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of this fruit in Italy, some growing wild ia 

 the hedge-rows, others so large that they 

 weigh the boughs down to the ground, some 

 of a green hue, others inclining to gold 

 colour: these were called chrysomda, which 

 seems to give authority to the above account 

 ofGoropius. The : only kind that was eaten 

 raw, he states, to have been raised by graft- 

 ing the large quince upon the stock of a 

 small kind, called struthea (the pear-quince). 

 He adds, " all kinds of this fruit are in use 

 now-a-days, within the waiting Or presence 

 chambers of our great personages,, where, men 

 give attendance to salute .them as they come 

 forth eyery morning/' He also states, that 

 they were;! used to. garnish the images which 

 stand :about the bed's head and sides. 



The same author, in his 23d book, chap. 

 6th, writes much on the medicinal qualities 

 of this fruit. " Quinces," says he, " when 

 eaten raw, if quite ripe, are good for those 

 that spit blood, or are troubled with he- 

 morrhage/' The juice .of raw quinces, he 

 states to be a sovereign remedy for the swoln 

 spleen, the dropsy, and difficulty of taking 

 breath, particularly to those who cannot draw 

 their breath but in an upright position. The 

 flowers, either fresh or dried, he tells us, 



