Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



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<|J The Dtfcription. "~~ 



per is a prickly Arub,the ihoocs or branches whereof be full of fharoe iri*i 

 .trailing vpon the ground,if they be not fupported or propped vd :E Iy 



propped vp : whereupon 



*7 » , : , ' *" — . — . * , — r ° - ... — -"-K*>»»«*v« UF cuor iprea aoroad into f 

 after which come in place long fruit like to an 01xue,and of the fame colour, wherein 



c °me forth 



r ^pHe Cap 



I thornes. 



Quince 

 "I'.'-p rTA~"»Z J ?T~ ~* "W^ddy,andcoueredwithaAicke"ba;ke° nta,ned 



which is much vfed in Phyficke. c 



2 The fecond kinde 

 many (lender branches ft 



or rinde, 



J bramble bufh ; hauing 



pon the place where if 



tend 



naked wig,charged at the end with a fmall knap or bud,which openeth it felfe to a fmall tor Z ' 

 floure,of a pJcafant fweet fmell 5 in place whereof comes a fmal fruit long and round like the G» 

 nell berry of a brown colour. The root is long and wooddy,couered with a thicke barke o. rind," 

 which is likewife vfed in medicine. ' 





• The Place. 



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gions,without ma 

 rfemdes reported* 



* —7~ -y-^yii ^Lwvii, i uai it o uy waiurc wuae, ana reiuiein to ne nusDanaed, yet in theft our 

 dayes diuers vie to cherifh the fame,and to fet it in dry and ftony places. My felfe at the impreffi. 

 on hereof planted fome feeds in the brickc walls of my garden, which as yet doefpriogand grow 



green : the fuccelTc I expeft. 



tg The Time. 



The Caper floureth in Summer euen vntil Autumne. The knops of the flours before they open 

 are thofe Capers we eat as fauce 3 which are gathered and preferued in pickle or fait 



^ The Names 



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It is called in Greeke, *&«** • in Latine alfo Capparis : of ft 

 tubus is properly taken for the wild Rofe : it is generally called Cappers in mpft languages i in Ed- 

 gIi(h,Cappcrs,Caper,and Capers. 



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be of tempe 



,andofthinparts:iftbeybc 



eaten green they yeeld very little nourishment, and much leflc if they be (alted : and therefore are 





than 



% 7 he Venues. 

 good for a moif 



open 

 quartan 



id (the fait firft waihed off) with oilc and vineger,as other fallads be 



omacke, and ftay the watering thereof, 



-i_ A^^pj n g $ Q f r { ie liuerand milt^ith 



andillfpleens. Theyareeatefl 



a^« V%m *nA fnmrimesareboiW 



with meat. 



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root confi fteth of diuers faculties, it heateth 



ittctb 



andd 



q This barke is a lingular remedie for hard fpleenes, be 

 and the fame boiled with vineger or Oxy mel, or beaten 



peJIeth 



•mm iuc iamc uuiicu wuxi vineger ur wxy mej, or ueaten ana mixcu wuu uuwt uw^ ~r - . 



thicke groffe humors,and conueyeth away the fame mixed with bloud,by vrine and (lege, /*» * / 



downe 



taken 



riteth. 



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(as Drfcorides teacheth) clenfeth old filthy ft 



tooth 



y the thick 



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the Kings euill. 



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The 



acne. . 



___ ^iard fwellings,acd 



roots of Caoers is eood aeainft the hardncfle and flopping of theffp 1 *] 



and 



much if it be 



fed by falling from fome high pla 



ghtily prouokes 



fciatica^alfie,or that are burfleD or^ 



giuen xn too great a quantitie.it draweth out bloud with the 



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