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The Quince tree. \ 





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nrHc Quince tree is not great bur orn , 



uered with a rugged barke, which ff', 

 and then certain fcales ; it fpreadeth hi k ' T 

 jncompaffelikc other tree?, ^^Hfe 

 leaues fomewbat round like thofe of the c 0mm " 

 Apple tree, greene and fmooth aboue anH 

 neath loft and white : the flours beo 5 whitelT 

 pie colour : the fruit is like an Apple faui T f 

 roany times it hath certain «bSKe4S3f nt 

 diutfionsut difrereth in fafhion and bkneft 2 

 fome Quinces are leflci and round, truft vp cage 

 ther at thetop with wrinckles, others longer and 

 greater : the third fort be of a middle manK 

 twixt both . they are all of them fet with a thinn e 

 cotton or freefc,and be of the colour of gold, and 

 hurtfull to the head by reafon of their fa* 

 fraell . they all likewife haue a kindeof choking 



taft : the nn 1 n with in ic *»«J!^»« «^j^l_ r_. jli ° 



apples 



do the kernel 



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.The Quince groweth in gardens and orchards, 

 and is planted oftentimes in hedges and Fencff 

 belonging to Gardens and Vineyards :itdelj'gh- 

 teth to grow on plain and euen grounds, and torn- 

 whatmoiftwithall. 





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fe apples be ripe in the fall of the leafe,and chiefly 



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**&»" i in LatiQc^Malus Cotcnea : in Englidi^Quincetrec 



I alum CotoncHm y Pomum Cydt>mum$s\& many times Cyd$m 



out any addition i by which nam 



fliatttm T £ia<etcnopfeiI,or luittenopffel : in iovr.biitc^ncappd 



called in high 



Quince 



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Quinces be cold & dty in the fecond dcgree,and alfo very much binding.efpecially when they 

 be raw . they haue likewife in them a certain fuperfluous and excremental moifture,wbich wil not 

 fuffer rhem to lie long without rotting : they are feldom eaten raw.being rolled or baked they are 

 more pleafant. 



They itrengthen the ftomack,ftay vomiting,ftop lasks and alfo the bloudy flix. 



They are good for thofe that fpit or vomit bloud, and forwomen alfo that haue toogreatpien 

 ty of their monethly courfes. 



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I> s ' mee » Sethi writctb, that the woman with childe that eateth many Quinces during the time 

 her breedingjfliall bring forth wife children and of good vnderftanding. . _ t jj C 



The Marmalad or Cotiniat made of quinces and fugar is good and profitable to (faeifct nc 

 ftomack.that it may retain and keep the meat therein vnrill it be perfectly digefted ; ft «»' - 

 all kmdes of fluxes both of the belly and other parts,and alfo of bloud. Which Corinwc 

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Takefa.re Qiinces.pairc them,Cutthcm in pieces.and caftaway thecore, thcn P^/f^be 

 pound of Quinces a pound of Sugar, and to cuery pound of Sugar a pinre of water : tnc 

 hot led together ouer a ftil fire till they be very foft,fhen let it be ftrained or ra therriiD oeu ^ 



J. flrainer or an hairy Sive, which is better, and then Cet it ouer the fire to boile againe, ^^ 



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