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Show 728 THE SECOND BOOKEOF THE notwithftanding /ixaces arealfo taken in Columella for the droffe or remnant ofthe grapesafter they be preffed. : ; The ftalke,whichis in the middle of the clufters, and vpon which the Grapesdo hangiscalled of Galen Bireunes,0f Varro, Scapt umn. wy é HISTORIE OF PLA Ni fF thatanotherfort ofgrapes ,fo doing vntill theporbe full. Then withakinde of {weete wine called Muft. The potbeing very cl] cllejorcoldplace,. The grapes may you take foorth at y. water from the powder, Thetemperature amavertues. Thetender andclafping branches ofthe Vine and theleaues do coole,and mightily bind, They ftay bleedingin any partof thebodie, Theyare goodagainft the laske,the bloodie flixe, the hart. burne,or heate of the ftomacke; readines to vomit, It ftaieth the luftingor longingof womenwith childsthough they be buroutwardlyapplied,and alfo taken inwardly any manner of waies.Theybe morcouer aremedie for the inflammationof the mouth,and 1s of the throte, if they begar. galed,or the mouth wafhedtherewith. B ~ Ofthe fame facultie be alfo the clufters gatheredbefore theybe ripe ; andlikewife the bunches | at we accept for one of themanuredgrapes called Currans) whichisaeof the wilde grape counted tobe more effeuall againtt all thofe infirmities, OfRaifons, A Diofeorides faith, that the liquor whichfalleth from the bodie and branches being cur, andthat fomrime is turnedas it were into a gum(which driveth foorth {tones out of the kidneies andblad. der,ifthe fame be drunke in wine ; )healeth ringworms,fcabs, and leprie; but the placeisfirftrobe rebbedwith Niters being often annointed or laide on, it taketh away{uperfluoushaires : buryet hefaich thatthe fameis beft which iffueth foorthof the greene andfinaller fticks, efpeciallyehat w that falleth awaywhileft the branches ate burning, which taketh away wartes,ifitbeelaide 1¢ ftones and other things remaining after the preffling,are good againft the bloodie flixe,the ke oflong continvance,and for thofe that are muchfubie@ tovomiting, = The athes madé ofthe fticks, and droffe that remaineth after the prefling, beinglaid yponthe piles,avid hard fwellings about the fundament, doth cute the fame :being mixed with pecans or Hetbegrace and: vineger, as the-fame author affirmeth, ithelpeth to ftrengthen mem . out ofjoint, and ftich as are bitten with any venemous beaft, and eaferhthe paineof the fpleene ormilt, being applied inmannet ofa plaifter. F ; aay : tick The latter age do vieto makea lic of the afhes of Vine ticks, in compofitions ofcaulicke and. burning medicines, which feruein fteede ofahot iron : the one we calla potential cautene, af the other aGuall. Of Grapes. ; x rats wrindes rapes thofe.that areeaten rawe dotrouble thebelly, andfill the ftoniacke fulof ca fuch as are of a fowerandaufteretafte fiich kinde of grap ¢ do very much hinder the m eoctionof the ftomacke, and while they are difperfed throughthe liuer an d'veines, they enge coldand tawe inice,which cannot eafily be changed into good blood. | ~ sista Sweete grapesandfiichas are thorowripe, ate leffe hurefull: their inice is hotter, #0 iiftel ifperfedi Thepaifo foonerpaflechorow the belly, efpecially being moifts and moftof # quot with the pulpe be taken withoutthe {tones and skin,as Galen faith. {cendthoron 1 Thefubftance ofthe ftones,although it be drier,and ofa binding qualitie, doth eats ‘ all the bowels, and is nothing changed as alfo the skins, which are not altered in tne bods orvery little, hae K L Thole gtapes which hauea ftrong tafte ofwine;are in a meane betweene fower and fi re 6 Such grapes as haue little iuice do ‘nourifh more y and thofelefle that hane i thefe-de foonterdetcendsfor the bodie receiueth more nourifhment bythe pulpe,than®: by the:ittice thebellyismade morefoluble, i 5 nthey? M. Grapeshauethe preheminence among the Autumnefruits sand nourifh , ee wo more