the Hiftorie of Plant 



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great Iujubest 







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by reafon of the too much moiftiire of the fea- 

 fon, which caufesit to become worme-eaten* 

 The Thorny kind is defenbed by Alpinus^ who 

 rightly iudges it the Conmru* of Athtnxu*, but 

 the figure he giues is noc very accurate. That 





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citvRhetimoinCandy,whither it was brought 



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out of Syria. 



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thefe 



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by the name of Sadar :but he,according to his 



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in his fecond booke,and 79. chap, of his Ob- 

 feruations,reckons vp Napeca amongft the trees 

 that are alwaies greene : which is true 5 in thofc 

 chat grow in Egypt and Syria* but falfe in fuch 

 as grow in Gandy.That tree in ^gypt and Sy- 

 ria is cal led Nefcor Nap.Alpiriiu calls it Pdiurus 

 Atbcnai) or Nabca *&gyptterum, thinking it (a*. 

 I formerly faid)the Connarus mentioned in the 



i4.booke of Athentutjah Deipnofophifb. 



^r, 7 he V 'ertues out of Alpwus . 



The fruit is of a cold and dry facultie, and A 

 the vnripe ones are frequently vfed to ftreng- 

 thpn the ftomacke,and flop lasks : the juyce of 

 them being for this purpofe either taken by the 

 moutb,or inje&ed by clyftersrof the fame fruit 

 dried and macerated in water,is made an infufi- 

 on profitable againft the relaxation and vice- 

 ration of the guts. 



if 



dried & 





a wonderful I emcacic aga 



thens the heart. 



lent feuers ; for they affirme that this fruit hath 



^ISSS^^SS^!^^ P»'g"t>°'« f°«h ofd« ftomacke and 



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heatcorburn 



feuers to mitigate their 



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T H i S " CC r S th ? Ught by ChflM (to vvhom l am be ^°Wen for the hiftorv and fiw«* tn h» 



atrhr^d they all make T i tTtree aLies & let hi?' Gd ? "**"*• ™^e mention of the 

 of an Almon/: with which how dE SSSb' S^A*.^ ? *« <hell and 

 his tree(faith he) is like to a Peare treS^fn^ r , r C r by l ? ls defcrl P"on of Cluftus. 

 hauing branches of a yellow m^ 



trce,greene aboue,and ^^^^STt!^ ' f° fc °^ *"** Iea " ed ^ 

 of a good tafte and Cnell.yet biting th S^h .nS a '"l^ 01116 netUes r «™ng obliqtiel y, 

 the Bay,growing many thicke togfther SSi of fiS ^?^J he fl °" rcs are ****** * 

 tnefirftislikeaPIum'andafterwLsi be^ *«** 



^ : ithath in it a heart-fafSed ton^n Sfe^" 1^°^ °J a b,acke coIour ' and P feafanc 



".taring i. the Spring, «S^SS^^^ C ^ m ^ fwcec Alfflond * f <™<* 



- ^owtnctrmt was ripe in Anyone, by the relation of Sis'. 



