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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 1430 * . . . Li B.3, Lis.3. Of theHiftoryofPlants. at: Thus far Tremelius and Iuaius. Bythat which hath been faid it appeareth what S. ohn the Baptift fed of,ynder thetitle Locutts iand that itis nothing like vntothis fruit Ceratiafiliqua :1 rathertak the husks or fhells.of the fruit of this tree to be thecods or husks whereof the prodigall childe would haue fed,but none gaue them vnto him,thoughthe fwine had their fill thereof, ‘Thee aa Calfia fifiulan pudding Pipe tree being drie are verylike beanecods,as I haue often feen.I haue fowne the feeds in my garden nia ae they haue profpered exceeding well. + There is nodoubt but the ¥+ror Si/ique mentioned in Saint Lukes Gofpel,Chap.15.u,16' were the cods orfruit of this tree. I cannot belecuethat either the fruit ofthis or the Locuftswere the’swi, mentioned in the third chapter of Saint Mat.v.4. But Lamof the opinion ofthe Grecke Father I/odore Pelufiotawho,lib. 1 Epif?.t32-hath thefe words, arceyite, dr tasirus iSourm, bu 26 tions ms tut eyptor, ee MIA 53107 aw’ pudtarey@ ayers, NopSUeons MTHINE Ty LN YeyOITO gaAN destwores Berwayh Suv? sre} wea mg Gh aetAtr we dae : | Ypteer yor viny, eC. That is : The Acrideswhich John fed vpon are not liuing creatures liketo Beetles, 4s fome vnlearnedlyfiippofe,farre be it fromvs fo tothinke; but they are the tender buds of herbes aiid plants or trees;neitheron the other fide is the Mel agrion anyherbe focalled, but mountaine . ; honygathered by wilde Bees, &c. $ The Time, The Carob tree bringeth forth fruit in the beginning of the Spring, whichis not ripe till Aue tumne. 2 This tree was vnknownetothe old writers,or fo little accountedof, as that they haue made no mentionof it at all : the Arabians were the fir ft that efteemedof it,by reafon they knewthe vfe of the pulpe whichis found in the Pipes:and after themthe later Grecians, as Ad?war ther ofhis time,by whomitwas namedwe use that is to fay in Latine, Cafangra, Thefruit thereof, faith Aduartus in his fift booke, is likea long pipe, hauing within ita thicke humour or moifture,whichisnot congealedall alike thorow the pipe,but is feparated and diuided with many partitions,being thin wooddy skins. The Apothecaries call it Catiafiftulaand with a dou- bleff Caffia fiftula: itiscalled in Englith after the Apothecaries word,Caffia fiftula, and may alfobe Englifhed, Pudding Pipe, becaufe the cod or Pipeis like a pudding: but the old Caf fia fiftulajor amg in Greeke, isthat fweet and odoriferous barke that isrolled together, after the manner ofa long and roundpipe,now named Gq The Names. The Carob trecis called xyame:in Latine likewife, Ceratonia : in Spanith, Garouo: in Enolith! Carob tree , andoffome, Beane tree, and Saint Johns Bread : the fruit or cod is named son + in Latine Siliqua, or Siliqua dulcis: in diuers fhops , Xylocaracta : in other fhopsin Italy, Carobe, or Carobole : of the Apothecaries of Apulia,Salequa : itis called in Spanith, Alfarobas,or yews : and withoutan article Garovas: inhigh Dutch, S,Jobangbgot ¢ that is to fay,anéfs Ioban.pani of the Apothecaties Caffia lignea, whichis a or S Johns Bread neither is it knowne by any other namein the Low-countries : Some call it in En- glifh,Carob. | The Names, kinde of Cinamon, q The Temperature, The pulpeof this pipe whichis chiefely in | The Temperature, requeft,is moift inthe later end of the firde- The Carob tree is drie and aftringetit,as is alfo the fruit,and containeth in itacertaine fweetnes as Galen faith. gtee,andlittle more than temperatly