874 Of the Hiftory of Plants. L \ b, 2. 
The Temperature. 
The root is of a meane temperature between hot and cold, but yet drie. 
•|f The Vert ties. 
A Itpurgethby fiege,efpecially flegme,and then waterifh humours. It is gtuen from one fill dram 
weight to two, and that with wine, or with fomediftilledwater(according as thedifeafe requireth) 
or els in flefh broth. 
B It is tobegiuenwith goodeffedl toalfiwhofedifeafes proceed of fiegme and cold humors.lt is 
good againft head-ache that hath continued long, old coughes, hajdnefle ofbrea thing, the colick, 
paine of the kidneies and ioints,thedifeafes of the reincs and belly. 
Chap. 323. Of the (^Manured Vine, 
•If The Ki tides. 
r T' He Vine may be accounted among thofe plants that haue need of ftaies and props, and cannot 
Rand by themfelues ; it is held vp with poles and frames of wood, and bv that meanes it 
fpreadeth all about and climbcth aloft : it ioyncth it felfc vnto trees, or whatfoeuer ftandeth next ' 
vntoit. 
Of Vines that bring forth wine,fome be tame and husbanded ; and others that be wildc : of tame 
Vines there are many that are greater, and likewife another fort that be Idler. 
«] TheDcfcription. 
'T’Hetrunkeorbodieofthe Vine is great and thicke,vcryhard,couered with many barkes, and 
■* thofe full ofcl irfes or chinkes ; from which grow forth branches, as it were armes, many wdies 
• fpreading,outof which come forth iointed fhoorsand fprings : and from the bofome of thofe 
ioints,leaues.and clafping tcndrels ; and likewife bunches or clufters filled ful of grapes: the leaues 
be broad, fomething round, fine cornered, and fomewhat indented about the edges; amongft which 
come forth many clafping tendrels, that take hold of fuch props or ftaies as do Rand next vnto it. 
The grapes do differ both in colour and greatndfe,and alfo in many other things, the whic h to di- 
ftinguifh feuerally were impo!fible,confidering the infinite forts or kindesjand alfo thofe which 
are tranfplanted from one region or climate to another, do lit ewife alter both from the forme and 
talk- they had before, in coniideration whereof it lhall be fufficient tofet forth the figure of the 
manured grape, and fpeake fomewhat of the reft. 
There is found in Grceciaand thepartsofMorea,as Fsmtahrc/i,Ztinte,CcvhMm/ijm& Petr as (w her- 
of fome are Iflands,and the otherof the continent) a certaine Vine that hath a trunke or bodie of a 
wooddie fubftance.with a fcaly or rugged bark, of a gray ilk colour, whereupon do grow faire broad 
leaues, fleightly indented about the edges, not vnlike vnto thofe of the Marfh-mallow : from the 
bofome whereof come forth many fmall clafping tendrels,and alfo tough and pliant foot-ftalkes, 
whereon do grow verie faire bunches of grapes, of a vvatchet blevvifh colour : from the which fruit 
commeth forth long tender laces or firings, fuch as is found among Sauorie ; whereupon wee call 
that plant which hath it laced Sauorie.notvnlike that that groweth among, and vpon Flax, which 
we call Dodder, or Podarra lint, wht reof is made a blacke wine, which is called Greeke wine, yet of 
the talk o fSacke. The laced fruit of this V ine may be fitly termed Vtttibarhau , Laced or bear- 
ded grapes. 
The plant that bearcth thofe fmall Raifins which are commonly called Corans or Currans, or 
ratherRaifinsofCorinth,isnotthat plant which among the vulgar people is taken for Currans, 
being a fhrubbe or bufh that bringeth forth fmall clufters of berries, differing as much as mav bee 
from Corans, hauing no affinitie with the Vine or any kinde thereof. The Vine that beareth fmall 
Raifins or Corans hath a bod ie or ftocke as other Vines haue, -branches and tendrels likewife. The 
leaues are larger than any of the others, fnipt about rhe edges like the feethofa faw:among which 
come forth clufters of grapes, in forme like the other, but fmaller.of a blewifh colour- which being 
ripe are gathered and laid vpon hurdles, carpets, mats, and fuch like, in the Sun to drie : then are 
they carried to fome houfeand laied vpon heapes,as we lay apples and come in a garner, vntill the 
merchants do buy them : then do they put them into large Butsor otherwoodden veffels, and 
tread them downe with their bare feet,whichthey call Stilling, and foare they brought inrothefe 1 
parts for our vfe. f And they are commonly termed in Latine, Vutt CorinthUcx , and PaJfuUmt - ■ 
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