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Show AEie 1446 Of the Hittory of Plants, downe the menfes, helpethe ftrangurie, and clenfe forth of the cheft and lungselammie humors: L ~Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis. 3 ifthey be mixed with fome kinde oflooch or medicineto licke on: with flarch they fay the {pie. ting of bloud. ’ Perficaalba. Thewhite Peach, Q the middle of the Peach is awooddy,hard, and rough ftone,fullof crefts and gutters, in which doth lie a kernell much like to that ofthe Almond, and with fucha like skin: the fubftance within is white, and in tafte fomething bitter. Thefruit hereofis ofgreateft pleafure,and beft tafte ofall the other of his kinde;althoughthere theyatealfo good againft the cough and fhortneffe of winde. Theyare likewife good for thofe thar fpit bloud, if they be taken with the fine floure ofAmylum, Thereis alfopreffed out of thefe an otlewhich prouoketh vrine, but efpecially ifa few {eorpi. be found at this day diuers otherforts that are ons be drowned, and fteeped therein, R ofvery goodtafte, not remembredofthe ancient,or {et downe by the later writers,whereofto fpeake particularly,would not be greatly to our pretended purpofe, confidering we haften to an end, t 5 There isalfokept in fome of our choife gardens akind of Peach which hatha very dou- Withoile it it fingular good for thofe that haue the ftone, and cannot eafily make water but with extrémitie of paine, ifthe fhare and place betweene the cods and fundament be anoyntéd therewith. Diofcorides faith, that the gum doth heate and binde , which qualities notwithf{tandingarenor perceiued in it. It helpeth them thatfpit bloud, not by a binding facultie, but thorowthe clammineffeofhis fubftance, and rhatis byclofing vp of the paffages and pores and fo mayir alfo cure old coughes, ble and beautiful floure,but it is feldome fucceeded by anyfruit ; they call this,Perficaflore pleno, and mitigate extreame paines that proceed ofthe ftone, and efpecially take awaythe tharpenefle of vrine, ifit be drunke with Baftard, or with any other fweet potion, as with the decodtionofLicorice.or of Raifons of the funne. The fame doth likewife kill retters in the outwardparts of the The double bloffomed Peach. + bodie (as Dioftorides addeth) if it be diffolued in vineger. Cuar. 94. ‘ q The Kindes. ¢ open are diuers forts of Peachesbefides the foure herefet forth by our Author, butthe trees do not muchdiffer in fhape,but the difference chiefely confifts inthe fruit,where- lewin Old-ftreet,whichare thefe ; two forts of Nutmeg Peaches ; The Queenes Peach; The New: ington Peach ; Lhe grand Carnation Peach; The Carnation Peach ; The Blacke Peach; the le locotone; the White, The Romane; The Alberza; The Ifland Peach, Peach duTroy- Thefe q The Place. Theyare fet and plantedin gardens and vineyards: 1 have themall in my garden, with many otherforts. q The Time. The Peach tree foone commeth vp: it beares fruit the third or fourth yeere afterit is planted, andit foone decaieth , and is not of log conti- Of the Peach tree. ofI will giue you the names of the choice ones,and fuchas are to be had from my friendM'.ail- 447 fruit is of a yellow colour on the outfide, and likewife onthe infide, harder chan theteft , in Anditis reported that five or fix being taken fafting do keepe a man from being drunke, Theft alfoclenfe and take away {pots and blemithesin the face, and in other parts ofthe body, they mundifie and make cleanefoule eating vicers. N Withhonytheyarelaid vpon the biting ofmad dogs ; being applied to the temples with yin. negeror oile of Rofes, they take awaythe head-ache,as Diofcorides writeth. O Mance ; it foureth in Aprill, ora little while after thatthe leaues appeare, and hath his fruit ripe inSeptember. | The Names. are all good ones. He liatha!fo.of that kindeof Peachwhich fome call Nuc erfica or Negtorins, thefe following kindes; the Roman red,the beft offruits,the baftard Redsthe little dainty ee rhe yellow. thewhite ; the ruffet, which isnot fo good as thereft, Thofe that would feeanyful- The Peachtree is called in Greeke, pave mpnet: in Latine, Malus Perfica,and Perfica: in high Durch, erfichbount:in low Dutch; Berle boom: in French, Per{cher : in Englith, Peach tree. Thefruit, as Galen teftifieth,is namediamaxi, and aaxiyalfowithout any addition: in Latine, Naim PerGicum,and Perficum : inhigh Dutch, yferding : in low Dutch, qerfer : in Italy, Pe/che « i Spanifh,Pexegos : in French,P:(ches : in Englith, Peach. infiftvpon them.