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Show 1514 Cuar.81. Theatrum Botanicum. Triseié withiait,andabitter kernelwithin the ftone. It fooner waxcth old and decayeth then the Apricocke by ony) i much. AmygdaThere is another kinde of Peach, w hereof Cameraris and Pashinus in his Matthiolus, and Gefner in hortis maké lo rficus lL mention, whofe kernels within the rugged {tone is not bitter as others are, buc {weete like an Almond, 2, Nuciperfica, The Nectarin. mond Peach, The Neétarin feldomé groweth fo great as the Peach, thebody and elder boughes being foinewhat whitifh, and the younger branches very red, whereon growlong leaves,very like thofe of the Peach: the bloffome likewie is reddifh, but hath {mailer and narrower leaves, and the fruitethac followeth is as round and greataga {mall Peach, but {moothon the outfide,and not rough or cottony asthe Peach, nor having any clefr, of differing colours and taftes, fome greene,others whitith or yellow,and fome red more then others, all of them of a fait firme fubftance,and more delicate then the Peach, but with facha rugged {tone asthe Peach and bitter kernell withinit. ’ 3. Perfia arbor Clafj,. The Laurell Peach, This ftrangetree whereof Cémfius onely firft made mention, isa reafonable great tree, {pteading pale greene iS branches,and faire Rtiffe greene leaves on them like unto the large Bay leaves,grayifh underneathand fome croft veines running through them, {weete both infeneandtafte, buta little ltipticke and biting ; the lowersare like thofe of the Bay tree, and grow many,andthicke fettogether in tufts, attheends of the branches confilting of fix pale coloured leaves a peece,after which comefruite, atthe firft greene andlike a plumme, but gfowing ripe is long and formed likea peare, of ablacke colour and pleafanttalte, having along and round kernell within if of the fafhion of an heart, and of the talte of a Chefnut or Almond: this abideth alwayes gtcene, notloofing the leaves in Winter. The Place and Time; The two firlt are familiatly nourfed upin our Orchards and gardens through the Land,but from whenceis their originall I cannot fhew you: The laft C/u/ims faith was brought forth of the Welt Indies, and planted ina monaftery in Spaine, where he faith he oncly faw one tree,and none any whereelfe,yet he underflood from Doétor Toner at Sivill, that he had fuch another growing with him: They all flowerin the Spring and fru@ifie in Autamne. The Names, The Peach is called in Greeke "pam puirta and fod/anre alfo by fome;inLatine ALalus from Precocia,and Armenia, and by him three to be better then Peaches :\ neither is the Grecke Do. vacia, derived from the Latines Duracina,madeall butrather ¢ contra. The Neétarin is called by Adatehiolus and Gés {alpinus;Naciperfica, becaufe it refembleth the Wallnucin the round {mooth outer rinde, and the Peach in the meate,fabltance andftone. 4xgwilaracalleth it Perfica sux, by the fame intention, and Pliny Nuci prennm, The laft C/ufius maketh the queftion, whetheritbe not the Per/ea of Theophraftus lib.4.c,2,0r no, which Dioco: vides, Galen,P liny, and others, doe make mentionof alfo, and which Theophraftws defcribeth tobea gréatand a fairctree, and molt like unto the Pearetree, both in leaves lowers and branches, bat chat this hath an everlaftingleafe; it beareth muchfinite, andisripe at alltimes, the young {till follow the old; the fruite is of the bigneflepf a Peare,long and like an Almond, and of a preenecolour, it hath aftonewithinit, likea Plumme, but muchleffe, and of a fofter fubltance,very {weete, thus farre Theophraftus, Now let me defcanta little hereon, and compare them. _Firft,the leaves of Perfea, faith Theopbrajtus are molt like unto the leafe of the Peare tree, and this (aith C/wfivs,is like unto the greatelt Bay leafe, the one isalmoft asbroadas long, and thesother twice as long as broad, befidesir is {mall pointed, the flowers of Perea are like the Pearetree, whichare much larger then thofe ofthe Bay,and doe not grow fo manyrogether as this doth, nor at the ends of the branches like this s the fruite of Clufiss is blace,of this greene, of that likea Peare, of this asbigge asa peare, but like an Almond, of this the ftoneis like a Plymme,of thatlikean Heart, whichisround and not flar,ag that plummeftoncis , thac hath ripe fruite onely in Adtumne,this at all timesof the yeare.’ And befides all thefe, which are differences fufficient to diftingnith them. Idoenotfinde almoft any plant,cither herbeortree. gtowing in the Welt Indies to belike unto thofe that stow in Europe, the lefler Afia, or the hither partof e4frica, bilities, this ofClufus cannot be that of Theophrajtue, yet this fheweth anexcellent and therefore byall probajadgement in Clufivs tore ferre this tree to that Perfea, butin any judgement this Per/ea ofTheophraftus is moft likely to be fome kinde of Myrobolane, or elfe fome other fruite not knowne tous, It was called faith Clufiza by them where he faw ir, Mumiy, buthe wasaiterwatds enformed by Do@tor Tonar, thacit was not Mamay, but called Aguacate, by the Indians, Some have thought this Perfea,to beall one with the Perficaarbor, as P alladius callethit, or Aa tu Perficaof Diofcorides, Gaza tranflating Tbeophrafius in {ome places, rendereth it Per/ica,and in others Perfea, as Pliny in one place alfo confoundeth them both together, although im anotherhe diftin@ly {peakethof Perfea, and feparatethit himfe!fe ftom Perfica : but how much they differ one from another, dothplainely declaretoany : The Peachis called by the Arabians Sanchand Chanch, bythe defcriptions of both the Italians Perfiche, by Spaniards Pexegos, by the French Pefches,by the Germans Pferfichbaum, by the Dutch Per[eboom, and by us Peach. Somearé of opinion that the leaves of Peachesare ofa cold quality but Galen fhéwerh chat the buds and leaves have an excellent bitter quality, that if theybe bruifed andlaid on the belly, they will will they doealfo, if they be boyled in Ale and drunke, and open thebelly likewife, kill che wormes, and fo andalfo isa. fafe medicine to difcutfe humours, beingdryed; and the pouther ofthem ftrewed upon frefh ftaytheir bleeding and clofe themup: the flowersbeing {teeped all night ina littlebleeding wounds, doth both Wine,{tanding warme, {trained forth in the motning,and drunkefalting, doth gently open thebelly, and move itdownewards, and a Syrupe madeof them by reiterate infufions,as the Syrupe of Rofes is made is found to worke more forceably thenthat of Rofes, for that it provoketh vomitting, and {pendeth waterithand Hydropicke the continuance thereof: the flowers condited or madeintoa conferve, worketh to the fameeffe@, humours,by the gumme orratherthe li« quour that droppeth fromthe tree being woundedis given in the decoétion of Coltsfoote, unto thofe that are wonbled ~~ ¢ The Theater of Plants, Cuap,82, 1515 troubled with the cough or with fhortneffe of breath by adding thereto fome fweere wine, and putting fome Saffron alfo therein, it is good for thofe that are hoarfe,or haye loft their voyce;helpeth all the defeéts ofthe longs and thofe that vomit or {pit blood. Two drammes thereofgiven in the jayce of Lemmons, or of Radiths is good for thofe that are troubled with the ftone. it is faid {ome given in Plantaine or Pui flane water; flayeth the callin or fpitting of blood: the kernels of the ftones doe wonderfutly cafe the paines and wringings ofthe belly. through winde or fharpe humours, and are much commended tobe effectuall’ to breake and drive forth the ftone, which that they may the more powerfully worke,I commend this water into you todrinke upon occafion tliree or foure ounces atatime. Take fifty kernels of Peach tones, and an hundred of the kernels of Cherry {tones,a handfull of Elder flowers, frefh or dryed,and three pints of Mufcadine, fetthemina clofed pot, intoa bed of Horfe dung forten dayes,which afterwards filled in glaffe, with