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Show ‘Crar.8o, 152 Prona. Tbeatram Botanicum, The Plummetree, oT Rips 16, Armeniacn mals five Precocia, Tribe 16. The Theater of Plants, Cuar.Sr, make the belly foluble, thofe that are fewre doe quenchthirlt more,and binde the belly, yet chey al ir fore cooling: the moifter fort and more wacerifh, dae fooneft cotrupt in the ftomacke, but the firmer doe nou rith more, and offend leffe The Aprcocke trees taken plentifally, and thofe ate the fittet tobe preferved and keptall the yeare It hat loofen thé belly, and being ftewedare often ufed with the poorer fort ofpeople, both inhealthand ficl orellith the mouth and {tomacke,to procure anappetite, and alittle to openthe body, allay chollet,and coole the ftomacke: ifaipurging decoftion with Sena Rubarbe, &c. be made for them tobe ftewed withall, ic maketh them the more purging, and the more readily to be taken by thofethat have weake {lomackes 3 the leaves of the tree boyled in Wine, is good to waflvand gargle the mouth and throate, to dry the fluxe of rheumieto the palae,eurhmes,or almondsof the throate : the gumme that commethout of the trees,is good to breaké thé ftone, and doth ferve as a glew to faften anything withall : the faid gum otthe leaves boyledin vinegar and applyed, ch tetters,and ringwotmes, The Apricocks have novfe inPhyficke that I know,but are wholly {pent asa junket, eyther freth and greene,or dryed preferved or candid;tofore withothers, for the fame putpofe. Onely Afatthiolus giveth us the ufe of the oyle, preft out of the kernels of the flones, as the oyle of Almondsis triade, to be good againft the inflamed pies or hemorrhodes, the tumours or {wellings of ulcers, tlie hoarfeneffe of the voyce, the rough= neffe of the congue and throate,andlikewife the paines inthe eares: five ouinces faith he, ofche faid oyle taker withone ounceofMulcadinesdriveth forth the ftone,and helpeth the chollicke, the dryedfruite, which are foldar the Grocers, underthe name of Damaske Prunes, doe fi xWWI Cm “SE ype RA iy) . Cn TTA ha NE SS MI Bion We LL BY, Ws D a Cwar. LXXXT: Malus Perficay The Peach tteé, we) Hevariety ofPeachesis areat,whereof the NeCaririis a kine, which bécaule I havé already dea clared themin my former Boole, I will onely here give you the defcrip:ions of them in generally and the fpeciall ufesjas1faid in the lait Chapter: -but herevinto I mult adjoyne anothet ftrange tree of the Welt Indies, which Clafius tooke tobe the Perfea of Theophraftus, Diofcori= é des,Galen,P linyand others, whichhow it doth agree, youfhall underftand, 1, Malus Perfica vulgaris, The ordinary Peach tree. SSS \\\N The Peach tree gtoweth not fo greatas the Apricocke, planted éither byir felfe, or againft a wall, but yet {pred deth branches reafonable well, from whence {pring fmaller reddifh twigges; whereonar e fet long and narrow greene leaves,dented about the edges: the bloffomes aregreater then of any Plumme, and of a light purple coJour, after which followeth the fruite, round,and fometimes as great as a réalonable Pippin, e(pecially fome; for fome are much fmaller then others, as alfo differing in colours and taftes; as ruflet, red or yellow, waterifh, or firme, with a frize or cotton, all over,with a cleft therein like the Apricocke, anda rugged, furrowed great ftoné Malus Perfica. The Peach tree, Perfea arbor. [Lhe Lavgell Peach. niaca five precocia, The Apricoeke tree; t felfeas a ftandard tree, like other Plumme trees (which it feldom ould hardlybeare fruire in that ma r) willrife to beas grearas a Plu 5» but pointed at rhe en id finely dented about theedges: the flow~ t, the froice that followeth is round, witha cleft or open farrow in of a pale yellowith colour on theonthi cinmolt, yer whiter in fome, and of differing fizesalfo, { wellas onthe inlide, anda ct; Ofafirhe Plummes; a {mooth flattifh ttoneinthe middie, great or lnetle, ac 2 ipe with,or before the earlier fort of Plumines (and likely before anyof ur earely forts were kn in former times) which was the caufe of the name, anda {wee nell within yetit is faid there is one that hath a bit xernell, which I have not feene. The Place Time, All the forts of themareplanted, none of them grow ing natarally in our Country , and either in Orchards, for their private poffeffours, or in the Hedges, or other places of the Fields, Woods,or Parkes abroad,and flowet before eyther Apple or Peare, and the Apricocke before any Plumme; by amoneth or more, andis ripe by Sr. mes tideufually, later. the other forts of Plummes comming oneveryonein their degree, The fomeeariier, and fome Names, The Plume as it is thonght is in Greekethé bz, ofTheophraftus,libe4.c, 3..and the frnite xoxadunre, in Latine Prunus and Prunam, but [ muchdoubt of it,becau fe befide other things,not correfpondent, “hé faich the leaves doe alwayes abide onthetree. Ingens Pronorum tarba faith Péiny; even in his time, but I-thinke more then twice fo manync Bellonius lb.2.c591 faith, that the DamafcoPlummes, thavhe {aw dryed ar Damafco, were bigger then a Wallnut, ofa firme fubftance, and {weete talte, alitcletare,witha ftone withinit; rather and flat,then thicke and round,and were deare and fold even there, The Apricockeis called went« acucviaxg,ae: Feemouxis » in Latine Chryfomela, 4, ¢, «Mala aurea, thours, yet ome call it Baracocca: The Plumme iscalled by Malus Armeniaca, and Precocia by all Anthe Arabians Anu, Avayand Hagias, by the Ita lians Prune,and Succine, bythe Spaniards Prunas, And; indand Amexcas, by the French Proinier’, and Prunes, by the Germanes Pflaumenboom, by the Dutch Pruym bonen, and we Plummes, The “Apricocke is called by the Arabians Mex,and Mirmex by the Italians Armoniac he, Moniache, Bachoce and Grifomele, by the Spaniards Als biricoqnes, Alvaricoques, and Albarchigas, by the Frexsh Abricotand Carmaignoles, by the Germane s Sir Tohan Pferfich, and by us Apricocke. r s The Vertues; » There is much divesfityi n the faculty of Plummes, for fome that aré (wéete, ‘doe moiftén the ftomacke, and make Oo withing |