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^[ The Place. 



There plants piofpcf be ft in hot regions : they are (hangers in England,and do with great labor 



i • j- si.:- <*«%«* in ihc <!> cold countries. 



and induftricgrow in thefe cold countries. 



^ The Time. 



They muft be fo.vnc in the beginningof Aprill in a bed of hot horfe-dung^euen as Muske-me- 

 lon> C\ timbers, and inch like cold fruits are 5 and replanted abroad from the faid bed, into the 

 moil hoi -1 fertile place of the garden,at fuch time as they haue gotten three Ieaues apiece. 



«j[ The Names, 



Diuerfly hath this plant been named ; fome calling it by one name,and fome by another ,euery 

 one as it fecmed good to his fancie. Baptifta Sardw calls it Bdftmina Cucumerina • oxhexs,ViticelU t 

 ScC'::>j»tu,i$ zlfaPomtm Hiercfolynutammpx Apples of Ierufalem : in Englifh,Balm Apple:inl- 

 uYun.CAr/mza . in the German tongue,253lfam Opflfel t in French^CMcrueiffe : fome of the Latins 

 haue called it Po-num mir.ibile,ox Maruellous Apples. It is thought to be Balfamiaa^bccAafc theoile 



crein the ri] \pples be fteeped or infufed, is thought profitable for many things, as is Opbd- 



pOH0>>j t ox the lkjuor of the plant Balfamum. 



The female Baliam Apple is fikevvifecalled Balfamina^nd oftentimes in the Neuter gender^/- 



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«j[ The Temperature. 



The iVu i t or Apples hcreof,as alfo the Ieaues, do notably dry, hauing withal! a certaine moderate 

 coidncflc very ncerc to a mean tcmpcraturc>that is after fome,hot in the firft.and dry in the fecond 



degree. 



^J The Vertues. 



The Ieaues are reported to heale grcene wound$,if they be bruifed and laid thereon ; and taken A 



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with wine they are teid to be a remedy for the colique,and an effe&ual medicine for burftin^s and 



convulfionsorcrampes 



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wine vnto thole that are mortally wounded in thebody,cureth them inwardly,and helpeth alfo the 



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The oile which is drawne forth of the fruit cureth all greeneand frefh wounds as the true natu- C 

 rail Baliam : it helpeth thecrampsand convulfions,and the rtmnkingOffinewes,being annointed 



J^°^ won l cn J th , at ate in g teat cxtremitie of childe- birtlyn taking away the paine of the D 



S2 g Cahc de J 1U r rance bee . iD S a PP Iied t0 thc Place,and annointed vpon their bellies,or 

 calt intothcrnamxwithafyring,andeafeththcdoIouroftheinward parts. 



™ e Icaucs drunken in wine, heale ruptures. 



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id 1 v un,n *en in wine, neale ruptures. F 



thooohr C rn5« ° r notbin g * ri " en ° f the property or venues of the female kinde, but that it is C 

 thought to draw neerc vnto the firft in temperament and vertue. 



(the feed taken forth) 



makeoilP nfm^n ■ J • \ , . caKen rorcn ^ 1S eitncf ,et in tne 5un > as we do when wee H 

 keSSiv inflaL/'- I,C ? in3 d • uble S ,a{re fet in hot water > 01 eIfe buried in hot borfe d ™g>ta- 

 filewthem ZS ^ T iat o^ m W0unds ' Xt doth aIfo eafi] y aod ^ A«t «i«e confolidate or 

 ItcS ^ i P erfca, y cure them. 



on thereof S^f^ dugs ° r P a P s > che headof ^ y«d or matrix, as alfo the inflammati- I 

 This aonlc Jc 8 -T j? conueied into the P la ce, with a fyringe or mother peflarie. 

 « force to cJe fr u C ! f e appUed vnto wounds,prickes and hurts of the finewes. It hath K 



meane 



great force rn r„« r i j • . a PP uea vfl to wounas,pnckes and Hurts ot the finewes. 



time the poudJInf 1 t DgS ^ burnin g s ; " taketh away fcarres and blemifhes, if in the 

 ^ is reSortS a r u^t be taken for certaine daies ^gether. 



»ft and conuenien^ f I b " ren are madc frukfu11 herewith > if "tne woman fir ft be bathed in L 



*ub,and the worn! r ft P ur P? fe > and the P art s about the fhare and matrix annointed here- 

 > me woman prefentlv haue thprnfnnanu^fh^hncN.tnr? 



woman prefently haue the company of her husband. 



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