-¢ 4 a The Temperature and Vertuess ie Peaches be cold and moift, and that in the fecond degree, theyhaue a juice and alfo a fub ftance thatdoth eafily putrifie, which yeeldeth no nourifhment, but bringeth hurt,efpecially ifthey be tatenafter other meates ; forthen they caufe the other meates to putrific. But theyare lefle burt- let difcourfe of thefe may haue recourle to the late worke df M‘. Zohn Perkinjon,where they ~ finde more varieties,and more largely handled, and therefore not neceffarie for mein this placet > The Defcription, Ae He Peachtreeis a tree ofno great bigneffe + it fendeth forth diuers boughes,hiehbe ed fo brittie,as oftentimes they are broken with the weight ofthe fruit or with Theleaues be long, nicked in the edges, like almof¥ ro thofe of the Walnut * a intafte bitter: the flouresbe of a light purpleco'our, The fruit or Peaches be round,an x rie as itwereachinke or cleft on the one fide they ate covered with a foft and 'thindowne OF ate cotton, being white without,and ofa pleafant tafte in the middle whereofis arough Orie ftone,whereinis contained a kerneil like vnto the Almond; the meate about the ftone 15 ofawh h divers colour. The root is toughand yellowifh. 2 The red Peachtree is likewifea tree of no great bigneffe.it alfo fendeth fort sds te edges the in nicked and boughes or branches, which be very brittle. “The leaues be long, POETdes be Peaches or fruite the former; the vito alfolike be Thefloures precedent. the colouron the outfide , the meate likewife about the 'ftone is of a gallant red colour. Thele vegreatet Of Peaches are very like to wine in tafte, and therefore maruellous pleafant. 3 Perfica pracoca,or the d’auant Peach tree is like vnto the former, but his Jeaues eienett andlarser, The fruit or Peaches be of aruffet colour on the one fide,and on the oh. ie vnto the fun ofared colour, but much greater than the red Peach: the ftones whereofare ee the former: the pu! pe or meate within is ofa golden yellow colour,and ofa pleafant tal : perf 74 4 Perfica lutea, or the yellow Peachtree, is like vnto the former in leaues and floures : his M P nd lullifthey be taken firft ; for by reafon that they are moift and flippery, they eafily and quickly defcend . and by making the belly flippery, they caufe other meatestoflip downe the fooner. ‘The kernels of the Peaches be hot and dry, they open andclenfe ; they ate goodforthe ftop; i ei Pings of the liuer and {pleene. Peaches before theybe ripe do ftop the laske,but beingripe they loofe the belly, and ingender fughty humors, for theyare foone corrupted in the ftomacke. * Theleaues ofthe Peachtree do openthe ftopping of the liuer, and do gently loofenthebelly : py dilbeing applied plaifterwife vntothe nauell of young children, they kill the wormes, and driue themforth Thefame leaues boiled in milke, dokillthe wormes in children very {peedily. The fame being dried, andcaft vpon greene wounds,cure them, The floures of the Peachtree infufed in warme waterfor the {pace ef tenor twelue houres, and Hained, and more floures putto the faid liquor to infufe after the fame manner, and fo iterated ‘Koreicht times,and trained again,then as muchfugaras it will require added tothe fameliquor aad boiled yrto the confiftenceorthicknes ofa fyrrup, and two {poonefulls hereof taken, doth fo “ngularly well purge the belly that there is neither Rubarbe, Agaricke,nor any other purger com- Putable vnto it ; for this purgeth downe waterifh humors mightily,and yet without griefe of “ouble,either to the ftomacke, orlowerparts of the body. ; FEfEEE3 The apa re |
