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Thei}'xc1i Bookeof 



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Capp 



^ The Dejcri^rion , 



i^C Caper 10 a piicfeler plant 



hlty mt\^ manp fl;uteflf ox bia 

 fpieaD abiotJe^fttetc^etJalongft: 

 t^e gcounUe, 'oppoir tuljicljctio grou) 

 barD fljacpcauU ccoafecD piicfelcs^ ^itl) 

 blacUifl?e counDe leaues? , ftantJitig one 

 agaiiiftanotl^ei:,notmucfte tJulpKetl^e 

 leaue^of Afarabacca, oifolefoote, 0^ 



tftc leaned of a ;ffluiuce tree , a0 5©iof^ 

 coiiDe0 faiti^ , but muclje rountier* 

 mogfl; tl)e leaucs; fpuug tjp final Unops? 



oibub^, tl^eujl^icljetio open into faire 

 rtarreli^e flotuer^s; , of a pleafant fmell 

 op fauour : afterujarbe^ commeti^ tlje 

 fimtcw\)ii\iti^ long ^ rounli , fmaller 

 t^en an £>lpue,^^at& in it fmal co^neiS 

 otliemeUe^ (tpfee to tljem in tl)e l^om 



granate.a^CurnecfaitijOCl^etoote (^ 

 felonganb ipootit)ifl)e, couerebtuitlj a 

 tPljite t^icfee barfee oj^rinl)e, xol^ereof 

 tl^epbCe in i^l)pficUe» 



^5^ The Places . 



Capers groxue in roitgljbntopleD 

 place;s;,inftonpfanbp gro unO e , anb in 

 Ijcbgejs; : anb itgroinetl) plentifully in 

 &papne,3itali^3iirabia>anb ot!}er fuc^ 



I) oate C ountrie^: it growetb not in t\}i^ Countrie, but tlje fruite anb floujers? 

 arcifenotDen bnto b.0,bpcaufe tljcp bebjougljt to b? from ^papne pj^eferueb in 



ttpne 01 fait 



^The Names 



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Capers arecalleb in <!5reefee y^^^r. a^i^.^x^ (^ )tatine, Capparis, of tome alfo 



6«To«", C y 



OS 



t^ati^tofap in )latine,Riibus Canis,anb Sends Ca 



mftigft 2;)oiitl}e,Cappervn: in bare llmatgne^Capper^f 



^T he Nature. 



%\)z Capers? tl?at grotu in3frica,3[rabiaXpbia>^ otftet boate Countriej^, 

 areberp boate txizn almoa in tljc tljirb begree>cauring \»beale0,puCluUe:g,anl> 

 tJlcersfirt tbe m3utl),confuming anb eating tbeSell; znm to tlje baneftbut tftep 

 iDbicl) grouje m 3 talp anb S^papne,benot fo ItrongCanb, a^ S)imeon feethu 

 to.utetl), tbep be boate anb b^ie in t^efeconbe begree)anb tberfoie arefitter ta 

 be eaten,bpcaure tbep bemoberatelp l)oate,b,ip,fi aftringent^efpecialttie bari^e 

 of ttie roote tubicft 10 moft befireb in }^bpficfee:foztijeaoU3er$ ^ poung leaned 

 be not of fo (Iroug operation , anb t^erefo^ie boo ferue better to be eaten UJitii 



tn^ate^f 



i^ The l^ertu 



Cftebarfeeoftljerooteof Caperi3fij9?goob againd tbe ^arbneiTe anb aop^a 

 pmg of tbe milt,to be tafeen \J)rtb€)]rimel,o? mingleb UJitl) ople0 ^ opntment^ 



&tfo^tftatpttrpore,6tapplpebo.ilapbtooutt»arblpbponthe place of ftemtlt* 

 aito t^p bfi? U)itft great piof ite to ^^^^ roote in b^infee, to fucljea^B 



%attettie^aatica,t^ei&alfie,anbtot'^vmttiatarebjttfeboKiiuat,o 

 lenifomabouet ' %^ 



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