Lib. 3 



Of the Hifbrie of Plant s . 



1441 



flux lngU*s,zs thou 

 corner and of ditiers 



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igh you fhould fay loutigUns, Iupiters Acorne ; or luvansgUnsjhz helping A 

 , Perftca 2{ux, or the Perfian Nut : in high Dutch, t©elfcb iftuft, and Baum* 

 flU f j ; in low Dutch^OfeCtnOten^alCc^ &*tm I in Italian,^/ ; in French^*/* . i n Spaniib 

 j^V.r ; and Nous : in Englilh, Walnut ^ and of fome,Walfh nut. * 



^ The Temperature and Vertues. 



The frefli kernels of the nuts newly gathered are pleafanc to the tafte : they are a Tittle cold and A 

 hare no fmall moiflure, which is not perfe&ly conco<3ed : they be hard of digeftion, and nourifli 

 little : they flowly defcend. 



The dry nuts are hot and dry, and thofe more which become oily and rankerthefe be very hurt- B 

 full to the ftomacke, and befides that they are hardly conco&ed, they incrcafe choler, caufe head- 

 ache.and be hurtfull for the cheft, and for thofe that be troubled with the cough. 



Dry Nuts taken fitting with a fig and a little Rue withftand poyfon, preuent and prefcrue the C 

 body from theinfe&ionof the plague,and being plentifully eaten they driuc wormes forth of the 

 belly. 



The greene and tender Nuts boy led in Sugar and eaten as Suckad, are a moft pleafant and dele- D 

 &able meat, com fort the ftomackc,and expcll poifon. 



The oyle of Walnuts madeinfuch manner as oyle of Almonds, makethfmooth the hands and E 

 face,and taketh away fcales or fcurfe,blacke and blew marks that come of ftripes or bruifes. 



Milke made of the kernels, as Almond railke is madc,coolerh and plcafcth the appetite of the F 

 langui(hing ficke body. 



With onions, fait, and honey, they are good againft the biting of a mad dog or man, if they be G 

 laid vpon the wound. 



Being both caten,and alfo applied,they heale in (hort time, as Diofcorides faith, Gangrens, Car- H 

 buncles,3Bgilops, and the pilling away of the haire : this alfo is cffe&ually done by the oyle that is 

 prefled out of thera,which is of thin parts,digefting and heating. 



The outward greene huske of the Nuts hath a notable binding faculty. I 



Galen deuifed and taught to make of the juyce thereof a medicine for the mouth, Angular good K 

 againft all inflammations thereof. 



The leaues and firft buds haue a certaine binding quality, as the fame Author fhewetb,yet there L 

 doth abound in them an hot and dry temperature* 



Some of the later Phyfitionsvfe the fe for baths and lotions for the body, in which they hauca jvf 

 force to digeft and alfo to procure fweat. 



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hap. pi. Of the Cbejinut tree. 



4jf The Defer if tie*. 



He Cheftnut tree is a very great and high tree : it cafteth forth very many boughesrthe 

 body is thicke, and fometimes of fo great a compafle as that two men can hardly fa- 



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tree. The blowings or catkins be (lender, long, and greene : the fruit is inclofed in a round rough 

 and prickly huske like to an hedge-hog or Vrchin,which opening it fclfe doth let fall the ripe fruit 

 or Nut. Thisnucisnotround^butflatontheonefidcfnioothjandfharpe pointed: it is couered 

 with a hard (hell, which is tough and very fmooth, of a darke browne colour : the meate or inner 

 fubftance of the nut is hard and white,and couered with a thin skin which is vnder the fhel I . 



2 The Horfe Cheftnut groweth likewife to be a very great tree, fpreading his great arid large 

 armes or branches far abroad, by which meanes it maketh a very good coolc fhadow. Thefe bran- 

 ches are garnifhed with many beautifull leaues, cut or diuided into fiuc,fix,or feuen fe&ions or di- 

 uifions like to the Cinkefoile, or rather like the leaues ofRicinua y but bigger. The floures grow at 

 the top of the ftalkes, confifting of fourc fmall leaues like the Cherry bloflbme, which turne into 

 round rough prickly heads like the former, but more fharpe and harder: the Nuts are alfo rounder. 

 t The floures of this, faith C/#/?*r , (whofe figure of them I here giue you) come out of the bofome 

 °f the leafe which is the vppermoft of the branch,and they are many in number growing vpon pret- 

 tie long foot- ftalkes, confifting each of them of foure white leaues of no great bigneflfe ; the two 

 v Ppermoft are a little larger than the reft, hairing round purple fpots in their middles; oar of the 



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kly huske that opeas in three parts, and it is rounder and not fo (harpe 



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