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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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Coloc -ytdtbis. 



The wilde Citrull or Coloquintida^fl 



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r/ 2 Celocynthis pyrift 



Peare fafiiioncd Coloquincida 







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i f - r H TheTime. 



j is lotvne in the Spring, and bringrth his fruit to perfedion in Auguft. 

 MediSr bccn £ dlucrs times deliuered vnto me for a truth, that they doe grow in the Hands of the 

 the cm! «nJ D u • ' ,r r VCr T neere , vnt0 ic > wilde > for euer y man to 8 atlicr t,)at ,ift > cfpcciaHy on 



ces S B / rbarlc / s alfo , wlthou t the mouth of the Streights neer to Sa„c7a Crux and other pla. 

 ficfc Jn?? t; • ?" d,uers Sur S ions of London that hath trauelled thither for the curing of 



"na nurtmenm the fhiphaue brought great quantities thereof at their returnc 



It is 



^f The Names. 



oftentim Ul ?•*'!? CaIled Colo 4" intlda : in . Greeke, ***** . the Latinc translators for ColocinthU doe 



fyluejtris : nottvith Handing tl 

 |uintida : for Cucurbit a fylueft 



fjlncfr 



called in Greeekc m*s*m « > P <* > 



*iJdcC\M • ';■—»"» v«viv, 1U uiiiurt : iui K.UCUT011& jyiuejtru is caned in ureeekc War*. «>«« , or 



in EnPliS - 9 " intl ., ^ bereof fiiaI1 be fet fo «h a peculiar chapter next after the Cucurbit a or Gourd- 

 ^nghlhitiscalledColoquintid^orAppleofColoquintida. 



q . ^f The Temperature. 



•n the latlr enil? l* r* in ^V* 01 " na ™: e and in al! his P a » s bitter, fo it is likcvvifc hot and drie 

 *ofc tbiZ^u e /u ^° nd d , e g ree > and therefore it purgeth s cIenfeth,openeth and pcrformeth all 



ft^*S M r™°u b r " er th , ingS d ° : buC Chat the ftr0n S V* li tie * h ' ch * ^th to pur S e b v the 

 W* <?*/«» feittVfrnore force than the reft of his operations. F ° ' 



^f T/* Venues », 



Yyj. , . %-iherertuesi 



Jnd choler S^^ on ^V <*"» forth fle^me A 



and bIoud™" P eed,I y' and / nver yg reat ^ uantme:bu t oftentimes fetcheth forth blond 



rre ^dif e ^ i • C \ mC lsn o ct o b cevfcdeitherraaily,or without fome danacrous and ex- 3 

 thc <** 2S 1;^ Cby u the ve b e ™? c y *" cof m fy be reprefled, the hurtfull force dul!ed>d 



TK« l er Mafti cb, or gum Tragacanth. 



e not fret or (haucd. A/r/W tcachcrh ro mixe 



*e be made of it Trochifes, or little flat cakes, with Maftich jg um Arabick,Trag^anrh d nd C 



Bdellium, 



