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called in fhops by the name of Paffularttm deCori'ntho : inEnglilh, Currans, or (mail Raifins. 
SjlueftrisVitu orwilde Vine is called in Greekev«»«^. ; and in Latine Labrufca . as in y trails 
Efflogs : ' 3 
Adfyicevt antrum 
Syluejlris raris JparJit labrufca raeemis. 
See how the vvilde Vine 
Bedecks the cauc with fparfed chillers fine. 
To this vvilde Vine doth belong thofe which Pliny in his fixteenth booke,chapter 27. reporteth 
cobecalled Tnfert,ox that bring three fundry fruits in one yeare, as Infant and mad bearin'* 
Vines, becaufe 111 thofe forne chillers are ripe and full growne, fome in fwelling, and others but 
flouring. 
The fruit of the V ine is called in Greeke and »«»•>» > in Latine,S/icf/w«^,and Vua ■ in Enelifh 
a bunch or duller of Grapes. 6 5 
The chiller of Grapes that hath been withered or driedin the Sunis named in Greeke ~?i t . ; n 
Latine, Vua pajfa : in (hops, Pajfula . in Englifh, Raifins of the Sun. 
The berry or Grape it felfe is called in Latine Janus, and alfo Granum , as Democritus faith, fpea- 
king of the berry. 5 r 
The feeds or Hones contained within the berries are called in Latine, Vinacea , and fometimes 
Nuclei : in fhops, Arilli, as though they Ihould fay i^driduh, becaufe they are dry , and yeeld no 
iuyce •, notwithftanding Vinacea are alfo taken in Columella for the drolfe or remnant of the Grapes 
after they be prelfed. , 
The flalke, which is in the middle of theclulters,and vpon which the grapes do hang, is called 
of Galen, ■ of yarn, Scapm uvarum. 
The Temperature and Venues . 
A The tender and clafping branches of the Vine and the leaues do coole,and mightily bind. They 
Hay bleeding in any part of the body : they are good againfl the laske, the bloudy flix, the heart- 
burne, heate of the llomacke, or rcadinefle tovomit. It llayeth the lulling or longing of women 
with childe, though they be but outwardly applied, and alfo taken inwardly any manner of waies 
They be moreouer a remedie for the inflammation of the mouth, and almonds of the throat if 
they be gargled, or the mouth wafhed therewith. 5 
B Of the fame faculty be alfo the clullers gathered before they be ripe 5 and likewife the bunches 
of the wilde grape, which is accounted to be more effectual! againll all thofe infirmities. 
C Diofcondcs faith, That the liquor which falleth from the body and branches being cut, and that 
fometime is turned as it were into a gum (which driueth forth Hones out of thekidnics and blad. 
der, if the fame be drunke in wine) healeth ring-vvormes,fcabs, and leprie, but the place isfitH to 
be rubbed with N itre. Being often anointed or layd on it taketh away fuperfluous haires .-but yet 
he faith that the fame is beH which ifliteth forth ofthegreene and fmaller flickes, efpecially that 
liquor which falleth away whiled the branches are burning, which taketh away warts if it be laid 
on them. 5 
D The Hones and other things remaining after the prelfing are good againH the bloudy flix the 
laske of long continuance, and for thofe that are much fubiedl to vomiting. 
E Theafhes made of the flickes and drofle that remaine after the prefling, being laid vpon the 
piles and hard dwellings .about the fundament, doe cure the fame , being mixed with oile of Rue 
or Herbe-grace and vineger, as the fame Author affirmeth, it helpeth to Hrengthen members out 
of ioynt,andfuch as are bitten with any venomous bead, and eafeth the paine of the fpleene or 
niilt, being applied in manner of a plaifter. 
f The later age do vie to make a lie of the afhes of Vine Hicks, in compolitions of caudicke and 
burning medicines, which feme in Head of an hot-iron : the one we call a potentiall cauterie and 
the other adtuall. 5 
*[ of Grapes. 
G /V Grapes, thofe that are eaten raw do trouble the belly, and (ill the fiomacke full of winded 
W efpecially fuch as are of a fovvre and auflere tade fuch kindes of grapes doe very much hin- 
der the concodhon of rhe llomacke ; and while they are difperfed through the liuer and veins they 
ingender cold and raw iuyce, which cannot eaiily be changed into rood bloud. 
H Sweet grapes and fuch as arc thorow ripe, are lefle hurtfull ; their iuyce is hotter, and iseafilier 
difperfed They allofooner paflb thorow the belly, efpecially being moid, and mod of all if the 
liquonvitnthe pulpe be taken without the ftones and skin, as Galen faith. 
I The fub dance of the Hones, although it be drier, and of a binding quality, .doth defend thorow 
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