hot. G The Vertues. Thefruit of the Carob Tree, becing eatwhen itis greene, dothgently loofe thebelly; but beeingdryit is hard of digeftion,and ftoppeththe belly, it prouokethvrine,it is goodfor theftomacke,and nourifheth well,and muchbetter than whenit is greene and freth. The Vertues. a 1 a 1 frat and : Uy and Tine 274 medicine, pleafant The pulpe ofCafia fiftula extracted with violet water,is a moft fweet foeucr they be, yea it may be y5 ley be, un dangertoall weak people of what age€ andfex tay be giuen without é ,forit gent ly purgeth cholericke humours and flimie flegme,ifit a towomenwith.childe uinifired betaken in the weight ofan ounce. ; ; es Cafiais good for fuch as be vexed with hot agues,pleurifies, taundice,or Cuar. 83. Of Calsia Fiftula, or Pudding Pipe. | The Defeription. Affia purgatrixor Caffiafiftala,groweth vp to bea faire tree, with a toughbarkelike leather, of the colour of Box,whereupon fome haue fuppofedit to take the Greeke name xi, in Latine, Coriacens the armes and branches of this are {mall and limber,befet with many goodly leauc $, like thofe of the Wall-nut tree :among which comeforth {mall floures of a yellowcolour, com . & or confifting offix little leaues,like the floures ofChelidowium minus,or Pile-woort:after thele evaded, there fueceed goodly blacke round, long cods,whereof fomeare twofoot long, and ofa wooddy fubftance : inthefe coddes are contained a blacke pulpe, very {weet and foft,ofa pleafant tafte,and feruing tomanyvfes in Phyficke, inwhich pulpe Lob the feed couched in little eels of partitions : this feedis flat and brownith,not volike the feed ofCeratia Siliqua,and in other tefpe verylike ynto it alfo, The Place. mot parts of This tree groweth muchin Egypt,efpecially about Memphis and Alexandria,and Batbarie,andisa ftranger.in thefe parts of Europe. The Time. are come, _ The Caffia tree groweth green winterand fommer:it fheddethhis old leaues whennewafer by meanés whereofit is neuer voidofleaues sit floureth early in the fpring, and the fruitisripe 0 Autumne, gq The dftheliver, being taken asaforeis fhewed. : : any other inflammation ‘ foecially ifi iallyif it bee Caffiais good for the reines and kidneies,driveth forth grauell and the ftone,efpec biektine theta imingled with the decodtionof Parfley, and Fennellroots,and ae reaking therewith the Itpurgeth and purifieth the bloud,making 1t more cleane than eoBb together. actimonie and fharpneffe of the mixture ofbloud and choler s, and the rough artery called Itdiffofuethall phiegmons and inflammations of the breft,lung Trathea arteria, eafing thofe patts exceeding well. ‘ be in agues,or any hot difeafewhatfoeuet,efpeciallyifit Ciffia abateth the vehemencie of thirft ding to Art: itabateth alfo the takenwith the iuice of Intybum,Cichoreum,orSolanum, depured accor the decoStion of intemperate heat of the reines, if it be receiued with diureticke fimples, or with and vfe this mediicotice onely,and will not fuffer the ftone to grow in fuch perfonsas do receiue cine. _ mot ful,moft heauy,& faireft cods,or canes, Thebef Caffia for your vfeis tobe taken out of the G pulpe whichis newly taandthofe which do thine without,and arefullof foft pulpewithin ; that Art focuer. ‘ E ken forth is better than that whichis kept in boxes,by what ofthe skin, and being laid vpon hor roughneffe the away taketh applied, outwardly Cafe being : = ; ae ; Wellines, hel {uppuration. them to fuppuration Ss, it briingeth hereto recite belongs which Ca//7¢, s withthi made are medicines Many finoular compounded foto my purpofe or hiftory. 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