The herball or, Generall historie of plantes (1597)
Gerard, John, 1545-1612 · London : Imprinted by John Norton · leaf 1185
then they creepc, andfeeke to die away. But the people of thecountrie(vvhichmakeagaineof them) do watch the time of their fly- ing,euen as we do Bees, which they then take & put into a linnen bag,u’herein th,cy (hake and.boult them vp and downe vntill they be dead, which they do make vp into great… … ThfrphraHm writeth, that or the Scarlet Oke is a great tree, and rifethvp to the height of the common Oke: amongll which writers there is fome contrarictie.Petrw Bellonim reporteth it is a little tree, and Theophrattm a great one, which may chaunce according to the foyle and climate: for that…
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