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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
rl B. 2. 
Cucurbit, i Cumcrana, becaufe it climeth vp , and is a couering for arbours and walking places, and 
banqueting houfes in gardens : he calleth th'e other which climeth not vp,but lyeth crawling on 
the ground, fucurbitaflebaa : in Italian, Zucca , in Spanifh,Ca/A^.- in French, ('our^e : in high 
Dutch, i\Ul'b;3 5 in low- Dutch, CauhOOOjhcn : in Englifh, Gourds. ° 5 
The Temper, it ure. 
The meate or inner pulpe of the Gourd is of temperature cold and moid,and that in the fecond 
degree. 
«t The Vert net. 
I \ The iuycebcing dropped into the eares with oyle of rofes is good for the paine thereof procee- 
dingofahotcaufe. 
J5 The pulpe or meate mitigateth all hot fwellings, if it be laid thereon in mannerofa pultis,and 
being vied in this manner it taketh away the head-ache and the inflammation of the eyes. 
•\ C The fame Author affirmeth, that a long Gourd or elfe a Cucumber being laid in the cradle or 
bed by the young infant whiled it is afleepe and ficke of an ague, it fhall be very quickely made 
whole. 
D The pulpe alfo is eaten fodden,but becaufe it hath in ita waterifh and thinne iuyce,it yeeldeth 
fmall nourifhment to the body, and the fame cold and moid ^ but it eafily paifeth thorow, efpeci- 
ally being fodden, which by reafonofthe flipperineife and moidneffealfo ofhis fubdance molli- 
fieth the belly. 
E But being baked in an ouen or fried in a pan it lofeth the mod part ofhis naturall moidure,and 
therefore it more dowly defeendeth, and doth not mollifie the belly fo foone. 
p The feed allayeth the diarpnede of vrine, and bringeth downe the fame. 
Chap. 34^* Of the ivilde (fourd. 
