





JLl B.2. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



9*} 



* 



fl The Time. 



It fpringeth rp in May,it floureth and is ripe in Autumne,and is tobc gathered at the fame timp 

 to make that excellent compofition called EUterium, * 



H The Names. 



It is called in Greeke «w .-*.«•• in Latine,^rf/?*r,and Errraticus Cttcumis : in {hops.Cueumer »SmL 



wm : m\u\ut\ y Cocomero fclvanco : in Spanifo, CogumbriUo amar*o: in Englith.tvilde Cucumber" 



fpirting Cucumbcrs,and touch me not : in French, Concombres jauvages. ' 



% The Temperature. 



The leanes of wilde Cucumbers,roots and their rindes,as they are bitter in tafte,fo they be like- 

 wife hot and clenfing The juyce is hot in the fecond degrees Galen writnefleth,and of thin parts. 

 Irclcnfeth and waiteth away. r r 



f The Vertues. 



The juyce called E Uterium doth purge forth choler, flegme, and watery humours, and that with 



forceand not onely by fiege, but fometimes alio by vomit. 



o- the* Scnt ty tbat " C ° bC take ° " ° ne timC " fr ° m fiUC graineS t0 ten > acc0rdin S w the Arength 

 The juyce dried or hardened, and the quantity of halfe a fcruple taken, driueth forth by fieee 



A 



B 



breath. 

 The 

 eies. 



f 



C 



The ,uyce of the root doth alfo purge flegme.cholericke and waterifl, humours.and is good for 



LtlTf / fU ? ?** 3 I **'""' Which i$ madc of the i" vce of the fruit : the King 



whereof I commend to the learned and curious Apothecaries: among which number M' Wilhl 

 Wwht ,n Bucklers Bune my Iou.ng friend hath taken more paines in curiouscompof n« oS and 

 hath more exadly performed the fame than any other whatfoeuer that I haue ffkSJSIdgJ o? 4 



HAP. 



3t z 



Of QtruU Cucumbers. 



I ChruUtu officindrum* 



Citrull Cucumber* 



: 



t 2 Citruttus minor. 



Small Citrull. 



* > 



IT 7* 