thant yetnorfommchas:figs:: andthcy' have in themy' littleill iuice, ‘efpecially when ripes : hich Toath N --Grapesmay beskepethe whole yeerey being ordered after that maner whic varius noweliuing in Noremberg reporteth . Youthall take (faith he) the mealeot i andftrow inthe bottome ofianyearthen potwellleaded; whereupon you fhalllay sd ches of the ripeft grapes; the which you {hall couer with more of the forefaid meat, pot tothe brim OfRaifonsmoft are fweete ; {ome haue’an auftere orharth tafte, Sweete I aultete colder; both of them do moderately binde, but the z ere fomwhat more ftrengtlien: the ftomacke. The {weete ones do neitherflacken the ftomacke nc foliblesif they be taken with their {tones which areof a bindin: kenfoorth,they do make the bellyloofe and foluble, Raifons do yeeld good ncurifhment to the bodie ;theyhanein them noilll juice genderfomewhata thicke inice, which notwith{tanding doth nourifh the more. There commethof{weete andfatRaifons moft plentie of nour; hi beftthat hauea thinne skin, é Thereis inthe fweete onesa temperate andfinoot litie witha power to clenfe mode- D iitely. Theyare good for the cheft, lungs, winde pipe, tes, bladder, andfor the ftomac LOL theymake{mooth theroughnes ofthe winde'pipe, aid are good againfthoarfne 2, fhortneffe of breath,ordifficultic in breathing : theyferue to concoétthe ttle, andto caufe it rorife more eafiueinanydifeafe whatfocuer of the chett, fides andlungs, and doth mitigate the paine ofthe kidneitsand bladder, which hath ioined withit heate arid fharpen effe ofvrine: they dull and allaie themalice of tharpe and biting humours that hurt the mouth of the ftomacke, |” agRoareE Moreover Raifons ate good for theliuer,as Ga/en writeth inhis 7.booke of medicines according E totheplaces afieGted: for they be of force to concoét rawe humours, andtoreftraine their ma lng ue hardly putrefie: befides theyare properly andoftheir ownefub nice sbeetieiaed = oases any diftemperature,and nourifh much, wherein they arechiefe ly ediabeeest 5 or a ins nourith,ftrengthen refift putrefaction, andif there be anydifte mpemach, molture and coldnefi¢ , they helpe without any hurt, as the faide Galen afThey sf. cleanat anetaughe vsto takefoorth the ftones, as we may fee in diners compofit i- | whichhath the oS in that compofition whichis eallcd in Galen Arter jaca Mithrid as: ‘ lacethey canny oO oy Raifins taken foorth ‘for feeing that Raifins containein themathi sis Reece! oe through the vaines, but are apt to breede of ftr erpehac ae : a things alton the rather by reafon of tt efeed me Fbibuet os ody,and do quicklier and more eafily caufe obftructiois alin note eaGly Salata hereforethefeedes are to be taken ours for fofhail Dili v1 a pee the fooner be diftributed through the entrailes, h oft head OP Raifines ot Raifins bonne? fecdvlcere CVicers. b si i a3: ; water out G Pave. co ‘ Pultis good forthe gour, rottings about the joints 3 gangrene’ and orti- H 2 2 > , eo Ts, Deing fam, Bers 6 toes, being npedwiththe herbe Alheale,irquickly taketh away t laid thereon. Mu : Porteth thar they Raifins being chewed with pepper,draweth flegme and sain vig et la Of Muft. they ie oie Mustum, that is to fay, the liquor newly iffaing out ofthe grapes when J Hathickeitice.a a doth fillthe ftomacke andentrailes withwinde, itis hardlydigefted., it lath onety this. and if itdonotfpeedily paffe throughthe bodie,it becommeth more hurtful. That which ioe, good thing init, as Galen faith,in that irmaketh the bodie foluble, ehisingde of§ abi and prefled outofripe Grapes doth fooneft pafle through + bue th *itingendreth windy auftere Grapes is woortt of all: itis more windie , itis hard tu Mending ofeen Sumnours sand althoughit doth defcend with a loofenefle of the Xe yautnes withall bringeth the colicke , and paines of the ftones baci . all thin gSarethe woorfe y and more troublefome, andit oftentimes bri Meoted laskeand theb loodie fixe, |