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Theophrastus calleth this shrub 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and describeth it in his third booke of the Historie of 〈◊〉〈◊〉: diuers also falsly reade it Anonymos: Petrus Crescentius calleth it Fusanum, because spindles be made of the wood hereof; and for that cause it is called in high-Dutch, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, yet most of them 〈◊〉〈◊〉: in low Dutch, 〈◊〉〈◊〉: in Italian, Fusano: in French, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉: in English, Spindle tree, Prick-wood, and Prick-timber.