680 ThcfiftBookeof 



f allcD Citrulus,anl» Cucumis citrulus: in ifreitclj MeUndnJ^iQ^ 



tmtc^y^tlmnm : in Wz jaimatsn,^0loenen: in ^noHilih ^e* 



tons^anO mnfke S^elonis* 



^ The nature. 



%^z q^clon in temperament is almoin Ithe to tf)e pepone: 



but not to mot0* 



^ %he vfrtues. 



SClje S©elon 10 in tertue libe to tlje pompon 0^ pepon , fa^ ^ 

 wing tfjat it Dptf^not cngenoer fo euill bloiio, neither dot!) it oef* 

 tent) fo qatc&lT? into t^e beUr> tDl)erefo;e it is b^ fo mucb better 



tijan tbe pepon. 



Of Gourdes. Chap.xxxij. 



^The kinds, 



1^e<lf$ourDt0oftb?eefo;te£e, tbatisto far, tbe great, tfiz 



fmall, anO tfje long, lubieb are mucti like one another in 

 leaues ano b;anc|)e0,ouer ano befiDes tbe toilD ^no tul)tc^ 

 is betcribeo before in tbe t^ixn bobe* 



• ^The defiriftiofj, 



I T^e <5onrD batb long limmer ftalfees , tender anb fuU of 

 1 b^ambe^^ano claQ)ing tend: els 0? eap^ioles, tobereb^ it 

 tabetb boln ano ctimetb bp, efpectalli? if it be fet b^ percbes, b^^^ 

 ge0,qai(6e fets o^ txkn, bv^ t^t lobicb it ma? take bolD ano lu^p 

 anb toinb it fef fe : fb^ toitbout fud; ^(^n& ano belpes tbe C3ourD 

 cannot climbe bp, but loill l^e alongH anbgrotoe barb b^ l^t 



gronnb, ano tban it rannotb;ingf0;^tb bisfruite . Cbe leaues 

 be rounD,tobtti(b)foft,anb almofi tike beluet, b^atDing fominb^^ 

 totoartus tbe faibion of tbe great Clot )l5urre leaue0,bnt fmaller* 

 SDbe floloers be Inbtte, euer^ 0Qloer parted into b. (mall leaueS) 

 afCer t^t aoioers (ommetb t)^t fruit,at tbe beginning greene,anD 

 onerlaieb 0; couereb \ait}^ a foft (ctton 0; bairie botun^, but af^" 

 ter toben it turnctb to npeneffe, it is of a T^ealoioiib colour, and 

 almoin balde toitbout baire 0^ cotton* %'\^\b grS binde isber^ 

 great,round,tbicke, and large.Mitbin tbts fruit is found a large 

 long fe^ iDttb ttDo peahes 0; corners at tbe end of tbe fame UiSs* 

 z %tz Cecond kind is Mz to tbe firft in ltal]to,leaues, floloers 



and te&)e, (amns t^at tbe ftuit is fmaUer ^and li^e a round Qagon 



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