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Show Tris. Theatram Botanicum. Cu ar.24 robathe the parts requiring it,and is profitably ufed inthatmannerto ftay the bleeding of wounds, and at the mouth or nofe to be applyed to the forehead,and napeof the necke. Mefpilu. The Medlar, are oflater invention. 1. Mefpilus maxima fativa, The great manured Medlar. The gréat Medlar growethneere to tke bigneffe of che Quince, brit never fo great as an Apple tree tharever I faw, {preading branches,reafonable largely, with longer and marrower leaves then either Apple or Quince,and not dented at all about the edges,at the end of the {prigges{tand the flowers madeoffivelwhite great broad pointed leaves, nicked inthe middle with fome whitethreds alfo: after which commeththe fiuite, be- ing round and halfe flat,of a browni(h greene colour being ripe, bearing a crowneas it were on the toppe, which were the five greene leaves, asa haske wherein the flower flood before, which crowne of leaves being rubbed offor falne away, thehedd of the frnite is feene to be fomewhathollow, the fruiteis very harfhbefore it be mellowed asis faid of the Services before,and hath ufually five hard kernells within it. 2. Mespilus vulgarisfive minor The ordinaryor fmall Medlar. The ordinary Mediardiffereth in nothing fromthe former, but that it hath fome thorneson ir, in feyerall places,W hichthe other hath not, and thatthe fruite is {mall and notaltogetherfo pleafant. 3» Ate(pilus minor folio ferrato. ThecommonItalian Medlar, eth in nothing from the laftthat hath thornes, butthat the leaves are dented about the edges, 4. Mespilus frntln albo magno;. The great whité Medlar. his differeth not from the firft fort but in the fruite, whichwill be as great asit, and more white thenit being onthe tree, and will notbe fo browne when itis mellowed, the kernels alfo within them are not fo ftrong hard. 5. Mefpilas Aronia five Neapolitasa, The Medlar of Naples. The Médlar of Naples rifeth to be a reafonable great and faire {pread tree,bearing broad leaves, cut in or divided onthe fides into {everall parts,but not to the middle ribbe fomewhat refembling the Hawthorne leaves, with thornes fet fometimes‘on the branches and fometimes without, the fowers growintuftslike unto the Service espilus maxina fativ a, 2. Meppilus vulgaris, di at manured Medlar. Trt z E16. Lhe heater of Plants, tree,ofa greenifh colour, which turne into frnite, many clu- {tring tagether and hanging downe,fmaller then the fmallelt Cuap, XXIV. Cwar.25. 5. Melpilus Aronia fue Neapolitana, ‘The Medlarof Naples, Medlar, and witha leffer crowne ofleaves, and hoilownefic atthetoppethen it, reddifh or yellowifh when theyateripe having only three {tones or kernells within it,and more fweet and pleafanc alfo, The Place and Time, Three of thefe fortsgrow with usherein our Land, the two firft in manyplaces, and the laft with fome few lovers ~of rarities, the other two have not as yet beene feene here : they flower in Way for the moft part, and beareripefruite in Septimber and Ottober, ' The Names, Tris called in Greeke “za an and wienin Latine Ade(pilus andthe fruite weary Adefpilam. The fir fort may bee the Mefpilus Setanica of Theophraftus and P finy,andtaken by many tobe the Afefpiles altera of Diofeorides, which he faith fomecalled Epimelis, Tragws althoughhecallit AZepilus yet takethit to be (vategus of Theophraftws, whichit cannotbe, for that Theophrastus faith Crategus hath the leate of AZc/pilus Anthedon, which hatha divided leafe, for hee defcribeth no other J4/pilus, andisthe fame with Dio/corédes his AZeSpilus Aronia, as you {hall prefently heare: it is alfo chat which Lobel calleth Domeftica, Cordus (ativa, and Camerarim in horto Setania majoribus vulgaris fruttibus, Tragus Aefpilus frutls preffantiore,and Dodoneuws Mefpilus Oxy acantho inftta, or as Lugdunenfas faith, infittone mitior fatta, The fecond is termed (jlve/tris by Bauhinus, as well as Lanrino folio, and Germanica being themore ordinary both with themand us. Thethird is fer out by AZatthiolus and Lugdunengis, but theit figures do not expreffe the leaves to be dented as they flaould be. ‘Thefourthis {poken of by Scaliger and Lugdunenfis. The laft is the AZe/pilus, called Aronia of Diofcorides, the Mefpilus Anthedon of Theophraftus and Pliny, andis the fir ALe/pi fs of Matthiolus, and generally called (Me/pilus eAronia with allother Writers, onely Rwellivs, and Ge(ner in hortis calleth ic Palinrss Africana, and Cordus Ade/pilus tricoccos, and may peradventure be the Adé/pilus Gallica of Cameirarins inborto. The Arabians callit Zarar or Zarer,and Alzarar, the Italians Me(poli (but théy call the lat which we callof Naples Azarolo, derived asitislikely fromthe Arabians Zarur ) the French Nefflier, Me/plier,and Ade~ flier, andthe fruite Nefle and Ae{ple, the Germans Ne/pelbanm, and the finite We/pel, the Spaniards Ne/peras,the Dutch Mefpelboom, and wein Englifoxhe Medlar tree and fruite. Vertaes, : Medlars have the like properties that Scrvices lave, but are more effectual in operation to binde and ftay any Alnxes.of blood or hamonrs in man or woman,the leaves alfo have the fame quality, but befides thefe effects the mellowed fruite is often fered arnongother{arts of fruite to the table,andeaten withpleafure by thofe that have ¢ of phy ficke, bat worker men, with childe, bothto pleafe the tafte.asin others, and to ftaytheir frer unuftall me ate averyeffectual for them thatare apt tomifcarry, and before theirtime {make t full m¢ :that of Wap/es is the more delicate, & is alfa dyurpofes: the decoctionof themis good to gargle and wath th¢ mouth y defluxion of bloodro {tay it,and of humours, which caufeth paines and saind cafe the paines: thefame allo isa good bath for women fofit in or oundantly, or for the piles when they bleedetoo much: the fame WX Soa ~ Suv oot LSA marem2 i ro" ZS sy SyCTR Sas 1422 and containe witht their m ted odtinke and to, bathe the fomacke warme, that is given to cafting,to loath or not to hold digeft in, buit ifa pultis or plaifter be made with dryed Medlars, beaten and mixed Roles, whereunto afew Cloves and Nutmegs may be added, anda littlered Corall allo, and applyed to the {tomacke it will, worke the mote effectually : the dryed leavesin poutherftrawed onbleeding or frefh wounds,refiraineth the blood, and healeth up thé wound quickely : both leaves and frtite are offingu< lar good nfe to binde, andto ftrengthenwharfoever hath need of thofe qualities, The Medtar {tones made into e in wine wherein {ome Parflye rootes have lyen infufedall night,or a little boyled, doe breake es helping to expell them. CuaPr, XXV. Chameme|pilus G& Epimelis, Dwarfe Medlars andothetfuchlike {mall fruices, Here are fome other {mall fruites to be fpoken of, that are fiteeft to be referred to Médlars-and Services, thoughrefembled to Quinces and Apples,by their Authours, and becaufe they were not tobe put inGH V3 the former Chapters, I thought to entreate of them mext unto them,ina Chapter peculiar tothems * felves. inet 1, Chaméa |