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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: 1452 Liv! 3, F forme,as tafte and fubftanceof the fruit,wherof fome hauemuch core and manykernelsand others fewer. cMalus Cotoneas | The Quincetree, The Defcription, as it coolethput oma little a oe ee fitfe,and a: fo boxit vp,and -whichwill of afte vnto the Cotiniat. k y ake well mingled rogether,whichwill giue a goodly tafte vnt a ! ; at f F armalade; cae whole Qainces'and boile them in watervntill they be asfoft as a f{calded codling or apple, G hen pill off the skin,and cut off the flefhyand tampe it ina ftonemorter ; then ftraine itas aie iate.aftetward putitanto a panto drie, but nortofeethat all: and vatoeuery: p e Cotini aa I 1 . . feof Quinces,put three quarters ofaspoundof fugar,andin the cooling you may putin rofe : ’ Se ittlé Mutske, Musk aswassfaid ) fai before: ateratid'a little E There isboiled With Quitices oile which therefore iscalledin Greeke Melinon,or oileofQuin t ee Quince tree is notgreat, but grometh low,and manytimes in maner ofa thrub : itis coucted witha rugged barke,which hath On it nowand thencertaine {cales : it fprea. deth his boughes in compaffe like other trees; about which ftand leaues fomewhae round, like thofe of the common Appletree, greene and {mooth aboue, and vnderneat h foftand white : the floures beofa white pur. ple colotir:thefruit is like an apple,faue that manytimes it hath certaine embowed and fwelling diuifions:it differeth in fathion and 145; Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lis 3: 7 , 7 ie es . 7 T 7 oun oO hich we vfe,faith Dzo/torides,fo oft aswe haue needofa binding thing. sebored F ekiets 0 thitig like ielly;which ge, ora smper with water, doth make a mufcilage, wthne fe {eedJ of Quifiees tempered being held in the mouth, is maruéllous good to take awayche roughneffe of the tongue inhot bur. ning fevers. , : ; : seed: elificiC aethentieha 6 ; The fanic is good tobe layed vpon burnings or {caldings,and tobe eal cn se inftthe ¢ bloudy fix: forit eafeth the paine of the guts,and alaicrh the tharpneffe of biting humors, are cstovbe made of Quinces;as ielly of L confections wholefome Many other excéllent,dainty’and ‘. = ee .: aa 3 Quinces;and fuch odde conceits,which forbreuitie fake I do nowlet pafle. bigneffe ; for fome Quinces are leffer and round truft vp together at the top withwrin- kles,others longer and greater: the third {ort beafter a middle manner betweene both, theyare all of themfet witha thin cotton ot freeze,and be of the colour of:gold,and huttfull to the head by reafonoftheir ftrong fmel];they all likewtfe hauea kindeofcho- king tafte :the pulp withinis yellow,and the feed blackith, lying in hard skins, asdoethe kernels of other apples. q The Place. The Quince tree groweth in gardens and — Cuar. 98 Of the Medlar Tree. @| The Kindes. Here are diuers forts of Medlars,fome greater, others leffer: fome fweet, and o ofee harfh tafte : {ome with much core,and manygreat ftony kernels,others fewer:and ofNaples called 47onia. likewifcone £ 2 Mefpilus fativea altera, mance The manured Medilar. The other Garden MedJar: orchards, and is planted oftentimesin hedges and fences belonging to gardens & vine- grow on plaine and euen'gronnds,and fomewhat moift withall. | The Time. Thefe apples besipe in the fall ofthe leafe, and chiefely in O&ober. q The Names. Thetree is called in Greeké pante sieji cs in Latine, Malus Cotonea : in Englifh,Quince tree. The fruit isnamed pro wise : Malum Cotoneurm,Pomum Cydoninm.and many times,Cydoninmwithout any addition-by which namic it is madeknown to the A pothecaries:it is called in high Dutch, Quitten, Quittenopfell, orkuttenopéfel sin low Durch,Queappel: in Italian, mele cotagne: 10 Spanith,Codoyons,< mM embrilhos,and iMarmelles + in French,Pomme de coing : in Englifh,Quince. A The Temperature and Vertues. : Quinces be cold and-dry in the fecond degree,andalfo very much bindingefpecially when ae be saw:: they hauelikewife in them a certaine fuperfluousand exerementall moifture, whichwi notfuffer them tolic long without rotting : theyare feldom eaten raw: being rofted or baked they They ftrengthen the ftomacke,ftay vomiting, ftop lasks, and alfo the bloudy flix. as They are goodfor thofe that {pit vp bloud,or that vomit bloud;and for women alfo thathauet great plentyof their monethly courfes. ; /Simeon Sethi writeth that the woman with childe, which eateth many Quinces during thet! ofher breeding,thall bring forth wife children,and of good vnderftanding. heat The Marmalade,or Cotiniate,made of: Quinces and fugar,is good and profitable for rhe 7 . thening of the ftomacke,that it may retaine and keepe the meat therein yntill it be pee fed :it likewife ftayeth all kindesof fluxes, both of the belly and otherparts, and alfo ot bi which Cotiniate is made in this manner: apc euery F Takefaite Quinces, pare them,cut themin pieces, and caft away the core, then put bat ie pound of Quinces a poundof fugar, and to. cuery pound. of fugar a pinte ofwater: sett boiled'togerher ouer a fill fire til! they be very foft,thenlet it be ftrained or ratherrubbed thio" . - ficuewhichis Tin better,and then fet itouer ¢ tr againe, it be a ftrainer, or an hairy the fire to boile vnaril! aiff, a. ; a&7/ SNe BENT RH RR bemosepleafane, |