Lib. 2. 



Of the Hifiorie of Plants* 



of a white colour,andfomtimes changing into purple,madcof fix parts wide open likcaiur.vith 

 certain yellow chines or rbrums in the middle : which being part, the fruit comes in place, let in a 



cornered cup or huske after the manner of great Nightshade, great and fomewhat long,of the big- 



Deffe of a Swans cgge,and fometimes much greater,ofa white eoIour,fomtimes yeIlow,and often 



brown,wherein is contained fmall flat feed of a yellow colour.The root is thick,with many threds 



faimed thereto. 



Mala I>i fan*. 



Mad or raging Apples. 



,^r t ^ 



s i* 



^ff fy*^* V 



^ The Place* 



i < 



This Plant growes in Egypt almofteuery where 

 in fandy fields euen of it feife, bringing forth fruit 

 of the bignefle ofa great Cucumbers Petrm *eL 

 Jonius writeth, lih. 2. of his lingular obferuarions. 



We had the fame in our London gardens,w here 

 it hath borne floures j but Winter approching be- 

 fore the time of ripening,k perimedmeuertheleiTe 

 it came to beare fruit of the bi°nes of a goofe egg 

 one extraordinarie temperate yeare, as I did fee^ln 

 the garden ofa wotftiipfull merchant M r Horny in 



Limeftreet j but neuer to the full ripenefle. 





H The Time. 



Thishcrbmuftbe fowne in April! in a bed 



horfe-doung, as Muske-raelons are,and fiourttb 

 Auguft. 



of 



% The Names. 



UnathaSa 



Theophrap. In the dukedome of Millain it is cal- 



Jed Mehngtna. ; and of fome, Melan^na : : 



Mala infant 



genes, 



Bollopffell 



In the 





The Nature. 



fourth deg 



% The V ft 



Tl ' ™ r ftana d anger . 



f«ne 9£$^£^ ^ deU °r ■ bei ?g ^led "** * ^ putting to it 

 f «rus MlonwlnAu,r / y J l™ 9 m v «> e g ef >hony,or fair pickleall winter,to procure Iuft. 



«■». Butl rath wifl7EnrH^n^ eS,Wlth 01 ^ vin r e p> and P e PP<™* people vfe to eat Ma,!,. 

 c ^ntry 5 than wither SJr "^^J? 1 * hemfell,es ™ * 'he meat and fauce of our owne 



^^^Jii^vr^^^^^ 11 fuch P e »^fordoubtleflethefe Apples hauea mif! 

 ^*M^^*"^«™lytote forfaken. A sweefeeandknovVmanyhaueel 



*** bd g dreft ™ Z vn^TfT nn f C tha0 f ° r ° eedif0r there are CWO kinds *erof deal 

 <°cfteem this pCa nd h aU e l n i " CC ; oke f ma y P roc ? re vntimeI y <*«»* » it is therefore better 



>»y mm or good ^ fidesv ?±£** ** y<mt P Ieaf " rc and the rareneffe *««*, than fo 



60 



> 



Of sApples of Loue* 



^ TheDefi 



4?£!±K* 5? Ve ? I ^ !°T» .«*» « branches, fit and full of j«,«, 



t by reafon of the tenderneflc of 

 and deeply cut oHaa£TX,! TJETxL 3aa mUC vvher ewith it is furcharged. The 

 * » Whiter nLZ'Mf b f thC Cd § eS ' n6t ™®* «o *e leaues of Agrimon*. 



wmtergrcene colour : Araongft which come forth yellow ~ 



X u-aiuna VDOn r v _^ p -•;- "-»y '"«» ruuuu nances o 



, the feEEla Tal& dsn ° tab ^ ? f " ftain himfelfe vprig] 

 fe? « Breath a %&££&?& the leaues and U 



**3 



floures growing 



vpon 









