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Show re Of the Hifterie of Plants, hs 1B.3, Ofthe Fliftory of Plants. Thekernel] within the Peach ftone ftamped fmall,and boiled with Vinegervnt ill it be broughe tothe formeof an ointment, is good tofeftore and bring againthe haireoffuchas be troubled with the: Alopecia. Thereis drawne forth of the ketnels of Peaches,with Peniroyall water, a iuice like vnto milk’ whichis goodforthofe that haue the Apoplexy : if the fame be oftentimes held in the mouth ; draweth forth water and recouereth the {peech, The gumis of a meanc temperature,but the fub {tance thereof is tough and clammy,byseafon whereof it dilleth the fharpnes of thinhumors: it ferueth in a loochor licking medicinefoithofe thatbe troubled with the cough,andhauerotten lungs,and ftoppeththe fpittin and raifing 5 5 PP’ P § 108 vpo.vpof bloud, and alfo tayeth other fluxes, Thefe trees do grow in my garden, and nowadaies in many other gentlemens gardens throughs outall England. | The Time. They floureand flourith in Aprillyand theirfruit is ripe in Iuly. q The Names, Thistree is called in Greeke, monte Ajunext : in Latine, Malus Armeniaca: in Englith, Abtecocke tregand A precocketree. «im, and commonly Armeniacum it is called in high-Dutch, Qpollettes Pollelin, S, Johans Plerfing : in low-Dutch, Wroege Derfen, Auant yerverss in Lealian, Armeniache, Bacoche Grifa- mele,Moniache in French, Aéricoz: in Spanith, dluarcoques, Aluarchigas,and Albercocs : inEnglith, Abrecocke, and offome, Aprecocke,and Aprecox, 2 Armeniatamalys minor, Thegreater A precocke tree. A q The Place, The fruit is namedstare Apuenenss, and OF divers oexéeu, OF Breiwnuer,which be words corrupted from theLatine; for Precox in Latine is diuerstimes called Precoquum itisnamed Malum Armenia- Cuar,. 95. Of the eAprecocke or eAbrecocke tree. t UArmeniaca malus maior, | Galen {cemeth to make a difference betweene Precocia and Armeniaca, in his booke of the Facalties ofnouri(hments, preferring Precocia before Armeniaca ; yet he doth confeffe that both of them becalled Armeniaca - others pronounce them Armenia withfoure fyllables. And in his booke of thefaculties of fimple medicines he affirmeth,that boththe fruit and the tree are called exsn‘xus « The leffer Aprecocketree, divers of the later Phy fitions do between thefe alfo makea difference,faying,that the greater ones and thofe that are grafted be Armeniaca(which the French mencall Avant Perfesand thelefler Pra- tig: in French, Abrico=. i @| The Temperature andVcrtues. Aprecocks are cold and moift in the fecond degree, but yet not fo moift as Peaches, for which caufe they do notfo fooneoreafily putrifie , and they arealfomorewholefome for the ftomacke, and plea{antto the tafte; yet dotheylikewife putrifie, and yeeld butlittle nourifhment, and the fime cold, moift, andfull ofexcrements : being taken after meate they corrupt and putrifie in the fomacke ; being firft eaten before othermeatetheyeafily defcend, and caufe the other meates to pale downethe fooner,like as alfo the Peaches do. The Kernell within the fameis'fweet, and nothingatall like in facultie to that ofthe Peachy The vertues of the Jeaues of thistree ate novas yet found out, : Cuari 96. Of Pomegranattree. q The Kindes. AS there be fundiy forts of Apples, Peares, Plums, and fuchlike fruits; fo there are two forts of Pomegranates, the gardenand the wilde, and a third fort which is batrenandffuitles : the fititof the garden Pomegranatis of three forts, one hauing a foure iuyce ot liquour ; another haulngavery {weer and pleafantliquor, and the third the tafte of Wine :of the wildealfo there be twoforts, and the difference betweene them is no more than betwixt crabs and weildings, which ateboth wilde kindés Of Apples : therefore the defcriptionofthe garden Pomegranatfhalfuffice |] The Defcription. f Othe reft, is greater than the Peach tree,and hatha bigger body,it lafteth longerere @| The Defiription, ciallyif it be grafted or inoculated: the leaues hereofare broad, and fharpe sig like thofe ofblacke Poplar,but leffer,and comming more neere to the leaues© Pose nicked in the edges the floures are fomewhatwhite : the fruit round like a peach,yellow ™ it 2 Hematitired Pomegranattree growethvp to the heightofa hedgetreesbeing feuen or alfo, and leffer, inwhichis included a {weet kernell. si dear2 Wehauie anotherfort of Aprecocke, whofe trunk or body is equall with the other 98 Poe et, but mote like thofe of the Myrtle tree, ofa bright fhining greene colour tending to yellowdelle: among ft which there ftand certaine fharpe thornes confufedly fet, andlikewife hollow outes like vnto thehedse Rofe,indented on the edgeslike a ftarre,of a Carnation colour, and eight cubits high, hauing manypliant and twiggy branches,very limber, tough, and and without, in which dothliea browneftone, nothing roughatall as is thatof the Peach, fhor neffe, it is like alfo.in leaues and brittle branches : his timeofflouring,flourifhing, and oettt growing accordcth: the only point wherein theydiffer is, thatthis tree bringeth forth lefle and not fo goodin tafte , in every other refpe & irislike. E friend Ms t+ Ofthisalfo M*. Parkinfon hathfet forth diuers varieties; and my forementioned debe catly Millen bath thefe fine forts ; the common,the long and great,the Muske,the Barbary,20 oH Aprecocke, + q The ofa browne colour: whereonarte fet very many leaues in fhape like thofe of the Pri- Yety fingle : after which commeth thefruit, coulered witha hardbarke, of an aulerworne purplifh SOlour, full of oraines and kernels, whichafter they be ripe are ofa gallant crimfon colour,and fal Sfinyee, which differeth in tafte according to the foile,clymat, and countrey where they grow; wie be fivect, others foure, and the third ate ina middle betweene them both,hauing the “~~ in e, EFfFFFF3 $2 = A |