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Lib. 3 



Of the Hifloric of PI 





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ftiffe,and fo box it vp,and as it cooleth put thereto a little Rofe water, and a few graines of muske 

 mingled together 5 which will giue a goodly tafte to the Cotiniat. This is the way to make Mar- 

 malad. 



Take whole Quinces and boile them in water vntil they be as (oft as a fcalded codling or apple, 

 then pill off the skin,and cut off the fletli>and ftanap it in a ftone morrer^then ftraine it as you did 

 the Cotiniat 5 afterward put it in a pan to dry 5 butnot to feeth at all, and vntoeuery pound ef the 

 flerti of quinces put three quarters of a pound of fugar>and in the cooling you may put in rofe wa- 

 ter and a little muske,as was faid before. 



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Quinces oile, which therefore is called in Gtecke Mel/non or oileof Qi 

 iiofcoridesjo oft as we haue need of a binding thing. 



being held in the moutlys maruellous good to take away the roughneffcof the tongue in hot bur- 



ning feuers. 



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Of the <s5Medlar tree; 



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*T* Here be diuers forts of Medlar s,forac greaterjOthers Iefler ; fbme fwee^and others of a more 

 ■* harfti taft : forae with much core and many great ffony kernelSjOthcrs fewer j and likewife out 



of Naples called Aronia, 



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I Mc$ilus fativa* 



The manured Medlar, 





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The other garden Medlar. 



