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Show 1508 2 Lig Ofthe Hifterie of Plants, Of the Hiftory of Plants, Thewhite Mulberrietree groweth vntill ic be come vntoa gteat and goodly faite al oe as bigas the former: the leaues are rounder,notfo tharpe pointed ,norfo deeply {hipt about' theMol ed tm ges, yet fometimes finuated or deeply cut in on the fides, the fruitis like the former, butthat ir; at At is : white and fomewhat more tafting like wine. : ; q ThePlace, Cuar. 132. Ofthe Sycomoretrees The Mulberrytrees growplentifully in Italy and other hot regions, where they doc mainta; Sycomorus. The Sycomoretree, ; gteat woods and groues of them, that there Silke wormes may feed thereon. The Mulberry tae fitly fer by the flip ; itmay alfo be grafted or inoculated into many trees, being grafted eevee Poplar, it bringethM forth white Mulberies, 9 as Beritius in his Geoponick ] p €s reporteth, Thefeaoe growjy in fundry gardens in England, : ! @] The Defcription. 5 Te Sycomore tree is of no {mall height,being very liketo the mulberie tree in bignefle & thew, as alfoiinleafe: G TheTime. the fruit is as greatasa Fig, and of the . Of.all thetrees in the Orchard the Mulberry dothlaft bloome,and not before the cold yw eather isgone in May (therefore the old Writers were wont to call it the wifett tree) at which timethe Silke wormes do feemeto reuiuc,as hauing then wherewithto feed and nourith shemicluerhic fame fafhion , very like in iuice’ and tafte to thewilde Fig, but fieeter, and without any grains or feeds within,which growethnot forth of the tender boughes, all the winter before dolie like {mall Staines or feeds,or rather like the dunging of a fleth flicy on a glaffe,or fome fuchthing, as knowing their proper time bothto performe their duties for which theywere created,and alfo when they may hauewherewith to maintaine and preferue their owne bodies,vnto their bufineffe aforefaid. : but out of the body and great old armes very fruitfully: this tree hath in it plenty of milkie iuice, whichfo foon as any part The anise are ripe in Auguftand September, Hegefander in Athenays affirmeth, that the Mal. beric trees in his time did notbring forth fruit in ewentie years together,and of the gout then raigned and taged fo generally,as not onely men, butboics,wthat fo gteara plague enches eunuchs, and womenwer e-troubledwith that difeafe. ; isbrokenorcur, doth iffue forth. q The Place, : It groweth,as Diofcorides writeth, very plentifully in Caria and Rhodes, and in @ The Ngmes. This tree is named in Greeke sepie,and axsunsa: in Latine,Morus : in fhops, Datch,@paulberbaum: in low Dutch ,gPoerbette boom: in French,Meurier Atoras Celfi in high : in Englith,Mulberry Tee, The fruit is called user, and oxsum: in Latine,Morum :in thops,MeruCelf i-in high Dutch.gpoerbetic in Italian,moro : in French, eure fundry places of Egypt, asatrhegreat Cayre or Alkaire, and in places thar doe not bring forch much wheat,in whichit is an helpe,andfufficeth in ftead ofbread & : in Spanith, Moras ahd Mores: in Englith,Molberry. corne whenthereis fearfitie of viduals, Galen writeth, that he fawa plant of the , : | The Temperature and Vertues, Mulberries being gathered before they be ripe,are cold and dry almoft in the third degree,and do Sycomore treelike tothe wilde Fig tree, fruic and all. mightily binde;being dried they are good for the laske and bloudy flix, the pouderis vied in meat, and isdrunke with wine and water. @ The Time, Tt bringeth forth fruic three or foure times in one yeare,and oftnerif it be {craped wich aniron knife, or other like inftrument, : They ftay bleedings,andalfo the redsstheyare good againft inflammationsorhot fwellings of the mouth and iawes,and for other inflammations newly beginning, The ripe and newgathered Mulberries are likewife cold and be ful ofiuice,whichhath thetafte of wine,andis fomething drying,and not without a binding qualitie:and therefore it isalfo mixed with medicines for the mouth,and fuch as helpe the hotfwellings of the mouth,and almonds of the throat; for whichinfirmitiesit is fingular good. f Of the iuice ofthe ripe berries is madea confeGionwith fugar, called Dizmorum: thoris, after the mannerofa fyrrup, whichis exceeding good for the vicers and hot fwellings of the tongue, throat,and almonds,or Vuula of the throat.or anyother malady arifing in thofe parts. Thefe Mulberries taken in meat,and alfo before meat,dovery fpeedily pafte through the belly, by reafon ofthe moifture and flipperineffe oftheir fub{tance,and make a paflagefor other meats,as Galen faith. : qq The Names, This tree is called in Grecke,ovxiwpr, ofthe Fig tree and the Mulbery tree: in Latine, Sycomorns : Cornelius Celfus namethit backward 44oro/ycos : the Egyptians of our time daocall it Ficus Pharaon "s,0r Pharaohis Fig tree,as witnefleth Belowins : and it is likewife termed Ficus Aigyptia, Egy ptian Fig tree,and alfo Morus e£¢yptia,or Egyptian Mulberrie tree. Wecal it Englifh, Sycomoretree af terthe Greek and Latine,and alfo Mulberry Fig tree,whichis the right Sycomoretree,and notthe gieat Maple,as wehauefaid in the chapter of the Maple. ue Thefruit is named in Greeke Sycomoron,andin Italian, Sycomoroand Fico dEgitto. Theyare goodto quenchthirft,theyftir vp an appetite to meat, they are not hurtful to the fto- macke,but they nourith the body verylittle,being taken in the fecondplace, or after meat, {oral though theybeleffe hurtful] chan otherlike fruits,yet are they corrupted and putrified,valef {peedily defcend. The barke of the rootis bitter,hot and drie, and hath a fcouring facultie : the decoétion hereot doth open the ftoppingsof the liuer and fpleen,it purgeth the belly, and driuethforth wormes. The fame bark being fteeped in vineger helpeth the tooth ache:ofthe fameeffecis alfo the de coétion of the leauesand barke,faith D iofcorides,who fheweth that about harueft time there ifu ethout of the roota iuice,which the next dayafteris found tobehard, and that the fameis very goodagain{t the tooth-achesthatit wafteth away Phyma,andpurgeth the belly. : Galen faith,that there is inthe leaues and firft buds of thistree a certaine middle facultie, 50“ tobinde and {coure. 1 CuaPs «| The Temperature and Vertues. an b hathno(harpneffe in it at all,as Galen faith. It is fomwhat fweet The fruit of the Sycomore tre in tafte,and is of temperature moift after a fort,and coldas be Mulberries, ; P Itis good, faith Diofc srides, for the belly;but it is zee, that is, without any nourifhment, an ttoublefome to the ftomacke. 5 3 There iffuethforch ofthe barke ofthis tree in the beginning of the Spring, before the fruit ap- peareth,a liquour,which being taken vp with a {punge,ora little wooll, is dried, emi so — cakesand kept ingallie pots : this mollifieth,clofeth wounds together, and diffolueth grofie humou itis both inwardly taken and outwardly applied againft the bitings offerpents,hardneffe ofthe milt or {pleene,and paine ofthe ftomacke proceeding of a cold caufe :this liquor dothvery quick4Y putrifie. , LIM 3 Cara |