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what long and narrow leaves, snipped about 
the edges. The stalks are two feet high, 
bearing at the tops many yellow flowers set 
round together, and all of an equal height, 
in umbels or tufts like unto tansy; after 
which follow small whitish seed, almost as 
big as wormseed. 
Place and Time.] It grows in gardens, 
and flowers in June and July. 
Government and virtues.| The Virtues 
hereof being the same with Costmary or 
Alecost, I shall not make any repetition 
thereof, lest my book grow too big; but 
rather refer you to Costmary for satisfac- 
tion. 
THE MEDLAR. 
Descript.]| Tur Tree grows near the 
bigness of the Quince Tree, spreading 
branches reasonably large, with longer and 
narrower leaves than either the apple or 
quince, and not dented about the edges. At 
the end of the sprigs stand the flowers, 
made of five white, great broad pointed 
leaves, nicked in the middle with some white 
threads also; after which comes the fruit, 
of a brownish green colour being ripe, bear- 
ing a crown as it were on the top, which 
were the five green leaves ; and being rubbed 
off, or fallen away, the head of the fruit is 
seen to be somewhat hollow. The fruit is 
very harsh before it is mellowed, and has 
usually five hard kernels within it. There 
is another kind hereof nothing differing 
from the former, but that it hath some 
thorns on it in several places, which the 
other hath not; and usually the fruit is 
Small, and not so pleasant. 
Time and Place.| They grow in this 
land, and flower in May for the most part, 
and bear fruit in September and October. 
Government and virtues.] The fruit is 
old Saturn’s, and sure a better medicine he 
hardly hath to’ strengthen the retentive 
a therefore it stays women’s long- 
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women’s minds should run a gadding. Also 
a plaister made of the fruit dried before 
they are rotten, and other convenient things, 
and applied to the reins of the back, stops 
miscarriage in women with child. They 
are powerful to stay any fluxes of blood or 
humours in men or women; the leaves also 
have this quality. The decoction of them 
is good to gargle and wash the mouth, throat 
and teeth, when there is any defluxions of 
blood to stay it, or of humours, which 
causes the pains and swellings. It is a good 
bath for women, that have their courses flow 
too abundant: or for the piles when they 
bleed too much. If a poultice or plaister 
be made with dried medlars, beaten and 
mixed with the juice of red roses, where- 
unto a few cloves and nutmegs may be 
added, and a little red coral also, and ap- 
plied to the stomach that is given to casting 
or loathing of meat, it effectually helps. The 
dried leaves in powder strewed on fresh 
bleeding wounds restrains the blood, and 
heals up the wound quickly. The medlar- 
stones made into powder, and drank in 
wine, wherein some Parsley-roots have lain 
infused all night, or a little boiled, do break 
the stone in the kidneys, helping to expel it. 
MELLILOT, OR KING’s CLAVER. 
Descript.]| Tuts hath many green stalks, 
two or three feet high, rising from a tough, 
long, white root, which dies not every — 
year, set round about at the joints with 
small and somewhat long, well smelling _ 
leaves, set three together unevenly dented - 
about the edge. The flowers are yellow, _ 
and well smelling also, made like other tre- _ 
foil, but small, standing in long spikes one _ 
above another, for an hand breath long or — 
better, which afterwards turn into long 
crooked pods, wherein is contained Tay ed, 
somewhat brown. : 
ies ‘It grows” plentfully 
