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Show “git Ofthe Hiftorie’ of Planes, Lis, 2 Linn trailing branches, whereon are fet brdad leaues flightly indented about the edves, nor ditided at all, asare all thereft ofthe Melons. Thefruite groweth neere vnto the ftalke} likextordk ae mon Pompion, very long, not creite d or furrowedat all, but {potted with very many firch maries as are on the baekefide of the Harts-tongueleafe. Thepulpeor meateis nor fo plealing intafteas \ theother. ‘ Of the Hiftory ofPlants. 919 fa greene colour withan harder barke, now and then fofter and whiter. The meatwithinis like the former : the feeds haue alfo the fame forme,but they be fomewhat Jeffer. 2 Pepo maximus rotundus, 1 Pepo maximus oblongus.: The great round Pompion, The great long Pompion, @ The Place. Theydelight ‘tn hot regions, notwithftanding I haue {cen at the Quecnesoufe at Saint Tames very many Of the-fifitfort ripe, throught the diligent and curious noutifhing ofthem bya skilful Gefitlemah the keeper ofthe faid houfe,called M'.Fow/e,andin other places neere vntotherigh: Honordble the NordofSaftx houfe,of Bermond fey by London,where fromyeere toyeere therei very.gteat plenty, efpeciallyifthe weathier be any thing temperate, p 35 @| The Time. Theyzare fer ot fowne an A prill as Lhaue already fhewne in the chapter of Cucumbers thir frujte istipe in the end of Auguft,and fometimes fooner. © The Names, == ‘ The Muske Melomis called in Latine, Melo: in Italian, A4ellone = in Spanith,Melon; in French Melons in High Dutch, Qpeiautts in low Dutch, MBeloeners in Greckewiw.whichdoth fign 0) an apple, and thefefore this kinde of Cucumber is more trucly called uneatmn,or Melopepy? reafonthat Pepetiath the {mell of anapple, whereto the fmell ofthis frure is like ; hauing withall the fmell_as it were of “Muske : which for that caufe are alfO named Melones Mucha, ot t : Muske Melons: |; Te Temperature. The njeate ofthe Muske Melon, is very cold and moift. @ The Vertues.. : eM Teisharder of digeftion thamis any of the reft of Cucumbers : and ifit remaine long in the ftoin mackeus putrifieth, and is occafionof peftilent feuers :which thing alfo cAétigs witneffeth peftieth Cucumbers,breed Cuoumeresyor of vfe the that writing Tetrabibles, the firffbooke'ofhis whichis lent féauers = for bealfo taketh Cucumis to be that whichis commonlycalled Melon:any vfually eaten ofthe Italiansand Spaniards rather to repreffe the rage of Iuft, than for other Phyficall'vertue»— Thefeed is of like operation withthatof the former Cucumber. oy GHA 2.345. 5 ; Of «Melons, or Pompions. § The Kindes. Here be found diuers kindes of Pompions whichdiffer cither in bigncfle or forme sit Ahallbe thereforefufficient to: defcribe fome one,or two ofthem, and referre the eft vnrothe vic’ the figures;which moft, livelydo expreffe their differences ; efpecially becaufe thisyolumen™ eth great, the defcription ofno moment, and I haften to an end, 4 Ofthis kinde there is alfo another Pompionlike vnto the former in rough ‘ftalkes ) dnd in gathed and nicked leaues:the floureis alfo great and yellow, likethofe of the others: the fruit is ofagiéat bignefle,whofe barke is full oflittle bunniesor hilliewelts,as is the rindeofthe Citron, which is in like manner yellow when itis ripe. 4 The fourth Pompion d6th very michdiffer from the othersin form : theftalks, leaues,and floutes ate like thofe of the reft : but thefruit is not long or round,but altogether broad, and in a manner flat like vntoa fhield or buckler;thicker in the middle,thinner in the compaffe, and curled or bumped in certaine places about the edges,liket he rugged or vneuen barke of the Pomecitron; the which tinde is very foft,thih,ahd white : the meat within is meetely hardand dureable. The feed is greater than rhat of the common Cucumber,in forme and colourall one. q The Deéfiription. Va fos, £ Batic great Pompion bringeth forth thicke and roughprickly ftalkesywhich Ge _ © + Macocks Virginiani , five PepoVirginianws. The Virginian Macocke,or Pompion, clafping tendrells take hold vpon fuch things as are neere vnto them,as poles, a pales, and ledges,which vnleffe they werencere vnto them would creepe along \po” there Re the leaues be wilde,and great, very rough, and cut with certaine deepe gafhes, nicked a edges likea faw ; the floures be very ereat like vnto a bell eup, ofa yellow colour ee, hes fine comers ftanding outlike teeth : rhe fruite is great, thicke, round,fet with thicker)?" edges fticking forth. The pulpe or meate whereofwhich is next vpderthe rinde 15% ae : a meane hardneffe: the pith or fubftance in the middle is ‘fpungie, and flimse: the tee t “broad, flat, fomething white, muchgreater than that of the Cucumberotherwile 10Ae of anob{cure greene,(ometinn Orbe all in forme. The colour of the barke or rinde is oftentimés The rindeof the ¢rcen¢ Pompionis harder, and as it were ofa woody fubitanee: the 108 ne and grayis fofter and tenderer. ats, © {kes and i lee 2. Thefecondkinde of Mclons or Pompions is like vntothe ‘former in fla alfo inclafping'tendrels’: but the gathes of the leaues are not fo deepe, and the ys thoie° fet: theflouresare in like manner’yellow,gaping,and cornered at therop,as be but the-fruite is fomewhar rounder ; fometimes greater,and many times leffcr: é This hath rough cornered firaked trailing branches procter from the root,eightornine foot font longerand thofe againe diuidedinto other branches of a blackifh greene colour , rrailing, te ing orrunning along ft theearth,coueringagreat deale of ground, fending forth broad coroe leaues,on great groffe, long, rough, hairy foot-ftalks, like and fully as big as the leaues ib common Pompion,with clafping tendrels and great broad thtiueled yellow floures alfo like ‘oteof the common Pompion: the fruit fucceedeth, growing alongft the ftalkes, commonly nor aoe but towatds the vpper patt or toppes ofthe branches, fomewhat round, be ae ae sethbut flat likeabowle,’ but not fo bigge as an ordinarie bowle, beeing Th Tab. a hes broad, and three inches long,of a blackifh greene colour whenit is ripe. 3 . ui ' ae oreatable part is of a yellowiflmwhite colour, containingin the middefta great« “ts ta ' — _ matter,wherein the feed lyeth incertaine rowes alfo,like the common ae oh Sines The root is made of many whitifh branches, creeping far abroad in theearth, and peri Me trit approch of VVinter. 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