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Show The Orchard. cr make anafter-courfefor their matters tableswhere thegoo dneffehiso, chard istryed. They aredryed alfo,and fo are an excell ent repatte, ifth : beiof the beft kindes,fic for the purpofe, ‘meToer Theyare caten familiarly of all forts of people, of fome for deli ofothersfor nourithment,being baked, ftewed,or {calded, ‘ehtyiand Thered Warden.andthe'S panith Wardenare reckoned among the moft excellent of Peares, eithev to bake or to roaft, forthe ficke or forthe found: And indeede, the Quine? and the Warden are the: two onely fruits are pe ; ’ saiittedro theficke,to eate.at any time. a Petry, whichis theiuyce of Pearespreffed out, is drinke much ft as wellas Gyder, tobe both-drunke athome, and carrie d tothe Sea,ant found to be ofgoodviein long voyages. : -.oiPhePerry made ofChoke Peares, notwithftanding the harthneffe and euill tafte, both of the fruit when it is greene, asalfooftheinyce sirhetiis dnew made, doth yet aftera few moneths become as-milde-and pleafan t as wine , and wilbhardly bee knowne by the fight or tafte fromit ; this hath beene found true by often experience; and therefore wee may admire the yisrien —— hath giuen fuch facility to {0 wilde fruits; altoge. erthought vieleffe, to become vfefull, and apply the benefit | tothe comfort ofour foulesand bodies, ne one : o} Forthe Phyficall properties, ifwe doe as Galen teache th vs .-4 Alimentorum, referre the qualities of Pearesto their feueral l ste i fete he had done in-Apples, we thall not neede to a en and aedoe — and binde,fweetmake anew worke. thofe .do nourifliand warme, and thofe between oeum acai n ethefe;5 to-haue midd] ¢ vertues, an{werable totheiri tem. Much more mightbe {aid, both ofthisand the other kinds of fruits; but let this fuffice forthis place and worke,vatilla more exactbe accomplifhed, a i Lhe Orchard. 595 three fet together, couered with a double fhell, that is to fay, with a greene thicke and foft outer rinde, and an innerhard fhel] » within which the white kernell is contained, couered with athinne yellow rinde’or peeling , which is moreeafily peeled away while it is greene then afterwards,and isas it were parted into foure quarters, witha thinne wooddypeece parting it at thelead, very {weete andpleafant while it is fre(h, and for awhileafter thegathering ; butthe elder they growe, the harder and more oily : the catkins orblowingsaré long and yellow,made of many {caly leanes ferclofe together,which comeforrleatly.in the S pring,and whenthey openand fallawayjypon their ftalkes arife cercaine {mall flowers, which turne into fo manynuts. as The Vie of Wallouts. They are often ferued to the table with other fruits while they abide freth and {weete; and therefore many'to keepe them frefh along time haue deuifed many.wayes, as to puttheminto great pots,.and bury them inthe ‘ground , and fotakethem outas they fpend them, whichis a.very good way, and willkeepethem long. ; ; The {mall young nutswhilethey are tender, being preferued or candid; are vfed amorig other forts ofcandid fruits,that ferne'at banquets, The inyde ofthe outer green¢ huskes arc held to. bea foueraigne remedy, againft cithenpoyfon;or plague, or peftilentiall feuer. The diftilled water of rhe huskes drunke witha little vinegar, if the fits erowc hot and tedious, isan approudd.remedy forthe fame. ° -Thewaterdittilledfrom the leaucs', is effe@uall to be applyed to fluent or running vicers,todry and bindethe humours, > Some haue ved the pouder.of the catkins in white wine, forthe fuffoca~ : i tion or ftrangling ofthe mother. The oyle of Wallnuts is vfed to. varnith Ioyners workes. As alfois accounted farre to excell Linfeede oyle, to mixea'white colour withall, that thecolour beenot dimmed. Itis of excellent vfe forthe coldneffe, hard- neffe and contracting ofthe finewes ahd ioynts,to warme , {upple, andto Crap. XXTI. extend them. Nax luglans. The Wallnut. Ave the Wallnut tree bee often planted in the middle of great Court: yards, wher e by reafon ofhisgreatfj di i roome,his fhadowreaching oie sehr » {0 that {carce (cergeang anythin thingecc cannel well grow neare gaenat it s yet becaufeitis likewife planted in fi bearethfruit or nuts, often brought¢ t places or corners of Orchards, and that it 0 thetable, efpecially while they are fretheft, {weeteft, : andfi1tteft to be eaten1 > letn otmy Orchard wanth is company oryouthe knowledge ofit. Some doethinke thatthere are many forts of thea ‘becaulefome are c much greater then others,and fome onger then others,andfomeh lon morefrangee then others sbut Iam certainly perf wade d > ‘that the foyle ani climate yore cy gtow,are the wholeand onelycaufe of the varieties anddiffer ences. Ineed Virginia hath fentvnto vs twof orts ofWallouts, the hetooke vp ata banquetalo: from others, which beingfer tc tare tendererleaues then alittle fniptabout the edges, other, and which (as I faid) mightalter with the foylethe and climate? and befidesyo may obferue, that many of Clufiu s differencesare very nice, and {fo I leaue ir, you another, with an odde v4 inbureae ikevnto Afhen! | > hen leaves, ftalke, fmooth, and fomewhat reddith at the et ingin Je “ofarealle nable good fent, but mor, e ftro n g and headie i when they growe old: the fruit or nutis greatand round. , growing clofe to the ftalkes of the icles either by couples or by : three Cuap. XXIII. Caftanca Equine, The Horfe Chefnur. nt . Lthoughthe ordinary Chefnut is nota tree planted in Orciher, = ich fortee wee yet places, fuchlike other and Woods, Parkes, a mare wee hauenourled vp from thenuts fent vsfrom Turky, © ‘ greater a ae Irgrowet fruit. he vfefort good ofas and leaues, faire forthe afpedt pleafant (preadine with great armes and branches, whereon arefet at feueraor feuen, or nine parts Suenee odly faite reat greene leaues, diuided into fix, o the leaues ot ap likevnt very edges, the about nicked ofoan : ples ‘sam branchesmany flowFa Chrifti, and almoft asgreat: it beareth at the ends ofthe a peece, with many leaues white e offour scotoier vpon along ftalke, confifting ! i vntot he ordinary Chef nuts, like i i afterwards turne into hich i i being peop elues themf nuts the : huskes y rickl morep seeead ofeach,formed fomewhatlike anheart, an andblacker> witha white fpot at the headkhe eee: apoegdrc ofalittle {weetertafte. beit ofbloud or humours, It ferueth to binde and ftop any raner of fuxé;fpitting of bloud.They are much e either ofthe belly or ier 32 _ Ifoth make them tafte ta the better. hem dand eaten asthe ordinary tort, to prouender, tocure their in s horfe to giuen e ae are vfually in Turki them ofconghes, and helpethem being broken winded. 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