L/IB.$. 



Of the Hiitorie of Plants. 



1451 



an d ** as G^# faith ; in Eaglifh,Pomegranat tree. 



The Fruit alfo is named v«, and 'pj«, in L^iint^Malum Punieum : in (hops. Malum, ox Pomum Gra- 

 mtum : in high-Dutch 3 (SjanatOpffd : in low-Dutch,d[5$atappe! : in Italian, Mehgrmo^ p omo 

 Gr&rtato: in Spanifl^GVvxtf^^and Romano* - in Vt£nch 9 PommesGranddes : in EngIiiTh,Pomegranat, 



The floureof the fruitful! Pomgranat tree is called of the Grecians 0**^ which is notwitbttan! 

 ding properly the cup of the floure : the Latines name it alfo Cytmn*. 



The floure of the wild and barren Poraegranat tree is called ***»*» * the Apothecaries likewife 



term it Bdaujltum. 



The pill or rindc of the Pomcgranat,fo much in vfe, is named in Grecke JtA* • in Latine, Malico- 



mm,wdSidi*m .■ in (hops } Cort ex GranatorumjOTVomegr&rMpill. 







^f The Nature and Vcrtues. 





The juicy grains of the Pomegranat are good to be earcn,bauing in them a meetly good juyce j 

 they are wholfome for the ftomack,yet contain but thin and fmall nourifhment or none at al/, 

 The fwect ones be not fo cold as the reft,but they eafily caufe hot fwellings to arife, and arc not B 



fo much commended for agues. 





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The foure oneSjefpecially if they be withall fomthing harfti,do cuidently coole,dry, and fome- 

 what bindc. 



They are good for thehcart-burn,they reprefTeand ftay the ouermpch vomiting of choler, cal- 

 led the Felony • they help thebloudy flix,aptncfTe to vomit,and vomiting. 



There is made of the juice of thefe foure pomegranates a fyrrup feruing for the fame purpofes, E 

 and is alfo many times very profitable agamft the longing of women with childe,vnlelTe the cold- 

 nefle of the ftomack hinder it. 



The feeds of die grains,and cfpecially of the foure Pomegranat, being dricd 3 do alfo coole and 



binde. 



They (lop the flix^ftay vomiting and fpitting vp of bIoud,and fttengthen the ftomacke. 



Of the fame effed be the floures both of the tame and wilde Pomegranat tree,being like to the 

 feeds in temperattireand vertues. 



They faften the teeth and (Irengthen the gums,if they be wafhed therewith. 



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They are good againft Burftings that come by falling d&wn of the guts^if they be vfed in plai- K 



fters and applied. 



The rindc or pill is not only like in facultie to the feeds, and both the forts of floures, but alfo L 

 moreauailable ; for it cooleth and bindeth more forcibly } it bringcth downe the hot fwellings of 

 the almonds in the throat,being vfed in a gargarifmor lotion for the throat,and is a fingular reme- 

 die for all things that need cooling and binding. 



Diofcorides writeth, that there is alfo gathered a juice out of both thefe forts of floures, which is ^ 

 very like in facultie to Hypoctjl is* 



Thebloffomsofthetameand wild Pomegranats,as alfo the rind or fhel thereof made into pou- N 

 demand drunk in red wine 3 or boiled in red wine,and the decoftion drunk t is good v againft the blou- 

 dyflixand al 1 other ifluesofb loud -yea it is good for women rofitouer and bathe themfeluesin 

 thedeco&ion hereof.The bloflbms and fhels alfo are good to be put into reftrainwg pouders , to 

 ftanch bloud in wounds. / 



The feeds or ftones of Pomegrariats dried in the Sun and beaten topouder,are of like operation O 

 w ith the floures : they (lop the lask and all iiTues of bloud in man or woman, being taken as afore- 



faid. 



Chap, 97. Of the Quince tree: 









^ The Kindes. 



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O/^w^maketh three kindes of Q\incz%Strntkia y CkryfQ mdUnoAXxd Mt$JieU,but what owner 

 ones they be he doth not declare. Notwith (landing we finde diuers forts, differing as vf ell ia 



formers tafte arid fub (lance of the fruit, vvhereoffome hauc rauchcore and many fcemels,and 



ewer. 



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