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Of the Hiftorie of Plam^T 



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&t m : m Italian, a» : in French, Ay* , fa, Spani^Pcri . in Englifh Peare ! l " l0VV 



«0 The Temperature aNdrcrtues. ' 



Lcauing mc uiuers and fundry furnames of Peares,ler vs come ro the faculties which rto. im, o 

 dwoughc to know ; which alfo vary according to the differences SSSSSl for Jot K" 

 arc f*eet,diuers fat and vncW, others foure, and moft are harfn, efpecially the wi Ide nTares ar?d 

 force confift of diners mixture, of talis, and fomehauingnotafteatall, but as it ve rel wa terhu 



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and : thofc chat arc barfl, be more earth* end the ftveet ones lefli : which fubl ance is fo fuT ofT 

 -etnuous mo.ftnte .n lome, as that they cannot bceaten taw. All manner of Pcares do „d° and" 



.a^sr^sss; t Chokc and lurih ones - whkh - ^ «■> * — s-ra£ 



Wine made of the Joyce of Penres called in Englim,Pcrry,is folubic, purgcth thofc that arc nor 

 accuftomed to dnnke thereof, efpecially when it is ncw/notwithftandinf it is aswhokfo mc a 



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% The Kindts. 



AS therebe fundry kindes of the manured Pearcs,foare there fundry wilde-wherofto writ 

 were to fmali purpofe ; therefore one description with their feucrall titles rtiall h* fuffiri 



purpoft 

 their diftin&ions. 



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The great Choke Peare. _ 



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theiimber of the trunke or body of the tree is 



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mentsof,as alfo the hafts of l'undry tooles to 

 worke withal -and likewife ferueth to be cut in- 

 to many kindes of mouIds,not only fuch prints 

 as thefe figures are made of,but alfo many forts 

 of pretty toies/or coifcsjbrefr-platcsjand fuch 

 like,vfed among our Englifhgentlewomen.-the 

 branches are fmooth,couercdwithablackifh 

 barke,very fragile or cade to brcakc,wheron do 

 -row feaues,in forae greater, inother lelTer.-the 

 oures are like thofe of the manured Pear tree 



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taftejfome more pleafant,othcrs harfti and bir- 

 ter,and fome of fuch a choking tafte, that they 

 are not to be eaten of hogs & wild beafUmudr 



fle of men 



hereof 



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would greatly enlarge our vo)ume,and b 

 the Reader fmall profit or commodity 



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