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Show THE SECOND: BOOKE OF':THE % The defeription. The Peare fafhioned Melon hath manylong Vinie braunches , whereupondo grow cornered feaues like thofe ofthe Vine,andlikewife great {tore of longtendrels, clafping and taking holde of each thing that it toucheth: the fruite groweth vpon flender footeftalkes , fathioned like vntoa Peate,of the bignefie of a great Quince. ’ 4 The Spanifh Melon bringeth foorth long trailing branches, whereonarefet broade leaues flightly indented about the edges not deuidedatall,as are all the reft of the Melons, The fruit gro. weth neere vnto the ftalke, like vnto the common Pompion, very long, notcrefted or furrowed at all but fpotted with very many fiich markes as are onthe backefide ofthe Harts toongleafe, The pulpe or meate is not fopleafing in tafte as the others, %&Theplace. Theydelightin hotregions notwithftanding I haue feene at the Queenes honfe at Saint Tames very manyof the firft fort ripe,through the diligent & curious nourifhing of thembya skilful Gen. tlemanthe keeper ofthe faid houfe, called Mafter Fouv/e3 and in other places neereynto the round,fet with thich wndertherinde is white, an flinie: the {cede is great, otherwile notdiffering ac furegréene,fornetimes graie defibftance : therindeo f 4 Thefecondkinde of Melons i rendtels butt the gathes of the leauc inlkemanner yellowe gaping , and< isfomewhat rounder ; fometimes great wihan harder barke; nowe and then foft edeshautealfo the fame forme,but they be 1 Pepomaximus ob lone ws, The great long Px mmpion, right Honorable, the Lord ofsw/ex houfe of Bermond{ey by London, where from yeere to yeere there is verie great plenty,efpecially ifthe weather be anything temperate. : se The time. Theyare fet or fowen in Aprill as I haue already fhewed inthe Chapter of Cucumbers: their fruiteis ripe in the end of Auguft,and fomtimesfooner. % Thenames. The Muske Melon is called in Latine A¢e/o: in Italian Adelone: in Spanith Adlon :in French Melons: inhigh Dutch $eiaun: in lowe Dutch Aelaenens in Greeke wiror, which doth fig. nifie an apple sand therefore thiskinde of Cucumberis moretruelycalledguaonzwe, or Melopepon, byreafon that Pepo hathithe fmell ofan apple,whereto the fmell ofthis fruit is like; having withell the fell as it were of Muske: whichforthat caufe are alfonamed Ade/ones Mofihatellini , ot Muske Melons. % The temperature. The meate ofthe Muske Melon,is very colde and moift. A % The vertues. ltisharder of digeftion thenis anyof the reft of Cucumbers:& ifit remainelong in the ftomack it putrifieth , andis occafionofpeftilent agues , which thing alfo C4étius witneffeth in the tt booke of his Tetrables, writing that the vie of Cucwmeres, or Cucumbers , breedeth peftilent fea uers:forhealfo taketh Cweums to be that whichis commonlycalled Melon: whichis vit y eatenofthe Italians and Spaniards ,, ratherto repreffe the rage ofluft , then any other Philical VETTE. 7s B The feedeis oflike operation withthat of the former Cucumber. Of “Melons, or Pompions. Chap. 330- % Thekindes. ; | "Here be founde diners kindes of Pompions whichdiffer either in bignesor forme: tt fal thereforefufficient to defcribe fome one or two ofthem,and referre the reft vnto the viene i j 3 . . their figures,whichmoft liuely do expreffe their differences; efpecially bicaufe thisoatvolumne Was eth great, the defcription ofno moment,and I haften to anend, % The defeription, : } ‘ . cn ee ces. which He great Melon or Pompionbringeth foorth thicke and roughprickly ae i their clafping tendrels take holde vpon {uch things that are neere ynto them; f = o bors,pales, and hedges which vnleffe they wereneere ynto them wouldcrecfne € ao ie onthe grounde: the leaues be wide and great, veryrough , and cut with certaine deep! A ve! nicked alfoon: the edgeslike ; 2 : a fawe ; : the flowers 9 be very <great like to a bell cps tt Carat Tear, lowe colourlike golde, hauing fie cornets ftanding outlike tecth: the fruite 8B 10 f de there js al fo another Pompio "dleanes: n like vnto the f the flowerisalfo great and yellowe, vignes liket CDS in 1 oflittle bunniesor | w pe yellow wi lenitis ripe. Thefo qawhole barke is full et of il as isthe rinde of the Citron, Piondc tte muchdiifer from the others i ap the teit :but che fruiceis not long orrot Pedincertaine pec buchlss thickerin the middie, th tin leis veri ofyn oes y like the ruggedor ater danhase i p ne, andwhite the meate within is meetel; Rede is Rie: 4 Cie Common Cucumber,in forme and colour all one. Gcc 3 |