T RIBS 1 6 . 
The Theater of‘Plants. 
Chaf.ich. 
The ‘Place and Time* 
Thefe kindes grow in Narbone and Provence in France, and in Spain and Italy in many places: the flowers 
generally appeare before tne leaves breake forth, yet bringeth not the cods to maturity in our Country, vet we 
have had them growne large and very reddifh.but contained not any ripe feed within them. 
The Names* 
It is not certainely knownc that either Diofcorides or Theofrafiu r, have made mention of this tree in all thei- 
Workes, for although fome have taken it to be that Coljuao t TheophraJIUs, which he mentioneth in his third 
Bookc and fourteenth Chapter, but unto this he attributed a leafe like unto Willow which this is utterly 
unlike, others agamc, that is, thole of cMampelier as Clufim faith,unto that Gohtea 0 f Ida that Theophrattu, 
mentioneth m the feventeenth Chapter of the laid third Booke, whereuntohe attributeth the leafe of the la/ 
ger leafed Bay tree,but larger,rounder, and fomewhac like the Elme leale, yet lomewhat long with all, green- 
above and whitifh underneath,and whereunto faith he in the fourteenth Chapter of the faid third Booke 
attributeth cods, the defcriptions of both which faith he, being contrafled into one, agree well unto this Arbor 
Imia-. but by Clufiuo his leave, this cannot hang together ; for although they in both thole Chapters, that is 
the 14.and 17. are called Coljtaa ; yet they are plamely dillinguilhed by Theophraflm both in their leaves, the' 
one like a Willow,the other like a Bay leale, but rounder; and alfo in their fruitc, that wi'h the Willow leale 
hath cods faith Thtephrajhn like unto Pulfcs: but that with broad Bay leaves, hath a C hachrjs or 
as Gaza tranflateth it, and is laid to be without flower or fruite, andbelides hath yellow rootes: fo that you 
may lee plamely both thofe cannot be contraded to make one plant, their leaves bein'’ declared to be fo divers ■ 
Some therefore would referre this tree unto the Ccrcit Theophrafti mentioned in two places the one in the faid 
foureteenth Chapter ofhis third Booke, where he faith it is like the white Poplar tree both in greatnefle and 
wbitenefle of branches with the leafe of Ivy,&c. which Cl. fi :! thinketh is but an ample description of the 
third kmde ol Poplar called Lybica the Afpen tree (which Gaza cranflated Alpina) the oth-rpl ce is in the firll 
Booke and 18 Chapter.whcre he reckoneth Cords to be one of thofe trees thatbeareth fruite or feedcsin cods as 
ColMea of l,para doth,fo that you fee m this Chifim was alfo miftaken, as JlUnhiiltu was alfo before him • but 
indeed this defcnption of fn-orcommeth neereft unto this Arbor lade, of any other tree that hath becne likened 
unto it. Some have called this tree in Latine F<%>,fromthelikentire of the cods unto Beane cod-, and fomc 
tobe Laburnum or fome kmde thereof; but the moll currant name is Arbor hide, yetClrfui calleih it Siliaua 
JjMru, not as he faith, becaufe it doth agree with the Siliqua of the Auncients, but becaufe the Spaniards cal- 
ed it Algnrovo Loco which is as much as SiliqtufMm, and thole of Cafiile Arbo/d amor the French call it Gammer 
becaufe the cods are like kmve flieathes, we have no other Englijh name to call it by, then ludat tree untill 
lome other can impofe a more apt for it. It is judged by many that Mmhiot„ his firft Acacia , in his former edi¬ 
tions, was but a counterfeit figure of this ArtbAUda, whereunto he caufed thornes to be put to make it feeme the 
more probable. r 
The Virtues. 
There is no remembrance of any Phyficall property appropriate hereunto either by ancient or moderne Wri¬ 
ters,nor hath any later experience found out any i buc from Virginia ,we heare they account the flowers to be an 
excellent fallat ingredient. 
Ch ap. CIV. 
Vi tit. The Vine. 
Here is a wondrous great variety of Vines that are manured, as I have (hewed elfe where in my for¬ 
mer booke,lome there ate that grow wild, which (hall be declared in this Chapter with a recital! 
of lome of the choyfefl: of the other. 
, ’• VituVinifera. The manured Vine: 
5rm » ‘J“ manuredV| f>ein places where it hath flood long, hath a great flemme as bigge as one3 
irullbe' foflafoS frn Pre Ml" S \ vlchout = nd cr ^.cafurc if it be fuffered, many (lender wcake branches, that 
£ h r u '“' S doW ? c > thc y ° un 3 beiD S rcd > andtheoldofadaike colour, with a pith in 
ih- middle, at the fondry joynts whereof, grow feverall large broad greene leaves, cut into five divifions 
nVnJ nr lv nP ^ h ^ hT’ ,0yntS !lkewife a S ain(l the leaves come forth lon E twining tendrels. claf- 
o K n S n W fl hnloem « take hold of : at the bottomes of the leaves, come forth clufters 
of I mall greemlh yellow flowers and after them berries,thicke fet together in bunches of feverall formes, great- 
1 ?? ’ "‘.“me the cluflers ate clofe, and others are more open, and fome being round other, 
more long, and fome tending to a Iquare 1 fome like wife arc very fmall, as the Curran Grape, others great and 
fortaile^Z 17 ™' b K, hag,,iK ; a f rc white, »*«■ blaclte,°r blewilh.or red/par.i-coloured, 'and 
prowfo and y fo!e QV T a n!' tJ,al bothfweete according to thc feverall climates they 
0r , har m'n 0r T'’, n ' 0re ° r ! cffe P lcafant one thcn “ether, within which there arc dually 
ten both Wirteihnd C S ' ThC> < J at K =C1 f thLlr Vll1 ? s ln :he be(l manner doe kcc P e thetn low i and cut them 0 l 
both^fairer\nd ^reerere 1 mmCr W ' £re ^ y g '° W tbe bctter ’ and take up leffe roome, bringing their Grapes 
TP;.,H-„r f The Parfcly Vine or Grape with thin cut leaves, 
rifedI 35 ° thCr Vlne , s doe > t,ie diffsrence chiefely confilling in the leaves, which,are very much in- 
nSp k ? J ? artS I et:n almoft to the middle.and dented,the Grapes which are white and great, arc Ike 
fort of cSes! C £ a " d ° f 35 S °° d3 rCl “' h ‘ bearing grclc bunches ’ and npe»ing wfth“he middle 
CTU -11,0 3 ■ Fabru.fca five VitUfjlvcSiris Eurepaa. The wild Vine of Europe. 
by is made leffe fruhefulHi and tb > refor " neglefted,lyeth for the moil part on the ground,arid there- 
y made Idle fruitefull,u n lefie it mecte with fome hedge or tree, whereon it may dime, and then fprsadeth as 
the 
