Li b.J. 



Of the Hittoric of Plants. 



1501 



call them ^r^r^ .• thofe that 

 the Emblic* arc cabled Aretiqm 



c black they call Re^eKp^k : ihe Better icafiotim j the ChtbuU^rtt *• 



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^1 The Temperature Aiuf Virtues >+ tOuwv 





vJ i^y C ^ e ^^ s Pf M^ rc ^*Vws are in ufte a ft r ingeo r and fharpe, Ijjte to the vnripe Sorbus ox Ser- 

 vice bcrrics^nd therefore they are of complexion cold and dry. j }o 1 



The Indians vf e them ratj)ex to bind than purge 5 but if they vfethein for a purgc,it isoncly the A 



deco&ron much conferucdin fugar,and cfpecially the O^*/*- the yellow and black be good that 



way likewife. 



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The yellow and Bcllericd taken before meat flop the laske,and hdp the weak flomack,as Gartids B 



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writeth. 



The yellow and Wacie/>f i§dic4 and the C6<M*,pwgt lightly, if two or three drams be taken, 

 and draw fuperfluoushtjmoi >m the head. 



The yellcw,as Tome wrice,purgc choler, Chibul* flegmc, indie* melancholy , and Itrengthen the D 

 inward parts-but roftcd in the'cmbers,or btberwife wafted,they dry more than they purgr. 



There are two forts cfpecially brought into thefc parts of the world conferred, the cAr^Af, and E 

 of them thebeft arc fomwhat long likca fmall Limon,with a hard rind and black pith of the tafte 

 of a coofcru&l Walnut h and the Bellcricd.which are round and leffer.and tenderer in eating, 



i^/writcthjthatof them the f^Z/V^domeanelycoole, fomc do dry in the firft degree, they F 

 purge the ftomack of rotten fiegme,thcy comfort the btain,the finues,the heart, and Jiucr, procure 

 appetite,ftay vomit,and coolc theheate of cholcr,bclpe the vnder (landing, quench thtrft and heate 

 oftheinrrals. The greateft and hcauicft are thebeft. 



They purge beft and with lefle pain,if they be laid in water in the fun vntill they fwcll, and fod G 

 on a foft fire,& after they hauc fod and be cold, prefer ucd in foure times fo much white honey, put 

 to them. 



Garcia* found the dittillcd water \t:y helpful againfttheFrenchdifcafeSc fach like infedions. ]{ 

 The 5fAVr;Virareal£bof a mild operation 3 and do comfort: they are cold ia the firft degree, and I 



dry h\ the fecond : the others come nccte to the Etnblic* in operation. 



f I hauc in this Chapter contented my felfc withf he cxnrefTingGf thefruiuoutof Clufim and £•£(/, and on Red the figures •fthe three MrobaUn trcct, which 

 our Aucher gaucTf.ouc oiTibtm, becaufc I iudgc them ramcr drawee by fancy than by the things themfcluts. 



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hap. 1 2, 9. Of the Iujube tree. 



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Iujube Arabum^ five Ziziphus Dodon&L 



The Iujube tree. 



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4fi The Defcriptiw 



He Iujube tree is not much lclTe than ZBfr 

 phm Candida , bailing a wreathed trunk or bo- 

 dy, and a rough barke full of rifts or crannies, 

 and ft ifFe branches befct with ftrong and bard pric- 

 kles, from whence grow our many long twigs or lit- 

 tle ftalks halfa foot or more in length, in (hew like 

 Rurties^imme^andeatlly bowing tbemfclues,and 

 very flender like the twigs of Spartum -about which 

 come forth leaues one aboue another, which are 

 fomewhat long, not very gieat, but hard and tough 

 like to the leaves ofPerutncsox Peruinclc,& among 

 thefc leaues come forth pale Scmoflie little flours : 

 after which fucceed long red wel tafted fweet ber- 

 ries as big as 01ive$(ofa mean quantitie) or little 

 Prunes, or fmall plums, wherein there are hard 

 ftoncs,or in which a fmall kernell is contained . *> 



% The Place. 



There be now at this day Iujube trees growing 

 in very many places of Italy , which in times pad 

 were newly brought thither out of Syria, and that 

 about Plimes time , as hee hirafelfe hath written, 

 //£• 17.^.10. 





f The Time. 

 It floureth in Aprill at which time the feeds or 



ftones arcfo be fct or fown for increafe. 



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