

Lib. 3 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



^^ikc the Haw, or fruit of the white Thorne, and of a red colour, t The floures come forth in 

 the Spring three or fourc togethcr,hol lowland of an herby colour, it grooves in diuers places of the 

 Alpes : it is the Cb*m&mc$ilum of the /idutrf.znd the Cham*mej]>ilut Gefneri y o[Clufius* % 



<fi 7 be Place. 



The Medlar trees do grow in Orchards, and oftentimes in hedges among briets and brambles t 

 bein° grafted in a White Thome it profpereth wondeifull well, and bringeth forth fruit twife or 

 thrife bigger than thofe that are not grafted at all, almoft as great as little applts ; we haue diuers 



fores of them in our Orchards . 



•J The Time; 



It is very late before Medlars be ripe, which is in the end of Odober, but the floures come forth 



timely enough. 



^T The Names. 



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$Cfpel,in low Dutch 5 ^ifpClC X in I u\un y %cffolo : in French, Neflte : in Spknid^Nefiew : in En- 



gItrh,Mcdlar 



Diofcoridesaffixmcth, That this Medlar tree is called «****, and of ditiers,£/towjf : Gdltn alfo in 

 his booke of the faculties of fimple medicines namcth this Ept metis which is called,as he faitb,by 

 the country-menin \ttiy ^ncdo, and groweth plentifully in Calabria; for vnder tbenameof Mefti- 

 fos or Medlar trec,he meancth no other than Tricoccw yvhich is alfo named Aronu. 



The Ncapolitane Medlar tree is called in Grpeke rf***t> and *"'«i\» • Galen calleth it EPimclis. 



The fruit hereof is called Tricoccosjotihc three graines or ftones that it hath:they of Naples call 

 it K^*\arolo : and we may name it in Englifh, three graine Mediator Ncapolitane Mediator Med- 



lar of Naples. / v 



^ The Temperature* 



The Medlars are cold^dry^ndaftringcntithe Ieaues are of the fame nature : thedwarfe Medlar i$ 



dry/harpe, and aftringent 



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^ The Vertkes. 



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more fit to be eaten. 



ftoraacke. 

 Thefe Medlars be oftentimes preferued with fugar or hony;and being Co prepared they are pka- 



fant and delightfull to the tafte. 



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h a p . pp. Of the ^Pcare tree 



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0q The Kindcs. 



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Medlarsdo {top the belly^fpccially when they be grcenc and hard,for after that they haue been A 

 kept a while lb that they become foft and tender, they doe not binde or flop fo much, but arerhen 



>rc ntrooe eaten. s« ..--.< . 



The fruit of the three graine Medlars eaten both raw and boyled,and is more wholefom for the B 



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Moreouer,they are fingular good for women with childe : for they ftrengthen the ftoroacke^nd D 



Hay the loth foraenefle thereof. , ., . 



The ftones or kernels of the Medlars } made into poudef and drunke,doe breake the none, expell E 



graucll,and procure vrine. 



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alar, would require a particular volume: the ftocke or 



, , ww ., „.„.„,.. Leuery country hath his peculiar fruiwny felfeknowes 



°ne curious in grafting & planting of fruits,who hath in one piece of ground,at the point of three- 

 score fundry forts of Peares,and thofe exceeding good,not doubting but if his minde had beenc to 

 feeke after multi tudes,he might haue gotten together the like number of thofe of worfe kinds:be- 

 fides thp dni<«rfirip<! of rhnfp that he wildcexoerience (heweth fundrv forts : and therefore I thinke 



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them 



whole 



nth 'which I haue now made the firfh becaufe 



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