Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Li 
B. 3. 
-licv call Coccalta, and Stro&ilm, as we haue faid before ,that thefe are named in Greeke«»w ( . This 
apple is called in high Dutch, gjftbcl: in low Dutch^ijnappel: in Englifh,Pine apple, Clogge, 
and Cone. 
* T m Temperature ana Pertucs. 
The kernels of thefe nuts do concodt and moderately heate, being in a meane betvveene cold and 
hot : it makerli the rough parts fmoorh.it is a remedy againft an old cough, and long infirmities of 
the cheft, being taken by it felfe or with hony,orelfe with fome other licking thing. 
Itcureththe Ptifickc,andthofe that pine and confume away through the rottenneffe of their 
lungs ; it recouereth ftrength ; it nourifheth and is reftoratiue to the bodie. 
It veeldeth a thicke and good iuice , and nouriflieth much,yet is it not altogether eafie of dige 
ftion.and thereforeit is mixed with preferues,or boyled with fugar. 
" The fame is good for the done in theKidneies,and againft frettings of the bladder, and fealding 
ofthevrine,for italayeth the iharpneffe.mitigateth paine, and gently prouoketh vrine : moreouer^ 
it increafeth milke and feed, and therefore it alfo prouoketh flefhly luft. 
Thevvhole Cone or Apple being boyled with frefh Horehound, faith Galen, and afterwards boi- 
led ao'aine with a little hony til the decoftion be come to the thickneffe ofhonv,maketh an excel- 
lent medicine for the clenfing of the cheft and lungs. 
The like thing hath Diofcondes-p.be whole Cones, faith hee, which are newly gathered from the 
trees broken and boiled in fweet wine are good for an old cough, and confumption of the lungs, if 
a good draught of that liquour be drunke etiery day. 
^The feales of the Pine apple, with the barke of the tree.do ftoppe the laske and thebloudy flixe, 
they prouoke vtine ; and the deco&ion of the fame hath the likepropertie. 
C h a p. 41. Of the Wilde Tine tree. 
1 Pitrusjyluejlrif. 
The vvilde Pine tree. 
fc. 
2 Pinusjjlueftris mugo. 
The low wildePine tree. 
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