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Tree, hauing few, but very great, Leaues, three Cubits long, and twq | 
broad -, And that the Fruit, being ot good Tafte, groweth out o i the j 
t Barke. It may be,there be i > /^»tJ' 3 that powre out the Sap io fall, as they 
haue no leafurc,either todiuide into many Leaues, or to put forthi’e alts 
1 to the Fruit, With vs, T rees (generally) haue lmall Learns, in coni pari- 
Ton. The Fig hath thegreateft j And next is the Fine,Mulberry, and Sy¬ 
camore^ And the l ead, are thofe of the willow, Birch, and Thorne. But 
there be found Herbs with farre greater Leaues than any Tree • As the 
Burre, Gourd, Cue umber,and. Cole-wort. The Caufe is,(iike to that of the 
Indian Fig,) the hafty and plentifull Putting forth of the Say, 
There be three things in vfe for SweetneJJe • Sugar, Honey, Mama, 
For Sugar, to the Ancients it was learce knowne 5 and little vied. Itis 
found in Cams: JJ^ere,wbether to the firft Knuckle, or further vp ? And 
whether the very Bark of the Cane it lelfe do yeeld Sugar or no? For Ho¬ 
my,the Bee tnaketh it, or gathereth it • But I haue heard from one 3 that 
was induftricos in Husbandry, that the labour of the Bee is about the 
wax;. And that he hath knowneinthe beginning of May,.Honey Combs 
empty of Honey •, And withia a forthnight, when the Sweet Devpes fail, 
filled like a Cellar,It is reported alfo by fome of the Ancients, that there 
is a Tree called Occhus, in the Valleycs of Hyrcania, thatdiftilieth Honey 
in the Mornings, It is not vnlike, that the Sap and Teares of fome Trees, 
may be fweet. It may be alfo, that lome fweet Iuyces,fit for many vies, 
may be conceded out of Fruits, to the Thickneife of Honey j or perhaps , 
of Sugary The likelieft are Raifins of the Sunne, Figs, and Conans : The 
Meanes may be enquired. 
Th e Ancients report of a Tree, by th cPerjian Sea,w pon the Shore-Sands 4 1 
which is nourifhed with the Salt-Water j And when the 7 ide ebbetb, 
you fhall fee the Roots, as it were bare without Barke , (being as it See- 
trieth corroded by the Salt,) and grafping the Sands like a Crab, Which 
neucttheleife beareth a Fruit. It were good to try fome Hard Trees,a s a I 
Sernice-Tree, or Fir-Tree,by letting them within the Sands. 5 
There be of Plants, which they vfe for Garments, thele that follow. 
Hempe, Flax 5 Cotton » Nettles, (whereof they make Ncttle-Cloth-JSai- 
cum, which is a Growing Silke ; They make alfo Cables of the Barke of 
Lime-Trees, It is the Stalke that maketh the Filaceous Matter common¬ 
ly - 9 And fometimes the Downe that groweth abouc. 
They haue in fome Countries a Plant of a Ro(ie Colour, which fhur- 
te th in the Night,Qpeneth in the Morning,* nd Openerh wide at Neeme-, 
which the Inhabitants of thole Countries lay is a Plant that Slaptth. 
There be sleepers enow then; For almoll all Flowers doc the like. 
Some Plants there are, but rare, that haue a MoJJy or Downy Roet^ 
And likewile that haue a number of* Threds,\ike Beards■, As Mandrakes^ 
whereof witches and Impojlours make an vgly/m«ge,gluing it the Forme 
©fa Face at the Top of the Root, and leaue thole Strings ro make abroad 
( Beard downe to the Foot, Alfo there is a Kinde of Nard'm (be¬ 
ing a Kinde of phu) that hath a Root hairy, like a Rough-Footed : Doues 
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