260 Tiin ENGMsn piivsician enlarged. 



biirnet, and a leaf hereof put into a ciip of claret wine, 

 givctli also a line relish to it. At the tops of the stalks 

 and branches stand many tufts of small uhite llowcrs 

 thrust thick toj^elher, w liich smell much sweeter than the 

 leaves ; and in their places, being fallen, some crooked 

 and cornered seed. The root is somewhat woody, and 

 blackish on the out i-ide, and brownish within, with 

 divers great strings, and le;;ser fibres set thereat, of a 

 strong scent, but nothing so pleasant as the flowersand 

 leaves, and perislieth not, but abideth many years, shoot- 

 ing forth anew every Spring, 



Place] It groweth in moist meadows that lie much wet, 

 or near the courses of water. 



Time.'] It ilowercth in some places or other all the three 

 S mmcr months, that is, June, July, and August, and the 

 seed is ripe soon after. 



Government and f iriues.'] Venus claims dominion over 

 the herb. It is used to stay all manner of bleedings, 

 fluxes, vomitings, and women's courses, as also their 

 whites. It is said to alter and take away the fits of the 

 quartan agues, and to make a merry heart, for which 

 purpose some use the llowers, and some the leaves. It 

 helpeth speedily those that are troubled with the cholic ; 

 being boiled in wine, and with a little honey taken 

 "warm, it openeth the belly, but boiled in red wine, and 

 drank, it stayeth the llu.v of the belly. Outwardly ap. 

 plied it helpeth old ulcers that are cancerous, or hollow 

 and listulous, for which it is by many much commended, 

 as also for the sores in the mouth, or secret parts.. The 

 leaves when they are lull grown, being laid on the skin, 

 M'ill in a short time, raise blisters thereon, as Tragus 

 saith. The water thereof helpeth the heat and inllamnia- 

 tion in the eyes. 



The Quince-Tree. Ti • (c* !• d- 2.) 



Tins is now cultivated only in our gardens, for culinary 

 purposes. 



Descript.'] The ordinary Quince-Tree groweth often to 

 tlie height and bigness of a reasonable apple-tree, but 

 iBore usually lower, and crooked, with a rough bark, 

 Spreading armg and branches far abroad. The leaves are 



