The fifteenth Booke of 



well as tlie reft:and Idtlgitisnotfinceihey arrived M in Italie;the onefortoiit of Affricke^ G 

 the other (namely Injubcs) out of Syria. And Scxm Papnhis (whome my felfe in my time faw 

 ConfuU of Rome) was the firft man that brought them both into thefe parts; namely, in the 

 latter end of Augujlm Cafir the Emperour, and planted them about the rampiers of his camp 

 for to beautifie the fame : howbeit(to fay a truth)their fruit refembled rather berries than apples j 

 yet they make a goodly fhev? upon the rampiers: and no marveile, fince that now adaies whole 

 groves of trees begin to over-top and fiirmount thehoufesofprivat perfons. 



Concerning thcfruit Tubetes, there be two forts thereof j to wit, the white^ and the reddifh, 

 called alfoSericum, of the colour of filke. 



The apples named Lanata, are held in manner for fkanger s in Italic, a nd are known to grow 

 but in one place thereof, and namely within the territorieot Verona. Covered theybeallover H 

 with a kind of down or fine cotton, which albeit both Quince and Peach be clad and'overgrown 

 with in great plentic, yet thcfe alone carie the name thereof: for otherwife no fpeciallpropertie 

 are thcyknowne by, to commend them, 



A number of apples there arc bcfides that have immortalized their firft founders andinven- 

 torsjwho brought them into name,& caufed them to beknown abroad in the world; as if thcrin 

 they hadperformed fome worthy deed beneficiall unto all mankind.In which rcgard,why Aould 

 I thinke much to rehearfe and reckon them up particularly by name ? for if I be not much decei- 

 ved,therebywill appearethc fingularwit that fome menemploied in graffing trees ;and how 

 thercisnotfoliiialla matter,foitbeweli&'cunning]y done,butitisableto get honor to the firft 

 author, yea and to eternize his name forever. From hence it corometh, that our beft ap|^es take I 

 their denominations,of Maim^CeJIm^Mim/iu^^md Claudius. As for the Qnince-apples(whic h 

 come of a Quince graffed upon an apple ftocke)th€y are called Appiana,ofoneyf/'/';/^/^ who was 

 of the Claudia?} houfe,and firft dcviied and pradifed that feat. Thefe apples carrie the finell with 

 them of Quinces : they beare in quantitie the feignelTe of the Claudian apples, and are of colour 

 red. Now leaft any man {bould thinke, that this fruit came into credit by reafon onely of partiall 

 favour,for that the firft inventor was a man defcended from fo auncient andnoble afamilie,le£ 

 him but thinke of the apples Sceptiana, which arc inasgreatrcqiieftas thcy,for their paffijig 

 roundnefle 5 and they beare the name of one Scepm their firft inventor, who was no better than 

 thefonne of a Have lately enfranehifed. C/i/c> maketh mention of apples called Quiriana,as alio 

 of Scantiana, which he faith the manner istoputupinvefTelSjandfoto kccpcthem.Butof all K 

 othersjthe laft that were adopted and tookc name of their patrons and inventors,bePetifia : litle 

 though they be,yet are they paffingfweetand pleafanttobeeaten. 



Others apples there are that have ennobled the countries from whence they came^andcaried 

 their namesjto wit,Camerina and GrjEciila. All the reft tooke name, either upon fome occafion 

 or propertic that they have: to wit, of brotherhood, as the twin-apples Gemella, which hang 

 one to^nothcr by couplesjand never are found fingle,biitalwaies grow double : of their colour, 

 as the Serica, which for their frelh hew bcfo called : of kinred and affinitie , as the Melapiajfor 

 their reien)blance and participation of apples and Peares togither 5 as a man would fay, Pcare- 

 apples,or Pom-poires : of their haftie ripenefte,as the Muftea, [/. haftie-apples ;] which now 

 of their fwect tali of hony, arc called Melimela, [/. bony- apples :] alfo of their exquifite round- ^ 

 nefleiikea ball, as the Orbicu]ata^[/. the round- apples.]That thefe apples came firft from their 

 native countrey Epirus, appeareth by the Greeks who call them Epirotica. Againc, fome there 

 be that take their denomination of their forme,refemblingwomens paps or breafts, as namely, 

 Orthomaftica3[r.theBreft-apples.] Others, for that their condition is to have no pepins or 

 feed within them, be called of the Belgians, Spadoma, as one would fay, Guelded-apples . As 

 for the Melofolia, [/. the Leafe apples] they be fo calkd,becaulethey have one leafe and other- 

 while twaine breaking foorthof their fide in the very mids. The ragged apples Pannucea take 

 this name, for that of all others they fooneft be riveld. The Puffcs named Pulmonea, are hoven 

 foolifhlyjandfwcll I cannot tell how, with little or nothing in them. Some in colour referable 

 bloud,they are fo red,becaufe at firft they were graffed upon a mulberry .But ail apples ordinarily M 

 are red on thatfide that regardcth the funnc. 



Asfoi Wildings and Crabs,little they be all the fort of thcm,in comparifon : their taft is well 

 enough liked,and they carie with them a quicke and fharp fmell rhowbeit this gift they have for 

 their harfhfoutneife^that they have many a foulc word and flirewdcurfe given them, and that 



they 



