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the borders and corners of fields, and near 1 within the stone. It sooner waxes old, 

 ditches, through this land. land decays, than the Apricot, by much. 



Tinted] It Sowers in July, and seeds in* Place.] They arc nursed in gardens and 



August. 



Government and virtues.'] Mercury hath 

 the dominion over them. The seed thereof, 

 as Galen saith, is of a sharp and cutting 



orchards through this land. 



Time.'] They flower in the Spring, and 

 fructify in Autumn. 



Government and virtues.] Lady Venus 



quality, and therefore is a fit medicine for; owns this tree, and by it opposes the 

 a cough and shortness of breath, the falling} effects of Mars, and indeed for children and 

 sickness and jaundice. The root is avail- \ young people, nothing is better to purge 

 able to all the purposes aforesaid, and isjcholer and the jaundice, than the leaves or 

 also of great use to take away the hard j flowers of this tree being made into a syrup 

 skin that grows on a fistula, if it be but > or conserve. Let such as delight to please 

 scraped upon it. The seed hereof being* their lust regard the fruit ; but such as have 

 drank, cleanses the belly from tough phleg- \ lost their health, and their children's, let 



malic matter therein, eases them that are 



them regard what I say, they may safely 



liver-grown, women's passions of the mother, i give two spoonfuls of the syrup at a time 

 as well being drank as the smoke thereof J it is as gentle as Venus herself. The leaves 

 received, and likewise raises such as are j of peaches bruised and laid on the belly, 

 fallen into a deep sleep, or have the lethargy, 1 kill worms, and so they do also being 

 by burning it under their nose. The seed I boiled in ale and drank, and open the belly 



and root boiled in oil, and the head rubbed 

 therewith, helps not only those that are 

 fallen into a frenzy, but also the lethargy or 



likewise ; and, being dried, is a far safer 

 medicine to discuss humours. The pow- 

 der of them strewed upon fresh bleeding 



drowsy evil, and those that have been long I wounds stays their bleeding, and closes 

 troubled with the head-ache, if it be like- j them up. The flowers steeped all night in 

 wise used with Rue. It helps also the runn-j a little wine standing warm, strained forth 

 ing scab and shingles. The juice of the j in the morning, and drank fasting, doth 

 flowers dropped into the ears that run and j gently open the belly, and move it down- 

 are full of matter, cleanses and heals them, j ward. A syrup made of them, as the syrup 



THE PEACH TREE. } * [ ? de, works more forcibly than 



| that or roses, for it provokes vomiting, and 



Descript.] A PEACH Tree grows not so; spends waterish and hydropic humours by 

 great as the Apricot tree, yet spreads { the continuance thereof. The flowers made 

 branches reasonable well, from whence {into a conserve, work the same effect, 

 spring smaller reddish twigs, whereon are: The liquor that dropped from the tree, being 

 set long and narrow green leaves dented I wounded, is given in the decoction of CoRs- 

 about the edges. The blossoms are greater \ foot, to those that are troubled with a cough 

 than the plumb, and of a light purple: or shortness of breath, by adding thereunto 

 colour; the fruit round, and sometimes as j some sweet wine, and putting some saffron 

 Dig as a reasonable Pippin, others smaller, I also therein. It is good for those that arc 

 as also differing in colour and taste, as rus- ; hoarse, or have lost their voice; helps all 

 set, red, or yellow, waterish or firm, with a {defects of the lungs, and those that vomit 

 frize or cotton all over, with a cleft therein j and spit blood. Two drams hereof given 

 like an Apricot, and a rugged, furrowed, 5 in the juice of lemons, or of radish, is good 

 great stone within it, and a bitter kernel; for them that are troubled with the stone. 



