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The Hijlory of Book I. 



P 0 T-H EKBS. 



M Oft of the Pot-Herbs growing infeveral parts of Europe 

 growalfo in thefe Iflands. Tis true, there are fdme, 

 » as Cabbages and Onions will not bear feed yet is there no 

 want of them. The Cabbages being ripe (hoot forth many 

 flips, which tranfplanted produce others, which come to be as 

 fair and as large as if they grew from the feed. And for Oni- 

 ons, there are good ftore brought in the Ships, which produce 

 abundance of Chibols, and thofe only are commonly ufed in 

 Pottage, and with Peafe. 



MELONS. 



THere is alfo abundance of ordinary Melons , the feed 

 whereof is brought thither from thcfe parts : but by 

 reafon of the heat of the Country they grow more eafily 

 ripe, the meat is firmer and of a better tafte, and they have a 

 fweeter fcent : And what is a greater advantage, they are to 

 be had at any time in the year. 



WATER-MELONS. 



^T^Here grows in thefe Countries another kind of Melons^ 

 ML which are common in Italy , but muft needs be incom- 

 parably better in Egypt and the Levant. There grow of them 

 alfo in fbme parts of France, but they are naught : they are cal- 

 led Water-Melons, becaufethey are full of a fugar d water, in- 

 termingled with their meat, which ordinarily is of a Vermilion 

 colour, and red as blood about the heart, wherein are con- 

 tained their feed, which is alfo of the fame colour, and fome- 

 times black : their rind continues always green, and without 

 any fcent, fo that it is rather by the ftalk then the fruit that 

 their ripenefs is to be difcover'd : they are fometimes bigger 

 then a mans head, either round, or oval : they are eaten with- 

 out Salt, and though a man feed liberally on them, yet do they 

 riot offend the ftomack : but in thofe hot Countries they are ve- 

 ry cooling, and caufe appetite. 



They plant alfo in thefe Iflands Mays, otherwife called 

 Spatiifh-Wkeat oxTwkgy-Wheat, all forts of Millet, Cucumbers, 

 Citrulls, Red-Parfnzps, and other Roots, all which are of an ex- 

 cellent tafte. 



LILLIES. 



NOr is it to be doubted but that the flowers of thefe Coun- 

 tries are very beautiful, and admirable for their fcent: 



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