agentle fire, pefor yournfe: The milke or creame of thefe kernells being drawne fortli, with fome Verven water being applyedto the forehead and temples,doth much helpeto procure rélt and fleepe toficke perfons wanting it : the oyle Jikéwife drawne fromthe kernels doth the'fame being annointed, the {aid oyle put into elilters doth cafe the paines of the chol- licke proceeding from winde, and annoyntedoti the lower part of the belly doth the liké, and dropped into the earescafeth the paines of them, the juyce of the leaves doth thelike, killech the wormes and ulcers in them being alfo annoynted on the forehead andtemples ; it helpeth the Megrome and other paines in the head : if the kernels be bruifed and boyled in vinegar untill they become thickejand applyed to the head, or other places that have (hed the haire,and are bald it doth marvelfoufly proctire the haireto grow againe, The Peaches themfelves being eaten, by reafon of their {weetenefle and moiftare, doe foone putrefie in the ftomacké; and therefore Gzs éen advifeth that they be never taken after but before theate alwaies,fo fhall they make the relt to pafle away morefpeedily with them: or elfe taken after, they corrupt the reft inthe ftomacke with themfelves, the 1e Ne&arinhath a firmer {ubftance, and a tnore delectable tafte, for which itis moft accepted, being ofnoufe in Phyficke thatI know, The Per/ea isnotufed with any. Cap. LXXXH. Amygal, } Perfica,and Rbodacina, bit not dvedwe, as {ome would have it, tobe derived from Daracina,for Doracia is diftingnifhed by Paulos £gineta, The Vertues Truse 16, The Allmondtree, SPEIER He Almondis fo liké into the Peach in every part thereof, and yet differitig from it, that'l éandoe aS noleffe then joyneit next, in afeverall Chapter, arid although there are {undryforts of fweere ES ‘Almonds,fome great and {ome fmall, others long and fome fhort ; anda bitter kinde alfo, yet )les | being in the whole furface, fo like one unto another, that they canbe diftinguifhed by no other aS SOY J thing then the Allmond, ‘I will onely give you one defeription, and fhew you their differences herein, which I thinke {hall be fifficiAmygdala, The Allmondtree. ent. The Allmond tree growethgreater and higher then any Peach (and istherefore a{ually planted byic felfe, and not againfta wall, and never grafted that I have feeneand knowne, that would take and abide, butis alwayes planted of a {tone put into thé ground, where you would have it to grow, forit hardly {uffe- réthatranfplanting ) the body thereofbecomming very great, wherebyit fheweth tobe of long continuance, fpreading greater armes and {maller branches, but brittle, with long narrow leaves.on them, very like unto the Peach tree: the flowersare of a paler purple colourthen the Peach bloffomes, and not fo bitter, and the frnite very like the Peach, for the ouitward forme,before it be ripe, but the onter rinde isa dry skinne without any cleftinit, or edible fabftance underit, as the Peach hath, and the fhell under itis {mooth and not ruggedilike it, and not fo thicke a ker= nell within, beingbitter in one kinde, which are {mall like the Barbery Allmonds, and {weetein all the ret, whefeof fome are {mall, and called Barbery Allmonds, others long andflender, and are called Jord: Allmonds,and others {hort and broad. called Valentia Allmonds : it is obferved that thofe that growin the Ifle of Cyprus, bend:downe their heads, contrary co all in any other place. The Place and Time, They growin all places planted,that I khow,ot cati heare of in Syria, Barbery,Turkie, Spine, Italy, and wherefoever, we have both the bitter and rhe fweere of that fort,that is,thicke and fhore, growing inmany Places of our Land, and bloflome earlier then the Peach of anyfort,and the fruite ripe alfo before them. The Names, tis called in Greeke duu0,and the finite “b= winand d purdiiroyin Latine Amygdalus, and the finite Armygdalum, and: Amygdalinm, {ome thinks that Cat? |