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Show 1428 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants; ik vo 36 Li.3,! Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, q The Vertues, A x The tender leaues,faith Dio/corides,being ftamped and layed vypon cold fwellings,do wafteanay : the fame. Cuar. 82. They are drunke with Cute in the weight of a dram againft the ftuffing ofthe] c 1429 —— bring downe the menfes,the birth, and the afterbirth, ° eee They cure the head-ache being drunke with wine ; the iuice of the root digefteth and ripeneth if the feed be eaten it procureth vomite, which thing, as caatthiolws writeth,the feed not onely of ftinking Beane Trefoile doth effec, but that alfo ofthe other likewife. Of the (arb tree,or Saint dbus Bread. «| The Defiription, He Carob trecis alfo one of thofe that beare cods; it is a tree ofa middle bigneffe,veryfull of boughes: the leaues long,and confift of manyfet together vpon one middle rib, like thofe of the Ath, but euery particular one of them is broader, harder androunder ; the fiuit or long cods infome places are'a foot in length,in otherplaces fhorterbyhalfe , an inch broad,fmooth, 8thick; Cuap. 81. Arbor luda, Iudas Tree. invhich do lie flatand broad. feeds: the cods themfelues are of a fweet taftc,andare eaten PhSh uets,but not before they be gathered anddried; for being as yet gteen,thoughripe,they are ynpleafantto be eaten by reafon oftheir ill fauouredtafte, Of ludas Tree. q] The Defcription, Ceratia filiqua,five Ceratonia, Vdas. tree is likewife one ofthe hedge plants : it growethvp vntoa treeofatealo. This growethin Apulia, a Prouince of the kingdomeof Naples,and alfoin diuefs vatoi- red barke, whereon doe grow manytwigeie led places in Spaine : it is likewife found in India and other countries Eaftward, where nablebignefle, couered with a dark colou- toughbranches ofa browncolour, garnithed withround leaues,like thofe ofround Birthwoort,or Sowbread,but harder, and ofa dee- thecodsare fo full of {weet tuiceas that it is vied to preferue Ginger and other fruites, as per greene colour : among which come forth {mall floureslike thofe ofPeafon,ofa purple colour,mixed with red, which tum into long flat cods,preffed hard together, ofa tawny or wancolour, wherein is contained fmall flat feeds, like the Lentill, or rather like the feed of Medica,fafhionedlikea little kidney: the rootis great and wooddie. @ The Place. 1 This fhrub is found in diners prouinces of Spaine, in hedges,and amongbriers & brambles: the mountainesof Italy,and the fields of Languedocke are not without this fhrub: it groweth in my garden. The Time. The floures comeforth inthe Spring, and AN UNANZISS a? oe Ss before the leaues ; thefruit or cods be ripein Sommer. G The Nagmes. Itis commonly namedin Latine Arbir Inde: fome hauecalled it Sycomorus,orSycomore tree, and that becaufe the floures and cods hang downefrom the bigger branches tight Sycomore tree is like the Fig-tree in fruit,in leaues to the Mulberrie tree,wherupon: butthe itis fo tamed. Others take it tobe xsz<i ofwhich Theophraftus writeth thus,Ceres bringeth forth fruiting cod . which words areall {o few, as that ofthis no certaintie can be gathered,for therebe. more fhrubs thatbring forth fruit in cods. The French men call it Guainier,as thoughthey fhould fay, Vaginula : or a little fheath :moftofthe Spaniards do name it Aleorous loco,that is,Siliquayloefr® orfatwa,wildeor foolith cod : others,Arbol amorfor the brauenefle fake; it may becalledin Englith,Iudas tree,for that it is thought tobe that whet eon Zudas did hang himfelfe,a nd norvpon the Elder tree,as it is vulgarly faid, Th olus q The Place, ’ The Carobtree. | The Temperature and Vertues. , etemperature andvertues ofthis {hrub are vnknowne,and not found out:for whereas Mati? taketh this to be 4cacia,byaddingfalfely thornes vnto it,it is but a furmile. Cyar. WV Cy Matthiolus fheweth. Strabo lib. 15. faith, that Ariftobulus reporteth howthere isa tree in India of no great bignes,which hath great cods, téni inches long, full ofhony ; Ques qui ederent nonfacile [erwari; which thing peraduenture is onely to be vnderftoodofthe greene cods, 8 thofe that are not yet dry:it is very wel known in the coafts of Nicea and Liguria in Italy,as alfo in allthe traé&ts and coafis of the Weft Indies,and Virginia. It growethalfo in fun. dry places of Paleftine, where there is fuch plentyofit,thatit is left vnto {wine and other wilde beafts to feed vpon, as our Acornes and Beech maft. Moreouer, both young and old feed thereonfor pleafure.and fome haue eaten thereofto fupply and help the neceflary nourifhment oftheir bodies. This of fome is ca]_ led Saint Zohas bread,and thought tobe that whichis tranflated Locufts, whereon S. John did feed whenhe was in the wildernefle, befides the wilde hony whereof he did alfo eat, but there is {mall certainty of this : but mo certaine that the people ofthat countrey doe ) feed vpon thefe cods,in Greeke called: Keto: in Latine,Silique.: but Saint Johns food is called in Greeke #44: which word is often vfed in the cuelation written by Saint Johv,and tranflated Locufts. Now wee muftalfo remember that this teekeword hath two feuerall intetpretationsor fignifications, for taken in the good part,it fignittha kinde ofcreeping creaturc,or fliewhich hoppeth of skippeth vp and down, as doth thegrafOpper s ofwhich kinde of creatures itwas lawfull toeat,Lewit, t1022sand Mat.3. 4. Itfignifierk alfothofe Locufts which came out ofthe fmoke of the botromles pit,mentioned Aper.9.0.3+4.82Cs Which were like vnto horfes prepared forbattell. The Hebrew word whichthe Englifh tranflators “uc turned Grafhoppers,Tremelius datesnot give the name Locu/t vntoit,but calleth it by the He- wname Arbis,after the letters and Hebrew name, faying thus in the note vpon the 22. verfe of iter r.chapter ofZenit. Thefe kindes ofcreeping thingsneither the Hebrewsnorthe Hiftoriogra~ Phets,nor our felues do knowwiiat they meane : whereforewe ftill retainethe Hebrewwords,for allthe foure kindes thereof ; but it is certaine that the Eaft countrey Grathoppers and Locutts "etefometimes yfed in meat,as Math. 3.4. and Marc.1,6.Plin libsx Natur, Hiffor. cap “sm trae us |