alfo in the cafes aforefaid: cDt’ decEthe 
ftayeth fretting ulcers, and hclpeth the weakenefle and piires in thehsrlft ? .i b ? C j ?' be,n ? of:en u(ed > and 
the Date Hones being burned and walked lerveth in IS. f t ’p th f bladdl : r > a '! d “ the bowels; 
into the eyes, and toSonfume the pinne and wSSi them**??“■ J 1 ? Amours 
cth the faliin® of the hairc from the eyebrovves • heino minni a P P 11 being u fed witbSpik nird^cftay- 
cut of the (lent, as wennes a^lhch l^e L brin' etl £&'* “ “ d aled - ,c *»y cxcreflcnces 
leeluary made of Dates, purgeth chollcr and flegme Very cfFcauaIly P fo ft her "b * which is the H- 
and that from two drammes unto fixe in white winc,o r a^ecoftion of-Sene as fliail'b^th^h^r^ 011 , i '^ advifc * 
mently given in compound and long agues, and in thofe difeafes rhararrh,-^ J- ke thuLghc hr, ar ' d isconvc- 
rhe psines of the backe and mother. The head of the • ” w ^TT’ aS Jf the ch ° Ilicke 
tafte, and is much uied where they grovV to be eaten with a lirrlc p P Lr * s ver y plcafarrandfavcury to the 
flaskets/ 0 make Br0 °mts to fweepe the houfe,which laft a long time^ of them likew!& thej^make^aB^Tnd 
Chap. C. 
Acacia five Sph* tAEyptia. The tho r ne or binding Bean 
lofcoridc, hath made mention of two forts of Acacia, the one of A,w and rhr c r , 
king o^ne bjih to be it,, n f othend^nyiirg 1^0^ ftj^th^chferencespf ' B) <U ^ ta ' 
fhcwyou,he£ d IteE5iSS 
in his garden ' ,e a '-oTw fort of Ac.«,a brought cut of the Weft Indies, mentioned by 
Thef^tTrhome growth inlome places to be f **?* 1 “ E p'i” thor " e or bindin g Btane Wee. 
coveted witha blsckifh barke, fpreadine^broad ereirar^r r ‘- e, and r «ber crooked thenftraight or riling high. 
Winged leaves let on both fidts of them that is Wifh f!Hre wnr, d 'f?' ’ " r fhar F e thornes, with many 
fet oppofite on a middle rib,without any odde one at fheend ahhonlh ftb* 7 " {mdry fmaI1 oncs - 
counted 3 s o. oftbojefmall leaves, that weicunon the „1, ! h t ° cxpre £ flcd - faith that he 
thumbe : the flowers grow among the branches like florke”"^’ y “ f a ‘ °. f . them m, S h t but cover his 
after come fomewhac large and thicke huskes, like unto the^ftpft ° f a whit'fhyeUow colour, where 
and bunched forth ageinlf the places where the fad- hr 1 7 l ^ 7 ' C ° ds ’ bhcke when the y Jre ripe, 
as a fmrll wild Beane,round, and o J e r Ik all “ 7 'a n"° r f ° UrC ’ and in (ome c '° r =-cach as bigee 
leaves thereon, and yeeldeth oHt owne a cord cvhft ’ almoft ,' la,n ,“ 1 g i ' he *.ee abtdeth alwayes with gre°cne 
greater round peeces if it be wounded^ accora a wh.tegummetn fmaUeutled peeccs like great vvormef, and 
r- This Indian Jc ^ Wd J ? rb ‘ ndin S Bcane tr«. 
away that it may rife to be a tree with (lender and fl nu " r . ee (aitll ^ di ' ,,<f > wl ch many ftemmesif they bendtcuc 
