The history of the world, commonly called the Naturall historie of C. Plinius Secundus (1634)
Pliny, the Elder, Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637, tr · London, A. Islip · leaf 515
that ha^dno trees nor plants among themjOf wan-derfulltrees in the Northerly regionsi £ have (hewed hctctoforc, that in the Eaft parts verily toward the mainc Occanj Mthere be many countries in that eftate, to witjaltogcthcr dcftitutc of trees. In theNorth alfo I my felfc have feenc the people… … Piifiies Nacurall Hiftorie. A and Cuhjcdi to the tidc^tfaat twice in a day & night by curnes^ the fca overfiovscth a mightie deakof ground when it is floudj^ leavcth all drie again at the cbbe & return of the water: infomucbjas a man can hardly tell what to make of the outward face of the…
Pre-Linnean works · Natural history
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