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Show thicke, fat, threadie roote, rife immediatelydiuers great leaves, of the lenath of three ubits and a halfe, fometimes more,according tothe foile where it gtoweth, and of acubite and mote broad : ad, ofbignes fufficient to wrap a childe in of two ‘yeeres old, ia thapelike thofe of Man e, ofan ouetworne greene colour,hauing a broadrib orfinewe running through the middle thereof: which leaues,whether by reafon of thc extreme hotfcorching funne, or of | Owne nature, in Septem: berare {o dry and witheredthat thereis nothing therof left or to be feene,buton ly the middierib, From the middle of thefe leaues nfeth vp a thick trunke, whereon do grow thelike leaneswhich the people do cut off,as alfo thofe next the ground,by which meanes it rifeth vp to the height ofa tree, which otherwife would remaine alowe and bafe plant: thismanner ofcutting they vie fiom time co time, vntillit come toa certaine height, aboue thereach of the Elephant, which greedily fecketh afterthe fruit. In the midit of the top among the leaues commeth foorth a foftand fungus ftumpe, whereon do grow diuers apples in formelike a fmall Cucumber , and ofthe fame big. nes,couered with a thin rindelike that ofthe Fig , ofa yellow colour when theybe ripe : the pulpe orfubftance the meate,is like that of the Pompion, without eitherfeedes ,ftones, or kernels, in taftcnotgreatly perceiued at the firft,but prefentlyafterit pleaferh, andintifeth a mantoeatelibe. rally thereof,by fecret intifing fweetnes whichit yeeldeth :in which fruit if itbe cut according to thelength, faith mine author, oblique, tranftters, or any other way whatfoeuer, maybe feene the fhape and forme ofa ctofie, with a manfaftned thereto: myfelfe haue feenethefruit , and cutitin peeces,which was brought me from Alepo in pickle the croffe I might perceiue,asthe formeofa Spread Egle inthe roote of Ferne ,but the man leauie to be fought for bythofe that haue better cies and iudgement then my {elfe, I CUufa Serapionis, Adams Appletree, Mufafructus. Adams Apple. HISTORIE OF PLANTS, ; & Theplace, This admirable tree groweth in Aegypt, Cyprus and Syria, neere ynto a chiefecitie there called Alepwhich we call Alepos andalfoby Tripolis not far fromthence : it gtoweth alfo in Canara Decan,Guzarate,and Bengala,places of the Eaft Indies, : %& The time, Fromthe roote ofthis tree fhooteth foorth yoong fprings ot flootes , which the peopletake ypand plant for increafe in the{pring of the yeere: the leaues wither awayin September, as is abouefaide. % The times. Itiscalled Wiu/a by fuch as trauell to Alepo: by the Arabians Mufa Mann :in Syria Adofe: the Grecians and Chriftians which inhabit Syria, and the Jewes alfo fuppofe it to bethat tree, of whofe fiuit Adam did tafte ; which others thinke to bea ridiculousfable: of Péinie Opuntia, Itiscalled in the Eaft Indies (as at Malauar whereit alfo groweth) Pa/an :in Malayo Picamand inthatpart ofAfrica which we call Ginny, Bananas; in Englith Adams Appletree, ; & Thetemperatare, Dioftorides and Serapioindge,that itheatethinthe end of thefirt degree, and moyfteneth in the tndofthe fame. %& The vertues. The fruit hereofyeeldeth but little nourifhment, it is good for the heate of the breaft, lungsand A bladders ir ftoppeth the liuer, and hurteth the ftomacke,if too muchof it be eaten, and procureth hofenefle in the belly: whereuponit is requifite for fuchas are ofa cold conftitution,inthe eating theteofput vntoit alittle Ginger,or other{pice. Itisalfo goodforthe reines, kidneies, and to prouokevrine ; itnourifheththechildein themo. B thetswombe,and ftirrethto generation, OftheDate tree. 1 Paina. The Datetree, (hap.131. Palmarwn fruttus &flrescum Elate. The fruit and Aowers of the Date tree, — THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE aea pite RnEastasteteis 2792S 1332 with aknifé, ever with as much cafeas the roote of a Radith or Carrotof thelikebiones: fron |