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Show ——— Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lis. 2. Sed Of theHittorie of Plants. git Porbyfuch bindingor aftringent things,violent medicines being reftrained and brideled doat D 2 Melo Saccharinus, Sugar melon. The Muske Melon. oe muchbetterwhich haue no aftriGionat all inthem,or very little. , 1 Melo. Bdellium.of thefe,Mattich hath a manifeft binding qualitie : buttough and clammie thingsae ; but fuchas haue not binding thines terward work their operation with more violence and trouble: mixed with them doeafilier worke,and with leffer paine, as be thofe pils which Rhafs inhis finch booke of lmanzor calleth Lliace : which are compounded of Coloquintida and Scamony,twoof the ftrongeft medicines thatate ; and of a third called gumSagapene, which through bis ¢lammi. nefle doth as itwere daube the intrails and guts,and defend them fromthe harme that tight haue : come ofeither of them. Fhewhichcom pofition,although it be wonderfull ftrong,andnot tobe vied without very great neceffitie vree thereunto,doth norwithftanding eafily purge, and without anygreat trouble, and E with leffer tormene than moft ofthe mildeftand gentleft medicins which haue Maftich andother i FE things mixed with themthat are aftringent. And forthis caufeitisverylike that Galeninhis firft booke of Medicines,according tothe pla. ces affected,would not fuffer Maftich and Bdelliumto be in’ the pilles, which are furnamed¢uchie the which notwithftanding his Schoolematter Quintus was alfo woont before to adde ynto the fame. G or Bur Coloquintida is not onely goodfor purgations,in whichit is a remedie forthe diffineffe the turning fickneffe,the megrim, continuall head-ache,the Apoplexie, the falling fickneffe; the ftuffing of the lungs,the gnawings and gripings ofthe guts andintrailes,and other moftdangerous Gted. difeafes, but alfo it doth outwardly worke his operations, w hichare notaltogether tobereic deafenes: and eares the in finging the againft good is boiled, fameis the ‘Commonoilewherein H prouoke doth oftentimes the fame killeth anddriuethforthall manner of wormes ofthe belly,and 1 K geanBLE = L~ M. N___ to the ftoole,if the nauell and bortome ofthe belly be therewith annointed, forthetooth-ache, as Being boiled invineger, and the teeth wafhed therewith, it is a remedie 3 Mefues teacheth. Thefeed is very profitable to keepe and preferue dead bodies with -efpecially if Aloggiand en belly might!“The white pulpe or {pungious pith taken in the weight of a feruple openeththe Myrthe be mixed withit. : ly,and purgethgroffe flegme,and cholericke humors. or ale,and giventodrinke: Ithath thelike force if itbe boiled andlaid to infufe in wine thee joint,andall difeafes proceeding of cold. O P Spanith Melane vfed in clifters. Forthefame purpofes itmaybe applied with cotton orwooll,taketh awaythe hs fame boiled inoile,and ; = ‘ Pe «of the Hemor painof the He thoides. Q decision Being takenafter the fame mannerit profiteth the difeafes before remembred,thatis plexie,falling fickneffe,giddineffe of the head,the collicke,loofeneffe of {inewes,and places ou hadeepely, very and: furrowed colonr,ribbed epic sede or Cbinces often chappes uing eS eflesthe \ ethede fired geth down The decoétion made in wine 2 andvfed asa fomentation or bathe. > brin : “ {nner subthapee abich a ee pakiane of afaint yellow colour. The ecaten,is Wey fj Wd middlé part‘wheteofis full-of a fliniie! moi ficknefe. fture, among which‘is cohteindd the! ed; like vatothofe ofthe\Cucumber, bur leferjand ofa { RN AG YOUN ‘( hy xh |i Ae > Cc Hap. 344+ ll Of eMuske--Meelon,or Million. 4 ropor 1 fC cumber: notwithftanding fome haue comprehended the Muske-Melonsva af : is a kinde truls,wherein they haugreatlyerred : for doubtlefle the Muske-Melon Authors. approued beft the according to /) 2 ; Cr tion,asalfo in tafte, according to the climate and countric where they grow ee ents there was onelyone and no more,which1s that Melepepo called of Galen, SOE Agim ( er, but of a sreener colour; flender foorftalkes, round as the ftuite of Colsguintids, and of the famé bignefle, of a mot tooke the like Sugar, whereof it £008 Sghaniti. are ttafte The Peare fathioned Mclonhath many vinie branches, whercupon.dge growCOt- leaues like thofe of the Vine.and like- The Defcription. : oe til, Hatwhichthe later Herbarifts do call Muske-Melonsislike oe ber in ftalks,lying flat vpon the ground, long,branched,and alae 4 alike,yet are they leffer,rounder,and notfo cornered 7 Tri teas ES , DAWA G a {mall clafping,tendrels like thofeofthe Vine. °H alfo leaues like vnto the common !Cuchm- Pateyt among thete Deets 2 Daeeyy Mh $5915 1 browwner re i ee trailing Melon hath long 2 The fugar ftalkes lying vpon the Enea ” y \V ; AS | hope at) i Hete be divers forts of Melonsfound at this day, differing very notably 19 tha < oi 1) - The Kindes. ¢ \\ 4 yellow:the fruitis bigger,at the firft fomwhathairy fomthing long,now of an oue oftentimes greater,and manytimes leffer : the barke or rinde is ftore ftore of | lons e common C Ara \ manne ne co! 3 \ \ l 3 VS . Fri - and drels, clafping an tendrels,clatping at old ofeack thing that te pomebarhithe weth yponflender footitalkes, fafhi- nto a Peare, of the bignes. ofa great uf uince. tong Tey Spanith Meldiibringcti'fOlth trailing $ |