Of the Hiflorfe of Plants. 



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times paftof the proumce of the Marcomans j for thefe after they be dried,that the watery humor 



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fie the belly.as that in that refpeft they go beyond Caffia and Manna,as Tbo. lordsnu* aifirmcth. 



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tf ion thereof be made in winc,and gargled in the raouth and throat. 



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while they are (harp and fourc.fbr then they are aftringent. 



The juice of Sloes doth flop the bclly,the Iask and bloudy flixjhe inordinat courfc of womens 



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ivbich is a thorny tree growing in Egypt,very hard to be gotte^and of adcatc price and therefore 

 the better for wantons,albeit the Plums of this country are equall vnto it in vermes. 





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Being drunk in wine it wafteth away the ftoncand hcalcs Lichens in infants and yong children : E 

 if laid on with vincger, it works the fame effeas that the gum of the Peach & Cherry tree dothi 



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Of Sebeften or the aAjJyrian Tlum 



StbcfttttA^ Mjxa^ five Myxara* 



Aflyrian Plums. 





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Ebeftens arc alfo a kindc of PIums,thc tree 

 whereof is not vnlikc to the Plum tree, fa- 

 ving it grovvcth lower than raoft of the ma- 

 nured Plummc trees : the ieaucs be harder and 

 rounder: the floures grow at the tops of the 

 branchcs,con fitting of fiuc fraall white leaues, 

 with pale yellow thredsinthc middle like to 

 thofeofrhe Plumrae tree. After followeth the 

 fruit like little Pluras,fattn< din little skinny 

 cups , which when they be ripe are of a grce- 

 nifh black colour, wherein is contained a final 

 hard ftonc.The fruit is fweet in tafte^the pulp 

 or meat is very tough and clammy. 



«J The Place. 



The Sebeften trees grow plentifully in Sy- 

 ria and Egypt^they were in times part forfeit! 

 and ftrange in Italy, now they grow almoft in 

 eucry garden , becing firft brought thither in 

 f Units time : Now do the Sebeften tree?, faith 

 bce,//£.i5.r4/M$. begin to grow in Rome a- 

 mong the Service trees. 









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The time doth anfwer the other common 

 Plums. 



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j aeemea tnercot. l ne Derry or truit is named <A£yxoft t zad Myxarit*, neitner 



y other name. The Arabians and the Apothecaries doe call it ^cbcftoHwtucb 1 



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