+echon anemotrephes enchos.

Il.
l.+{37:1} from a tree so expos'd; and _Didymus_ gives the reason, +Ta gar en anemo+ (says he) +pleion gymnazomena deudra oterea+ &c.

_For that being continually weather-beaten, they become hardier and tougher_: Otherwise, that which is wind-shaken, never comes to good; and therefore, when we speak of the climate, 'tis to be understood of valleys rather than hills, and in calm places, than exposed, because they shoot streight and upright.

The result of all is, that upon occasion of special timber, there is a very great and considerable difference; so as some oaken-timber proves manifestly weaker, more spungy, and sooner decaying than other.

The like may be affirm'd of ash, and other kinds; and generally speaking, the close-grain'd is the stoutest, and most permanent: But of this, let the industrious consult that whole tenth chapter in the second book of Vitruvius, where he expresly treats of this argument, _De Abiete supernate & infernate, cum Apennini descriptione_: Where we note concerning oak, that it neither prospers in very hot, nor excessive cold countries; and therefore there is little good of it to be found in _Africa_; or indeed, the lower and most southern parts of _Italy_ (but the _Venetians_ have excellent timber) nor in _Denmark_, or _Norway_ comparable to ours; it chiefly affecting a temperate climate, and where they grow naturally in abundance, 'tis a promising mark of it.