The Defer if tion 
1 '-pHere is befides the former ones a certaine wilde Gourd : this is like the garden Gourd 
1 in clymbingMkes, claiming tendrels, and foftleaues, and as it were downy, ail and 
euerieoneofwhich things being farrelefle : this alfo clymbeth vpon Arbours and banquettino- 
houfes : the fruit doth reprefent the great bellied Gourd, and thofe that be like vnto bottles in 
forme, but in bignefle it is very farre mferiour ; for it is fmall,and fcarfe fo great as an ordinarie 
Quince, and may be held within the compalfeofa mans hand .-the outward rinde at the firth is 
greene, afterwards it is as hard as wood, and of the colour thereof : the inner pulpe is moift and 
very full of iuyee, in which lieth the feed. The whole is as bitter as Coloquintida , which’ hath 
made fo many errors, one efpecially, in taking the fruit Coloquintida for the wilde Gourd. 
2 The fecond wilde Gourd hath likewife many trailing branches and clafping rendrels" wher- 
vvith it raketh hold of fuch things as be necre vnto it : the leaues be brpad, deepcly cut into diners 
feftions, like thofe ol the Vine, loft and very downy, whereby it is efpecially knowne to be one of 
the Gourds : the floures are very white, as are alfothofe of the Gourds. The fruit fucceederh 
growing to a round forme, fiat on the top like the head of a Mufhrome, whereof it tooke his fyr’ 
name. ' * 
f The Place. 
They grow of themfelues wilde in hot regions ; they neuer come to perfection ofripenelTe in 
thefe cold countries. • J 
•f The Time, ' 
The time anfvvereth thofe of the garden. 
«[ The N times. 
The wilde Gourd is called in Greeke . in Latino, Cucurbita fylueftris , or wilde Gourd.' 
Pliny, lib. 20. 3. alfirmeth, that the wilde Gourd is named of the Grecians,^;, which is hol- 
low, an inch thicke,not growing but among ftones,the iuyee whereof being taken is very good for 
the ftomacke. But the wilde Gourd is not that which is fo defcribed:, for it is abode an inch 
rhicke, neither is it hollow, but full ofiuyce,and by reafon of the extreme bitternefle offenfiue to 
the ftomacke. 
Some alfo there be that take this for Coloquintida, but they are far deceiued ; for Colocynthis 
is the wilde Citrull Cucumber, whereofwe haue treated in the chapter of Citruls. 
The Temperature. 
The wilde Gourd isas hot and dry as Coloquintida, that is to fay, in the fecond degree. 
5) The Vertues. 
The wilde Gourd is extreme bitter, for which caufe it openeth and fcoureth the flopped pafla- A 
ges of the body ; it alfo purgeth downwards as do wilde Melons. 
Moreouer, the wine which hath continued all night in this Gourd likewife purgeth the belly B 
mightily, and bringeth forth cholerieke and flegmaticke humors. 
Chap. 34 9. Of Totatos. 
S if arum Peruvianum, fine Sat at a Hifyanortm. 
Potatus, or Potato’s. 
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