L 
I B. t. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
S' 13, 
T . . , . «f The Time. 
It lpnngcth vp in May, it flouretli and is ripe in Autumne, and is to be gathered at the fane time 
to make that excellent compofmon called Elatengm. 6 ne tame time, 
■ 1 *[f The Names. 
It is called in Greeke .w = in Latine,^/«,and ErraticusCucumis : in ihoppes, Cummer 
;. iniI 5? han ’ : m Spanifh, Cogumbrillo amargo : in Englifl,, vvilde Cucnm- 
be ,rpirtmg Cucumbers, and touch me not: in fiftvqges, 
If The Temperature. 
The fcaues of.wil.de Cucumbers, rootsand their rindes as they are bitter in tafteTo they be like 
, v ^ The Vertues. 
The mice called doth purge forth cbplerjegme^nd waterie hiunours,and thatwith A 
force, and npt onely by iicge, but lometimesalfo by vomit tnatwitn t\ 
thSt 18 10 b£ WUn “ ° ne timC 15 fr ° m ^ §rainS *° teD > acc ordjng to the rtrength B 
The iu ice dried or hardened, and thequantitie of halfca fcruple taken driueth forth r n 
groffeflegmqcltplericke humours, and preuaiieth mightily againft the dropfie, and flrortnefle If 
e_ Jhe fame drawnc vp into the nofthrils mixed with a little milk, taketh away the redneffe of the D 
th of t^«»r doth alfo purge flegme^hdericke and waterid, humours, and is good for E 
the dropfieibut not of fuch force as EUtemm , which is madeof the iuice of the fruit ■ the S m d-inn 
whereof I commend to the learned and curious Apothecaries: among which number IV - Sit* • 
nght in Bucklers Burie my louing friend bath taken more paines incurious comDofino-ofir at A 
hath more exa&ly performed. fhe fame than any other whatfoeuer thatl baue had knowledge’^ 
Chap. 34?* Of Citrull (fucumhers. 
