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Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



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I Pepe major fyluepis. 



The great wilde Pompion 



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Pep minor fylnejtris. 



The fmall wilde Pom 



pion. 



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^ The Names. 



Although the antient phyfitions hauemadc no mention of this plant.yet the thing it felfdoth 



niewthatthcreheruch ) andoughttobecaIIcdinGreeken.'™«^«:inLatine > ^W( "" * ' 

 Engliiit,wildc Melons or Pompions. 



% The Temperature. 



Like as thefc wild Melons bealtogether of their owne nature very bitter,fo be tbey alfo of tern- 

 perature hot and dry,and that in the later end of the fecond degree. They haue likewife a dealing 

 facuItie,not inferior to the wilde Cucumbers. 



% TheVertues. 

 The wine which when the pith and feed is taken forth is poured into therinde, and hath remai- 

 ned fo long therein till fuch time as it becommeth bitter,doth purge the belly,and bringerh forth 

 flegmaticke and cholericke humors.To bebriefe,the juice herof is of the fame operation that the 

 wilde Cucumber is,and being dried it may be vfed in ftead of Elaterium , which is the dried juice 

 of the wilde Cucumber. 



HAP. 347. 



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Here diuers forts of Gourds, fome wilde, others tame of the garden : fome bear in 



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vnto a bottle j others iong.bigger at the end,keeping no certain form or fartnon;iotne gr 



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others Jeffe. 



t I will only figure and defcribe two or three of the chiefefcand fo pafTe ouer the re 



each one vpon the fir ft fight of them knowes to what kinde to refer them. * 



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