3 ^ 0 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Li B.3. 
Thus far Ttemelius and litmus. By that which hath been faid it appeareth whatS. / 0 ^;?theBaptift 
fed of vnder the title Locufts :and that it is nothing like vnto this fruit Ceratiafiliqua : I rather take 
the husks or (hells of the fruit of this tree to be the cods or husks whereof the prodigal] childe 
would haue fed, but none gaue theta vnto him, though the (wine had their fill thereof. Thcfe cods 
beincr dric are very like beane cods, as I haue often feen.I haue fowne the feeds in my garden, where 
they haue profpered exceeding well. 
$ There is no doubt but the or Sihqua mentioned in Saint Lukes Golpel, Chap. 15.1;. rtf.' 
were the cods or fruit of this tree. I cannot beleeue that either the fruit of this or the Locufts, were 
thesis,,, mentioned in the third chapter of Saint Mat.v. 4. ButI am of the opinion of the Greeke 
Father ifodore Pelufiotaprhnpb. 1 .tspift. 1 1 1 .hath tbefe words, «•. •• Z&U TiriJ GittliX} 
yjtiSv&iC yiiom diuUuyis Ec-mmvii <pui£r : «t» $ rro* m ft mt\n tp iyfin.itoi fu\i if>Jit\iaro' fuhiojrSi mypttey yeti'. 
ua^.&c. That is : The derides which lohn fed vpon are not liuing creatures liketo Beetles, as 
fomevnlearnedlyfuppo(e,farrebeitfromvsfotothinke ; but they are the tender buds ofherbes 
and plants or trees ; neitheron the other fide is the Melt agnon anyhetbe focalled, butmountaine 
hony gathered by wilde Bees,&c. $ 
1 ^y The Time. 
The Carob tree bringeth forth fruit in the beginning of the Spring, which is not ripe till Ai> 
tumne. 
The Thames. 
The Carob treeis called in Latine likewife, Ceratonia : in Spanifh, Car 0110 : in Englifh,' 
Carob tree • and of fome, Beane tree, and Saint lohns Bread : the fruit or cod is named in 
Latin eSiltqua, otSihqua Mas: indiuers flops ^Xylocarafia ■. in other fhops in Italy, Carobe, or 
Carobolc : of the Apothecaries of Apulia,Salequa ; it is called in Spanifh, Alfarobos, or Algarovos : 
and without an article C arenas: in high Dutch, b£ 0 t i that is to Cay, Sane!: Iohan.panis^ 
Or S Johns Bread, neither is it knowne by any other name in the Low-countries : Some call it in En- 
glilh, Carob. 
The Temperature. 
The Carob tree is drie and aftringent,as 
as Galen faith. 
is alfo the fruit, and containeth in it a certaine fweetnes 
*| 7 he Vertues. 
a The fruit of the Carob Tree, becingeatwhen it is greene, doth gently loofe the belly ; bue 
A beeingdry it is hard of digeftion,and ftopperh the belly, it prouoketh vrine,it is good for the ft®- 
macke,and nouriftieth well, and much better than when it is greene and frefh. 
C h a p. 83. Of Cafsia Fiftula, or Pudding ‘Pipe, 
<[f The Description. 
C AJpa purgatrix, ot Cajfta //?«/<!, groweth vp to be a faire tree, with a tough barke like leather, of 
the colour of Box, whereupon fome haue fuppofed it to take the Greeke name in Latine, 
Cor/accw.-thearmes and branchesof thisare fmalland limber, befet with many goodly leaue s, 
like thofeof the Wall-nut tree : among which come forth fmall fiouresofa yellow colour, com- 
pact or confifting of fix little leaues,like the floures of Chdidomum mmuspt Pile-woort:after the(e 
be vaded, there fucceed goodly blacke round, long cods, whereof fome are two foot long, and of a 
wooddy fubftance : in thefecoddes are contained a blacke pulpe, very fweetand foft,of a pleafant 
tafte^nd feruing to many vfesin Phyficke, in which pulpe lieth the feed couched in little cels or 
partitions : this feed is flat and brownifh,not vnlike the feed of Ceratia Siliqua, and in other refpe&s 
very like vnto it alio. 
•y The Place. 
This tree groweth much in Egypt, efpecially about Memphis and Alexandria, and rood parts of 
Barbarie,and is a ftranger in thefe parts of Europe. 
The Time. 
The Caflia tree groweth green winter and fommenit fheddeth his oldleaues when new are come, 
by meanes whereof it is neuer void ofleaues : it floureth early in the (pring, and the fruit is ripe in 
Aucurmte, 
^ The 
