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Show aS The Orchard. Alfe diftilled of it felfe,iscalled Spirit of wine,whictferueth to difloliie andto draw outthe tincture ofdiuers things, andfor many other purpolfe Theiuice or veriuice that is made of “greene hard grapes, before theyhe ripe,is vfed ofthe Apothecariesto bemade into.a Syrupe, thatis very el ; to cooleand refrefh faint ftomacke. 5 And being made of theriper grapesisthe beft veriuicey farre exceedine that whichis made ofcrabs, to be keprall theyeare, to be pur both ito meates and medicines. : The grapes ofthe beft forts of Vines are preffed into wine by fome jg thefe dayes with vs, and much moreas I verily belecue in times. Patt) /as'h thenameof Vineyard giuen to many places in this Kingdome, efpecially where Abbies and Monatteries ftood , may bee conieétured ; Gt the wine of late made hath beene butfmall, aad not durable, like that which oda. meth from beyond Sea, whether our vokindly yeares;or the wantof skill ©raconuenient place fora Vineyard be the caufe,I cannot wellttell you : Grapes of all forts are familiarly caten when they are ripe, of the ficke fometimes as well as the found. - Thedryed grapes which we call great Rayfins , andthe Currans which wecall {mall Rayfins, aremuch v{ed both for_meates, broths » and fawees in divers manners, as this Countrey ingenerall aboue any other,wherein many thoufands of Frailesfull, Pipes, Hogs-heads, and Buts fullare feat yearly, that it breedetha wonder in them ofthofe parts wherethey growe and provide them, how wecould fpend fo many. The Rayfins of the Sunne are the beft dryed grapes, next vnto the Damafco, and are very wholfome to eate fafting, both to nourith,and to helpe to loofenthebelly. . The dryed Lees ofwine called Argoll or Tartar, is putto thevfe of the Gold{mith, Dyer, and Apothecary, who doeall vie it in feucrallmanners uery one in hisart. : Ofit the Apothecaries make Crewmor Tartari, a finémedicineto bee vied, Fer bynas can beft appoint, and doth helpeto purge humours by the _Thereoflikewife they make akinde ofwater oroyle,fit to bee vied, to take away freckles, {pots, oranyfuch deformities of the face orskinne,a to makcit imooth. It canfeth likewife haire to erowe miore aboundantly nd in thofe places where itnaturally fhould growe. . The liquor ofthe Vine that runneth forth whenitis cut, is commended = be good againft the ftone wherefoeucrit-be sbutthatliquor thavistaken tom the end of the branches when they are burnt, is moft effectitall to take away {pots and markes, ring-Wormesand tetters inany Segape eh place.- f Deae Cxuar. VII. ‘ Ficus, The Figge tree. Ts Figge trees that arenousfed vp in’our count ry areef three forts whereof cian ae one bearing againft l goodlyfweere and delicate Figs, notieated Sins ae , andis blewitha’wall when itis ripe : the ochertall kindcss may be of thewhi dinar Linde Figge e Peete stt iodl s ordin y andl kindethat aryRe d jpera comtn ethfrom Spain Therhitae/svigilan a6 2 dager dwattey sae cxcelleee eSeneerering much-higher-tHen to a mans body or fhopld ers;be aa Figge ee pages and blew; but nor folarge as thef i other, falls for ~ f a thefe three kindes are inbeaties and t kinde, grawing Onclike vnto aaees others eight,colour, and fweetncfle ofthe fruit , Hauing-wanyarmes mote dea orpithy inthe middle, bearing very largeteaucs;anddomewht ; ca tometimes into three, but viually intofiuefecions, co!lour on the vpperfide, and whitith in vnderneath, yeelding a milkieofa darkegreen i ¢ iuyce,whenitis broken, Be . Lhe Orchard. 367, broken, asthe branchesalfo orthefiggeswhén they aregréenes the fruit from the branches without anie bloflome ; contrary to allothertrees:ofobreakethout ur Orchatd.oe ye aid featrh very likevntoa{mall Peare,full of{mall white graing or kernels withinit, ofa very {weete rafte whenitis ripe and : it can hardly be carried bite without bruifing, Wetteree ‘The othertwo forts you mayeafily knowand viderftand; byfomuch as hath been faidofthem. Take only this more ofthe Figgetree,Thatit youplantitno: againfta bricke.wall, or the wall of an houfe, &c. it willnot ripen fokindly, The dwarfe Figge tteeis more tender, and istherefore planted in great {quaretubs.s tobe-remoucd into the funne in the Summertime,and into the houfe in Winter. The Vfe-of Figges. Figgesare ferued to the tablewith Rayfins of the Sunne, and blanched Almonds, for a Lenten dith, 5 The Figs that growe with vs when they are ripe, and freth gathered,are eaten of diuers with little falt and pepper,as a dainty banquettoentertaine a freind, which feldomepaffeth without a cup ofwineto wafhthem dowtie. In Italy (as I hane beene enfofmed by diveis Gentlemen that hauc thereto ftudy phyficke) they eate therm in the fame manner, but darelined not cate many for féareofa feuerto follow , they doc account themto be facks breeders of bloud, and heatersofit likewife. The Figges thacare brought \vs from Spaine, are vfed ro:make Ptifan drinkes, and diuers other things, that.are giuen themthat haue coughesor colds. Ivis one of the ingredients alfo with Nuts and: Rice, into Mithridatés counterpoifon, The{mall Figges that growe withvs,and will notripen, are'preferned by the Comfitmakers, and candid alfo , to ferue as; other moift or candid bane quetting ftuffe. Cris. VIII Sorbus: The Seruicetree. "Te are two kindes of Seruice trees that are planted in Orchards withvs, and there is alfo'a wilde kinde like vnto the later of them, with Athen Icaues, found in the woods growingofit felfe, whofe fruit isnot gathered, nor vfedtobee eaten ofany butbirds. And thereis another kinde alfo growing wildc abroad in many places, taken by the Country people whereit growetli, to bea Seruite tree, and is cal led in Latine, Aria Theophrast?, whofe leaues are large, fomewhatlike Nut tree leaues, butgreene aboue,and grayifh vnderneath: fome doe vferhefruit as Seraices, and for the fame purpofes to good effcd, yet both of thefe wilde kindes wee leaue for another worke, and here declare vnto youonely thofe two forts are nourfed vpin our Orchards. The more commonorordinary Setuice tree with vs, isa reafonablegreat tree, coucred witha fmooth barke,f{pread inte manygreat armes,whereon are {etlarge leaues, very much cut in on the edges, almoft like vntoa Vine leafe, orrather like vato that kind ofMaple, thatis vfually called the Sycortiote tree withvs : the flowers are white; and growe manycluftering together, whichafter bring forth fmall browne berries whentheyareripe, ofthe bigneffe almoft of Hafell nuts, with a {mall tuft,as ific were acrowne on the head, whereinare {mall blacke kernels, The other kinde, which is more rare with vs , and brought into this Land by Ioha Tradefcarite, heretofore often remembred,hath diuerswingeédleaues, many {er together like vatoan Athen leafe, but fmaller; andeuery one endented about theedges: the flowers growe in long clufters, but nothing fomany, or fo clofe fetas the wilde kinde : the fruit ofthis tree is in fomeroundlike* Apple, and in othersa little longer like B b2 |